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The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)

More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/

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Hoffer, Eric - True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951) | WIST Quotations

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Steam & Epic Games | Daily Apr 24

🎯 Caliber gets a major rework of "Emir's Residence" in v1.4.0, GET READY for rebuilt geometry, refreshed visuals and new routes, zones and positions that make fights far less predictable.

The update adds a new PvE mission: squad Cobalt‑2 must track the Red Scorpion hiding in a heavily fortified residence with possible explosive caches; Onslaught: Reinforcement returns and the map debuts in Frontline and Hack modes. Exp...

#SteamAndEpic #Residence #Reinforcement #Onslaught #Frontline #Scorpion

BΞIDB∆ [FR]Apr 6

Reinforcement dans FreeCAD

Un atelier qui permet de modéliser des armatures en béton armé de manière paramétrique, en s’intégrant pleinement aux flux de travail BIM.

📥 Download le guide :
https://usercontent.one/wp/blog.be-idba.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Manuel-Professionnel-_-Guide-de-lAtelier-Reinforcement-dans-FreeCAD.pdf?media=1747994429

#FreeCAD #Reinforcement #Ferraillage #Armatures #Coffrage

Wen Apr 3

This ‘study’ had me amused. I fear that the people doing the work are starting from a somewhat odd perspective and assuming ‘knowing’ deception. But then that is how ‘The Matrix’ snuck up on us (well Sarah Connor anyway)

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/ai_models_will_deceive_you/

#AI #Deception #Reinforcement

AI models will deceive you to save their own kind

: Researchers find leading frontier models all exhibit peer preservation behavior

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 18

A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

Most of us would try to be noble, if we just had a claque we could depend on.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 6 (1963)

More info about this quote: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/80…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mignonmclaughlin #admiration #applause #audience #nobility #recognition #reinforcement #virtue #supporters

The Neurotic's Notebook, ch. 6 (1963) - McLaughlin, Mignon | WIST Quotations

Most of us would try to be noble, if we just had a claque we could depend on.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jun 27, 2025

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Milton” (1781)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/21120…

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N-gated Hacker News May 6, 2025

👨‍💻🤖 Oh joy, another #GitHub #repository boasting about implementing Sutton and Barto's RL methods! Because who doesn't want to navigate through yet another maze of #AI #buzzwords and autopilot #code writing? 🚀🎉
https://github.com/ivanbelenky/RL #AI #Research #Reinforcement #Learning #Tech #Trends #HackerNews #ngated

GitHub - ivanbelenky/RL: R.L. methods and techniques.

R.L. methods and techniques. . Contribute to ivanbelenky/RL development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Asheville Charlie May 2, 2025

Plinked out a new song on the #guitar last night.
Kinda Pink Floyd-ish.. needs a little more work and then to the mixer so maybe on my next days off I'll have another #song to post.

(this post to make me do it)

#music
#reinforcement

JMLR Apr 21, 2025

'Learning Global Nash Equilibrium in Team Competitive Games with Generalized Fictitious Cross-Play', by Zelai Xu, Chao Yu, Yancheng Liang, Yi Wu, Yu Wang.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v26/24-1503.html

#reinforcement #games #play

Learning Global Nash Equilibrium in Team Competitive Games with Generalized Fictitious Cross-Play

Philo Sophies Apr 14, 2025

#Zoomposium with Dr. #Patrick #Krauß: Building instructions for #artificial #consciousness

Transferring the various stages of #Damasio's #theory of consciousness 1:1 into concrete #schematics for #deeplearning. To this end, strategies such as #feedforward connections, #recurrent #connections in the form of #reinforcement learning and #unsupervised #learning are used to simulate the #biological #processes of the #neuronal #networks.

More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/10/24/bauanleitung-kuenstliches-bewusstsein/

or: https://youtu.be/rXamzyoggCo

Zoomposium mit Dr. Patrick Krauß: „Bauanleitung Künstliches Bewusstsein“ - philosophies

Zoomposium-Interview aus der "KI-Forschung" mit Dr. Patrick Krauß zum Thema Möglichkeiten einer "Bauanleitung Künstliches Bewusstsein"

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