lemmy_outta_here
@lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world
- Comment on I still haven't figured out how to do this 3 days ago:
The last piece of documentation I wrote was in Jupyter notebook. It looked a bit basic, but it felt wonderful to be in control of my software.
- Comment on 3 days ago:
You want trust? Fuck off with Slopilot and start supporting windows 10 again.
- Comment on If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be? 1 week ago:
Because I already have enough U.S. politics from the internet
I feel you. I wish i could turn it off.
The egg thing was inspired by an old movie (maybe woody allen). But if the USA were such a vibrating egg, i would call it “Shekky shekky brekky,” or SSB for short.
- Comment on If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be? 1 week ago:
Please assume that stale carrot man isn’t in office and that the U.S. is currently being a reasonable and humane country that actually stands for democracy, liberty, and freedom.
How absurd. Why not choose a name for the USA that is timely and appropriate? Why not choose a name for the US that assumes it’s not a country but in fact some variety of small vibrating egg?
- Comment on If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be? 1 week ago:
Donald Trump’s Personal Toilet
- Comment on YSK Tips for a Winter Storm 1 week ago:
Excellent advice.
Regarding windshield wipers: my mechanic advises people not to leave them up. He says that doing this too often can stretch the springs in your wipers, ultimately reducing the downforce that makes them effective. Someone else in the comments mentioned using a vinyl (or cardboard) cover for your windshield - this can be a good timesaver that is kind to your wipers.
- Comment on White House tech chief slams EU AI Act, champions Trump's approach as Davos begins 1 week ago:
America: your talking asshole has been randomly threatening the rest of the world. Why should we care about anything you idiots say? America is like North Korea now - nothing you say matters because nothing you say can be trusted. If shit-for-brains decides to invade someone, no amount of reasoning, mutual benefit, or diplomacy will stop him. We don’t have to listen to you any more.
- Comment on I have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothers 2 weeks ago:
in my country, corporal punishment in school was abolished by law in 2004. i did elementary in the 80s, but the strap was not used that i can recall. kids were threatened with it, but i don’t think anyone got smacked. however, many people of my parents’ generation have told me that the strap was extremely common. my father in law used to get strapped for speaking german at school, among other things (saskatchewan, 50s / 60s).
- Comment on Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents' 3 weeks ago:
… censor all of their political opponents
… ’ child pornography?
To be clear: X is the political opponent of anyone who values democracy. As such, it can be fairly said that this IS an attempt to censor my opponents’ … child pornography. I do not object to ‘censoring’ CSAM. Tim Sweeney thinks child porn is free speech (pcgamer - contact me for rights to this far superior headline). When X was just vile hate speech, propaganda, and misinformation, the free speech argument prevailed. This is not the same.
- Comment on A generation taught not to think: AI in the classroom 3 weeks ago:
I remember the “ban calculators” back in the day US math scores have hit a low point in history, and calculators are partially to blame. Calculators are good to use if you already have an excellent understanding of the operations. If you start learning math with a calculator in your hand, though, you may be prevented from developing a good understanding of numbers. There are ‘shortcut’ methods for basic operations that are obvious if you are good with numbers. When I used to teach math, I had students who couldn’t tell me what 9 * 25 is without a calculator. They never developed the intuition that 1025 is dead easy to find in your head, and that 925 = (10-1)*25 = 250-25.
- Comment on Good deal 5 weeks ago:
So it will work on a pig. what about them ICE cunts?
- Comment on Attitudes 1 month ago:
No, the pink sign is right. I am also here for the benefits.
- Comment on Word. 1 month ago:
$150 a year, you mean
- Comment on If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? 1 month ago:
Better yet: nationalize the AI companies. Make AI like water supply or fire service - a public utility. My government is VERY far from perfect, but even a country with any semblance of democracy has a better chance of making AI safe and useful to all than a greedy corporation. That way the training data and model parameters can be opened to public scrutiny.
- Comment on This bedroom game is weird 1 month ago:
10/10, would knot-engage again
- Comment on Do you cheat in video games? 1 month ago:
I was getting ready to rant until you mentioned Terraria. Then I read the last line of your post.
