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  1. Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages

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    Lettuce not put a stop to humor just because we want to be ahead.

    Lettuce not put a stop to humor just because we want to be ahead.

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  2. Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages

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    I stopped listening to broadcast radio around 15 years ago, but everywhere I lived before then had one.

    I stopped listening to broadcast radio around 15 years ago, but everywhere I lived before then had one.

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  3. Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages

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    Shouldn't the collective noun for a group of moms be a minivan-load? Or (perhaps less charitably), a leather bag? The c ollective noun for Timothee Chalomet would be either a Zendaya or a sandy...

    Shouldn't the collective noun for a group of moms be a minivan-load? Or (perhaps less charitably), a leather bag?

    The c
    ollective noun for Timothee Chalomet would be either a Zendaya or a sandy cane.

    Also, I wanted to take this chance to share my favorite meme of collective nouns

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  4. Comment on US Congress clears housing bill, cementing a rare bipartisan feat in ~society

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    Thank you for your analysis, this makes sense to me. Also, the diarrhea thing is ... vivid 🙃

    Thank you for your analysis, this makes sense to me. Also, the diarrhea thing is ... vivid 🙃

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  5. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    If you can swing it, you might try making an explainer video. That's probably an easier way in for most people. You could do something funny with the park scenario to make it more interesting.

    If you can swing it, you might try making an explainer video. That's probably an easier way in for most people. You could do something funny with the park scenario to make it more interesting.

  6. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    That is a really cool idea! Without having looked at the app, my only comment would be the ability to signal where you will be so that people have time to get themselves together / plan. But...

    That is a really cool idea! Without having looked at the app, my only comment would be the ability to signal where you will be so that people have time to get themselves together / plan. But having said that, there is something to be said for simplicity.

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  7. Comment on US Congress clears housing bill, cementing a rare bipartisan feat in ~society

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    Does anyone have any insight on what this means vis a vis a rift in the republican party, or some measure of pulling back from the more extreme elements? Or is this just something for the...

    Does anyone have any insight on what this means vis a vis a rift in the republican party, or some measure of pulling back from the more extreme elements?

    Or is this just something for the midterms? I can't imagine it will come into effect quickly enough to have a felt effect before then.

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  8. Comment on Re-watched the Bourne Trilogy after several years, I understand now why it was so influential in ~movies

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    I also thought the Bourne movies punched above their weight. If you can find the behind the scenes extras, it was pretty neat to see how they did a lot of the effects. I have you seen Equilibrium?...

    I also thought the Bourne movies punched above their weight. If you can find the behind the scenes extras, it was pretty neat to see how they did a lot of the effects.

    I have you seen Equilibrium? Much more sci-fi, but the gun kata stuff really rocked it for me.

    Caveat: it's been a long time since I've seen any of them, so I wouldn't stake a strong claim to them being comparable

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  9. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    I mean, it's not the worst it could be. The paper could have been made from poison ivy. [1] 1 Credit for this idea goes to a comic (I can't recall which) where the box of a product is made from...

    I mean, it's not the worst it could be. The paper could have been made from poison ivy. [1]

    1 Credit for this idea goes to a comic (I can't recall which) where the box of a product is made from poison ivy as a chef's kiss on the otherwise terrible customer service.

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  10. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    Sorry, I was not trying to say boomers and genxers should be held responsible for it. Rampant unregulated capitalism is responsible. I'm just saying I wonder if it will go away on its own if it...

    Sorry, I was not trying to say boomers and genxers should be held responsible for it. Rampant unregulated capitalism is responsible.

    I'm just saying I wonder if it will go away on its own if it stops working on later generations.

    9 votes

  11. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    This caused me to be curious about the Post Office's revenue for junk mail related to other things. The data in this article indicates that since 2000, the proportion of revenue from marketing...

    This caused me to be curious about the Post Office's revenue for junk mail related to other things. The data in this article indicates that since 2000, the proportion of revenue from marketing mail has fallen from a quarter to a fifth, while it remained close to 50% of the volume of items.

