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taiyang

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Shitposter while I tend to two babies. Maybe when I have my life back, I'll help us get a few more niche communities back?

  • But birds in a giant blender is a more appealing headline

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  • There's no denying that outdoor cats kill birds but you're right that those numbers are inflated. Plus, the problem with looking back 70-100 years back isn't just methodology but it's the fact that stray and feral cats are much better maintained in the last few decades. It's a problem many counties actually bothered to tackle with high profile neutering campaigns and such. So, I bet the numbers are probably lower than collisions at this point.

    Context also matters a lot-- cats are, like us, an invasive species. The most evidence of it being a problem are in places where there were no major predators for birds (mostly thinking of islands like New Zealand). But that's less a matter of bird deaths so much as a matter of man made ecological changes leading to endangerment.

    It's also weird how much easier it should be to just not have clear glass skyscrapers murdering thousands of birds vs what, killing off cats? What even is the end game to that statistic, lol.

  • This is Bullshit!

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  • Useful information. That said, it's probably a little more dangerous in this case because too many people are personifying LLM behavior. I don't think any people assume The Spirit of Ukraine is a sentient being, for instance.

    But I concede that the people pushing AI certainly can be, especially since their influence has ruined so many lives already and is poised to ruin many more, both directly and indirectly.

  • A New Year postcard I sent to friends and family: rubber stamp, calligraphy pen, and digital photo manipulation

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  • I recognized the shiisaa immediately! Very cute, my Okinawan wife would approve. Too bad we skipped our New Years cards this year because of bad timing and illness. Still ate Okinawa soba with pork belly, though!

  • North Korea condemns US strikes on Venezuela as 'serious encroachment of sovereignty'

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  • Well, no, they also condemn good guys. They're just right in this case, lol

  • Based on true events

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  • Almost all of my clandestine spy tactics started with... 🌽.

    Volume mute. Family members schedule memorized. Escape route established. Contingency windows tab ready after alt F4. Several alibis established. Elaborate excuses on the ready. Disguises and new identity ready in case my position is compromised.

  • haha wow u got me

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  • Now I want a shirt with that pattern to really screw with people. Then again, where I live (the US) that's probably not a good idea.

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    Remember this when you think about buying from Modretro.

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  • Yeah I was gonna say, also didn't he just rip off what Valve was sharing for free from their VR lab experimentation like 10 years ago?

  • Democrats Aim to Make GOP Pay as 'Angry' Voters See Health Insurance Premiums Soar

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  • Yup! Return to normal was such a dumb rallying cry for Biden. I was rather vocal about that to people I knew during the 2020 primary but by the time my state got to vote, he was pretty much the candidate.

  • Democrats Aim to Make GOP Pay as 'Angry' Voters See Health Insurance Premiums Soar

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  • Honestly I figured the reason they caved in was that party leaders knew it would fuel midterms to make people suffer, but they themselves didn't want to look that way so they had safe seats to be the fall guys. So yeah, duh.

    Pretty sure people here can see the writing on the wall and will at least vote in the primary. Not sure what good it'll do since tactics like that work way too well on average voters, but might as well try.

  • New York teachers stunned to learn some students can’t read time on old clocks after phone ban comes into play

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  • How is that even possible? The only clocks on display in my house are analog. Do people not have wall clocks? Do kids grow up never knowing what time it is? That's a standard household furnishing.

    Then again, it does say some students, so I probably should assume it's a minority who never asked their parents what the fuck that thing on the wall was.

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  • I've done the math for my area. $200 at Trader Joe's covers family of four for about 7 to 10 days, breakfast, snacks, dinner and coffee. Lunch is usually leftovers. Even eating cheaply at my local Vietnamese place is like $8 a meal, and while the kids can split a pho, that's still over $30 after tax and tip. And that's cheapest - other places easily hit over $80 per meal.

    Just tonight we made pesto pasta with chicken sausage and portabella mushrooms. $1 pasta, $3 sauce (or make your own, basil is about that price), $3 mushrooms, $4 sausage. Kids love it, cooks very easy, and saves well. It's not the healthiest, but they had apples earlier so it wasn't all bad.

