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(DIR) Post #ApyLpfmzgxpP8tam92 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T12:27:10Z
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Off the top of your head what are three website you TRUST and use fairly often? Could be on any topic.https://www.wikipedia.org/https://www.antwiki.org/https://www.inaturalist.org/
(DIR) Post #ApyM5n8q7jtIZwUpOK by Scmbradley@mathstodon.xyz
2025-01-11T12:30:01Z
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@futurebird my top three I use would probably be official documentation for programming languages.
(DIR) Post #ApyM7cAVtNN97r9GBk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T12:30:25Z
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@Scmbradley As posted where?
(DIR) Post #ApyMIoy8dnQk0jhgtE by Scmbradley@mathstodon.xyz
2025-01-11T12:32:23Z
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@futurebirdTop three would probably be https://docs.python.org/3/https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/https://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/
(DIR) Post #ApyMRZoKMtDvbYI1U8 by priscillaharing@mastodon.green
2025-01-11T12:33:59Z
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@futurebird Wikipedia https://nos.nl/https://www.buienradar.nl/
(DIR) Post #ApyMTigSLixBhed7BI by rayhindle@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T12:34:11Z
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@futurebird https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7hhttps://britastro.org/https://davidheyscollection.myshopblocks.com/pages/david-heys-steam-diesel-photo-collection-01-home-page-and-photo-links
(DIR) Post #ApyN4hNy8fcsOKcEDI by WGAvanDijk@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T12:41:01Z
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@futurebird https://teletekst-data.nos.nl/webplushttps://en.wikipedia.org/https://www.politico.eu/
(DIR) Post #ApyO55l5cYPzw9BJGS by jeana@triangletoot.party
2025-01-11T12:52:19Z
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@futurebird Wikipedia also. Other two: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/ faceted search for plants, with tons of info on natives. I use it to see what can go wherehttps://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Main_page seems like many Linux searches end here, even if you're not on Arch lol
(DIR) Post #ApyOIOSVPAklhPpcKu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T12:54:46Z
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@dalias What's off with the management?
(DIR) Post #ApyOiLBSCi9Z4TEDdw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T12:59:27Z
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@dalias That sounds like more of a problem with the users, who I have always found to be rude with an inflated sense of the value of their time and knowledge. Not much sprit of sharing and joy of learning too much RTFM and "how dare you ask a question about tech on the tech question website?"
(DIR) Post #ApyOoxoHVOpIbcY15M by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T13:00:39Z
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@dalias That said this isn't a list of perfect websites. Just those that are reliable and useful and not full of lies, ads or junk. I don't worry that a stackexchange answer is just... made up.
(DIR) Post #ApyOqB7LVvdkAT2niK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T13:00:51Z
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@dalias That makes sense.
(DIR) Post #ApyOzQokVjpDT0l3Q0 by coprolite9000@mastodon.me.uk
2025-01-11T13:02:29Z
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@futurebird Wikipedia, the National Weather Service forecasts (in the US) or the BBC weather pages (in the UK), and BBC Food:https://www.bbc.co.uk/foodLast one is really good for basic recipes that immediately get to the point without endless waffle - or AI slop. I'll often use stuff there as a reliable starting point for doing my own thing...
(DIR) Post #ApyP2PmgoD6L8CDWOO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T13:03:05Z
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@dalias Everyone there is so insecure about being a know it all. It's really tiresome. I find how deeply hurt they are about being told when they are wrong just as sad as how eager they are to tell other people they are wrong in the way designed to make that person feel maximally bad about being wrong. But at least if they tell you you are wrong they are right about it. On X you will be told you are wrong in the same way but it will be lies.
(DIR) Post #ApyPOGyaEojUBTCeYK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T13:07:01Z
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@toni @dalias What was the Monica thing? I missed this. It sounds like something I'm glad I missed but I'd like to know I suppose.
(DIR) Post #ApyPWiuSGYmX8PIkro by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T13:08:33Z
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@dalias @toni How did they find a way to express bigotry on a STEM facts website? (I know the answer to this. I know I know, I'm just annoyed that the same kind of stuff that I dealt with in college and life have to be online too)
(DIR) Post #ApyPcsBegZvLe5HN4a by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T13:09:40Z
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@dalias @toni Ugh. Very disappointing but not surprising.
(DIR) Post #ApyPe9v6EyDQvu9HNI by stephan@ooe.social
2025-01-11T13:09:46Z
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@futurebird https://wikipedia.orghttps://stackoverflow.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/ (and a few other newspapers in German)
(DIR) Post #ApyRiJLNLR0vE8XwsC by ilsk@theblower.au
2025-01-11T13:33:01Z
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@futurebird Your list is much longer than mine. The only site I trust to some extent is localhost.I spend a lot of time on sites I do not trust, but I’m constantly aware of risks.
