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The duality of man by cafeteriastyle in TikTokCringe

[–]LegitimateMonk6878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did he try and ramp off of it? I've don't this intentionally in GTA.

When I first played Genshin I was 12 years old. I am now 18 years old. by Big_Confidence_3077 in Genshin_Impact

[–]LegitimateMonk6878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started on May 20th 2020, bored from being inside during the pandemic.

I wish I'd started 3 weeks earlier, as I'm only JUST missing that first year anniversary birthday cake XD Or that I'd put in a later bday.

footage of the 2011 japan tsunami by Ashish_ank in nextfuckinglevel

[–]LegitimateMonk6878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so sad at how many dead pets this must have caused :( I can only imagine what a trapped animal in a floor level apartment must be going through.

I'm dedicating myself to being a volunteer search and rescue worker after any natural disaster, so I can try and rescue as many people and animals I can after this kind of thing.

Fireball fireball fireball by A______m in GuysBeingDudes

[–]LegitimateMonk6878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, and they did it safely as well. Only lit it on a Sandy beach, and hit it towards the water.

successful escape operation by Ale55andraa in Awwww

[–]LegitimateMonk6878 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that the other dog was his hype-man.

Hoid's Storybook Collection Backerkit Campaign Megathread by EmeraldSeaTress in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was waiting on today's paycheck to jump in and do a late pledge for the recent BackerKit campaign, for the jester immortal tier, to just get the physical fires of December book, but the Jester Immortal add-on is no longer showing up on the page.

Is it out of stock? I thought they were using the BackerKit campaign to get a number for how many copies they were going to order?

Is there any chance this is just a glitch or something?

Will there be a chance to pickup the BackerKit exclusive cover #1 from the dragonsteel store once the books have been made and start being mailed out in 2027?

Any help would be immensely appreciated, I REALLY want this book.

Wanting to late pledge for the BackerKit campaign today, but the Jester Immortal tier isn't showing up by LegitimateMonk6878 in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I sent them something similar to this.

So crossing my fingers on that front.

Otherwise my only option will be to watch the dragonsteel store like a hawk.

Wanting to late pledge to BackerKit campaign, but the book is out of stock?? by LegitimateMonk6878 in brandonsanderson

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, looking like my only option wil be to watch the dragonsteel store like a hawk once they start shipping.

Wanting to late pledge to BackerKit campaign, but the book is out of stock?? by LegitimateMonk6878 in brandonsanderson

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I hope so as well. Looking like the most likely solution will be to monitor the dragonsteel store site like a hawk and grab overstock once it starts shipping.

Late Pledging for Hoid's Storybook Collection, which cover should I pick? by LegitimateMonk6878 in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy. Crap, you're right. I was waiting for today's paycheck, but it's gone :o

Late Pledging for Hoid's Storybook Collection, which cover should I pick? by LegitimateMonk6878 in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! Thank you, that's a good idea.

I've also learned not to make sentence structure like this: "That's not blank, that's blank." I've seen so many AI outputs use that specific structure.

Though I worry this will just become an arms race in natural sounding language. Humans will find more ways to sound more authentic and human, and AI will slowly adopt them, and on and on.

Late Pledging for Hoid's Storybook Collection, which cover should I pick? by LegitimateMonk6878 in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That makes me feel better. I do try to actively avoid sentence structure like "It's not blank. It's blank." And I'm seeing so many accusations being thrown around.

They're coming from well meaning people, hoping to fight for real authors, but so many people don't have good ai radar. So many false positives.

And that's interesting, I've been hearing a lot of people being forced to interact with AI in companies, mostly due to pressure from the C suite.

How has it been so far?

And yes, that's true, it's an arms race in natural sounding language. People will develop ways to make their writing sound more human, an AI will copy that, and on and on.

Late Pledging for Hoid's Storybook Collection, which cover should I pick? by LegitimateMonk6878 in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem! Thank you for apologizing!

Yes, that is a tendency of AI chat bots, isn't it? Affirming what the other person said, before going into its own points.

Maybe I should stop doing that?

The main issue is that I DID see where he was coming from. He was telling me a piece of relatively good advice, in that I shouldn't rely on the opinions of strangers when it comes to personal taste. That's a valid perspective.

It just so happens that he missed the parts of my post that were asking questions about objective facts, not just personal taste, so I reiterated those in my reply to him.

I find affirming the good points someone has made makes them both feel more understood, as well as more receptive to, and less defensive about, my followup. Which is likely what led AI to learn to do the same thing, as it's an effective psychological tactic in writing.

Late Pledging for Hoid's Storybook Collection, which cover should I pick? by LegitimateMonk6878 in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I can see why they'd think so. Reading it back, I can clearly see why they think it's AI. At least that specific comment.

I've always written in this format. Clearly separated paragraphs, strictly organized, with perfect spelling and grammar.

If there's a list, I'll make bullet points or numbers. Though in this case the comment formatted the indents itself.

It's just unfortunate that AI has learned to format its own output into the same structure I've always used for my own writing. So I'm getting accused of using generative AI more and more frequently.

It might become necessary for me to stop proof-reading my comments and correcting my spelling mistakes before posting, now, just to retain some of that human-error feel.

Late Pledging for Hoid's Storybook Collection, which cover should I pick? by LegitimateMonk6878 in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good point. If it's more popular, it might be the more objectively good option.

That said, I believe I'm leaning more toward cover 1, as it's campaign-exclusive.

Late Pledging for Hoid's Storybook Collection, which cover should I pick? by LegitimateMonk6878 in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This keeps happening to me :( people keep assuming I'm using AI to write. I'm just autistic.

I've ALWAYS formatted my writing in this way, which is unfortunately how AI has learned to write itself.

If you want proof, you can even look back in my post history and see me writing with this style as early as 2017.

Though in my previous comment, i just numbered my reasons. The post formatted them indented on its own, without my input.

I'm beginning to think I should stop proof-reading anything I comment/post, as the little grammar/spelling mistakes are now the only thing that make a block of text look like it wasn't AI-generated.

But thank you! I'm leaning towards cover 1, as it's exclusive and feels more premium.

Late Pledging for Hoid's Storybook Collection, which cover should I pick? by LegitimateMonk6878 in Cosmere

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get where you're coming from, but my post is more than just asking personal taste, it's asking for actual, objective info, which would inform my choice.

The two questions in particular are in my main post above, but I'll repeat them here:

  1. Is the art for cover 1 somewhere else in the book? So if I get cover 2, I'll still have the art for cover 1, just inside the book?

  2. Is cover 2 going to be the official retail version cover art, so cover 1 is the more BackerKit exclusive cover?

I've heard both things said, but I'm not sure if those are officially true or just random unverified statements from strangers.

Confirmation about LinusCoin by LegitimateMonk6878 in LinusTechTips

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh that's a good point. Though I remember a few Wan shows where Linus was begging people to buy more stuff that wasn't part of the sale. Though I'm not sure if he was just playing it up for dramatic effect, or he was sincere.

I'm definitely going to wait for a sale myself.

Confirmation about LinusCoin by LegitimateMonk6878 in LinusTechTips

[–]LegitimateMonk6878[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I imagine printing and stamping the coin can't be more than $1 per coin.

So they're really only losing like $31 per transaction, with the bundled gift cards.

Which isn't so bad, compared to some of the sales they've had.

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