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  1. Comment on Has anyone else seen a LOT of dead birds on the side of the road this year? in ~enviro

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    I’ve seen a lot of squirrels dead on the road this year, not birds. Eastern PA

    I’ve seen a lot of squirrels dead on the road this year, not birds. Eastern PA

    2 votes

  2. Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech

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    No, we’re talking about grasslands and wildlife being displaced.

    No, we’re talking about grasslands and wildlife being displaced.

  3. Comment on Looking for headphone recommendations in ~music

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    I’ve used my Sony whx-1000xm3 for 7-8 years now, still work great. The plastic is breaking now but I refuse to get new ones and have ziptied them back together. When I’m playing pc, I plug them...

    I’ve used my Sony whx-1000xm3 for 7-8 years now, still work great. The plastic is breaking now but I refuse to get new ones and have ziptied them back together. When I’m playing pc, I plug them into a mic and turn them on to get the noise cancelling. When just listening to music or whatever the Bluetooth works great. Would recommend because they’re on the 7th gen now or whatever and you can probably find a good deal on the older ones.

  4. Comment on Movie fatigue in ~movies

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    Das boot is one of the longest and slowest movies ever 3&1/2 hours and if you want the full version there’s a 7 hour edit. I enjoyed it, but i cant recommend it personally lol. I thought it was...

    Das boot is one of the longest and slowest movies ever 3&1/2 hours and if you want the full version there’s a 7 hour edit. I enjoyed it, but i cant recommend it personally lol. I thought it was interesting how I felt claustrophobic by the end of it.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech

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    Right! That's why theyre going for the space in peoples neighborhoods and game lands!

    Right! That's why theyre going for the space in peoples neighborhoods and game lands!

    3 votes

  6. Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech

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    So when we run out of clean water and green space for data centers how will ai fit into the market then?

    So when we run out of clean water and green space for data centers how will ai fit into the market then?

    12 votes

  7. Comment on List of environmental websites and YouTube channels to watch? in ~enviro

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    A lot of environmental scientists remain unbiased regardless of politics in USA. Unless you’re looking for research on climate technologies or policy, you’ll still find plenty of non-trump...

    A lot of environmental scientists remain unbiased regardless of politics in USA. Unless you’re looking for research on climate technologies or policy, you’ll still find plenty of non-trump influenced science from the USA. Just because he’s gutting our programs doesn’t mean the people are changing their science. (I work in the environmental field, a lot of people hate him here).

    7 votes

  8. Comment on List of environmental websites and YouTube channels to watch? in ~enviro

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    Mossy earth is such a refreshing channel showing active projects around the world. Not sure where your from, but most states have universities with environmental/agriculturual extensions with...

    Mossy earth is such a refreshing channel showing active projects around the world.
    Not sure where your from, but most states have universities with environmental/agriculturual extensions with youtube lectures and videos about local ecosystems or plant communities.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Here’s what the world had to say about the AI economy in ~tech

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    That seems incredibly foolish to trust the brand new shiny LLM over anything else. Not saying the rest can’t be untrustworthy but wtf?

    That seems incredibly foolish to trust the brand new shiny LLM over anything else. Not saying the rest can’t be untrustworthy but wtf?

    19 votes

  10. Comment on Pokémon Go players built a thirty-billion-photo map for AI in ~tech

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    Oh you’re right, I remember doing this same exact thing in the game. Sorry everyone for helping the robot uprising, maybe they’ll spare me

    Oh you’re right, I remember doing this same exact thing in the game. Sorry everyone for helping the robot uprising, maybe they’ll spare me

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Pokémon Go players built a thirty-billion-photo map for AI in ~tech

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    Makes sense now why the game is so boring but always has pictures. Also I highly doubt the “voluntarily” submitting part.

    Makes sense now why the game is so boring but always has pictures. Also I highly doubt the “voluntarily” submitting part.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 30/3/26 in ~hobbies

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    It needs time to regrow those roots, toss it some bonemeal to help.

    It needs time to regrow those roots, toss it some bonemeal to help.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 30/3/26 in ~hobbies

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    Good luck! Also pallets are typically treated, sometimes heat treated, sometimes chemically. But you should be able to find them free if you look hard enough.