(DIR) Post #ApyUuaYXTWpRwoFXaS by springdiesel@spore.social
2025-01-11T14:08:51Z
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@futurebird wildflower.org
(DIR) Post #ApyZd4DyvhI4WM6BAu by SRLevine@neuromatch.social
2025-01-11T15:01:42Z
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@futurebird To give another one (I trust wikipedia for my work and use it often)very, very chemistry specific but:https://sdbs.db.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgithe only website that still runs with frames and you know what, it does what I want and has done that well since I found it over 15 years agoalso not science-y but: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/learn/ingredient-weight-chart (the rest of their blog & information is also good, but this chart is amazingly useful)
(DIR) Post #ApybgH9lVNEdPDmg5o by semitones@tiny.tilde.website
2025-01-11T15:24:43Z
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@futurebird this has been a difficult question to answer because the websites I go to have trustworthy content mixed in amongst low quality stuff and you have to discern for yourself. Results may vary. 1. YouTube.com for walkthroughs and skill tutorials2. Wikipedia. I know it's had problems with accuracy, but it's been mostly correct for topics I look up that I just use it as an encyclopedia.3. Google Maps and OpenStreetMap. Unfortunately google tends to be more complete and updated.
(DIR) Post #ApyctXuubLP56djDNo by leon_p_smith@ioc.exchange
2025-01-11T15:38:18Z
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@futurebird @dalias maybe more typically right than X, but I specialize in weird shit that will get immediately and falsely labelled as incorrect by most normies.I mean, I've even started leaning into that as a way to find new things... for example, observe topics are resolutely no-go by conventional wisdom, and take that as a sign to go there and think about things carefully.But I agree, I have never participated much with SE sites, as I hated the gamification of "oh you can't do *that* unless you have XXX internet points", but I've run into this phenomenon many times on reddit, even been downvoted into oblivion when I was absolutely correct and the other upvoted guy was absolutely incorrect.
(DIR) Post #Apyh1YhxwXVTh2kVQe by belehaa@wandering.shop
2025-01-11T16:23:52Z
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@futurebird - Cornell's site on home gardening: http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/- Various wikis for games (e.g. https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Stardew_Valley_Wiki)- Recipes at Serious Eats: https://www.seriouseats.com/And two that are chemistry-specific:- Compound Interest (well researched chemistry infographics): https://www.compoundchem.com- NIST Chemistry WebBook: https://webbook.nist.gov/
(DIR) Post #ApyiYCJkJOnPlCY1MO by enting@wandering.shop
2025-01-11T16:41:28Z
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@futurebird plants.usda.govFor some values of trust (recipes that usually work for me), smittenkitchen.comAgain for some values of trust (requires the right vocabulary and background knowledge), https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
(DIR) Post #Apyk2wbGtlMdweyCye by irina@wandering.shop
2025-01-11T16:57:20Z
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@futurebird wikipedia.org/debijbel.nl/archiveofourown.org/
(DIR) Post #ApymkStot1NeTnWfpI by GetzlerChem@mstdn.science
2025-01-11T17:28:42Z
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@futurebird https://sdbs.db.aist.go.jp is an *amazing* discipline-specific resource
(DIR) Post #ApyndnDx1NWtRVKBPM by australopithecus@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T17:38:44Z
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@futurebird Wikipedia of course. And archive.orgLocal & State government informational websites, eg local native/invasive plant listingsThe very few non-political federal agency websites, eg weather.gov (though who knows whether those will survive this administration)erowid.orgOtherwise mainly low-stakes stuff like curseforge or nexusmodsAnd of course all of that's "trust" with adblocks on full blast, so /shrug
(DIR) Post #ApywJ4XCMijsdVWPdQ by Bender@ecoevo.social
2025-01-11T19:15:44Z
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@futurebird @friesen5000 https://www.gardenia.net to find the right plants for the right situations in my landscape designs, including native plantshttps://www.picturethisai.com to identify plants that I don't know or to confirm my suspicions when I'm unsure. Assume 85% accuracy (don't wager your first born on the results, but better than every other option I've tested)https://rockd.org/explore to explore the geologic history of a site, including maps of landforms 100s of millions of years back
(DIR) Post #Apz78kkCBpGtrDsoWu by sollat@masto.ai
2025-01-11T21:17:13Z
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@futurebird Wikipedia, www.cpsc.gov (recalls). I’ve seen some messed up battleground Wikipedia articles though. Mostly I use search engines to find leads and then drill down to primary information. It’s annoying that it used to be so much easier. Going directly to regulatory sites is often painful, so search and drill is still worth trying for me.
(DIR) Post #ApzN3FNywyUGQ6tCxU by jhavok@mastodon.social
2025-01-12T00:15:30Z
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@futurebird I regularly check the NOAA Hurricane Center https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/