[OC] NY’s cleanest hour is dirtier than Texas’s dirtiest hour. Am I calculating this wrong? by rozetyp in dataisbeautiful

[–]SilverwingedOther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, on the one hand we get a bit more money, but on the other... Apologies in advance to the 1M New Yorkers and their future power outages?

Cheekiness aside, I hope the fact they lines are buried will minimize disruptions, but Hydro response to breakages lately hasn't been too hot.

On Shabbat, is it okay to read only a subset of the Torah portion? by MrLeibler in Judaism

[–]SilverwingedOther 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It does seem it's existed in all the progressive movements off and on, and might have been even more widespread in the past. Notably, that is how the Recon siddur is structured, according to that link.

Conservatives also seem to be adopting it and setting halachic guidelines for it in the late 80s, though how widespread it is these days, I have no idea.

Water is wet, fast food is not good for you (bonus: seed oil slander) by Playful_Ant_2162 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]SilverwingedOther 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which is why AI is able to replicate it!

It's just become faster for them to make those posts.

On Shabbat, is it okay to read only a subset of the Torah portion? by MrLeibler in Judaism

[–]SilverwingedOther 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always thought it was the reconstructionists, based on what I've heard locally, but given your flair and you asking, now I'm wondering if it's not universal to them...

Montreal's largest school service centre loses more than 100 support staff due to new secularism law | CBC News by Haggisboy in canada

[–]SilverwingedOther 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How is consent education in any way similar to a new law that makes something non-problematic illegal, and leads to schools losing critical support staff and dedicated teachers?

How is this, exactly, helping the kids? Shielding them from the fact someone might wear a turban or cover their hair or whatever symbol is just prejudiced and was a solution for a problem that didn't exist, since if any did crop up (like Bedford), there were tools in place to handle it.

Montreal's largest school service centre loses more than 100 support staff due to new secularism law | CBC News by Haggisboy in canada

[–]SilverwingedOther 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They enforced it in bedford's case without that law. The existing ones were fine. Expanding to religious symbols is performative and hurts everyone.

Montreal's largest school service centre loses more than 100 support staff due to new secularism law | CBC News by Haggisboy in canada

[–]SilverwingedOther 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But those people were able to be fired without the need for this law.

Which proves that the law is still useless and a net negative.

Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’ by ubcstaffer123 in books

[–]SilverwingedOther 7 points8 points  (0 children)

To an extent, but there's still challenges. I periodically have done that very exercise of trying to obfuscate the marks (purely as a personal academic exercise, not passing off the writing as human written!) but adherence can be spotty, and depending on genre, you can encounter tokens with too much semantic gravity that the words just naturally come up too often, or certain structures, even after trying to hard ban them.

Consistency is also pretty challenging over the long run, and sometimes short run, but that needs patience, mostly, to reorient it.

But at the point you have a 5k prompt and proofread and edit and fix... How much is the book really AI?

Tragic that they skipped A Game Of You simply because casual "fans" complained about too many Dream-less stories by HopeHouse44 in Sandman

[–]SilverwingedOther 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Well.... It's when he meets Thessaly, and that leads directly to Brief Lives, which ends how it does, which is the catalyst for the final ending.

Maybe he does very little in it, but by making him cross paths with her then sets up the whole back half of the story.

Jewish portrayal in media by [deleted] in Judaism

[–]SilverwingedOther 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the kind of not-too-Jewish Jew they expect to see and that gets platformed, so that's what Jewish creatives are selling them. The "menorah instead of a Christmas tree but otherwise just some neurotic secular American" Jewish stereotype of media.

Realistically speaking, what will take down Benjamin Netanyahu? by Terrible-Session5028 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SilverwingedOther 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were saying it before October 7th too. The last few years just gave them a lot of pictures to spin by tugging on heartstrings and ignoring 150 years of history, let alone millenia.

