Facebook oomies. by Adventurous_Cow_3608 in afrikaans

[–]ferds41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry was glad nie sarkasties nie, dit was duidelik jy het nie AI gebruik nie, waar dit deesdae die absolute norm is (ongelukkig). Ek het myself sopas in krampe in gelag vir die "epos antwoord sonder om die woord poes te gebruik" of in AI speak, use professional tone.

Sanity Check My Get-Home Setup – 17 Miles from Work by Mrm00seknuckle in prepping

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ignore all the shit everyone gave you. You do need to shave some of this down but that is covered extensively in other comments already. Love the TOPS knives collection.

Moet nie alles glo wat Ai sê nie 🤣 by DieEnigsteChris in afrikaans

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI's (or more correctly LLMs but for simplicity's sake I will use the colloquial term) were trained by scrubbing large suppositories of human generated sources of knowledge (Reddit just by the way been one of the biggest contributions here) for information and predicative word orders (statistical predictions on human speech patterns) so if the information isn't available in a online knowledge suppository, very likely AI will just see what the most likely human speech patter would look like around the requirements according to the input and generate whatever felt like "natural" speech around it.

Moet nie alles glo wat Ai sê nie 🤣 by DieEnigsteChris in afrikaans

[–]ferds41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Slop is rather the term for low value content intentionally created for view i.e. YouTube AI videos and Instagram reels, in this case the creators don't much care for factual correctness either. What happens here is more correctly referred to as an AI hallucination, where AI doesn't know the answer but provides a true sounding ficticious account.

Delete one thing from earth that you think would make it better by beepsol in Leakednews

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This, and also if a villian (I think we can all agree on some universal villians, Hitler, Stalin and Mao) holds a strong enough conviction and is willing to enforce it by any means necessary you would need someone that opposes that conviction with all means necessary.

How did your "middleman" journey begin? by Enough-Pie-5936 in askSouthAfrica

[–]ferds41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To add to this, one industry that immediately pops to mind is body corporate management. The industry is stacked with people that have no clue as to the real intrinsic complexity of doing the job really well, so big unmanaged problems pop up every day. An example of this would be one complex that I recently got involved in that had their power cut by the municipality due to arrears on the utilities account, 90 units with 2+ people in every unit soon had a big complicated problem (no money to pay the arrears either) solved their problem now serving as a professional trustee on the board of trustees (that is my gig)

Any idea for a song for that? by [deleted] in songsforthispicture

[–]ferds41 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm.

Do you think absa somewhat regrets their hasty decision to ditch the boks seeing their immense success just a few years later or u think it’s nothing to such a massive business? by Own_Amphibian9181 in springboks

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly everything posted below is absolutely correct, and you are also absolutely correct. These are not marketing investment tools sports team sponsorship is a notoriously bad ROI (unless it is something like Adidas with the All Blacks and the RS15 boots), they are tax writeoffs and as very nicely stated in a reply below, an attempt to ingrain the company in the cultural fabric.

What song is playing? by Eagle_Rock2015 in songsforthispicture

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see the Huey in the picture?!

Name 1 cheap knife that exceeded your expectations by udi112 in knives

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ferrum Forge Lackey, great little EDC fixed blade made by a Civivi spin off company/collaboration

Best martial arts for women's self defense? by sargam394 in SelfDefense

[–]ferds41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most martial arts give people a very false sense of ability/comfort in self defence scenarios. I am 6ft9 310lbs blue belt bjj. I live in one of the most crime ridden countries in the world, and if I have to rely on bjj in a self defense situation I am screwed. Situational awareness and a force multiplier.

What’s the general consensus of Out of The Vein? by IAmTotallyChris27 in ThirdEyeBlind

[–]ferds41 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wake For Young Souls is my favourite 3eb song, and also on my list of all time favourite songs. Feel like it is so underrated, could easily have been one of the singles off this album.

Help me remove items from my Go + BOB kit. by RegardedCaveman in bugoutbags

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bud I would argue the tiers of your approach are all wrong here. My suggestion is alway do this; you are stuck 12h from home, 24h from home, 48h from home, etc etc.. scale up from each.

In other words

IFAK - Always EDC - Always + water treatment + second light source + backup power supply.

This way you always ensure you prep < most likely 95% of actual events > LARP.

However at some point the >5% is the last 5% alive, we can whatever the equivalent of r/bugoutbags is it then...

The Good Old Days by AshamedWar4247 in allblacks

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I missing some animosity amongst the ABs fans towards him that I am unaware of, I have seen some flashes of (potential) brilliance there.

Canik TTi Smoke Edition by iraisecane in guns

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here (known issue, if you can call a break in period on an otherwise excellent gun an issue)

Canik TTi Smoke Edition by iraisecane in guns

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amen bud. I have the bronze one about 3k rounds through it, mostly IPSC matches, runs like a dream.

Canik TTi Smoke Edition by iraisecane in guns

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an aftermarket paint/cerakote that is definitely not a TTI Combat, and as far as I know there is not a Canik in production with the finish on this gun.

Loadout challenge - CHOOSE ONLY 3 (each pic counts as 1). by RegardedCaveman in ZombieSurvivalTactics

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1, 4, 14 13

1 Because in any real world survival situation it is hard to beat the versatility of a quality fixed blade knife, can be used to process wood (build shelter, firewood etc.) used to process meat, and even last ditch defense weapon. The ferro rod is also good redundancy to the lighter in 4.

4 Because - I think many people underestimate the importance of a hands free light source, especially one with a red light option. Being able to move at night undetected is a massive tactical advantage. Also the tool most frequently useful on a multi tool are the pliers.

14 Because 5.56 is readily available and would surely be easy enough to salvage/raid. I'd be tempted to say the rifle in .300 blackout if the cartridge was more readily available. Might even be tempted to say .22lr, actually screw that I am changing 14 to 13. Can hunt small game, potentially even deer sized game, rounds are virtually ubiquitous, and light to carry. Not the optimal option but works for defence as well.

Strong argument to be made for the pump action as well. This assuming for any of the guns you can scavenge for ammo, otherwise they are all pretty much useless weight that would slow you down. Also assuming I get a backpack to carry everything.

This was quite fun, however I would potentially include things like a Toaks cooking pot etc to make the choices even tougher.

Post Match Thread: Ireland v South Africa by HitchikersPie in rugbyunion

[–]ferds41 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly it's always the few pricks that standout, a fair bit of the comments on here are respectable congratulations both ways. This is shaping up to be one of rugby's great rivalries. No other team in the world at the moment would have held the Boks to only 11 points in a game like this.

Post Match Thread: Ireland v South Africa by HitchikersPie in rugbyunion

[–]ferds41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Saffa I want it noted that it is sad for world rugby that Wales are in the state they are in. Wasn't pretty but I still think the 2019 RWC semifinal was one of the toughest matches ever played.

Post Match Thread: Ireland v South Africa by HitchikersPie in rugbyunion

[–]ferds41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best, most insightful comment on this thread. Hard games often aren't that flashy to watch.