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  1. Comment on When can I generate invite codes? in ~tildes

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    I keep trying to invite people and they don’t want in :(

    I keep trying to invite people and they don’t want in :(

    1 vote

  2. Comment on When can I generate invite codes? in ~tildes

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    For what I use Reddit for, there’s no replacement other than small, specific topic, old fashioned forums. But even that isn’t a replacement because those sites draw a small, old fashioned...

    For what I use Reddit for, there’s no replacement other than small, specific topic, old fashioned forums. But even that isn’t a replacement because those sites draw a small, old fashioned audience, not the younger, edgier crowd I interact with on Reddit. (To be clear, I use both. Ie ravelry forums and r/knitting, nexus forums and r/skyrimmods, daves garden and r/nolawns).

    Tildes is nice, but there are very few people here interested in the same topics I am. There’s not many threads I feel like commenting in. I should do more to post and build the type of content I want to see, but unfortunately I keep running out of hours in the week.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Microsoft CEO of AI claims online content is 'freeware' [and can be used to train LLMs in the absence of a specific directives from the author against this] in ~tech

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    Bruma is only part of the Cyrodiil province/story, and the rest of it is nowhere near done. It’s unfinished, just like all the other projects mentioned. Better suggestions would be Enderal,...

    Bruma is only part of the Cyrodiil province/story, and the rest of it is nowhere near done. It’s unfinished, just like all the other projects mentioned.

    Better suggestions would be Enderal, Vigilant, and Glenmoril, except 1) Enderal was only two people and 2) Vigilant and Glenmoril is just one person. The scope is necessarily smaller.

  4. Comment on Microsoft CEO of AI claims online content is 'freeware' [and can be used to train LLMs in the absence of a specific directives from the author against this] in ~tech

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    At least starfield actually came out and can be played and enjoyed, unlike all the fan projects in the same engine with even longer dev times like beyond skyrim (not even one province is...

    At least starfield actually came out and can be played and enjoyed, unlike all the fan projects in the same engine with even longer dev times like beyond skyrim (not even one province is complete). I don’t think your proposal would actually lead to more art being made on the whole.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Microsoft CEO of AI claims online content is 'freeware' [and can be used to train LLMs in the absence of a specific directives from the author against this] in ~tech

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    Can you please explain how the existence of professional art prevents you from creating art? You can, like, just make art. It’s allowed. There’s not even any standard you need to meet!

    Can you please explain how the existence of professional art prevents you from creating art?

    You can, like, just make art. It’s allowed. There’s not even any standard you need to meet!

    8 votes

  6. Comment on Has anyone stopped caring about politics? in ~humanities

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    Do you have any advice for someone who really doesn’t want to have to interact with people in their free time, but still wants to contribute to these types of projects? All your advice starts with...

    Do you have any advice for someone who really doesn’t want to have to interact with people in their free time, but still wants to contribute to these types of projects? All your advice starts with “Talk to people” which is great, but as a true introvert whose job requires talking to people all day, I do not have the spoons for that.

    If it helps, typing at people through a screen doesn’t “count” for me. Which is why my little corner of making the world better is currently just moderating a gaming discord/subreddit to keep the bigots out.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Solar storm knocks out farmers' tractor GPS systems during peak planting season in ~tech

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    Wonder if multiple brands are impacted or just John Deere. Some of my farmer friends say John Deere tractors are crap these days.

    Wonder if multiple brands are impacted or just John Deere. Some of my farmer friends say John Deere tractors are crap these days.

    7 votes

  8. Comment on Online shopping - how convenient is it actually? in ~life.style

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    Amazon is paying local workers (drivers, warehouse workers) just as much, or usually more, than BigBoxStore is paying their stockers and cashiers. Unless the auto parts store you were looking at...

    Amazon is paying local workers (drivers, warehouse workers) just as much, or usually more, than BigBoxStore is paying their stockers and cashiers. Unless the auto parts store you were looking at is locally owned (they usually aren’t), the money isn’t staying local anyways.

