#reality-check — Public Fediverse posts

Ah, the fantasy world where a Mac turns into a supercomputer and your iPhone can handle a data beast with less RAM than a potato 🥔. GitHub must have a secret sauce that makes hardware requirements irrelevant, probably brewed with unicorn tears and fairy dust ✨. Meanwhile, back in reality, my phone struggles to open a PDF 🤷‍♂️.
https://github.com/leonickson1/Swiftlet #MacSupercomputer #iPhoneMagic #GitHubSecrets #TechHumor #RealityCheck #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the fantasy world where a Mac turns into a supercomputer and your iPhone can handle a data beast with less RAM than a potato 🥔. GitHub must have a secret sauce that makes hardware requirements irrelevant, probably brewed with unicorn tears and fairy dust ✨. Meanwhile, back in reality, my phone struggles to open a PDF 🤷‍♂️.
https://github.com/leonickson1/Swiftlet #MacSupercomputer #iPhoneMagic #GitHubSecrets #TechHumor #RealityCheck #HackerNews #ngated

I wish the topic of death wasn’t so taboo among our species.

The way our planet’s heating up, we’re all gonna have to start getting comfortable with talking about it very soon, along with the idea of succumbing to it.

#realitycheck
#climatechange

I wish the topic of death wasn’t so taboo among our species.

The way our planet’s heating up, we’re all gonna have to start getting comfortable with talking about it very soon, along with the idea of succumbing to it.

#realitycheck
#climatechange

Blog/Apologetics: Being an Apologist Isn’t What You Think It Is…

In my travels through the Christian community on social media, I’ve noticed a trend. Apologetics seem to be on the rise, especially in the polemics field, amongst millennials and Gen Z. More people are becoming interested in it and are wanting to start their own YouTube channels and social media accounts to do apologetics on.

However, while it’s a good thing that more people want to do apologetics and are becoming interested in it, many of them seem to be going into it blind to what the reality is. It appears that many of them see big names such as Frank Turek, Wes Huff, David Wood, GodLogic, and others and believe that apologetics is glamorous, that it will bring them internet fame and fortune and – bonus – it’s all being done in the name of Jesus. But if you strip away the glamour, what you find is much harder.

Everyone should be an apologist to the extent that they can give a reasoned defense of the faith, but apologists aren’t just people who defend the faith from outsiders. Apologists are the guard dogs of the church. We are the ones who start barking when the wolves are near, but more often than not, the wolves are already in the church. Because of that, apologetics becomes one of the most stressful jobs in the church because you will have to call out false teachers, teachers who often have a large following and are beloved by many. Calling them out almost totally guarantees that you will get backlash from fellow Christians.

While that doesn’t sound too bad, getting backlash from other Christians can often hit harder than getting backlash from people outside the church because it makes you realize how truly dysfunctional the church is. Sure, some people can recognize a wolf, but many in the church won’t and may try to shut you down. You suddenly find yourself getting slammed with a similar type of vitriol that you would expect to find outside the church by the very people who say you’re their brothers and sisters in Christ. That type of thing just hits different.

That also leads me to my second point. If you want to become an apologist, prepare to be hated. Depending on what topic you specialize in, your comments section might be better or worse when it comes to trolls, but you will still get them, and you will need to grow a thick skin.

Third, know that if you’re going into apologetics for fame and money, then you’re not only not doing it for a good purpose (and thus, shouldn’t be an apologist at all), but you’re also going to be sorely disappointed. While apologetics is getting more popular, you likely will not have a huge channel following and probably won’t be making a ton of money from it.

Until next time,

M.J.

Blog/Apologetics: Being an Apologist Isn’t What You Think It Is…

In my travels through the Christian community on social media, I’ve noticed a trend. Apologetics seem to be on the rise, especially in the polemics field, amongst millennials and Gen Z. More people are becoming interested in it and are wanting to start their own YouTube channels and social media accounts to do apologetics on.

However, while it’s a good thing that more people want to do apologetics and are becoming interested in it, many of them seem to be going into it blind to what the reality is. It appears that many of them see big names such as Frank Turek, Wes Huff, David Wood, GodLogic, and others and believe that apologetics is glamorous, that it will bring them internet fame and fortune and – bonus – it’s all being done in the name of Jesus. But if you strip away the glamour, what you find is much harder.

Everyone should be an apologist to the extent that they can give a reasoned defense of the faith, but apologists aren’t just people who defend the faith from outsiders. Apologists are the guard dogs of the church. We are the ones who start barking when the wolves are near, but more often than not, the wolves are already in the church. Because of that, apologetics becomes one of the most stressful jobs in the church because you will have to call out false teachers, teachers who often have a large following and are beloved by many. Calling them out almost totally guarantees that you will get backlash from fellow Christians.

