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- Comment on Did ChatGPT come up with Trump’s tariff rate formula? AI chatbots ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok all return the same formula for reciprocal tariff calculations, several X users claim. 13 hours ago:
Some? A huge portion are. Numerous others have replicated it with visual proof. I agree that the news sites should be verifying it, but NYT did and also documented their proof.
- Comment on AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%. 1 day ago:
AI is useful for basic, mundane tasks and that’s about it. Trying to force it to be some sort of Uber search engine is such a bad idea.
- Comment on How the fuck do I find out where and when all these protests and rallies are happening? 1 week ago:
There are other search engines than google. VPNs and anonymizing extensions also exist. “Appropriate forums” can and are infiltrated by fascist government agents all the time, so don’t pretend like it’s that much safer.
- Comment on How the fuck do I find out where and when all these protests and rallies are happening? 1 week ago:
It’s gotten worse, I won’t argue that. But basic stuff is still quite easy/straightforward to look up, and using search modifier tools is still incredibly useful in narrowing down results.
- Comment on How the fuck do I find out where and when all these protests and rallies are happening? 1 week ago:
Man, it’s crazy how bad it’s gotten with people not knowing how to use search engines, let alone how to effectively use them. If it’s not on their social media platform of choice, it’s simply unattainable information.
- Comment on Pets hate the vet clinic and groomer because they smell the combined terror/anger of a thousand other animals who've been poked and prodded in that room 2 weeks ago:
Oh 100%. He’s 13 years old and still acts like a big, dumb puppy. Yellow labs/labs in general tend to be like that, though. Just happy with life, haha.
- Comment on Pets hate the vet clinic and groomer because they smell the combined terror/anger of a thousand other animals who've been poked and prodded in that room 2 weeks ago:
Unless you’re my dog, who fucking loves going to the vet.
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 weeks ago:
It’s damn near the very bottom lol, so I forgive myself for missing that. When I skim something for a product, I’m looking at the tech specs/BLUF message, not digging thru the entire page of text. Anyway, glad it’s all sorted out.
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for the info! Was actually thinking my current watch’s battery was beginning to hold a charge less and less lately, so definitely keeping these in mind.
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 weeks ago:
I did indeed skim pretty fast, but it doesn’t say that, it just says from 7 days to 30:
- Comment on US appeals court says AI authors don't qualify for copyright. 2 weeks ago:
Before anyone gets excited:
The Court of Appeals did, however, acknowledge that works made by a person with the assistance of AI can qualify for copyright, while also noting that no legal standard defines the amount of human participation necessary for such recognition.
I think the primary motivation for this guy to doggedly pursue this case, is so he could claim ownership over anything this/future model(s) produced, regardless of his involvement. It would’ve set a bad precedent in a lot of ways.
Anyway, people/corpos can still click a button to generate shit and claim copyright since the court acknowledges that any miniscule amount of human involvement qualifies.
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 weeks ago:
Does this interface with your phone at all? Tried skimming thru their website but the fact it doesn’t list Bluetooth in the specs leaves me confused why you’d spend this much money on a quasi-smartwatch that doesn’t have that capability.
- Comment on $16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet. 3 weeks ago:
Even if their spending is that simple in terms of categories, it’s almost certain their breakdown within each category is definitely quite a bit more complex. Hell, my wife runs her own therapy practice with just herself and she talks about how obnoxious dealing with insurance is for billing all the time.
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
I didn’t say you “need a 5090 enjoy the other 5% of games,” the implication is performance. And no, I highly doubt your 3060 is not doing that. With lowered settings and no ray tracing on some games, sure. When we’re talking about flagship GPUs, the idea is that people buy them to be able to run at 1440p/4k, higher graphics settings, and maintain at least stable 60+fps.
There’s games right now that even a 4090 struggles to run on maxed settings at 4k and stay above 60fps at all times. However, DLSS 3+ and similar tech saves the day with frame gen and upscaling. Developers just need to optimize their shit.
