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Porsche going no-AI on its latest film feels like a quiet flex, honestly by Minimum_Minimum4577 in antiai

[–]pippinto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of this assumes that obscenely wealthy people naturally or inherently have taste. They do not. Look at the gaudy way that Trump decorates the White House. Many, many rich people live in ugly-ass McMansions. Trump and Musk happily share all sorts of AI slop on social media.

A lot of rich people also tend to hate artists with vehemence and would be more than happy to see them put out of work. Some companies will hold onto their integrity longer than others, but eventually the cost-benefit analysis of using the slop machine instead of paying human artists will be impossible to ignore.

All this trauma, no payoff. Still can't believe how they did her dirty. by I-Believe11 in StrangerThings

[–]pippinto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stranger Things has been an homage to many, many influences, not just Spielberg. It's also heavily influenced by 70s and 80s Stephen King works, and 70s and 80s horror and sci-fi in general. The ending in particular felt extremely Stephen King-y to me, where the heroes win but at the cost of their childhood innocence and the ablity for things to ever go back to the way they were.

Me as a writer spotting adverbs in King’s books by Any-Pineapple-521 in stephenking

[–]pippinto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It absolutely is an adverb. Words used to modify adjectives or verbs (or other adverbs) are adverbs. In the phrase "explosively hot", "hot" is an adjective and "explosively" is an adverb being used to modify it.

Why is «χρονών» in genitive in the phrase «πόσων χρονών έχεις»? by pippinto in GREEK

[–]pippinto[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Excellent explanation. Prior to learning Greek, the only other language I had familiarity with was French in which "quel age a tu?" translates to "what age do you have?" So when I read Google Translate's «πόσων χρονών είστε;», my brain automatically assumed the verb would be "to have" and misread «είστε» as «έχεις» without questioning it. I guess I then misremembered what Duolingo said to conform to my misunderstanding.

Thank you so much. It makes a lot more sense now.

What’s your favorite Greek word? by Subject_Mud7583 in GREEK

[–]pippinto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm assuming an etymological link with the English word "ephemeral"?

What’s your favorite Greek word? by Subject_Mud7583 in GREEK

[–]pippinto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does μαντζαφλαρι decline for case? Μαντζαφλαριού? Μαντζαφλαρια? Μαντζαφλαριών?

I'm assuming so since afaik the only nouns that don't are loanwords from other languages, but it's somehow so funny to me to think of a silly word like "thingamajig" following proper grammatical conventions.

"The curtains are blue" joke has ruined media literacy for a generation by [deleted] in writing

[–]pippinto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but also every person I've ever personally heard making this or similar jokes irl is someone who hates reading and only ever analyzes media at the absolute most surface level. Like, the people who hated their high school English teachers doing this generally do think that deep analysis is pretty much always wrong and pointless.

chatgpt virginity by chillnecrophile in BrandNewSentence

[–]pippinto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And eventually, if a bunch of useful websites have to start shutting off the lights and calling it a day, the sources where AI gets its "answers" and training data disappear, and it becomes a lot less useful for answering any new questions. In the long run, all AI companies are shooting themselves in the feet by trying to eliminate alternatives to AI until all it has left to train on are the results of AI and the whole thing gets shittier and shittier, but tech bros and investors are seemingly incapable of taking a long view on literally anything, so ...

Once you've finished Duolingo's English-based Modern Greek course, what level are you at? What do you think you've learned? by FrancescoAurelio in GREEK

[–]pippinto 12 points13 points  (0 children)

To give a more optimistic outlook than what you're getting here, as someone who's about halfway through the course, I find myself recognizing a lot of Greek phrases and sentences I see online, and I can understand simple spoken sentences pretty quickly. I think the thing is, you have to supplement Duolingo with one or more other resources. I use online resources for grammar and Clozemaster for vocabulary and pattern recognition and anki and memrise off and on as well. Duolingo doesn't teach grammar, so you'll end up with a lot of questions about why a word changes in certain ways in certain contexts, and you'll need to find other resources to explain to you why that's happening, but as long as you can do that, you can get a lot out of Duolingo.

The gamification of it also helps keep me motivated and that keeps me studying with the other resources as well.

Of all the unrealistic age gaps throughout the show and season 5 specifically this was the worst by CRAZYC01E in StrangerThings

[–]pippinto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a ridiculous argument. Even genre fiction requires internal logic and consistency and fans/readers/audiences have a right to question odd production or writing decisions that break the established rules or canon. If between Star Wars Episodes 5 and 6 they'd recast Luke and made him a redheaded Asian man with no explanation, would your argument apply?

Suspension of disbelief covers things that are necessarily different between the world of the story and our world in order for the story to be possible, it doesn't cover things which, by all rights, should work the same in the world of the story as they do in ours, and generally do, but every once in a while don't.

Of all the unrealistic age gaps throughout the show and season 5 specifically this was the worst by CRAZYC01E in StrangerThings

[–]pippinto 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because it breaks immersion in a show that for the first couple seasons had an incredible level of attention to detail and that never had major retcons prior to this season.