While that doesn’t sound too bad, getting backlash from other Christians can often hit harder than getting backlash from people outside the church because it makes you realize how truly dysfunctional the church is. Sure, some people can recognize a wolf, but many in the church won’t and may try to shut you down. You suddenly find yourself getting slammed with a similar type of vitriol that you would expect to find outside the church by the very people who say you’re their brothers and sisters in Christ. That type of thing just hits different.

That also leads me to my second point. If you want to become an apologist, prepare to be hated. Depending on what topic you specialize in, your comments section might be better or worse when it comes to trolls, but you will still get them, and you will need to grow a thick skin.

Third, know that if you’re going into apologetics for fame and money, then you’re not only not doing it for a good purpose (and thus, shouldn’t be an apologist at all), but you’re also going to be sorely disappointed. While apologetics is getting more popular, you likely will not have a huge channel following and probably won’t be making a ton of money from it.

Until next time,

M.J.

A quotation from Terence

DEMEA: No one has ever plotted out his life’s plan so successfully that he never faces
   New challenges and discoveries brought about by circumstances, the passing of time,
   Or experience itself. Inevitably, you discover you don’t know what you thought you did,
   And the principles we first formed don’t hold up in the face of everyday practice.
 
[Nunquam ita quisquam bene subducta ratione ad vitam fuit
Quia res, Ætas usus semper aliquid apportet novi
Aliquid moneat, ut illa, quæ te scire credas, nescias
Et, quæ tibi putaris prima, in experiundo ut repudies.]

Terence (186?-159 BC) African-Roman dramatist [Publius Terentius Afer]
Adelphoe [Adelphoi; Adelphi; The Brothers], Act 5, sc. 4, l. 855ff (160 BC) [tr. Christenson (2010), Sc. 22]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/terence/85152/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terence #challenge #challenges #change #changeofmind #circumstance #conduct #control #experience #growingup #ignorance #illumination #maturity #passageoftime #presuppositions #principles #reallife #realitycheck #theories #theory

What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality

https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/policy-brief/what-really-happening-jobs-separating-ai-hype-reality

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570

#HackerNews #AIjobs #JobMarket #RealityCheck #TechTrends #WorkforceChanges

What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality

https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/policy-brief/what-really-happening-jobs-separating-ai-hype-reality

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052570

#HackerNews #AIjobs #JobMarket #RealityCheck #TechTrends #WorkforceChanges

Donald Trump's #GOP allies COMPLETELY lose control as their attacks against #Canada over #wildfires, in an effort to push Trump's Canada plans, get ROCKED by a #realitycheck over US fires. #JohnIadarola and @[email protected] break it down on #TheDamageReport.
youtu.be/9JoKTTEvAis?...

Republican's Canada Attack BAC...

Donald Trump's #GOP allies COMPLETELY lose control as their attacks against #Canada over #wildfires, in an effort to push Trump's Canada plans, get ROCKED by a #realitycheck over US fires. #JohnIadarola and @[email protected] break it down on #TheDamageReport.
youtu.be/9JoKTTEvAis?...

Republican's Canada Attack BAC...

A quotation from Orwell

The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time; the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against a solid reality, usually on a battlefield.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-03-22), “In Front of Your Nose,” “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/29647/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #belief #cognitivedissonance #confirmationbias #facefacts #facereality #facingfacts #honesty #intellectualhonesty #realitycheck #selectivememory #selfdeceit #selfdelusion #truth #unreliablenarrator

A quotation from Orwell

The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time; the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against a solid reality, usually on a battlefield.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-03-22), “In Front of Your Nose,” “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/29647/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #belief #cognitivedissonance #confirmationbias #facefacts #facereality #facingfacts #honesty #intellectualhonesty #realitycheck #selectivememory #selfdeceit #selfdelusion #truth #unreliablenarrator

Ah yes, the breathtaking revelation that #SQLite, the database equivalent of a kiddie pool, can handle the data demands of a #MySpace #revival at its peak. 🤔 As if boasting about cramming 50,000 users into a 343MB file wasn't enough, we've finally discovered the ⭐ magical world ⭐ where metrics stop being flattering—it's called reality. 🥳
https://www.dbpro.app/blog/sqlite-is-all-you-need #DataMetrics #KiddiePool #RealityCheck #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, the breathtaking revelation that #SQLite, the database equivalent of a kiddie pool, can handle the data demands of a #MySpace #revival at its peak. 🤔 As if boasting about cramming 50,000 users into a 343MB file wasn't enough, we've finally discovered the ⭐ magical world ⭐ where metrics stop being flattering—it's called reality. 🥳
https://www.dbpro.app/blog/sqlite-is-all-you-need #DataMetrics #KiddiePool #RealityCheck #HackerNews #ngated

🤡 👁 - Was denken denn deutsche Journos, was Faschisten mit ihren Gegnern vorhaben?

