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  • untorquer@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzArts & STEM
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    My first statement was sarcasm. If you learned to write in university you would learn to write in an academic style. Since most people write more in university than the rest of their career there’s simply more writing with that style available. Since that’s all available through journals or more insidious sources it’s likely training fodder for AIs. Therefore someone’s writing being misinterpreted for AI likely just means they’ve used some academic style. I only commented on it because you brought it up in your first comment. I believe I’m in agreement with your original sentiment that it’s a silly notion(?)

    The “E:” means “edit” since I edited my post to change the wording from worse language to something i felt was more appropriate.

    The “needs more Queen” refers how OP uses the members of the band as examples to make their point. I’m intending to contrast that with your write-up which does not share a similar pop-culture example approach but hinges instead on your personal experience. You said your comment could be a good start to the essay requested in the replies in the image. That is what i was meaning to respond to with this critique. I believe the replies in the image wanted more pop-culture based references.

    None of it’s a purity test and the last part is just my opinion.


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    Shocking that someone with a major that requires lots of writing would have similarities with model that simply copies the writing style with the largest sample size.

    Your essay needs more Queen. “…most data oriented nerds are at least mildly autistic” might be a bit of a strong statement but they’re at the very least more socially aligned than the rest of the populace.

    E: inclusivity


  • I’ve worked with hundreds of homeless people, usually trying to help them before the cops sweep their camp, or keeping their car rolling so they can keep living in it.

    There was a ubiquitous set of conditions:

    • can’t afford housing even though they had a job.
    • lost identifying documents, usually in a sweep, and working on replacing them. You can’t get work without these.
    • no reliable postal address
    • no support network

    I’ve never met anyone who wanted to be living on the street.

    I’m not talking about crust punks train hopping. I’m talking about the people who missed a day of work for whatever reason and couldn’t make rent one month. Now they’re in a tent near available services because the shelter kicked them out after the max stay of a week.

    Being a therapist gives you no expertise here and it seems to me that a therapist who sees punishment as a viable means for behavioral change is kind of shit at their job.


  • It’s a political problem. Houseless people are there because there’s no political willpower to create systematic change to support them. So you’re absolutely right when you say:

    we must either come up with new resources or reevaluate our investments in the resources we currently employ.

    The only problem is the answer to this question is more often on the side of the investment not being worth it, so the problem is left unaddressed.





  • Shelters, even if there was enough space, can be dangerous for vulnerable people, do not allow pets, and rarely provide medium term housing or transitional opportunity.

    Anti-homeless architecture simply attempts to push the houseless further away from urban centers, and consequently food kitchens, shelters, and other resources. This is deadly when extreme weather occurs or acute health problems arise.

    It actively makes the city more dangerous to those most fucked by society.

    As far as “wanting” to live on the street, this is a narrative made up to victim blame and deny empathy. It only needs one or two examples for the false narrative to be cast on the population writ large.