MalReynolds
@MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
- Comment on Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys 2 weeks ago:
Not the Onion??
- Comment on Possibility of translating the messages of dogs, cats, and other pets 2 weeks ago:
To indulge the thought I think you could get a fair way using LLMs and vision models (for body language) by looking at the vector space differences between human languages (and idiomatic [e.g. two fingers in different cultures] and intrinsic [e.g. smiles] gestures), a large set of annotated animal vocalizations and gestures, plugging it into a really hot cup of tea and burning a small forest.
More seriously, I think Cetaceans would be a more tractable problem, and perhaps from there other animals. Wouldn’t surprise me if it was already underway, while LLMs aren’t good for a lot of things techbros want them to be good at, they are good at modelling languages.
- Comment on Why is society at large okay with euthanasia for pets but not for humans? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t have a good source, but my instinct is that ‘society at large’ in many (probably most) places is at least in majority ‘okay with human euthanasia’, and has been for quite a while. It’s the laws that need to catch up, but don’t due to lack of political will and a vocal minority.
- Comment on how things become science 4 weeks ago:
Valid use case, still a significant problem.
- Comment on I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off 4 weeks ago:
Fair cop, shall look at pipepipe, wait, that’s a phone app, I like my vidja on a larger screen, You do you, I’m good :)
- Comment on agagaga 4 weeks ago:
Hmfh, usually the long repeats are CGs (or ATs)
- Comment on I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off 4 weeks ago:
Kudos to you then I guess. Nice offsite backup you’re not paying for, love it.
- Comment on I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off 4 weeks ago:
Solid. I seem to have a ~90% overlap, copying both this and the movies to my obsidian, shall do some diff / grepping later… There’s gems in there, thanks.
Sympathy for the no adblocker (moron?, but with taste), must burn.
- Comment on I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off 4 weeks ago:
freetube
90% of the time it works every time (OK, maybe 80), but when it does it’s great. I just let my rss queue backlog until it does. (Not on then, YT is actively rugpulling coz they hate them, which makes me like them more, shame about the electron though)
- Comment on Apple's chips are winners, but Windows fails help it most 4 weeks ago:
Seeing as you have a backup of your contacts (don’t you??), why not just delete it…
- Comment on Do office going men still wear suits in the US? 4 weeks ago:
Sounds like 90+% scammers…
- Comment on "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion 5 weeks ago:
Thanks for the perspective, appreciated.
- Comment on "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion 5 weeks ago:
Sure, stipulated, but in fact I’d say the more relevant analogy to today’s situation is 1930s Germany and Goebbels. (along with radio) To my mind journalism mostly evolved into profession post WW2 as a reaction to the prior corruption of reporting.
For a period there it had a strong code of ethics (professional ethics even) and served society well before concentration of media in the hands of corrupt oligarchs (e.g. Murdoch) destroyed any competition on truth (when’s the last time you heard of a scoop?) and then the internet and especially social media drove home the nails.
This is not to say that there is not true journalism still alive, but that it is far removed from the majority of society, hard to find. It needs to be sought out, ironically in an age where information flows so freely, quality is lost in the slop (even before AI). It would behoove us as a society to raise it once more from the muck, wish I knew how.
- Comment on "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion 5 weeks ago:
Journalism as a profession has been mercilessly crushed this entire century (at least) and we are all (save the 1%, perhaps) the poorer for it. There’s a reason it was considered one of the fundamentals of a functioning democracy.
What the article describes isn’t even reporting, let alone journalism, it’s a form of marketing.
- Comment on po-tay-toes 1 month ago:
You jest, but… likely profitable.
- Comment on Is there still anyway to bypass Youtube "Sign in to confirm your age" bullshit in 2026? 1 month ago:
I find switching VPN endpoints works, bit whack-a-mole, but works. Actually I run a few with gluetun and just switch proxy port numbers.
- Comment on PM announces new fuel supply taskforce as price-gouging investigation launched 1 month ago:
Yup, renewable / EV (only really viable in the last half decade though) is my preferred solution too.
- Comment on PM announces new fuel supply taskforce as price-gouging investigation launched 1 month ago:
Can we get rid of the stupid petrol price cycle BS while we’re at it ?
- Comment on Anon is terminally lonely 1 month ago:
Happiness is fundamentally transitory and unsuitable for a goal, although setting up the circumstances for it to occur regularly isn’t a bad idea. Being at peace, satisfied, not bored, and others relevant to you are much more consistent and achievable, and you only need to rely on yourself to do so (happiness is often circumstantial).
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
You know, this is the sort of thing that users should really be made aware of…
- Comment on big facts 2 months ago:
What you are describing maps quite well to the Quantum Memory Model (accessible explanation here) of Physics. Certainly considering information a fundamental quantity that can neither be created nor destroyed is becoming a popular concept.
- Comment on big facts 2 months ago:
I’m willing to accept Atheism, ‘I do not believe in God’, as somewhat dogmatic, but as others have said, it’s the null hypothesis and they have Occam’s razor going for them. Pragmatically it is a useful stance in light of the societal harm religion does.
I am however unwilling to conflate Agnosticism with ‘I can not believe’, always been “I’m waiting for evidence one way or the other” to me, so perhaps the more scientific point of view.
- Comment on Sky News Australia rebrands as News24 2 months ago:
“news”
- Comment on Anon disrespects their elders 2 months ago:
Also valid.
- Comment on Anon disrespects their elders 2 months ago:
Repeat after me, IDGAF. And I know that doesn’t fix everything, especially not the world, but for some people, some of the time, it can help. Make it a mantra for a while, until it’s served it’s purpose (you can go too far). Also, stay off 4chan (obvs).
- Comment on Anon disrespects their elders 2 months ago:
Sweet. Thanks for the perspective.
- Comment on it keeps getting momentum 2 months ago:
Boo, no engine in it… Thanks though.
- Comment on YouGov: One Nation now 2 points behind Labor on primary vote 2 months ago:
Seriously, how do you look at the US and go ‘that’s what I want’
Something rotten in Denmark.
- Comment on YouGov: One Nation now 2 points behind Labor on primary vote 2 months ago:
yah, url or picture, not both (but no warning), ask me how I know :) You might like to pop the source link in the body.
- Comment on "And you people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek?" James Cromwell announced for STLV to celebrate the 30th anniversary of First Contact. 2 months ago:
Thanks, could’ve been in the post text though.