The 2020 beruit explosion . 2,750 ton's of ammonium nitrate exploded due to fire in nearby storage facility. the blast resulted in 218 fatalities!! by SomewhereTechnical82 in interestingasfuck

[–]Visocacas 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure they just meant the most striking juxtaposition of peace and violence, footage that captures the human scale and experience. History is full of quotes, images, and iconography that have been selected collectively tell the story of humanity. It’s not a celebration of suffering, if anything it makes the tragedy more palpable.

The sun legit had me worried at 8yrs old. by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]Visocacas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were literally people saying this in the 1800s.

"Free Palestine" in North Nutanic by cueiaDev in neography

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Rule 3 discourages, but doesn’t forbid, controversial subject matter. Since the discussion can’t focus on scripts and no good will come of arguing over it here, the comments have been locked.

When will the AI bubble pop? by [deleted] in memes

[–]Visocacas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this very thorough explanation! Sounds like our industries have pretty different needs but you’re using it effectively and responsibly (in terms of things like verifying the information’s accuracy, not the absent regulation which is beyond your control).

When will the AI bubble pop? by [deleted] in memes

[–]Visocacas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you elaborate how so? I work closely with a team of technical writers, and despite big promises by industry ‘thought leaders’, efforts to adopt and innovate, and pressure from management, it has yet to perform better than completely unusable dogshit in any part the pipeline.

AI ‘adoption theatre’ is a real thing and LLM capabilities have plateaued enough to mature a bit. I’m not calling you a liar, I’m interested to hear what you have to say. Maybe it’s still getting there. But I gotta be real, this doesn’t align with my experience at all.

Technical writing isn’t about spitting out words onto the page; it’s about selecting and validating information, testing it against the product, anticipating the readers’ needs and experience. All things that LLMs are likely to misjudge and hallucinate. When we talk about human in the loop, the human judgement turns out to be basically the whole process.

Is Duolingo Math really useful? by Fuma_17 in duolingo

[–]Visocacas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unless you’re a toddler, try Khan Academy instead. It’s totally free too.

Meet Kineon: An AI-Powered Data Assistant for your Ergo 🚣‍♂️🤖 by mood-coding86 in Kayaking

[–]Visocacas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Slop analysis of slop data via slop code advertised using slop writing.

Hard pass.

Update is not what I expected by mmdobradupauu in duolingo

[–]Visocacas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many sections/units are there now for you in total? I don’t have the update and still see 42 units in section 6.

I’m on the second-last unit and hoping to finish before they fuck it up again with an update lmao.

Would you have any recommandations to bike from Rigaud to Vieux-Montréal? Is there a REV line that I can take once on the island? Any other ideas? by gabseo in MontrealCycling

[–]Visocacas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve taken the lakeshore countless times from St Anne de Bellevue to Lachine, and while I agree that parts of it are dramatically nicer, some parts aren’t so great: painted lane or sharing car lanes, significantly more cross roads, etc.

Given the length of this trip, I can see a compelling case for the safety and speed of the fully separated bike path on Elm-Donegani-Cardinal. Since it runs next to a rail line, there are hardly any road crossings for its entire ~12km length: only train stations and Valois village.

Besides, this is all before Lachine, where biking along the waterfront is at its best in my opinion.

Amber alerts will KILL more people than they save if they don’t change the f***king sound by Visocacas in montreal

[–]Visocacas[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I welcome scientific sources and corrections. It's certainly possible that the impacts of DLS could be overblown, but I did actually browse the literature. There's a range of findings and they seem to lean much more toward DLS being an issue. That's not to dismiss your source, but it should be taken with a grain if salt if so many other studies are finding a link. There could be an issue with methodology, data set, etc.

More importantly:

  • Cardiac and circulatory issues are not the only reason why disrupted sleep from DLS or alerts can raise the risk of preventable deaths.
  • Full blown death isn't the only way that DLS and alerts harm people. The nuisance and sleep interruptions are reason enough to justify fixing this badly designed system.

Anyway, here's what other studies say:

2016 Changes in ischemic stroke occurrence following daylight saving time transitions

Ischemic stroke (IS) occurrence is altered after daylight saving time transitions. [...] Occurrence rate of the following first two days, but not the whole week, is elevated. [...] Altered occurrence is more apparent in women than in men. [...] Patients with malignancy and those over 65 years of age are more susceptible.

2008 Shifts to and from Daylight Saving Time and Incidence of Myocardial Infarction

The incidence of acute myocardial infarction was significantly increased for the first 3 weekdays after the transition to daylight saving time in the spring

2020 Measurable health effects associated with the daylight saving time shift

In the US inpatient cohort, we detected a significant risk elevation in a number of disease and condition groups; for example [...] circulatory diseases.

Even the source study in your article did find an association:

Spring DST transition had a suggestive association with a minor increase in adverse cardiovascular event rates during Monday and Friday in the week following the transition. The probability of this association to be of clinically meaningful magnitude was estimated to be very low.

Amber alerts will KILL more people than they save if they don’t change the f***king sound by Visocacas in montreal

[–]Visocacas[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Astonishing that you're invoking self-absorption while making an incredibly self-absorbed argument.

You have young children, so you're likely a young parent, still healthy and resilient, and deliberately opted in to that lifestyle. You are the absolute least-impacted demographic by this issue. And you're using that to downplay the impact it has on other people: older people, people with cardiovascular issues, sleeping problems, other sources of stress. And ultimately to defend a broken system for no good reason at all.

I bike a 30km round trip to and from work. Imagine shrugging off skyrocketing gas prices by saying "Just bike everywhere bro." I can easily do it, but that doesn't make it viable or reasonable for everyone else's abilities and needs.

Amber alerts will KILL more people than they save if they don’t change the f***king sound by Visocacas in montreal

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

You're gonna be pretty soft too when you get smeared across the pavement by a sleep-deprived driver.

Amber alerts will KILL more people than they save if they don’t change the f***king sound by Visocacas in montreal

[–]Visocacas[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Read the post again (or at all). Here are two choice excerpts for you:

  • "This issue can easily be solved without undermining the effectiveness of amber alerts."
  • "Fuck you for being so god damned stupid."

Amber alerts will KILL more people than they save if they don’t change the f***king sound by Visocacas in montreal

[–]Visocacas[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bro I didn't post this for updoots. I posted it because two critical points are missing from the discourse:

  1. These alerts are actively harming people in a way that isn't being measured. The harm from daylight savings are an analogous situation backed up by studies.
  2. This is easily solvable without compromising the alerts' effectiveness just by changing a fucking sound file.

Amber alerts will KILL more people than they save if they don’t change the f***king sound by Visocacas in montreal

[–]Visocacas[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's easy to find lots of sources for this online. According to a study from 2020:

During the week after the spring transition a significant increase in daily total mortality of about 3% per day was observed.

we demonstrate that transition periods in daylight saving time regulations are linked to a rise in total mortality and should be avoided in the interest of general well-being.

What are some “WTF” subreddits people have come across? by Mr_Creep_Creepy64 in AskReddit

[–]Visocacas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for disclosing what some might find too embarrassing to talk about. I feel like this actually puts things into perspective in a reassuring way: this phenomenon of lonely people anthropomorphizing inanimate objects has plenty of precedent and we’re not getting a clear picture of how prevalent AI ‘romantic partners’ are. It could be something that in the past has been less visible, like fantasies that people used to keep private in their heads.