SpikesOtherDog

@SpikesOtherDog@ani.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨vivipary in tomatoes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When the bottoms get moldy and fall off it’s a lack of nutrients. Calcium, mostly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Subtitling a video, what is that noise at the end before they scribble on his face? This time, no tools to cut it out because it sounded distorted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought maybe it was whooshing of the markers, but once I heard snoring I couldn’t hear whooshing any more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Subtitling a video, what is that noise at the end before they scribble on his face? This time, no tools to cut it out because it sounded distorted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You know what, now that you say it in pretty sure I hear snoring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At the very worst, the administration would put out a very confusing statement not to trust AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a fan of genAI for most things, and the environmental aspect sucks balls, but this seems like a reasonable use of the tool that’s already been built.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have an answer for the cost of life, but I have heard many times that milk and cheese is overly abundant in the USA.

  I do agree that it should be much cheaper to use cellulose/plant composite for these things. The problem is sealing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump is marching toward war with Iran. He hasn’t bothered to make clear why | Mohamad Bazzi⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are missing the point. The crusades were a political vehicle to gain favor with the Catholic Church at the time, plunder, and express power against a faceless people.

  The only difference now is that team Trump thinks that it will give him some leverage against Americans or his political opponents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump is marching toward war with Iran. He hasn’t bothered to make clear why | Mohamad Bazzi⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Americans in the Middle East are this era’s version of the crusades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moltbook was peak AI theater⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean I have to complain about your topic. As long as you keep it there we are fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whoa, those two definitions of jibe don’t jive!

  So, I pulled my definition from here; however, I did not read down far enough to see the alternate definition!

  What I found looking deeper is this. The article links here, saying jibe (to fit in/be in harmony) is the older term (used since at least 1813) and jive is only used that way in the past 80 years.

  So, while the definitions now jibe together, it is still some jive. So, no gibe given, I was clearly mistaken!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I think you are saying that you dislike non-sequitur pop culture references, but you would appreciate a witty remark or reference if it jived with the flow of the topic.

  As far as jibes go, I was unaware that it is considered an alternate spelling of gibe. I guess you could be insulted by the comments, but they would have to be intentionally insulting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If someone tells you that communism has led to famines in the USSR and China, that it doesn't have any incentives and that anyone who supports it use products of capitalism, how do you counter this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure where to go from here. We’d have to build a system where the individuals have more power than the state overall, but the state has enough power to do thinks like protect itself from other countries, care for the vulnerable, provide infrastructure, etc, etc, etc. From what we were taught, this is how the USA was originally built, but the system has been exploited by the wealthy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think player reviews should not include allegations of lying about being raped, transphobia, or political comments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If someone tells you that communism has led to famines in the USSR and China, that it doesn't have any incentives and that anyone who supports it use products of capitalism, how do you counter this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s clarify.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930–1933

  Are you saying that the famine didn’t happen, that the same famine would have happened regardless of the economic system, or something else?

  I’m not against communism, and capitalists can make similar damaging calls.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

  I think both systems tend to produce oligarchs through different methods. The point isn’t to pick a team and rally them on, rather let’s look at things honestly and consider information hostile to our viewpoints. I think it might be possible to build something better than both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, there is no defense for sending out slop for a image. I would have rather seen them take a picture and put text on the cards. My concern was that you were against people interjecting Marvel quips.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Jurassic Park.

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  Not sure about the other one, but I don’t shun people for having their fun. Technical articles can be quite dry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek Removed From Amazon Prime [TNG & Voyager Refunded]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks so much!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek Removed From Amazon Prime [TNG & Voyager Refunded]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone else said it was a blocked domain on pihole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek Removed From Amazon Prime [TNG & Voyager Refunded]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I am! Any clue on the domain?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek Removed From Amazon Prime [TNG & Voyager Refunded]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s mostly, if not all, up on Paramount Plus, which sucks because the TV app is super slow and they can’t keep track of my watch history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Extreme wealth inequality is baked in to the system⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Theft is also an equalizer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that in-game romance is either something that is durable and unaffected by your actions or it is a list of actions that affect a relationship quotient. It would be interesting to actually be able to overdo it and drive a wedge between yourself and the character.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Buy a SAS adapter and put them in an external storage rack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This hardware is for those who are storing EB of data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe” New Visual⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  X-wide pauldrons. Looks like it could transform into something very large.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pope Leo XIV brings not peace but a sword to AI oligarchs and a slop-mad world in new address, says it's 'Turning people into passive consumers of unthought thoughts'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So it is!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“To Your Eternity” Season 3 | Key Visual⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The wedding visuals have always seemed a bit ominous to me. That nokker has always wanted to fuse with Fushi. Maybe it will create something new.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with "Plex Servers"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Alton showed me a few things and taught me that if I was patient I could figure it out the rest of the way. That was almost 20 years ago. Now I happily share cooking duty with my wife.

  I named a dog after him. It didn’t stick, and my daughter named the dog after a kid in class’s little brother, but the through was there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[News] "The Ghost in the Shell" (2026) New Key Visual, PV⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I realize it’s unorthodox, and to be fair it was only a brief consideration after having watched SAC.

  I honestly think the supporting characters are a bit flat in the movie. It adds some depth and personality to some of the scenes as well as explains the social political environment a bit better.

  Neither are canon to each other, nor the manga (which I am about to investigate to confirm), but the manga was quite popular so fans already had an understanding of so much when they watched the movie.

  Now, outside of the fact that the new anime appears to be continuing with the Tachikomas of Stand Alone Complex, the rest of the franchise appears to be watchable in about any order.