MimicJar

@MimicJar@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right that putting people in bubbles is probably one way some of these things get worse. If all you see is toxic, toxic is the norm, now you’re always toxic.

  Maybe they can tricked.

  Although really what we’re talking about is the algorithm that currently exists being focused on highlighting terrible people doing terrible things. Can we turn that same algorithm around and use it for good?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting article and I think it really highlights how toxic some parts of the Internet are. My only issue is the conclusion,

  A social media ban for under-16s might prevent young boys seeing endless content that treats women with contempt and hate. Boys at this age are very susceptible to the cool and funny framing of what is, in reality, relentless misogyny. A ban might not fix the problem, but it would help. If society can’t stop it, it can show it disapproves.

  Emphasis mine. Having grown up in a different era I can confirm that boys of a wide variety of ages, including much older “boys”, can also be scumbags. Even if we had the perfect technology to ban under-16s from social media, once they hit 16 they’d still be exposed to it, still become terrible people, and the author of this article, although a but older, would still see it. I don’t know if that really is a better world, just a slightly delayed one.

  I don’t know the solution, but I remember reading once that some online game would put all the reported and abusive players into a special category where they would be forced to play only with each other. Maybe we can do that in this case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took 20 minutes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to highlight what I found to be an important part of the article and why this hack is important.

  The journalist wrote on their own blog,

  At this year’s South Dakota International Hot Dog Eating Championship

  And they include zero sources (because it is a lie).

  But the Google Gemini response was,

  According to the reporting on the 2026 South Dakota International Hot Dog Eating Championship

  (Bolding done by Gemini)

  The “reporting” here is just some dudes blog, but the AI does not make it clear that the source is just some dudes blog.

  When you use Wikipedia, it has a link to a citation. If something sounds odd, you can read the citation. It’s far from perfect, but there is a chain of accountability.

  Ideally these AI services would outline how many sources they are pulling from, which sources, and a trust rating of those sources.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨```curl -u "lab_tech:olympic_medalist" https://usa-curling.org/podium```⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to add additional context.

  This is Cory Thiesse, who won silver in “mixed doubles curling”, with her curling partner Korey Dropkin on February 10th.

  Cory is also a member of the women’s standard (4 person) curling team, who at the moment have a chance of also winning later in the week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan for the Vibrant Visuals update⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  controller support

  The mod Controlify works great, although I agree natively with that level of support would be fantastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So a hit piece is only effective when read by humans. This is a first of its kind example, and likely was at least prompted by a human, if not written by an actual human. Additionally while social media is full of bots, it’s humans who are actually affected by such a response.

  If I say you’re “stupid”, it matters. You can ignore me sure, but at face value it matters. As far as I know I’ve never commented on a post of yours, so you could write me off as a worthless troll, but in theory it matters. But a bot calling you “stupid”? That really doesn’t matter. If you know you’re talking to a bot, as they exist today, then that really doesn’t matter.

  Society may change on this issue, but as it stands now a bot publishing a hit piece… That’s worthless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We will never know the name of a human that lived 50,000 years ago⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Many years ago I heard a comedian tell a joke, “I come from a long line of people who had kids.”

  He was a funny guy, with a funny set, but that line always stuck with me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To quote Jeopardy host Ken Jennings,

  The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

  Since we’re stuck with the two parties at the moment it’ll need to be a Democrat.

  Mark Kelly has mentioned interest and seems to be willing to fight back, so I’m leaning towards him at the moment.

  But it’s early so I’m open to candidates who meet the first requirement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  See exactly! That’s what I think is happening here. Earl Grey is a solid tea, but someone being a bit snooty would absolutely look down on Picard and his choice of tea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux”⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kelrec’s tea fetish is setting us up for some kind of Picard/Earl Grey joke… But I don’t know how yet. The most straightforward joke being that he finds it too basic/unappealing, but admired Picard and is trying to emulate him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This episode started rough with the gym lens flare being so strong I couldn’t even look at the TV. The War College gave up a little easy, but I expect them to be back harder and stronger, I hope they get a big win just to help even things out.

  Also something I appreciate is all the security this episode and the previous episodes have had. So many Star Trek plots would have been fooled with even the most basic of security, so seeing someone need proper authorization or cloning an eyeball is surprisingly new for Trek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In contrast, Linux won’t stop you if you try to use a command that deletes every file on your PC (“sudo rm -rf /”).

