alaphic
@alaphic@lemmy.world
- Comment on Hell yeah bröther 10 hours ago:
This is the comment I came here for
- Comment on AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators 11 hours ago:
This was honestly what I was more inclined to believe, though I also know that I don’t have enough information about the subject to have a truly informed opinion… It was my understanding, however, that despite all their grandiose claims aren’t LLMs (at least, our current models anyway) essentially ‘ranked choice’ dialogue trees, sort of, where the next word is determined by statistical likelihood of X word being next based on the input and what material it has been trained on? Or am I wrong?
- Comment on What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes? 1 day ago:
Obviously I’m not OP, but I took them to mean content that might be considered superfluous or otherwise not as meaningful to the overarching narrative in and of itself
- Comment on Ugh it never ends 3 weeks ago:
Yes.
- Comment on What are the benefits of a server having multiple public IP addresses? 3 weeks ago:
Ping me yourself, you coward!
- Comment on Who is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and why is she in my toothpaste? 😡🤬😡 3 weeks ago:
Obviously not, you’re pretty clearly a ninja (i think lol). Also, I’m not gonna lie, this kinda fascinates me because science, but I also have a low key medical phobia kinda thing so it squicks me out a little at the same time lol. My SO is actually a scientist as well (not medical/bio, tho, thankfully lol she’s an environmental scientist) and I love it when she talks sci to me 😂🤣 so I even recognize like all of the words you used and everything
- Comment on Who is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and why is she in my toothpaste? 😡🤬😡 3 weeks ago:
release hemoglobin for direct measurement
This sounds like a really pretty way of saying “stabbing someone” at first brush, tbh lol
- Comment on Occasional weird spam posts by otherwise (seemingly) legitimate users? 3 weeks ago:
There’s literally one at the bottom of this thread guys
- Comment on Slutty ceramic frog or something idk 3 weeks ago:
I’m just gonna drop this right here…
- Comment on This new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast! 3 weeks ago:
Why in the world does this seem to use an inaccurate depiction of the Xbox Series X expansion card for its thumbnail?
- Comment on Brett McKenzie is like the Kyle Gass of Flight of the Conchords 4 weeks ago:
Pretty much anyone who asked, I’d imagine 🤣😂
- Comment on Brett McKenzie is like the Kyle Gass of Flight of the Conchords 4 weeks ago:
What kind of a rapper name is ‘Steve’ anyway
- Comment on Console war, console war never changes 4 weeks ago:
Someone did something and, predictably, someone else bitched about it because reasons. Or something. Probably?
- Comment on Gumroad Founder Sahil Lavingia Reveals He Was Let Go from DOGE as Software Engineer for the Department of Veterans Affairs After Just 55 Days 4 weeks ago:
I guess it’s good to be one of ‘the good ones’ right up until it suddenly isn’t, huh?
Who woulda thought
- Comment on What's the process of black market weed consumption? 5 weeks ago:
You need to find\make some friends that work in some type of kitchen. I’ve never worked with kitchen staff that didn’t smoke at a minimum
- Comment on If Christians were real, they’d be lining up to post for their sins (not trying to avoid judgement). 1 month ago:
Not sure if OP is just shitty at trolling, or just 14 and (clearly) super enlightened
- Comment on If Christians were real, they’d be lining up to post for their sins (not trying to avoid judgement). 1 month ago:
Bro, i don’t know what church(es) you’ve been going to, but… Damn. I’ve never (that I can recall, at any rate) heard any self-professed ‘Christian’ of any kind take apparent pleasure in groups of people being sentenced to eternal damnation… Not even the really shitty ones.
That’s kind of where the whole ‘missionary’ thing comes in
- Comment on ℞osaur 1 month ago:
Yeah, I’d expect that kinda petty jealousy from a hippo
- Comment on People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies 1 month ago:
/facepalm
The worst part is I know I looked at that earlier and was just like, “yup, no problems here” and just went along with my day, like I’m in the Trump administration or something
- Comment on People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies 1 month ago:
Or immediately question what it/its author(s) stand to gain from making you think it thinks so, at a bear minimum.
I dunno who needs to hear this, but just in case: THE STRIPPER (OR AI I GUESS) DOESN’T REALLY LOVE YOU! THAT’S WHY YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU!
I know it’s not the perfect analogy, but… eh, close enough, right?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
This made me think of something I read online one time that essentially said if you really want to get a question answered correctly on the internet you shouldn’t just ask it, but rather you should post the question and then answer it incorrectly as, invariably, someone will show up to correct you
- Comment on Tesla is banned from Canada EV rebate program, gov freezes suspicous $43 million in rebates 2 months ago:
Maybe they shouldn’t have kept a backlog then? That certainly sounds like a ‘them’ problem though, doesn’t it?
