Fiachra's recent activity
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Comment on The beautiful dissociation of the Japanese language in ~humanities.languages
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Comment on Saudi Arabia’s 105-mile long Line city has been cut a little short – by 103.5 miles in ~design
Fiachra LinkOutlandish projects like this always get me speculating about hidden motives. I wonder did The Line already accomplish its true objective? Did it successfully distract from some scandal, or...Outlandish projects like this always get me speculating about hidden motives. I wonder did The Line already accomplish its true objective? Did it successfully distract from some scandal, or attract VC investment to the country? Were certain groups of people already removed from that land?
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Comment on Saudi Arabia’s 105-mile long Line city has been cut a little short – by 103.5 miles in ~design
Fiachra Link ParentIt feels exactly like a Kickstarter scam but on a grand scale. CGI mockups played over inspirational music and total unearned confidence. Shockingly, I have been served YouTube ads for this thing,...It feels exactly like a Kickstarter scam but on a grand scale. CGI mockups played over inspirational music and total unearned confidence. Shockingly, I have been served YouTube ads for this thing, as though it was already completed.
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Comment on Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over accelerator crash risk in ~transport
Fiachra Link ParentIt's a strange phenomenon when someone makes themselves the public face of a company and then becomes a culture war figurehead, all that companies products inherit the status of culture war prop,...It's a strange phenomenon when someone makes themselves the public face of a company and then becomes a culture war figurehead, all that companies products inherit the status of culture war prop, retroactively. Your phone or car or clothes could suddenly become catnip for people seeking out online arguments.
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Comment on An FDA-approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus in ~health
Fiachra LinkI'm so curious why the tongue was so vital to this concept. Is it much more sensitive or linked to a particular part of the brain? Clearly if it would work with any other body part they would have...the electrical stimulation "tickles" the tongue, she says. In addition, the device includes a set of headphones that play a series of tones and ocean-wave sounds
It's the combination of what you're feeling through the nerves in your tongue and what you're hearing through your ears happening in synchrony that causes the spotlight in your brain to not be so stuck on the tinnitus
I'm so curious why the tongue was so vital to this concept. Is it much more sensitive or linked to a particular part of the brain? Clearly if it would work with any other body part they would have saved themselves the trouble of making the gizmo food-safe.
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Comment on ‘Heroes’ reboot in the works from series creator Tim Kring in ~tv
Fiachra Link ParentA familiar phrase to anyone who played the original Digimon WorldA familiar phrase to anyone who played the original Digimon World
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Comment on An honest assessment of American rural white resentment is long overdue in ~misc
Fiachra Link ParentI included a link because I was anticipating being asked for a source or context. If you think it's unhelpful to discussion I'll remove it.I included a link because I was anticipating being asked for a source or context. If you think it's unhelpful to discussion I'll remove it.
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Comment on An honest assessment of American rural white resentment is long overdue in ~misc
Fiachra (edited )Link ParentOr the related "I want to stop immigration but only to stop right-wing extremism I swear" takes I've been seeing far too much recently. Even here on Tildes.Or the related "I want to stop immigration but only to stop right-wing extremism I swear" takes I've been seeing far too much recently. Even here on Tildes.
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Comment on Joker: Folie à Deux | Official teaser trailer in ~movies
Fiachra Link ParentFunnily enough it managed to not become a lasting darling for any political faction as far as I can see, and in an environment where even m&ms get assigned a side in the culture war that's quite...Funnily enough it managed to not become a lasting darling for any political faction as far as I can see, and in an environment where even m&ms get assigned a side in the culture war that's quite an achievement.
The closest that movie got to energizing extremists was the fact that the gif of him dancing on the stairs is sort of popular.
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Comment on Texas is replacing thousands of human exam graders with AI in ~tech
Fiachra Link ParentI remember Reddit comments in 2010 claiming that the average six year old at the time was too stupid to move out of the way of moving cars. They are prone to pessimistic hyperbole over there.I remember Reddit comments in 2010 claiming that the average six year old at the time was too stupid to move out of the way of moving cars. They are prone to pessimistic hyperbole over there.
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Comment on Tildes is changing the way I use and think about online engagement. How about you? in ~tildes
Fiachra Link'Tildes for Gaelgeoirí'... nach smaoineamh é sin :) To me, Tildes confirmed the notion that good community management is the solution to online toxicity, and that the profit-driven insistence to...FarraigePlaisteach
If I miss one thing, it's using my native language.
