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TheTechnician27

@ TheTechnician27 @lemmy.world

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"Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect: [...] like a physician, who hath found out an infallible medicine, after the patient is dead." —Jonathan Swift

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    NYC Mayor Mamdani wants to tax people who own multiple homes. President Trump is not happy about it.

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  • Parks and Rec Season 8 really jumped the shark.

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    Eggcellent

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  • This kind of bad-faith argument is proof positive for the conjecture that, if left unmoderated, every community on an English-speaking social media website will eventually be consumed by US politics.

    This clearly isn't a science meme in the same way one about how badly the war in Iran is going isn't about the engineering behind ballistic missiles.

    You can use this bastard logic to warp basically any political meme into whatever you want it to be for any community.

  • Study: Male circumcision just after birth does not increase autism risk

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  • "Parents have been concerned about this potential circumcision-autism connection, but hopefully these findings may help allay their fears," says senior author Monica McGrath

    Dear Dr. McGrath,

    Which parents?

    Sincerely,

    Sane people

  • So much more reliable

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  • 🤓 Point of clarification: primary, secondary, and tertiary sources refer to the proximity to the original information, not to their reliability.

    • A primary source would be something like a study on a drug.
    • A secondary source would be something like a news article discussing the study or a meta-analysis collating a bunch of studies on that drug.
    • A tertiary source would be something like a Wikipedia article or a section of a textbook discussing the drug as a whole.

    Secondary and tertiary sources often comprise both the most reliable and unreliable sources. 🤓

    (Ik what you meant by "primary" lol)

  • So much more reliable

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  • I appreciate that. I feel like it's all of our jobs to help each other in this information hurricane where we can; nobody deserves to be punished for not being a strong sailor.

  • So much more reliable

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  • You know, you're getting downvoted for this, and I get why, but I also think you should've been offered a suggestion: RSS feeds. They let you get your news from good, reliable sources that aren't The Daily Beast talking about "Elon Musk drops SHOCKING new post on X (did he shit his pants??)" Unironically, it's the best way to keep up with the news bar none. I can even give you personalized suggestions if you'd like.

    Your problem is real. Your problem is not your fault. Your solution is understandable. I just think it's misguided.

  • So much more reliable

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  • I think part of that has been actual elevated standards on Wikipedia with a more robust culture for things like citations, but probably more importantly, it's readers already being expected to understand that Wikipedia isn't an inherently credible source and needs checking if you actually care.

    Of course part of it now too, as you imply, is generative AI making it look more rigorous by comparison and lowering people's standards.

  • So much more reliable

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  • So much more reliable

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  • The Wikimedia Foundation has very little to do with what goes on on the English Wikipedia. It hosts the infrastructure, puts some legal policies in place, and really from there, the community-elected administrators (who are themselves active contributors) are the ones who handle enforcement, and the rules are discussed by the community.

    Even the administrators don't exercise all that much power. In ten years, I think I've seen the office have to step in exactly one time – for a possible libel issue when even the administrators couldn't agree with each other.

  • Psychologist exposes latest 'red flags' for Trump's worsening 'decline'

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  • who specializes in body language

    Yeah, but can we ask a phrenologist for a second opinion?

  • Valentina has made Blaze her footstool

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  • Silver, when they talk about me in the future, make sure my name is something cool, like "Jessica Grimdark".

    Or Blaze?

    Yes! The coolest name in the world!

  • 2008-11-19

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  • Specifically, look at her left eye.

  • Stop Hogging the Good Spots

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  • Jesus fuckin' christ, Christofuh, get off the drugs and quit castin' aspersions! Gabagool.

  • Stop Hogging the Good Spots

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  • Please don't go casting aspersions on random users. Comics are an evergreen source of upvotes on Lemmy, and most anything new here shows up for everyone.

    You're talking about a rate of about 1.4 upvotes per minute over 10 minutes. This is very normal.

  • DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever

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  • How many more times is Lemmy going to recycle this shitty Futurism ragebait article about a stupid marketing gimmick?

    Vote now on your phones/pervert glasses.

  • The only beach the employed are visiting this summer

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  • The lack of a leading 0 gives it away (with month–date formatting lending circumstantial evidence).

  • YouTube Premium Is Not Ad-Free as Advertised, Class Action Lawsuit Claims

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  • I hate that I'm defending Google here

    So do I; believe me, I went into this hoping Google had badly fucked up, which is why I was admittedly miffed enough to write that comment and to try to prove myself wrong in the edit. Very "that was just a bunch of cheap walk cycles!" energy; I wanted the lost episode.

  • YouTube Premium Is Not Ad-Free as Advertised, Class Action Lawsuit Claims

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  • regarding the marketing of the product or the functionality of the product?

    The marketing, to which Google is going to obviously and correctly respond that:

    • A reasonable consumer would not expect that "ad-free" means that creator-submitted sponsored material is not present in the videos, descriptions, etc., which they create.
    • There's a "Restrictions Apply" link taking you to the ToS, which itself in the "Advertising" section prominently – literally the first word – links directly to a FAQ stating that YouTube Premium has nothing at all to do with blocking sponsored content.
    • That is to say that the terms and FAQ clarify what a reasonable consumer would already assume.

    I'll repeat what I think you already saw in another comment: I'd love to have it shoved in my face when a judge or jury actually buys this (I'd assume plaintiffs would request a jury and the defendants would not) and Flemming et al. see a dime.

  • YouTube Premium Is Not Ad-Free as Advertised, Class Action Lawsuit Claims

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  • while.claiming to not care.

    I claim not to care to keep up with this after this thread because it's obviously doomed. I do, however, care enough to debunk it when it's shared on Lemmy like it has any chance of success.

    I don't understand how you got "emotional" from my last comment where all I did was make a matter-of-fact statement followed by a joke about MrBeast CBT.