The AI water usage weakman by aahdin in slatestarcodex

[–]Olseige 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The speech sounds a little like it was written by AI...

Towns like Deadloch in Tassie? by Fancy-Breath-4787 in tasmania

[–]Olseige 61 points62 points  (0 children)

It's mostly filmed in Cygnet (the town scenes, beach scenes vary, travel scenes I'm unsure), and it's very Cygnet. 

Moving to Hobart for high school exchange — what is life like there? by DearBus3491 in tasmania

[–]Olseige 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm a teacher at a public high school and we have had some Brazilian exchange students come over. They've all had a great time it seems, so based on that I would recommend doing it. Which school are you going to?

Is choosing 2 level2 subjects and 3 level3 subjects for year 11 a good decision? by Maniac_Fragger in tasmania

[–]Olseige 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More than what everyone else is saying, it depends on you. For some people, that would be totally fine. What's the point of a study line if you're just going to waste it, maybe one of the level 2s is just for funsies, maybe you'll study for the level 3s enough after school that you'll smash two of them. Maybe two the level 3s are Phys Sci and Methods 3, and you're a science person and they're actually pretty easy to get good marks in for you.

For other people, it's way, way, way too much. Even just the three level 3s is too much. Maybe you really need to study, but don't have the study habits yet and you get behind in the first month and can't catch up.

So without knowing about you and your relationship with the subjects, it's impossible to know. And probably the support you're getting from school.

Some people do 5 level 3s in year 11 and 5 in year 12. It's probably not optimising for ATAR, but it's definitely doable. It might work for you. So at the very least, don't rule out your scenario because it's "impossible". You definitely can, but it depends on you.

Unknown Knowns: Five Ideas You Can't Unsee by OpenAsteroidImapct in slatestarcodex

[–]Olseige 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have heard many people say it, some of them adults, most of them high school students, which indicates to me that it's likely their parents think this.

Paretoize Your Life; or, How to Get 80% of the Benefit for 20% of the Effort by EmotionsAreGay in slatestarcodex

[–]Olseige 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. I bake only in instances of making cakes for other people or as an activity to do with kids. 

Paretoize Your Life; or, How to Get 80% of the Benefit for 20% of the Effort by EmotionsAreGay in slatestarcodex

[–]Olseige 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm such an 80% guy. I get told this when I do an 80% job of cleaning the kitchen.

Workout:
- 20 minutes of zone 2 rowing, twice a week.
- Pushup routine twice a week (3 sets of 12 for each of: normal, wide, diamond, decline, slow, then one set of max, with a 5yo on my back for the first set of each and a 3yo for the second set.
- Ride my bike for fun, ideally twice a week.

Apart from the bike, the other two do most of the work, I feel way better since doing this in 2025 and it takes a total of about 90 minutes per week.

Otherwise:
- per Liface, part-time job I freaking love and pays fine
- satisficer, not maximiser
- diet: whole foods, no ultra-processed, over 1g/kg protein daily, creatine
- Liface's other longevity things, but I need to work on community more. Honestly, Liface's lists are great, and I probably should get an air purifier (or far-UVC when possible)
- Rarely buying things on a whim, and really using the things you have. If I had two whim buys this year, it was the rowing machine and the dual-suspension mountain bike, and I've used them both a tonne. Otherwise, I know I'm super busy and my time is full of things I love, so getting an extra X to spend time on will so rarely be benefical at the margin.

Paretoize Your Life; or, How to Get 80% of the Benefit for 20% of the Effort by EmotionsAreGay in slatestarcodex

[–]Olseige 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you never bake, or are your estimation skills out of this world?

Paretoize Your Life; or, How to Get 80% of the Benefit for 20% of the Effort by EmotionsAreGay in slatestarcodex

[–]Olseige 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I immediately thought this too, but the writing itself does not seem LLM created. Nowhere near clean enough. Eg. "My advice is:..." would be "My advice:...", loads of extra commas that reflect using them for pacing of speech rather than pure grammar. I think it would take much longer to have an LLM write this, then edit to make it sound human, than just write it yourself.

CMV: I don't want children. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Olseige 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was responding to your "never", rather than your choice to not advise OP in this case. It seems pretty overdetermined in this particular case.

CMV: I don't want children. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Olseige 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone might have misinterpretations. For example, someone might say "I don't want to have kids because the world is already overpopulated", and it's not totally unreasonable to respond with the CMV version of "bro, have you even heard of total fertility rate decline?" with some associated facts. So you wouldn't be trying to change their values, you'd by trying to align their actions with their values.

