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LordWoolamaloo@LordWoolamaloo@mastodon.scot (2026-09-16 18:54:55)
A tree grows in Polwarth (yes, that is a wee book reference)
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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #tree #arbre
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talya (she/her) but even more queer💄🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈:jewish_anarchism:@talya@dybbuk.club (2026-09-16 18:54:19)
don't learn languages on linguardia.com.
when i saw its creator mention there's hundreds of languages on it, some of which don't have many learning resources, i already knew there's genAI involved. and while they try to obscure that information, the site is indeed ridden with genAI content. their basic concept is taking translated pairs and analyzing them for grammatical patterns, but the thing is doing something like that with just a pure set of translated pairs and no additional structure requires *a ton* of data, which linguardia doesn't have.
but it actually gets worse. it's not that they went the path many projects go of using biblical corpuses as their pair source (which introduces its own sort of bias), rather they went with Tatoeba (which is a fine-ish source but already not good enough for me to trust it for automated analysis at scale), and then added on top of that *Google Translate* as well as **their own small translation model**. in fact the majority of pairs are machine translations.
all of that's enough of a red flag to rule them out immediately. but just in case, i checked the trial lessons they offer both for Hebrew and for Czech.
even being the most generous i can in scoring when analysis is correct and when it's wrong, the error rate is almost 40%, just for grammar analysis.
but the romanisation and TTS... those are wrong more often than they are right! even for Czech, which unlike Hebrew is not written with an abjad which should make TTS easier, there were serious mistakes.
there's a reason you learn languages with fellow humans. there's a reason Duolingo got worse when they introduced AI, not better.
don't learn languages on linguardia.com.
#Languages #LanguageLearning #Linguardia #lingonardi #fuckAI #fuckGenAI #AI #GenAI #LLM #LLMs
ZZ Bottom@fonecokid@c.im (2026-09-16 18:53:57)
#Cats #catsofmastodon #StreetCats
Simba and sol wishing all a lovely Wednesday ahead.
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cheeseburgerally :neocat_rainbow:@cheeseburgerally@plasmatrap.com boosted:
@doggo@plush.city (2026-09-16 18:02:52)
:sniffa: smells like gays in there :blobcatglare:
ZZ Bottom@fonecokid@c.im (2026-09-16 18:49:53)
#Dog #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfFedi #DogsOfPixelFed #Dogstodon #PetLife #MastoDogs #FediDogs #Pet #Pets #Niki #dopic
#dogslife #Chihuahua #Nico
Good Morning!
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ляра :neocat_flag_trans:@midlyara@shitpost.poridge.club (2026-09-16 18:49:18)
@b@mk.phreedom.club
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Gombang@gombang@social.nancengka.com boosted:
@AxiosNews@flipboard.com (2026-09-16 18:30:10)
There are American weapons in space
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/16/us-space-weapons-meink-china?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Science @science-AxiosNews
Eta :Flag_Enby:@siblingsofthevoid@void.lgbt (2026-09-16 18:45:59)
Why are SUVs called that?
They are terrible both for S (Sports), because they’re heavy, slow and terrible at real off-road activities and U (Utility) because I have seen a fucking Prius fit more than any SUV. Not to mention that you don’t really need a car that can do that for the one time in 3 years you actually transport large stuff. Just get a small car and rent a bigger one OR rent a trailer.
They’re also a terrible V (Vehicle), because they make roads unsafer, slurp far too much fuel/energy and are extremely large and heavy. Yet again A prius could do this job better.
Ji'hyn :therian:@jihyn@bark.lgbt (2026-09-16 18:45:35)
Ji's posing for her first fashion piece! She's not used to it, but she seems to be a natural!
Art by the very amazing @dancrescentwolf !
