CoconutTank
@coconuttank.bsky.social
That one dude that never plays Advance Wars.
He/him.
http://www.twitch.tv/CoconutTank
https://sfba.social/@CoconutTank
Switch FC: SW-5275-9043-2043
He/him.
http://www.twitch.tv/CoconutTank
https://sfba.social/@CoconutTank
Switch FC: SW-5275-9043-2043
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Montreal! My friends opened a restaurant! It’s a Mediterranean snack bar inspired by the Armenian diaspora right in the Mile End. Give them a follow on the Instagrams and come by!
They are soft launching for the next two weeks & testing out menu items! Be the first to try stuff out!
🖤🇦🇲🖤
They are soft launching for the next two weeks & testing out menu items! Be the first to try stuff out!
🖤🇦🇲🖤
my friends, if you’re still using instagram i’d appreciate if you gave dinettebardez a follow. thank u www.instagram.com/dinettebarde...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Montreal! My friends opened a restaurant! It’s a Mediterranean snack bar inspired by the Armenian diaspora right in the Mile End. Give them a follow on the Instagrams and come by!
They are soft launching for the next two weeks & testing out menu items! Be the first to try stuff out!
🖤🇦🇲🖤
They are soft launching for the next two weeks & testing out menu items! Be the first to try stuff out!
🖤🇦🇲🖤
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Having worked on MMOs for much of my career — all of which by nature have heavily online and engaged fanbases — one of the biggest problems your design and community teams have to deal with is charismatic idiots.
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Having worked on MMOs for much of my career — all of which by nature have heavily online and engaged fanbases — one of the biggest problems your design and community teams have to deal with is charismatic idiots.
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selling this thing as an AI kitchen assistant
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
selling this thing as an AI kitchen assistant
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this is hilarious and miserable. just so tech bros can have their dystopia moment, students have to lose all accessibility provided by remote technology and we the professors lose the flexibility and convenience. but progress, amirite?!
For the moment, there is no alternative.
AI is accelerating a tech backlash in American classrooms
Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback
economist.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
this is hilarious and miserable. just so tech bros can have their dystopia moment, students have to lose all accessibility provided by remote technology and we the professors lose the flexibility and convenience. but progress, amirite?!
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i love when characters are like "it's like a [specific unique thing to this fantasy world] getting [specific circumstance unique to this world]" as a terrible way to exposit something about the world while looking at the camera, eyebrow raised, like "cool worldbuilding, right?"
(no i dont)
(no i dont)
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
i love when characters are like "it's like a [specific unique thing to this fantasy world] getting [specific circumstance unique to this world]" as a terrible way to exposit something about the world while looking at the camera, eyebrow raised, like "cool worldbuilding, right?"
(no i dont)
(no i dont)
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When onboarding people into a specialized trade, it is hammered into you from the jump that you should minimize jargon in order to make the learning process smoother. This also applies to world building, and you should always act accordingly. There will be PLENTY of time to get them buried in vocab.
i love when characters are like "it's like a [specific unique thing to this fantasy world] getting [specific circumstance unique to this world]" as a terrible way to exposit something about the world while looking at the camera, eyebrow raised, like "cool worldbuilding, right?"
(no i dont)
(no i dont)
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 AM
When onboarding people into a specialized trade, it is hammered into you from the jump that you should minimize jargon in order to make the learning process smoother. This also applies to world building, and you should always act accordingly. There will be PLENTY of time to get them buried in vocab.
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Harada basically said the same thing last time I talked to him
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Harada basically said the same thing last time I talked to him
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Q+D, graphic design is my passion, etc etc
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Q+D, graphic design is my passion, etc etc
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One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
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My even more unpopular opinion is unless you have personally experienced the thing, you should probably refrain from having an opinion on it.
We need to return to shaming people for parroting YouTube/TikTok with stuff like "When I want your opinion, I'll just find the YouTuber who gave it to you."
We need to return to shaming people for parroting YouTube/TikTok with stuff like "When I want your opinion, I'll just find the YouTuber who gave it to you."
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
My even more unpopular opinion is unless you have personally experienced the thing, you should probably refrain from having an opinion on it.
We need to return to shaming people for parroting YouTube/TikTok with stuff like "When I want your opinion, I'll just find the YouTuber who gave it to you."
We need to return to shaming people for parroting YouTube/TikTok with stuff like "When I want your opinion, I'll just find the YouTuber who gave it to you."
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Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
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This is why I think destiny bringing in YouTubers and streamers hurt it. Remember when I wrote "this will hurt destiny" and a very popular destiny streamer was like "no it won't" and I got a bunch of shit but I ended up being right and he was wrong?
Wanna know why?
Wanna know why?
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This is why I think destiny bringing in YouTubers and streamers hurt it. Remember when I wrote "this will hurt destiny" and a very popular destiny streamer was like "no it won't" and I got a bunch of shit but I ended up being right and he was wrong?
Wanna know why?
Wanna know why?
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Air Riders
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Air Riders
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed that people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to a legal filing that was released on Friday.
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed that people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to a legal filing that was released on Friday.
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Hey folks:
Fellow Workers!
Every time something sucks.
Every time something is awful.
Every time something kills or harms people without apparent reason, the reason is this:
Profit.
That's what drives capitalism.
Profit.
Someone is making money.
That's it.
That's the whole thing.
Profit.
Fellow Workers!
Every time something sucks.
Every time something is awful.
Every time something kills or harms people without apparent reason, the reason is this:
Profit.
That's what drives capitalism.
Profit.
Someone is making money.
That's it.
That's the whole thing.
Profit.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed that people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to a legal filing that was released on Friday.
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hey folks:
Fellow Workers!
Every time something sucks.
Every time something is awful.
Every time something kills or harms people without apparent reason, the reason is this:
Profit.
That's what drives capitalism.
Profit.
Someone is making money.
That's it.
That's the whole thing.
Profit.
Fellow Workers!
Every time something sucks.
Every time something is awful.
Every time something kills or harms people without apparent reason, the reason is this:
Profit.
That's what drives capitalism.
Profit.
Someone is making money.
That's it.
That's the whole thing.
Profit.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
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COMMISSIONS OPEN!! :o)
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
COMMISSIONS OPEN!! :o)
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a cover of pikmin on the gamecube
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
a cover of pikmin on the gamecube
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Hey all, I'm still on sick leave from work and rent is almost due again. If anyone can spare anything I'd much appreciate it paypal.me/finryan87
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November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hey all, I'm still on sick leave from work and rent is almost due again. If anyone can spare anything I'd much appreciate it paypal.me/finryan87
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In a bit of an art block lately so here's my Baka Wagon
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In a bit of an art block lately so here's my Baka Wagon
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Every day there's a headline like "President's fire safety officer says we're going to set everything on fire and if you think that's bad you're woke"
Unreal: "The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing 'forever chemicals' as an active ingredient... The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Every day there's a headline like "President's fire safety officer says we're going to set everything on fire and if you think that's bad you're woke"