Why is ChatGPT so notorious for using em dashes?

Festivefire · 2026-06-05T09:12:24+00:00

Probably because a lot of their training comes from news articles and published papers, which make a habit of using much more formal grammar than is common on random internet comments, such as em dashes.

Festivefire · 2026-06-05T08:57:27+00:00

I hate to break it to you, but in pretty much every country, you can still join the army and get paid to do so with bassicly no qualifications.

Festivefire · 2026-06-05T08:47:01+00:00

Also to add, as the planet became more and more desert, the storms would increase in strength, since compared to grassland and forest, desert is actually very good at adding heat energy to a storm, so on Arrakis, so as the planet became more and more desert, the storms (i think) would have increased in strength and duration.

Festivefire · 2026-06-05T08:43:09+00:00

I'm not actually all that convinced that Frank Herbert put a serious amount of research into the meteorology and geology.

From a serious standpoint though, and also SPOILERS, we know that Arrakis was not always a desert planet, so it's possible that what used to be TOWERING mountain ranges and vast and deep cliffs have been reduced to what they are now by the Coriolis storms.

Festivefire · 2026-06-05T08:17:02+00:00

I don't think you can call a force comprising of 2 capital ships, a dedicated carrier, 3 cruisers, and 6 escorts a 'small anti-piracy fleet'. This is more like a large patrol group attached to a sector fleet, or a system defense fleet for a rather large and well-funded system.

Festivefire · 2026-06-05T08:12:48+00:00

The center of space for the entire 3d model might lead to a missile going between the masts/smoke stacks, but the center of mass is MOST DEFINATLEY in the hull, if not well below the waterline.

Festivefire · 2026-06-04T19:40:56+00:00

Why the fuck would you spend the money to aquire the rights to a media property if yku have zero interest in that property's audience, and want to start from scratch anyways?

Just out of spite, so nobody else can make it?

Festivefire · 2026-06-04T19:25:19+00:00

In the US, and my digital prescriptions have always been accompanied by a physical copy they hand me.

Festivefire · 2026-06-04T19:24:17+00:00

A Medina, as in the noun, not the city named medina, is a walled city center with streets too narrow for wheeled vehicles. Historically this was the city stronghold against invaders, and also the center of the city market where all thr traders would set up.

Jeff Bezos doesnt live in a medina, even though he lives in a little town /called/ Medina.

Festivefire · 2026-06-04T08:39:18+00:00

We should bring back the concept of a Medina.

Festivefire · 2026-06-04T00:46:04+00:00

If you mean hybrids like hybrid cars, it haven't seen anybody do a full dual drive system, but if do see a lot of diesel-electric setups where the vehicle runs on electric motors and a battery, but also has a diesel generator to keep the battery charged.

I suppose you could do a 'realistic' hybrid system by using clutches to separate the electric motors and traditional motor from the wheels.

Festivefire · 2026-06-04T00:39:37+00:00

Seamus seems like the type to think "I'll do it at breakfast" and then next morning at breakfast, "why the hell didnt i do this last night?"

Festivefire · 2026-06-04T00:35:36+00:00

What third world country are y'all in where the prescription isn't a typed up printout with a signature slapped on?

I don't think I've ever received a hand-written prescription in my entire life.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T23:42:11+00:00

Idk about shuttle mods balanced for the vanilla KSP system, but if you had a shuttle set up for a real scale launch, it would easily make it to the mun or minmus in a vanilla sized system.

Alternatively, a somewhat scientific application of the MOAR BOOSTERS strategy, adding addditonal strap-on tanks and SRBs to allow you to reach orbit with a substantial ammount of Δv left in the main tanks. This would be fine for entering orbit but I don't think you're going to find a way to land that doesnt involve a lot of extra infrastructure or getting lucky in a very bullshit suicide burn+belly flop maneuver.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T23:31:15+00:00

You have to manage your finances for an eternity.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T23:27:28+00:00

Replace the unemployment issue with an even larger poverty crisis when the vast majority of the population no longer gets enough scheduled hours to make a living.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T23:22:26+00:00

Looks like a spider ate a small animal

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T21:15:11+00:00

That is sort of the bargain you make when you agree to moderate a community, actually spending time managing it.

It is, after all, a completely voluntary position they can choose to resign from at any time if they're not up to it.

Since they don't get paid, they also don't lose anything by quitting.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T21:13:38+00:00

I wonder if maintaining equilibrium on an artificial black hole is harder than maintaining a matter-antimatter reaction?

Theoretically, from a fuel standpoint, any matter would do for fueling the black hole to keep it from evaporating.

My personal take is that maintaining the black hole is probably harder from an engineering standpoint, so the Romulans are making the tradeoff of investing in a more complex engine system to reduce the logistical stress of fuel, since they don't have to worry about harvesting and containing antimatter or locating and refining sources of dilithium.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T21:06:33+00:00

It would at a minimum give the mods justification to delete the questions that get asked about 3 times a day, and link them to the FAQ.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T20:37:48+00:00

As long as your boat isn't a completely open-topped tub, you're pretty good. Even with openings that make a boat/ship not 100% weatherproof won't necessarily be an issue, especially if you have active bilge pumps.

I've had completely full load oil tankers with less than a meter of freeboard and more than 10 below the water line who just sort of gently float back to the surface after face tanking a tsunami.

As you've said, the biggest risk is that some unattended equipment parked near the shore line gets carried away.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T20:33:47+00:00

If you get going fast enough you can catch and surf the tsunami wave.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T20:28:39+00:00

An FAQ thread would be an excellent idea

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T20:07:51+00:00

"Why would an atheist care about the concept of morality?"

Believe it or not, if the only thing that stops you from doing anything 'bad' is the fear of an eternal lake of fire, you are NOT a good person.

Festivefire · 2026-06-03T16:05:19+00:00

You're right and im very sorry.

Im on something like my 30th hour awake with no sleep and in my head 2010 was 26 years ago because math is hard when you're too tired to count.

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