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- Comment on 'He was an incurable romantic': The boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft 1 month ago:
Years ago I used to play tabletop RPG games. One time I met a guy and we became friends. We’ve seen each other on the weekly gaming sessions but every now and then he was unavailable due to other arrangements. At some point I learned he was spending some weekends with his disabled neighbor playing various card games and (pardon lack of specific language) some warhammer figure like strategies. I said I would like to be a part of those sessions and eventually we formed an unusual “fellowship”. Few years later when the disabled boy passed away, his mother said that these weekends were what kept him going.
- Comment on Sugar vs baking soda to neutralize acid in canned tomatoes? 1 month ago:
Tomatoes are acidic, backing soda is alkaline, sugar is neutral. Adding baking soda to canned tomatoes will neutralize the acid but won’t change the taste too much (depending on the amount). Adding sugar won’t change the acidity of tomatoes but will greatly change the taste.
From my personal experience, adding sugar to a simmering tomato sauce for long enough that sugar caramelizes, will make the sauce way better.
- Comment on Controversial US commentator Candace Owens refused Australian visa for speaking tour 1 month ago:
Honestly, I have no idea who this person is. I wanted to learn more by reading the article but they lost me on “online influencer”. Anyone identified as an influencer is an online cancer to me and I’m glad we didn’t let it spread in Australia.
- Comment on Is china as bad as america makes it out to be? 1 month ago:
China is as bad as US. Period.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
If anybody wants an invite to a new banking app send me credit card number with a date and cvv…
- Comment on Why limit immigration? 3 months ago:
It’s a complex and polarising issue. The main problem is that some, sometimes most, of immigrants don’t want to assimilate. They are creating ghettos, don’t respect local laws. Other issue is that governments prefer to spend tax payer money for accommodating immigrants instead of solving nation’s issues.
I wouldn’t limit immigration per se. I would limit unchecked illegal immigration and spend more money on assimilating immigrants that want to contribute to a country they moved into.
- Comment on Please allow VPNs 3 months ago:
Same, I always use vpn and no issues so far.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🍫🫚 Sunday, August 25, 2024 3 months ago:
Too soon?
- Comment on Do any "thickening" products actually work to prevent hair loss/thinning? 4 months ago:
No product here, more like an advice. Instead of trying to thicken your hair, just embrace what’s happening. You will save a lot of time and money.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
There’s a quick fix. If a woman starts taking about your height, start taking about her wight.
- Comment on Off-Topic Friday (experimental) 7 months ago:
I was talking about today’s AI - virtual assistants, bots and the good old regular complex algorithms rebranded as AI. The “real AI” will benefit from the buzz. AI/ML was around for few decades now but it lacked media attention. Since LLMs got into mainstream, I think the science will continue to grow but the “public” projects will mostly die when the bubble bursts.
- Comment on Off-Topic Friday (experimental) 7 months ago:
So, here’s my input. So-called AI is today’s bubble that will burst just like the NFT did. The vast majority of AI startups will go under, and the few that survive will be bought or destroyed by big corporations. What’s left will be extremely invasive in terms of privacy and will be a new source of data breaches. The fact that people responsible for AI startups have no idea what an AI/ML is, will the process even worse.