Shoot, if I’m playing against the computer I use the game the way I want. It’s not cheating if your opponent is non-sentient.
I especially feel that way in games where ridiculous stuff happens at random (e.g. Rimworld). If I’m 2h into building a new colony and somehow get wiped out by 1 rabid squirrel, I curse, laugh my ass off for a minute, then load an autosave.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 2 months ago:
LLMs are cool up to a point. It is pretty neat to see something imitate human speech so convincingly. But that’s it: neat. Like a phone shaped like a hamburger.
For me to be impressed beyond that, your thing needs to either do something that I can’t do better or do something i don’t want to do. I can write a pretty good grade 8 essay. I can summarize a paragraph. I can write a dirty limerick. I can complete my own sentence without
punctuationsuggestions.When I want to create something, I want to do it myself. Putting my ideas in order and finding the words to say something meaningful is the fun part. Even when I write a work email or a cover letter, I’m not really interested in help. Either I have something to say (don’t want help), or I rattle it off in one go (don’t need help).
Microsoft, I don’t owe you my attention or my money. Make something useful that doesn’t suck. Impress me.
- Comment on Why do some people make such a big deal over ages of someone's account on here? 2 months ago:
it’s a heuristic. evaluating every one-day-old account on its own merits is a lot of mental load, so people take shortcuts. if you’re an active poster, people can look back through your comment history to get context on your perspective. it’s hard to do that with someone using a brand-new account. in a month, nobody will be saying that to you any more.
- Comment on Um, actually, Neville Chamberlain didn't "cave" to Hitler, he actually got a lot out of the deal. 2 months ago:
You can’t write satire this subtle on Lemmy. People in the comments think you are actually defending Chamberlain.
- Comment on The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You 2 months ago:
They got a lot of stuff wrong, TBH. President Camacho, for all his superficial similarity to Trump, is sincerely invested in helping his country. Reality is way, way worse.
- Comment on What's the best way to ease getting back in shape after years of little to no exercise? 2 months ago:
I have a weird suggestion: work out high. Nothing intense - a walk or some floor exercises would be good. Go very easy for a couple of weeks at least.
When i was super depressed it was so hard to get started that working out high was just easier. Eventually, the exercise became more important and i even started to play some sports. Pretty quickly i was exercising more than getting high. These days, i refrain from smoking weed so that i can do better in the leagues i eventually joined.
Bonus: through the leagues i met some nice people.
- Comment on what country would you never go to again? 3 months ago:
Like you, my boycott started in the first Trump term. There are places in the US that i have dreamt of visiting since i was a child - but i have decided to never realize those dreams because every dollar i would spend in the US would help prop up a racist authoritarian regime.
- Comment on Red balloon 3 months ago:
Mmmmm Pennythighs
- Comment on Richest American to FAFO? 3 months ago:
Maybe the highest profile cases have yet to occur. Here’s hoping.
- Comment on Aight. Let's be honest. How many of you dress for yourselves, and how many dress for others? 3 months ago:
You just saved me a bunch of typing.
Ditto, and thanks.
- Comment on Do you think he knows? He's gotta know. 3 months ago:
True. I retract my statement. He should be watching through the slats of a closet door.
- Comment on Do you think he knows? He's gotta know. 3 months ago:
Give the cow a strap-on and reverse their positions and i might believe it.
- Comment on New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed 3 months ago:
Fortunately, thou hast not even come close
- Comment on save the planet 🌎 4 months ago:
I get what you’re saying and it is probably true from a macro standpoint, but don’t be too hasty to minimize the role of malevolence. If a rich person were so inclined, they could read the same articles and books as me and conclude that systemic problems are already pervasive and still growing. They could then withdraw their support for politicians like Trump (or even most democrats, to be fair) who do anything and everything to amplify those problems for the simple reason that rich people stand to gain from them. I am so furious with people like Thiel because i think they DO know what they’re doing, but they care more about the gains than the people they hurt.
- Comment on save the planet 🌎 4 months ago:
That’s why the billionaires have decided to hoard all the wealth among a smaller and smaller proportion of the population. They’re trying to save the planet! When 10 people have everything and the rest are all dead - boom, planet saved.