#RealityCheck

🤡 👁 - Was denken denn deutsche Journos, was Faschisten mit ihren Gegnern vorhaben?

#RealityCheck

🚀 Oh, great! Another techie wet dream about the AI apocalypse by 2040. Spoiler alert: changing a bike tire is still harder than launching humanity into a utopia. 🤖📉 Let's hope those singularity prophets have a backup plan when their superintelligence can't even find a decent Wi-Fi connection. 🔧
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/07/11/ai-2040.html #AIapocalypse #TechDreams #FuturisticFail #SingularityHumor #RealityCheck #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Oh, great! Another techie wet dream about the AI apocalypse by 2040. Spoiler alert: changing a bike tire is still harder than launching humanity into a utopia. 🤖📉 Let's hope those singularity prophets have a backup plan when their superintelligence can't even find a decent Wi-Fi connection. 🔧
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/07/11/ai-2040.html #AIapocalypse #TechDreams #FuturisticFail #SingularityHumor #RealityCheck #HackerNews #ngated

Mercury Retrograde, June 29 - July 23
Be honest with yourself. See everything is as it is, don't run from reality.
Otherwise, those misconceptions will haunt you in the form of miscommunication, mistakes in documentation, and any other trouble with information. Recheck and reflect.

#astrology #MercuryRetrograde #mindset #success #mindfulness #RealityCheck

Mercury Retrograde, June 29 - July 23
Be honest with yourself. See everything is as it is, don't run from reality.
Otherwise, those misconceptions will haunt you in the form of miscommunication, mistakes in documentation, and any other trouble with information. Recheck and reflect.

#astrology #MercuryRetrograde #mindset #success #mindfulness #RealityCheck

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"Mexico have played 89 matches at the Azteca and won 70 of those, drawing 17 and losing only two.
When it comes to the World Cup, they have a similarly impressive record, winning seven matches, drawing three and never losing."
#RealityCheck #WorldCup #England #Mexico
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/49236436/the-azteca-mexico-fortress-did-last-lose-there-whats-altitude-like

"Mexico have played 89 matches at the Azteca and won 70 of those, drawing 17 and losing only two.
When it comes to the World Cup, they have a similarly impressive record, winning seven matches, drawing three and never losing."
#RealityCheck #WorldCup #England #Mexico
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/49236436/the-azteca-mexico-fortress-did-last-lose-there-whats-altitude-like

Jason dropping the Honest Truth bombs again.

https://youtu.be/ZKND9udOoTQ?is=_QvBTKVQOCxTFHLc

#realitycheck #indiedev

Jason dropping the Honest Truth bombs again.

https://youtu.be/ZKND9udOoTQ?is=_QvBTKVQOCxTFHLc

#realitycheck #indiedev

Oxford boaters every day commons

https://hamishcampbell.com/oxford-boaters-every-day-commons/

‘Certified epic or an epic fail’: Gardeners put the viral ‘seed snail’ planting hack to the test https://www.allforgardening.com/1844771/certified-epic-or-an-epic-fail-gardeners-put-the-viral-seed-snail-planting-hack-to-the-test-2/ #EpicFail #EpicGardening #garden #gardening #RealityCheck #snail

‘Certified epic or an epic fail’: Gardeners put the viral ‘seed snail’ planting hack to the test https://www.allforgardening.com/1844771/certified-epic-or-an-epic-fail-gardeners-put-the-viral-seed-snail-planting-hack-to-the-test-2/ #EpicFail #EpicGardening #garden #gardening #RealityCheck #snail

GLM-5.2: The Most Powerful Open Model yet and the Brutal Reality of Running It

https://vettedconsumer.com/glm-5-2-the-most-powerful-open-weight-model-yet-and-the-brutal-reality-of-running-it-locally/

#HackerNews #GLM52 #OpenModel #AI #Technology #MachineLearning #RealityCheck

GLM-5.2: The Most Powerful Open Model yet and the Brutal Reality of Running It

https://vettedconsumer.com/glm-5-2-the-most-powerful-open-weight-model-yet-and-the-brutal-reality-of-running-it-locally/

#HackerNews #GLM52 #OpenModel #AI #Technology #MachineLearning #RealityCheck

𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗴 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗶𝗷𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿: '𝗜𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗸 𝗺𝗲𝗲'

In België hoeft Metejoor (35) zich allang niet meer voor te stellen. De Vlaamse zanger vult daar moeiteloos de grootste zalen van het land, maar in Nederland blijkt de weg naar de top iets hobbeliger. Niet alle shows van zijn clubtour waren hier...

https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5613014/metejoor-kreeg-een-realitycheck-tijdens-nederlandse-tour

#Metejoor #realitycheck #NederlandseTour

𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗴 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗶𝗷𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿: '𝗜𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗸 𝗺𝗲𝗲'

