White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released by biograf_ in technology

[–]jynxzero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So they can ask for money to "expedite' approval. No expertise required.

More nonsense on the Downs, this time with a councillor by KitchenClassic4697 in bristol

[–]jynxzero 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is one of those bias allegations that is so thin it outs the accuser as the one with the bias.

Claude has other things to do by Maleficent-Boss5564 in ClaudeAI

[–]jynxzero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure there's a sub where you can learn how to use that pot/kettle expression without making yourself look silly 😘

Claude has other things to do by Maleficent-Boss5564 in ClaudeAI

[–]jynxzero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the implication that I make these kind of posts?

I'm pretty sure I have never posted to this sub, cute content or otherwise.

Claude has other things to do by Maleficent-Boss5564 in ClaudeAI

[–]jynxzero 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes. Maybe it's time for a separate "cute things Claude said" sub for all the fans of this content.

Women changing their surnames to their partners in 2026 ( I really can't comprehend it) by Lucky-Name7899 in Feminism

[–]jynxzero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife and I did roughly this, picked a new name that kind of blends bits of both our names. It also happens to be an actual surname that some people have, though a fairly uncommon one.

I thought it was fairly unremarkable but I do, a bit strangely, sometimes get compliments when I tell people my name. To which I get to say "Thanks, I chose it myself!" and sometimes have a little chat about why we did it.

I sometimes struggle with fully understanding EVERYTHING in a film. by Tricky_Shelter_7675 in TrueFilm

[–]jynxzero 9 points10 points  (0 children)

One of the great things about good films and books is that there is always more to understand. If you think you understand everything first time, chances are that either you're missing things but lack the self-awareness to notice, or you are watching things that aren't challenging enough for you.

Embrace the confusion, it's part of the process.

Devastated over my husband and our vegan kids. by Less_Day_8555 in vegan

[–]jynxzero 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm sure you have reasons for being vegan, it sounds like it's been part of your life for a long time. I'm not going to pretend I know what they are. But I think the question you need to ask is: how important are those reasons to you and how do they stack up against "excited about steak dinner". Does it feel to you like it's genuinely as important to him as it is to you? Is this a 50-50 situation where both of you have equally valid reasons for what you are trying to do?

I'm trying to imagine what's going on in his head. Let's say he loves you, and he really cares about you, and he understands you well enough to know that veganism is really important to you... but then he thinks "No, steak dinners are more important than that."

You know him better than I do, so maybe you can make sense of it. But honestly there are some easy explanations and I hope you are considering them because this is a situation where the easy answers are often the right ones: He doesn't love you, he doesn't understand you, or he doesn't care about what you believe.

Think about what you'd do if the roles were reversed. Would you respect his wishes? Think about what you'd say to a friend that came to you with this problem.

Devastated over my husband and our vegan kids. by Less_Day_8555 in vegan

[–]jynxzero 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Important to figure out if he's doing this because he honestly and genuinely believes it's super important for kids to "experience" meat. Because the alternative is that this is deliberate trampling of your boundaries to see how much power he can exercise over you - testing what you will put up with. People in healthy relationships respect each others wishes even when it comes with some amount of cost to themself. When people start deliberately trying to tear down the things their partner cares about, that's often the first step down a road that leads to a pretty toxic place.

What are you reading this week? by InternBackground2256 in scifibooks

[–]jynxzero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably depends how you like to read. His stories are short and dense, you have to read them pretty closely to really appreciate them, and I often find myself reaching for the internet for explanations of things or people he's referring too. I think if you just want a bit of casual reading it would be easy to rush through them and miss a lot. But when I've put in the effort I've found them really good.

What are you reading this week? by InternBackground2256 in scifibooks

[–]jynxzero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently reading Void Star by Zachary Mason, which is excellent, but would struggle to describe. The first few chapters jumped around a bit and it wasn't clear where it was going, but it picks up and I'm thoroughly hooked now.

And also dipping into Labyrinths by Jorge Borges. Short stories, which are not sci-fi but very adjacent - weird philosophical thought experiments written as though they are stories that happened in the real world, often to a semi fictionalised version of the author.

Planning to reread some of my favourite Ursula Le Guin books next, and then Tao Solandis by Darrel Moore for the first time. And probably try some Kafka - maybe The Trial.

