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Vanth

@ Vanth @reddthat.com

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  • I disagree that you can't share a song with the whole world due to language. I listen to stuff in languages I don't speak frequently. And making music out of one's voice seems pretty darn human.

    There is a time and place for instrumental for me. I like listening to it when I need to focus, as opposed to songs that sometimes distract me more.

  • OpenAI says new GPT-5 AI model can provide PhD-level expertise.

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  • They have stolen more PhD level work to dump into the training model?

  • What recent books or articles have shifted your worldview?

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  • For a really fun rabbit hole, follow author Eliezer Yudkowsky to LessWrong, his community blog/forum/rationalist community, to the Zizians with their attempted seasteading and string of murders.

  • What recent books or articles have shifted your worldview?

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  • I've been working on deconstructing my childhood, being raised as a young earth creationist. I long since dropped theism, but am still trying to clean up some of the side effects. The talk.origins newsgroup has been invaluable. So many of the things I was taught, I didn't even know were specifically creationist BS because they were all I heard from the time I was a baby.

    I'm always down for recommendations on "adults should know this basic science 101".

  • Is it normal to not be able to remember anything during burnout?

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  • Normal effect of burnout.

    Retake because of the grade you expect to receive? Or retake to absorb the concepts better on a second go around?

    If the latter, I recommend studying independently instead. There are so many online resources now that are better for learning than the traditional college lecture model.

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  • Very much dependent on the crime. If it crosses puritanical, compulsive heteronormative shit, they'd call for corporal punishment. If it's something they've ever done, it's NBD. Their moral framework is "whatever my bigoted pastor and Trump tell me".

  • What were your parent's rules on video games?

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  • No specific rules on content, although I'm sure a game would have been retroactively banned if our mom saw something gory. The rules were on time spent playing. 30 min per kid per school day, only after schoolwork and chores were done. 60 min per kid on weekend days, again after chores were done.

    Minesweeper was not considered a game, for some reason. So we were all hella fast at minesweeper on the highest difficulty.

  • Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare

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  • I think of the "bad" dates I would want to be able to warn other women of that didn't rise to the level of calling the cops. The guy who ordered triple the food and drinks I did and skipped out on the bill. The guy who flat out lied about multiple things and then got irate when I politely excused myself from the date. The MAGA weirdo who went on an unhinged rant about how I needed to submit to him because God said so. I imagine some men have comparable experiences with some anti-social women. The experiences coming to mind were not illegal, but were absolutely things I want to spare my fellow humans from.

    I would prefer the dating apps themselves have some mechanism for disincentivizing anti-social behaviors. It would have to be more than a simple 5-star rating.

    I wonder how it would work IRL to offer the ability to write a few sentences in response to prompts about a date. The written review is not published as-is, but is used in grouping of many reviews to give a summary about a person. Like the summary product reviews on Amazon now. "Bill's dates found he was prompt and polite. Some dates expressed discomfort at some of his political views" and "Bob's dates warn he is often late and is quick to use foul language to describe women. Multiple dates report no intention to communicate with Bob further". "Ben's dates report he has skipped out on the bill repeatedly, and sends unsolicited dick pics. Multiple dates have blocked him".

    The group summary gives a buffer so the person reviewed doesn't know which specific date said what. And ensures the summary doesn't include negative comments about a person unless multiple dates of theirs independently report similar experiences.

    Of course a bad actor could ditch their dating profile and start fresh any time they build up enough negative reviews to make their summary look bad. And of course the reviews and the summaries would have to be secured tighter than "Tea" is.

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  • Might want to read up on the origins of Facebook before turning this into a gender wars thing.

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    Are people actually verifying their age for Porn?

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  • Absolutely. "Age Verification" is my nickname for my VPN and I use it all the time for all sorts of things.

  • Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

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  • I am 0% surprised that Hertz would be the first in the US to roll this out. Expecting a Steve Lehto YouTube video about it within the next three days ...

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  • Lemmy, what conservative fearmongering do you find laughably incorrect?

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  • Trans women are coming into the ladies' to... listen to me pee? Still not sure what they're allegedly doing in there.

    Lesbians are also hearing me pee and that makes me uncomfortable (/s). The real solution is obviously requiring everyone to wear ear plugs in public restrooms.

    Also wondering about correlation between pee-play fetishism rates and American conservatism? I hypothesize there is a strong correlation given how seriously they treat pee sounds heard between the genders and sexes.

    Don't kink-shame the conservatives with their pee-play fetishes! Wear earplugs!

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    If COVID originated from a lab in China, do you think they should be penalized for it?

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  • "Low confidence it was a lab leak but could still be wild born" is a nothingburger article for clicks.

  • How do you discover new music in 2025?

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  • I subscribe to radio stations through my podcast app, Podcast Addict, though I expect others have the functionality too. An Indy Alt station out of New York, an EDM station out of Sydney, etc. new music curated by real, human DJs.

  • How effective are life jackets in rapidly flowing deep flood waters?

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  • Life jackets also get caught on things. So if it's wide open and free from anything to snag on, great, enjoy the terrifying not-lazy river ride. If there are things to snag on, like I assume the Texas flash floods, then a lifejacket would also be a liability.

    I've done some downriver rapids canoe/kayak stuff, by no means an expert nor even knowledgeable hobbyist. On a certain river trip, fast-flowing with lots of submerged trees, they had us drill unclipping jackets and wriggling out of them while submerged.

  • Women are anonymously spilling tea about men in their cities on viral app

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  • Friendly reminder that Facebook started as FaceMash, an app for men at Harvard to rate the attractiveness of women.

    Both are bad. At least these women are nominally using it for safety and not just looks rating.

    Finally, I would be really darn cautious of using any app like FaceMash or Tea. Seems like a great way to get sued for defamation. Or to become the target of escalated behavior of one of the bad ones.

  • What book did you read last and what book are you currently reading? Would you recommend either of those books?

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  • Last finished was Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey. It's a haunted house story with a twist. I would recommend to people who like horror.

    Currently reading a first aid manual, On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, and The Woman in Black by Susan Hill. The first aid manual is handy, but reading it doesn't do much good without training and experience. OT is short and good, very on the nose for this Trump term. Woman in Black is another horror book; from 1983 and proving "elevated horror" isn't a new thing.