Delphia
@Delphia@lemmy.world
- Comment on The internet kind of sucks right now 4 days ago:
IKR. People these days dont realise that confidently incorrect people pre-exist facebook.
If you blindly do what ChatGPT says you deserve what happens to you.
- Comment on The internet kind of sucks right now 4 days ago:
Yeah bigger oof when you realise that nothing damn near anyone who tells anyone anything can be trusted.
Do you know how many times I’ve been handed the wrong part by “professionals” whose full time job is “parts interpreter” and their job description is to look up and order parts for customers? Or had a mechanic be “certain” about the cause of the same problem for the 3rd fucking time. The fact is that when I want to know which is the correct ecu pin for the crank angle sensor on an 83 Cordia Turbo thats some esoteric as fuck knowledge thats probably buried on a forum somewhere. If ChatGPT thinks it knows, I dont just wire shit up and send it. I get out the multimeter and I check that wire first.
Dont get me wrong, if googles search wasnt rubbish these days A.I wouldnt be as useful as it is. I had to find out who made the rear diff for a car to see if we could pull the gears out from a different make/model to get better ratios for the strip. An hour of googling just turned up every result for people selling diffs, selling diff seals, selling diffs for other cars, workshops that specialise in diffs, diff seals for other cars… Chat GPT just fucking knew it was an Aisin unit, what its part number was and then I asked "What cars is “part number” used in and it spat out a list. Its excellent because google is shit. If google was still great, it would merely be a novelty.
- Comment on The internet kind of sucks right now 4 days ago:
As someone who is enthusiastic about old cars the amount of knowledge that disappeared when forums got killed by fb is immeasurable. At least A.I might preserve some knowledge.
When people die they take their knowledge with them if nobody writes it down and maintains it.
- Comment on They will remember 1 week ago:
I think Kiwi would go to “Clinker” or “Clunker” before that. Thats Australian.
- Comment on Actors that have been the least believable scientist castings, I’ll start. 2 weeks ago:
Henry Rollins is a philosopher.
- Comment on This boomer couple would be hit with $700,000 tax bill if they sold their mansion 2 weeks ago:
And?
If they have to pay taxes on that profit as if this was a business venture or investment they should be allowed to deduct 30 years of maintenance costs and loan interest as business expenses.
- Comment on This boomer couple would be hit with $700,000 tax bill if they sold their mansion 2 weeks ago:
Either you shouldnt be paying any capital gains on a primary residence full stop or it should be on a sliding rate over time. (20% for first year -1% per year after)
Buying a house (even a mcmansion) and living in it for 30 years isnt a hustle or an investment strategy… its just living.
- Comment on This boomer couple would be hit with $700,000 tax bill if they sold their mansion 2 weeks ago:
The unfair part of this is that the $500k threshold for the tax hasnt been updated since 1997.
In 1997 the average price for a house in California was about 180k now its $800k. If the tax was the same ratio it now wouldnt apply until the house was worth about 2.2mil (napkin math, I’m not getting out the calculator) Now I’m not saying they arent crying about a problem many of us would kill to have but thats a difference of about $340,000 in taxes.
- Comment on This boomer couple would be hit with $700,000 tax bill if they sold their mansion 2 weeks ago:
Also capital gains on a primary residence should decrease somewhat over time.
These arent property speculators or people buying and parking empty homes. They are people who bought a house, lived in the community, probably raised a family and didnt move for 30 years and now want to downsize.
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 3 weeks ago:
I think we’re pretty much on the same page. The stories were the same “Thats my ex” or “Stop flirting with my girl/boy” or “you think you’re better than me” stuff but the shit talking before things got physical was so much better.
Meatheads get to the punching part too fast for it to be funny. You have enough time to go “Aw fuck…” and it was on. I once saw someone go 5 solid minutes on another persons shoes and it was amazing.
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 3 weeks ago:
Nah you arent that unique you know. Its the same shit as straught clubs just with less violence and WAY more over the top acting and better writing. Straight guys throw chairs and punches, flamboyant gay dudes throw drinks and slap faces, Its just way more entertaining to be around.
The lesbians on the other hand… that shit was vicious but infrequent. Like dudes brawling but with hair pulling and nails as well.