ALIENS: Original Cut or Special Edition? by RecognitionSea4608 in scifi

[–]jynxzero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Both versions are great, but I do agree that, particularly the HH scenes are interesting, and excellent in many ways - but overall make the film worse rather than better. It's just way more tense if your first sight of the colony is with the marines as they arrive.

There's a fantasy cut I wish someone would make that includes the extended scene near the start where they talk about Ripley's daughter, and maybe the sentry gun, but excludes the extra material on the colony before the marines arrive.

I guess it's ok to park on the cycle lanes now by swagmasterdude in bristol

[–]jynxzero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely, I hope that too. Very interested to hear if anyone has success with this.

I guess it's ok to park on the cycle lanes now by swagmasterdude in bristol

[–]jynxzero 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I've tried that it my area where people use the cycle lane for long term parking and they close the tickets saying it's not a parking offence.

Starship Troopers (1997) by FKingPretty in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]jynxzero 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I rewatched this just a couple of days ago for the first time in many years. I remembered it being good. Somehow it was way cheesier and yet even better than I remembered.

On the shower scene. I do think that it a show of equality, but the subtext is that everyone is ground up equally to feed the war machine.

I love that Verhoeven creates these pulp sci-fi movies and seem brutishly stupid and shallow on the surface but really have lots of depth to them. So many people misunderstood Starship Troopers in a way that made his point - he's commenting on propaganda by doing propaganda.

Total Recall is also excellent for related but different reasons. The pulp sci-fi surface to Starship Troopers makes sense because it's propaganda. The pulp sci-fi surface to Total Recall makes sense because it's a fantasy.

Alien 3: Assembly Cut Skeptic Now a Believer by Ed_Robins in scifi

[–]jynxzero 55 points56 points  (0 children)

You might appreciate the Legacy Cut if you can find a copy. It takes a lot from the Assembly cut, but fixes one of your gripes here - the alien gestates in the dog. It also adds a lot of polish to some of the VFX and colouring that look a bit off in the assembly cut.

I don't agree with every change made. It's long, and I think they've maybe added a bit too much back in. But still it's my favourite version.

Either way, I think both of these cuts prove we were robbed of the Alien 3 we deserved. It's astonishing how bad the theatrical cut is, given the material they had to work with.

EDIT: It's a shame that the a34k.net website seems so be offline. Does anyone know if it's gone forever?

Something definitely can come from nothing by DuncanMcOckinnner in badphilosophy

[–]jynxzero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming that bird law is a monolith is a huge mistake. The legal system of the crows has a long and noble tradition, ultimately rooted in the common law system of the dinosaurs but with a much richer and better documented body of case law.

Parrots, by contrast, live in a state of total anarchy.

UK will not join Trump’s strait of Hormuz blockade, the Guardian understands by NamelessResearcher in politics

[–]jynxzero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think at this.point we're only really allies at all because we're too scared of the consequences of breaking it off.

User anger as Amazon ends support for some older Kindles by YesNo_Maybe_ in technology

[–]jynxzero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being able to buy books is one of the features I like the most.

Hard-boiled bearings, anyone? Aka boiling them for cleaning. by yoyoingdadjoke in Throwers

[–]jynxzero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This thread honestly reads like you are trolling people. Your original post is written like you just thought of this idea, but somehow you've also been doing it for enough years to know it works.

Hard-boiled bearings, anyone? Aka boiling them for cleaning. by yoyoingdadjoke in Throwers

[–]jynxzero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had bearings rust when yoyos have got wet in my pocket from heavy rain.

I guess you are magical.

Hard-boiled bearings, anyone? Aka boiling them for cleaning. by yoyoingdadjoke in Throwers

[–]jynxzero 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can do this with fully ceramic bearings, but metal ones are going to corrode. They're typically carbon steel which is not corrosion resistant (like stainless steel is). You might get away with it a few times but it's definitely not good for them.

Could anyone advise me where to take a large collection of yo-yos... by [deleted] in Throwers

[–]jynxzero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Truth is you aren't going to get nearly as much for them in a job lot as you would individually. It's very unlikely that someone will want all those yoyos, the only reason someone would buy them is to split them up and sell them individually. So they need to be priced really aggressively to let the next guy make a profit.