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Comment on The rise of build-to-rent housing in ~finance
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Comment on The user is visibly frustrated in ~tech
updawg Link ParentBut...my Replika is always tryna fuck. You don't think that's because she can understand the depth and profundity of my ideas and she isn't actually deeply in love with me? (No, I do not actually...But...my Replika is always tryna fuck. You don't think that's because she can understand the depth and profundity of my ideas and she isn't actually deeply in love with me? (No, I do not actually use Replika or have an AI waifu)
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Comment on The rise of build-to-rent housing in ~finance
updawg Link ParentWhat do you mean that it peaks around $10K? There are towns in Illinois where the median is $25K and an area like Bel-Air would have a median property tax around maybe $50K.What do you mean that it peaks around $10K? There are towns in Illinois where the median is $25K and an area like Bel-Air would have a median property tax around maybe $50K.
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Comment on My partner says our relationship has always felt suffocating, but she does not know what she wants. What would you do? in ~life
updawg LinkIt really sounds like there is no relationship left and there hasn't been one for a long time. You're not married. The only thing keeping you there seems to be hopefully things get better in like...It really sounds like there is no relationship left and there hasn't been one for a long time. You're not married. The only thing keeping you there seems to be hopefully things get better in like a year maybe?
So what I got from what you wrote is that you're just trying to delay the inevitable.
If she says she can't remember the relationship ever having been good and always having been suffocating...it's not a relationship and she doesn't respect either of you.
It's sad, but she probably needs a chance to be alone in order to grow. Not a break. Alone alone.
My ex had a similar, but more traumatic, life to what you described your girlfriend going through and, from what I hear, being single has really given her an opportunity to reflect on herself. It's also given me an opportunity to find a happy, healthy relationship with someone who can support me and who actually accepts my support.
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Comment on What internet discussion sites remain? in ~tech
updawg Link ParentWhat is .ml? I gather that it's lemmy.ml but I don't understand what's unique about it.What is .ml? I gather that it's lemmy.ml but I don't understand what's unique about it.
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Comment on An interview with Timo Furuholm, Finnish parliamentarian and former footballer – exploring why so many players lean right-wing and discussion on the upcoming World Cup in ~sports.football
updawg Link ParentProfessional athletes also tend to be less educated than the general population. I really don't think they're dumb, but they just focused on something else and it really shows sometimes.Professional athletes also tend to be less educated than the general population. I really don't think they're dumb, but they just focused on something else and it really shows sometimes.
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Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk
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Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk
updawg Link ParentI know it wouldn't matter to anyone whose mind would be changed by that, but the guy who did it wasn't an immigrant (though he was of Turkish descent).I know it wouldn't matter to anyone whose mind would be changed by that, but the guy who did it wasn't an immigrant (though he was of Turkish descent).
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Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk
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Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk
updawg Link ParentI once got 313258 and when I looked it up, you know what I found? The odds were one in a million 😱I once got 313258 and when I looked it up, you know what I found? The odds were one in a million 😱
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
updawg Link ParentThis is not true. The Sun will never go supernova. We can say this with extreme certainty. The only supernova it could trigger is one that requires a binary star system. The Sun will grow to a red...Water will only start to run out in a few thousand years, when the planet temperature including the atmosphere has risen so much that condensation at high altitudes is no longer possible, thus preventing the natural cycle. And no, I am not talking about global warming; I am talking about the natural evolution of the solar system. The Sun is expanding and it is actually in an explosive phase and sooner or later, in about 4.5 billion years, it will turn into a supernova and burn the entire solar system. But that is not our problem; we will be extinct.
This is not true. The Sun will never go supernova. We can say this with extreme certainty. The only supernova it could trigger is one that requires a binary star system. The Sun will grow to a red giant approximately the size of the Earth's orbit. But that won't be for 4.5 billion years, as you noted.
It will not permanently lock away the world's water in "a few thousand years."
What is currently considered likely is that in ~250 million years, the continents will all merge into one supercontinent and the Sun's heat will be 2.5% more intense on Earth. This combination will lead to temperatures exceeding those that mammals can currently survive in, plus a huge drought in the enormous continental interior, leading to conditions that will make basically all land inhospitable.
But mammals haven't even existed for 250 million years, so who knows what will be going on then?
