u/PhilosopherHermit

Say you were shopping for a Tarot book either as a beginner or as a well-read Tarot practitioner... what categories of information are appealing to you? Also imagine you're not necessarily looking for a text that unpacked every card specifically. I'm thinking of categories like origins (history), archetypal information (Jungian and beyond), connections to things like Western esotericism, occultism, etc.

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

I'm currently writing some texts for Amazon KDP and want to make sure that my approach is intellectually honest and ethical. I use AI as a research assistant, not as a tool for generating my actual text. However, I will utilize Apple's Writing Tools feature to refine the text I do produce.

Do you think that the new "watermark" feature that Claude has announced (and it sounds like many others are onboard with the EU, including OpenAI, Google, etc.) will bleed over into tools that are more about refining original text versus pure AI output?

I don't want to put some work together that at some point could be flagged as AI. I want to stay clearly in the "AI assisted" realm and stay clear of the "AI generated" realm.

Ok, so there's a new watermark on text that supposedly survives copy & paste, and editing? Not that I'm trying to pass any writing off as non-AI generated, but couldn't you literally just retype the exact text on a word processor? Or am I not understanding this correctly?

For context, I am on PSLF with only about 2 1/2 more years to go until forgiveness. For whatever reason my payment was $0 for a number of years but everything counted towards PSLF as monthly payments (I've checked). But, this month all of the sudden I have a payment amount well above zero, but without any changes to my income or my spouses income (we've both been at the same job, making roughly the same amount for nearly ten years). I imagine the payment amount has something to do with recent legislative changes. But, it's been weird: a few months ago I received a notice that my payments would be due in August for over $700, but August arrived and my payment for whatever reason is about $330. I'm considering filing separately if that could potentially bring down the payment as I'm just a poor librarian with a meager salary!

Are any librarians here worried about job replacement with AI in the near future? As a reference librarian I struggle to find any aspect of my job that AI can't replace besides the whole "human element" thing, which I predict will become less and less important to younger generations as time goes on. Yes, AI can't run an in-person program, but if AI can perform all the reference work I do will I be worth it financially to keep on just for programming? Circulation staff, shelvers, customer service... those seem somewhat more safe. It also seems like businesses and government entities inevitable choose the most cost effective route, and that is AI. I just want to keep my position until I can retire in 2048! Chances feel slim. Maybe it's just me.

I'm jumping in the Amazon KDP game. I have very modest hopes here (as in, I'm not looking to make a living here). I think I have identified a possible underrepresented niche that I'm hoping to take advantage of using my education and background. All I'll say is that my content will be non-fiction, non-technical, and a mixture of history/guidebooks.

Have any of you with experience identified any particular best practices that might be useful to a newbie? I'd really appreciate any feedback.

Edit: I'm not looking to "game" the system. I'm not defining success as a dollar amount. $75 a month would be amazing. I'm looking at it more as a hobby to explore my interests and share my thoughts.

I have multiple projects available but that hasn't been the case for weeks, perhaps longer. Is it a fluke?

For context, I'm on DA and doing fine. So, there's no resentment for DA here. However, I occasionally visit this sub and every time I do I see a bunch of cocksure dicks responding to valid, sincere questions with condescending and way over confident responses, as if anyone asking a question (especially about DoD's, etc.) is somehow delusional or in denial of some basic, clear fact.

You're not hot shit because you're on the platform. You're a fucking troll. You're not as intelligent as you think you are. You're just a cog in an army of assholes.

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I'm in the process of choosing which translation to read after the Miller trans. I'm curious about the Inwood edition because as an undergrad my professor used a lot of Inwood texts, so he must have been a trusted expert and editor, at least for him. Plus, I've heard it's more of a revision of the Miller text, which will forever be stuck in my head!

I'm a librarian putting together an information literacy training resource for my library system and I'm looking for any suggestions on books or resources I can refer to. I'm including digital and media literacy as well. Any suggestions or ideas would be much appreciated!

Also, does your system offer any information literacy training? If so, what does that look like?

Thanks all!

I'm currently a generalist and the current drought is killer. I'm considering actually taking the time to learn enough coding to take on coding projects (6-9 months of study), but I'm wondering if that is a worthwhile investment. Any thoughts?

I'm a generalist in the US, not bilingual. I started not too long ago and had some recurring tasks that were sometimes difficult to catch in time, but now it's been days or weeks where I haven't seen any tasks at all. I still have a dashboard with tasks and a couple of qualifications, but the tasks are non-paid reminder type of things. How do I gauge if I did something wrong or if this is just representative of a lot of generalists?

I've been through maybe 4 therapists in the past ten years. I'm not anti-therapy, but I have a really bad taste in my mouth from my experiences there. I feel like after the small talk wraps up I open up and get a series of platitudes tossed my way before it's time to leave. I answer a few questions, get the typical therapy-speak validations, and that's really the sum of it. I've never once had a therapist that said anything compelling to me more than once or twice. I'm not sure I even want to go back to therapy, but I know I have issues I can't process on my own. I feel a bit hopeless. I'm not blaming the therapists per se, I just don't feel like I can connect with them in a meaningful way because the whole experience is just so mundane, banal, and predictable.

This is a bit of a Hail Mary, I know, but can any librarians or library staff make any suggestions for side gigs or opportunities for flexible, online work for someone with a reference librarian's background? My income is coming up a bit short and I'm looking to establish some moderate secondary income by August. I would be grateful for any insights, suggestions, etc. Feel free to DM me.

Is it okay to switch between WiFi and cellular networks? I know VPN's are a no no.

I started a new project and believed I received an unrateable prompt that was neither a request nor a question, just a bit of information without context (think a string of semi-random letters and numbers) so I decided to flag it as unrateable because I didn't have any way to rate it. But, after I submitted it I was just redirected out of the project. I'm assuming I was wrong. But, even the responses to the prompt were obviously confused by the prompt. Interesting! You win some, you lose some, I guess.

Has anyone ever experienced a set of responses that contained too much info to verify? Did you leave a note to explain? The very first task I had in a fact checking qualification had over 40 unique factual claims to verify. Because it was the first exercise I went through the instructions first, and when I started pushing through the factual claims I realized there was no way I could finish it. So, I left a note trying to explain that. Should I continue with the rest of the qualification?

Temple name, ritual details, secrets, realizations, you name it.