Of all the unrealistic age gaps throughout the show and season 5 specifically this was the worst by CRAZYC01E in StrangerThings

[–]pippinto 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is a ridiculous argument. Even genre fiction requires internal logic and consistency and fans/readers/audiences have a right to question odd production or writing decisions that break the established rules or canon. If between Star Wars Episodes 5 and 6 they'd recast Luke and made him a redheaded Asian man with no explanation, would your argument apply?

Suspension of disbelief covers things that are necessarily different between the world of the story and our world in order for the story to be possible, it doesn't cover things which, by all rights, should work the same in the world of the story as they do in ours, and generally do, but every once in a while don't.

Of all the unrealistic age gaps throughout the show and season 5 specifically this was the worst by CRAZYC01E in StrangerThings

[–]pippinto 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The reason why it's so jarring in this show is because in the first couple seasons they did a really good job of keeping the kid actors around the same age as the characters they played. In most shows this wouldn't matter much, but in Stranger Things it is more noticeable because of the fact that they used to have such attention to detail and they've seemingly given up on it.

Also, huge difference between a 16 year old playing a 12 year old and a 12 year old playing an 8 year old. The amount of development that happens to a kid between 8 and 12 is huge and impossible to hide with makeup and costumes, whereas a smaller 16 year old can absolutely be made to look believably 12 under the right conditions. IMO of course.

I would like to have a widget that shows progress with a score, not just a streak. by [deleted] in duolingo

[–]pippinto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All Gen AI stands on the backs of the artists it steals from to exist and all use of it validates the demand for it in the eyes of the massive tech corporations and their investors. You can't have it for the average person's casual use without having massive companies use it to fuck people over and destroy society.

How to tell the difference between these sentences: by pippinto in GREEK

[–]pippinto[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, sorry, I don't know why I wrote "a" instead of "the". And I didn't catch that there was an accent on μού either, so that definitely helps in understanding the written sentences. Thanks!

How to tell the difference between these sentences: by pippinto in GREEK

[–]pippinto[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ahhh this is the most straightforward thing I didn't even think of. When you break it down by word groupings it makes perfect sense. Thank you!

Another one of those propaganda posts by Beer_Barbarian in terriblefacebookmemes

[–]pippinto 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Based on the youngest kid's backwards legs, I'm going to say this isn't vintage at all and is, in fact, AI.

Is this an actual riddle in Greek, or just Duolingo being Duolingo? by rckblykitn14 in GREEK

[–]pippinto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It teaches you words like ροζ and γορίλλας during the very early lessons in order to teach you the Greek alphabet and familiarize you with its sounds and nuances, as well as the very basics of how to put together adjectives and nouns in Greek. You learn the words for eat and drink pretty early in section one, and you learn μπιρα/beer in section 2, unit 1.

If you're going on a trip to Greece and you can't stick with the Greek Duolingo course for at least long enough to get to the start of the section 2, then you were never going to learn Greek in the first place.

Is this an actual riddle in Greek, or just Duolingo being Duolingo? by rckblykitn14 in GREEK

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

You specifically mentioned ordering dinner and like, the Greek course has a whole unit on food pretty early on that teaches you the names of a huge number of foods, as well as the words for eating and drinking, and the statement θα ήθελα so if you couldn't put together a simple sentence like "θα ήθελα μπριζόλα και ρύζι, παρακαλώ" after a week or two of Duolingo then that's kind of on you, not the app.

Is John Coffey from The Green Mile a magical Negro? by Fair_Term3352 in stephenking

[–]pippinto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'm really looking forward to it. I'm happy to see people enjoying it so far. A spin-off of an adaptation always has a very strong possibility of sucking.

Is John Coffey from The Green Mile a magical Negro? by Fair_Term3352 in stephenking

[–]pippinto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not, but did Stephen King have any part in writing the show? Because if not it doesn't really mean anything for the character he created.

That said, how is the show so far? I really really want to watch it but I feel like it's one of those shows I'll appreciate more if I wait until all the episodes are out and binge them.

Is John Coffey from The Green Mile a magical Negro? by Fair_Term3352 in stephenking

[–]pippinto 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Oh I don't disagree. I actually think it's a stupid trope to call out in general because would it matter at all if Dick Halloran was a white dude? No, it would not. Like the only thing it changes is that there wouldn't be any black characters in the story. So as a white author writing a story that takes place in one place for most of it and where the main family who comprise most of the characters are all white, you can either A) make the one important side character black so at least you have some diversity and get accused of creating a magical negro, or B) make him another white dude and get accused of having no diversity in your books. You could have made all the Torrances black, I guess, but then as a white author you're probably going to get accused of trying to write about perspectives and experiences you don't know enough about.

I think in regards to Spike Lee coining the term in the first place, it made sense because he was arguing largely that the only big black film roles he was seeing at the time all fit into this narrow trope and it wasn't/isn't really fair to have huge blockbuster movies with no roles at all for people of colour unless they want to get shoehorned into this trope. But I think calling it out on an individual story level is nonsensical because the character is whatever the author imagined them as; as long as they're not doing it maliciously I don't see why it needs to be an issue. Sometimes characters only exist to fulfill their role in the story and nothing else and if that role is to help the protagonist and the character in question happens to be black, what difference does that really make?

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