Jay
@Jay@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on R.I.P. 10 months ago:
I hated 2023 BC. I lost my woolly mammoth that year.
- Comment on R.I.P. 10 months ago:
It was the best 2023 we ever had.
- Comment on Smells Like Teen Spirit 10 months ago:
You’d have to ask Courtney. Because she had him killed and all that.
- Comment on What future AI applications are you most excited about? 10 months ago:
I am very excited to see which areas of medicine will make progress through AI in the next few years.
My best friend has extreme back pain and there doesn’t seem to be anyone who can really help him.
My wife has multiple sclerosis, which I don’t need to say more about.
Medicine has made enormous progress in the last few decades. I pray this gets a turbo boost from AI. (And that even though I don’t believe in God.)
- Comment on Spotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders. 11 months ago:
Absolutely, I’m aware of the Top 40, but my point is about how services like Spotify are amplifying the dominance of this type of quickly digestible music. While the Top 40 has always reflected popular tastes, Spotify intensifies the focus on ephemeral hits rather than promoting a diverse range of music and independent artists. Additionally, the technology behind Spotify, where artists or labels aren’t compensated if a track is skipped within the first 30 seconds, further influences this trend. It shapes not only what we listen to but also how we value music.
- Comment on Spotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders. 11 months ago:
I believe Spotify is largely responsible for its own financial struggles. Knowing that 2/3 of their revenue goes to the greedy labels, they should consider scaling back on operational costs and excessive investments in advertising and celebrity podcast deals.
In a way, it serves them right. Spotify plays a significant role in transforming music into a product akin to fast food, prioritizing mass consumption over artistic value. This approach not only impacts their profitability but also contributes to a broader devaluation of music as an art form.
So fuck Spotify.
- Comment on It's a hard life 11 months ago:
It’s different for me. In my worst moments, the thought of sex is one of the most beautiful and positive I can grasp.
- Comment on As ChatGPT gets “lazy,” people test “winter break hypothesis” as the cause 11 months ago:
No. Reality can’t be better than expectations.
- Comment on 'Tis the season 11 months ago:
Looks like Holiday decorations for the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
- Comment on The trapped souls of all damned Scotts are here (that's all scotts). 11 months ago:
Michael too? After all, he has won numerous Dundees and should be on all Scott lists.
- Comment on Sorry 11 months ago:
It is true.
- Comment on Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars 11 months ago:
Look at the official announcement they were replying to.
- Comment on Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars 11 months ago:
Here is the official announcement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl5PGoy5X6g
If anyone had asked me which rock band would be the first to come out with this kind of crap, I would have said KISS anyway.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
I too, my friend, feel like I’m too advanced in age to understand this.
- Comment on Making plans 11 months ago:
When I was a student, a friend texted me one evening:
“Tequila. Name of our usual bar. Now.”
I replied “OK” and was there 20 minutes later. She was a little surprised, but learned exactly the lesson of this post that evening.
- Comment on Should I quit my monthly expenses for alcohol? 11 months ago:
Could be both, though
- Comment on Should I quit my monthly expenses for alcohol? 11 months ago:
Because the joke is about spending so much money on things like porn and alcohol. It’s just a joke, no real statement of expenses.
- Comment on More Research grants required. 1 year ago:
- Comment on If civilization continues to the year 9999, is the idea to go to year 10.000, or...? 1 year ago:
I don’t think that’s a question any human will have to answer. Humanity will be long gone by then.
- Comment on lol 1 year ago:
Nah, when I see what’s going on here in Europe… These may not be such obvious jokes, but this stupid and dangerous right-wing propaganda, which seems to be gaining momentum everywhere, is frightening.
- Comment on lol 1 year ago:
I know this has been said many times, but the fact that this clown was actually President of the USA makes me doubt the sanity of humanity.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
- Comment on Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide with Jennifer Aniston & Matthew Perry | (VHS) 1995 1 year ago:
Could this BE more 90’s?
- Comment on YouTube Is Monetizing Human Suffering at an Open Air Drug Market 1 year ago:
Here in Germany there is a television station that likes to produce similar trash formats. Whole seasons show people on the streets struggling with addiction and the problems of homelessness.
Even though I think it’s important that we don’t forget this part of society, it always had a strange aftertaste to me. What is described here sounds like the next stage in this display of human tragedy for the purpose of entertainment.
- Comment on Does someone have this meme? 1 year ago:
- Comment on AI will change the way we do everything. All jobs will be replaced. 1 year ago:
I looked through your profile.
You seem like fun. Liar!
- Comment on AI will change the way we do everything. All jobs will be replaced. 1 year ago:
This joke is really old now.
And yes, even if such mistakes are funny at first glance, it doesn’t change the fact that the field of AI has developed incredibly in the last year. And this development actually has the potential to completely change our economy. And not only that.
No, I’m not fun at parties.
- Comment on Redditor when women 1 year ago:
Maybe he’s just joking?
- Comment on Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful. 1 year ago:
Pfizer conducts research in various areas, including MS therapy. That costs a lot of money.
But I can’t complain anyway, here in Germany you can get Paxlovid free of charge because it’s prescribed by a doctor.
- Comment on Coming soon to cinemas near you 1 year ago:
I didn’t believe you.
I was a fool.
