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  1. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival in ~games

  2. Comment on Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests in ~humanities.languages

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    You can steal mine to post if you want: https://ieh.im/s/firefox_ovusY8eL5Q.png ;-) I found the quiz stressful because I pride myself on my grammar. But as much as I felt sure every time I...

    You can steal mine to post if you want: https://ieh.im/s/firefox_ovusY8eL5Q.png ;-)

    I found the quiz stressful because I pride myself on my grammar. But as much as I felt sure every time I answered one; at the same time, I was also nervous because I wanted a good score. lol.

  3. Comment on Blurring and unblurring images in ~tech

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    This is one of the most fun short CD vids I've seen. And I don't want to spoil it - but his impression was spot on* and fantastic. lol.

    This is one of the most fun short CD vids I've seen. And I don't want to spoil it - but his impression was spot on* and fantastic. lol.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival in ~games

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    Those asshats threatened to fine me for excessive lantern placement when Iwas just trying to protect the town from mobs!!!

    Those asshats threatened to fine me for excessive lantern placement when Iwas just trying to protect the town from mobs!!!

  5. Comment on The era of the business idiot in ~tech

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    I'm finding this to be a bit unorganized and silly, frankly, and that's coming from me, who I would characterize as unorganized and silly… but I think there is a lot of good stuff in there. I just...

    I'm finding this to be a bit unorganized and silly, frankly, and that's coming from me, who I would characterize as unorganized and silly… but I think there is a lot of good stuff in there. I just wish the good stuff wasn't quite so hyped up with opinions I disagree with (some of them, while agreeing with plenty of what he's saying)…

    but for example, I've paused upon getting to this:

    While there are many people that dick around with ChatGPT, years since it launched we still can't find a clean way to say what it does or why it matters other than the fact that everybody agreed it did.

    Okay, I can't perhaps give you the clean way to say what it does or why it matters, but I can say I've used it to:

    • Help me program (shitty code, yes, but one of these days it will help me learn how to do it for myself) a game I've wanted to recreate for literal decades
    • Help me figure out a good schedule at Colonial Williamsburg for the Nation Builders who would speak 1-3 times per day (depending on the season) - there's about a dozen of them, so figuring out a good, fair, repeating structure to be as even as possible with a few preferences to try and accommodate - ChatGPT absolutely helped me come up with awesome rotations for which I got kudos. (In fairness, it took longer with ChatGPT that by hand, but the rotations I came up with were good; the rotations it helped me come up with (and I helped it come up with) were awesome)
    • Helps me figure out some things about my health. Not medical answers per se, but things like sanity checks and basic information. Hard to articulate, but it's damned helpful.
    • Has absolutely helped me find things I couldn't remember. Sometimes you can google weird shit (do a youtube search for "blblblblbl" please please please and thank me later) and find stuff, but sometimes not. ChatGPT has definitely helped me find things I couldn't otherwise remember.

    Many other things. And it's just starting to become useful.

    There are concerns - valid ones - about copyright/theft, hallucinations, more. But it is a damned handy tool in many contexts, and it will get better.

    That said, his main point is that companies are throwing it into everything for little good reason, and I do agree with that. I'm just frustrated by a lot of his writing, especially considering how much I agree with much of what he's saying. lol.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., COVID shots will only be available to people 65+, high-risk groups in the US in ~society

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    I'm not as worried about folks who want it getting it — although that is a concern. I'm more concerned that more people on the fence about it will refrain and not bother, increasing the infection...

    I'm not as worried about folks who want it getting it — although that is a concern. I'm more concerned that more people on the fence about it will refrain and not bother, increasing the infection rate. :(

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests in ~humanities.languages

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    Not much, what's updawg with you? :)

    Not much, what's updawg with you?

    :)

  8. Comment on Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., COVID shots will only be available to people 65+, high-risk groups in the US in ~society

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    I'm immunocompromised. And that's before I get a kidney transplant. If I do manage to get a transplant, my risks increase multiple times over as suppressing the immune system keeps the body from...

    I'm immunocompromised. And that's before I get a kidney transplant. If I do manage to get a transplant, my risks increase multiple times over as suppressing the immune system keeps the body from rejecting the transplanted organ.

    I hate this timeline so much.

    9 votes

  9. Comment on Outsourcing responsibility: Explosion at Optima Belle in ~engineering

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    I worry enough dealing with the online stuff I do about it being hacked, going down, backups failing… there's no way I would ever want to work with chemicals. That stuff terrifies me. It's really...

