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My wife is on the ace spectrum. She enjoys sex, but only experiences reactive sexual desire (i.e. she'll get in the mood once sex is basically already happening). Effectively she does not experience sexual desire in the way people typically mean that.

That's been a struggle for us. We don't do scheduled sex, but it's something we've considered. Even though we have very good (if infrequent) sex, the frequency isn't the thing that's hard for me to deal with. The hardest thing is not feeling desired in ways I am used to in relationships. That has made me feel insecure and just overall is not great. But it's something we've had to work through.

So all that goes to say: yes, if you find the right person you'll be able to make it work. The key, in my opinion, is talking about it and being very clear about how you're wired and that it isn't anything wrong with them.

Well sure. CEOs' main job is to coordinate the functions of major business units with the wishes of shareholders/the board of directors. Ultimately they're a middleman on the hook for the results of the business without actual direct control of day to day operations.

Effectively that means they give broad goals and direction to named execs, who translate those goals into actions for their organizations, that middle managers direct their teams to achieve. Then middle managers report success/failure to named execs, who report back to the CEO who (in conjunction with the other named execs) reports success/failure to shareholders & the board along with financial results.

The execs all are basically on the hook for the results of the decisions made by those below them, but they only decide the broad strokes of the actions of the business.

LLMs could do most of that. The only problem is they can't really make decisions properly. But they could pretty easily turn what is said by the board & shareholders into goals for others to enact - and maybe determine if actions taken by the business support the goals to some degree.

That is like 80% of the job of a CEO.

Compliance does need to be considered. The company I work for is trying extremely hard to comply, but because of complexities and ambiguities in the law, it is difficult to find out how to comply. I don't know all the details, but I know legal, compliance, and the data engineering teams spend a lot of time figuring out how to be compliant and there aren't always clear answers.

That said, the solution is not to roll back protections but to be very explicit about how to comply.

It stops taking as much effort eventually. Then you can tune out the noise and think about stuff. Or it never does because everyone is different, I guess, but then you just do what you have to do.

That's true. But finding inner quiet is an even more necessary skill in those situations. But, I'm autistic (only mildly), so I totally get if the stimulation is just too much. Though I went through a lot of discomfort to be okay in environments like that.

It's good to enjoy quiet and not be constantly surrounding yourself with noise. It's an important skill to be able to sit in silence and not rely on external stimulation to feel okay.

It does not. The legal system has essentially lost the ability to be a check on the power of the executive branch. Partly because of the capture of the judiciary and regulatory bodies by right-wing extremists and partly because of the speed at which the executive branch is acting illegally - it takes time to build cases and the jsutice system can't keep up.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). They are the ones playing defense against fascism and violations of civil liberties by the US government. This includes immigration, freedom of religion/expression, lgbtq rights, abortion rights, you name it they've done it.they are responsible for getting nunerous illegal bills/acts/laws rescinded. They do great work. The sort of work that is foundational to getting the US government on track.

Ad hominem fallacy. The person who has been exposed for various things, instead of trying to refute the argument of the accuser (e.g. "they're misrepresenting the facts", "I couldn't have done that here's an alibi")

... they just make their own accusations to make others mistrust their accuser. All of the examples you listed were ad hominem attacks against your friend.

It was a very tiny face, so, understandable

That was my first reaction. Using LLMs is a lot like being a manager. You have to describe goals/tasks and delegate them, while usually not doing any of the tasks yourself.

And also he defined that term very specifically. He said only that Trump is acting in the best interests of Russia. When someone normally uses that language, they mean they are in the employ of a country, like a spy.

So, it's meant to be inflammatory and spur action on the part of the US and Europe.