Fiachra's recent activity
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Comment on ‘Digger’ majorly bombs with $8 million opening weekend, ‘Verity’ scores $32 million debut in ~movies
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Comment on Digital Detox (formerly Screenless Day) discussion: October 2026 in ~life
Fiachra (edited )LinkI've had a lot of success with what I call "sunsetting" my social media. This means that instead of outright quitting, I'll keep my current use as is but turn down any chance to maintain it: Don't...I've had a lot of success with what I call "sunsetting" my social media. This means that instead of outright quitting, I'll keep my current use as is but turn down any chance to maintain it: Don't follow or subscribe to any new accounts, if my feed gets really bad don't take action to fix it, and above all don't join any new platforms that scratch the same itch. Just let it wither gradually.
A few years back my pc broke for a few weeks and I just... never logged back in to my Twitter account. I already had the app removed from my phone so the chain was broken. Two months ago I had a persistent crashing issue with my game of Arc Raiders, so instead of searching for a fix, I replaced it in my evening chill out time with: sitting on my porch reading a book. It was a huge breakthrough for me that was only possible because most of my brain rot practices had gradually died off one by one since 2020.
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Comment on How has your career changed you? in ~life
Fiachra LinkI was somewhat shy, a little quiet, bad at making conversation. Then I worked a year and a half at a call centre. Permanently changed an until-then fundamental part of my personality.I was somewhat shy, a little quiet, bad at making conversation. Then I worked a year and a half at a call centre. Permanently changed an until-then fundamental part of my personality.
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Comment on Someone ‘torturing’ LLMs in a robot prison has triggered the dumbest debate in AI yet in ~tech
Fiachra LinkI'm disappointed they referred to it as AI Saw when Reverse Roko's Basilisk was the logical choice.I'm disappointed they referred to it as AI Saw when Reverse Roko's Basilisk was the logical choice.
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Comment on I don’t feel like I’m a creative person. How could I fix that and get ideas? in ~creative
Fiachra LinkEnjoy existing creative works and form opinions on them. Discuss them with others, and learn about others' opinions. Be sensitive about parts that you find notably good or bad, think about aspects...Enjoy existing creative works and form opinions on them. Discuss them with others, and learn about others' opinions. Be sensitive about parts that you find notably good or bad, think about aspects of the work that you would do different, ask what-ifs.
Try to produce your own creative work exploring some of the opinions and what-ifs you've thought of. Reconcile yourself with the fact that it'll be bad at first. Practice. Practice in a way that the process is enjoyable.
Cultivate diverse interests. Things that have nothing to do with each other. This will develop a more holistic way of looking at things, and potentially will allow you to abstract a concept from one subject and place it into a completely unrelated one, synthesising a whole new idea or perspective.
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Comment on TN governor halts executions, Christa Pike in hospital following two failed lethal injection doses after US Supreme Court overturns last-minute stay of execution, all on the same day in ~society
Fiachra LinkI'm blown away by the timescale here - she's being executed in 2026 for a murder that happened in 1995? Obviously you want to let them exhaust every right to appeal etc. but does that really take...I'm blown away by the timescale here - she's being executed in 2026 for a murder that happened in 1995? Obviously you want to let them exhaust every right to appeal etc. but does that really take 31 years? And right up until the final hour judges are placing and overturning stays. The years of uncertainty must be torture.
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Comment on Jon Watts is our ‘Star Wars: Episode X’ director in ~movies
Fiachra Link ParentI think it might actually be interesting for a franchise to make multiple branching sequels instead of the usual meandering sequential series.I think it might actually be interesting for a franchise to make multiple branching sequels instead of the usual meandering sequential series.
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Comment on Irreverent ads make me want to buy things even less in ~talk
Fiachra Link ParentI think that the fundamental flaw in trying to serve someone the Perfect Ad is that they're very constrained by the inventory that advertisers have purchased. Maybe the perfect ad for me is out...I think that the fundamental flaw in trying to serve someone the Perfect Ad is that they're very constrained by the inventory that advertisers have purchased. Maybe the perfect ad for me is out there but Google had 12 more units of 'AI slop aimed at women with public speaking insecurity' that had to be shown to someone in my age demo because that's what they bought, so that's what I'm seeing.