And if you don’t care about graphics at all, then of course this is all irrelevant and participating in this discussion is completely pointless.
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
Ah, gotcha. I haven’t been looking for GPUs for a few years now, so I was low-key excited that there was actually a deal that good.
But yeah, I agree that the last couple gens of flagship GPUs are vastly overkill for 95% of games.
- Comment on We all deserve better than this 3 weeks ago:
Out of curiosity, what GPU is getting 85% of a 5080’s performance at $250? Genuine question.
- Comment on BJJ and the Bear 4 weeks ago:
What post are you referring to?
- Comment on Gaming chat platform Discord in early talks with banks about public listing 4 weeks ago:
Lame. Discord has already been dipping their toes into the enshitification pond the last few years, so I imagine it’s going to get worse as they move closer to going public and moreso afterwards.
- Comment on In Response to Amazon preventing to download books you bought: Some DRM free bookstores and publishers 4 weeks ago:
There’s a reason tons of major authors have come out against Amazon. I think Brandon Sanderson even went so far as to write books in secret and shadow drop them onto other book platforms, purposefully avoiding Amazon entirely.
- Comment on Tech Workers Coalition 101: come on board 1 month ago:
Worked for me. But it just brings me to a Zoom meeting, I’d rather it go to a website for some actual information before wasting time on a live event.
- Comment on Study of 8k Posts Suggests 40+% of Facebook Posts are AI-Generated 1 month ago:
It still existed when I did the same thing a year ago or so. They implemented it awhile back to try and avoid antitrust lawsuits around the world. Though, now that Zuckerberg has formally started sucking this regime’s dick, I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes away.
- Comment on Elon Musk email to X staff: ‘we’re barely breaking even’ 2 months ago:
Moderately toxic?
- Comment on From Bloodborne, The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid V will turn 10 in 2025, believe it or not 2 months ago:
Agreed for the most part, but that’s not really the gaming industry’s fault. I will say environmental graphics (e.g. ambient details, texture depth, lighting, amount of miscellaneous background and ground clutter density) have gotten much better. If you play The original W3 (before the official “remake” and/or mods), it definitely looks very aged versus something like Black Myth Wukong or Cyberpunk 2077. Bloodborne even more so (although, I’d argue that game’s graphics were never its strong point to begin with, but it did have excellent art direction, as From’s games always tend to have).
- Comment on From Bloodborne, The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid V will turn 10 in 2025, believe it or not 2 months ago:
BG3 is not an AA game, lol. The A’s simply mean budget, and BG3 had a budget of over $100 million.
- Comment on From Bloodborne, The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid V will turn 10 in 2025, believe it or not 2 months ago:
I think it’s more the fact that games like Witcher 3 and Bloodborne are still discussed so much despite being a decade old now. Just kind of crazy 10 years have passed already.
- Comment on Amazon worker who was ran over and shot during NO attack denied medical leave. 2 months ago:
I should be glad to inform that labor exploitation has been going on since before 1984 and/or Cyberpunk dystopia fiction?
- Comment on Amazon worker who was ran over and shot during NO attack denied medical leave. 2 months ago:
Hate to break it to you, but gross labor exploitation has been going on a long, long time.
- Comment on Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour 2 months ago:
But tons of restaurants didn’t offer delivery before. That’s what the other commenter was saying. For many places, especially smaller, locally owned restaurants, a 3rd party enabling delivery for them is a huge boon. But like the other commenter said, it needs to be implemented well and fairly, which it currently is not.
Also, comparing 3rd party food delivery to health insurance is definitely something…
- Comment on In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return? 4 months ago:
TIL the etymology of goodbye is a contraction of “god be with you.”
- Comment on Windows 11 takes a break on updates until 2025 | Digital Trends 4 months ago:
We’re just now doing phased roll outs of 23H2 at work, so haven’t paid any attention to 24H2. What issues is it having that you’ve noticed?
