johansolo's recent activity
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Comment on ‘I plan to wear a bikini’: US Senate Republicans mock changes to dress code in ~misc
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Comment on Fantasy Football Week 1 thread in ~sports.american_football
johansolo LinkI encourage everyone here to (and I need to get my league to transition to) play Best Ball because weekly start/sit decisions are (Jean Ralphio voice) the woooooooooooooooorst.I encourage everyone here to (and I need to get my league to transition to) play Best Ball because weekly start/sit decisions are (Jean Ralphio voice) the woooooooooooooooorst.
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Comment on Can you sell musicals to someone who hates musicals? in ~movies
johansolo Link ParentI adore Once, but having looked through some of OP's other responses in this post, they don't really seem to grok the concept of "love". A movie about two people briefly connecting and truly,...I adore Once, but having looked through some of OP's other responses in this post, they don't really seem to grok the concept of "love". A movie about two people briefly connecting and truly, painfully longing for each other despite being on two separate paths in life might not resonate with the OP. Which is a shame, sadly.
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Comment on Starfield reviews in ~games
johansolo Link ParentThe two reviews I've watched (from reviewers I generally trust: ACG and The Escapist) have both said that this is literally the most polished Bethesda game at launch ever. AGC counted 8 bugs in...The two reviews I've watched (from reviewers I generally trust: ACG and The Escapist) have both said that this is literally the most polished Bethesda game at launch ever. AGC counted 8 bugs in 144 hours. That's insane.
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Comment on Starfield reviews in ~games
johansolo Link ParentTBF Disco Elysium is unlike anything else I've ever played. No other game has made me tear up more than once like DE did. No other game has approached the level of "put this game in a museum...TBF Disco Elysium is unlike anything else I've ever played. No other game has made me tear up more than once like DE did. No other game has approached the level of "put this game in a museum because it is art" like DE did. If DE is the bar, nothing else will reach it, is what I'm sayin'.
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Comment on ‘Ahsoka’ viewing numbers are well below ‘The Mandalorian,’ ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ in ~tv
johansolo Link ParentFor what it's worth, Andor really is truly worth it. So much so that when something Disney But Not Star Wars comes out, it's immediately compared to Andor (like "Secret Invasion Could Be Marvel's...For what it's worth, Andor really is truly worth it. So much so that when something Disney But Not Star Wars comes out, it's immediately compared to Andor (like "Secret Invasion Could Be Marvel's Andor": https://gamerant.com/marvel-secret-invasion-star-wars-andor-comparisons-similarities/).
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Comment on Ferrari | Official teaser trailer in ~movies
johansolo LinkCan I safely assume this is a prequel to Ford Vs Ferrari?Can I safely assume this is a prequel to Ford Vs Ferrari?
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Comment on Best and worst US states to drive in in ~transport
johansolo Link ParentThey pulled up next to me, rolled down their window, and said "let's fucking fight!" while gesturing towards the shoulder of the road. Not kidding.They pulled up next to me, rolled down their window, and said "let's fucking fight!" while gesturing towards the shoulder of the road. Not kidding.
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Comment on What’s going on with these viral, right-wing country music hits? in ~music
johansolo LinkThere is no avenue of culture that the Cult of A Certain Personality won't try to infect and utilize, to appropriate (hey there's that word) without a dose of appreciation for it's history or even...There is no avenue of culture that the Cult of A Certain Personality won't try to infect and utilize, to appropriate (hey there's that word) without a dose of appreciation for it's history or even a hint of irony.
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Comment on Best and worst US states to drive in in ~transport
johansolo Link ParentI've driven in at least half of our 50 United States and Texas is the only one where I've experienced multiple different drivers who wanted me to pull over to the shoulder and have a fist fight...I've driven in at least half of our 50 United States and Texas is the only one where I've experienced multiple different drivers who wanted me to pull over to the shoulder and have a fist fight with them. Something in the water down there.
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Comment on What are your thoughts on DREDGE? in ~games
johansolo LinkIt was good at what it set out to be: a fishing game with some Lovecraftian theme on top, some spooky horror if you stayed out too late at night, and some lore. I can understand why someone who...It was good at what it set out to be: a fishing game with some Lovecraftian theme on top, some spooky horror if you stayed out too late at night, and some lore. I can understand why someone who only played the first few hours would grow bored; it found better footing once you could get out past the central island and explore the other four areas. But to it's core and till the credits roll it was still a fishing game and that's not everyone's cup of tea. Much more of a "lean back" game than a "lean in" game. Played flawlessly on the Steam Deck.
