Fiachra's recent activity
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Comment on People who want less AI are breaking up with Google Search in ~tech
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Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech
Fiachra Link ParentSome of the most entertaining stuff I've ever read is from talented writers getting extremely annoyed at something mundane.Some of the most entertaining stuff I've ever read is from talented writers getting extremely annoyed at something mundane.
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Comment on 'The Boys' has ended. What are your thoughts? in ~tv
Fiachra LinkJust caught up on it last night. The death of Homelander wasn't the emotional culmination I pictured when I watched season 1, but ultimately it was a very unsubtle political screwball black comedy...Just caught up on it last night. The death of Homelander wasn't the emotional culmination I pictured when I watched season 1, but ultimately it was a very unsubtle political screwball black comedy and I enjoyed it for what it was. It didn't let me down the way GoT did.
If I had to script doctor it, I'd say that they fell into the trap of personifying the abstract evil into one evil person and then treating the problem as solved when that person is killed. They gestures at the idea, with Stan Edgar getting back in control of Vought and the whole question of how Ryan might turn out, but in the end the gravitational pull of Homelander pulled in the whole narrative. I would have had Sage's plan to take the White House at the end of season 4 kill Homelander instead of Neumann. So the final-season villain becomes a Vought-controlled White House with Homelander as a martyr, still executing a purge of dissidents.
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Comment on Everything in ~science
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Comment on China executes man for murdering prominent gaming tycoon in ~news
Fiachra LinkMan, he threw everything away over one shafting on one business deal. I'm sure there would have been many more. Brings to mind all the advice about suicide, "all your problems are temporary except...Man, he threw everything away over one shafting on one business deal. I'm sure there would have been many more. Brings to mind all the advice about suicide, "all your problems are temporary except one: being guilty of premeditated murder".
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
Fiachra LinkAs someone who has been very sensitive to rejection, I've accepted that there is no way to avoid being criticised. Sometimes every possible outcome of a decision will get you criticised, sometimes...As someone who has been very sensitive to rejection, I've accepted that there is no way to avoid being criticised.
Sometimes every possible outcome of a decision will get you criticised, sometimes even from the very same person.
People will criticise you when you do a good thing because you didn't spend that time doing an even better thing.
People will criticise you for not doing something "the right way" even if that doesn't work for you.
And even if you hurt nobody and the opportunity cost is zero they can mock you for being cringe or having bad vibes or whatever.
The only way to avoid being criticised is to never do anything or stand for anything, and then even if nobody calls you lazy you will probably judge yourself for that.
So the only way to live is make decisions as best you can and treat judgemental remarks as the cost of doing business, not your fault and not necessarily as mistakes that need rectifying.
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Comment on The boy that cried Mythos in ~comp
Fiachra Link Parent"Blue WKD has crashed the stock market. Millions will suffer.""Blue WKD has crashed the stock market. Millions will suffer."
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Comment on Anyone else a bit unnerved by the number of visible satellites? in ~space
Fiachra Link ParentIf we built our cities denser and less car-dependent, a lot more land area would be "remote" enough to be free from light pollution. It would also help with a host of other problems.If we built our cities denser and less car-dependent, a lot more land area would be "remote" enough to be free from light pollution. It would also help with a host of other problems.
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Comment on How long would a society comprised of video game protagonists survive? in ~games
Fiachra LinkThe entire earth would instantly devolve into the island in PUBG. The last human on earth would be declared winner winner chicken dinner and then starve to death some time later, if joyriding...The entire earth would instantly devolve into the island in PUBG. The last human on earth would be declared winner winner chicken dinner and then starve to death some time later, if joyriding vehicles over rough terrain doesn't kill them first.
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Comment on Did wokeness leave us worse off? (gifted link) in ~society
Fiachra Link ParentI think that's just the result of people giving up on getting economic or material improvements from their politicians. All you're left with is the culture war. The second Mamdani offered New York...I think that's just the result of people giving up on getting economic or material improvements from their politicians. All you're left with is the culture war. The second Mamdani offered New York actual solutions to material problems, the culture war couldn't touch him.