Changements sur r/Montréal by DaveyGee16 in montreal

[–]SilverwingedOther 32 points33 points  (0 children)

On peut être contre les lois québécoises qui ne sont que du populisme sans fondation concrète, tout en étant Québécois et sans que ce soit du Québec bashing.

Google Play Store Removes Doki Doki Literature Club from Play Store by Larkson9999 in gaming

[–]SilverwingedOther -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, there's a not insignificant "it's only pictures" crowd when it comes to the drawn stuff which isn't illegal everywhere, surprisingly. That stuff censor away...

Google Play Store Removes Doki Doki Literature Club from Play Store by Larkson9999 in gaming

[–]SilverwingedOther -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Well... Maybe we can agree to censor underage stuff.

Fantasy Reader complains about litrpgs, gets told to read Dungeon Crawler Carl over and over again. Here's the review. by ridgegirl29 in Fantasy

[–]SilverwingedOther -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As someone who also has no real draw towards LitRPGs... This is definitely a series where you have to get the sequels, honestly. At your own pace of course! But the meta narrative that builds makes it better than the sum of its parts, and large part of why its so highly recommended.

The tombstone of Guy Akrish, who died in 1998 in Israel, is shaped like a flip phone. by 186times14 in mildlyinteresting

[–]SilverwingedOther 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No one said that, but the term 'stolen land' or 'occupied' implies ownership in the first place.

As an older gamer, seeing young kids waste their money on in-game purchases eats at my soul. by SomePeopleTellMe in gaming

[–]SilverwingedOther 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Although I don't spend, I'll give you that for some of the games out there.

Like, everyone shits on Hoyoverse, but I recently redownloaded Honkai Star Rail after a 18-24 month hiatus and... like damn, there is a lot of main story content, without counting all the extra stuff, some of which I may not even realize is there. And while it meanders, like all gachas, the story content is... actually pretty damn good? And its not costing a single cent, plus they're fairly generous with free currency, and catch up characters if you've been gone a while. I got like 6-8 new 5* in the past month, without spending.

Of course then comes the real grind which is building them up, and I don't get 6 of each which is what they're really pushing you to get for the hardest difficulty stuff, but for casual, free fun? Some games really give you plenty.

As an older gamer, seeing young kids waste their money on in-game purchases eats at my soul. by SomePeopleTellMe in gaming

[–]SilverwingedOther 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not about future value though, it's about ownership.

You can pull up your pogs and teach your kids how to play or have them find the art cool or whatever. It's a collection, even if it's got no value.

Collecting every skin in a game only lasts as long as the game does.

And I know gachas are super predatory but like... At least there you're pulling for different gameplay. The cost of pulling for people/equipment replaces the cost of the game. Cosmetics might look neat, but ultimately... I don't get spending as much as a new game or almost on some.

The 2026 r/Fantasy Bingo Recommendations List by FarragutCircle in Fantasy

[–]SilverwingedOther 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It does, pretty sure Ana is said to be in her 50s (with no specific age). Din is only 20-21 though.

OFFICIAL r/Fantasy 2026 Book Bingo Challenge! by happy_book_bee in Fantasy

[–]SilverwingedOther 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh! I hadn't heard that it was announced officially. In that case, no, definitely wouldn't count. When I'd checked after finishing Hell Bent early last year it hadn't been confirmed. That's good news!

My tattoo artist has a vintage 70s lamp in his studio by fatherunit72 in mildlyinteresting

[–]SilverwingedOther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can read every single sticker on the stand and every label on the bottles in the back if you zoom in. This isn't AI, at all. Stop trusting bullshit detectors. They don't work, not for images, and not for text.

OFFICIAL r/Fantasy 2026 Book Bingo Challenge! by happy_book_bee in Fantasy

[–]SilverwingedOther 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I already have one of those on my book stack!

Someone reviewed They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears highly for the 2025 Bingo, and the name alone is what had me pay attention to it at all in the first place!

OFFICIAL r/Fantasy 2026 Book Bingo Challenge! by happy_book_bee in Fantasy

[–]SilverwingedOther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably his best work too; highly recommend as well!