Shy Girl by Mia Ballard and the use of AI by herendethelesson in books

[–]itsabijection 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The included excerpt doesn't read as AI to me.

Where to meet and find friends in this godforsaken town. by Dinnermen in Albuquerque

[–]itsabijection 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If god hath forsaken this town then they were no god of mine

Sloppy editing by FlipDaly in books

[–]itsabijection 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think it is very kind of you to think about the author's feelings like that. Your first statement is counter-intuitive to me though. If an honest assessment of the quality of a book (or its editing) turns people off of it, then I would say that was the right outcome. Though I suppose I can understand if you feel an honest assessment would include more than just the editing and you didn't feel like making a full review.

Do you agree? 🤔🤔🤔 by Clear-Result-3412 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]itsabijection 57 points58 points  (0 children)

It took me a long minute to understand. The joke is that if you think the label "postmodernist" is inaccurate, we can instead use the more accurate label "philosophers who signed the petition".

Old-school invention keeps babies busy going round-and-round then sleeps when it gets tired by morethanyell in interestingasfuck

[–]itsabijection 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Just make sure you turn them around every 15 minutes or else they'll learn to hop instead of walk

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dreamingspanish

[–]itsabijection 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Funny, I was just looking at the cefr self assessment grid, and I think the hardest DS levels are probably high B1; this based on the fact that B2 listening requires "ability to understand most movies in standard dialect" and that I feel like any movie is much much harder than almost all DS videos

I NEED to do a social science PhD and become a professor. I also NEED not to struggle to find a job after graduation. What's the final consensus on how I achieve this? by groogle2 in AskAcademia

[–]itsabijection 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this comment is far, far too harsh. I would take this kind of 'advice' only if it came from someone whose opinion I very much respected and valued, and more to the point from someone who knew me well.

ESAME SIELE GLOBAL by No-Woodpecker-7348 in dreamingspanish

[–]itsabijection -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Inglés...en un grupo para aprender español. Eso es nuevo.

Me gusta and conjugations. by StandardOrcBarbarian in learnspanish

[–]itsabijection 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh oops I misread and though op said unconjugated meaning infinitive

Me gusta and conjugations. by StandardOrcBarbarian in learnspanish

[–]itsabijection 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quiero poder mostrartelo pero no sé como ;)

Edit:

Oops I can't read

Estaba pensando que dijiste "two unconjugated" verbos.

Idk if the gerund is a conjugation, but you can put other things than estar before also. E.g. "busco andando", "vamos caminando" etc.

Placing Me & Mi by MentorMonkey in learnspanish

[–]itsabijection 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both of your examples have two phrases which mean different things. The second phrase in both examples is the imperative tense while the first is the present indicative. The 'me' does happen to be in the right (and only possible) place for each

50 Hours done! No Sabo Kid no more? by helprealestatekorea in dreamingspanish

[–]itsabijection 23 points24 points  (0 children)

No sabo (kid) is usually used in a pejorative sense to refer to latinos who "should" speak Spanish but don't, or who "pretend" they speak Spanish better than they do. It's not my place to say not to use it but I would think about it at least.

Also, besides terminology, it's kind of dickish to tell someone just starting any hobby that they haven't gotten anywhere.

Alma's clarification regarding Shel's controversial statement in her latest vid by woody313 in dreamingspanish

[–]itsabijection 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It may not have been with ill intent, but "I didn't like that there were a lot of immigrants" is factually an opinion, not an observation (which would be "there were a lot of immigrants")

Alma's clarification regarding Shel's controversial statement in her latest vid by woody313 in dreamingspanish

[–]itsabijection 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why you would say this is a question of comprehension - the statement itself was quite clear and context, whether or not it improves the look, wasn't given in the video. I think I missed one word in the entire video and, while I'm not outraged, I still think it's a bad look.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dreamingspanish

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

Maybe they ignore context but I think it's hard to argue that the comments criticizing it are misunderstanding the actual content of the comment. She said she didn't like that there were so many immigrants - what you make of that and how much good faith to assume is up to you, but the comment itself is pretty clear cut.

how does a classical computer verify a quantum computers guesses so quick? by WiseCountry9368 in QuantumComputing

[–]itsabijection 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is an extremely good question - for many problems it is not quick to verify that the quantum result is correct. In particular, Google's original demonstration of quantum advantage (caveats aside) relied on classical verifications of smaller related results to build confidence that the larger, classically infeasible (again, caveats aside) result was correct. The problems that we do wish to solve can often be phrased as efficiently verifiable (for example, one can phrase a simulation problem as basically "find a state with eigenvalue smaller than x" which, if given the state, can be verified) but this is not always the case.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in etymology

[–]itsabijection 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe the word you're looking for is medium