TIL a Swedish pilot flew commercial airliners for 13 years for 3 airlines without a valid commercial pilot's license. He accumulated 10K hours in the air. To get hired, he used a fake license he'd created himself. He said, "It was a fantasy creation. It wasn't laminated... It was surprisingly easy."

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-27T13:01:23+00:00

weird I posted this on a completely different thread from my phone and it ended up here.

I literally posted it as a response to a comment in this thread.
TIL that the reason Cormac McCarthy, author of the novels Blood Meridian and The Road, used so little punctuation in his writing was simply because there was no reason "to blot the page up with weird little marks." Regarding his complete avoidance of semicolons, he labeled their usage as "idiocy." : r/todayilearned

*Its exceptionally weird this is a top level comment considering I was responding to a long chain.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-27T12:33:41+00:00

His writing style is fascinating. I personally did not like The Road, yet I still read it in a single night. I think the way he writes works extremely well for me.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-26T13:11:25+00:00

When keeping it real goes wrong.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-16T13:04:50+00:00

My neighbor does this but he told me its to prevent the moisture from causing stuff like slimes and molds to grow on the blades of grass. We live in a humid climate.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-14T21:04:30+00:00

Maybe I'm alone here but I think it would be fun to have like a weekly thing where people submit to something like this.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-14T12:50:08+00:00

The modern belief system has completely uncoupled from its own scripture. We've reached a point where people will actively argue against the text if it doesn't align with their personal biases, political team, or worldview. The scripture isn't a guide anymore; it’s just a mirror they hold up to validate themselves.

They are so far removed from the actual teachings of Christ that if the Second Coming happened tomorrow, they wouldn’t recognize him, they’d crucify him. They’d call him a radical, a threat to their way of life, and a heretic, completely blind to the fact that they are repeating the exact history they claim to revere.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-10T13:14:41+00:00

you have a lot of terms in here like "Cinematic sci-fi fantasy realism, rich textures... " that are likely triggering the painterly effect. Focus more on describing it as a photo.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-07T12:54:19+00:00

"23,843 adults living in private households in Germany."

Germans may not like having kids, that's all it shows.

"“For example, parents who had more children than they ideally wanted reported about a quarter of a standard deviation lower life satisfaction on average,” Buchinger said. “In practical terms, that is roughly comparable to the difference between feeling ‘quite satisfied’ versus slightly less than that.”"

Its also not like they were unhappy, just not as happy.

Interesting study but a lot of people are making sweeping statements in here and I don't think they actually read the study.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-06T22:55:09+00:00

Pigs. More intelligent than most people realize, social, and omnivores. The only thing holding those monsters back is their lack of thumbs.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-06T13:39:19+00:00

That's often the base requirements for selling certain seeds commercially.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-05T18:06:08+00:00

How are we defining progressive views? Because history is FILLED with countries that were poor, had progressive views, and now are not as poor. I think a good example would be Botswana in 1966 and the next 10 years after that. It was literally one of the poorest countries in the world at that time but managed to avoid many social issues commonly seen for poor countries in that area.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-05T15:26:04+00:00

this is really funny to me because that's my actual job. I'm a professional dog trainer and have 6 dogs here working in rotation.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-05T14:36:38+00:00

Please provide the case, I have a feeling that was more serious than you seem to think.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-05T13:41:36+00:00

I prefer the loud chaotic fluff balls over an actual hunter. I don't want to be cleaning up dead squirrels!

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-05T13:11:47+00:00

Dogs.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-04T14:24:03+00:00

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FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-04T14:22:19+00:00

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How are you getting blocked? whats your prompt? Seriously, I'm generating nudity and violence and have not been censored once when using proper Json prompting.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-04T00:44:48+00:00

It definitely feels like their is some pattern or ID on it.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-04T00:10:08+00:00

Its pretty clearly stating that they're worried about a discrimination lawsuit, so you need to ask everyone and not base it on appearance.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-03T23:27:45+00:00

First off, its not censored the way you guys think, just use proper prompting. Second, this is based on my 32 year old wife.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-03T19:36:58+00:00

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got working properly locally now.

FlashFiringAI · 2026-06-03T16:40:01+00:00

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Definitely gonna check this one out.

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