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someotherpersomon Apple Introduces the New HomePod

Does anyone have experience with the HomePod mini? Likewise, it’s not clear from Apple’s site wether or not a full size HomePod is required to use HomePod minus as part of a full home audio system

someotherpersomon GPT-3.5 and Wolfram Alpha via LangChain

Prompt: I'm 6 feet tall. How many feet longer is the circumference of the smallest moon of Jupiter compared to me?

Response: The circumference of the smallest moon of Jupiter is 36 feet longer than 6 feet.

Response with reasoning: Thought: Do I need to use a tool? Yes Action: PAL-MATH Action Input: The circumference of the smallest moon of Jupiter is 6 times longer than 6 feet. Observation: 36 Thought: Do I need to use a tool? No AI: The circumference of the smallest moon of Jupiter is 36 feet longer than 6 feet. The circumference of the smallest moon of Jupiter is 36 feet longer than 6 feet.

someotherpersomon Want a Viking funeral? Only state that allows it is Colorado

You referring to the disposal of human bodies as icky makes it clear that you aren’t familiar with the very real public health consequences that can arise from unhygienic disposal

someotherpersomon Is dark matter’s “nightmare scenario” true?

That’s likely not the case here, but nice try with the trendy Reddit generalization

someotherpersomon Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be afraid

I hear he graduated from one of Canada’s top business schools with really good grades

someotherpersomon NASA poised to break sound barrier without the sonic boom

This post’s title does match the article, but is misrepresentative. NASA is testing a plane that has a much quieter sonic boom. As far as I’m aware we don’t know how to not produce a sonic boom at all while going at those speeds (perhaps there will someday be a breakthrough here with sonic waves similar to how electromagnetic waves had the breakthrough of negative refraction indexes via metamaterials).

someotherpersomon Apply for student loan debt forgiveness

That’s not the assertion they made. They’re average person paying tax didn’t graduate college, which is different from saying that most of the tax revenue is collected from non-college graduates.

someotherpersomon German rail operator says train disruption caused by sabotage

Regarding the pipelines, it seems odd to call them a NATO target when they’re largely owned by Russia. Likewise, Russia had more to gain from just holding the gas supply hostage by stopping it, but offering to return the supply were Europe to give in to demands after a cold winter or two. Meanwhile, did you watch the video of Biden threatening to take them out from this past February?