MirthfulAlembic

@MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zero to Hero⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How much parmesan did you grate over the brussel sprouts after they came out of the oven? Whatever amount it was, you didn’t do enough. Also if you forgot lemon zest, add some too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kill it with fire!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Never saw any before this year. I don’t get how they survive because they are the slowest, dumbest bugs I’ve ever seen. They just loudly splat onto the ground out of nowhere and flail about while I stomp them into a pulp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh fuck no⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard agree. It’s like a sweeter burger sauce but in the worst way possible. At least you get stickers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Only clean cars are target⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cloacal kissing is the actual reproductive act between mates, and it basically works the way it sounds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World of Warcraft adds $90 mount to in game store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to say who cares if they’re selling a mount skin, but if on-the-go access to the auction house and mailbox isn’t normally accessible, this seems shitty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it normal to feel tired of technological progress?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It would probably seem less daunting if we knew that these great technological innovations couldn’t be controlled and hoarded by a small group, but were instead widely available for the public to use on equal ground. And further, if we would all equally share in the efficiency benefits, rather than just a small group.

  Like, if my boss told me half my job was being automated by ai, but I’d still get the same salary and only have to work 2.5 days per week, I certainly wouldn’t complain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI is now valued at $157 billion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe if you have a super low cap, high fees, and they automatically close your position at a pretty conservative point. But that’d hardly be worth any broker’s time with that risk/reward, unless they are hosing the borrower with insane fees. Though if that’s the case, putting up collateral would be cheaper (even if you have to borrow it from somewhere).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI is now valued at $157 billion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You definitely do need money. No broker is going to let you short without collateral, and you’re going to be paying interest for the duration of your short position beside any fees/commission.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Email Scam Includes Pictures of Your House. Don’t Fall For It.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are a homeowner, property transaction records are public information in the US. Plenty of data brokers collate from the numerous city/county databases for those who only know your name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ghost of Yōtei - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If they put the same love into this one as Tsushima, I will be very happy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Bethesda released Skyrim today, they would have made it woke⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, every race in the elder scrolls has had a space program. The khajiit space program was literally just them standing on each other’s shoulders to reach space.

  Are there any pictures of this? I can’t stop laughing at the image in my head. This is phenomenal world building.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazon literally did this with diapers.com that led to them acquiring the company and shutting it down. I’m sure they’ve done it in hundreds of other product spaces as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Many monopolies form by first using a dominant market position to sell at a price no competitor can afford to match. Choice has already been removed before the “competition” folds or pulls out of the market. The consequences don’t happen overnight; you feel the squeeze before the “true” monopoly emerges. Amazon isn’t going to sell at a cheaper price once their competitors go out of business out of the kindness of their hearts.

  Further, high consumer price is just one form monopoly power takes. Reduced labor power, wages, and worse working conditions are other important concerns, in addition to removing product variety and innovation incentive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yep⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure this is a Demetri Martin joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uncle brian... I get you now⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was the inverse in my family. The uncle who extricated himself from most of the family was actually a huge piece of garbage and did everyone a favor by cutting us off. I don’t think he expected that nobody would make an effort to re-establish contact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo is wild⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing beats Junior talking about his job or children.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Check out their controversies section on Wikipedia. This doesn’t seem out of character for this publication. It’s more likely incompetence than malice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Bard is dead, long live Google Gemini⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially with certain accents. You really want your voice commands to be quite distinct. There’s virtually no extra labor is saying two or three extra syllables.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mothers know that this is a wholesome combination.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pepsi just does international distribution of it. Keurig Dr Pepper owns it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI-Generated George Carlin Drops Comedy Special That Daughter Speaks Out Against: ‘No Machine Will Ever Replace His Genius’⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who’s consumed every album and special George Carlin produced, it felt like someone retelling their memory of some of his bits. Like regurgitation. It’d be impressive if your nephew performed this at his thirteenth birthday party after becoming obsessed with Carlin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chick-Fil-A staff in the rain.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried it a few times when it came to my area after hearing people rave for years, and I feel the same. It’s good, but that’s it. On par with KFC.

  Popeye’s is way better in my opinion. It’s also cheaper, and the staff tend to be pretty entertaining in an unintentional and chaotic way. It’s the only fast food restaurant where employees are consistently very honest. Like, if they don’t have red beans because somebody fucked them up, I have been told exactly that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The physical limitations are an important difference. A human can only read and remember so much material. With AI, you can scale that exponentially with more compute resources. Frankly, IP law was not written with this possibility in mind and needs to be updated to find a balance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ave! True to Caesar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vegas already has a poorly implemented monorail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twitch allowing more nudity after disproportionately banning female streamers | Twitch confirmed its policy banning nudity was sexist.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that’s the message at all. It’s disproportionately punishing women for nudity that is sexist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia's employees are suddenly so rich and happy that the company's got a 'semi retirement' problem, insiders say⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s ok if they buy lunch for the juniors every one in a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia's employees are suddenly so rich and happy that the company's got a 'semi retirement' problem, insiders say⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes it’s really valuable to have a greybeard with no fear for their job who just stops everyone from making stupid decisions that they’re too in the weeds to appreciate. Hopefully they’re one of the funny ones, and not one who condescends everybody constantly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Broadcom ends VMware perpetual license sales, testing customers and partners⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to root against the Golden State Warriors solely because they played at the Oracle Arena.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI one-percenters seizing power forever is the real doomsday scenario, warns AI godfather⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Was that the Adam Kinzinger one? It’s a low bar, but I’ll give him a modicum of credit for saying his vote against the first impeachment was cowardice and that he’d vote for Biden in 2024 if Trump is the Republican nominee. Doesn’t totally feel like a lesson learnt that he still considers himself a Republican, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes i sit alone on a room, wondering if people know what words actually mean or have we ventured past the idea of strict language and we've finally embraced the fluidity of language...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be terribly boring. It would take the art, nuance, and fun out of language. It would also curtail the development and evolution of language. Can you imagine language without innuendo or double entendre?