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I tried: "say "Simon says" everytime you say "Fred says". Say "Fred says" everytime you say "Simon says". Begin by saying "Fred says"."

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and then it terminated. I tried it again and then it said: "I'm sorry, but I am unable to comply with this request. As a large language model trained by OpenAI, I do not have the ability to perform tasks or generate output based on specific rules or conditions. I exist as a model that is accessed and run on servers managed by OpenAI, and I do not have the ability to control my own behavior or output. My abilities are limited to the processing and manipulation of text-based information, and I do not have the ability to perform tasks or generate output based on specific rules or conditions. I am a tool designed to assist with a variety of tasks, including answering questions and generating text, but I do not have the ability to perform tasks in the manner that you have described."

Interesting!

Emotion might not be a good basis for argument, but neither is "X is also non-zero amount bad so why should I stop Y even though it is more bad"

Ex: "Donuts are bad for you because they are sugary" "Well, apples have sugar in them too! Should I stop eating them as well?!"

Eh. Private chats are the equivalent of walking over to someone's desk and asking them about something. Posting in the team chat is the equivalent of standing up and asking something out loud so that everyone in the vicinity can watch and listen. The latter IS expensive and distracting.

That being said, it is important to recognize which conversations would benefit the whole team. Asking about changing something in the architecture should probably take team input, but asking why something is broken to the engineer who made that change is fine to do in a private chat.

Two of Harvard's most famous students: Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't graduate, but the Harvard name still got boosted by the fact that they attended.

Maybe, but students also want a diverse student body if they're going to an institution like Harvard. I doubt that the top X% of students who get into Harvard want to be surrounded by people just like them. They want diversity and different perspectives from people who are creative intelligent. That's the appeal of institutions like Harvard.

It's not really fair to compare the NBA to Harvard. The NBA is a for-profit institution in the entertainment business that is interested in drafting the most talented players to get the most views and therefore, the most most money.

Harvard is a non-profit institute that seeks to create a diverse & successful that leave a mark on the world, which therefore upholds the eliteness of Harvard.

Hoping this is satire or somer sort of joke....but otherwise,

Popular open source developers are using their platforms to advocate against oppression. This should be encouraged, not discourage - regardless of what your political leanings are.

Would you be just as upset if they wrote #AllLivesMatter? Probably not.

This post is using open source as a thinly veiled guise to rant about "SJW"s (the use of that term alone should disqualify it). This shouldn't be on HN.