PenPaladin

[cugzarui]

as a chemist i would like to say BWAHAHAHAHAHA

[alexseanchai]

image description at explainXKCD:

explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.

[flareonfloof]

its a bit easier for astronomers

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

NO! Where’s the non-metals and metaloids?!

[flareonfloof]

are they hydrogen or helium

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

oxygen, carbon, sulfur, xenon, iodine, neon, etc etc.

[flareonfloof]

ooo okay i see the confusion. you're listing off a bunch of metals there

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

…. You’re breaking my chemistry nerd brain. Hhhuuuhhhh???

[flareonfloof]

im an astrophysicist

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

but but, science is science?!

[flareonfloof]

and different fields of science have different conventions and definitions for their unique contexts

[katzeregi]

[penpaladinjules]

I feel so smart when I get the XKCD comic

[penpaladinjules]

She longs for my beef jerky

[theartofmadeline]

happy pride to the gay people in my computer <3

[penpaladinjules]

I propose we come up with new names for constellations. Keep the old names too, people can still call them Big Dipper and Cassiopeia and whatever. This is mostly because I want to rename Canis Major as “Laika.”

[sztupy]

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou

[ayeforscotland]

Let’s fucking go

[made-in-manetheren]

This is HUGE.

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.

[penpaladinjules]

LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO

[moldspace]

curly creature

[dancingspirals]

@penpaladinjules

[carys-the-ninth]

"The magic system is never fully explained" yeah that's how life works. Imagine having a story set in modern day America and the characters have several pages of exposition on combustion engines and telecommunication networks before we get to the plot

[et-in-arkadia]

i think this is absolutely correct and good writing advice but also victor hugo would like to have a word with you about the parisian sewer system circa 1832

[bendingsignpost]

victor hugo would like to have many words with you about the parisian sewer system circa 1831

[penpaladinjules]

Also!! Most of us have only a vague idea of how the stuff around us works. Could you explain how a TV works? The Internet? DNA? Tylenol? Why there are songs without lyrics that “sound sad”? We still can’t make a printer that “just works,” you don’t have to explain your magic.

[penpaladinjules]

Hello. I want to own like, 10 angora rabbits. I own one, currently. This is Todd. Todd’s preferred things to chew on are my chair, the dog, and Carl Sagan’s “Contact.” This boy is so stinkin cute.

[cleaverqueer]

petition to change LGBT to DFTQ (Dykes Faggots Trannies and Queers, naturally)

[cleaverqueer]

AMENDED

[cleaverqueer]

happy pride everyone

[penpaladinjules]

I want it to be Queers, Unicorns, Intersex, Lesbians, Trans, Bisexual, Asexual, and Gay.

QUILTBAG

[captain-price-returns]

A real page on the White House website

[free-and-to-none-accountable]

The American century of humiliation is goin great 👍

[virtualgirladvance]

every time I think of putting political commentary in my art america just pumps out a new all time low shot and i have to wonder if ill ever keep up

[penpaladinjules]

I think what bothers me most about that kind of posting is that it won’t just let the facts speak for themselves. It’s always full of unnecessary venom, so it feels fragile and absurd.

[scorchroots]

I've never loved anyone as much as I love Ursula Le Guin

[penpaladinjules]

Ok, valid, but have you ever read something involving a topic you know super well, and it slowly dawns on you the author knows jack shit about it? The improbable things I have read about livestock, oh my stars and garters.

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

Ugh, it was in mine. It's off now.

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

IT GETS WORSE

I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

LOBOTOMIZE YOUR MACHINES

[marougus-the-dragon]

AI is a freacking plague, I share this for any windows user.

[penpaladinjules]

WELL, guess I’m finally going to learn Linux

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[penpaladinjules]

Hrrrnnnn why hasn’t the author updated that one fic, I am dying to know what happens! … Right, because it’s my own story and I haven’t written anything more.

[horsefigureoftheday]

At my pony riding school, when I was a kid, we had a retired pony named Moses who was 37 years old and would just wander around however he pleased. Sometimes he walked into lessons and just followed us around, doing voltes and diagonals. This is the only photo I have of him

(he had trouble keeping on weight, hence the crazy amount of carrots and mash with his lunch)

Props to that riding school for keeping their retirees and not just selling them or putting them down when they stopped being useful. More horse owners need to do that.

[penpaladinjules]

Love elderly horses getting to just live their retired life.

[penpaladinjules]

When the BDSM Group Chat Goes Awry

Cussing and cussing in the widening gyre

The bitch cannot hear the bitchener;

Metaphors fall apart; the collar cannot hold …

[shimamitsu]

some of my favorite replies to this tweet. happy lesbian visibility week!

[wholesomepostarchive]

4/27/2024

[penpaladinjules]

Exhausted queer elder (47) reporting for duty