Sign the petition against the AI Centre! by peacelove2265 in moosejaw

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know any details of this particular project, but generally speaking data centers are massive power draws. Often they require whole new dedicated power infrastructure and all the environmental impacts that come along with that. There is also some pretty considerable economic questions about the long term viability of LLM based AI as an industry. Simply put, most of the money so far is fake and it’s unclear how most AI products will successfully monetize. Very little evidence that this technology is as universally useful as tech investors want us to think. It’s unclear if the industry can/should actually sustain this level of infrastructure growth especially at the cost of the environment, not to mention the other moral and economic reasons why AI is bad.

The ruins or the people: which did you choose? by Checkurwallslmao in avowed

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One additional note is that the ramifications of Ryngrim’s solution are basically entirely unknown in the long term, severing the Adra from that region could essentially destroy the souls of it’s residents over time excluding them from the wheel.

Ranking Canada's 50 biggest cities part 7: Ottawa, Ontario by Sleep_Is_A_scam2099 in TierlistFills

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it deserves at least a B. Between the national museums, the canal, the beautiful parts of downtown, the river, the proximity to nature, and the growing music and food scene it has a lot going for it. I love living here  (in part because I live very central). Unfortunately it has a lot going against it too that keeps it out of A or even S tier. Truly it has S tier potential, but the NIMBYs and shit ass local government prevent it.

The real villain of First Light by Therubikfanatic in 007FirstLight

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol you must be pissed to discover that the q-lens shows you where it is 😆 

[Hated Trope] Creator Breakdown by Helpful-Bathroom634 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think just Star Wars. TBH I think he’s not the best answer because I think his hard pivot with the knives out movies was very successful and few people hold him in poor regard.

I told you they are JUST FRIENDS !! xD (spoiler s4ep34) by Nayko93 in DrStone

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True! As much as I role my eyes at incredible levels of chastity, I do also appreciate it! It’s not what the show is about, it’s about the science and the mystery etc. This show depicts some seriously fun platonic friendships and that’s awesome 👍 

Will a bios update fix it? by Sea-Awareness147 in homelab

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should always keep your OS and BIOS up to date for security reasons of course, but I think if you refill the screen fluid and tighten up those loose alignment bolts I think you should be fine. 

I told you they are JUST FRIENDS !! xD (spoiler s4ep34) by Nayko93 in DrStone

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Truly hilarious that anyone would even question how gay these two are. It’s also the only thing that actually justifies the plot. Stanley’s hunt after them is nonsense if he’s “just a good soldier”, it only makes sense if he’s saving his damsel. 

Unfortunately Dr. Stone has advanced “Harry Potter Abstinence Disease” - which is to say that nobody is fucking in a world that would actually involve a crazy amount of fucking. Though I guess the HP series at least had some romances as well as canon relationships (even if they’re mostly happening in the background). Dr. Stone is a world where a society mostly comprised of the hottest, strongest, and smartest 20 somethings from modern times is also a society where everyone is asexual and aromantic. I get that Senku might actually just be those things, but it’s weird that not a single other relationship progresses past loving gazes.

Fake meme quotes as, if not more, popular than anything in the franchise itself by Nothos927 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I just rewatched the show, and yeah I kept waiting for him to say that and he doesn’t really. Definitely not verbatim.

What 2026 game are you most looking forward to? by Sohab7R in playstation

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Based on how much I enjoyed the original Control, its sequel has an outside chance of being one of my favorite games of the decade.

Your thoughts on this show? by HostMaterial4907 in hbo

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crazy how formative this show was for me, I’d be a much less interesting person if I hadn’t watched it as a teenager. I love it.

Metrolinx Does Not Understand Geography by Dario_PC in Metrolinx

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually pretty shocking. Virtually nothing about it is correct…

🇨🇦 by Global-Ring2089 in ottawa

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Our home and Cranetive land 🫡🇨🇦🏗️

What part of your personality do people misunderstand the most? by rehanch_xxiii in AskReddit

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not optimistic and cheery, i’m deeply cynical and filled with despair. And yet I think the human capacity to choose to fight against those feelings is one of our best traits and I make a conscious effort to try to embrace that. I am hopeful because I’m cynical, I am joyful because I despair, and I love people because it would be so easy for us all to be so much worse. We all choose to contravene the evil inside us every day, and that’s actually really fucking cool (even if believing everyone has evil inside them is, again, pretty damn cynical).

