It even makes up fake scientific papers as "references"
Broski, it's not early 2023 anymore. Thinking models with internet access have been able to provide public sources just for over a year now. Technology evolves; shocking, I know...
I requested my data via https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request, and used every ID on that list to delete the comment via a small Javascript script I used in the browser (so I didn't need to log on via their API, as I already was logged in).
It took a while because I had a 1 second delay between each delete. Before deleting I had actually replaced the last 1000 comments with some AI slow to poison their DB a little, before I decided to just slowly burn it all.
I've now been reddit free for a year, after having browsed the gods-forsaken site since 2008.
Also the first one to mention Foundation - a great itch-scratcher if you have an itch to scratch after The Expanse. Completely different setting though (written by Isaac Asimov - Foundation, that is), so do expect a way-different world. Still very SciFi.
If you're not convinved yet: Foundation also has Jared Harris/Anderson Dawes as an actor, so you know that shit is goooood.
+1 for Foundation and Expanse. If you love scifi with some space-ship battles, and some spooky mysteries (it might be the future, but that doesn't mean magic hasn't become real :3 )
edit: Ah, no mention of Farscape yet? Booo! Earth Astronaut get jettisoned into the future; he has a heroe's journey, living ships, wacky looking aliens (not current-day wacky, if that makes sense), and a very solid bad guy. Good shit. Feels a bit like Star Trek x Star Wars x Firefly, if that makes sense? Seriously, it's good.
how to outsource my lawn mowing to low-cost labor in India
You cannot meaningfully outsource physical lawn mowing in the Netherlands to low-cost labor in India, unless the worker is only doing coordination. Lawn mowing is location-bound.
The workable versions are:
Outsource the administration to IndiaHire an Indian virtual assistant to find local lawn-care providers, compare quotes, schedule visits, chase invoices, and monitor recurring service. The mowing itself is still done locally.
Use a robot mowerThis is the closest real substitute for cheap recurring labor. You pay upfront for a robotic mower, then only outsource occasional maintenance, blade replacement, boundary-wire fixes, and winter storage.
Hire local low-cost laborIn the Netherlands, that usually means a student, neighborhood handyman, garden-service freelancer, or someone via a local platform. This is the practical low-cost route.
Teleoperated mowerIn theory, someone in India could remotely drive a mower. In practice, this is not a normal consumer option. You would need a mower with cameras, low-latency control, safety cutoffs, insurance coverage, and probably someone local to place it outside, handle obstructions, and deal with failures. At that point it is usually more expensive than local mowing.
So the sane setup is:
Indian VA for procurement and scheduling + local mower/gardener for execution, or robot mower + local maintenance.
"Ontological metalepsis", maybe with some "reification"?
Metalepsis
A crossing between narrative levels. Here, a non-physical comic convention becomes physically active inside the story.
Ontological metalepsis
A stronger, more precise form: something from one "reality level" enters another. The speech bubble moves from the reader-facing graphic layer into the character’s physical world.
Reification
Treating something abstract, symbolic, or conventional as if it were a concrete object. The speech bubble is "reified" because it becomes a usable physical thing.
That's the point. Recognizing a car; stairs; busses; motorcycles; stoplights; we used to be the only ones who were able to do this, but now LLMs can likely do them better and faster than we can.
But QR codes have always been deciphered by machines, so how would me using a machine to scan the QR prove my humanity? It just shows there's a phone with my ID on it. It's just 2FA, not are-you-human.
files.md is an open source alternative to Obsidian
Vet certain versions of packages, and use those whenever you can, also for subdependencies. Effectively create 'stable' versions of packages that are guaranteed safe to use.
Yes, it'll be a ton of extra work, but that's the price for security.
Broski, it's not early 2023 anymore. Thinking models with internet access have been able to provide public sources just for over a year now. Technology evolves; shocking, I know...