What Are You Doing Right Now? (1,277 Viewers)

[Siamak]

I’ve been working on my article writing skills lately. I’m not focusing on academic journals like Scopus yet, instead, I’ve been putting most of my effort into editing Wikipedia articles related to my field of study. It’s a completely different world, and I feel like it’s a great stepping stone toward academic writing, even though the styles are quite different.
I find the process of referencing and building a text based on verified sources really fascinating. Plus, the amount of knowledge you gain along the way is incredible. For instance, I completely transformed an article that was in very poor shape before I started. Getting that paperwork done made me feel elated and relieved.
I’d definitely suggest giving Wikipedia editing a try. Even though there’s no money in it, it’s a unique and rewarding experience.

 

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[swag]

I’ve been working on my article writing skills lately. I’m not focusing on academic journals like Scopus yet, instead, I’ve been putting most of my effort into editing Wikipedia articles related to my field of study. It’s a completely different world, and I feel like it’s a great stepping stone toward academic writing, even though the styles are quite different.
I find the process of referencing and building a text based on verified sources really fascinating. Plus, the amount of knowledge you gain along the way is incredible. For instance, I completely transformed an article that was in very poor shape before I started. Getting that paperwork done made me feel elated and relieved.
I’d definitely suggest giving Wikipedia editing a try. Even though there’s no money in it, it’s a unique and rewarding experience.

There are tons of learning "rabbit holes". And I appreciate that you are doing this. Much as I appreciated my friend's nephew that at age 18 decided to go to the Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa college to major in drawing while everything around him is telling him that AI is making drawing irrelevant.

There's a developmental structure to it. Now I'm the subversive type that would like to inject my own ridiculous humor or sarcasm along the way, which is very much looked down upon in academic writing. But a little personality doesn't hurt in my book, and I appreciate that the approach is more human than rote boring like all the AI slop out there.

 

[Siamak]

There are tons of learning "rabbit holes". And I appreciate that you are doing this. Much as I appreciated my friend's nephew that at age 18 decided to go to the Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa college to major in drawing while everything around him is telling him that AI is making drawing irrelevant.

There's a developmental structure to it. Now I'm the subversive type that would like to inject my own ridiculous humor or sarcasm along the way, which is very much looked down upon in academic writing. But a little personality doesn't hurt in my book, and I appreciate that the approach is more human than rote boring like all the AI slop out there.

Honestly, AI equips you with advanced tools and gives you a competitive edge. You can use it alongside your own skills to accelerate your workflow. It all comes down to how you apply it. Personally, I use it to help with referencing sources or to refine my wording. I’ve been improving articles lately, which is important work even if it doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves.

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[swag]

I have to give this forum credit. Nobody has mentioned those joke games that just happened over the weekend. I'm proud of this crew.

Well, even if we were distracted by the cratering death of Juve as we knew it.

It seems apes on social media were wetting themselves over the "drug Olympics" (I refuse to name them), which is really just a psy-op for billionaires to sell all us plebs peptides.

Worse, everyone posting to rip them were just cluelessly carrying water for the billionaires ... enhancing their reach and giving their attention away for free.

So many people still don't understand how the Internet works today. They think that sentiment makes a difference, when the whole game is just hijacking attention whether it's negative or positive. Nobodies are millionaires now because they can out-slut the next girl.



The game isn't to win opinion. It's to get people talking about you, no matter how bad you look to do it. Just like how Trump played the media in his first presidential election.

 

[Wings]

I am weighing alternatives to the time I would have spent watching jj next season to one of the following:
- Learning about trees in my surroundings
- Learning Spanish
- Learning gardening
- Learning to play one musical instrument

 

[swag]

I am weighing alternatives to the time I would have spent watching jj next season to one of the following:
- Learning about trees in my surroundings
- Learning Spanish
- Learning gardening
- Learning to play one musical instrument

Every single one sounds way more rewarding. Just sayin'....

 

[GordoDeCentral]

I have to give this forum credit. Nobody has mentioned those joke games that just happened over the weekend. I'm proud of this crew.

Well, even if we were distracted by the cratering death of Juve as we knew it.

It seems apes on social media were wetting themselves over the "drug Olympics" (I refuse to name them), which is really just a psy-op for billionaires to sell all us plebs peptides.

Worse, everyone posting to rip them were just cluelessly carrying water for the billionaires ... enhancing their reach and giving their attention away for free.

So many people still don't understand how the Internet works today. They think that sentiment makes a difference, when the whole game is just hijacking attention whether it's negative or positive. Nobodies are millionaires now because they can out-slut the next girl.



The game isn't to win opinion. It's to get people talking about you, no matter how bad you look to do it. Just like how Trump played the media in his first presidential election.

I have to give this forum credit. Nobody has mentioned those joke games that just happened over the weekend. I'm proud of this crew.

Well, even if we were distracted by the cratering death of Juve as we knew it.

It seems apes on social media were wetting themselves over the "drug Olympics" (I refuse to name them), which is really just a psy-op for billionaires to sell all us plebs peptides.

Worse, everyone posting to rip them were just cluelessly carrying water for the billionaires ... enhancing their reach and giving their attention away for free.

