SpikesOtherDog
@SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
- Comment on xAI publishes system prompts for Grok on GitHub, including telling Grok to be “extremely skeptical” and not to “blindly defer to mainstream authority or media” 3 days ago:
It is entirely possible that the training has “core beliefs” etched into it.
- Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’ 3 days ago:
Maybe it is different for me because I moved every couple years growing up. I have lived in 15 places in my life, and the most recent is a record of over a decade.
- Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’ 4 days ago:
Completely true, but not a loss.
- Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’ 4 days ago:
So, the house is now valued at 6x the original value? If they sold it at only 4-5x it would still be a huge win.
- Comment on Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill 1 week ago:
Whoa, that’s the biggest three vile evils TAINTING the SANCTITY of the LORD’S PARTY.
- Comment on US popularity collapses worldwide in wake of Trump’s return 1 week ago:
I hate living in the headlines of Plague Inc.
- Comment on Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ trademark refused for being too generic 1 week ago:
Obviously you don’t understand that lidar is a waste of time and camera only if exactly what a car needs.
Musk, probably
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 1 week ago:
That’s if the password recovery feature was set up properly.
- Comment on Good to see someone caring about BiLions 2 weeks ago:
BiLiON pride.
- Comment on Donald Trump's approval rating collapses with rural Americans 2 weeks ago:
The isolation leads to a lack of news. A lot of information is coming from church groups. People are told bad things are coming and they latch on to it.
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 2 weeks ago:
people don’t remember which email they signed up with
No. We are the top 5%-10% of users
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 2 weeks ago:
I’m still creating local accounts using the bypass in the auto unattend file.
If a drive is crypto locked and there is only a local account, it might as well be wiped if nobody has a password.
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 2 weeks ago:
Step one, be forced to create a Microsoft account.
Step two, create the account with a password you are SURE you remember
Step three, create a PIN so you never have to enter your password
Step four, forget your password
- Comment on shearing on outer walls with PETG in a bambu p1p 2 weeks ago:
If I have to guess, it looks like compression. Either you are over extruding or your print head is too close.
- Comment on For all who care. 4chan is back online. 3 weeks ago:
It’s hard to separate the trash from the talk. I only got so far on that thread. Can anyone give a quick answer why they hate 4chan?
- Comment on Applying 'extreme heat' to lithium-ion batteries reportedly restores their capacity, and I think it's the sustainable tech breakthrough of 2025 3 weeks ago:
Microwaving the iphone was close to the right answer.
- Comment on This is the E3 trailer of Half Life (1997) 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on This is the E3 trailer of Half Life (1997) 4 weeks ago:
The most important change was going from pewpewpew to pop pop.
- Comment on Policy Updates and Feedback (+ a few other things) 4 weeks ago:
I think inclusion is the point here.
No, I don’t believe Miraculous is anime, but it is a love letter to the magical girl genera.
- Comment on Policy Updates and Feedback (+ a few other things) 4 weeks ago:
It’s definitely a blurry line. There are definite yes and definite no answers. Things like Star Wars: Visions don’t seem like anime to many Westerners at first glance, but it is wholeheartedly. I said elsewhere in these comments that I agree that Gaming as a community is too broad since it is nonspecific. I would leave it up to the communities to police their own content, and not step in unless the community appears unmoderated.
- Comment on Claude gets depressed, calls the FBI and attempts to shut down a vending machine business after being filled will existential dread. 4 weeks ago:
To be clear, that was the BEST run, when it wasn’t attempting to email the FBI or the fundamental laws of the universe.
- Comment on Policy Updates and Feedback (+ a few other things) 4 weeks ago:
That is a realistic measuring stick. While an Avatar (or whatever) community wouldn’t belong, content fitting a theme might be allowed. Honestly, unless someone was spamming content, I don’t see an issue with it.
- Comment on Policy Updates and Feedback (+ a few other things) 4 weeks ago:
It’s hard to pin down what anime and moe is 100%, but we pretty much know what you mean. We use anime and Japanese otaku culture to mean what we are saying, but Chinese games and manwah fit too.
What about Western media with anime influence?
Avatar could fit, and RWBY was on Crunchyroll. Madhouse notably has done some Western work.
I think there should be a fair amount of wiggle room because of this gray area. Cartoon network may not fit, but Toonami might.
- Comment on Policy Updates and Feedback (+ a few other things) 4 weeks ago:
I have blocked most of that
- Comment on Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs 4 weeks ago:
Truenas is working great for me.
- Comment on China now faces 245% Trump tariff 4 weeks ago:
You beat me to it by a mile.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 5 weeks ago:
What kind of person shits on another for using a turn signal? My guess is it is someone who forgets to use it frequently.
- Comment on Injection mold vs 3D print 5 weeks ago:
Reads like an ad for Bamboo 3D printers.
- Comment on UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill. 5 weeks ago:
Oh goodie. Let’s surveil the unstable. By unstable, we mean…
- Comment on Demon Tides is a Mario 64 meets Wind Waker throwback of devilish combinatory extent 1 month ago:
This looks super fun.
