[–] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Coincidence? lol!

Your logic is quite unfollowable.

Zoom books https://zoombooks.ca/ is exactly what they say it is.

So a large and legitimate book seller that emphasizes empowering readers is ignored as suspicion by you all? Why not first do your research?

Then someone purchases books from you all and you complain on Lemmy without first doing any research? You half dox them and also consider sending them fake books.

Your post and this comment seem to imply Religious Studies as a field doesn’t exist, people cannot be interested in reading about religion, and other book sellers cannot exist.

What nonsense!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I know this is a shitpost but I would like to share two examples that shocked me about how bad AI use is.

    One, at a young scholars conference everyone was glued to their computers. When panelists gave their talks then got asked questions I watched them all put the questions into AI before answering. What even is the point of talking if you cannot answer about your own research! AI definitely cannot answer for me, it’s insane.

    Two, as I was leaving Japan this week I watched a woman in front of me ask gemini how Japanese people can afford to live and why they shop so much, lol. I just thought, you can literally ask any person you have a brief connection with. But rather than learn something in Japan you ask AI? As her husband comes over she then tells him all about what AI said. They seemed to be about 30.

    TLDR: I read over peoples’ shoulders 20-30 years ago olds use AI in very disturbing ways, choosing to regurgitate rather than learn.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    Sorry, I meant since you are asking who would be interested in the material if said material was nearby what I am looking at. For instance is it southern? If not then that’s a no.

    Ah I got you. Such a shame no one wants the photos and diaries… those are seriously cool to have.

    Also, I would like to say genealogy is super cool. I got into it by doing a two week ancestry trial and finding details is addicting. If you hate the idea of research or archival work then that deals the deal though.

    Good luck pal

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  • [–] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    The version of Baike you are sharing is AI slop.

    Edit Baidu Baike is Baidu’s own version of Wikipedia. They have the human written version and then the AI slop version. What you have shared is the latter.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 day ago* (4 children)

    That addressed you leaked is quite a nice area and nearby a big name university. I personally think you are jumping the gun. You should search their name in the William and Mary directory.

    Also a real human would never purchase older religious works? What nonsense is this opinion?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

    Why would you not keep and value you for yourself and your future family? You can start a genealogy collection.

    Can I ask for what state and city? Curious if there would be overlap with my genealogy work.

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    America

    • Good pay
    • Bigger Houses
    • Free internet
    • Not an ethnostate
    • Nice/open people
    • Nice Nature
    • Public Respect (somewhat)
    • While the chances are low, shootings and police/ICE violence is not 0%
    • Universities, really good if not best (as an academic)

    China

    • Clean, Major cities are clean but more polluted and trashed than other two
    • Ethnostate, forever an outsider
    • Increasingly difficult internet.
    • Nice/open people
    • Safe Society
    • Universities, pretty mid to bad at best unless its top

    Japan

    • Cleanest
    • Ethnostate, forever an outsider, but not being stared at or random photos like in China
    • Free internet
    • Nice Nature
    • Public Trust
    • Public Respect
    • Safe Society
    • Universities, pretty mid to bad at best unless its top three

    I feel forever trapped between these three countries with family, languages, culture, and religion. Very lost on which to pursue for my career. A recent trip to China has made me very much feel not China. I cannot stand the staring, photo taking making me feel like I'm a zoo animal, even more so for my child. But it is nice and pay can be decent. I also really like Chinese people and culture.

    America has a lot of good, but I'm so sick of having to be stressed about its politics and the culture of violence. I do love the nature, individual freedom, and academic (tho the recent not being able to comment on Israel has been insane).

    Japan is great on the surface but subtle racism, bad pay, and trump-copy cat prime minister is concerning. Committing to China or especially Japan over the US is fucking my family financially if we want to visit family in the other two countries.

    Side note, I love being fluid between three cultures but not having a stable home in one place is somewhat exhausting.

    Another random thought is America is actually so comfortable compared to China or Japan when it comes to being yourself.

    Edit: why is everyone being pedantic or getting upset over one word rather than just answer lmao

    Edit 1: I asked deepseek, just for fun, and it said Japan, Singapore, or Taiwan then it censored itself lmao

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