Furbag

@Furbag@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨optimal amount of syrup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This image is cropped so poorly. I’ve seen the uncropped version recently too…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My friend Charlie is back....⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Similar trick I learned, just get out of bed and stand up on it. It’ll go away in ~10 seconds and then you can hop back into bed. Works pretty much every time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I prompt injected my CONTRIBUTING.md – 50% of PRs are bots⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “build fast, ship fast”

  Ugh… these people are going to be the death of us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re getting a lot of the same comments in here, and I don’t feel like I need to add to the cacophony of voices decrying just how bad things have gotten (or, if you prefer, how bad they have always been and how they have only just now become more visible to us) so I thought I would chime in with one that still holds true today.

  The United States has some of the best national parks in the world. If you are someone who enjoys nature and being in the great outdoors, whether that’s hiking, hunting, fishing, birdwatching, climbing, caving, exploring, etc. the experience you can get here really can’t be matched anywhere else in the world. We have the most diverse range of biomes anywhere on the planet - deserts, mountains, valleys, forests, badlands, swamps - you name it, we’ve got it and it’s probably contained in one of our many national parks scattered across the countryside - and the best part is that access is free for everybody.

  Now, the big caveat, and one that kind of deflates this selling point quite a bit recently, is that a lot of the national park land and nature reserves are under threat right now by the Trump administration - there have been big moves by the executive to reclassify lots of federally protected land in order to expand oil drilling/fracking operations, as well as a push to force non-resident visitors to pay for entry, both of which are being fought tooth and nail by conservationists and environmental activists.

  So, there’s something. We can debate on whether or not it’s a good thing to have national pride over things that we have little to no control over, but at the very least we can say we enjoy what we have now and take pride in the fact that our forebearers had the wisdom to use the law to protect the land and it’s precious resources and that we continue that effort into the modern era.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck: Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do this every time I see one of those dorks driving one around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France bids to suspend Shein over childlike sex dolls⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Slippery Slope Fallacy. It’s the same thing as saying Doom and Grand Theft Auto train school shooters, or marijuana is a gateway drug to hard substances.

  This is not me defending paedophiles, I’m just pointing out the flaw in the logic here. Nothing says that having access to these dolls increases the likelihood of them carrying out their desires on a real child, or that by not having access they would never take that step regardless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you telling me my virtual real estate is worthless?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In a couple of years, the bubble may have already burst.

  Also, the robot is not just an employee, it’s an asset that can be sold off to pay debts in the event of bankruptcy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jensen Huang says gamers are 'completely wrong' about DLSS 5 — Nvidia CEO responds to DLSS 5 backlash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like, based on his own words, that gamers were absolutely right about DLSS 5. At least as far as I can tell.

  We don’t want GenAI horseshit in games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He has become a felon 34 times over, impeached twice, is there anything else anyone can do to get Trump out of office besides a storming the gates?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It wouldn’t be so bad if our government weren’t absolutely ratfucked by the two party FPTP system. There’s no incentive to not pick an extremist who aligns with your political ideology if your political party holds the majority of government offices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How much brainrot can you handle⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bonewheel Skeletons: “Look at what they need to mimic even a fraction of our power!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Palworld is going to be the survival crafting game everyone always wanted" and "people will be shocked" at how big 1.0 is, says Pocketpair publishing lead⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo alleges that they plagiarized their assets.

  The thing is, there was a solid argument to be made that some of the meshes for certain Pals were too similar to that of some Pokémon models to be a coincidence, but Nintendo didn’t bring any of that up in the lawsuit. They opted to go for the much more flimsy “riding a character” and “summoning a character by throwing a ball/sphere”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Antiwoke Straight of Hormwin⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Comatose

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hi, I upvoted your post, so when’s the wedding? 😏

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digg Shut Down⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had an idea pop in my head and I don’t know if it’s feasible or not, but maybe the next nascent social media network can try it out, who knows.

  Private trackers for torrenting are notoriously hard to get invitations to, specifically because the only way to get in is through joining the community early, limited time windows to register, or some sort of lottery system, but most people get in when one of their friends sends them one of their limited number of invitations - which they don’t do lightly because if you invite a leecher it harms your reputation and both you and the person you invited can get banned even if you are still maintaining a positive ratio.

  So what if we implemented a similar kind of system? Bots can’t flood a system if the registration is closed access, but regular people can still get invitations from friends and family. But if you invite a bot, that bot account and the account that invited it get terminated simultaneously, taking out two bad actors for the price of just one. Heck, if you really wanted to go scorched earth, every account that was registered via an invitation from the person who initial invited the bot should also get terminated. Know who you are inviting and you won’t have any problems, but if you use your ability to invite people recklessly, your entire social network gets kicked off the platform.

