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Comment on TV series suggestions in ~tv
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
unkz Link ParentI’m getting paid in the real 1kg XXL chocolate eggs.I’m getting paid in the real 1kg XXL chocolate eggs.
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
unkz Link ParentIt’s not hard to set a gun up to capture spent brass, so the weather balloon would indeed take away the casings. Eg. https://a.co/d/08Lri44nIt’s not hard to set a gun up to capture spent brass, so the weather balloon would indeed take away the casings.
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Comment on A.T.L.A.S: outperform Claude Sonnet with a 14B local model and RTX 5060 Ti in ~tech
unkz Link ParentIt’s easy to start hitting limits if you run things in parallel. My weekly code audit getting this territory, as I have it create GitHub issues for all the things it finds and then it runs through...It’s easy to start hitting limits if you run things in parallel. My weekly code audit getting this territory, as I have it create GitHub issues for all the things it finds and then it runs through them all in parallel to have fully tested pull requests that I can sift through afterwards.
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Comment on Ottawa's big bet on world's largest cricket farm ran into a simple problem: the 'yuck factor' in ~food
unkz LinkSomewhat disappointing but I get it. I’m not going to pay premium prices like that to eat crickets. I’m not really sure where crickets fit in my dietary plan, or if they even do unless it’s a very...Somewhat disappointing but I get it. I’m not going to pay premium prices like that to eat crickets. I’m not really sure where crickets fit in my dietary plan, or if they even do unless it’s a very odd scenario — maybe in a first wave settler Mars colony where it somehow is the most efficient form of generating protein from extremely limited resources?
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Ottawa's big bet on world's largest cricket farm ran into a simple problem: the 'yuck factor'
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
unkz Link ParentComplaining that 496g of chocolate should not be considered “XL”. My guy, half a kilogram of chocolate is XL.Complaining that 496g of chocolate should not be considered “XL”. My guy, half a kilogram of chocolate is XL.
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
unkz LinkSomeone replicated the CSI episode where they committed suicide and tied the gun to a weather balloon to make it look like murder....Someone replicated the CSI episode where they committed suicide and tied the gun to a weather balloon to make it look like murder.
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Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes
unkz (edited )Link ParentI don’t know how more direct you could be about specifying what the correct belief is than by promoting charities. I don’t know if you read the locked thread, but people weren’t even being...That’s not quite what I’m saying. It would be more of a message which makes it’s clear it’s controversial, links to a page about the controversy and links to program charity list.
I don’t know how more direct you could be about specifying what the correct belief is than by promoting charities.
disagreeing with protrans points
I don’t know if you read the locked thread, but people weren’t even being anti-trans, they were simply questioning how much effect there would be from an existing HBO subscriber choosing to watch the content. There’s a lot of distance between discussing the economics of viewer metrics and promoting trans hate.
Don’t get me wrong here, I’m generally pro-trans on almost all issues. But I would oppose this kind of thing for all topics that I have strong opinions on. I wouldn’t like automated pushing of pro-choice, pro-Ukraine, pro-Democrat, pro-Liberal/NDP, and so on either.
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Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes
unkz Link ParentI can’t say I like the idea of actually codifying the set of correct beliefs on topics right into the site’s software.I can’t say I like the idea of actually codifying the set of correct beliefs on topics right into the site’s software.
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Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes
unkz Link ParentWas it The Good Place where nobody went to heaven since the industrial era began because every action had at least a bit of unforgivable sin by proxy in it?I venture to say that if we cracked open everyone's financials in here and followed where the money they spent goes to
Was it The Good Place where nobody went to heaven since the industrial era began because every action had at least a bit of unforgivable sin by proxy in it?
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Comment on Everything we just learned about the new Stargate series in ~tv
unkz Link ParentYeah, I got the sense that they understood why Universe was bad. I’m hoping for something closer to Atlantis, which sounds (perhaps only to my optimistic ears) like where they want to go.Yeah, I got the sense that they understood why Universe was bad. I’m hoping for something closer to Atlantis, which sounds (perhaps only to my optimistic ears) like where they want to go.