'Tildes for Gaelgeoirí'... nach smaoineamh é sin :)
To me, Tildes confirmed the notion that good community management is the solution to online toxicity, and that the profit-driven insistence to always grow a user base is the biggest threat to that. Smaller, more persistant user bases like Tildes have much more productive discussions, because they're fostered like communities and not tapped like a business resource. This site has been very educational and has given me more of an interest in online community building as a sort of craft.
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Comment on PVP in MMORPGs is dead (and here's why) in ~games
Fiachra Link ParentI'm glad you said that, because I was thinking the AI must be the one talking in circles.I'm glad you said that, because I was thinking the AI must be the one talking in circles.
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Comment on "Dune: Part Three" in the works, in addition to Denis Villeneuve adapation of "Nuclear War: A Scenario" in ~movies
Fiachra Link ParentI don't understand your analogy. Muad'dib's jihad does happen between books 1 and 2 so the movie ending on the war isn't a radical departure from source. So I assume you're referring to some other...I don't understand your analogy. Muad'dib's jihad does happen between books 1 and 2 so the movie ending on the war isn't a radical departure from source. So I assume you're referring to some other plot change but I can't think of one big enough. The omission of the spacing guild from the finale? Disappointing but doesn't rise to the level of "Hamlet is alive".
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Comment on Terraform Industries converts electricity and air into synthetic natural gas for the first time in ~enviro
Fiachra Link ParentSo the question is, what's the cheaper source of hydrogen? If it's fossil fuels, that's what'll be used in the event the tech takes off.So the question is, what's the cheaper source of hydrogen? If it's fossil fuels, that's what'll be used in the event the tech takes off.
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Comment on Jon Stewart on the false promises of AI in ~tech
Fiachra Link ParentYou nailed it. Remove the incentive driving the problem. Anti-AI tech will just be an eternal arms race. Generative AI isn't a problem if it doesn't drive artists out of a job with a flood of...You nailed it. Remove the incentive driving the problem. Anti-AI tech will just be an eternal arms race. Generative AI isn't a problem if it doesn't drive artists out of a job with a flood of high-volume low-quality work.
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Comment on The rise and fall of the trad wife: Alena Kate Pettitt helped lead an online movement promoting domesticity. Now she says, “It’s become its own monster.” in ~life.women
Fiachra LinkSaying this on TV and acting surprised that you attracted a politically outspoken audience seems quite naive to me. Even if she doesn't share the online neoconservatives' political aims, she seems...So long as you, the mainstream media, continue to try and cancel traditionalism, and the at-home role of the wife and mother
Saying this on TV and acting surprised that you attracted a politically outspoken audience seems quite naive to me.
Even if she doesn't share the online neoconservatives' political aims, she seems to share their odd belief that it was the media that ended housewives by stigmatizing them, and not the many economic factors that simply put it beyond most people's means.
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Comment on Why Bluesky remains the most interesting experiment in social media, by far in ~tech
Fiachra Link ParentI welcome the differences in opinion. I think a lot of people would agree that the Internet has gotten far too centralized but still don't see that that makes this kind of fragmentation desirable....I welcome the differences in opinion. I think a lot of people would agree that the Internet has gotten far too centralized but still don't see that that makes this kind of fragmentation desirable. Can't turn the big four platforms into 12 or 15 without some schisms.
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Comment on This super-Earth is the first planet confirmed to have a permanent dark side in ~space
Fiachra Link ParentI imagine that a star heating only one side of the planet for billions of years would cause some pretty extreme windI imagine that a star heating only one side of the planet for billions of years would cause some pretty extreme wind
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Comment on "I watched fifteen hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to" in ~health
Fiachra Link ParentI read it the same way at first, that the implication was the lab used raccoon dogs as test subjects. But I think what's actually meant is that it evolved in wild populations of raccoon dogs then...I read it the same way at first, that the implication was the lab used raccoon dogs as test subjects. But I think what's actually meant is that it evolved in wild populations of raccoon dogs then jumped to humans.
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Comment on Why Bluesky remains the most interesting experiment in social media, by far in ~tech
Fiachra Link ParentFeelings seem to run high whenever Mastodon gets brought up in discussion. Personally I don't want it to "take off" and become a replacement for the major social media sites, I just want something...Feelings seem to run high whenever Mastodon gets brought up in discussion. Personally I don't want it to "take off" and become a replacement for the major social media sites, I just want something that remains viable and doesn't gradually descend into a money hungry manipulative mess. So I'm not trying to convince anyone to move over there, and I'm not at all certain that I'm right about any of this.
Picture the reaction you would see in your own country if they required everyone to switch from the Latin alphabet to katakana.
Edit: come to think of it, even a spelling reform of English to make it phonetic within the existing Latin alphabet is unthinkable, let alone switching to a whole other writing system