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- Comment on Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip 2 days ago:
and the first thing they tell us is “don’t worry, the data’s fine”, rather than anything about the human.
I do agree it would have been more considerate to mention that the person is ok, but I feel like you’re confusing data storage (ie something they’re collecting) with data processing (ie how the device operates). The data in question is the latter. In other words, they are explaining that the problems are being accounted for so that the device can still function in the human it’s attached to.
- Comment on Microsoft Edge experiment blocks access to settings if Windows 11 is not activated 3 days ago:
Is downloading a different browser one of the blocked settings?
- Comment on I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun 4 days ago:
I don’t think it’s hating. More just questioning their own decision to read the article.
- Comment on Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. 5 days ago:
Well, judging by your levelheadedness here, she obviously has nothing to worry about. /s
- Comment on Glorious Victory 6 days ago:
Reviews aren’t pointless, but their impact only goes so far. I am assuming the massive amount of refunds had more to do with it, tbh.
- Comment on "PSN isn't supported in my country. What do I do?" Arrowhead CEO: "I don't know" 1 week ago:
and the Dev picks sales on Steam, not the publisher.
Do you happen to have a source for this? It was my understanding that the publisher handled all distribution. Hence the name. And if I’m wrong, I’d like to update my understanding.
- Comment on A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well. 1 week ago:
The engineer told him the frunk increases in pressure every single time it closes and detects resistance, Judkins said. It’s going to assume you want to close the frunk and maybe something like a bag is getting in the way, which would make it close harder.
What the fuck kind of idiots are leading things over there? “Something’s in the way. Better crush it!” What a bunch of morons putting everyone in danger.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Friendly reminder that Bandcamp puts money directly in the pockets of artists, and on the first Friday of every month (which for May is today), they waive their fees and 100% goes to the artist.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Congrats on actually using the word appropriately.
- Comment on Does Big Ben imply the existence of a Little Ben? 1 week ago:
No
- Comment on I lost mine 1 week ago:
What an uninspired way to approach life. You encounter something that doesn’t match your specific experience and, instead of wondering how it could be true, your only reaction is to deny it altogether. Be a bit more curious.
- Comment on I lost mine 1 week ago:
These things suck and are too tiny to store anywhere useful. A small paper clip works the same and stores much better.
- Comment on ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it 1 week ago:
taking a small percent of strips of paper at random and filling in the rest with words that sound relevant?
It’s like a mad libs
Right. They’re text generators. That’s the technology. It can’t do what you’re demanding because that’s not how it works. LLMs aren’t magic answer machines. They don’t know when to say “answer not available”. They don’t know what they’re being asked. They don’t know anything.
- Comment on Promoted on TikTok, ‘No Thanks’ boycott app targets products tied to Israel 2 weeks ago:
Yes, the legislation that’s been in discussion for years is because of this app released 5 months ago. That’s definitely how cause and effect works.
- Comment on People get addicted to delivery apps cause it lets you pretend you're on vacation all the time 2 weeks ago:
Congrats. You’re the worse person here. Happy now?
- Comment on After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream 2 weeks ago:
Just so you know, supposedly you don’t have to vote at all to get the rewards anymore.
- Comment on After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream 2 weeks ago:
I fully believe that particular occurrence was just people blindly voting for the games they recognized. Tbh, I’d be more disappointed if it was a coordinated effort. Highlighting a smaller game that is is great would be exponentially more effective and beneficial than using the awards to complain about a game you don’t enjoy playing. The studios aren’t going to notice, and neither will most people (like me), so it’s really just wasted effort.
- Comment on YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' 2 weeks ago:
Narrator: “It was more.”
- Comment on It would be terrifying if it were to actually start raining men. 2 weeks ago:
A lot of idioms are not great if considered literally, tbf. “Raining cats and dogs”, “Break a leg”, letting someone “off the hook”, etc.
- Comment on Kemi Badenoch: ‘UK’s wealth isn’t from white privilege and colonialism’ 3 weeks ago:
We’re talking about the country that centered it’s identity around one white family and the expansion of its empire to every continent…right?
- Comment on teachings 3 weeks ago:
Absolutely.
- Comment on Is this a 16th-century smartphone? 3 weeks ago:
Dude, it’s technology from 500+ years ago. Give 'em a break
- Comment on teachings 3 weeks ago:
Eh, not really. It’s been a while, but I’m pretty sure the rule in algebra when solving for a squared variable like this is to use ± for exactly that reason.
- Comment on "Yeah, but what if we used AI?" 3 weeks ago:
And death.
- Comment on ach, aye 4 weeks ago:
I wasn’t paying attention to that at all, hah. “William Wallace University”? Very on the nose. Had to search up “Cazique of Poyais”, but that’s a good ref too. Now I’m wondering what this is from.
- Comment on E A Rth! E A Rth! 4 weeks ago:
I hate embedded images, so no thanks.
- Comment on ach, aye 4 weeks ago:
First, this scientific paper is throwing haymakers left and right. Did a Scot wrong them in some way?
Second, does this mean a healthy variety of Scottish dialects will be our secret weapon against AI surveillance?
- Comment on E A Rth! E A Rth! 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt 4 weeks ago:
As a random dumbass on the Internet -
Even for comments I agree with, this is a solid suggestion.
- Comment on The reason why we never meet time travelers is because our civilization ends before the technology can come to fruition. 4 weeks ago:
This is a basic fact overlooked by almost every time travel sci-fi. We wouldn’t just jump into a machine and poof be in the exact same location 1,000 years ago.
It would be more like trying to land a spaceship on a planet light years away, there would have to be calculations for position and gravity. All sorts of crap before you even solve the impossible problem of turning back the clock.
If the “only” reason you find the premise of traveling through time preposterous is that they didn’t do the basic research to make it work, why not just assume they did? It’s a fictional world. Just go with it.