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Comment on Everything we just learned about the new Stargate series in ~tv
unkz LinkI very much appreciate that.“I’m heartened by the fact that Martin is very respectful of what came before,” Mallozzi said. “We’ll build stories … [and] it’s very easy to find solutions that run counter to canon. And there will be times when we’ll go a certain way and then I’ll point out, ‘Actually, SG-1 established this.’ And rather than hand-wave and say, ‘This is a new show,’ Martin has said, ‘OK, we have to consider this,’ and found a way to work around it or incorporate it.”
I very much appreciate that.
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Comment on US Army ups maximum enlistment age to 42, relaxes rules on marijuana in ~society
unkz Link ParentThis is one way that AI will respond if you naively prompt it to “humanize” the text so that it beats GPT detectors. Not saying that’s what happened here, but don’t rely on typos as a good signal.This is one way that AI will respond if you naively prompt it to “humanize” the text so that it beats GPT detectors. Not saying that’s what happened here, but don’t rely on typos as a good signal.
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Comment on US Army ups maximum enlistment age to 42, relaxes rules on marijuana in ~society
unkz Link ParentYou wish think there would be exceptions for people with particular skills. Like a professional electrician, software developer, mechanic — they would be able to skip so much specialty training.You wish think there would be exceptions for people with particular skills. Like a professional electrician, software developer, mechanic — they would be able to skip so much specialty training.
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Comment on "People are turning themselves into lab rats" – the injectable peptides craze sweeping the US in ~health
unkz Link ParentSure. Peptides are in an intermediate zone between double blind placebo controlled studies and drinking bleach though. In most cases we have some idea what the biological mechanism is, and...Sure. Peptides are in an intermediate zone between double blind placebo controlled studies and drinking bleach though. In most cases we have some idea what the biological mechanism is, and probably animal studies.
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Comment on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | Teaser in ~tv
unkz Link ParentMy point is basically every has morals and principles and it’s kind of offside to imply that they don’t.My point is basically every has morals and principles and it’s kind of offside to imply that they don’t.
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Comment on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | Teaser in ~tv
unkz Link ParentWell, it’s an interesting case that really goes to definitions. What is a woman, not socially, but with respect to sport eligibility? And if you take the genetic perspective, she has a Y...Well, it’s an interesting case that really goes to definitions. What is a woman, not socially, but with respect to sport eligibility?
And if you take the genetic perspective, she has a Y chromosome. That’s not really in dispute. There’s a fairly compelling argument that this provides an unreasonable advantage over women who only have X chromosomes, even with testosterone reducing drugs.
On the other hand, if you take the phenotypic perspective, she is and has always looked like and believed herself to be a woman because of that SRY gene.
And then, there’s the argument that even genetically speaking, one could consider the combination of a Y chromosome and an SRY gene to be another form of being genetically female. Under that view, the advantage conferred by her Y chromosome is simply part of the diversity of human genotypes and is not different than other gene variants that occur disproportionately in elite athletes, for example ACTN3-R577X, ACE, PPARA, PPARGC1A, AMPD1, and NOS3.
"I have female hormones. And people don't know this, but I have taken hormone treatments to lower my testosterone levels for competitions," the 26-year-old Algerian said in the interview published on Wednesday, February 4. Khelif confirmed she has the SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome that indicates masculinity. "Yes, and it's natural," she said, adding that she is "surrounded by doctors, a professor is monitoring me... For the Paris Games qualifying tournament, which took place in Dakar, I lowered my testosterone levels to zero".
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Comment on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | Teaser in ~tv
unkz Link ParentI’m pretty sure they also live in a world like that.But I live in a world where morals and principles matter.
I’m pretty sure they also live in a world like that.
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Comment on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | Teaser in ~tv
unkz (edited )Link ParentIf they watch it legitimately it incentivizes HBO to invest in sequels. HBO is going to make content either way, if you are politically inclined on this issue it would make some sense to signal...If they watch it legitimately it incentivizes HBO to invest in sequels. HBO is going to make content either way, if you are politically inclined on this issue it would make some sense to signal HBO to invest in different projects.
Man on the inside — same writer as the good place, some of the same people, if you like Ted Danson you’ll love this
Our flag means death — Taika Waititi of what we do in shadows made an amazing and hilarious version of the Blackbeard story
Slow horses — clever spy drama with a lot of humour, might skew more to your tastes than hers but it’s great.
Someone else mentioned Silo, and I agree. Good books too.