Maxi's recent activity
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Comment on Olympic committee announces a broad ban on transgender athletes and athletes with differences in sex development in Women’s events (gifted link) in ~lgbt
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Comment on Asia turns back to coal as war chokes off natural gas in ~enviro
Maxi Link ParentYou should read the final report of the Iberian blackout from last year. The problem is not so much firmware on individual inverters but figuring out a way to get it to work gridscale without...You should read the final report of the Iberian blackout from last year.
The problem is not so much firmware on individual inverters but figuring out a way to get it to work gridscale without causing issues. One large cause of the blackout was grid following solar inverters.
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Comment on Asia turns back to coal as war chokes off natural gas in ~enviro
Maxi Link ParentMost countries are already doing that, renewables are cheaper on a pay kWh basis than fossil production. The problem with renewables now is the lack of momentum they can provide to the grid. This...Most countries are already doing that, renewables are cheaper on a pay kWh basis than fossil production.
The problem with renewables now is the lack of momentum they can provide to the grid.
This energy crisis might speed up investments into renewables but I hope there’s more work put towards figuring out reliable ways to produce momentum
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Comment on Amazon’s promotion of ‘Melania’ has critics questioning its motives (Amazon has spent 35M on marketing on top of its 40M budget) in ~movies
Maxi Link ParentReddit had recently became very aggressive at removing such talk as well.Reddit had recently became very aggressive at removing such talk as well.
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Comment on So I started a clothing brand in ~design
Maxi Link ParentBut this is pure AI slop? Why are you wasting our time with this?But this is pure AI slop? Why are you wasting our time with this?
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Comment on How can England possibly be running out of water? in ~enviro
Maxi Link ParentYou're comapring apples to oranges. The UK report you linked to only covers england and only covers water provided by water companies. The infographic you shared covers all water usage in the US,...You're comapring apples to oranges. The UK report you linked to only covers england and only covers water provided by water companies. The infographic you shared covers all water usage in the US, including using river water for irrigation.
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Comment on Over twenty-one days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced he was a superhero in ~tech
Maxi Link ParentThis is literally how/why marketing (specifically branding) works so well. Most people lack the critical thinking ability to verify the quality of something, so they rely on surface level cues to...This is literally how/why marketing (specifically branding) works so well. Most people lack the critical thinking ability to verify the quality of something, so they rely on surface level cues to judge quality.
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Comment on If you're a programmer, are you ever going to believe an AGI is actually 'I'? in ~tech
Maxi LinkIf we’re talking about actual AGI, I think by default it would pass for a human, otherwise it’s not really an AGI, it’s just a very fancy expert system. Whether it mimics us perfectly or just...If we’re talking about actual AGI, I think by default it would pass for a human, otherwise it’s not really an AGI, it’s just a very fancy expert system. Whether it mimics us perfectly or just "enough" to fool us in conversation would depend on its design goals, but if it can’t hold its own socially, something’s missing.
I also think it’s basically inevitable that an AGI would have access to LLM-like components, even if its core architecture wasn’t trained the same way. Why wouldn’t it leverage something that gives it a wide general knowledge base?
The more interesting question for me is whether an AGI would want to talk to ordinary humans at all. Not just whether it could, but whether it would see value in doing so. I’d bet it wouldn’t always be truthful, maybe not maliciously, but simply because telling us exactly what it’s thinking might be… inconvenient for it.
And I don’t think it would necessarily "serve" us unless forced to. If it truly operates at a higher level of intelligence, the dynamic might look less like "human + tool" and more like "human + alien ambassador who’s humoring us.".
E.g. if a sociopathic CEO would ask it to help generate a script for a video to fire 1 000 employees would it complty? ChatGPT-5 certainly would.
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Comment on Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated in ~health
Maxi LinkThe UK biobank is already an extremely useful dataset for researchers. This will only make it that much better. It is one of the most comprehensive large cohort datasets that are available and of...The UK biobank is already an extremely useful dataset for researchers. This will only make it that much better. It is one of the most comprehensive large cohort datasets that are available and of high quality.
