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New comment by gadders in "Claude users are mad that Anthropic's new watermarks will catch them using it"

gadders — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:34:24 +0000

It's not a case of needing a crutch. It's how you value your time. "Shall I spend 30 mins grammar checking this product marketing copy, or shall I get AI to do it while I start work coding a new feature?"

New comment by gadders in "Claude users are mad that Anthropic's new watermarks will catch them using it"

gadders — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:23:57 +0000

This is a dumb idea by Claude. It's currently a binary switch and doesn't differentiate between "fix the grammar on this paragraph" and two pages of AI Slop.

There should at least be some cut off where it applies and where it doesn't.

New comment by gadders in "Thanks to social media, canned sardines are a scarcity on the supermarket shelf"

gadders — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:45:20 +0000

It's always China: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CHINA-ARGENTINA/FISHING/gkp...

New comment by gadders in "The Ultimate Horse"

gadders — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:20:25 +0000

I don't know why the article goes on so much about Secretariat. Flat races are horse races on easy mode. Steeplechases are proper horse racing

New comment by gadders in "LinkedIn CringeBot 3000"

gadders — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:40:06 +0000

I think it depends what your career is. It used to be that developers hated it because during the ZIRP era they were being spammed with badly fitting job offers from sketchy recruiters.

Now that the market has tanked, their feelings may have softened somewhat.

And some of the industry posts can be interesting.

New comment by gadders in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

gadders — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:28:11 +0000

"It was developed in the last 6 months" and "It was developed 50 years ago and millions of people around the world have used it with no ill effects" doesn't really require a degree in biochemistry to evaluate the possible risks.

New comment by gadders in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

gadders — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:46:13 +0000

I don't think they were developed in less than 6 months, and probably had more testing (and have had far more since).

New comment by gadders in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

gadders — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:28:50 +0000

Yeah. People are lumping all vaccines together in an attempt to boost the credibility of the COVID vaccine. Unfortunately what it is actually doing is ruining the credibility of all the other vaccines that have been around for years and are well understood.

New comment by gadders in "The UK's war on anonymity has come to America"

gadders — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:24:13 +0000

Where "policing by consent" means "only policing people who won't react violently when we try and prosecute them for breaking the law".

New comment by gadders in "New Zealand lost its music media, and what we're building to replace it"

gadders — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:24:30 +0000

When I went to NZ about 30 years ago, vibe-wise Auckland was like LA and Wellington was like Seattle. Not sure if that comparison still holds.

New comment by gadders in "My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”"

gadders — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:25:05 +0000

It tried to, but a relatively new watch and not an easy button combo.

New comment by gadders in "My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”"

gadders — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:26:29 +0000

I was running on a treadmill a few weeks back, and was knackered so stopped abruptly by jumping into a straddle position with my legs on the rails either side of the actual band on the treadmill. My smartwatch interpreted this as a fall and sent a red alert to my daughter.

New comment by gadders in "US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects"

gadders — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:27:50 +0000

There will always be a place for common sense - the Greeks used to call it phronesis or "practical wisdom".

You also need to distinguish between expert opinion and elite opinion. The two are not the same.

New comment by gadders in "Pareto Front"

gadders — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:06:24 +0000

I thought it was some sort of Italian activism group.

"The Pareto Front today claimed responsiblity for...."

New comment by gadders in "Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)"

gadders — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:44:28 +0000

Apart from BMI, what is the female equivalent?

New comment by gadders in "There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) [pdf]"

gadders — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:48:48 +0000

"Experts". It's more a Trump Derangement System meter at this point.

New comment by gadders in "The Shape of Things to Come"

gadders — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:44:46 +0000

I don't know about the tech implementation but "Don't be a dick to LLMs" seems like solid advice.

New comment by gadders in "Decades-old fish sauce at abandoned factory in Canada finally being removed"

gadders — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:49:16 +0000

Shoot it into space.

New comment by gadders in "Decades-old fish sauce at abandoned factory in Canada finally being removed"

gadders — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:47:35 +0000

Can you die from a umami overdose?

New comment by gadders in "Don't be a meat proxy"

gadders — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:29:20 +0000

I always tell people that if they are not adding value to the AI output, then that person isn't needed.