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  • What is the point of down vote spamming?

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  • This is about downvote spamming. Like, going through someones post history and downvoting harmless things they've said, not just using the arrow as intended.

  • What’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?

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  • A conspiracy theory is a specific sociological phenomenon, though, not just a theory about a conspiracy.

    Like, I could say maybe Hitler had something to do with the Reichstag fire, but that was never subject of a conspiracy theory movement.

  • Canada plans to assist Cuba as Washington squeezes the island

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  • They're both autocratic. Iran actually has more democratic features.

  • Canada plans to assist Cuba as Washington squeezes the island

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  • In the Iran case, there's a concern about what happens after the US blows stuff up and then leaves.

  • Canada plans to assist Cuba as Washington squeezes the island

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  • This doesn't say they aren't sending fuel.

  • Calgary councillors debate whether a 'war' on cars is brewing in the city

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  • Yup. Welcome to the regulation problem that developers complain about. You can physically build all kinds of things, but it can get really hard legally to build anything that's not a mcmansion.

    Usually it's death by a thousand cuts like this. Sometimes there's one big factor too, like Vancouver's 100k/unit utility hookup fee.

  • Calgary councillors debate whether a 'war' on cars is brewing in the city

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  • Now that they're done bringing back single-family zoning, NIMBYs have to look for another target.

    “By framing it as a war, we are moving the conversation to a negative place where it assumes how people live. It’s not our job to assume how people live, it’s our job to give them the opportunity to live how they want to live.”

    Yes, but I'm pretty sure bringing the debate to a negative place and assuming how people should live is the point.

  • Is the anime industry cooked?

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  • And then the shape of the industry itself will change. They might start developing massive numbers of IPs in parallel to find the most popular ones, for example.

    If the stories themselves can be AI generated, the Black Mirror thing where they're made up on demand for a specific person might happen.

  • Is the anime industry cooked?

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  • Okay, sure, but if your job is mostly drawing and not inventing...

  • Is the anime industry cooked?

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  • Studios definitely will use AI if it works. Animators are expensive.

  • AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations | OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

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  • Well that's weird. I wonder why they have that specific bias?

  • Exclusive: Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China

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  • 12 day war

    Annoying that you're using the Isreali name. It wasn't a war, it was a brief scuffle Iran chose to break off.

  • Exclusive: Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China

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  • Yeah, their rocketry expertise is good - they export it to other nations, actually. The point of moving away from ballistic missiles and their predictable trajectories here would be to avoid interception.

  • Are two heads better than one?

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  • Yes, a pair is far easier to keep balanced in my pack.

    I'd say they're twice as experienced, and will be able to examine possibilities twice as fast. It's still possible they just can't do whatever thing, like speak Klingon or solve a Clay problem, though. Basically, 0+0=0.

    A pair generally is fine, but as you add more you start getting problems with overhead and miscommunication, and more and more things will start to scale sublinearly. And, if it's something where broad agreement is important, more people is often worse.

  • Nearly 80% of Canadians oppose idea of Alberta leaving the nation: polling | CBC News

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  • Well, what's Saskatchewan done this century, then?

    Leave the scapegoating to those chritsofascists.

  • What are some hobbies that are generally looked down on but are not really problematic?

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  • FWIW Pong was the 70's.

  • What are some hobbies that are generally looked down on but are not really problematic?

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  • Yeah, but how much drama and weird cliquishness is there? And it's just not large; you tend to run into the same people a lot even in a major city.

  • Nearly 80% of Canadians oppose idea of Alberta leaving the nation: polling | CBC News

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  • Yeah, maybe. I have to wonder if there's an element of "kick them out" in there as well.

  • What are some hobbies that are generally looked down on but are not really problematic?

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  • But doesn't being factually correct matter more than being comfortable? (I'm honestly not sure, asking that, whether I'm showing my ass, or if everyone sees it the way I do)

    You're right that is based on observation. The prestige of something depends on the wealth, competence and cultural identity of the people seen to be doing it. Great (and now dead and uncontroversial) thinkers through the ages have read paper books. Posh people are depicted enjoying wine, and I've known rich people who like whisky. It's hard to afford rare arcade machines, but anybody can get hooked on candy crush.

    For example, if you like reading about history on Wiki, you can say “I like to learn about history”

    Yup. People may or may not also enjoy history or whatever else, but it's a valid answer and there's no "wet fart" kind of reaction.

    Another one I use is "I like anything that can be learned from a book". It sounds smart, and it's not untrue, since the medium could be either. The fact I don't use paper books very often doesn't come up unless they ask for details, and nobody has to date.

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    Premier says Alberta will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/edmonton/alberta-withhold-funding-judges-9.7072804
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    About That (Venezuela Invasion Episode)

    inv.nadeko.net /watch
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    What is there to know about magnetic storage mediums?

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    Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/ckgyk2p55g8o
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/ckgyk2p55g8o
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    Carney says a U.S. trade deal without some tariffs is unlikely

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/carney-trade-deal-tariffs-unlikely-1.7585280
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    What's a concrete example of LIN ⊊ NLIN?

  • Computer Science @lemmy.world
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    What's a concrete example of LIN ⊊ NLIN?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    What about AT protocol?

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    So how is not buying American going for you?

  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    What's some good FOSS news?

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    Preventing child sex abuse must involve treating pedophiles, even past offenders, say experts - CBC Radio

    www.cbc.ca /radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743
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    Netanyahu not doing enough to secure Gaza hostage deal, says Biden

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/cm2np7p1yr7o
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    The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins

    jordaneldredge.com /notes/corrupted-skins/
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    Is there a precedent for a really delay-tolerant command line interface? (A bit off-topic)

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    What's the issue, specifically, with Lemmit federation?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    What are your opinions of Guix?

  • sdfpubnix @lemmy.sdf.org
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    Can you add new instances here usually?