Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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In The Matrix, how are babies made? (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Being stuck in a pod by yourself makes it kinda difficult to get intimate with someone in the real world.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

artificial gestation

The word "matrix" literally means "womb" in its older sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It also refers to a 2D array of numbers in linear algebra. This data structure is used to store the synaptic weights of an artificial neural network.

We have only bits and pieces of information but what we know for certain is that at some point in the early twenty-first century all of mankind was united in celebration. We marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to AI.

It really is a deeply-thought-out movie.