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  1. Comment on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Oof. I'm so used to remakes and such that my brain registered "Halloween season" as a TV show for the Halloween movie franchise

    This'll be a great primer for the Halloween season when it comes out.

    Oof. I'm so used to remakes and such that my brain registered "Halloween season" as a TV show for the Halloween movie franchise

    1 vote

  2. Comment on New study found YouTube's recommendation algorithm boosted right-wing content in the run-up to Finland's 2024 elections in ~tech

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    YouTube's search results have been going downhill for years, so I don't exactly trust those numbers. Even if accurate, I would expect a spike in interest for political content to create a spike in...

    YouTube's search results have been going downhill for years, so I don't exactly trust those numbers. Even if accurate, I would expect a spike in interest for political content to create a spike in recommendations for that content.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on New study found YouTube's recommendation algorithm boosted right-wing content in the run-up to Finland's 2024 elections in ~tech

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    Maybe I'm missing something here. This is framed as algorithmic political bias, but isn't it possible that there was simply more right-wing content than left-wing content or other related content?...

    Maybe I'm missing something here. This is framed as algorithmic political bias, but isn't it possible that there was simply more right-wing content than left-wing content or other related content? Or couldn't it have been relatively more algorithm-friendly on purpose? Or more simply, users were watching more political content because of the upcoming election? FUD is often inherently more emotionally potent and attention-grabbing than alternative political messages.

    I mean, for all we know YouTube specifically has explicit right-wing content boosters built in. The fact that we don't know is sort of the root issue, not this specific outcome which has tons of moving variables. Even if YouTube wanted to do a deep-dive into how this occurred, I'm not sure they'd be able to come up with that many specifics due to its black box nature.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Is Nebula worth it? in ~tech

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    I had it for years and didn't enjoy using it. Perhaps if Grayjay was around I would have appreciated it more. There's just far too little content and difficult to find something I want to watch. I...

    I had it for years and didn't enjoy using it. Perhaps if Grayjay was around I would have appreciated it more. There's just far too little content and difficult to find something I want to watch. I also dislike them pivoting into purposefully exclusive content since that's anti-consumer in my opinion

    I know some creators have joined and others left on bad terms, so generally I'm not even sure they're an organization I want to support

    1 vote

  5. Comment on The FAA investigates after Boeing says workers in South Carolina falsified 787 inspection records in ~transport

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    That's a lot of records! /s

    falsified 787 inspection records

    That's a lot of records!

    /s

    3 votes

  6. Comment on The world owes Spider-Man 3 an apology in ~movies

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    Those show a different form of darkness, no? The symbiote seems pretty malleable in that way from a writer's perspective. If the focus truly was on ego as Joel argued, I'm not sure being deranged...

    Those show a different form of darkness, no? The symbiote seems pretty malleable in that way from a writer's perspective. If the focus truly was on ego as Joel argued, I'm not sure being deranged could communicate that effectively.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Summer box office pines for $3 Billion: ‘Garfield’ could scratch ‘Furiosa’, ‘Beetlejuice 2’ might see best opening just outside of season, and other zany forecasts in ~movies

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    Prediction: Garfield will not "scratch" Furiosa

    Prediction: Garfield will not "scratch" Furiosa

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Last Week Tonight full episode library coming soon to YouTube in ~tv

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    Can't believe it's been on for a decade now. Time really does fly

    Can't believe it's been on for a decade now. Time really does fly

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Ford just reported a massive loss on every electric vehicle it sold in ~transport

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    For the EV market I see this as a net positive in the long-term. Affordability is one the biggest reasons folks don't consider an EV when they need to buy a car.

    And its revenue plunged 84% to about $100 million, which Ford attributed mostly to price cuts for EVs across the industry.

    For the EV market I see this as a net positive in the long-term. Affordability is one the biggest reasons folks don't consider an EV when they need to buy a car.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on This is a teenager in ~life

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    I found myself more confused the more I looked at them

    I found myself more confused the more I looked at them

    7 votes

  11. Comment on ‘Heroes’ reboot in the works from series creator Tim Kring in ~tv

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    I don't consider the origial Heroes "superhero content" comparable to Marvel even though obviously by definition it is exactly that. Even with larger goings-on, the stakes always felt pretty...

    I don't consider the origial Heroes "superhero content" comparable to Marvel even though obviously by definition it is exactly that. Even with larger goings-on, the stakes always felt pretty personal since they were ordinary people finding out they have a power. The bad guys were grounded in real society & politics with power struggles instead of aliens or larger than life villains. In a sense, it's more melodramatic like a soap opera.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on We need to talk about Trader Joe's in ~food

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    Doesn't change the fact that Trader Joe's behavior here is pretty suspect. You can be "in the right" legally and still be an asshole, especially when it comes to big corporations harming small...

    Doesn't change the fact that Trader Joe's behavior here is pretty suspect. You can be "in the right" legally and still be an asshole, especially when it comes to big corporations harming small businesses

    Edit: spelling

    10 votes

  13. Comment on Have my ear for a day in ~music

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  15. Comment on Have my ear for a day in ~music

  16. Have my ear for a day

    ~music Ask (recommendations)
    Send me a list of things to listen to for a day. Probably best if it's 4-8 hours, but if you want to recommend less (like an album or two) I'll listen and then use the "radio" feature to stream...

    Send me a list of things to listen to for a day. Probably best if it's 4-8 hours, but if you want to recommend less (like an album or two) I'll listen and then use the "radio" feature to stream similar music afterwards.

    Alternatively or additionally, feel free to get out of your comfort zone and join in on the listening.

    Context:

    I have a lot of time to listen to music while working. Recently I've been getting bored with my go-to catalog. About 5 years ago I posted out like this on a different platform and had a pretty good experience.

    This doesn't need to be specific/catered to me, since that's part of the experience. But if it helps, I tend to listen to pop, electronic, alt rock, R&B, and funk. I also enjoy jazz and 40's music. Here's my last.fm if you want more specifics, though the all-time stats are skewed towards my heavy listening a decade ago.

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    Feel free to post links to whatever you use to listen or no links at all. I don't mind doing some leg work to get it playing on my streaming service.

    14 votes

  17. Comment on Hackers found a way to open any of three million hotel keycard locks in seconds in ~tech

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    “We think the vulnerability has been there for a long time,” says Wouters. “It's unlikely that we are the first to find this.”

    8 votes

  18. Comment on Reddit pops as much as 70% in NYSE debut after selling shares at top of range in ~tech

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    I feel like no. Obviously we don't know the terms of the deals, but I feel like training on the existing data would be all that's needed. Future data seems of questionable quality and a marginal...

    Interesting if selling data for Al will be profitable in the long run.

    I feel like no. Obviously we don't know the terms of the deals, but I feel like training on the existing data would be all that's needed. Future data seems of questionable quality and a marginal value-add given what we know about the degradating quality of moderators and mod tools.

    Can a company get the existing data, train an LLM, not renew the deal, and still sell/offer the LLM? I'm not sure. But that's what I'd try and do.

    8 votes

  19. Comment on Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ in ~misc

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    That's a vague statement that seems to have an objective tone. Elections are messy, and their outcomes can't be attributed to a single factor. Voters have agency. Telling them not to use their...

    Playing with fire like that is how we got 4 years of Trump

    That's a vague statement that seems to have an objective tone. Elections are messy, and their outcomes can't be attributed to a single factor.

    Voters have agency. Telling them not to use their agency and clamor down is debatably fascist.

    6 votes