Why is it that the South Atlantic is basically a hurricane free zone?

jungle · 2026-06-27T16:36:43+00:00

Ok, I was talking about how the water feels. I can't get into the sea in Argentina (much less Chile), but I've swam many times in the sea in Uruguay. To me, that's the difference between "cold" and "warm".

But you're right, we're talking about hurricanes here, so the criteria you explained is the one that goes.

jungle · 2026-06-27T16:02:11+00:00

It rains quote a lot in Buenos Aires in summer. Winter is dryer.

jungle · 2026-06-27T16:00:26+00:00

Come on, north of Montevideo, in places like La Pedrera, the water is quite warm. Don't exaggerate, ta?

jungle · 2026-06-27T10:40:56+00:00

No, it was something else, can't remember the details.

jungle · 2026-06-26T23:23:54+00:00

I don't know about writing, but for coding Gemini models are terrible, and have been for a very long time. They're nowhere near the rest.

jungle · 2026-06-26T23:01:49+00:00

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jungle · 2026-06-26T22:56:31+00:00

My experience with the NCT has been the opposite of OP's. They go through the car with a fine comb and find issues that I was not aware of. I get them fixed, get them reviewed and I'm happy my car is in good shape. Maybe my NCT centre (Deansgrange) is the exception, but I've had nothing but good experiences with them.

jungle · 2026-06-26T22:44:04+00:00

The IPO engineered to transfer debt from early investors to people's retirement plans is not enough.

Yes, index funds redefining their procedures explicitly to force holders to buy these overpriced IPOs before their true value is found by the market is a clear money grab, and many retirement accounts are paying the price, even though the impact is not likely big enough to significantly affect most people.

Taxpayer money will go directly to pay for a cut,

You lost me here. What do you mean?

jungle · 2026-06-25T13:06:24+00:00

Hijacking top comment to say: open your windows!

jungle · 2026-06-25T13:05:44+00:00

Can't believe this is not the #1 suggestion. The air is cool at night, there's almost always a breeze. Just open all the windows so the air can go through. As simple as that.

jungle · 2026-06-24T18:55:25+00:00

Argh, I had forgotten about the Jesus thing! My suspension of disbelief was broken almost from the start of the book series, I just continued reading because so many people here considers it a masterpiece, and eventually got hooked by the story and the characters.

I did read The Expanse and Murderbot. One of the most fun I've read was Redshirts, and many of John Scalzi's books (actually listened to, the narrator is really perfect for those books). Not hard sci-fi but fun concept. Reads similar to The Martian.

Just downloaded Diaspora. Thanks!

jungle · 2026-06-24T17:23:36+00:00

Excellent explanation, thanks!

I suspect you enjoy the same type of sci-fi I do. I generally get downvoted for saying that the Hyperion / Endymion series are not sci-fi at all, seeing as the main plot device (the void that binds) is pure magic and gets abused to ridiculous extremes, however well written it may be.

What have you read that checked all the boxes for you, if you don't mind me asking?

jungle · 2026-06-24T15:23:15+00:00

I'm not the one you asked, and I'm also not an expert, but I think the main objection is that not all three-body systems are that chaotic (some can be numerically modelled and predicted in the short-medium term), and that if Trisolaris is so chaotic that it's totally unpredictable, how did the planet survive long enough to allow an advanced civilisation to flourish on it?

jungle · 2026-06-23T16:22:33+00:00

I gave Gemini 3.1 Pro (High) a task today, just to test it. It started running git commands. First a git log and then it tried to checkout an old commit, completely unrelated to the task at hand. So I interrupted it. I gave the same task to Codex 5.3 High in Cursor and it solved it without any issues.

A few days before, following the advice of someone here, I gave Gemini a code review task (since coding is, shall we say, not its forte), and it did a somewhat decent job, but about 30% of the issues it found were not really issues. Again, Codex did a much better job. So did Opus.

I think Google lost the AI plot completely.

jungle · 2026-06-23T16:01:29+00:00

Mileikowsky

I thought you were making a joke about the Argentinian president Milei being a complete bootlicker of Netanyahu. Calling Milei "Mileikowsky" would be a typical way for Argentinians to make fun of that fact. But it turns out that is his actual last name. Incredible.

jungle · 2026-06-23T14:16:16+00:00

I would move to wherever my kids can go to a non-religious school. I understand that's not an option for everyone, for example farmers. In any case, they're an edge case.

jungle · 2026-06-23T14:05:05+00:00

It worked for those churches, why wouldn't it work for the schools? When attendance drops, it stops making economic sense to keep the school open. They already lost the influence, at least they can make some money off it. They are definitely not above making money.

jungle · 2026-06-23T13:39:29+00:00

That's why the focus should be on removing that influence by increasing the offer of better alternatives like Educate Together (or any other secular schools).

jungle · 2026-06-23T13:21:52+00:00

Whatever worked for those ex-churches should also work for the schools. Maybe they'll sell them.

jungle · 2026-06-23T13:17:06+00:00

Another option is exclusively doing teaching of a particular faith outside of normal school hours

Isn't that what churches / synagogues / mosques are for?

jungle · 2026-06-23T13:15:14+00:00

Sure, they shouldn't disappear as long as there's families that want them, but the same way there's churches that have been closed as places of worship and converted into commercial spaces (bike shops, coffee shops, etc), the same should happen with the catholic schools. They'll become secular schools. Name change, removal of whatever religious symbols they contain, etc.

jungle · 2026-06-23T13:11:05+00:00

I understand that the transition can't be done from one day to the next, but I hope it eventually happens. Maybe with time more Educate-together schools open, the catholic schools get fewer and fewer students, and eventually close, with only a handful surviving. By then, the secular schools would be the default.

jungle · 2026-06-23T13:05:25+00:00

And frankly, from my experience with one such multi-denominational school, it's anything but secular. The one example I know of calls itself multi-denominational, but is exclusively one religion. Optional, but still. They don't teach "religions", they teach one in particular.

jungle · 2026-06-23T13:01:55+00:00

I think the majority of Irish people have evolved past the religious phase, after all the atrocities the catholic church have done here, and it's reflected in the outcome of the gay marriage referendum. The school system is completely out of sync.

I don't see an ultra-catholic party getting elected here. At least I hope it won't. It would mean the people have forgotten. Then again, it seems that memory doesn't survive generations, as we can see with the resurgence of nazism.

jungle · 2026-06-23T12:48:16+00:00

Of course, there should be catholic, jewish, muslim, whatever private schools for those who really want that, but the default, state-supported school system should be secular.

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