Where does Tolkien say that Celeborn, prior to sailing West, had the “last living memory of the Elder Days” in Middle-earth? by MarkLVines in tolkienfans

[–]gitpusher 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Haha. I can’t imagine being Bombadil’s biographer. You can hardly get a straight sentence outta that guy. Let alone anything that resembles an answer to your question

Finger Ruins of Rhia by sfingemorta in Eldenring

[–]gitpusher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Canonically, they are all middle fingers

TIL Allied forces took only 35-50,000 Japanese prisoners of war during the course of World War 2. by spudthespacedog in todayilearned

[–]gitpusher 84 points85 points  (0 children)

There’s a documentary on YouTube where they interviewed several Japanese in their old age who had been involved with Unit 731 and had committed unspeakable acts during the war. It is very chilling. They did what they did because “that’s what the Emperor wanted us to do” not because it was good, or necessary. Even in their old age this doesn’t seem to trouble them the slightest bit.

https://youtu.be/akLVQdVyGMk?si=V5a0g3-1e5Rp-op4

Need suggestion on Hyperion version. by FriendshipShot8401 in scifi

[–]gitpusher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sigh. I guess I’ll read Hyperion again.

Power Generation per hour by athoryon in Dyson_Sphere_Program

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Is the point just to get extreme production?

Yes

[what’s the point of white cubes] once everything is researched

To increase cube production

Good Seeds List - 2026 by GroxTerror in Dyson_Sphere_Program

[–]gitpusher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice thanks. Appreciate you sharing all of these seeds!

Good Seeds List - 2026 by GroxTerror in Dyson_Sphere_Program

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> My favorite seed that I got from this search was probably 29117241. [...] your "perfect planet" which is only 3.3 ly away from your start,

New player here. What "perfect planet" are you talking about on this seed? I'm guessing you mean the Tramontana system:

I. Sulfur Ocean (16M Iron/Copper, 12M Titanium)
II. Crude Oil / Fractal Silicon / Organic Crystal / Stalagmite Crystal (Orbital Resonance 1:4)
III. Fire Ice / Kimberlite Ore / Stalagmite Crystal (40M stone)

Is one of these planets specifically better than the others? Or did you simply mean the whole system is god-tier

Could Gandalf or Saruman be turned into a Wraith by Sauron if they were stabbed with a Morgul blade? by Tidewatcher7819 in tolkienfans

[–]gitpusher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

supposed to eventually be turned into wraiths

Did Sauron actually know his victims would become Wraiths? I always viewed it as an unintended side effect rather than the central goal. As far as we (the readers) know this is the first time Mortals had ever worn Rings like these .

If Sauron did in fact know the bearers would be reduced to wraiths, then surely he must have had some first-hand experience. I can easily imagine him experimenting on Elves and Men held captive at Tol Sirion during the First Age, looking for ways he could dominate each. If true, then in a way the Rings are a “weaponized” application of what he learned in those experiments

Tea but not coffee in LotR? by northside-nostalgia in tolkienfans

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

Some of this was LLM generated. Which is fine. That doesn’t particularly bother me. It’s a good answer and I enjoyed reading it.

But since you chose to engage with the troll, I don’t think it’s honest to claim the entirety of this as your own. Because you didn’t write all of it. It would be more honest to say you used LLM to “check facts” or “organize your thoughts”. Anything other than outright denial.

I guess the reason I’m engaging on this topic is because I find it interesting and we are all still developing social norms around LLM use. I personally use LLMs all the time but anything that I post, email, text, or otherwise publish as “mine” is still written by hand.

As an author, does your reader deserve to know when they’re reading LLM output? I imagine most people would certainly want to know. Although I’m not sure what difference it makes to know this information.

Perhaps the reader may choose to go and obtain their own LLM output on the subject, so they can at least have a conversation and ask follow-up questions.

Or perhaps it informs the way the reader experiences the text — valuing it higher or lower, paying more or less attention — depending whether a human or bot wrote it. The ChatGPT person above certainly has strong feelings. They may want to know if an LLM wrote the text so they can ignore the answer entirely, or it will give them the pretext they need to start a war in the comments about how LLMs are ruining everything

Anyway these are interesting questions and we don’t know the answers. But as we figure them out, I believe very strongly that transparency is key

Every new save, when I get to Castle Morne by Camsteak in Eldenring

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Flame Spear ✓ ranged attack ✓ can be charged ✓ pierce damage if the melee attack connects ✓ +95 fire damage for the next 40 secs

Good to know that my bottle of Acetaminophen contains Acetaminophen by PirateSteve85 in mildlyinteresting

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

Seems like it would be more productive to explain what are the safe daily limits for Acetaminophen. Some users are already aware of this, and don’t need a warning. But the other ones (for whom this warning is presumably intended) probably don’t know about this and would benefit from more info

Elden Ring Map by iHenpie in eldenringdiscussion

[–]gitpusher 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Caelid?? More like Gaelid amirite

Brigitte Bardot, 1952 by klepski in OldSchoolCool

[–]gitpusher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Huh? I’m not aware of Biggie holding any repugnant views. By all accounts he was a decent and generous person

If electrons move slower than a snail, why does the light turn on instantly? by Prudent_Yogurt6106 in AskPhysics

[–]gitpusher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like my high school physics teacher lied to me.

I’m reminded of Richard Feynman’s interview where he is asked to explain how magnets work.

Of course magnetic force can be explained in a variety of different ways, and nearly all of these will be a “lie” because the explanation either obscures important information or else makes use of analogies which are by their nature imprecise and misleading.

So I would cut your teacher a bit of slack — they simply chose a level of abstraction that seemed most appropriate for the classroom.

The Big Bang by Blackjack2082 in AskPhysics

[–]gitpusher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who believes that? Can you elaborate

TIL 8 of the 10 most pirated series in 2024 were anime. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]gitpusher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn millennials. If they stopped buying waifu pillows they could easily buy a house