In België hoeft Metejoor (35) zich allang niet meer voor te stellen. De Vlaamse zanger vult daar moeiteloos de grootste zalen van het land, maar in Nederland blijkt de weg naar de top iets hobbeliger. Niet alle shows van zijn clubtour waren hier...

https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5613014/metejoor-kreeg-een-realitycheck-tijdens-nederlandse-tour

#Metejoor #realitycheck #NederlandseTour

Ah, yes, the groundbreaking discovery that #AI isn't magic after all. 🤯 Apparently, context windows have a "dumb zone"—who knew?! 🤡 Next week: AI can't actually make your morning coffee, despite what the vendors might say. ☕️💀
https://garrit.xyz/posts/2026-05-06-dont-trust-large-context-windows #Technology #Innovation #HackerNews #RealityCheck #AIMyths #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, yes, the groundbreaking discovery that #AI isn't magic after all. 🤯 Apparently, context windows have a "dumb zone"—who knew?! 🤡 Next week: AI can't actually make your morning coffee, despite what the vendors might say. ☕️💀
https://garrit.xyz/posts/2026-05-06-dont-trust-large-context-windows #Technology #Innovation #HackerNews #RealityCheck #AIMyths #HackerNews #ngated

America’s Next Netflix Lawsuit: Tyra Banks Slams Streamer Over ‘Reality Check’ Docuseries’ “False Narrative”
#Legal #News #AmericasNextTopModel #Netflix #RealityCheck #RealityCheckInsideAmerica039sNextTopModel #TyraBanks

https://deadline.com/2026/06/tyra-banks-defamation-suit-netflix-reality-check-docuseries-1236955745/

America’s Next Netflix Lawsuit: Tyra Banks Slams Streamer Over ‘Reality Check’ Docuseries’ “False Narrative”
#Legal #News #AmericasNextTopModel #Netflix #RealityCheck #RealityCheckInsideAmerica039sNextTopModel #TyraBanks

https://deadline.com/2026/06/tyra-banks-defamation-suit-netflix-reality-check-docuseries-1236955745/

#MythBuster #FactCheck #Debunked #Science #Evidence #Research #Biohacking #Health #RealityCheck #TruthBomb (1/1)

#MythBuster #FactCheck #Debunked #Science #Evidence #Research #Biohacking #Health #RealityCheck #TruthBomb (1/1)

Apple’s Camera Chief Thinks AI Can Give You Superpowers

http://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/apple-camera-chief-thinks-ai-can-give-you-superpowers/

Apple’s Camera Chief Thinks AI Can Give You Superpowers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/apple-camera-chief-thinks-ai-can-give-you-superpowers/

What truly sends shivers down my spine isn’t the deceit itself… it’s the haunting reality that so many still opt to embrace these fabrications. 🖤#deceit #fabrications #realitycheck #hauntingtruth #spinechilling #SimplyJohnOne

Every summer the neighborhood turns into a live-action liability waiver. Kids that look about 10 years old are ripping up and down the street on 4-wheelers with no helmets, no supervision, and apparently no adult anywhere asking, “Is this a terrible idea?” Maybe I’m getting old, but watching future ER stories race past my house gets old fast. #GenX #Safety #Parents #Neighborhood #RealityCheck

Every summer the neighborhood turns into a live-action liability waiver. Kids that look about 10 years old are ripping up and down the street on 4-wheelers with no helmets, no supervision, and apparently no adult anywhere asking, “Is this a terrible idea?” Maybe I’m getting old, but watching future ER stories race past my house gets old fast. #GenX #Safety #Parents #Neighborhood #RealityCheck

Gardener asks about planting in basement window well, but commenters spot a serious problem https://www.allforgardening.com/1801823/gardener-asks-about-planting-in-basement-window-well-but-commenters-spot-a-serious-problem/ #BasementEgressWindow #garden #gardener #gardening #GardeningTips #HannibalLecter #RealityCheck #reddit

Gardener asks about planting in basement window well, but commenters spot a serious problem https://www.allforgardening.com/1801823/gardener-asks-about-planting-in-basement-window-well-but-commenters-spot-a-serious-problem/ #BasementEgressWindow #garden #gardener #gardening #GardeningTips #HannibalLecter #RealityCheck #reddit

Oh, look! Another #CEO playing fast and loose with "facts" 🤥. Apparently, bot traffic is bigger than Santa's bag 🎅, according to Cloudflare! Except, oops—reality check, it's not. Guess the CEO got their data from the same place they get their magic beans 🌱.
https://www.flyingpenguin.com/cloudflare-ceo-is-lying-to-you-about-the-bot-traffic-jump/ #Fails #BotTraffic #RealityCheck #Cloudflare #MagicBeans #HackerNews #ngated