Zeshade

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[–] Zeshade 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What's weird is that I can't find even one article about her death in the more mainstream French newspapers such as Le Monde or Le Figaro or Libération. There's something in Ouest France. Did anyone find more?

They're currently not treating her death as suspicious. I know it doesn't mean that it isn't but I think it's worth mentioning.

[–] Zeshade 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I understood it more as Musk betraying his previous fanbase. Those that used to think that he was a positive force, investing in cool things. Before he revealed himself as a deranged asshole.

[–] Zeshade 1 points 1 month ago

(Or Warcraft) Basically by profession rather than with their first names.

[–] Zeshade 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's what I used to think of Dota character names (compared to their lol counterparts).

[–] Zeshade 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is this site legit? I just got a popup telling me I had a virus on my phone and I should click on the button to remove it. With a countdown from 3 minutes.

[–] Zeshade 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get your sarcasm. My comment wasn't meant to be that deep and yes I can see that his success is a symptom of a deeper problem. I just thought that him being almost comically corrupt, detestable and yet successful is a one off.

[–] Zeshade 3 points 2 months ago

Yes but the power of it is that you can in effect refine your search using natural language, like talking to a person, as it remembers the last 2-3 exchanges.

And it presents the information the way you asked to see it.

For example (my side of the "conversation"):

  • What is hamas?
  • Compared to Hezbollah?
  • what are the differences between Shia and Sunni?

The citations confirm the information, they are not the end goal. The added value is the fact that the information is pre-digested and presented in a way that matches my learning process. It's a lot easier for me to assimilate information by getting answers to questions that I've asked.

[–] Zeshade 2 points 2 months ago

The one in Skype works quite well and is usually not blocked by companies firewalls... Or so I've heard...

[–] Zeshade 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)

As far as I know Google and Bing return AI results just above the usual web page results.

In addition AI LLM tools like Copilot (the mobile app) and Perplexity which cite their sources with links to websites really make it easier to weed out the BS from LLM answers, if you use them carefully. In my case, these tools replace search engines in 80% of the searches that I do.

[–] Zeshade 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I always saw him like an anomaly, an unexpected improbable blip in history that may have an effect over decades but the disruptions it brought will go away... eventually.

When he came into power I immediately thought of something in the Foundation series (I try to avoid spoiling it because even if the books have been around for some time people are discovering it through the Apple TV series).

So yeah it'll get better but perhaps not in our lifetime...

[–] Zeshade 13 points 2 months ago

However you look at it it always boils down to marketing and comms. Everyone looks for the best way to get the votes, testing how far they can go. But the left can't afford to be unethical because that's part of their identity and they would lose their core voters. The right however... Found trump.

It sounds lame but the best way for the democrats to win is to get people to vote. I believe that was the single reason behind Obama's ama on Reddit a few years back.

 

Reminder that you guys should go out and vote. Trump has been ahead since September 2023. Don’t let the echo chamber make you feel like it’s a done deal. That’s what I thought until I saw this article.

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