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  1. Comment on New US-Canada bridge to open after delay in ~transport

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    It's for REAL real this time... Unlike the last... Four times? Hopefully this farce is finally done.

    It's for REAL real this time... Unlike the last... Four times? Hopefully this farce is finally done.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Accessible forms of poetry for journaling? in ~creative

  3. Comment on If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort in ~comp

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    Not directly related to the topic it's posted in, but I've felt the exact same way about AI written emails. I don't begrudge people saving time to write longer text - I initially even supported...

    Not directly related to the topic it's posted in, but I've felt the exact same way about AI written emails. I don't begrudge people saving time to write longer text - I initially even supported folks doing it! - but the loss of personal voice and clear failure to proofread outputs its really starting to grate on me these days.

    So yeah, completely agree. Great maxim.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes

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    God, I tried Voat too and 100% agree. It was jarring and enlightening to watch that place swiftly go down the toilet. As someone who was very pro free speech and 'let the best ideas rise to the...

    God, I tried Voat too and 100% agree. It was jarring and enlightening to watch that place swiftly go down the toilet. As someone who was very pro free speech and 'let the best ideas rise to the top' mindset, that live experiment completely changed my perspective on how to manage communities and discourse.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Finland scored three unanswered goals in the second period to beat Canada in the semi-finals of the 2026 IIHF World Championship in ~sports.hockey

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    Maybe the worst year for Canada in international hockey in my entire life...

    Maybe the worst year for Canada in international hockey in my entire life...

    1 vote

  6. Comment on What are people's experiences with using Kagi? in ~tech

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    +1 for someone who tried a trial and didn't find myself using it that much. I'm honestly not searching for too difficult to find things these days, which is a bit sad. I wonder what would nudge me...

    +1 for someone who tried a trial and didn't find myself using it that much. I'm honestly not searching for too difficult to find things these days, which is a bit sad. I wonder what would nudge me back towards needing to find specific answers...

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Blue Origin New Glenn stage 1 "No, It's Necessary" explodes during static fire in ~space

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    Very glad no one was hurt, but this is devastating news, especially because of the increased cadence in Lunar missions. Neither of our big Artemis Rockets will be ready it seems, which means...

    Very glad no one was hurt, but this is devastating news, especially because of the increased cadence in Lunar missions. Neither of our big Artemis Rockets will be ready it seems, which means everything will be pushed back despite how much energy, money, and announcements are exploding right now.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 | Reveal trailer in ~games

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    Holy shit War Fantasy looks intense, thanks for the link.

    Holy shit War Fantasy looks intense, thanks for the link.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech

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    Why are you so confident of this? The chances are much lower, but not zero. Very very recent Scientific American Article discussing the problem with hallucinations making up sources:...

    That said, no current frontier model is going to hallucinate the way the author claims on such a basic and straightforward question.

    Why are you so confident of this? The chances are much lower, but not zero. Very very recent Scientific American Article discussing the problem with hallucinations making up sources: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-lawyers-keep-citing-fake-cases-invented-by-ai

    10 votes

  10. Comment on The cost of safetyism - what we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard in ~life

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    Adding another parent voice here to say - yeah, I also agree but also feel the social etiquette in Canada makes it almost impossible to put into practice. You'll be a pariah or have social...

    Adding another parent voice here to say - yeah, I also agree but also feel the social etiquette in Canada makes it almost impossible to put into practice. You'll be a pariah or have social services called on you for letting pre teens out on their own too far. No one else is doing it so even if you do, your kid is isolated. I'm trying to build the muscle too, but it's a lonely fight.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech

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    To add on to @Lia 's comment, which I fully agree with: the whole problem with LLMs is that they're entirely weighted random chance. I believe you that you tried this prompt and got the right...

    To add on to @Lia 's comment, which I fully agree with: the whole problem with LLMs is that they're entirely weighted random chance. I believe you that you tried this prompt and got the right answer. I also believe that the linked author tried a prompt and got his. It's entirely possible because nothing is guaranteed with an LLM, ever. I regularly use a relatively reliable paid LLM modifier (add-on? What's the word for companies building off of Foundation models) for legal work, and I got a pretty awful hallucination last week. It happens, and I can't even reproduce the bug for proof because, well... It was just a bad dice roll for me.

