At some point in the 2000s I chatted with the SmarterChild chatbot on MSN Messenger for a while. I was around 11 or 12 years old at the time.

I remember it once answering “sorry, web search is only available to adult users”, to which I responded “how do you know I’m just a child?”. I don’t remember what came before or after that… it might have asked me my DOB at some point before that, but am until today not sure how it knew that. Point is, none of this is new… 😁

You would be surprised what health problems people under 18 can have.

sad John Perry Barlow noises

https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence

PL/SQL needs to be compiled, there can be compilation errors when you create a function or procedure on an Oracle DB. Doing that is part of my current job, so I definitely know what I’m talking about.

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Was expecting AI Gore rhythm

I think it has to do with the fact that in the first three, you can (and do right after entering) stand up (like on a ship, probably where this was first used), while in a car you immediately sit down?

But ultimately this is a trait of the English language, in my first language (German) we “steigen ein” in all of these.

Similar thoughts here: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/30/new-atheism-the-godlessness-that-failed/

Particularly interesting is this comment:

One really interesting addition to me is that the early internet was a very, VERY free speech place. It loved Gish Gallops of enormous numbers of arguments from all sides and the idea that you would tell anyone, even the most foolish, that they should be banned was verboten.

In fact, early atheists loved creationists posting! It gave them content because these people were so obviously wrong. And creationists the same, because it allowed them to fight back too.

The modern deplatforming support on both sides is another sign that that era is gone.

EA, not FIFA. The games are nowadays not even called FIFA anymore.

Current me and 14-year-old me would certainly agree that Linux (and free software generally) is awesome for example. :D

I think most people form most of their worldview around the age of 12 to 14 years. I know I did, that is when I first learned about most of the issues I am still most passionate about nowadays. Anything I learned about earlier or later, I am more likely to change my mind about.

If you do not occasionally change your views on things even later in life based on new information, then you’re not doing very much thinking. Your thought is incomplete, we should have more than two sets of opinions.

AFAICT not really true for Austria (where I live), we get 5 weeks of vacation, yet I don’t hear very much about unions and am not myself a member of one

Of course, not blaming children for misunderstanding this; but if this were a software requirement, an adult software developer should be able to understand it correctly.

Honestly the question as asked is unambiguous: “write words in alphabetical order” cannot mean anything else than apple, fox, log, pond, pumpkin, river. If what was provided here were the expected answer, the wording should be “write each of the following words with its letters sorted by alphabetical order”.

No, the answer isn’t “pumpkim”. :D

If you’re on this sub, this is a good programming exercise for you if you’re interested. I’m sure there are plenty of large lists of words in English, that should provide all the data needed.

wait until you find out that if the same happens to Elon Musk, Elongate will be really drawn out

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That “most people” part kinda reminds me of this: https://xkcd.com/2501/

Couldn’t you just go to a store that sells musical instruments and try them out there? I don’t know enough about musical instruments to know the answer, but I am a hobbyist photographer and we can certainly do that with cameras.