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Comment on Forget the AI apocalypse. Memes have already nuked our culture. (gifted link) in ~tech
Fiachra Link ParentI do allow that my take was shallow and directed more at a general trend than this article in particular. However the headline contextualises the contents of the article (which I did read before...I do allow that my take was shallow and directed more at a general trend than this article in particular. However the headline contextualises the contents of the article (which I did read before replying, for the record) as being in opposition to the assertion that AI brainrot is a problem. AFAIK it's common for writers to not pick their own headlines, but that doesn't change my criticism: the headline presents a headass thesis statement which the article fails to deliver on.
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Comment on Forget the AI apocalypse. Memes have already nuked our culture. (gifted link) in ~tech
Fiachra LinkIf brainrot is the real problem, then AI, which allows brainrot to be produced at a vastly greater scale by anyone with money, regardless of agenda, should be considered a massive problem. I'm...If brainrot is the real problem, then AI, which allows brainrot to be produced at a vastly greater scale by anyone with money, regardless of agenda, should be considered a massive problem.
I'm genuinely so exhausted with this same take all the time, "X isn't the problem because Y was already happening" yeah buddy that's how every crisis happens, a new event puts stress on systems which widen the existing cracks and flaws.
The UK had child poverty before Brexit. US politicians served big business interests before Citizens United. Dinosaurs were dying before the meteor.
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Comment on United Arab Emirates says it will leave OPEC, a blow to the oil cartel in ~finance
Fiachra (edited )LinkThis is one of those weeks when decades happen EDIT: on further reading this seems to be just another milestone in a gradual decline in OPEC's power over the years and not in fact related to the...This is one of those weeks when decades happen
EDIT: on further reading this seems to be just another milestone in a gradual decline in OPEC's power over the years and not in fact related to the pressures on UAE caused by the Iran war
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Comment on What is Mastodon for? in ~tech
Fiachra Link ParentIMO it's a middle ground between the "town square" concept of sites like twitter (a concept that has failed if you ask me) and the highly siloed nature of apps like discord and WhatsApp.IMO it's a middle ground between the "town square" concept of sites like twitter (a concept that has failed if you ask me) and the highly siloed nature of apps like discord and WhatsApp.
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Comment on Hungary’s new leader reveals Viktor Orbán diverted Hungarian taxpayer funds toward bankrolling CPAC in ~society
Fiachra LinkThese crypto-fash who present themselves as against globalism are the most internationalised political conspiracy in the fucking world.These crypto-fash who present themselves as against globalism are the most internationalised political conspiracy in the fucking world.
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Comment on Indie Pass, a PC subscription service for indie games to launch on April 13, 2026 in ~games
Fiachra Link ParentWe're about to see a boom in the game counterpart of those ten minute skits on Facebook that constantly hint that something salacious is about to happen.We're about to see a boom in the game counterpart of those ten minute skits on Facebook that constantly hint that something salacious is about to happen.
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Comment on World of Warcraft rogue server TurtleWoW agrees to end operations in court settlement in ~games
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Comment on Students develop faux but sexy robotic sage grouse to strut their stuff in an effort to move a Grand Teton National Park breeding-ground lek away from jets in ~science
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Comment on Humans are losing the fight against flying fish in ~enviro
Fiachra LinkImagine surviving the great emu war just to see your home overrun by flying fish. Only the dead have seen the end of war.Imagine surviving the great emu war just to see your home overrun by flying fish. Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Comment on China says it will resume some ties with Taiwan after visit by opposition leader in ~society
Fiachra Link ParentIf there ever was a time to invade while Taiwan's biggest ally is otherwise occupied...If there ever was a time to invade while Taiwan's biggest ally is otherwise occupied...
They're using the terms "search engine" and "browser" interchangeably is the problem.