    19 votes

  9. Comment on Deadly morel mushroom outbreak highlights big gaps in fungi knowledge in ~food

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    I mean I can’t speak to Wikipedia but I bought some dried morels online two months ago and the fact that they were toxic raw was absolutely something that turned up when I was shopping/looking at...

    I mean I can’t speak to Wikipedia but I bought some dried morels online two months ago and the fact that they were toxic raw was absolutely something that turned up when I was shopping/looking at recipes. It’s not new information.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Reddit has a new AI training deal to sell user content in ~tech

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    Discord is using their user data as training data too.

    Discord is using their user data as training data too.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on The poverty of anti-wokeness in ~society

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    I agree Hamas tankies appear to be a thing, but Hamas tankies and “people who care about identity” aren’t the same thing (and don’t have much overlap on my experience). The author conflates them...

    I agree Hamas tankies appear to be a thing, but Hamas tankies and “people who care about identity” aren’t the same thing (and don’t have much overlap on my experience). The author conflates them all (because they are both leftist positions and therefore…. Every liberal holds both positions? I guess?) for reasons that don’t seem relevant.

    ETA: essays typically have a thesis. What’s the thesis? Rambling on, even with loads of citations, isn’t an essay (or at least not one worth reading as an essay).

    2 votes

  12. Comment on The poverty of anti-wokeness in ~society

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    Did anyone actually manage to get at a point or a thesis of this article? Was it basically “wokeness bad because it’s elitist and policing, do better anti-woke you got this?” I mean he even...

    Did anyone actually manage to get at a point or a thesis of this article? Was it basically “wokeness bad because it’s elitist and policing, do better anti-woke you got this?”

    I mean he even managed to recognize that for his favorite anti-woke crowd it was never about free speech at all, but failed to acknowledge the implications of that. He also doesn’t recognize that “wokeness” doesn’t mean restricting speech! Then there’s the entire segue about Israel that is both wildly generalized as to be inaccurate with regards to stated political positions and also totally irrelevant to his actual point other than to clearly demonstrate the lack of compassion in his own worldview.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT. in ~tech

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    I got the mineral, followed by programming language, followed by Ruby Tuesday. I think my favorite example of personalization is when I typed “Gold Ore”, immediately facepalmed as of course that...

    I got the mineral, followed by programming language, followed by Ruby Tuesday.

    I think my favorite example of personalization is when I typed “Gold Ore”, immediately facepalmed as of course that wouldn’t give what I was looking for without “WoW” attached, and then watched in awe as google populated wowhead as the top result anyways. These days it’s back to results on the real world metal, so the bubble adapts pretty quickly too.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on I got my IELTS scores back and I need help in ~life

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    If we’re talking US grad school, most application deadlines for FALL 2024 have already passed. Spring isn’t just last minute, it’s impossible to apply at this point.

    If we’re talking US grad school, most application deadlines for FALL 2024 have already passed. Spring isn’t just last minute, it’s impossible to apply at this point.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on The work of online volunteers - Moderators’ work on Reddit and Facebook is crucial but not paid. We should be creative in how we compensate them. in ~tech

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    That’s not a very well researched article. The real reason moderators can’t be paid is because then Reddit would be totally liable for the content it hosts. As long as it’s user generated and user...

    That’s not a very well researched article. The real reason moderators can’t be paid is because then Reddit would be totally liable for the content it hosts. As long as it’s user generated and user moderated, they aren’t liable for illegal content that ends up there. If they hire the moderators they become liable; that would be ultimately far more expensive.

    It also doesn’t touch on at all why moderators do what they do for free. It’s rewarding to build a community, and it’s much better to be in a nice community than one that isn’t well moderated. I’m sure that’s obvious for everyone here on Tildes, but it isn’t to many online users and would have been useful to include in the article.

