FinalRemix

@FinalRemix@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So sick⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. They’re “wired” to have the Main Light Source (e.g. moon) in a certain area of their visual field. It allows for navigation. If it strays too far from that area of their visual field, they’re off course.

  Well, a bulb is really fucking close, so any movement or adjustment or turn is gonna “move the navigation light”, so they have to swerve to get it back in the right spot.

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  It’s like in Skyrim or Fallout, where the pip on your compass moves more as you get closer. Except there’s actually a key in some dead guy’s pocket, and his corpse clipped into the basement so every step you take, that compass pip goes flying, to the other sidecar telling you to keep turning around because it’s always just behind yiu again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One of the big dangers of getting romantically involved with AI is the cost⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  So, Replika?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America last night⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He already gets professionally strapped into a girdle every morning. I don’t think swaddling would add any noticeable effect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America last night⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That breakdown he had yesterday about never getting a Nobel Peace Prize was maaaaajor foreshadowing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your TV Is Spying On You⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But think of the corporations! Why isn’t anyone thinking of the poor withering corporations?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your TV Is Spying On You⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Disconnect it from the internet…?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hell I’ve been getting rid of accounts lately. Feels good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At what point do we accept that sniffing spray tan can damage your brain?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It is. He slathers Bronx Colors orange “hydrating concealer” on his face. BCHo6. He does it personally, and regularly has to change shirts because that shit rubs off, how thick he layers it on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a “lifetime membership” on discount right before they did away with that option entirely. I’ll stick around for a bit, too, mostly.out of convenience, but I ain’t contributing, and I’m leaving uBlock on at all times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Increased

  S t a b i l i t y

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp is officially getting ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why? It works fine and it’s built into the phones. No need to convince family members to install a fuckin’ chat app just to be able to message them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radio transmissions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Prador Moon literally has giant space crabs as the antagonists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t even know anymore. Grading in green is ragebait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm. My grad mentor’s grad mentor used green because he’d read a paper that green causes more eye strain and he thought it’d be hilarious to grade in green.

  I grade in green because it drives my students nuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student Demands Tuition Refund After Catching Professor Using ChatGPT - Slashdot⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I reuse assignments between similar classes, because maybe those classes share a learning objective andbthat assignment is just gangbusters.

  In cases where students take both (which, we actively discourage because of the similarity of courses), I have my team require the students, for example, use a different person as their subjects for the two assignments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man, I really slept on Days Gone (mini review)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I love the combat/exploration barks, too. Sneaking into a ripper camp, and Sam starts ranting under his breath through clenched teeth about how despicable these people are. It adds some nice seasoning to the whole experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good thing we basically got rid of sedans in favor of “light truck” SUVs…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The rural drive is the fun one, though…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WVU has a tram system called the “PRT”. It’s semi-automated cars on a track around campus and downtown. It’s not great, but goddamn does it handle a large school population just fine. Very high throughput, and it keeps congestion down. … as down as you can be with such a high density town.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Psychology⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The rat. Or the pigeon. Depends on which one’s the subject.

  The organism is always right.

  E.g., Massive spike in repulse rate because the bird figured out how to jigger the machine? Clever bird is just maximizing food.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a bespoke model to spin up pop quizzes, and I use NovelAI for fun.

  Legit, being able to say “I want these questions. But… not these…” and get them back in a moment’s notice really does let me say “FUCK it. Pop quiz. Let’s go, class.” And be ready with brand new questions on the board that I didn’t have before I said that sentence. NAI is a good way to turn writing into an interactive DnD session, and is a great way to force a ram through writer’s block, with a “yeah, and—!” machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Make that community. I’ll join up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Zed’s dead, baby.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wooly bears⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t its roots slightly help with soil slippage?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨brains!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It can’t be that many.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gog goes another step and provides a guarantee on stuff they’ve modified to ensure it works, and provide an offline installer that’s entirely self-contained for archviing purposes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marine Scientists⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If the gun gets wet down there, it’s already too late to serve its purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Biology bake night!!!⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wanna know how they got that past Midjourney’s insane railroading and “no no” filters. The guardrails on MJ’s models are preposterous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨somebody has to do it!⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Should be simple enough: check their cortisol levels in the presence and absence of various water stimuli.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parasitic Isopods⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I gotta give that stuff a try again. Twice I’ve started Laundry Files and just couldn’t get into it, despite loving the context.