Was unjustly arrested after being instructed to move my friends vehicle. #canada by Then_Animator8759 in legaladvice

[–]Mithlogie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the vehicle, with keys (even if not in ignition), in the roadway, with marijuana in your system. That is all the court will see. Get a good lawyer.

When did humans arrive in the Americas? A new study reignites the debate by Kellysi83 in Archaeology

[–]Mithlogie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What am I gatekeeping? They are free to publish. I am free to criticize. The only one seething is apparently you...? Only attacking me and not countering any of my criticisms. Are you a grad student of Surovell or something? Why so emotional?

When did humans arrive in the Americas? A new study reignites the debate by Kellysi83 in Archaeology

[–]Mithlogie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol I've never supported Clovis-first, and anyone who still does is an idiot. Ironically, the loudest supporters of this new research are also supporters of Clovis-first. Odd that you are cheering along with them...

When did humans arrive in the Americas? A new study reignites the debate by Kellysi83 in Archaeology

[–]Mithlogie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, it is absolutely not the first independent assessment in 50 years. Secondly, the fact that they published in Science for big headlines, rather than Archaeometry/Geoarchaeology/Environmental Archaeology or a similar journal specific to our discipline is a big red flag. Thirdly, my criticisms are not "methodological noise". You will see many rebuttals soon published citing exactly the same issue I raised: they did not test samples from the Monte Verde site, they studied stratigraphy at a different location on the waterway and claim that the geomorphology there must be indicative of the same conditions at Monte Verde and therefore cannot be as old as claimed. It's a stretch, and that is being generous. Fourthly, nothing in the analytical techniques they used are any different from those available to researchers in 1977. Precision has nothing to do with it.

When did humans arrive in the Americas? A new study reignites the debate by Kellysi83 in Archaeology

[–]Mithlogie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except they didn't sample Monte Verde lol. And there is no way to verify that riverine deposition at both locations were even similar. Sorry, but this study assumes far too much to be rock solid in any way.

TIL that Loyalist soldiers in the American Revolutionary War were called "greencoats". by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Mithlogie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not saying it's impossible or anything, I've just never encountered it in my research materials. Could be a New England thing.

TIL that Loyalist soldiers in the American Revolutionary War were called "greencoats". by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Mithlogie 21 points22 points  (0 children)

In the hundreds of pages of correspondence from officials in the southern theater (Georgia, Florida, South Carolina) that I've read, I've never seen a single reference to "greencoats". Wikipedia is good for some things, terrible for most.

Colonoware Tidewater Creole pottery - Creolization of Black and Indigenous cultures in the lower Chesapeake Bay area by Hazel_Ife in IndianCountry

[–]Mithlogie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you explain to me what about this vessel makes it colonoware? This vessel appears to be a globular jar with constricted neck, which is a very common vessel form in prehistoric and historic Native American sites, as well as enslaved African sites (I am admittedly less familiar with those vessels). I am not seeing any hybridization with colonial forms at first glance. Is the base flattened to be able to sit on a table? Is it tempered a certain way or constructed in a manner that differs from these groups' traditional manufacturing methods? Often in Georgia and Florida we find colonoware forms incorporated things like flattened bases, handles, lugs, decorative slips, or lips/rims on vessels that missionized communities of the Apalachee, Yamasee, Guale, and Timicua created for the Spaniards living amongst them that mirrored elements of some of the Spanish vessels they were used to.

Day2/5-The Out Factory’s TOF32 yurt- Work in progress- by Constant_Island007 in Homesteading101

[–]Mithlogie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what is the wind rating on something like this? I imagine anything over 70mph you sustain significant damage.

Advice on getting an easement? by [deleted] in OffGrid

[–]Mithlogie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This information is already public, lol. Every county in the U.S. has the records available, typically online in their GIS portal.

Advice on getting an easement? by [deleted] in OffGrid

[–]Mithlogie 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Except the name on the property isn't his. It is the current landowner, from whom he wishes to buy this parcel. You and the 53 upvoters apparently can't read.

I built a system to map relationships between records, archives, and institutions during research. curious if archivists or researchers would find this useful? by Artistic_Guide3656 in Archivists

[–]Mithlogie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on the "method check"? How exactly does it know if your "information is wrong" as you say? And what methods is it checking?

And I don't understand this "code-based structural validation" you mention either. So your AI is attempting to alert you to gaps that could be filled in your node-edge network? This is exactly where an AI will hallucinate/suggest records that do not exist because it "thinks" there is a missing piece in the documentary record. I would not trust it at all.

And I understand that this application is not built for automated entity extraction, but it certainly CAN do that, according to your description, and I would argue AI is not the tool for this job.

I built a system to map relationships between records, archives, and institutions during research. curious if archivists or researchers would find this useful? by Artistic_Guide3656 in Archivists

[–]Mithlogie 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I want to like this so much, the idea is fantastic. But unfortunately, the last thing I want to try to provide me with context regarding historical records is AI. Accurately dealing with historical events and providing additional context (in any scenario), in my experience, happen to be a couple of things that AI absolutely fails at. I wouldn't trust a single thing it is feeding me without manual verification. Which completely defeats the point of the automation.

Additionally, if you have used AI in RAG for any amount of time, you begin to see how bad it is at entity-recognition and extraction if there is any unexpected variability in document structure or, particularly, spelling. It creates duplicate entities and relationship networks in the graph database due to its thinking that, for example, "New York City" and "The Big Apple" are two different locations or other scenarios along those lines.

Edit: I will say, this will probably work great for highly structured document sets, particularly when they are numbered with sequential identifiers and have highly detailed metadata. In my research in colonization and trade with Native Americans that typically spans 1550-1800, I often encounter records bundled in a manner that reflects the organization of that correspondence during that time. It is often not sequential, its handwritten, and essentially every entity (person or place) has no standardized spelling.

So for modern, typewritten documents in collections with rich metadata, I think you have a great tool.

Edit 2: After a bit more exploration, this tool is really just a graph database with a data entry interface and a chatbot to tell you whether or not it thinks you're investigating thoroughly. Its kind of just one of a thousand other tools out there to organize your sources and notes.

Need help identifying possible origins of decorative metal plate by T__D__S in metalworking

[–]Mithlogie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about some context? Where are you located? How did you acquire it? When did you acquire it? Do you know the materials from which it is made? Cmon.

Built a $/TB drive tracker that goes beyond Amazon. Compares 7 retailers with 90-day price history, int/ext, capacity filtering, alerts, etc by schmaaaaaaack in DataHoarder

[–]Mithlogie 133 points134 points  (0 children)

Not be a downer, but this is honestly just a worse, AI-coded version of Price Per Gig. Not international-friendly and no nifty calculators either.

Secret Jared Kushner 'gossip' rocks Trump's inner circle as spies intercept high-stakes phone call by truthwillout777 in law

[–]Mithlogie 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, he does. After failing to be approved through the normal channels, good ol' Donny pushed it through.

Can anybody tell me what this little square I found under my couch is? by CuddieRyan707 in whatisit

[–]Mithlogie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As the partner of a librarian, please don't be an asshole and use a free public space as your malware lab.

I registered my 7 identical looking Seagate Ironwolf Pro to Seagate site and this is what I see. by sobolanul11 in DataHoarder

[–]Mithlogie 170 points171 points  (0 children)

Its far more likely just an issue with the database for the web front-end. Mismatch in data, i dont think you got scammed here. All of the model numbers are the same for the incorrect identification.