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Comment on BABYMETAL feat. Tom Morello - メタり！！(2023) in ~music
johansolo Link ParentMy dude, Tom Morello was literally a "boss" in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. I promise you we (since I was in fact a person during the hey day of RATM) were headbanging to his riffs.People don't really remember RATM for the riffs
My dude, Tom Morello was literally a "boss" in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. I promise you we (since I was in fact a person during the hey day of RATM) were headbanging to his riffs.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
johansolo (edited )LinkIt's August, which means fantasy football season is spinning up, so I dredged up my salary cap league program that created an ideal/efficient team using an genetic algorithm, updated it for my...It's August, which means fantasy football season is spinning up, so I dredged up my salary cap league program that created an ideal/efficient team using an genetic algorithm, updated it for my league's newest rules, and added in k-means clustering algorithm to generate tiers/buckets of similar players.
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Comment on Madison Reeve explains why she quit Linus Tech Tips (CW: self harm, slurs, sexual harassment) in ~tech
johansolo Link ParentMinus, you know, James making a stripper joke at the sexual harassment meeting.but this meeting is entirely fine
Minus, you know, James making a stripper joke at the sexual harassment meeting.
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Comment on The pork industry’s forced cannibalism, explained in ~food
johansolo Link ParentLiteral whataboutism. You actually said "but what about" in the quote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhataboutismGreat that you can cut out meat from your diet, but what about health care and wealth inequality?
Literal whataboutism. You actually said "but what about" in the quote.
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Comment on 'Blind Side' subject Michael Oher alleges Tuohys made millions off lie in ~sports.american_football
johansolo LinkI admit I'm biased in that I always thought The Blind Side was utter tripe, but it wouldn't shock me that the people involved were liars from the beginning of their conservatorship of Oher...I admit I'm biased in that I always thought The Blind Side was utter tripe, but it wouldn't shock me that the people involved were liars from the beginning of their conservatorship of Oher considering how much of Blind Side's story were complete fabrications.
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'Blind Side' subject Michael Oher alleges Tuohys made millions off lie
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Comment on Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office. in ~life
johansolo (edited )LinkThough I'm fully remote now, my job was previously in an office as described (a room to call my own with a desk and a door that closed) and I used to say that I would not only never work in an...Though I'm fully remote now, my job was previously in an office as described (a room to call my own with a desk and a door that closed) and I used to say that I would not only never work in an open-office format, but that it would take a significant raise to get me to move back to a cubicle. The difference in quality of worklife when in an office versus cubicle (or especially versus "open office") cannot be overstated.
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Comment on Language is a poor heuristic for intelligence in ~comp
johansolo Link ParentA simple Google search would have sufficed to show you that people have been "dragging" Godel into the "argument" for decades. Godel himself knew that his theorem, though strictly about...I think there's possibly some validity in discussing whether we can understand consciousness, but dragging Gödel into the argument seems pointless to me.
A simple Google search would have sufficed to show you that people have been "dragging" Godel into the "argument" for decades. Godel himself knew that his theorem, though strictly about math/logic, would be interpreted through other lenses:
"It was something to be expected that sooner or later my proof will be made useful for religion, since that is doubtless also justified in a certain sense."
Torkel Franzen wrote an entire book (https://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6dels-Theorem-Torkel-Franz%C3%A9n/dp/1568812388) on Godel's Theorem being "used and abused" (author's own words) by other fields.
So pointless or not, it has happened and will likely continue to happen until the end of time.
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Comment on Language is a poor heuristic for intelligence in ~comp
johansolo Link ParentOne of my fun tests for an LLM is to ask them about someone you know personally but who isn't famous enough to have been in the training data scraped from the internet. The LLM will hallucinate an...Instead I saw a lot of people come away thinking they can ask an LLM a question and get a correct answer.
One of my fun tests for an LLM is to ask them about someone you know personally but who isn't famous enough to have been in the training data scraped from the internet. The LLM will hallucinate an entire-ass background for this person you know dearly; a background that is clearly, unequivocally false.
I did this once on my best friend and the LLM reported that he was "an American entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and CEO of Carstensen Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies." "Carstensen Ventures" doesn't even exist, at least according to a cursory Google search.
My response is, perhaps a counter to all the, I'm sure, good faith responses of "but what about decorum"; this tracks with what the majority of people I know consider "work attire". No one wears suits any more to work (if at all possible) and for those of us in tech, most of us don't even wear slacks and a polo any more (if at all possible). None of us could give two shits if our representative or senator wore a suit if they actually represented us at the federal level.
Plus all the claims of decorum kind of went out the proverbial window years ago with the "You lie!" screaming at the State of the Union address. Who cares what you're wearing if you're going to be a boorish buffoon?