@Faraday Totally. I feel like there’s just as many groups building AI models trained solely on academic works and scientific knowledge, but those groups aren’t getting any sort of news coverage because it’s not as controversial.
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RE: AI PBsposted in Game Gab
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RE: AI PBsposted in Game Gab
This is an example of what I am hopeful AI will eventually do, which is help push scientific discovery forward.
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RE: Celebrities We've Lost 2025posted in No Escape from Reality
the true celebrity loss in this thread is discovering @dvoraen doesn’t use dark mode to browse the forum
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RE: Real Life Struggles/Support/Ventposted in No Escape from Reality
@Gashlycrumb This situation is more clear-cut. If I trap these cats I am actively taking someone else’s pet with all the legal issues that come with it. They (apparently) sleep the night inside, they just spend all day outside. On the plus side, I don’t envision them deliberately getting into my backyard again now that one of them has had first-hand experience meeting the doggo.
Also there are gaps between our side fences that cats can easily use to escape their backyard. The neighbours know about them and don’t care.
Alas, even though it won’t formally become My Fault if god forbid something happens to a cat at the hands of my dog because she’s kept in an enclosed yard on our property, it’s definitely going to be made My Problem.
@Pavel I referenced the Inner West Council site to find my info. Out in the far west where I am there’s jack-all in the way of stuff besides “go look at legislation”. Mind you, the inner west thing basically just transposed the legislation so it still applies.
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RE: Real Life Struggles/Support/Ventposted in No Escape from Reality
@Hobbie said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
There’s a few rules you have to adhere to in NSW if you want to let your cats roam without copping fines
Individual councils also have their own special rules (because they insist they’re real forms of government) so it may be worth checking those too.
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RE: Real Life Struggles/Support/Ventposted in No Escape from Reality
@Pavel I even looked it up. There’s a few rules you have to adhere to in NSW if you want to let your cats roam without copping fines. Roaming cats MUST:
- Be registered with local council.
- Be microchipped.
- Be desexed by four months of age, or have a permit (renewed annually) allowing it.
- Wear a collar with identification when outside the property.
- Be kept away from wildlife protection areas.
I can’t comment on the first two, because who knows, but they’re probably in breach of the third (who buys these permits?!) and definitely in breach of the last two. More than once I’ve spotted the mum jumping the fence into the wildlife reserve to go chase a kangaroo or something.
@Gashlycrumb It’s put me in a pickle because it’s genuinely Not My Problem and I really shouldn’t be adding additional stress to my life. But, but, my brain won’t stop ticking this over.
I would 100% trap the lot of them except I’ve only seen the mum a few times, Minaturized Backyard Invader the once, and a third hiding in my agapanthus when I took the bins out the other day. Never buy agapanthus, they came with the house and they suck.
The other issue is, if I were to leave out traps to catch them, all the neighbour would have to do is look out the window and see them fully visible in my front yard. Even if they weren’t visible, they’re smart enough to put two-and-two together and know it was me because I got all these details about the cats through some pointed questions during the rescue of Minaturized Backyard Invader.
The best way to go forward is probably “Hey, desex your cats and keep them inside or the rangers will notice on their bi-weekly snooping sessions” next time I chat with them.
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RE: Real Life Struggles/Support/Ventposted in No Escape from Reality
@Hobbie said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
All four cats are allowed total unrestricted/unobserved free roam
This is becoming increasingly illegal/restricted out here – to the point where the animals being captured aren’t sent to shelters.
If that’s not enough encouragement for your neighbours, there are often free/discounted desexing (along with worming, etc) programs being run by the RSPCA or, if in NSW or QLD, the Animal Welfare League.
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RE: Anime recs?posted in No Escape from Reality
Mob Psycho thirded. I watched it with my son and we both looooved it, especially since Mob is more than a lil neurospicy-coded.
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RE: Real life happyposted in No Escape from Reality
@Snackness I call dibs on having a tiger-cat-thing minion.