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Comment on Irreverent ads make me want to buy things even less in ~talk
Fiachra Link ParentYouTube will sometimes serve me ads in languages I don't speak. They are not as good at data collection as we think.YouTube will sometimes serve me ads in languages I don't speak. They are not as good at data collection as we think.
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Comment on Jon Watts is our ‘Star Wars: Episode X’ director in ~movies
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Comment on Ed Sheeran concerts at Robert Kraft stadiums cancelled over weather in ~music
Fiachra LinkThere was a time when armies would alter their marching plans over omens like this.There was a time when armies would alter their marching plans over omens like this.
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Comment on OpenAI hacked Australia's Medicare portal in ~tech
Fiachra Link ParentMy prior assumption is that if I personally accessed a sensitive government database I would go to jail regardless if I did damage or not. And so doing so through negligence wouldn't be treated...My prior assumption is that if I personally accessed a sensitive government database I would go to jail regardless if I did damage or not. And so doing so through negligence wouldn't be treated very differently.
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Comment on OpenAI hacked Australia's Medicare portal in ~tech
Fiachra Link ParentIf you're responsible for a piece of machinery, or an animal, or whatever, you're legally on the hook for safely containing it. If you're negligent in that duty you get punished.If you're responsible for a piece of machinery, or an animal, or whatever, you're legally on the hook for safely containing it. If you're negligent in that duty you get punished.
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Comment on I'm not sure disinfo campaigns on X still work in ~tech
Fiachra Link Parent"we now go live to the official spokesperson for the liberal agenda... the dumbest tweet our intern could find""we now go live to the official spokesperson for the liberal agenda... the dumbest tweet our intern could find"
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Comment on In fighting for every black child, did I forget my own? in ~life
Fiachra Link ParentIve heard that going to a school where you're treated as an outsider by your peers has a negative effect on educational outcomes, and can obviously be traumatic as well.Ive heard that going to a school where you're treated as an outsider by your peers has a negative effect on educational outcomes, and can obviously be traumatic as well.
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Comment on Donald Trump says the US has reached a "new" security deal with Denmark and Greenland in ~society
Fiachra Link ParentI'm kind of surprised more people haven't tried this same tactic: announcing the status quo as though they're new concessions. All he wants is the press release anyway, so even if he knows what...I'm kind of surprised more people haven't tried this same tactic: announcing the status quo as though they're new concessions. All he wants is the press release anyway, so even if he knows what you're doing he might still play along to get a perceived win.
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Comment on Brad Pitt returning for ‘World War Z’ sequel at Paramount with Edward Berger to direct in ~movies
Fiachra Link ParentThe film gives the impression that it was an original unrelated script that just had the name slapped on it for marketing reasons. There's actually very little relation to the book at all, except...The film gives the impression that it was an original unrelated script that just had the name slapped on it for marketing reasons. There's actually very little relation to the book at all, except I suppose the specific countries that he visits. The starkest difference is that the book was good and the movie fucking sucked.
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Comment on Zack Snyder's ‘The Last Photograph’ is getting destroyed at TIFF: “Unabashedly sh*t on every level” in ~movies
Fiachra Link ParentYeah but the bad guy had that cool shifting metal armour thingYeah but the bad guy had that cool shifting metal armour thing
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Comment on Irish, Scottish and Welsh leaders meet to plan break-up of United Kingdom in ~society
Fiachra Link ParentIn a way, this may be the closest thing they have to undoing that referendum. UK has been integrated into the EU since the seventies, the lifetime of many of its population. Maybe rejoining that...In a way, this may be the closest thing they have to undoing that referendum. UK has been integrated into the EU since the seventies, the lifetime of many of its population. Maybe rejoining that is closer to the familiar status quo than being chained to the post-brexit reality of Reform/Restore/whoever else.
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Comment on Irish, Scottish and Welsh leaders meet to plan break-up of United Kingdom in ~society
Fiachra Link ParentEspecially when the only movement in northern Ireland seeking independence from the UK is the one that wants to reunify with Ireland anyway.Especially when the only movement in northern Ireland seeking independence from the UK is the one that wants to reunify with Ireland anyway.
Yeah I'm not surprised. YouTube has been forcing the trailer down my throat every five minutes and yet I somehow don't have the first clue what it's about or what tone it's going for. They managed to communicate nothing but a grating obnoxiousness.