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Re: A Periodic Map of Cheese

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Post by compass_copium » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC

themonsu wrote: post #44

compass_copium wrote: post #36

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I dunno, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool, certified AI hater, and even I don't really care if this is AI or not. The cheeses I am aware of match their descriptions well, and if AI let some guy make this in like fifteen minutes so I can read this silly, fun site on the toilet at work, that's fine to me.

AI definitely could be used for something worse than categorizing cheese, I just recognize that the moment I see a page is AI-generated, my motivation to consume the content of the page drops.

That's totally fair, I guess my defenses aren't that high because most of what I view online comes from HN or a few small reddit communities, so I'm not exposed to much slop.

Re: A Periodic Map of Cheese

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Post by compass_copium » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC

bobro wrote: post #69

compass_copium wrote: post #36

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I dunno, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool, certified AI hater, and even I don't really care if this is AI or not. The cheeses I am aware of match their descriptions well, and if AI let some guy make this in like fifteen minutes so I can read this silly, fun site on the toilet at work, that's fine to me.

Aren’t you concerned with consuming made up information? There has to be a million fun silly sites you haven’t read that a real person put real research and real effort into. LLMs just can’t do stuff like this accurately right now.

Yes, I am, but I guess I don't assume anything like a blog or infographic online is accurate unless it's from a "good" source (news organization, citing a reputable book, etc.), just as a starting point to find something legitimate to read if it piques my interest in the topic. The writing didn't throw any particular red flags, so I didn't really care if the backend was AI constructed.

Re: A Periodic Map of Cheese

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Post by compass_copium » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC

Affric wrote: post #72

compass_copium wrote: post #36

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I dunno, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool, certified AI hater, and even I don't really care if this is AI or not. The cheeses I am aware of match their descriptions well, and if AI let some guy make this in like fifteen minutes so I can read this silly, fun site on the toilet at work, that's fine to me.

And it’s actually attempting a periodic table rather than just using the aesthetics as found in Mendeleev’s.

?

Mendeleev's periodic table was organized by periods of chemical properties...

Re: A Periodic Map of Cheese

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Post by goosejuice » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC

ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #79

goosejuice wrote: post #6

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When I was behind the cheese case quite awhile ago, we had a customer who misunderstood Wales as Whales. A good laugh was had. "How do they milk the whales!?"

> "How do they milk the whales!?" Caerphilly?

Very Caerphilly

Re: A Periodic Map of Cheese

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Post by Affric » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC

compass_copium wrote: post #83

Affric wrote: post #72

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And it’s actually attempting a periodic table rather than just using the aesthetics as found in Mendeleev’s.

? Mendeleev's periodic table was organized by periods of chemical properties...

Yes, the cheese are arranged by properties rather than just looking like a periodic table.