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 3 weeks ago:
I worked the door of a very popular gay venue for a year. The security staff called the drama “Gays of our lives” and it was fucking amazing.
- Comment on This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband 3 weeks ago:
I will be able to afford to retire where I live, I cant afford to retire in Manhattan or Monaco.
- Comment on Cutting sucks 3 weeks ago:
On a cut like this you dont want to actually see your food.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Your life, your body, your choice and all.
But if you dont have a legit medical reason that having children would be ill advised I wouldnt do it. I never wanted kids, I hated kids. But people change, had one at 35 and another on the way at 40…
21yo me absolutely should not have had kids, I would have been a fucking terrible parent and I’m glad i didnt.
- Comment on linus tech tip 4 weeks ago:
I kind of feel for Linus. He is clearly NOT the guy to be in charge of a media company that recieved a 100 million dollar buyout offer and in charge of 50+ people. I genuinely believe he has good intentions and isnt trying to do anything evil or anti consumer.
Doesnt mean his fuckups dont have real world impacts for others though.
- Comment on EA reportedly shelves Need For Speed completely to focus on other projects 1 month ago:
I like the arcade physics, but at least keep it challenging and consistent.
- Comment on EA reportedly shelves Need For Speed completely to focus on other projects 1 month ago:
I hate to advocate for live service but…
An open world MMO racing game with a map that has roadworks that change the layout, on a weekly basis. Cops that do crackdowns on certain makes of cars, Carjackers trying to steal your ride, an ever evolving racing scene, weather events… give me a career mode where pushing my luck and teasing the cops too much costs me real progress. New songs in the radio every month, new events, new storylines and new arcs.
E.A could absolutely put it together and it could be great. But they would microtransaction the hell out of it, P2W, monetise the arse out of it and make it terrible. Because EA
- Comment on Can a Russian pls confirm 1 month ago:
Or “Who the fuck asked you cunt?” If you’re feeling spicy.
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 1 month ago:
- Comment on What sort of grill needs a firmware update lol 1 month ago:
Serious answer?
I have an app on my phone that allows me to control my pellet grill as long as it and my phone have an internet connection.
Doing a 12 hr smoke, I can leave the house and monitor it while I go shopping, change the temps if its not acting right. I can set temperature alerts and then go around the house and my phone goes off when the meat hits a certain internal temp. Its really really handy.
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 1 month ago:
Bacon grease chocolate chip cookies…
I shit you not.
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 1 month ago:
I have had this happen once. Cold jar, didnt let the grease cool enough… was my bad. Same as if you’re going to put it into a metal can while its still really hot, make sure the can isnt sitting on something that will melt.
I think the best advice is “Dont pour the grease while its still hot enough to burn you”
- Comment on School legend 1 month ago:
I mean… think it dont do it bruh. Also absolutely correct.
You know when the parents went for that meeting they also looked to be like "Well, is the boy at least justified in thinking “dat ass” was worth it.
- Comment on bisexual 2 months ago:
Why cant a guy just really like blowjobs and not be fussy. Always with the labels.
- Comment on Name an older anime you'd love to see make a full comeback? 2 months ago:
Teknoman
- Comment on Thing makes noise wallet goes empty 2 months ago:
As a Petrolhead, new noises mean “I hope thats a part I want an excuse to need to spend money on.”
Really, yes it needs brake pads and rotors, but thats like $300. For $300 I got a set of calipers, near new rotors and barely used pads off a facebook group member breaking a higher spec model, then spent another $200 on braided brake lines because its basically no more work if I’m doing the calipers anyway.
- Comment on I'm gonna mute this one 2 months ago:
Ive always put it in the very crude fashion of “They are both going to fuck us, but one of them spits on it and goes in gentle the other one wants us to struggle.”
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 2 months ago:
Mechwarrior online.
Free, online “shooter”, good community, runs on linux, gameplay is dated and doesnt get tons of dev support anymore but its still how I kill an evening once or twice a week.
- Comment on Why are American cops allowed to be morbidly obese? 2 months ago:
Backfired big time too.
Most of the big older guys realised that walking around all day is actually a pretty low pressure and laid back gig even if you are on your feet all day and dont want to go back on the machines once they are getting like 20,000 steps a day and lose the weight.