owenfromcanada
@owenfromcanada@lemmy.world
- Comment on There's no such thing as a wrong number any more 1 week ago:
There’s a store in my town that either had a bad receipt printer, or had their number wrong on it (my number differs from theirs by one digit). Either way, I get a call for them every few months. I don’t really mind.
I don’t get that many spam calls anymore, and the ones I do get, I just have fun with them (practice my very rough French, try out a new accent, or just wait about 10 seconds and burst into song). Unfortunately most of the junk calls these days are bots :(
- Comment on Fund managers worry about Trump’s mental state amid tariff debacle 1 week ago:
might
Heh
- Comment on Do it 1 week ago:
Nothing at All in My Ass
- Comment on Your next phone could have a 10km Bluetooth connection 1 week ago:
Does it count as Bluetooth if it extends that far? I haven’t looked into the SoC, but that seems misleading at the very least.
- Comment on I wonder how many male, middle aged US filmmakers regularly call it a "director's cut" when carving up the thanksgiving turkey for their family. 2 weeks ago:
I shamelessly crossposted this to c/dadjokes
- Comment on Heck is just "hell" and "fuck" combined 2 weeks ago:
It’s also “heat” and “duck” combined.
- Comment on I did not like Pokémon Emerald. 2 weeks ago:
To be fair, anything that follows Gold/Silver is going to feel lackluster. Because Gold and Silver are awesome (personal favorites).
- Comment on Bring Trek into everything 3 weeks ago:
Oh man, what if it’s a soft I sound like Wilford Brimley pronounces diabetes?
cai-YOAT-is
- Comment on More billionaires than ever ranked in Forbes' annual list. Here are the top 10 3 weeks ago:
Henceforth I shall refer to the list of the 10 wealthiest people as the “Luigi List.”
- Comment on Replit CEO Amjad Masad says learning to code is a waste of time, citing Dario Amodei's prediction that AI may generate essentially all code by next year. 3 weeks ago:
Coding is totally obselete, bro. AI can totally write all the code, trust me bro. You just gotta know how to tell it what code to write, like learn some keywords and stuff, bro. Like, as long as you check how it produces looping mechanisms and tell it when it should use polymorphism and stuff, it’ll totally do all the work bro. You don’t need to know how to code, just the right sequence of keywords and commands so the AI can write all the code.
- Comment on Trump Threatens Europe and Canada if They Band Together Against U.S. 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think Trump understands the extents of pettiness to which Canadians will go.
- Comment on If these mother fuckers are trying to make me pay for Healthcare to talk to fucking ChatGPT I swear to god ChatGPT is going to write me so many scripts for opioids its won't be funny. 3 weeks ago:
That’s the problem though–any “AI” health bot is trained on existing data, and that’s created from a long history of biased, religious, prejudiced health professionals. And assuming the bots are trained on as much data as possible, they might even be worse, because older data will be that much more biased and prejudiced.
Also, in this case, Bill Gates is full of shit. AI will be nowhere near sophisticated enough in 10 years to do most jobs.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
We joke a lot because what is happening in the US is really scary.
- Comment on My sister’s AMAB friend likes to look like a girl and even said she wanted to be a “Japanese woman”, why would conservatives think using she/her pronouns for her is forcing an agenda? 4 weeks ago:
Even more apparent is when you draw the parallel to birth defects, diseases, or literally any reason we affect our bodies.
Pretty much all bigots don’t realize it. There are almost no Bond villains in real life–humans can’t really exist in a state where they truly believe they’re the “bad guy.” Some people know they’re wrong, but they see themselves as a victim, not a villain.
Not only do they not recognize their bigotry, they believe themselves to be the “good guys” in this situation, with opinions on other people ranging from condescending pity to complete disregard.
- Comment on My sister’s AMAB friend likes to look like a girl and even said she wanted to be a “Japanese woman”, why would conservatives think using she/her pronouns for her is forcing an agenda? 4 weeks ago:
If you’re genuinely curious, I can give you a glimpse into their rationality (though I strongly disagree with it).
Say, for just a brief moment, that you consider trans people to be mentally ill. Calling them by their preferred pronouns would be like giving a drink to an alcoholic–you’d be encouraging it, which would be to their detriment. And worse, you’d be liable to whatever diety might be displeased with your actions that caused someone else to continue in their sin.
Of course, that only works if you have a very poor understanding of both gender and theology. The real reason the bigots don’t like trans people is because it challenges their worldview, which is uncomfortable. And instead of facing that head on, they’d rather try to justify their current view.
The Oatmeal wrote a great info comic on this.
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 4 weeks ago:
They’re very reputable. Sometimes biased to one side, but most are to one direction or another, at least a bit. Works just fine though.
- Comment on X88B88 is the word "voodoo" with a reflection. 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 4 weeks ago:
I gotta go with 8. For reasons.
- Comment on I tried THIS and it actually works all the time 4 weeks ago:
You may fascinate just about anyone by giving them a piece of cheese.
- Comment on You can only imagine what is going on in there 4 weeks ago:
No, you can only imagine. Some of us are booked for a bathroom gig.
- Comment on Always guard against overrating your "talent" 4 weeks ago:
Bold of you to assume I’m not into that
- Comment on the pain of knowing you have no girlfriend but THIS door does 4 weeks ago:
[insert NSFW tag copypasta here]
- Comment on [Discussion] What would it take to selfhost some of the backend that Tesla's connect to? 4 weeks ago:
Then sell it to a demolition derby show.
- Comment on I love cheese. 🧀 Do you love cheese? 🧀😄 5 weeks ago:
Wisconsin is cheese country. They have hats and everything.
- Comment on Meat flavored with a hint of fruit sounds alright. But fruit flavored with a hint of meat sounds gross. 5 weeks ago:
Green tomatoes fried in bacon fat? Sounds pretty good to me.
- Comment on Share your 3D prints! 1 month ago:
My first (and still my favorite) thing I designed from scratch is my Happy Mug.
- Comment on Fucking leeches 1 month ago:
Yep, easiest way to solve the housing crisis is a scaling tax on property ownership and rent. The first property you own is taxed relatively low, with it scaling exponentially as you add more properties.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 show that the future of RPGs is in games way more ambitious, weird and unexpected than anything Bethesda and Bioware have to offer 1 month ago:
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. When you look through the classics, they’re not “typical”. Hell, one of the most iconic games involves a plumber fighting a punk-rock turtle to save a princess, with a variety of mushrooms both helping and hindering.
- Comment on Does it make sense to buy a lifetime supply of honey? 1 month ago:
Honey can change consistency, depending on how it is packaged and stored. In addition, you have to consider the cost and risk of storing it. But if you think the bees are going to die off, it could be a lucrative investment.
- Comment on work related: is this something only an autistic would ask? 1 month ago:
Maybe I just don’t have the context to understand this, but it sounds like some sort of a misunderstanding. I can’t say whether you might be on the spectrum, but I’d be equally confused at the person’s response. It’s possible they misunderstood or were otherwise having a bad day. But in this case, I’d say it’s probably not you.
