Carnelian
@Carnelian@lemmy.world
- Comment on At 25, Wikipedia faces a double threat: the rise of AI and the decline of local media— Human visitors declined in 2025, while AI crawlers are on the rise 1 day ago:
Oh wow, yeah that sounds like some crazy mod abuse. Nothing beats volunteer contributors when it comes to drama haha
- Comment on At 25, Wikipedia faces a double threat: the rise of AI and the decline of local media— Human visitors declined in 2025, while AI crawlers are on the rise 1 day ago:
Oh interesting, may I ask how specialized those sources were? The first scenario that comes to mind is that perhaps they were known to be less than reputable, which could lead to a ban
- Comment on At 25, Wikipedia faces a double threat: the rise of AI and the decline of local media— Human visitors declined in 2025, while AI crawlers are on the rise 1 day ago:
In that situation it would be a kindness for you to take the specialized sources you’ve found and add them to articles, to save the next person a little trouble
- Comment on Even ‘microwave safe’ plastic containers can release microplastics into meals, new study warns 1 week ago:
Haven’t had a microwave in about ten years now. There’s never been a situation where I’ve missed it
- Comment on President Donald Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems 1 week ago:
Heartbreaking: worst person you know makes a good decision
- Comment on Ads used to be different 💔 1 week ago:
Oof, this is a little too intense. Could we get a version where a relatively thin red line is striking through the word “kill”?
- Comment on i have a very high libido and my shitposts reflect that, sorry 1 week ago:
Nah don’t apologize, your posts slap harder than his balls in my face
- Comment on Humans' behavior about LLMs is the same as animals with a mirror: they believe there is "another" in there. It's just their reflexion 2 weeks ago:
Except it’s not their reflection, it’s a string of phrases presented to you based partly on the commonality of similar phrases appearing next to one another in the training data, and partly on mysterious black box modifications! Fun!
- Comment on shut uppp 2 weeks ago:
I go to hug my wife for comfort. She too is AI
- Comment on Pretty platformer sequel Planet of Lana II gets a pretty good Steam demo tomorrow, ahead of its surprise March release 3 weeks ago:
Oh lovely! I liked the first game a lot. Similar to INSIDE but with more of a nature theme
- Comment on As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent 4 weeks ago:
Which specific point do we disagree on? It seems you have acknowledged the necessity of new games, and even provided specific examples. So the matter is settled, yes?
- Comment on As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent 4 weeks ago:
I’m not saying we don’t need the odd new DeltaRune or Blue Prince
Okay great, so you agree with me 100%, thank you for clarifying.
Regarding “New Title” addicts who consider anything released more than one day ago to be valueless, I agree that that is nonsensical. I’m confused about why you’re bringing it to my attention, however
- Comment on As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent 4 weeks ago:
Of course it does. Art is the medium through which we process and communicate our most complicated emotions. As the world continues to change, more and more art will have the power to affect us positively
- Comment on As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent 4 weeks ago:
I’m grossed/weirded out by yet another micro transaction riddled “live service” masquerading as an indie passion project. They even did a disgusting little media tour citing how they want their particular web of sub-nested premium currencies to be particular ethical, and not charge more $20 for their awful cosmetics.
The world needs more good games. The world does not need more soulless cash grabs
- Comment on smart 1 month ago:
Yeah solving it without following any method probably actually requires you to be a genius or something lol
I love the established speedcubing strategies tho, it basically changes it from being a puzzle you’re trying to solve into being similar to a rogue-like video game where you get a new “map” each time. Totally different skillset but also super rewarding in its own way
- Comment on the year of the linux desktop 1 month ago:
Presumably caused by people browsing on their blow-off-some-steam deck
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 1 month ago:
RIP
- Comment on Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app” 2 months ago:
Trying to figure what exactly is going on, cuz there are older posts about it, but only the web version? Is it just that the local app has been updated?
- Comment on Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app” 2 months ago:
But the fucking LLM button.
Little penguin sticker
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 2 months ago:
~( ˘▾˘~)
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 2 months ago:
wow thanks for advising me to pick better battles, yes I’ll check my corner upon gender before selecting my next opponent
Make sure to drink some water before you go to bed tonight, okay?
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 2 months ago:
You drunk or something guy? After two days of being online constantly you decide to finally dig this back up to make some “I’m so over it” announcement and insult me for two paragraphs?
What exactly do you want out of this interaction, me to say “wow thanks for not blocking me, yes I totally believe you when you say you are mature and unaffected one”?
And since you asked so politely, no, I’m not a man. Nice guess though, want to try again?