    Good luck! Also pallets are typically treated, sometimes heat treated, sometimes chemically. But you should be able to find them free if you look hard enough.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 30/3/26 in ~hobbies

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    The nature preserve i work at uses 4x4s to support the boards, if you wanted to use pallets for the boards then treated 4x4s, youd get a pretty darn cheap board walk to help with wet areas. We...

    The nature preserve i work at uses 4x4s to support the boards, if you wanted to use pallets for the boards then treated 4x4s, youd get a pretty darn cheap board walk to help with wet areas.
    We even use 6x6s for the deeper, more notorious spots. Just make sure to measure out how far you need to cross. We generally use 6 or 8 feet boards on top of the 4x4/6x6.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Humble Bundle: Image Comics in the ‘10s in ~comics

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    Black Science and Descender are so good.

    Black Science and Descender are so good.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Why do you like your job? in ~life

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    Hah! I actually would be the little bear in this context. My boss is actually a wildfirefighter too, and has aloooot of posters for smokey the bear lol.

    Hah! I actually would be the little bear in this context. My boss is actually a wildfirefighter too, and has aloooot of posters for smokey the bear lol.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Why do you like your job? in ~life

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    Land trusts are preserves run by non-profits, usually open to public but sometimes they close off preserves to… preserve them. There’s plenty here in my area run by numerous organizations. My...

    Land trusts are preserves run by non-profits, usually open to public but sometimes they close off preserves to… preserve them. There’s plenty here in my area run by numerous organizations. My organization is relatively large and has a few preserves spread around the region. There’s some really cool land trusts too! And the people working for them are generally really passionate for ecology and wildlife, so if you ever encounter them they might give you the contagious obsession of looking at plants more than generalizing it as “green”.

    But yes, I’m still in the rat race paying for rent and all, but im at least doing something fulfilling. I have two grumpy old men as my coworkers that are slowly warming up to me.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Why do you like your job? in ~life

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    I work outside for a non profit land trust, it doesn’t pay much but I’ve worked my way into this company to finally get full-time benefits so I can actually survive while doing what I love. I feel...

    I work outside for a non profit land trust, it doesn’t pay much but I’ve worked my way into this company to finally get full-time benefits so I can actually survive while doing what I love.
    I feel blessed to be able to be outside all day, I use a lot of power tools and noisy stuff, but they bought me Bluetooth ear protection so I’ve been enjoying a lot of audiobooks. I am getting experience using all kinds of equipment (or toys some might say), and I get to stare at bugs and plants and birds….
    The cons are a 50 minute commute and I have to get up at 5 am (and again, I make less than $50k), but it’s worth it to me to be able to pull into the preserve and be able to call it my office.

    17 votes

  19. Comment on Removed Reddit post: "ChatGPT drove my friends wife into psychosis, tore family apart... now I'm seeing hundreds of people participating in the same activity. " in ~tech

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    I'm sorry, your reply kinda reads like how chatgpt would react to this lmao.

    I'm sorry, your reply kinda reads like how chatgpt would react to this lmao.

  20. Comment on A newly surfaced document reveals the US beef industry’s secret climate plan in ~enviro

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    Yeah... My stance anymore is the only solution is civilization/societal collapse that forces us to resort to pre-industrial revolution ways of existing. The industrial revolution has been the...
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    Yeah... My stance anymore is the only solution is civilization/societal collapse that forces us to resort to pre-industrial revolution ways of existing. The industrial revolution has been the catalyst for so many of these environmental issues that it's hard not to see it as nefarious anymore. All in the name of advancing... science? Technology? What are we exactly working towards with our space-ships and faster cars? To break records and feed our ego & human hubris. The only thing left anymore to do is to basically be an observer of the mass extinction to come because we can't even decide if we should be vegans or vegetarians without a large debate.
    The longer I pay attention to politics, the more I realize that it's just people arguing until we're all drowning and not actually fixing the problem lol. You won't get people to do choice-fully do all of these eco-friendly things because it's not fun or comfortable or whatever people need to feel fulfilled. We've lost touch with reality, aka Gaeia or Mother Nature, and have filled it with Technocracy and worshipping the computer.

    11 votes