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I learned about a good one recently from @scriptingjapan.bsky.social. an anime character is hit with “ぬるぽ”, to see if they’re extremely online and they reflexively give the response, “ｶﾞｯ”. it’s translated as epic/fail, which has nothing to do with the original meaning, but has the same sentiment.
Translation is a delicate work that requires deep knowledge of both languages. Nuances and subtleties—two aspects of writing AIs are notoriously terrible at—can be lost or deranged if not carefully considered during the translation process.
HarperCollins Will Use AI to Translate Harlequin Romance Novels
The publisher is teaming with a company that claims its proprietary AI can ‘provide 2 to 3 times higher quality translations’ than other large language models.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I learned about a good one recently from @scriptingjapan.bsky.social. an anime character is hit with “ぬるぽ”, to see if they’re extremely online and they reflexively give the response, “ｶﾞｯ”. it’s translated as epic/fail, which has nothing to do with the original meaning, but has the same sentiment.
lower right bracket is insanely competitive this year, looking forward to some close match-ups.
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
lower right bracket is insanely competitive this year, looking forward to some close match-ups.
a hearty “lol” at everyone impacted by this.
so sorry that you got punished for using a website for nazis incorrectly.
so sorry that you got punished for using a website for nazis incorrectly.
hi, if you use twitter - REMOVE LITERALLY EVERY APP THAT FUCKS WITH THE API. everyone i know who has used oldtwitter or tweetdeck has been COMPLETELY nuked last night. that's years of artwork, private posts, interactions with friends, etc.
go to >apps and REVOKE /ANY/ third party app.
go to >apps and REVOKE /ANY/ third party app.
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
a hearty “lol” at everyone impacted by this.
so sorry that you got punished for using a website for nazis incorrectly.
so sorry that you got punished for using a website for nazis incorrectly.
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Liberal politicians if you are so disturbed just pretend Charlie Kirk was a Palestinian child and you’ll get over it in no time
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Liberal politicians if you are so disturbed just pretend Charlie Kirk was a Palestinian child and you’ll get over it in no time
if I cared what nate silver thought about anything I would die of shame
September 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
if I cared what nate silver thought about anything I would die of shame
I very sincerely respect Kat and her position on this, but just for the avoidance of any doubt: I am coming at this from the position that every ChatGPT user is the problem.
I’m not coming at this from the position that every ChatGPT user or function of the technology is the problem but that the specific intersection of the Trump administration, the people leading this industry, and all the complicit institutions are going to make our collective lives worse and worser
August 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I very sincerely respect Kat and her position on this, but just for the avoidance of any doubt: I am coming at this from the position that every ChatGPT user is the problem.
The first “amazed by chatgpt” story I remember is a person bragging about how it helped them program a “snake” game.
Ah, cool, I just cloned one of the 5,000 snake game repos on Github. It took 5 seconds, and now we both have a codebase we don’t understand and don’t need.
Ah, cool, I just cloned one of the 5,000 snake game repos on Github. It took 5 seconds, and now we both have a codebase we don’t understand and don’t need.
People think they have amazing stories about ChatGPT. And they tell them all the time. You just don’t register them as amazing if you are a normal ish adult human being because it’s mid shit like, “it told me to eat brisket!” or “it wrote twenty emails no one wants!”
I’ve never had someone in real life tell me how amazing ChatGPT has been for them with a concrete example but I’m hearing more and more stories of people’s lives being significantly disrupted by it in a bad way (ex from this morning: a friend of a friend’s dad is “dating” ChatGPT)
July 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The first “amazed by chatgpt” story I remember is a person bragging about how it helped them program a “snake” game.
Ah, cool, I just cloned one of the 5,000 snake game repos on Github. It took 5 seconds, and now we both have a codebase we don’t understand and don’t need.
Ah, cool, I just cloned one of the 5,000 snake game repos on Github. It took 5 seconds, and now we both have a codebase we don’t understand and don’t need.
every time someone replies questioning this guy’s numbers, he blocks them and then makes progressively madder subskeets about it. seems like healthy behavior.
July 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
every time someone replies questioning this guy’s numbers, he blocks them and then makes progressively madder subskeets about it. seems like healthy behavior.
there are no rhyming words in rough, bough, through, though, slough, and two “th” sounds. good luck, learners
If you ever think English isn’t a needlessly complicated language just remember that read and lead rhyme and read and lead rhyme but read and lead don't rhyme, and neither do read and lead.
July 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
there are no rhyming words in rough, bough, through, though, slough, and two “th” sounds. good luck, learners
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i think that if you are a professional political commentator you should be able to accurately describe reality
June 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
i think that if you are a professional political commentator you should be able to accurately describe reality
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Musk and Trump are like Kendrick and Drake right now except they're both Drake.
June 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Musk and Trump are like Kendrick and Drake right now except they're both Drake.
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my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content
April 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content
individual voters voting when they weren’t allowed to isn’t real. it has never changed an election outcome.
Pretending this is anything besides voter suppression is pathetic. stop being a coward and just say you hate poor people.
Pretending this is anything besides voter suppression is pathetic. stop being a coward and just say you hate poor people.
🧵 There are a lot of misleading claims out there about the SAVE Act. Let me set the record straight: I voted for the SAVE Act for the simple reason that American elections are for Americans. Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is common sense.
April 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
individual voters voting when they weren’t allowed to isn’t real. it has never changed an election outcome.
Pretending this is anything besides voter suppression is pathetic. stop being a coward and just say you hate poor people.
Pretending this is anything besides voter suppression is pathetic. stop being a coward and just say you hate poor people.
me, every day forever
I should log off. Nobody needs to read me spiralling on here, it doesn't do any good
April 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
me, every day forever
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Not since Prohibition have so many Americans wanted to commit the same crime at once
February 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Not since Prohibition have so many Americans wanted to commit the same crime at once
really enjoying the comments from people who think this is a generic complaint about gatekeeping and not a good joke.
"oh, you like that band? name three of their songs!"
buddy thats not how it works. the bands name their own songs
buddy thats not how it works. the bands name their own songs
January 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
really enjoying the comments from people who think this is a generic complaint about gatekeeping and not a good joke.
Every developer who implements a window where the options are “maybe later” or “yes” should be thrown in a gulag forever.
December 28, 2023 at 10:03 AM
Every developer who implements a window where the options are “maybe later” or “yes” should be thrown in a gulag forever.