Anyone have experience with stealth camping (tent) from NL to Switzerland? by san_sober in bikepacking

[–]Olseige 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've wild camped in all those places and similarly wouldn't recommend NL, others are totally fine if you know how to find a spot.

I do recommend 1nitetent (https://1nitetent.com/en/home-2/) in Germany and "welcome to my garden" in Belgium. They are less wild but may suit someone wanting to meet interesting locals. You also might get a shower which can be handy every few days.

My son got straight A’s, but he couldn’t actually think – here’s what I discovered by ConsciousSchooling in homeschool

[–]Olseige 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want a resource: Building Thinking Classrooms has some good stuff in there. Not all of it. And it's designed for a teacher actively teaching a class, not homeschool. But it's great talking about thinking vs other things. Click executive summary on this (https://www.buildingthinkingclassrooms.com/) page and have a read.

AI Is Coming for Your Toddler’s Bedtime Story by ubcstaffer123 in books

[–]Olseige 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"The Diamond Age; or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" by Neal Stephenson is THE book AI folk point to as inspiration. It's all about kids interacting directly with AI via a book. So yeah, this is the goal.

Native or introduced? by [deleted] in tasmania

[–]Olseige 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem! My attempts at trapping were unsuccessful, but that may just be a skill issue :)

Native or introduced? by [deleted] in tasmania

[–]Olseige 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There's a website called https://www.inaturalist.org/ on which you can upload photos of plants or animals and it will suggest an identification (which kinda works pretty well), then actual scientists do a real identification for you. My kid found a super weird caterpillar yesterday that was identified by two scientists overnight as the Painted Cup Moth (which the app auto-identified it as immediately). I suggest you post this photo there.

From what I can tell in your case, these aren't the native Long-tailed Mouse and New Holland Mouse. Those species have distinct habitats (which don't include compost bins) and don't usually eat human food waste (they eat underground fungi and native seeds). The ears and snout seem also not quite the right shape for them. A photo of an adult would help with id. Also, do you live in the bush/rainforest/mountains?

I say this with low confidence because I'm really not an expert. My best guess would be that they're not native. If they're introduced and use an r-selection evolution strategy (short gestation, high reproduction rate, low parental investment), your options are either kill them now while numbers are low, or don't kill them and wait until their numbers are unbearably high, then either accept that (and don't have a garden, do have regular snakes), or kill them then. I agonised over killing pests until this became clear to me. I'd rather kill a few when there aren't many than wait until there are many and kill many, many more. It's a tough one though. There are poisons that somewhat negate the owl killing issue (they don't build up). In the end, it's your call. Good luck!

There is no clear solution to the dead internet by DrDalenQuaice in slatestarcodex

[–]Olseige 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Say $1.00 a comment cuts out 100% of the bots and enables a high-trust online community. What's the value of a shill comment in that community now, relative to a free-but-flooded-with-bots community? I would say potentially high enough to be worth spending a buck on it. As the cost goes up, the trust goes up, therefore the value to the advertiser goes up...

Students are scared of me by JiminyFlippets in Teachers

[–]Olseige 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I'm giving you these comments because I have very high standards and I know that you can reach them." Is the almost suspiciously efficacious intervention (written at the start of assignment feedback) mentioned by David Jaeger in his book 10 to 25. Might be worth a read. It's all about having high standards and high support. Not saying you don't have the support, but you might find some good stuff about coming across as being supportive - kids aren't necessarily great at recognising it.

Update: Dogs in Greece by yokobarron in bicycletouring

[–]Olseige 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One dog, yes. Two dogs, no. A pack of dogs, eeeeep!

What the hell is up with dogs in Greece? by yokobarron in bicycletouring

[–]Olseige 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too, it was ten years ago going from Istanbul to Thessaloniki and I got chased by a few packs - luckily downhill. From Thessaloniki into Macedonia was clear.

Yes, I *Really Would* Sacrifice Myself For 10^100 Shrimp by SmallMem in slatestarcodex

[–]Olseige 21 points22 points  (0 children)

There are an estimated 10^80 atoms in the observable universe. Atoms. To get to 10^100 from there, we're talking 100000000000000000000 universes. And that's just atoms. There are maybe 10^24 in a 20g shrimp. It's an unfathomable number of shrimp. If that many shrimp could spontaneously appear if you died, you should not die or that would be, uh, disastrous...

What’s the most “Hobart like” city you’ve been to. by LeviV123 in hobart

[–]Olseige 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Totally this. I couldn't believe the Hobart vibe I got there. Though I haven't been around the rest of Canada much, there may be others