Comment on Discussion Thread ☕ Tuesday 7 April 2026

melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Adding -ai helps

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh yeah, ai should count as information pollution.

    But also if you want one specific piece of information they just regurgitate the same stuff you already know and don’t answer the particular question you’re trying to hone in on.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think going to known primary sources and searching in the index of those is probably your best bet

  like getting the OED or Encyclopaedia Britt or even going to wikipedia directly

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They won’t have the information I need. It’s along the lines of does this thing have this specific feature (because the photos suck and there’s no manual), what ingredients are in this product, how to do this, what will achieve this outcome.

    Sometimes I can find a video of assembly, sometimes I find something from the EPA, a lot of the time it’s all the same info that doesn’t answer the one question I have.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is what happens when we lose brick and mortar shops .

      So go to shops and look.

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah. That might be the go (if the staff know)

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