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 2 months ago:
I’m sorry, you literally openly praised Scam Altman’s product as a massively superior option to web searching yes? Highly nuanced, saves you a ton of time, remember? And your response to the most obvious flaw with this use case is to deny you are affected by the problem in any way and to deflect the topic onto my attitude?
You genuinely remind me of my late uncle who snapped at us every time we told him to quit smoking. He was so convinced it wouldn’t catch up to him, had a hundred justifications. I’ll never forget the way his young daughter cried at the funeral. And before you and your “AI enhanced workflow” get into a whole thing about how cigarettes are different from computer programs, I’m not calling ChatGPT a Marlborough Red, I’m calling you bull headed. I could have just said as much, but as you’ve noticed, I like my fluff.
Anyway, I love how on the one point you addressed, your actual argument shifts from “it’s incredibly beneficial” to “it’s merely an insignificant fraction of my workflow!” Like, notice how your literal first instinct isn’t to defend the usefulness of chatgpt in this instance but to defend the integrity of your French by assuring me you are using legitimate sources as well.
This is the same pattern all AI victims I’ve spoken with have fallen into. It begins with “oh it saves me so much time it’s so useful!” Then as we interrogate how it’s useful to them it turns out all it does is waste their time with a bunch of bullshit they need to verify when they could have just gone directly to the source they use to verify in the first place.
That is if they even bother to verify, btw. But I honestly don’t know which direction is worse. A huge issue is the ones who “verify” are then always completely convinced that they have verified everything correctly. You can imagine the dangers of this mentality
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 2 months ago:
Okay so this time it’s “I like to fuck around with irrelevant sports statistics and I’m really excited to eventually humiliate myself the first time I try my French with a native speaker”
Listen. Thanks for sharing. I genuinely mean that btw I’m aware I’m being abrasive but you’re putting out your perspective in good faith and I appreciate that. That being said I obviously strongly disagree with any of what you’ve listed being a “benefit”, and I especially caution you against considering SlopGPT to be a “nuanced” source of information for your search queries.
There is a difference between believing you have benefitted and actually benefitting. It’s astonishing to me that you would be concerned about the capitalists yet trust them so adamantly in this moment to manage your very relationship with information. Regardless, I hope you have a happy and safe new year. Cheers
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 2 months ago:
Yeah we’re 3 years past where the scam artists claimed this shit will have already evolved out of its early stages. It ain’t happening.
It takes no effort at all to understand the ins and outs btw. It’s “accurate” for the most abundantly well documented problems you used to solve in half the time by just copy/pasting from stack overflow. The rest of the time it contradicts the advice your mom’s doctor gave her. Sooooo useful wow. But sure shoot your shot, I’d love to hear about how you used it to build a grocery list app or whatever you’re so excited about
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 2 months ago:
every time I see people(?) crowing about how amazing AI is
You’re correct that there’s a massive flood of bots pushing it everywhere. But regardless of what the subject is, once someone has “bought in” to a scam they tend to stick with it and defend it no matter what. Because the alternative is admitting they were fooled, and that’s basically an uncrossable bridge for most folks.
People on their literal death beds were using their literal last words (before being intubated with covid) to threaten nurses not to go near them with “the jab”. So it really doesn’t surprise me that people continue using “AI” despite it being worse than worthless for literally everything
- Comment on How come laptops or pc's don't have a "webcam" facing both ways instead of just the user? 2 months ago:
If it’s just empty desk back there, then you can prop your phone up and have it play cool nature videos
- Comment on How come laptops or pc's don't have a "webcam" facing both ways instead of just the user? 2 months ago:
I honestly can’t think of any scenario in which this would actually be useful.
Nothing useful, but pondering this unearthed a deeply buried memory. Way back in the day I jailbroke my iphone 4. There was a theme you could instal through Cydia called “Glasklart” that replaced your icons with beautiful hand crafted transparent ones. There was also a program that let you use your away-facing camera’s preview pane as a homescreen wallpaper. The result of combining the two was seriously beautiful for the half hour my battery would last haha.
As an aside, wow both of those old things are still up on Cydia too. I switched to android and stopped following all things jailbreak, but it looks like Glasklart kept receiving updates all the way into 2017
- Comment on How does internet advertising work? Where is all the money coming from? More... 2 months ago:
This. It’s amazing to watch normal people operate. It’s like they think the universe must be showing them the ads for some profound reason
- Comment on It sure is, babe! 2 months ago:
Don’t forget to additionally subtract the fee you incurred from allowing your account to go negative!