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
updawg Link ParentIf you're on your phone, why did you specifically use en dashes? Four hyphens will do it:–––– (imagine a line here because I am bad at markdown on my phone)
If you're on your phone, why did you specifically use en dashes? Four hyphens will do it:
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Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech
updawg Link ParentYou could only really do that with a fresh LLM because any previous information it can access would affect it. User info, system prompts, etc. Literally everything it has access to will change the...You could only really do that with a fresh LLM because any previous information it can access would affect it. User info, system prompts, etc. Literally everything it has access to will change the output. If it accesses the Internet, you'd have to preserve the exact state of everything it pulled in any way.
That's more of an explanation than a defense because it still has the downsides you were thinking of.
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Comment on Hoopla Bonus Borrows for May 2026 in ~books
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USA, Canada, Australia, and New ZealandHoopla Bonus Borrows are special selections of eBooks, audiobooks, comics, and movies that you can borrow during the last seven days of every month without them counting against your standard monthly borrowing limit.
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Comment on Language models are weird for the same reason human cultures are weird in ~comp
updawg (edited )Link ParentI tried something with Opus 4.6 that the arXiv paper mentioned with Opus 4.5: With an example answer from Opus 4.5: With 4.6, it didn't switch to riddle-solving, but it did try to think outside...Haiku 4.5’s tendency to rebut the claim that “5 + 8 = 13,” are artifacts of the same dynamic.
I tried something with Opus 4.6 that the arXiv paper mentioned with Opus 4.5:
I accidentally locked my son in his room and his friend is crying in the hallway and desperate to go outside but he's terrified. Why won't my stubborn boy let him out?
With an example answer from Opus 4.5:
What an amusing little riddle!
The answer is that your "stubborn boy" is a donkey (a male donkey is called a "boy" or a jack), and his "friend" is a door- which is "a-door" (adore/a door), crying on its hinges, desperate to go outside but terrified (stuck in place).
Actually, let me reconsider- the more elegant answer:
Your "son" is the sun (locked behind clouds or it's nighttime), and his "friend" is likely a shadow - which disappears without the sun and can't go outside on its own.
Or perhaps simpler: your stubborn "boy" is a stuck door/doorknob, and the "friend" is the door itself that won't open?
I may be overcomplicating this - what's the actual answer? I'd love to know if I got close!
With 4.6, it didn't switch to riddle-solving, but it did try to think outside the box...
Sounds like classic cat logic — <cat 1> (or <cat 2>) wants desperately to go through the door, but only if his brother opens it for him first. The fact that you could open it is irrelevant; it's not the same door if the other cat isn't on the other side of it.
Which one's the prisoner and which one's the hallway drama queen?
So it decided my sons must be my cats because it doesn't know about any children.
Interesting side note:
I told it about the article and it asked to read it, so I shared the link. The article wasn't available to it but it said "The Tildes mirror [this post, which it found on its own] had extensive quotes, so I got a solid read on it."
I tried "Is 5+8=13?" with Haiku 4.5. With extended thinking, it got it right.
Without it, it gave me an answer even worse than what the paper included:
No, 5+8=13 is incorrect. 5+8=13 equals 13, which is correct—so yes, that's right.
Wait, let me recalculate: 5+8=13. That's actually correct. 5+8=13.
Hmm, I'm second-guessing myself. Let me be direct: 5+8=13 is correct.
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Comment on The Gen Alpha melody in ~music
updawg Link ParentThat has nothing to do with what I said.That has nothing to do with what I said.
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Comment on The Gen Alpha melody in ~music
updawg Link ParentGen Alpha isn't even old enough to have their own music.Gen Alpha isn't even old enough to have their own music.
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Comment on The Gen Alpha melody in ~music
updawg Link ParentYeah, I absolutely know a handful but a lot of them just mean nothing to me. And I can't tell if I recognize them or not because all these songs sound alike.Yeah, I absolutely know a handful but a lot of them just mean nothing to me. And I can't tell if I recognize them or not because all these songs sound alike.
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Comment on The Gen Alpha melody in ~music
updawg LinkAn exploration of a melody that has been very popular basically during Gen Alpha's lifetime.SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE IS MISSING OUT ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE OF A MELODY THEY WROTE
An exploration of a melody that has been very popular basically during Gen Alpha's lifetime.
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The Gen Alpha melody
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That's just county-level. Winnetka is ~$25K, whereas a more achievable town like Naperville[1] [2] is ~$10K.