    The proposed ways of compensating moderators are fair, though. I will say since July Reddit has implemented many new moderation features which work well, including finally making it possible to moderate on the app (which admittedly I don’t use). I’m still primarily moderating with third party tools on old reddit, but if I do need to check in on my phone or tablet, I can accomplish simple tasks which is nice.

    9 votes

  16. Comment on Sarah Silverman hits stumbling block in AI copyright infringement lawsuit against Meta in ~tech

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    Why? Isn’t “use in an ai training data set” a separate right than “use for people to read/consume”? That seems pretty different to me.

    Why? Isn’t “use in an ai training data set” a separate right than “use for people to read/consume”? That seems pretty different to me.

  17. Comment on Monsanto hit with $175m verdict against Roundup – a string of nine- and ten-figure losses for the popular herbicide in ~health

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    Is it actually the glyphosate causing the cancer, or other “inactive” ingredients that round up is formulated with? They don’t actually tell you whats in it other than the glyphosate, but reading...

    Is it actually the glyphosate causing the cancer, or other “inactive” ingredients that round up is formulated with? They don’t actually tell you whats in it other than the glyphosate, but reading the SDS indicates that it probably is a lot more than just that. Glyphosate has no known mechanism of action in humans.

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Seeking advice: How have you navigated misogyny in the workplace? in ~life.women

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    It seems to me that your coworker is trying to protect his position because he didn’t do his job! I would not tolerate working for a boss that didn’t have my back or wouldn’t listen to my side of...

    It seems to me that your coworker is trying to protect his position because he didn’t do his job!

    I would not tolerate working for a boss that didn’t have my back or wouldn’t listen to my side of things. It sounds like you have great skills, and potentially a lot of leverage when looking for a new position internally or externally. The writing capability and way you framed the problem in your post makes me wish you were a project manager for one of my programs…

    7 votes

  19. Comment on What QOL MODs do you recommend to make Skyrim more modern and appealing? in ~games

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    Definitely would second “The Phoenix Flavor” or any of the lists based on it. One note though: for wabbajack and collections if you want “one click install”, you have to buy nexus premium (one...
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    Definitely would second “The Phoenix Flavor” or any of the lists based on it. One note though: for wabbajack and collections if you want “one click install”, you have to buy nexus premium (one month is about $5). If you don’t have premium you can manually download all the mods and the wabbajack/collection will still install them, pick the best options, put them in order and patch them for you.

    If you want to install manually/build your own list I just updated the essential mods list on r/skyrimmods, which is a good place to start and has many of the the qol/basic mods listed in this thread along with more.

    There’s also a few mod authors you should check out, can definitely recommend any mods by these authors and it will get you well on your way to a great “next gen” Skyrim.

    Ershin - True Directional Movement was already suggested in this thread, but also check out Precision and his other mods
    Powerofthree
    Everglaid (particularly EVG animated traversal and its plugin SkyClimb)
    Doodlez - you mentioned your specs are lower so check out all the community shader plugins, you don’t need enb
    Wskeever - for quality of life mods
    JaySerpa - for immersion mods
    DrJacopo - weather and cathedral landscapes

    One last thing: if you have skyrim fully updated on steam, you have version 1.6.640, usually called anniversary edition update (by bethesda and modders). If you see a mod that requires “AE”, then this is what it’s referring to. It is not referring to the anniversary edition bundle of creation club content, if a mod needs any cc it will just specifically list what cc it needs. Likewise if a mod specifically says it needs 1.5 game version you won’t be able to use it (but nearly every mod has been updated to 1.6, you just may have to do a little searching to find the updated version). Tldr get AE mods, not SE mods.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Starfield and the problem of scale in ~games

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    “Fake background asset” just isn’t the type of game Bethesda makes, and people would be very disappointed if there were spaces in a bethesda game you couldn’t actually visit. If you think of every...

    “Fake background asset” just isn’t the type of game Bethesda makes, and people would be very disappointed if there were spaces in a bethesda game you couldn’t actually visit. If you think of every game they make as a 1:1000 scale model of the actual canon world it’s meant to represent, then it starts to make sense.

    1 vote