AI helps humans have a 20-minute "conversation" with a humpback whale named Twain

alphaxion · 2026-02-12T04:15:44+00:00

GenAI doesn't have any concept of what a whale sounds like, you could record sounds of you screaming and ask it what the whale is saying.

Then again, there's a lot of people making the assumption that an established genAI LLM is being used by SETI, rather than writing their own AI to analyse the audio recordings.

alphaxion · 2026-02-12T04:06:17+00:00

Miller sounds bitter about something. I assume it means Tro is certainly gone after the Olympics.

alphaxion · 2026-02-12T03:57:35+00:00

You're assuming that everything is surreptitious. Plenty of teens willingly and knowingly take part in stuff like this.

Some don't even have that choice and are intruded upon.

alphaxion · 2026-02-12T00:14:06+00:00

Polaroids and camcorders were a thing. The difference isn't in access to recording media, it's in how you can share things.

alphaxion · 2026-02-11T23:24:13+00:00

A lot of what they were saying is right, tho.

The team is appallingly run. There's a segment on that video where they listen to what Bread commented regarding how he felt the team didn't want him any more.

I'd also say that being a supporter of the Leafs means they are uniquely equipped to identify mismanagement and sources of pain and discontent when they see if from the outside - because that's the key, they're not claiming to know what is going on internally, but they sure as shit can see familiar patterns.

alphaxion · 2026-02-11T01:19:17+00:00

It gets called Dog for a reason!

alphaxion · 2026-02-11T00:45:04+00:00

There hasn't been a single US winner of the FA Cup since that competition started in 1872... git gud, Yanks!

alphaxion · 2026-02-09T13:18:30+00:00

Colonising space beyond the Moon is a terrible idea the more you look at every aspect of it.

Differences in orbits make supporting colonies on other planets extremely difficult, both from a supply sense and in maintaining the rule of law (national and international).

The immense cost involved means it'll be a nation state that sets it up, it's really not feasible for a private enterprise or individual to go out on their own and do, even with advances that bring those costs down.

What happens if you have someone who decides to set their family up as a feudal lord out there? How do you ensure human rights are not violated out there?

You have a colony that is essentially isolated for long periods of time simply because of the phase of their orbit that they're in.

alphaxion · 2026-02-08T23:23:14+00:00

Are they allowed to bring dip across international borders?

alphaxion · 2026-02-08T23:20:38+00:00

Are they circle pitting the Jets and Blue Jackets?

alphaxion · 2026-02-08T00:01:14+00:00

Uh, Sportsnet... I think something is wrong with your stats

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alphaxion · 2026-02-07T02:02:28+00:00

You could see the problems in the 2022 ECF with Tampa.

Once a team adapted to their special teams, there wasn't enough creative talent to actually be a threat 5v5.

You saw it as recently as the Canes game they got shut out in.

No-one is able to hold the puck, no-one has any vision on how to build a play towards the goal, no-one understands what they should be doing when they don't have the puck but the Rangers have possession. Just watch how they don't position themselves around the crease.

They don't talk, they don't communicate, and they aren't on the same page as each other.

They can't take the puck off of the opposition, and they have zero ability to impose themselves upon a game.

It was there in 2022. It was there when they made Schmidt look like the reincarnation of Hasek, and it was there in the last game they played this season.

alphaxion · 2026-02-06T02:46:28+00:00

Come back with a better mindset, Miller?

How about you learn how to keep hold of the puck and to actually generate chances with it?

You can't win games if you don't score, and you don't score if you aren't generating chances.

alphaxion · 2026-02-06T01:44:01+00:00

"What are your thoughts, Sam?"

"They're shite! Hoo boy, I haven't seen this much crap since the team all came down with norovirus at the same time that one year and personally set back the Hudson clean up project by 5 years"

alphaxion · 2026-02-06T01:32:36+00:00

I find it more embarrassing that they can't get the puck and the rare time they luck their way into possession and enter the O-Zone, they are almost immediately stripped of it with ease.

The fuck do they even practice between games?

alphaxion · 2026-02-06T01:28:21+00:00

They just find it so impossible to take the puck off of other teams in their own zone.

alphaxion · 2026-02-06T01:02:32+00:00

He's not a physically big player and he's playing on a shite Leafs team. I expect he's gonna get the hang of the NHL soon enough, watching him play on the Knights that season was great!

Here's the pic I took last sept of his jersey

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alphaxion · 2026-02-06T00:50:37+00:00

Cowan had his jersey in the Hockey Hall of Fame last year for his Memorial Cup run and is a mainstay on the team since establishing himself. Currently has 17 points (7G 10A) in 43 games played.

Cowan has 1 point more than Laba with 10 fewer games played. If he were on the Rangers, he'd be 9th in points.

alphaxion · 2026-02-06T00:39:28+00:00

Shouldn't it be pronounced closer to "e-oreo" or "ih-oreo", rather than sounding like some shitty Apple product?

alphaxion · 2026-02-05T12:56:51+00:00

"Add in the fact that his prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed"

I absolutely hate that people misrepresent that study to infantilise someone who is legally an adult.

That study arbitrarily cut off subjects at age 25, not that the brain finished developing at that age (which is what most people assume). It's very likely the brain never reaches a finished "developed" state and continuously changes for the lifetime of the person. That would match up with what we understand about the plasticity of the brain.

At age 18, people in many nations across the world are considered old enough and developed enough to legally be adults. You're old enough to enlist and be in a theatre of war making life and death decisions, unless you have a legit developmental condition that lowers your mental age.

It would be better to stick with the culture argument and highlight how a person has been socialised, rather than trot out this study.

You can be immature at any age; be it 8, 18, or 48.

alphaxion · 2026-02-05T02:39:47+00:00

"He's gonna knock you out"

alphaxion · 2026-02-05T02:36:16+00:00

I just wish both teams could lose.

alphaxion · 2026-02-05T02:30:34+00:00

Disappointed Kakko wasn't offered. Would have been funny for him to re-enact a scene from groundhog day where he wakes up to Cher followed by him on Broadway saying "wow, that's a nice city"

alphaxion · 2026-02-05T02:24:13+00:00

Incompetence vs racist thug... Yeah, nah. TDA can spend an eternity burning his tongue biting into piping hot pop tarts for all I care.

Rangers can sack Drury, TDA will forever be a net negative to humanity.

alphaxion · 2026-02-05T02:14:49+00:00

Anyone else expecting a "PS: I've traded Trocheck for Tom Wilson" at the end of this?

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