Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 18-22 Oct 2010 (1776-1780)
peterh:
--- Quote from: Dliessmgg on 22 Oct 2010, 03:17 ---I think AI's have to be able to rewire themselves (pysically or digitally) in a way that improves their ability to do what they do before the singularity can even be considered a possibility.
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Im sit here, HOPING you mean "physically or LOGICALLY".
If you mean the latter, that ability is already there, and has been for some time.
peterh:
--- Quote from: iduguphergrave on 22 Oct 2010, 03:18 ---What's in Barista Weekly? The top-ten list of snappy comebacks to customers who hit on you? Photos of effective contempt-faces? Advanced techniques for hurling coffee on customers?
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One would assume that this is the case... although it probably also includes coffee-making technicalities and reviews of beans, espresso-machines and other such stuff.
In fact, the image (or should I say "the cult"?) of the barista being an aloof female being that is supposed to regard her customers with some degree of contempt is (afaik, as a stoopit forrinner) entirely American. Yet, there IS a basis for it: before the days of automatic espresso machines, baristas (or, in Italian, baristi, indicating both male and female personnel) were fucking coffee engineers rather than smiling service industry people, and engineers are known to have a certain capacity of aloofness. While today's espresso machines take most of the esotery out of the coffee making process (which is good, because that means not only I, but also my wife, can brew a damn fine latte), most independent coffee bar owners still know enough about the process to qualify as an engineer.
raoullefere:
Of course, in the QC Universe, café con piernas* could have walked up to the States from Chilé. Throws a whole 'nother spin on Barrista Weekly, doesn't it? Don't know why Faye would be reading about that, though.
*'Coffee with Legs'. Walked. I kill me. :laugh: (If you must throw tomatoes, my knowing this is all Anthony Bordain's fault. Anyway, Bob Guccione died yesterday. Wallow in a little semi-classy sleaze today to show your respects)
peterh:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 22 Oct 2010, 05:11 ---Of course, in the QC Universe, café con piernas* could have walked up to the States from Chilé.
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's Not gonna happen in the CoD universe... :D
--- Quote ---*'Coffee with Legs'. Walked. I kill me. :laugh: (If you must throw tomatoes, my knowing this is all Anthony Bordain's fault. Anyway, Bob Guccione died yesterday. Wallow in a little semi-classy sleaze today to show your respects)
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Too many cultural references that elude me. My mind, she is blown. As if Bob cared...
By the way, what drives you to make up this stuff at 7 am??!?
TheoGB:
--- Quote from: Dliessmgg on 22 Oct 2010, 01:26 ---People on the xkcd forum are likely to do some research before asking for explanations.
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It's not a question of research, it's a question of not underestimating people as a matter of course. Maybe that's reflection on the audience for xkcd assuming that only someone who's pretty clued up would read it in the first place and therefore if they're asking the question they must have already done their research and were left unenlightened.
To me your answer here is really just saying that you assume everyone is useless unless they explicitly say, "I've Googled and I can't find or understand this".
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