#furryart
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fungus (penicillin producer)@hypha@cafe.mycelium.locahlo.st (2026-09-16 18:45:32)
hello fedi
if you are based on #karlsruhe and want to get on #hamradio but are too shy or don't know where to get started, i'd like to initiate a group learning for obtaining the licence
it's mostly for queer people but i don't have hard restrictions on who can come
HOR32@hor32@hollow.raccoon.quest (2026-09-16 18:44:09)
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Reply to @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-16 18:39:58)
@SuperDicq come to japan where you can't enter your email address because they only accept yahoo and gmail addresses
SuperDicq@SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo (2026-09-16 18:39:20)
"Type your e-mail address again to confirm:"
Ctrl + A
Ctrl + C
Tab
Ctrl + V
Reply to @Salaru@noauthority.social
Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-16 18:39:18)
@Salaru this is my theme band's playlist.
Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-16 18:38:55)
cocaine in the whitehouse
∷ccccel△♪ :asakusaSit: :sakurazaka46:@celbri@misskey.id boosted:
@sandycorzeta@misskey.id (2026-09-16 18:31:16)
The supreme Chinese electronic manufacture pipeline are being asserted into doujinshi scene right now, i guess.
The host country (JP) or Western country wouldn't even bother to supply the niche kind of this merch due not so much service/manufacturing plant in the country would provide it locally. Or maybe i'm wrong.
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Tinnitussi@Kaddastrophe@norden.social (2026-09-16 18:35:47)
#MamaNele
Alle Kitten schlafen, nur Celine nicht. Celine wacht über uns.
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cheeseburgerally :neocat_rainbow:@cheeseburgerally@plasmatrap.com boosted:
@lmg07@booping.synth.download (2026-09-16 18:32:45)
suspiciously wii u gamepad shaped device
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Reply to @sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-16 18:35:06)
@sj_zero I have a waveshare ESP32 and it's flaky as fuck, probably avoiding them in the future.
Reply to @sun@shitposter.world
sj_zero@sj_zero@social.fbxl.net (2026-09-16 18:34:29)
Yeah, I've got single USB device support compiled into the OS, but the actual hub isn't something that's working because the wiring is wrong. The actual pi zero 2 board may have something different going on, since this is a waveshare built clone.
Gombang@gombang@social.nancengka.com boosted:
@SusiArnott@mastodon.green (2026-09-16 17:49:44)
Hadn't thought of peat accumulating in the tropics! But now it's burning - #Indonesia #powerofmama #climateandnatureEmergency
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/sep/16/indonesia-fires-borneo-el-nino-women-haze
Reply to @mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world
Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-16 18:33:14)
@mangeurdenuage just hit me
leo :ms_nonbinary_flag:@lmg07@booping.synth.download (2026-09-16 18:32:45)
suspiciously wii u gamepad shaped device
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Reply to @sun@shitposter.world
mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignutius: :descartes: :stargate: @mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world (2026-09-16 18:32:04)
@sun Did you feel empty before or after she left ?
Reply to @lebronjames75@shitposter.world
Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-16 18:31:21)
@lebronjames75 mentioned this before, it's just a tactic to get AI regulated, with a regulatory ceiling only the top two players can afford and excluding all open source models.
Gombang@gombang@social.nancengka.com (2026-09-16 18:31:19)
Wah Firefox sekarang sudah punya VPN terintegrasi.
Sandy Corzeta@sandycorzeta@misskey.id (2026-09-16 18:31:16)
The supreme Chinese electronic manufacture pipeline are being asserted into doujinshi scene right now, i guess.
The host country (JP) or Western country wouldn't even bother to supply the niche kind of this merch due not so much service/manufacturing plant in the country would provide it locally. Or maybe i'm wrong.
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Axios@AxiosNews@flipboard.com (2026-09-16 18:30:10)
There are American weapons in space
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/16/us-space-weapons-meink-china?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Science @science-AxiosNews
Reply to @poes@sok.egois.org
Gombang@gombang@social.nancengka.com (2026-09-16 18:30:03)
@poes @nawanp Lebih enak ngetiknya :p
(ini memang harus dicoba langsung sih).
Reply to @mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world
Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-16 18:29:56)
@mangeurdenuage she'll be back tomorrow.
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