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Vanth

@ Vanth @reddthat.com

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  • Wildfire Griffin

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  • Nah, I'm pretty skeptical. The authors website has like 150-200 book titles. Either someone using AI to pump them out, or several authors publishing under the same name.

  • Wildfire Griffin

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  • And people say AI generated books are awful slop. This is pure artistry!

  • Crude oil spill in East LA reaches Los Angeles River

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  • US pauses defence partnership with ‘failing’ Canada

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  • URL is broken

  • TIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.

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  • Several of my great aunts and uncles did this. And yeah, after they moved away they would have small boxes of dirt shipped to them from family that stayed behind.

    White, Volga German descended farmer people, moved from the Midwest to the West Coast US.

  • A pill can stop people from developing COVID after being exposed to the virus, trial finds

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  • There will be outbreaks of other corona viruses in the future. I wonder if this medicine will be effective against them or at least will be a baseline from which adjustments can be more quickly made to be effective against a different corona virus. This is one of the most positive news stories I've seen today.

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    saa

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  • On the edge of my seat hoping a "canal pusher" is an animal of similar species to the drop bear in Australia or the snipe in US.

    Edit: oh, drunk people. So yes, kinda related to drop bears and snipes.

  • What is the highest Mileage/kilometer car you own/owned?

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  • My dad has a Geo Metro, I believe 1998. I flipped the odometer past 200,000 when he loaned it to me as my college junker in the mid 10's. He still has it as his gas efficient commuter, I expect the meter is past 300k now.

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    Need reviews on my upcoming movie trailer "indomitable"

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  • Sus fingers

  • Would you actually have to go back to high school?

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  • I don't see why. I'm employed. My employer cared that I had a college degree ten years ago, but now I have years of doing the job to point to.

    So my high school diploma would have to be pulled, then two colleges would somehow have to say that made my two diplomas invalid, then my employer would have to decide they gave a shit about that more than nearly a decade of demonstrated competency.

    At most, I would take a GED test for shits and giggles. I would guess math is the most difficult section for most people. I'm an engineer and use math more and more diverse applications for math frequently, so I expect it would be easy.

  • For those with lower-back issues, what's been the best work-chair for you?

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  • I gave up trying to sit for 15+ minute sessions. I have a standing desk and two barstool-height chairs of very different designs, cycling between the three options throughout my workday.

    Great that I can work from home. In the office I would look like a fidgety child.

  • Why are so many young people confusing 'utopian' and 'dystopian' suddenly?

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  • If it really is evolving usage, I'll pay attention once it seeps into more permanent media like music lyrics. Or when Fox News starts reporting on it as evidence of the downfall of our education system, (also kids are making toilet wine again and ingesting it through all the wrong body orifices, more at 11).

    I'm too old and not cool to worry about rapid lifecycle language trends. If I pay too much attention, I might become one of those adults repeating "6-7" to show they're hip with it.

  • what users do you recognize a lot and why

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  • ☝️user tag checks out

  • Do you think every generation thinks their time growing up was the best?

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  • I'm a millennial but must be a couple years older. Cell phones were in high school and a small handful in middle school. '08 and '14 impacted my early career years.

    Larger picture than that, I am in the same field as my father. I have a "higher" level job with more responsibilities than he did at my age. I have more education. He and spouse owned a home and supported 7 kids on his salary alone. They had medical insurance that mostly covered the needs of the one kid with serious medical issues for the few years of life. I wouldn't even consider having one kid let alone seven without a partner working and bringing in around the same amount of money as me. Any major medical issue would destroy our plans. A house as large as my parents' would require moving to some small town where there are no jobs in my field.

  • How often do people typically get paid where you are? How is the overtime? (Specify location)

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  • US. Paid twice a month. My current employer payment system is fully automated, so my paycheck shows up at the same time down to the minute. I'm also paid a set salary and expected to work 40+ hours "until the work is done" so balancing my responsibilities is up to me. Lots of so-called "professional" or "white-collar" jobs are like this. Specifically, I'm an engineering manager.

    Every job I can think of has paid twice a month, even going back to minimum wage jobs I had in high school.

    I've seen signs for jobs that pay daily, they are all for entry-level jobs like for a fast food restaurant position.

  • What does this picture suggest to you ?

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  • Two posts of this from a brand new account. Yeah, nothing weird here.

  • UN climate chief: the pros of renewables are now 'impossible to ignore'

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  • Impossible to ignore, you say? Hold my beer.

    ~ US politicians

  • What is with Reddit and always showing off celebs walking thru the Critereon Closet?

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  • Seems like a question for the reddit sub in question.

  • what users do you recognize a lot and why

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  • No, they're for you as the user only.

    I mostly use them to 1) track interesting people like there's a user on here who's a Jellyfin Roku app developer. I don't remember their username, but pay attention to their comments when I see the user tag I set for them 2) people who are bad faith trolls whose usernames I won't remember but don't want to get sucked into investing time answering their questions when they'll just be racist asshats in response.

  • The AI Termination Ban: Why Chinese Courts Just Made It Illegal to Replace Workers with Robots

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  • Do Vegas casinos own a sizeable stake in online gaming? If so, it would be interesting to see what part of those increasing profits are due to us poors spending on online gaming increasing while we never set foot in Vegas.

  • Movies @lemmy.world
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    Iron Lung (2026) by Markiplier

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    Methacholine Challenge experience for asthma diagnosis

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Non-AI Slop version of the MIT "quantum highway" communication development

    news.mit.edu /2025/device-enables-direct-communication-among-multiple-quantum-processors-0321
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    Computer related pet peeves

  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of CT reducing coverage for anesthesia EDIT!!!! Policy Change Rescinded!!!

    providernews.anthem.com /connecticut/articles/anesthesia-billed-time-units-commercial-22477
  • Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    What drew you to the high seas?