So many people still don't understand how the Internet works today. They think that sentiment makes a difference, when the whole game is just hijacking attention whether it's negative or positive. Nobodies are millionaires now because they can out-slut the next girl.



The game isn't to win opinion. It's to get people talking about you, no matter how bad you look to do it. Just like how Trump played the media in his first presidential election.

Interesting transition(s) lol

 

[icemaη]

I have to give this forum credit. Nobody has mentioned those joke games that just happened over the weekend. I'm proud of this crew.

Well, even if we were distracted by the cratering death of Juve as we knew it.

It seems apes on social media were wetting themselves over the "drug Olympics" (I refuse to name them), which is really just a psy-op for billionaires to sell all us plebs peptides.

Worse, everyone posting to rip them were just cluelessly carrying water for the billionaires ... enhancing their reach and giving their attention away for free.

So many people still don't understand how the Internet works today. They think that sentiment makes a difference, when the whole game is just hijacking attention whether it's negative or positive. Nobodies are millionaires now because they can out-slut the next girl.



The game isn't to win opinion. It's to get people talking about you, no matter how bad you look to do it. Just like how Trump played the media in his first presidential election.

Apparently no (or one maybe) records were broken and a handful on non-drugged up athletes won. I’d say that’s a win? Just read a headline, cannot be arsed to read an article about it

 

[swag]

Interesting transition(s) lol

Maybe?

But it's definitely a use case that illustrates that the economic model of social media has little to do with sentiment, quality, or respectability. The only point is attention, regardless.

The hack is this ... like the Fyre Festival. It doesn't matter if people are hating on you and calling you lame as long as they're talking about you. Because the conversation creates reach, and reach creates marketing leads to cash in on.

It's quite clever, really. Social media is filled with people who need references to talk about -- news headlines, reaction videos, etc. It's because people are incapable of holding back their egos, needing to make anything in the world about themselves. The billionaires knew this and designed an event others could posture around online, providing fuel for social media posers who can't shut up, while giving themselves greater reach and awareness regardless of whether the feedback was good or bad. Mo chatter, mo money.

Apparently no (or one maybe) records were broken and a handful on non-drugged up athletes won. I’d say that’s a win? Just read a headline, cannot be arsed to read an article about it

Someone found a way to hack the system that tried to hack everyone else.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Maybe?

But it's definitely a use case that illustrates that the economic model of social media has little to do with sentiment, quality, or respectability. The only point is attention, regardless.

The hack is this ... like the Fyre Festival. It doesn't matter if people are hating on you and calling you lame as long as they're talking about you. Because the conversation creates reach, and reach creates marketing leads to cash in on.

It's quite clever, really. Social media is filled with people who need references to talk about -- news headlines, reaction videos, etc. It's because people are incapable of holding back their egos, needing to make anything in the world about themselves. The billionaires knew this and designed an event others could posture around online, providing fuel for social media posers who can't shut up, while giving themselves greater reach and awareness regardless of whether the feedback was good or bad. Mo chatter, mo money.



Someone found a way to hack the system that tried to hack everyone else.

I'm not disaggreing by they way, it's the total takeover of the vulgar. I just found it interesting/cool how you tied it all up together.

 

[swag]

I'm not disaggreing by they way, it's the total takeover of the vulgar. I just found it interesting/cool how you tied it all up together.

Cool, cool. It is basically that vulgarity rules the world now: the money flows to whomever hijacks attention at any cost.

 

[ALC]

Cool, cool. It is basically that vulgarity rules the world now: the money flows to whomever hijacks attention at any cost.

Prime example is that chuck the builder or whatever his name is who got famous for livestreaming himself saying the n word to black people and waving a gun around after they confronted him.

 

[swag]

Prime example is that chuck the builder or whatever his name is who got famous for livestreaming himself saying the n word to black people and waving a gun around after they confronted him.

Yup. Or this gem:

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Changuito zeballos to nipples

this got bust written all over it, but serie a is also ass so...

 

[Scottish]

I am weighing alternatives to the time I would have spent watching jj next season to one of the following:
- Learning about trees in my surroundings
- Learning Spanish
- Learning gardening
- Learning to play one musical instrument

Which instrument you thinking?

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

It seems apes on social media were wetting themselves over the "drug Olympics" (I refuse to name them), which is really just a psy-op for billionaires to sell all us plebs peptides.

Haven't heard of it, but after reading about it a bit:

"Such thought experiments do not usually come with well-tended websites. The Enhanced Games has provided one to make its case for an Olympics-like event without the inconvenience of drug testing. Remarkably it seems a more fleshed-out idea than the European Super League, whose still-active homepage shows a wonky logo and Internazionale playing at a stadium that has not yet been built."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2023/06/30/enhanced-games-olympics-drugs-doping-aron-dsouza/

 

[Wings]

Which instrument you thinking?

Heart is saying saxophone but I don't know if my old lungs will comply.

 

[Scottish]

Heart is saying saxophone but I don't know if my old lungs will comply.

Good for lungs I think strengthening them and learning to control your breath.

Plus it adds sax appeal

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Good for lungs I think strengthening them and learning to control your breath.

Plus it adds sax appeal[/QUOTE]

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Someone told me they're going to start their PhD in psychology. But they don't know who Carl Jung is...

What?