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  1. Comment on Two minute deep acid in Strudel (from scratch) in ~music

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    I haven't tried Strudel but seems pretty cool : https://strudel.cc

    I haven't tried Strudel but seems pretty cool :

    https://strudel.cc

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Why the internet really wants your ID... (and why now?) in ~tech

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    Exactly, ideally the ID system would also use tokens with limited life time so stolen accounts wouldn't be a huge issue.

    Exactly, ideally the ID system would also use tokens with limited life time so stolen accounts wouldn't be a huge issue.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Why the internet really wants your ID... (and why now?) in ~tech

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    I'm not super convinced that these regulations are in google or others tech giants interest, at least I haven't seen much data to back that up. But personally I'm very much in favor of such...

    I'm not super convinced that these regulations are in google or others tech giants interest, at least I haven't seen much data to back that up. But personally I'm very much in favor of such regulations; I was looking for some info on youtube earlier and 90% of the content is AI garbage, and that will keep getting worse. That said I'd much prefer a independent agency (maybe at the EU level) providing digital certificates to citizens so that it maintains the same level of privacy we have now.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on What happened to your first car? in ~transport

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    Yeah Switzerland & France (big city) so there's not much need for a car, although in France the coverage is a bit shit outside of major cities.

    Yeah Switzerland & France (big city) so there's not much need for a car, although in France the coverage is a bit shit outside of major cities.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on What happened to your first car? in ~transport

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    Never had one :)

    Never had one :)

    12 votes

  7. Comment on Most people, even highly technical people, don't understand anything about AI in ~tech

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    I think another issue is that you look only at the time taken, but productivity is a ratio of output to input. Output includes both quality and quantity of the thing produced, and input includes...

    I think another issue is that you look only at the time taken, but productivity is a ratio of output to input. Output includes both quality and quantity of the thing produced, and input includes labor but also capital, energy used, natural resources, etc.

    Some of the stuff produced by generative AI have very low utility (probably even negative in many cases) but use a lot of capital and energy, so productivity can be very low even if it didn't took much time to produce.

    I think it's also important to take the macro view on these topics, because at a personal level we have this lazyness bias that makes us love anything that reduce the effort we put in.

    7 votes

  8. Comment on Sally Shapiro – The Other Days (2025) in ~music

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    Nice, I listened to Disco Romance a lot back in the days.

    Nice, I listened to Disco Romance a lot back in the days.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Niels Matthijs' film log in ~movies

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    Lots of good, stuff, I've seen Avalon when it came out but don't remember much, I should rewatch it. Enter the Void has been on my list for a long time too. Dead Leaves and Dolls are great. I'm a...

    Lots of good, stuff, I've seen Avalon when it came out but don't remember much, I should rewatch it. Enter the Void has been on my list for a long time too. Dead Leaves and Dolls are great. I'm a bit surprized they don't like Tarkovsky, but it seems they don't like slower stuff maybe.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Ninajirachi - Infohazard (2025) in ~music

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    cool 2k style music video

    cool 2k style music video

  12. Comment on Double pendulums are not chaotic in ~science

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    I also got this video recommended by youtube yesterday, really cool.

    I also got this video recommended by youtube yesterday, really cool.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on César y su Jardín - Morder el fuego (2025) in ~music

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    Cool Mexican band, I like the softness of it all and the arrangement & compositions are really solid.

    Cool Mexican band, I like the softness of it all and the arrangement & compositions are really solid.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music

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    Not bad for AI, I like the quite parts and the weird lofi sound.

    Not bad for AI, I like the quite parts and the weird lofi sound.

  16. Comment on ‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost in ~enviro

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    Imagine your on a sinking boat, people are trying to fix the hole and keep the water out, but as some point it becomes clear the ship is gonna sink, the hull is gonna explode, etc. Sure you can...

    Imagine your on a sinking boat, people are trying to fix the hole and keep the water out, but as some point it becomes clear the ship is gonna sink, the hull is gonna explode, etc. Sure you can still try to fix it and delay a bit, but maybe it's time to try to save your ass and get in a safe boat. I'm afraid were approaching this moment for climate change, where collective effort (althought pitiful) is replaced by panicky save-my-ass-first behaviour. Personally I'm thinking about it, and it's not super clear what to do (buy land in a colder area & build infrastructure to be as self-sufficient as possible ?), but the general point is that you don't want to be the last to try to board the safe boat (I imagine there's gonna be some large changes in the price of land).

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Leonov – Auld Ashok (2025) in ~music

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    Pretty good, although I thought it lacked a bit of progression for 6 minutes. It reminds me of Subrosa a bit.

    Pretty good, although I thought it lacked a bit of progression for 6 minutes. It reminds me of Subrosa a bit.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Sweden and Denmark's Öresund bridge turns 25 – while Copenhagen's fortunes grow alongside rise in commuters, benefits for Malmö are proving less obvious in ~transport

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    Funny l booked vacations there (Copenhagen + Swedish coast) for August yesterday (trying to escape the heat). We go by train so it seems we don't pay the toll.

    Funny l booked vacations there (Copenhagen + Swedish coast) for August yesterday (trying to escape the heat). We go by train so it seems we don't pay the toll.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc

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    Some of the random recommendations youtube gave me : Not sure if it's serious or a parody, but I thought it was intriguing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lgqofIJIws This guy has an interesting...

    Some of the random recommendations youtube gave me :

    Not sure if it's serious or a parody, but I thought it was intriguing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lgqofIJIws

    This guy has an interesting style : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHBd2YhWrNs

    A random Swiss band : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEgmConV2iY

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Asna - Atalaku (2021) in ~music

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    Cool afro-electro from Côte d'Ivoire.

    Cool afro-electro from Côte d'Ivoire.