LillyPip
@LillyPip@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Reality vs Fantasy 1 day ago:
Good, then I don’t expect us to be ‘family’, since my family would understand that treating me like shit would ruin our relationship.
Soooooo…
- Comment on We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why: 1 day ago:
Thank you. I’ve only heard ‘generative’ but I’ve not really kept up with the tech until the past few years since it wasn’t much of a thing before that.
- Comment on We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why: 1 day ago:
You’re very good at explaining things, thanks.
- Comment on We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why: 1 day ago:
Gotcha.
- Comment on We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why: 1 day ago:
‘AGI’ means ‘Artificial Generative Intelligence’, which is a fancy name used for LLMs by marketers and techbros.
Or did you mean something else?
- Comment on We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why: 1 day ago:
I mean to friends and family – people who have accepted it as smart.
I don’t know about you, but when I try to explain the concept of LLMs to people not in the tech field, their eyes glaze over. I’ve gotten several family members into VR, though. It’s an easier concept to understand.
- Submitted 1 day ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 75 comments
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 1 week ago:
We’re not homo naledi. We’ve been living in increasingly modern societies forever, and definitely long enough for it to be more natural to us as a species than shitting in bushes and dying of dysentery.
- Comment on Everybody poops 2 weeks ago:
Looks like a robot.
- Comment on Everybody poops 2 weeks ago:
They might also get around like sea lions, hard to say.
- Comment on Everybody poops 2 weeks ago:
Some people seem to only not assault others because they might get called out in i, so they assume everyone else is the same way. It’s pretty weird, and they’re really just telling on themselves.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Maybe even supplement with pedialyte if it’s been excessive.
- Comment on Cheeto devouring his nation 3 weeks ago:
Cunningham’s Law:
The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.
- Comment on Cheeto devouring his nation 3 weeks ago:
On the other hand, he’s well known for eating things he wants to hide. He eats notes after meetings.
I would be surprised if he hasn’t had someone redesign the US flag for him, based on his ‘vision’. So eating the flag to hide it is totally on brand.
- Comment on OpenAI wins $200m contract with US military for ‘warfighting’ 3 weeks ago:
Welp, it was nice knowing you all.
- Comment on Jetpack-strapping rescue robot achieves stable lift and hover 3 weeks ago:
As well as strapping a twin-jet pack to its back, the team also sacrificed the original robot’s flexible human-like hands in favor of more fire-breathing JetCats. Thrust is said to max out at 1,000 N (around 225 lbf) and exhaust temperatures can get as high as 800 °C (1,472 °F).
(Emphasis mine)
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
I feel like you’re the only person here who actually understands what WD-40 is and what it’s for.
Thank you.
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
It’s actually a solvent, not a lubricant. It can unseize things, but you need to apply proper lubricant if you don’t want them to seize again.
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
Thanks, this exactly. Each material has its own ideal product or method, but a light rub with WD-40 works on nearly anything (but not what you’re thinking – it’s never lube. It’s poisonous.).
It actually has interesting chemical properties.
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
That’s a bonus. we-40 will likely also get you high in close quarters – it’s probably more expensive than weed, though, and likely kills more of your brain than is worth it.
I recommend a high THC, mushrooms, or LSD instead. Combustibles are a worse high that will probably give you cancer. No bueno.
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
More sticky children hacks, please. :)
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
That doesn’t always work. Some of these adhesives are stupidly sticky, and some leave all of their paper rather than giving up.
If it’s a weak adhesive, that method is fine. This tip is for strong or obnoxiously sticky adhesives.
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
I’m sorry, I answered your question from my inbox instead of in context in this thread, so I lost context.
I haven’t tried cooking oil, just WD-40. I’ll try cooking oil as you suggested.
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
I’ve tested it on nearly everything over the years. It works on everything so far. I didn’t have any a bit ago and used alcohol instead, and it ruined the rubber surface. That’s why I posted this. I should have been less impatient and waited till I had some. Posted so others can learn before they ruin something like I just did.
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
Alcohol is far more aggressive and will ruin many plastics, rubber, painted surfaces, finished wood, and coated paper.
Be really, really careful using alcohol on anything other than bare metal and some plastics. Many plastics and rubber will be made eternally sticky with alcohol (I made this mistake earlier today, which was why I posted this).
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
They often fuck up plastic, rubber, fake leather, definitely paper, and painted or finished surfaces. WD-40 is usually safe on those surfaces (or as others have said, Zippo lighter fluid and possibly cooking oil).
Alcohol removes adhesive, but is likely to ruin the surface too.
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
Oh, I didn’t know about cooking oil, that’s awesome.
Alcohol works, but it will destroy many finishes (painted or stained furniture, coated paper, some coated metals, some plastics and rubbers, etc), whereas WD-40 is safe for most finishes.
Sounds like cooking oil may be as well – gonna have to try that, thanks!
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
True, but lighter fluid can ruin many surfaces. WD-40 is weirdly gentle on most surfaces (though it doesn’t seem like it would be).
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to youshouldknow@lemmy.world | 61 comments
- Comment on Half of companies planning to replace customer service with AI are reversing course 4 weeks ago:
Hilariously, many of these companies already fired staff because their execs and upper management drank the Flavor-Aid. Now they need to spend even more rehiring in local markets where word has got round.
I’m so sad for them. Look, I’m crying 😂
