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  1. Comment on It’s time to bury the defective detective in ~tv

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    Plus there's a reason why the trope is overused—it has been used to great success before. Hence, cheap imitations.

    Plus there's a reason why the trope is overused—it has been used to great success before. Hence, cheap imitations.

    8 votes

  2. Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech

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    DNS propagation is usually faster than that. For me, right now, twitter.com stays as twitter.com and x.com stays as x.com, with neither redirecting to the other.

    DNS propagation is usually faster than that. For me, right now, twitter.com stays as twitter.com and x.com stays as x.com, with neither redirecting to the other.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech

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    Not true, it's also art-stealing T-shirt bots and porn bots. And other bots.

    Not true, it's also art-stealing T-shirt bots and porn bots. And other bots.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech

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    If anyone were to make such a decision, it would be him.

    If anyone were to make such a decision, it would be him.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech

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    I always read such an X as Χ, pronounced "chi". With Twitter, this could end up "Chitter" (close enough to the original), but I too lean more towards "Shitter".

    I always read such an X as Χ, pronounced "chi". With Twitter, this could end up "Chitter" (close enough to the original), but I too lean more towards "Shitter".

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Valve's next game may have just leaked / Deadlock appears to be a multiplayer hero shooter that combines elements of Overwatch, Valorant, and Dota 2 in ~games

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    Deadlock is already a game (1996) of which I have always had some smoldering embers of hope for a remake or an adaptation. I suppose with this trademark the dream becomes ever more distant.

    Deadlock is already a game (1996) of which I have always had some smoldering embers of hope for a remake or an adaptation. I suppose with this trademark the dream becomes ever more distant.

  7. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Black Mesa. It's excellent. Perhaps the best game ever made even better. Can't wait to get to the Lambda complex.

    Black Mesa. It's excellent. Perhaps the best game ever made even better. Can't wait to get to the Lambda complex.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel

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    And now imagine being imprisoned for 12 years for having a misplaced rainbow flag in your luggage.

    And now imagine being imprisoned for 12 years for having a misplaced rainbow flag in your luggage.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Students invent quieter leaf blower in ~engineering

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    They'll refuse to purchase because electric.

    They'll refuse to purchase because electric.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel

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    So, misplacing two stray .22 bullets. Irresponsible? Yes. Warranting foreign imprisonment for up to 12 years? Cruel and unhinged.

    So, misplacing two stray .22 bullets.

    Irresponsible? Yes.

    Warranting foreign imprisonment for up to 12 years? Cruel and unhinged.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on GPT-4o in ~tech

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    This story is extremely iffy, as competent prompters are entirely capable of such adjustments. Inpainting, outpainting, transfers, all that. This is equivalent to hiring artists that can't draw....

    This story is extremely iffy, as competent prompters are entirely capable of such adjustments. Inpainting, outpainting, transfers, all that. This is equivalent to hiring artists that can't draw. I'd say it actually kind of encourages company execs to invest in generative AI if they know that.

    Regarding voice acting, you can instruct adjustments somewhat (I figure significantly more with GPT-4o), and then generate with redundancy to pick the best fitting performance. That's how I do when generating lullabies (with XTTSv2), that's how people do with ElevenLabs. This would mean that a company would still need to hire someone to listen through it all very patiently, with an ear for this, and possibly still require a voice actor to provide and license voice samples for cloning.

    11 votes

  12. Comment on ‘TunnelVision’ attack leaves nearly all VPNs vulnerable to spying in ~tech

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    Several phone makers started advertising with years and years of updates, but I fully expect this to not yield an increase in sales that will justify the expense, so they will quietly stop.

    Several phone makers started advertising with years and years of updates, but I fully expect this to not yield an increase in sales that will justify the expense, so they will quietly stop.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on V Rising 1.0 out now in ~games

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    I was all like ":)" until I realized this isn't a competitor to Kerbal Space Program. This is fine, too, I guess.

    I was all like ":)" until I realized this isn't a competitor to Kerbal Space Program.

    This is fine, too, I guess.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on ‘Ideal’ movie running time is ninety-two minutes, poll claims in ~movies

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    6 movies. Plus 2 more for the extended edition lol

    There's no way LotR would have been able to tell the story it needed in 92 minutes.

    6 movies.

    Plus 2 more for the extended edition lol

    2 votes

  15. Comment on New evidence found for Planet 9 in ~space

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    Obviously a large teapot.

    Obviously a large teapot.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on What if we discover the answers of the Universe, eliminate cancer, halt aging. What's next? in ~humanities

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    We already regularly create new universes with their own secrets. We call them video games. We can only dream how those would work after we solve meat and build a Dyson swarm.

    We already regularly create new universes with their own secrets. We call them video games. We can only dream how those would work after we solve meat and build a Dyson swarm.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Looking for help scraping and deleting a Reddit account in ~comp

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    My script has a no-CSV mode which is the standard mode for most of these scripts. It cannot delete everything at once per Reddit limits. With the CSV, and so a list of all commend IDs, it...

    there for unknown reasons even with repeated attempts

    My script has a no-CSV mode which is the standard mode for most of these scripts. It cannot delete everything at once per Reddit limits. With the CSV, and so a list of all commend IDs, it systematically eats everything. Probably fails at currently private comments, but the IDs should still be on the list, so a later rerun should mop those up.

  18. Comment on Looking for help scraping and deleting a Reddit account in ~comp

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    I don't have time now so just posting a link https://rentry.co/unreddit Not sure if it still works. Worth a try. Let me know if something's unclear :)

    I don't have time now so just posting a link https://rentry.co/unreddit

    Not sure if it still works. Worth a try. Let me know if something's unclear :)

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Meet Llama 3 in ~tech

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    I know, I use Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral on the regular. I'm saying censoring them is... discomforting.

    I know, I use Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral on the regular.

    I'm saying censoring them is... discomforting.

  20. Comment on Meet Llama 3 in ~tech

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    Claim to own it and censored it up. Screw commercial applications of everybody's personal content, I want a compressed version of the internet as it is.

    Claim to own it and censored it up. Screw commercial applications of everybody's personal content, I want a compressed version of the internet as it is.

    4 votes