    I'm trying to keep using the tools and learn to stay engaged in the state of the art, but dear God is this even more terrible news in the ever worsening death of our shared global (or even national) reality.

    26 votes

  12. Comment on What is your favorite dinosaur? in ~talk

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    Oooooh, another great question from Fae! My go-to would probably be triceratops, but for a more obscure reference I will say Troodon. I vividly recall a documentary I saw on the Discovery channel...

    Oooooh, another great question from Fae!

    My go-to would probably be triceratops, but for a more obscure reference I will say Troodon. I vividly recall a documentary I saw on the Discovery channel way back when it was amazing (2008 maybe?) that went into great detail about their hypothesized intelligence based on evidence of brain cavity size and the apparently social locations of various fossil groupings. The Wikipedia page seems to cover very little of this so maybe it's been discredited since. But that documentary ended with a fascinating sci fi take of how troodon might've evolved into a reptilian civilization if they hadn't been blown up via asteroid. I've always remembered them as 'the smart dinos' since and really had a soft spot for them.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced releases July 9, 2026 in ~games

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    It's open world and a lot of fun, but a very different game really. It's pirate valheim more than assassins creed. The boarding is less good than black flag for sure, as is the melee combat. The...

    It's open world and a lot of fun, but a very different game really. It's pirate valheim more than assassins creed. The boarding is less good than black flag for sure, as is the melee combat. The seas are gorgeous, it has shanties, and the ship to ship combat feels more comparable. I am enjoying it immensely so far, but I love Valheim.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on Anthropic announces deal with Google, Broadcom, says revenue has tripled in ~finance

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    You can blacklist it in personal preferences on Claude. I just did that the other day.

    You can blacklist it in personal preferences on Claude. I just did that the other day.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Where can I learn about the actual science behind Artemis II? in ~space

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    Good suggestions so far, but here's another: Nasa's Artemis II Reference Guide (138 pages!). NASA does indeed have a lot of this information scattered out there, but it's pretty spread out and not...

    Good suggestions so far, but here's another: Nasa's Artemis II Reference Guide (138 pages!). NASA does indeed have a lot of this information scattered out there, but it's pretty spread out and not indexed or centralized.

    Since you specifically mention Science, here's a list of the experiments onboard: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis-ii-science/

    13 votes

  16. Comment on Welcome to a multidimensional economic disaster - the AI boom wasn’t built for the polycrisis in ~tech

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    Yes, with the caveat that this ban only applies to the top end, most modern AI chips. China still relies heavily on Taiwan for all manner of other chipsets.

    Yes, with the caveat that this ban only applies to the top end, most modern AI chips. China still relies heavily on Taiwan for all manner of other chipsets.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Welcome to a multidimensional economic disaster - the AI boom wasn’t built for the polycrisis in ~tech

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    They will be impacted but not as heavily since their investments are largely state driven. But lack of chips from Taiwan will still hurt, as will a crash in prices and demand. So maybe they come...

    They will be impacted but not as heavily since their investments are largely state driven. But lack of chips from Taiwan will still hurt, as will a crash in prices and demand. So maybe they come out ahead but still limping.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on How the Netherlands bent bureaucracy into something beautiful in ~society

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    This is a great optimistic article, but I wish it directly had more details on the actual method in it. I don't have time to dig into the linked research paper, but here it is:...

    This is a great optimistic article, but I wish it directly had more details on the actual method in it. I don't have time to dig into the linked research paper, but here it is:
    https://actionresearchplus.com/citizen-centric-powering-through-bureaucracy/

    If someone ended up looking at it to see if there's useful stuff in there (rather than this just being one really persuasive and determined social scientist), I'd be very grateful to see quotes.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Water and sanitation in the developing world in ~society

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    The Ek Son Chan quote is both inspiring and depressing. Inspiring because he wrought such remarkable improvements. Depressing because how on earth do we make important but unpopular changes in a...

    The Ek Son Chan quote is both inspiring and depressing. Inspiring because he wrought such remarkable improvements. Depressing because how on earth do we make important but unpopular changes in a democracy? 😭

    3 votes