    This suggests that the PO could put a stop to it and probably be more profitable, but I bet the regulatory reform needed to make that happen would be difficult to achieve.

    Honestly, I wonder what happens when the boomers and maybe genXers finally die off. Will mass market mailing continue to be effective?

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  12. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    When it comes to dad jokes, a groan is as good a reaction as a laugh.

    When it comes to dad jokes, a groan is as good a reaction as a laugh.

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  13. Comment on What are some seemingly silly things in your life that have practical purposes? in ~life

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    That is more or less how I solve mine. I like the intuitive method because it actually engages my brain. I plateaued around a 1m personal best. I don't think my 40+ year old fingers are getting...

    That is more or less how I solve mine. I like the intuitive method because it actually engages my brain. I plateaued around a 1m personal best. I don't think my 40+ year old fingers are getting any faster.

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  14. Comment on What are some seemingly silly things in your life that have practical purposes? in ~life

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    Oh that looks like a delightful fidget. My fidget of choice is a Rubik's cube. My daughter got me one for my birthday a few years ago, so I decided to learn to solve it. Nothing else is quite as...

    Oh that looks like a delightful fidget.

    My fidget of choice is a Rubik's cube. My daughter got me one for my birthday a few years ago, so I decided to learn to solve it. Nothing else is quite as good since, since I can scramble it when I just need a fidget, then solve it when I need a break from whatever I'm working on.

    I have pretty bad tendinitis in my right arm, so I ended up getting a speed cube that is a lot easier to manipulate than the Rubik's brand one. Moyu cubes in the $20-30 range are smooth as butter, if you want to give it a try.

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  15. Comment on What are your favorite custom games? in ~games

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    One time I bought a 3D pinball game, and it came with an OS. The pinball game was just so-so, but I customized the heck out of the operating system. I used that thing every day for years.

    One time I bought a 3D pinball game, and it came with an OS. The pinball game was just so-so, but I customized the heck out of the operating system. I used that thing every day for years.

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  16. Comment on What about having an LLM teach you to code? in ~comp

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    I think there are enough online curricula that you could probably have had Opus crosswalk them and build you a credible curriculum for most topics. Probably not useful for a class since it might...

    But what would have happened if I didn’t have a curriculum to guide me?

    I think there are enough online curricula that you could probably have had Opus crosswalk them and build you a credible curriculum for most topics. Probably not useful for a class since it might add topics that weren't tested, but if you were learning for general knowledge, I think this would help side tiny what the core concepts really are.

    With all this in mind I would absolutely caution against making AI your child’s teacher.

    Yes, I agree with this. In this case, the MVP is to give her a tool to search for answers on her own that engages her in a less passive way than the default AI. But I will definitely be supervising the journey.

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  18. Comment on What about having an LLM teach you to code? in ~comp

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    Lol, I was thinking the Exact Same Thing after I posted that.

    marathon, decade-long drummer orgy.

    AI fluid exchange -- eeew

    Lol, I was thinking the Exact Same Thing after I posted that.

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  19. Comment on What about having an LLM teach you to code? in ~comp

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    I do the plan-based approach too, and I have taken to leaving the plans in the code she so that the AI can go back and reference them later. Now that the agents have coding skills built in, one of...

    I do the plan-based approach too, and I have taken to leaving the plans in the code she so that the AI can go back and reference them later.

    Now that the agents have coding skills built in, one of the areas that I think will be interesting will be to give an agent the ability to create and manage its own knowledge graph. If they get better at context-sensitive recall, then they can be more useful in the long term.

    An interesting aside: the stateless nature of the LLM is one of the strongest arguments (to me) that they are not really conscious. However, once you start to give the AI continuity of experience so that or can grow and learn, I think that answer becomes less clear.

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  20. Comment on What about having an LLM teach you to code? in ~comp

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    I was thinking of it as a hobby, or maybe even as a thought experiment. However, I have a friend whose husband runs a tutoring company, so it might be worth a chat with them.

    I was thinking of it as a hobby, or maybe even as a thought experiment. However, I have a friend whose husband runs a tutoring company, so it might be worth a chat with them.

    1 vote