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  1. Comment on Does anyone play older versions of Minecraft? in ~games

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    Not vanilla, buuut if you want to try something different, BTA is a cool mod based on beta 1.7.3.

    Not vanilla, buuut if you want to try something different, BTA is a cool mod based on beta 1.7.3.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes

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    I don't think the jk rowling tag will appear as an author tag on everything related to the new Harry Potter show*. This discussion is also more of a society thing than a media thing. * Ironically,...

    I don't think the jk rowling tag will appear as an author tag on everything related to the new Harry Potter show*. This discussion is also more of a society thing than a media thing.

    * Ironically, there isn't even a rowling tag on this post

  3. Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes

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    There's filter functionality on Tildes, use it. That goes for both sides of this argument..

    There's filter functionality on Tildes, use it. That goes for both sides of this argument..

    12 votes

  4. Comment on Reddit will implement human verification to tag and combat bots in ~tech

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    Internet of People, Internet of Things...

    Internet of People, Internet of Things...

    1 vote

  5. Comment on New ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie From Stephen Colbert and his son in development at Warner Bros in ~movies

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    Stop spoiling the movie it's not even been produced yet

    Stop spoiling the movie it's not even been produced yet

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Commonly misspelled words quiz in ~humanities.languages

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    Being given options made me second guess myself, For the ones I got wrong, I don't think I would've considered them had I been asked to write them down from memory. :P

    Being given options made me second guess myself, For the ones I got wrong, I don't think I would've considered them had I been asked to write them down from memory. :P

    4 votes

  7. Comment on I made a word association game - Noun Sense in ~games

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    I think it should accept British English too

    I think it should accept British English too

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Ageless Linux emerges to protest OS-level age verification laws in ~tech

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    On the topic of ageless distros, NixOS is an interesting example, because it's not a distribution, but a configuration which you use to locally build your operating system.

    On the topic of ageless distros, NixOS is an interesting example, because it's not a distribution, but a configuration which you use to locally build your operating system.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Tom Scott: England — Official teaser for Nebula in ~travel

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    Wow I really don't see that, to me it's quite transparent he's a presenter and he's telling me what he's learned on location/found on a topic. I dunno, maybe it doesn't impress me lol

    It's like he has an attitude that his world view/intelligence is superior to others and that he is deigning to gift us with special knowledge.

    Wow I really don't see that, to me it's quite transparent he's a presenter and he's telling me what he's learned on location/found on a topic.

    I dunno, maybe it doesn't impress me lol

    13 votes

  10. Comment on All the Eurovision songs are out. Let's talk about them! in ~music

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    I really like synths (and the song!), and I think it's cool to see them on the big stage at ev.

    I really like synths (and the song!), and I think it's cool to see them on the big stage at ev.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Meta to acquire Moltbook, the social network for AI agents in ~tech

  12. Comment on New York Times quiz: Who’s a better writer: AI or humans? in ~tech

  13. Comment on Is it worthwhile to run local LLMs for coding today? in ~comp

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    Local inference is probably worth it for stuff like autocomplete, etc. That's a small and complete context that can be performed by tiny models. Idk if full development is very feasible for a...

    Local inference is probably worth it for stuff like autocomplete, etc. That's a small and complete context that can be performed by tiny models.

    Idk if full development is very feasible for a competitive price, unless speed isn't an issue, then maybe it's possible to set up a task, walk away, and come back to a finished problem.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games

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    I think it's in response to the Steam Machine

    I think it's in response to the Steam Machine

    1 vote

  15. Comment on What’s your preferred work monitor setup? in ~comp

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    One monitor angled in "portrait mode" is incredibly useful

    One monitor angled in "portrait mode" is incredibly useful

  16. Comment on New accounts on Hacker News ten times more likely to use em-dashes in ~tech

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    Man is but a conduit for the machine 🥀

    "Phrase their thoughts"

    Man is but a conduit for the machine 🥀

    5 votes

  17. Comment on Minecraft Java Edition is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan rendering in ~games

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    Oh nice, I hadn't seen that yet. That's pretty cool

    Oh nice, I hadn't seen that yet. That's pretty cool

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Minecraft Java Edition is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan rendering in ~games

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    Iirc. They were working on that before the Mojang blog post. Not as a reaction to this news.

    The person behind Iris was posting on their discord today and effectively got vulkan working rather quickly.

    Iirc. They were working on that before the Mojang blog post. Not as a reaction to this news.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say in ~health

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    There's got to be a downside to keeping a reactive system on standby continuously.

    There's got to be a downside to keeping a reactive system on standby continuously.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on Sandwich bill of materials in ~tech

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    YASS would probably do well on brand recognition alone

    YASS would probably do well on brand recognition alone

    5 votes