    Even if it's just for one, all the ingredients can be halved and saved for a while, unless you love leftovers (and I do love leftovers). Just always prioritize breads asap, and freeze meats you don't use unless they're preserved like sausage. Frozen veggies are much easier to work with, too. Easy money.

  • Wikipeter founded the website in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library

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  • Actually, are you sure a meta analysis isn't a primary source? Having worked on one in the past, you're often having to reanalyze data and the finished product is quite unique.

    Even "structured literature reviews" I think count as primary sources, since the author adds to the literature their own perspective and they are generally peer reviewed.

    That said, when you cite things professionally, you will often have hundreds of sources. Most researchers, legal scholars, etc., just keep a database of their citations for easy callback. It's important because at the upper levels, different authors might speak of the same objective findings in two different ways and with two different frameworks, so the aggregate loses that.

    It's not something non-professionals necessarily need to care about, but you do want to train undergraduates on that proper methods so they're ready if and when they go to graduate school.

  • Wikipeter founded the website in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library

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  • Honestly I think it comes from a misunderstanding regarding secondary sources vs primary ones. Wikipedia, as well as encyclopedias and textbooks, are secondary sources. It's not good practice to cite secondary sources without primary ones, but a lot of people (namely, teachers) don't grasp why which leads these sources to get classified as bad.

    That, plus Wikipedia is accessible without the usual gatekeeping and money behind what textbooks and encyclopedias have, which adds to the sources "credibility." Money means marketing, including constant email campaigns targeting people like me trying to validate whatever textbook they're peddling. (And in case you wonder if they're evil, they sometimes offer kickbacks to adopt their expensive textbooks for my university classes).

    Fedi users already get that, though, as that's a common problem FOSS usually has. Point is, wiki lives in a weird place because no, you shouldn't cite it just like you shouldn't cite textbooks, but yes, it's perfectly valid so long as you check those sources. And, speaking from experience, some students really don't understand as I see citations for so much worse.

  • 2026 is the year of the linux desktop

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  • That's what I figured and I appreciate the confirmation. Since I work in education it's probably a "better safe than sorry" approach since the laws on student privacy are actually enforced, unlike in corporate. (Obviously it's security theater, though, as web apps and Windows integration make emails and files easy to steal anyway).

  • PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

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  • Yup. Although I've become a fan of things like GIMP, you do need to learn a new software and depending on who you are, it might take a while. Lucky (?) for me, I was too poor to afford it for school and since it was for official assignments, I didn't want to pirate.

    That said, Microsoft integration is more a curse than a blessing at this point. Privacy and junk aside, it's dumped hundreds of GB of files onto my tiny SSD C: since it kept changing settings and ignoring my preferences. That's why Microsoft messing things up is converting people who even prefer integration, when there's an option to anyway!

  • PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

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  • I'd say it worked. Bravo. Haha

  • PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

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  • Some of y'all are showing your bubble side; outside of our communities here, Linux very much is obscure. That said, there really does seem to be a leak in the mainstream and it's nice to see it mentioned in a publication. Even if just a little gain, thanks in large part to Steam raising awareness for gamers, US decline in Europe and Canada, and Windows 11 blunders with security.

    I've gone from people being completely oblivious when I mention Linux, to going "oh, like steam deck?" but there's still plenty of others who still are oblivious. Then again, mentioning file extensions goes over the heads of 95% of who I talk to, so I wouldn't have too high hopes.

  • PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

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  • Probably for the best, lol. At the very least, Roblox isn't particularly good for kids.

    Also, modded Minecraft through Prism beats bedrock any day of the week. I'm hoping when my kids are of age, they'll be down for an expert pack. My daughter sure as hell will be, she's as weird as I am. I'm sure more normal kids have packs they'd enjoy, though.

  • 2026 is the year of the linux desktop

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  • Yeah, I think if it's web apps it's fine, just aren't ideal. I was mostly frustrated I couldn't use a third party email app or OneDrive integration app. It's more a grievance with the university I work for, though.