    I worry enough dealing with the online stuff I do about it being hacked, going down, backups failing… there's no way I would ever want to work with chemicals. That stuff terrifies me.

    It's really a pity they didn't responsibly keep the information to prevent that handy.

    At least with my stuff, nobody dies. :|

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests in ~humanities.languages

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    It;s just you; the rest of us us;e them just fi;ne. It;s only people; who are obsessed abo;ut them that se;e them everywhere;

    It;s just you; the rest of us us;e them just fi;ne. It;s only people; who are obsessed abo;ut them that se;e them everywhere;

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests in ~humanities.languages

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    Thing is, language is meant to communicate. Do you communicate what you want, generally speaking? I've read enough of your writing to know you do. Anything beyond that is gravy. I get irritated by...

    Thing is, language is meant to communicate. Do you communicate what you want, generally speaking? I've read enough of your writing to know you do. Anything beyond that is gravy.

    I get irritated by incorrect usage of some things. One of the ones that drives me up a wall is "yea" for "yeah". But I know where that comes from: mobile keyboards correcting even shittier typing to the vallid but archaic word "yea". My main problem is back when I would try to explain this, multiple times someone looked up the definition of "yea" and said "It's the same thing" and I'm like N O it is N O T, but..... whatever. Seeing "yay/nay" also irritates me. but whatever.

    Language works or it doesn't.

    I think as long as one is acceptably professional when it's required - as you certainly are - fuck the rest. I make mistakes. (Often because of this shitty keyboard, but I'm too lazy to fix. lol)

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests in ~humanities.languages

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    Well, I'm sorry, but I'm not going to date you OR your super sexy semicolons!

    Well, I'm sorry, but I'm not going to date you OR your super sexy semicolons!

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests in ~humanities.languages

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    I wear my fedora and I have a beard and I don't give a rat's anus what anyone thinks about it — and I feel the same about the em dash. :) …but I have gotten so irritated with the level of...

    I wear my fedora and I have a beard and I don't give a rat's anus what anyone thinks about it — and I feel the same about the em dash. :)

    …but I have gotten so irritated with the level of discourse most places on the internet. I know I have plenty of blind spots, but damn so many people rattling their fingers across their keyboards are so damn dumb. It makes one wonder how anything gets properly done. (And indeed, many things don't)

  14. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 19 in ~society

  15. Comment on Mozilla will shut down Pocket and Fakespot in ~tech

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    Or maybe you'll spam Tildes less! Win-win! I kid, I kid. Definitely lose-lose :(

    Or maybe you'll spam Tildes less! Win-win!

    I kid, I kid. Definitely lose-lose :(

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival in ~games

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    Ah, I'm naked! But the log. lol. I guess I got a reputation for building wood stuff. I'd imagine my building on the server recently only reinforces that. lol. Thank you for pointing it out! :)

    Ah, I'm naked!

    But the log. lol. I guess I got a reputation for building wood stuff. I'd imagine my building on the server recently only reinforces that. lol.

    Thank you for pointing it out! :)

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival in ~games

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    Ahh, that was delightful, thank you! I'm amused to see one of the roads I never did extend that nobody else did either. heh. The bridge survived, and people built off it. And the little village...

    Ahh, that was delightful, thank you! I'm amused to see one of the roads I never did extend that nobody else did either. heh. The bridge survived, and people built off it. And the little village survived! :)

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival in ~games

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    If you get bored and if others ask, I'm curious about the path to spawn - I did a bit of that connection. And had started a little village close to spawn. :)

    If you get bored and if others ask, I'm curious about the path to spawn - I did a bit of that connection. And had started a little village close to spawn. :)

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival in ~games

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    I don't mind taking a look if that bores you, but if you'd prefer, of course no worries. It seems the birch-log lining style isn't so popular, so very low on my list has been to perhaps re-do that...

    I don't mind taking a look if that bores you, but if you'd prefer, of course no worries. It seems the birch-log lining style isn't so popular, so very low on my list has been to perhaps re-do that - either removing the lining, or making it spruce or dark oak. :)

  20. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival in ~games

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    Ahhh, that's delightful. I see roads I made, and the lots I made that eventually filled. That really makes me want to be involved from the beginning of the next reset - not to dictate the...

    Ahhh, that's delightful. I see roads I made, and the lots I made that eventually filled.

    That really makes me want to be involved from the beginning of the next reset - not to dictate the structure, but hopefully assist some with having a good road network that makes it easier for new folks to get around. Not a grid, but some main roads that go all the way through, hopefully :)

    2 votes