@JackRacc There are actually no moderators or admins in gup.pe type groups. You'll have to block the server you don't like in your own instance and/or account. You can contact the gup.pe service directly to report content and accounts.
Aside: There are other group services where admin/moderation is possible, like Friendica and Hubzilla groups. As well as Mbin (@autistics@fedia.io) and Fedigroups (@autistics@fedigroups.social).
To my Korean friends. There's something in the International communities that you probably might want to be aware of:
The view is now shifting that all the "bullying" allegations are fake. People started to notice that whenever a celebrity is rising, there's a very convenient "bullying" allegation.
Of course, who cares about non-Koreans and the perception of International fans, right? It's understandable, your culture, your problems, your own.
But, who knows, maybe it does matter to you guys. Or, it might affect the #Kpop & #Kdrama industries later. So, just a friendly heads-up. ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
It turns out that on 2024-11-19 the Seoul Metropolitan Government said that the official English name of ํ๊ฐ (Rom. Hangang; trans. Han River) is "Hangang River" or "Hanriver River".
However, it's only a Seoul Metropolitan Government mandate, not a National mandate, so much so that other regions where Hanriver River crosses are still using "Han River" which is the proper English translation.
> In July 2020, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism established guidelines for writing the names of natural landmarks in English. The rule specifies that Korean terms should first be Romanized, followed by an English descriptor of the geographic feature.
Keywords here are: names and descriptor.
1. What is the name of the 508-km river in Korea? ํ (Han) 2. What is the descriptor of said river? ๊ฐ (gang; trans. river)
In other words, following their own rules, ํ๊ฐ in English is "Han River". The name is "Han" and the descriptor is "River".
Even the Koreans are divided over this "Hanriver River" mandate of the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
While yes, tautological hydronyms are not new and is actually common than we imagine, "Hangang River" won't count as tautological until it becomes an official National mandate and seen in official Korean English maps.
For example, "Laguna Bay" in the Philippines originated from "Laguna de Bay" which is correctly translated in English as "Lagoon of Bay". It is a valid tautological hydronym because official English maps of the Philippines is using "Laguna Bay" (originally "Laguna de Bay").
"Laguna Bay" is actually confusing because people read "Bay" as in "bey", a body of water, and "Laguna" as the Province of Laguna. When in reality "Bay" is read as "bai" (as in Baybayin) and "Laguna" is "Lagoon". It's actually "Lagoon of Bai" because the Spaniards literally named the lagoon after the Town of Bay (bai); and yes its a lagoon, not a bay. ๐
Going back, "Hangang River" only becomes an official tautological hydronym once it becomes a National mandate and actually used in official English maps approved by the National government of Korea; just like anywhere else in this "modern" era.
โซ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Maclaine Diemer (4) A Pink (1) Blizzard Entertainment (1) Cho Jung Seok (1) IVE (1). #myweekcounted 11 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lfm_blue
I haven't updated the git version for a while, I still don't have a new desktop/laptop. ๐ Just ignore the proposed terms (mycelium, mycelial), I'm dropping it since in the end no one wants to use the result from the polls (and it was used by some people to discredit the work instead of focusing on the details ๐คท๐ฝ).
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The problem is not AI tech per se but rather the users, or students in this case.
Before the Internet became accessible here in the Philippines, I was already doing my projects and research by researching online and using computers.
Did I just copy and pasted? Of course not. I read it, re-worded it. I read it again and re-wrote it. Until I arrived at the final version that is truly mine, with citations too!
Because of the process that I followed, I know what in the world I've submitted, so when I was randomly questioned about my work, I was able to answer every single question. Not only that, I was able to answer questions not covered in my submitted work. How? Because I read, re-worded, read, re-wrote, read, reviewed.
Later, it became more accessible and I had schoolmates who did exactly the same as what AI kids are doing today, copy-paste. Teachers and professors hated it, and they actually got very good in detecting it and immediately give a failing grade.
Not once did I get a failing grade. There were even a few instances a few classmates of mine complained that my submitted work came from the Internet too. But our teacher explained the differences between my submission and theirs.
Mind you, this was from 1997 and so. No AI. No wikipedia. No google. Back then, you can get very relevant results because there were fewer useless sites and search engines were actually search engines, not an algorithm game or ads.
In the early 2000s, I started tutoring. By this time, Internet is very accessible. Students I've tutored always wanted for their tutor to do their projects for them. They thought they can trick me. ๐คช I told them I will only explain things and they still should do it. I challenged them that I'll refund their money if their teacher and/or professor fail them.
Not one failed. They even returned to thank me because they got one of the highest grades because they were able to answer the questions thrown at them.
If I, as their tutor, acted like an AI and did things for them, they'll surely would've failed.
So, you see, the issues with AI today as far as students and education are concerned, is actually nothing new. In our time, the early world wide web can be an AI if you copy-paste it. The tutors can be an AI if they did everything for their students.
The tool is not the problem. It is the users, the students.
Someone needs to level with these students so they can understand, in their own lingo and terms, that the way they're using tools is setting them up in a future where they'll have a hard time surviving. Even for many of us who are talented and skilled are having a hard time, what more them?
The students I tutored? Our age gap was minimal, so we were able to connect. The students today, they need someone to guide them, and it isn't us that is a generation or two older than them. Have you ever listened to someone a generation or two onder than you when you were a teenager?
The move by Trakt that triggered Trakt Migrtation 1.0 was understandable, they have to make money.
But in this latest move, messing with grandfathered accounts, no, not understandable.
You just don't mess with grandfathered accounts ever in any service. That's your way of saying, "Thank you for always being with us since the beginning".
My mobile network plan is a grandfathered account, and the network have been trying to get us to "upgrade" to a "better" plan. Ad that's to mention one such.
Even in gaming, grandfathered accounts are not touched ever. If they cancel, that's the only time things change. Why? Simple, the current contract/subscription ended. So, the next time the user subscribe, it will be under the current scheme.
In addition, owners of grandfathered accounts will do everything to keep it. They'll borrow money if it comes to that. You have grandfathered accounts that are paying you but the owners are rarely using it. Compare that to the owners cancelling their grandfathered accounts because it no longer has any value for them.
@rpf International, not local. Since they're not updated with countries such as ours, it's easier to use Voter's ID since it's well recognized. @luthien1126
If you have a personal domain name, use it for redirection (301 or 302). Easy to remember.
Another advantage, if you ever decide to move instances or change your accounts, you don't have to reprint business cards and update links everywhere, just change your redirect target setting. (It won't move your content of course.)
And if you're bridging to the #ATmosphere network, you can use your own domain as your handle for your #Fediverse network accounts (if supported by your bridging platform)!
@luthien1126 I guess it depends on the branch. It's weird because the COMELEC branch here in Makati (used to be in the Makati Central Fire Department building) sometime early 00s, it was part of the process. The only thing that was not included was the lamination. ๐ According to them, lamination wasn't part of the budget. ๐คท๐ฝ
LOL. They need to be consistent! It's a useful government ID too! Recognized for international online verification as well, not like UMID and the National ID, I've encountered services that won't accept those.