  This would probably never get implemented in a serious social media platform because those spaces rely on explosive growth to compete with other more established networks, and limiting the number of users is counterproductive - I think at some point investors would just start telling management to open the floodgates and let the bots in already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From millions of dollars to under a grand: The dramatic fall of the NFT⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  AI wasn’t the NFT killer, right click > saveas killed it at the very moment of conception.

  Digital scarcity is a complete joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft patents system for AI helpers to finish games for you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t just want the machines to create the art and music for us, they want them to consume it for us too, so that we’ll have more time to slave away at our jobs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is testing dynamic pricing: one game - different prices on the PlayStation Store⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These are the people who are about to win the console wars once Microsoft throws in the towel with Xbox.

  PC gaming hopefully about to have a third golden age soon! 🤞

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh fuck 😨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh fuck, I forgot that’s what you’re supposed to say!

  FSM, please forgive me for my apostasy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh fuck 😨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Al’dente 🙏

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨commitment⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is little risk of you consuming a 15lb pizza in one sitting.

  Silence, mortal!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They won’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s fine if people believe in ghosts and spiritual stuff. My wife believes in ghosts, genuinely and fervently. I don’t really care to battle her on this because regardless of what she believes and what I believe we ultimately end up doing the same thing in the end - nothing. I think it’s a bit childish, but it’s no more or less unreasonable than faith in a god or a higher power and people will fight you over that.

  I think the delineating factor is how much belief in ghosts or the supernatural play into your decision making and your worldview.

  If a person believes ghosts are real, but never really act on that belief, it’s harmless.

  if a person believes ghosts are real and alter their behavior in meaningful ways as a result, it’s maladaptive.

  For example, say you hear a creaking noise in the middle of the night that startles you awake. Person A, Person B and Person C each check to ensure there’s no intruder in the house and determine that all the doors and windows are still locked and there are no signs of forced entry.

  Person A comes to the conclusion that it was just the sound of the wood joists expanding or contracting as the temperature fluctuates and goes back to bed.

  Person B comes to the conclusion that the sound could have only been produced by a ghost and therefore their house must be haunted, and so they call an emergency priest to come exorcise the house with holy water and they stay up all night clutching charms and wards to fend off spirits.

  Person C comes to the conclusion that the sound could have only been produced by a ghost, says a quick (10 second) prayer for protection/guidance for the lost spirit and then goes back to sleep.

  You can see how Person A and Person C have conflicting views about the origin of the sound, one which relates to scientific explanations for real phenomena and the other that delves into spirituality and faith to explain it. Regardless, they are both able to resume their normal behaviors (sleeping) afterward, while Person B shares the same view of the origin of the sound as person C, but their view is extremely disruptive and illogical. Their belief in ghosts requires them to take extreme measures to feel protected against them, but there is no evidence that anything bad would have happened as a result if they had chosen to do nothing instead. Nor would there have been a guarantee that something bad would not have happened anyway if they did all of the “proper” things to remain safe from ghosts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The script is mysterious and important.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Neither does The Matrix, but it’s still firmly planted in the realm of science fiction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Iceberg gang stay frosty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, because the AI will look at everything with cold logic and rationality and come to the conclusion that even though the best chance of survival is for everyone to keep their fingers off the button, all it takes is for one actor to do it for the whole system of mutually assured destruction to collapse into nuclear armageddon, in which case the best chance of survival is to be the first one to launch your nukes and take out all your enemies capabilities to retaliate.

  A human being who isn’t psychotic can clearly see that the resulting survival and new world order would not be particularly a pleasant one to live in. The AI doesn’t care about its own comfort, though, so it will see this as the best outcome that minimizes variables.

  This is why AI should never be allowed to make decisions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The size of Portugal compared to Spain⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Quality shitpost

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What could possibly be more important than the patient?

  Why, the shareholders of course, silly!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is fantastic news! Not because I actually give a shit about sticking with Discord after getting slapped in the face with this insulting age verification nonsense, but because Discord has basically no competition and 6 months will be plenty of time for a real contender to emerge in time for them to shoot themselves in the foot again.

  I don’t think Discord actually appreciates how much market share is going to slip away from them in the next 6 months. They were probably better off going through with their clandestine spying plan now while some people might be complacent enough to just comply and provide their ID to get handed over to the fucking Feds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Political leaning⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If Insanity Wolf became a political pundit…