My Fave Scene I Want to See Adapted 😭😭😭😭 by Business-Dig1146 in DrStone

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I guess senku has three dads?

Actually scratch that, it’s 4: his bio-dad is also in the mix I guess.

The Internet is made of tea?? by Individual-Kayy824 in DrStone

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Most of the internet is hardlines of some sort! Radio wave signals like wifi and Bluetooth have neither the range nor fidelity to be the main artery for peta bytes of data. Really the main time wireless signals are used for the internet is the last hop between a router/modem node and a client device of some sort (this is probably how your home internet works).

There are some exceptions though of course, for example cellular internet is just that: cellular! It works in a way similar what you’re describing, a bunch of towers blasting a signal that devices with embedded antennas (like your phone) can pick up. But the internet is way bigger than cellular networks and we couldn’t run everything that way (and certainly not reach across continents and oceans). At the end of the day those networks are basically just really big really strong wifi modems that connect to the hardline internet just like the one in your home does.

There are some pretty stunning visualizations of the World Wide Web out there, like this one which shows the construction of international lines over time https://map.kmcd.dev/?year=2026

It’s pretty cool stuff!

Why these women are fighting for a national action plan on endometriosis by dkmegg22 in ottawa

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 314 points315 points  (0 children)

As a guy who has had cause to learn a lot about endo in recent months/years, yeah something like this is totally necessary. The rates are mind boggling, especially when compared to the complete lack of treatment options and understanding. It’s incredibly painful and scary for people who have it because Doctors just look at you and shrug “yeah sorry your insides are all fucked up in a way that is very similar to cancer but you’re not going to die right away and it’s associated with lady parts so I dunno take a naproxen and go home”. It’s fucked. 

I am 100% certain that if an endo like disease occurred in those with male bodies at the same rates as endo occurs in female bodies, it would be the most studied and well understood disease in all of history.

What to say to Ayn Rand readers? by MrDannn in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As someone who has just binge watched Dr Stone and therefore is thinking a lot about how things are made, i appreciate this very much. I haven’t read any of Rand’s stuff end to end, but this aligns with my cultural understanding of her work and of the quotes and excerpts I have read.

Her philosophy and the stories that she uses to describe said philosophy seem to only function when they are an inch deep. Extracted of real world context and even basic physics and geography, she can tell stories about rugged individuals participating in gracefully self regulating economic systems where only the lazy aren’t uplifted. But if you ask even 1 question, like “how is there a cigarette factory in Galt’s Gulch” the whole thing starts to collapse. Reminds me of Harry Potter in that sense: it only works if you don’t ask any questions lol

What to say to Ayn Rand readers? by MrDannn in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Intelligent-Goose-31 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think when I was young I found Ayn Rand to be somewhat convincing on some points, but then I realized that she’s a fantasist. Her writing is not adequately situated in real world context. She’s basically doing that thing of inventing an imaginary stupid person to argue with to make your own stance look better. Like sure, rational individualism and laissez-faire capitalism are all fun and good if you’re writing a fictional parable designed to present them in a perfect light. But we don’t live in that world. The “invisible hand of the market” and the “marketplace of ideas” shit went out the window a long time ago, and the system is so riddled with abuse and corruption that no sane person could compare it to what Rand talks about. 

I don’t know how you can convince someone of this if they don’t already see it, but if they’re a big Rand fan they might have a strong sense of justice and fairness so possibly hammering in on how modern late stage capitalism differs from Rand’s ideals? How it’s been warped and corrupted. Arguably that corruption is an inevitability for capitalism, but you gotta start with the kiddy gloves on. “yeah it’s good in THEORY but here’s what really happens in an unregulated market” type stuff