u/Alternative-Farmer98

Google books and crostini?

It seems that consensus opinion from people that are discussing it is that the new Google books will not support this. I haven't seen anything official about it but I noticed a common critique of the new Google books -- besides the obnoxious endless obsession with AI -- is that it won't support Linux apps.

This would be a bummer.

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Is it possible to find content about soundcore products that isn't sponsored?

I'm a big fan I must have a half dozen of their products and I like most of them.

But sometimes I will search and search and search and look for 20 videos trying to find a single video about one of their products that is not either sponsored or someone directly a part of their affiliate program that signed a contract with them.

Is it just over for us to find anyone on YouTube that's just going to cover it objectively?

I'm not blaming the creators and they got to earn a living and I wouldn't turn it down if I were them. But I'm not a creator I'm a consumer and I cannot take anyone's a word for it.

Even the ones that try to be as fair and objective as possible in spite of the sponsorship are going to be influenced by subconscious bias.

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 — 2 days ago

Limitations of the Android app: questions about homepage customization and search.

I tried to find answers for this query but unfortunately most of them seem to be related to the desktop solution.

Anyway I was just using the DuckDuckGo app on Android. Usually I just use it as the default search on Firefox but I was experimenting.

I can't find any way to change the homepage?

My only option is to use the Google search as the homepage. It doesn't even default to the duck duck go URL. I also don't see any way to change the default search from Google.

Just find a kind of odd since one of the main reasons I would use duck duck go over other alternatives is because I'm trying to get away from Google.

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 — 3 days ago

I hope people realize when they use AI to write comments by jackie and shadow that it's terrible for the natural environment

People have their own agency so it's up to them if they want to use AI to make comments I guess but it seems to be a little bit contradictory or fans of the natural world that want to preserve the natural environment.

I have noticed an unsettling trend of people using obvious AI to make tribute comments about the birds or that sandy.

But I think it's worth pointing out that whatever you think about the ethics of AI in terms of plagiarizing other people's work, if you care about the environment and the natural resources that Jackie and Shadow need to survive, using AI to write tributes to the birds or to Sandy or the Big Bear, is terrible for the environment. The amount of water used by asking AI to write 200 words in tribute is considerable. And it's not good writing either it's always so cheesy.

"These birds don't represent a, they represent b -- they don't represent x, but y and z."

There's also a lot of videos that are clearly using AI to make highlight videos. You can tell because they usually have incredibly wrong and hyperbolic thumbnails that are not reflected by what you see on the video.

Terrible for the environment and frankly it's really inauthentic. I hope we continue to support the channels like raptor stories and lady hawk and the like that actually use human beings to make their content to aggregate highlights.

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 — 8 days ago

Which characters that only lasted a few seasons were the most quotable?

Obviously if we were ranking memorable quotes by volume it would be Tony or Paulie, sil or someone who was there all seven seasons.

But I'm thinking about who had the highest concentration of memorable quotes. Limiting it to characters that had less time to make a mark on the show.

Like I would wager it's between Phil and Livia? Phil lasted season 5 through 7 and he must have like four or five of the most quoted statements in the entire show.

20 years in the can, is almost as commonly quoted as varsity athlete these days.

And of course livia. Almost everything that came out of her mouth could be a meme, work quickly rememberable or identifiable quote.

Edit:

I tried to find a few sources that already listed the best quotes but I only share them grudgingly because I don't agree with a lot of the rankings. And I imagine the newer ones are probably made with AI. I included some links to the web forum which does have legitimate enthusiast fans giving their favorite quotes. It's sad we have to actively pursue older dated materials just to avoid ai slob

https://parade.com/tv/sopranos-quotes

https://thechaselounge.net/viewtopic.php?t=1404

https://943thepoint.com/the-sopranos-quotes/

u/Alternative-Farmer98 — 12 days ago

I'm seeing an alarming amount of preemptive cope so if we do lose in game 7 we can blame anybody besides the Boston Celtics

Its especially concerning because this is a pattern that predates the CBA's involvement, predates Tatum's injury. If we squander the series it'll be three out of the last four seasons of the same thing: being hugely favored over an underdog and then losing three games in a row to them to squander a series. (Obviously with the Knicks and the heat the three games they lost in a row were to start the series but ended up being decisive).

  1. It's actually the CBA's fault. We had to give up our super team

The Celtics knew the rules of the CBA as they were building that team. They still managed to build a viable roster. They were still 10 to 1 favorites over the 76ers to start the series. If we lose to OKC in the finals in game 6 or something and you want to blame it on the CBA fine but it's not an excuse for losing to an inferior opponent.

That is bad performance that is, bad playing and bad coaching.

  1. It's a gap year anyway so it's really no big deal

Absolute nonsense. They finished with the number two seed they were huge favorites to the point where most people thought we would sweep Philadelphia. If you want to say it's a gap year to justify losing in the conference finals in game seven fine but to justify squandering a 3-1 series lead to a team that you're heavily favored over, it makes no real sense.

  1. it wouldn't matter anyways The Knicks and the Spurs are an OKC are so much better.

This is an okay excuse if we lose to one of those teams. It's not an excuse to lose to Philadelphia.

  1. 76ers aren't a real seven seed

They played half a series without their best player. They've been tormented by the Celtics for decades. None of their fans thought they had any chance of winning the series even their most optimistic fans. And they were down three games to one.

  1. just bench Tatum It's a pointless postseason anyways

It seems some of our fans just love to have a built-in excuse so we can blame this on the Tatum injury somehow.

Tatum is playing well, he's cleared to play medically, the people saying he should be benched have never seen him in a clinical setting and are not doctors .

This is the team that was built by the executive of the year. Everyone that's cleared to play should play.

Sparing this team this embarrassment is crucial and at this point jobs are on the line. If they lose this game it's a turning point for this franchise they will make radical changes.

If we want this version of Celtics to continue Tatum has to play and they have to win tonight.

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 — 22 days ago