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  • No, you just use a standard technique like word2vec.

    Basically words are considered similar (and embedded to nearby locations in a high dimensional space) if they are likely to be used in the same context.

    And because slurs are used to indicate that you don’t like someone, they tend to occur in the same kind of context.

    So they’re all very similar. This is actual natural language processing being used, but it’s a shit post and the graphics aren’t very clear.





  • so I confuse the number of ounces in a pound quite often, amongst other things

    When do you need to use either of these?

    I know the number of pounds in a kilo so I can understand the Americans when they talk about weightlifting and how much people weigh. I don’t think I’ve ever used an ounce in my life.






  • It’s interesting. There’s a lot of talk about how chatgpt makes people lazy, but honestly I think Google killed the “read the manual” ethos.

    Back in the day when you couldn’t just search for everything, you needed enough understanding of the manual to find anything in the index.

    So a key part of figuring anything out was reading at least the start of the manual.

    Now, fuck it, you just type into Google and try to guess enough context to understand what’s going on.










  • The Anti-Defamation League notes that though the symbol is popular with white supremacists, imagery resembling the black sun features in many cultures, and that such imagery should always be analyzed in the context in which it appears, as it may not necessarily be intended to serve as a symbol of white supremacy or racism.

    i just googled it. Apparently they’re just really into star wars, and didn’t realize about the Nazi symbol until it was too late.