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SnerkRabbledauber

@SnerkRabbledauber@mas.to

Torpid. Non-fungible. Corporeal.

Author of the Tales of the Incorrigible series: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09G6V18JK?ref_=dbs_p_pwh_rwt_anx_a_lnk&storeType=ebooks

Boosting is not necessarily an endorsement. I usually boost any book promo I see to help out fellow authors.

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lowqualityfacts , to random
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I've heard rumors that he has gills.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

SnerkRabbledauber ,
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@lowqualityfacts

He is also very bad at comedy.

stina_marie , to horror group
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We watched THE INNOCENTS (2021) last night and while I thought it was a solid horror film, I am somewhat bewildered at the 97% on RT. I'd give it a 90% - it was a unique premise, certainly full of horror, and the kids were great in it. But it wasn't a near masterpiece.

(Note that the horror contains some truly appalling animal death, so don't watch it if that's going to traumatize you.)

@horror

SnerkRabbledauber ,
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@stina_marie @horror

Quibbling over 7%? You certainly get into the weeds, don't you?

RosePuckey , to random
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I had a message yesterday from a friend who rescued 26 battery hens. They live in her barn most of the time but are allowed to go where they want.

The message read 'The girls are laying again, how many eggs do you want?

The girls lay an egg most days and are swapped for feed money.

So I'll be picking up a couple of dozen later. Back to baking, omelette and fritatta.

SnerkRabbledauber ,
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@NormanDunbar @TCMuffin @MaJ1 @RosePuckey @PaulNickson @weirdfolks

What if you want A flat major?

SnerkRabbledauber ,
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@RosePuckey @NormanDunbar @TCMuffin @MaJ1 @PaulNickson @weirdfolks

I suppose that works. Or you can drop the piano on an airbase.

SnerkRabbledauber ,
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@TCMuffin @NormanDunbar @MaJ1 @RosePuckey @PaulNickson @weirdfolks

Well I have time for it since I got fired from the orange juice factory. I just couldn't concentrate.

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@TCMuffin @NormanDunbar @MaJ1 @RosePuckey @PaulNickson @weirdfolks

Ouch. I cede the field.

SnerkRabbledauber , to random
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I'm not having any luck finding a pleroma instance that one can actually join. Any ideas?

ninokadic , to AcademicChatter group
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I'm starting to rethink my commitment to being detached from philosophical views, treating them as things to entertain and play with without paying heed to them being mine, now that AI is so prevalent. Maybe we should be attached and value individuals and their original ideas because they're a form of creative and personal expression.

(Also, can you tell that I've been thinking about the ethics of AI a lot recently? 😄)

@academicchatter

SnerkRabbledauber ,
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@wakame @CatherineFlick @ninokadic @academicchatter

It should only be an emotional injury to writers that seek to produce works "by the numbers". Those that mimic the current trends and produce what amount to knock-offs of hundreds of other works in the same genre.

In short, some 90% of writers.

kenthompson , to bookstodon group
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, anyone? Perfect example from publishing. A publisher is using AI to write crappy nonfiction, then assigning author names that almost match leading experts in that field (to trick search engines). No doubt other AIs will now search those texts as authoritative. This is done solely to make money and only makes the world a worse place.
@bookstodon @pluralistic

https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/book-club/

SnerkRabbledauber ,
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@hexbatch @OhOkKay @kenthompson @bookstodon @pluralistic

I'm all set, then.

lowqualityfacts , to random
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Got called a fascist by a Biden supporter for..... saying I support Biden?

Lesson of the day: Sometimes you just need to take a deep breath, put your phone down, and remind yourself that you simply cannot win on social media.

Me: That is exactly the problem I am trying to point out here though. It has become impossible to make the smallest criticism about one party without people instantly accusing you of supporting the opposing party. I support Biden, I am going to vote with Biden, and I think it is very problematic when people become afraid to criticize parts of a thing that they generally support. Someone replying to my above comment: Okay fascist, get the fuck off my timeline
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    SnerkRabbledauber ,
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    @lowqualityfacts

    What gets me is someone telling me to get off their timeline. This is the fediverse. You want me off your timeline YOU have that control. Nothing I can do about it.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    "When I hear them say Joe Biden is too old, I can hear them really saying they want a world where America has abandoned international leadership and the rule of law to accelerate strongman rule with Donald Trump as the all-powerful boss deciding our fate."