Doesn’t strike me as very efficient either
- Comment on Open Source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries 2 months ago:
Jeez, don’t these fucksticks have enough data already? People are literally handing it to them hand over fist and they’re still like “no, we need to forcibly suck the data out of you until your servers burst into flames”
- Comment on People Are Using AI to Create Influencers With Down Syndrome Who Sell Nudes 3 months ago:
While I don’t disagree with you, what if the violence in the game in question was specifically against people with Down’s Syndrome? I think that may bring it a little closer to being equal - in terms of the analogy, anyway. I don’t think the big problem here is the AI porn necessarily, so much as the fetishization of not just a minority, but one with an impairment. (Which I think is only further compounded by said impairment being largely cognitive/developmental in nature, as well.)
- Comment on Who needs retirement when you can buy an asset that loses value over time? 3 months ago:
Ok, sure bubby, whatever makes you feel better 👍 Don’t get all butthurt and confrontational if you’re not confident enough in what you say to bring reciepts tho… I was trying this crazy thing where I see an interesting thread and try to contribute to it and foster discussion. But, i guess just making shit up is cool - You do you lol
- Comment on Who needs retirement when you can buy an asset that loses value over time? 3 months ago:
Honestly, I would think that the whole ‘sweat equity’ aspect would argue more in my favor, to be honest… Even assuming you are doing the necessary restoration work or whatever yourself at cost it doesn’t just magically make that ‘value’ disappear, it would just be externalized and distributed (so to speak) over whatever time you’ve spent acquiring the ability to do so, would it not?
I’m not trying to be argumentative necessarily, but keep in mind I’m considering this strictly from the viewpoint of it being an investment with anticipated return over that of an index over 30 years, so I’m not considering the enjoyment or what have you you might expect from a car enthusiast to be a factor. I also am basing my opinion on my feeling the implication in the original reply was that you could go out right now, get whatever car you wanted, drive it for 30+ years and finally still sell it in whatever state it may be in for something like a 5% return on what you originally paid. Do you consider (or preferably could you provide some evidence?) this to be accurate?
- Comment on Who needs retirement when you can buy an asset that loses value over time? 3 months ago:
I mean, you’re the one making claims of bell graphs and whatnot here bro… I said I’d be more than happy to correct myself if I’m wrong, but you’re the one making the claims here; That means the onus of proof is on you… I’m not the one who needs to be right so bad they had to say that kinda lame and honestly a bit nonsensical ‘i was joking even though there is clearly nothing in my comment that even remotely supports that interpretation’ thing.
Feel free to keep that ‘do your own research’ energy over there in MAGA land tho… and be a big boy and provide your own proof. It’s really telling (and doesn’t exactly scream ‘credible/competent’ tbh) if the strongest rebuttal you have is… Nothing? Lol
- Comment on Who needs retirement when you can buy an asset that loses value over time? 3 months ago:
As a broke kid whose parents thought it would be a good investment, I assure you dude has always been a fucking grifter praying on poverty-stricken Christian families. His advice (read: worthless fiscal platitudes) are like the thoughts and prayers of financial planning… I have literally hundreds of thousands of dollars of bills for chemo we couldn’t even fathom affording while he was dying as my only inheritance to attest to this.
I’m sorry, imo if you’re making a living off of what amounts to a MLM-esque program offering financial ‘guidance’ to people making sub-federal poverty line wages that includes an entire unit on trading stocks then at best you’re an idiot and at worst you’re… Well, Dave Ramsey, apparently.
- Comment on Who needs retirement when you can buy an asset that loses value over time? 3 months ago:
No offense, but I feel like if this is true at all, it’s likely still at the very least misleading… I can’t think of really any secondary sales markets in which the most important determination of value isn’t one thing: Condition. (I’m sure there are plenty of arguments to be made for it to be trumped by rarity, but… Let’s be realistic here - unless you’re an archeologist it doesn’t matter how well the pot’s glaze holds its finish, if it amounts to nothing more than a few shards in the end, it’s not going to be quite as awe inspiring as one perhaps more worn yet still intact.)
So, yeah, sure, your 30 year old vehicle could appreciate… Assuming you’ve managed to keep it in something near showroom condition, it hasn’t suffered any major accidental/structural damage, and you not only did all the required/recommended services in a timely manner but also kept the records to prove it. (It also certainly wouldn’t hurt you if that particular make/model ceased production, by any means, either, obviously.)
But I sincerely doubt your F-350 with X00k miles on it that needs a new motor mount and only has 2 knobs left on the console is gonna beat a decent, stable, and well managed index fund investment of the same amount. I’m more than willing to admit my mistake(s) if someone has evidence to the contrary, but I feel like this is another one of those lies ‘temporarily embarrassed millionaires’ tell themselves when they kick the can a bit further down the road of their inevitable prodigious wealth. 😋
- Comment on DOGE Is Replacing Fired Workers With a Chatbot 3 months ago:
So, what, we’re just full blown speedrunning the apocalypse now, huh?