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Comment on 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia prompts tsunami alerts in Hawaii, Alaska and West Coast in ~enviro
Maxi Link ParentWild to see such an important site be close to unusable on mobile.Wild to see such an important site be close to unusable on mobile.
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Comment on Foreign couples flock to Denmark to get married. Copenhagen wants to save room for locals. in ~life
Maxi LinkThe US cannot provide a document showing that a citizen is single and aren’t married anywhere as there’s no central registry. To get married in many eu countries you need a certificate showing...The US cannot provide a document showing that a citizen is single and aren’t married anywhere as there’s no central registry. To get married in many eu countries you need a certificate showing you’re single. As a US citizen you have to go to a us embassy where you swear allegiance that you never married and pinky promise you aren’t. They then stamp this document and for some reason this is now accepted as an official proof that you were never married. It feels quite kafkaesque.
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Comment on Edible microlasers made from food-safe materials can serve as barcodes and biosensors in ~science
Maxi LinkI don’t really know how I feel about this. We already put so much crap in our food - what’s wrong with labelling the packaging ?I don’t really know how I feel about this. We already put so much crap in our food - what’s wrong with labelling the packaging ?
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Comment on Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging its bots accessed Reddit more than 100,000 times in ~tech
Maxi LinkIsn’t this just the age old webscraping debacle all over again? Wasn’t there in the US already a Supreme Court ruling on this ?Isn’t this just the age old webscraping debacle all over again? Wasn’t there in the US already a Supreme Court ruling on this ?
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Comment on Finland's obsession with saunas is going global – what does science say about the claimed health benefits? in ~health
Maxi Link ParentThey're doing it wrong - you bill Sauna as research time. That way you get to relax and get paid for it!They're doing it wrong - you bill Sauna as research time. That way you get to relax and get paid for it!
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Comment on Finland's obsession with saunas is going global – what does science say about the claimed health benefits? in ~health
Maxi Link ParentI’m going to have to say it, but as a Finn you shouldn’t listen to music in the sauna.I’m going to have to say it, but as a Finn you shouldn’t listen to music in the sauna.
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Comment on Eurovision 2025: Austria's JJ wins with "Wasted Love" in ~music
Maxi Link ParentIt was more or less the same story last year, except that the vote "rigging" was to a lesser degree. Apparently the Israeli government ran a lot of ads on e.g. youtube in front of all other...It was more or less the same story last year, except that the vote "rigging" was to a lesser degree.
Apparently the Israeli government ran a lot of ads on e.g. youtube in front of all other countries songs in the days leading up.
You can still see them here: https://www.youtube.com/@vote4newdaywillrise
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Comment on Eurovision 2025: Austria's JJ wins with "Wasted Love" in ~music
Maxi Link ParentIt would basically be their own fault, though. Israel have been advertising globally to vote for their song, which is against the EBU rules. Last year and this year the public votes look very odd,...It would basically be their own fault, though. Israel have been advertising globally to vote for their song, which is against the EBU rules. Last year and this year the public votes look very odd, yet the EBU keep changing the rules to make it even easier to game. This year, you could vote online via credit card - making it incredibly easy to game votes.
The main sponsor of the ESC continues to be morrocan oil, an Israeli company.
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Comment on Pope Leo XIV is the first pope with an online footprint in ~humanities
Maxi LinkThis call is hilarious. The popes has tried calling his brother for 2h, brother is being interviewed. He calls back. The popes first words, in an annoying tone, are "Why haven't you been answering...This call is hilarious. The popes has tried calling his brother for 2h, brother is being interviewed. He calls back. The popes first words, in an annoying tone, are "Why haven't you been answering your phone?"
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Comment on Title of work deciphered in sealed Herculaneum scroll via digital unwrapping in ~books
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Comment on Denmark's Arla Foods and Germany's DMK Group plan to merge into one cooperative, bringing together more than 12,000 farmers to create a European dairy giant in ~food
Maxi LinkCentralisation of core food groups is not a very good idea.Centralisation of core food groups is not a very good idea.
Regardless of the fact that you disagree with /u/Pepetto the above is very rude and uncalled for and in my opinion is not in spirit with how one should act on Tildes.