    ~ Steven Beschloss

    S. Beschloss is hearing correctly. This is exactly what the media mavens, the New York Times and the corporate elites that pull media strings, are saying.

    #Biden #Trump #age #NATO #Putin #Russia

    https://america.substack.com/p/nato-bidens-age-and-the-world-we

    SnerkRabbledauber ,
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    @wdlindsy

    It's not fanaticism to choose the lesser of two evils. Especially when the difference in evil levels is so danged high!

    Our stupid two-party system has brought us to this. We need ranked choice voting!

    kimlockhartga , to bookstodon group
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    @bookstodon What's your favorite book title, whether you've read it or not?

    Mine is EVERYONE ON THE MOON IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL, by Julian K. Jarboe, which I have not yet read, followed closely by THEY DON'T MAKE PLUS SIZE SPACESUITS, by Ali Thompson, which I have read.

    SnerkRabbledauber ,
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    @kimlockhartga @bookstodon

    I haven't read it yet but I picked it up based on title alone:

    International Best-Selling Author Joe Vallen, by Joe Vallen

    petersuber , to AcademicChatter group
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    "Following the controlled demolition of Al-Israa University, Israeli army footage of which was widely shared on social media, every single higher education institution in is believed to have either been destroyed or severely damaged since the invasion began."
    https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academia-gaza-has-been-destroyed-israeli-educide
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    @academicchatter

    SnerkRabbledauber ,
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    @Piousunyn @petersuber @academicchatter

    Anti Semantic?

    lowqualityfacts , to random
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    It has always been my dream to create a page-a-day desk calendar for Low Quality Facts. Because who wouldn't want to start off their day with one of these bad boys? It just seems like a perfect fit. The only problem is that I, a humble fact writer, have no idea how to make a calendar.

    Please boost so some publishing company bigwig sees this and helps make the 2025 Low Quality Facts calendar a reality.

    Every hourglass contains one edible grain of sand.
    Although they are often depicted as teenagers, Romeo and Juliet were 88 years old in Shakespeare's play.
    In 1929 it was discovered that ducks only quack when they are sad, which led to the Great Depression.

    SnerkRabbledauber ,
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    @lowqualityfacts

    These are some top-notch low-quality!

    enron , to random
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    Folks remembering today - remember that he was moving publicly-funded research out from behind a paywall.

    Then remember the only reason the case went forward is because federal prosecutors, specifically Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Heymann, wanted to make an example of him.

    “Theft is theft, and it doesn’t matter if you use a crowbar or a computer” were Heymann’s words at the time.

    Notice how federal prosecutors aren’t bullying Sam Altman for the wholesale theft of content network-wide, to build a machine that spews bullshit and further destroys our ability to determine the truth?

    It’s because he’s doing it for private profit, while Aaron worked for the public good.

    Never let yourself be tricked into believing the legal system is a justice system.

    SnerkRabbledauber ,
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    @TheSecondVariation @appassionato @enron @bookstodon

    Now suppose that you work hard to write a novel. Really pour your heart and soul into it. Then someone makes a copy and starts selling it with their name on it.

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    @clacke @TheSecondVariation @enron @appassionato

    And plagiarism is how theft in idea space works. If you copy something, the copy is still there. It is still available. But when someone reads your copy they no longer need to read the original. So if you charge them to read it, then you have, in a sense, stolen potential income from the original author. It would be a similar model for infringing on patents.

    So that is how theft in idea space works.

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    @clacke @jakimfett @TheSecondVariation @enron @7666 @appassionato @f4grx

    It still takes people to make a blockbuster movie. Currently, at least, it is still many people's creation.

    For me, once it is a blockbuster then I consider all the profits just going to marketers, etc. So I don't get upset if people get free copies.

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