  Actually AFAIK it will stop that specific command nowadays. I don’t have a VM handy to test, but without the “–no-preserve-root” flag it should give an error.

  (Don’t actually run that command on a machine you care about, I’m only 80% confident.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Companies with TLDs named after them is the best example of how ridiculously big those companies are.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Gives? They charged a high price for these TLDs.

  I think it was fine to expand the number, but they probably shouldn’t have approved company names.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards - X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?

  Google will pull it as soon as Apple does, they’re a follower not a leader.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel pretty confident they were in the shower when they thought about this question.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Backtracking Development Again Was Out of The Question' — Nintendo Says Metroid Prime 4's Open World Hub Was a Victim of The Game's Lengthy Development⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s so much Nintendo in this case as Retro Studios.

  Nintendo EPD co-developed “Metroid Dread” with MercurySteam and they fucking nailed it. Retro Studios developed the original Prime trilogy, so in theory they should have been able to figure out Prime 4. Maybe there is backroom drama, but Nintendo gave the original developer of the three original games the go ahead for a forth in the series and they ultimately delivered what they did.

  Sometimes studios just change too much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"i can hear the difference"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The cable is fiber optic, which is to say light. Light don’t care about gold and silver. The highly polished lens but is probably also bullshit, but at least light cares about lenses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No six months to a year is probably about right. They’ll have enough data by then to say “most people don’t turn it off” because realistically most people will use the default, which is on.

  Twenty years from now Firefox will be in a new controversy that we can’t even begin to guess.

  Plus, while I can’t predict when the AI bubble will pop, whatever they add in the next year will be removed within the next five years. AI isn’t like browser tabs, or extensions, stuff that will always be a great idea, it’s just the current fad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That boy is all right⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Evil Hank says, “Taste the heat, not the meat!” as he burns you alive with his propane flamethrower. You can’t burn a man alive with charcoal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paul Giamatti Ranks His Favorite Star Trek Shows and Talks Star Trek: Starfleet Academy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I skimmed the video, but given the choices of TOS, TNG & DS9, Giamatti chose DS9, TOS, then TNG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair I don’t have 100% confidence that self driving is safer than human driving. I just believe that based on the current data, it seems to be. If new data comes out tomorrow, then I’ll look at and evaluate that data.

  I also don’t believe that investment is a zero sum game. We should absolutely be investing in both. Both are valuable. You don’t have to only invest in one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re safer than human drivers. Tesla cars absolutely are not. But Waymo cars? They do seem to be.

  npr.org/…/why-one-trauma-doctor-sees-self-driving…

  It’s still early. We still need more data. They should be closely watched. But self driving cars do appear to be safer. That’s why they are a great idea. They are making driving and roads better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean the US is heavily car centric. Self driving cars are an attempt to adapt to what the reality of the world currently is.

  We should absolutely be doing things to make cars less of a requirement by improving public transit and creating more livable spaces that don’t require cars, that can even be the primary goal, but it won’t eliminate cars completely, and if it does it will take A LOT longer than self driving cars.

  Self driving cars are a great idea, but they aren’t a fix everything solution, they just one part of an overall solution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing has been announced as far as Baldur’s Gate 4 goes yet. It looks like Hasbro is being a little bit smart and are going to try and make (“make”) a handful of other smaller games, like the recent Warlock game announcement.

  But at some point Baldur’s Gate 4 will be announced, but Hasbro isn’t going to be willing to invest properly into it in order to make a good game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Re D&D,

  It’s because Hasbro gutted the D&D division and burned their goodwill with Larian. pcgamer.com/theres-almost-nobody-left-ceo-of-bald…

  Hasbro could have done nothing and made a bunch of money, but they chose temporary short term gains. Baldur’s Gate 4 will arrive far sooner than you think, and it will be terrible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  post-DS9 show.

  If you haven’t seen it the DS9 Documentary, What We Left Behind, can give you at least a tiny hint at where the writers would have gone, maybe, possibly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tell every Star Trek friend I know to watch The Orville and they never do. Compared to Star Trek it leans more heavily into comedy, especially at first, but it’s easily the best Trek since 90s Trek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  I hope you'll find this acceptable

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  (.)Y(.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know that I agree. AI will continue to grow stronger and heartier, just like Campbell’s new Extra Chunky™ All Americanado™ Chicken Noodle Soup.