BS as essential garnishing

 I find it absolutely horrifying that most people who try to teach language to computers aren't very familiar with language themselves. Thus, when you read papers in NLP, you often find yourself trying to tear your hair out. The garnishing of mathematics that is probably necessary for a paper to be accepted is an example of the BS that people always need as garnishing on their stuff.

To be honest, it is my lack of skill at deciphering the meaning behind a differential equation that lead me to this rant, and I should work on improving my skills. But it is clearly a case of physics envy on part of the community. If you can say deletion or replacement, why say gradient? Well, the obvious answer is, contrary to what people claim, BS is an essential component of most human systems.

My BS detector has only gotten better over the years- nothing else has followed this trend- but I am really perplexed by the switching on and off protocols one needs to develop for it, in order to function in normal human society. Recently, I have been thrown in the spotlight in society due to life circumstances in a very personal capacity, where I am scrutinized and analyzed to death. Of course, the analysis follows some pre-conceived notions, so the results are always predictable and horribly wrong. But again, who cares about the error of their estimates? It is much more useful to be consistent and functioning as compared to factually correct.

Oh boy, I haven't triggered people like this since primary school, where I quickly learnt to hide all traces of myself from the public eye. A similar protocol needs to be developed for this age and time, because clearly the bullying never stops.

Back to BS. So yeah, this detector actively hinders my integration into society. It is ringing almost all the time but these signals are only for one's inner self and not for the people at large. And of course it isn't appropriate for every situation, and can be misleading at times. 

So this current cosmopoliton of mine happens to be particularly stingy about WiFi access. This is strange, when you consider that internet here is dirt cheap.

Tying back to the BS point, our constant plagiarizing of western ideas has left us utterly incapable of distinguishing between content and noise, meaning and BS. So this place calls itself NYC and its biggest achievement is restricting wifi access to two hours. This feels incredibly cheap, and unwelcoming. The unwelcoming feeling is a snowflakish one so we'll discard it. Clearly the coffee places of this city need a thorough reviewing. One previously required me to ask for a new voucher every two hours, but clearly that is a better method than just disconnecting the internet altogether.