Zagorath
@Zagorath@quokk.au
- Comment on ABC journalists to strike for first time in 20 years with widespread news disruption expected 1 week ago:
Because Nazis think they have the right to dictate what is news.
- Comment on Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions 1 week ago:
At the risk of sounding like an overly obsequious AI… You know what, you’re completely right. I’m honestly not sure what use case I was imagining when I wrote that last comment.
- Comment on Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions 1 week ago:
That is a reasonable exception to no-AI policies in research papers and newspaper articles, but not for Wikipedia. As a tertiary source, Wikipedia has a strict “no original research” policy. Using AI to provide examples of AI output would be original research, and should not be done.
Quoting AI output shared in primary and secondary sources should be allowed for that reason, though.
- Comment on Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions 1 week ago:
The content is CC licensed, but they are trying to block AI scraping because it overloads their servers. They have a paid API that uses a lot less compute for both Wikipedia and the AI, as well as being a revenue source for Wikipedia.
- Comment on Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions 1 week ago:
the user needs to be smart enough to do whatever they’re asking anyway
I’m gonna say that’s ideal but not quite necessary. What’s needed is that the user is capable of properly verifying the output. Which anyone who could do it themselves definitely can, but it can be done more broadly. It’s an easier skill to verify a result than it is to obtain that result. Think: how film critics don’t necessarily need to be film*makers*, or the P=NP question in computer science.
- Comment on IEA calls for working from home, driving slower and flying less to tackle energy crisis | Agency says consumer demand measures needed to manage Iran war’s disruption to global markets 1 week ago:
Historically, it has ties to the oil industry. It has pivoted more towards green energy recently, but their interests are still in the production of energy, rather than in achieving the best outcomes for our cities.
- Comment on IEA calls for working from home, driving slower and flying less to tackle energy crisis | Agency says consumer demand measures needed to manage Iran war’s disruption to global markets 1 week ago:
Conservatives will do anything to avoid building trains.
- Submitted 1 month ago to australia@aussie.zone | 11 comments
- Comment on Why most Australians won't get a weekday off for Anzac Day in 2026 [but Western Australia and ACT do] 2 months ago:
Queensland’s unique public holiday this year is the Ekka holiday, which will fall on Wednesday, August 12.
Well, no. Brisbane has the Ekka holiday. Other parts of Qld have different show days. Starting with this Friday in the Southern Downs.
- Why most Australians won't get a weekday off for Anzac Day in 2026 [but Western Australia and ACT do]www.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 7 comments
- Comment on no pride in genocide 2 months ago:
It was literally his mission to find land to steal and place the natives under British rule
Actually, it ends up looking even worse for Cook. His instructions specifically said:
You are also with the Consent of the Natives to take Possession of Convenient Situations in the Country in the Name of the King of Great Britain: Or: if you find the Country uninhabited take Possession for his Majesty by setting up Proper Marks and Inscriptions, as first discoverers and possessors.
So either he ignored the Crown’s instructions to get “consent”, or he (and not later colonists) is the original source of claims of terra nullius.
- Comment on Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever 2 months ago:
I misread that as “Win 11 runs Linux and macOS apps better than ever” and was ready to sarcastically point out that Linux runs Linux apps better too.
- Comment on Dell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them" 2 months ago:
How is their site (and product) as an option for your non-techy mum? Also does shipping end up being exorbitant if you’re not in the same country they’re based in?
- Comment on Dell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them" 2 months ago:
What companies actually make decent mid-range laptops these days?
- Comment on Why might NBN cable have been removed? 2 months ago:
I thought we were past the days of waiting multiple weeks for internet after moving in.
In still remember in November 2019 when my apartment finally got NBN installed, and I had to wait until late January 2020 to actually get it all connected.
That was very convenient timing.
I also bought a new bike as a Christmas present to myself in December 2019. COVID couldn’t have happened at a more perfect time for me.
- Comment on Australian electric car market to get influx of new models as cheaper EVs hit the road 2 months ago:
I suspect they probably already are cheaper over the lifetime of the product. Of course there’s also a lot of value in the upfront cost coming closer, but there are other problems at play.
First and foremost: the culture wars. The right-wing loves to make a big fuss at how poor and inadequate anything that might be better for the environment is. And EVs have been a huge target of this.
There’s also range anxiety. Australia doesn’t have the best fast-charger network for those rare long-distance trips, and far too many people make their purchase based on what they might need for a trip they take less than once per year.
And then there’s dealers. There have been many reports of dealers discouraging people from getting EVs. Probably because they make a lot of their money on aftermarket servicing, which EVs need a lot less of than ICE cars. So it’s in their best interest to avoid EVs.
- Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 3 comments