#crowdsourced info can have bad apples but bot sourced info is pretty much half meh apples and half rocks painted like apples | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

marrow-bone · 2 months ago

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Except now we also have to contend with 'AI' (Machine learning) aggregates that make it even harder to find the Thing you need, because most the search results now are cloaked info-barfers that are just ouroboros-ing information tidbits that have a 50/50 or so chance of being even kinda right, so who knows if the Thing that you've been presented with even is the Thing.

This is especially frustrating when dealing with incredibly niche medical/surgical/biological information for what should be obvious reasons. You'll get a result, sure, but you'll need to spend an extra hour or so to make sure you don't end up in the hospital just because a formerly useful resource is now run by bots.

People are definitely going to die because of this.

"every possible kind of content can be found on the internet" yeah sure except for the One fucking thing I'm looking for. why does no one want to talk about the One Singular thing I'm looking for. but yeah other than that everything is on here.

#I mean I don't put all my eggs in internet search result baskets of course #but y'know sometimes it'd be nice to not have to go get an actual catalog to see what kind of poison something is #or how to do some kind of procedure #nowadays your best bet for accurate information is somehow reddit #crowdsourced info can have bad apples but bot sourced info is pretty much half meh apples and half rocks painted like apples #thankfully most people don't need to know how to do minor field surgery but most people have money #and/or access to doctors and proper vets #now; *I* know what I'm doing for the most part; but the next person who finds themself needing to learn might find it harder than I did #and disclaimer I don't make real surgery a habit; sibling and I have got debridement routine down pat #dead flesh isn't surgery but we follow similar protocols #with pretty good results so far if I do say so myself #had a hen with a nasty lookin pressure sore on her chest; is currently pretty much completely healed and fat and happy and warm all winter #cause she's been of service keeping my hen with balance issues company #rather wish I had process photos of that wound cause I think we did pretty darn good #it looked real gnarly at first #and I didn't find a ton of info online on it so it was pretty much 'welp we'll do what I'd do if it was me and keep a close eye on her'#btw hydrochlorous acid appears to be a legit fuckin godsend #done lots of research on it and actual trustworthy studies and shit have confirmed it's like both the gentlest and strongest anti-microbial #stuff's the shit #been using it on everything for years as vetricyn cause there's just. not a lot out there for farm animal care. but now I just get it from #the chemical manufacturer and it's so nice to have around #been using that for flushes for a good while; always seems to work great knock on wood #plus hey it's a good face cleanser #anyway #I am very tired #what else is new

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