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- Comment on Microsoft's OpenAI losses hidden as part of $4.7 billion 'other' expense — stake in AI company still doesn't turn a profit as companies grapple with ongoing contract negotiation 12 hours ago:
This crash will be Great Depression 2.0. Not being funny, not exaggerating.
- Comment on Same shit!!!!!!!!! 16 hours ago:
Yes it’s AI, but the shirt exists. Got mine last Friday!
- Comment on rich 17 hours ago:
Learned in psychology class that people change when coming into money or power. No one reading this is exempt. People feel that laws and norms no longer apply to them. Being a middle-aged white guy is my “power”. I ignore laws, nearly every day, that I wouldn’t dare break if I were black or younger.
Can’t remember the story, but a reporter was asking Hilary Clinton why she voted for $thing to be banned when she was actively doing $thing. Again, I’m forgetting the response, but she was a bit taken aback, “But that doesn’t apply to me.” College-age Hilary would not have acted like that.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 17 hours ago:
My PC is on a 40" TV at 1920 x 1080. Looks great to me, and my eyes aren’t so hot.
- Comment on Black widow life 19 hours ago:
You should see a male banana spider creeping. Looks like homeboy is coming up behind a dragon.
- Comment on CNC 1 day ago:
Ah! Struggle fucking! Didn’t get that. Always blown me away how many women are into that. But they have a fine line for playing.
Holding their wrists above their head? Pretty universal.
Tying their wrists above their head? Not unusual in the slightest.
Tied down, spread eagle? Yeah, gonna need some extra trust there.
Any of the above while they struggle and, “Oh no! Please stop! Not my little pussy!”, rare, but weirdly not as weird as one might think.
- Comment on What if reincarnation is real, but you were probably plankton in your last life, so you don’t remember anything anyway? 2 days ago:
Death is the option here. 🤷🏻♂️
- Comment on What if reincarnation is real, but you were probably plankton in your last life, so you don’t remember anything anyway? 2 days ago:
All these memes about wanting to die: You could have been a chunk of ice orbiting Saturn, but you lucked into the single greatest thing the universe has to offer, sentient life.
- Comment on 2 days ago:
If you don’t know the story, two women were arguing over which one was the real mother of a baby. Solomon said, “OK, I’ll cut it in half. Everybody happy?”
One woman was like, fine, do it. The other went to screeching. Solomon concluded the second woman was the real mother.
And that’s where the term “nuclear option” came from!
- Comment on I'm so goddamn sick of this fat, orange, narcissistic asshole and I will celebrate when he dies 3 days ago:
Joke -> 💨 -> me. 🙈
- Comment on Bill Gates warns AI will take over most jobs and leave humans working just two days a week 3 days ago:
Uh, aren’t you two agreeing?
- Comment on Bill Gates warns AI will take over most jobs and leave humans working just two days a week 3 days ago:
Fucking ridiculous around here. Seen 20-yo images, “Is this AI slop?!” It’s the cool kid thing to do now I guess.
“I’m so smart! I hate AI and can spot it anywhere!”
- Comment on Help figuring out my pressure washer? 3 days ago:
That’s tomorrow’s test!
- Comment on Help figuring out my pressure washer? 3 days ago:
Cut the GFCI end off almost as soon as I got it. Those circuits on cheap power washers trip if you breath too loudly.
- Comment on $1,000 richer 3 days ago:
For $1,000 bucks you can call me slurs for 8-hours straight.
- Comment on Bill Gates warns AI will take over most jobs and leave humans working just two days a week 3 days ago:
No clue why this article is being downvoted to hell. Is this not relevant to c/technology? 🤷🏻
Worked at Lowe’s last year. No AI is going to replace what any of us were doing except maybe making the scheduling lady’s life easier, but we would still need her.
Until we have relatively inexpensive, multipurpose robots, much of this talk is moot. Humans are the AR-15s of the animal kingdom. Not the best at anything, weak in many ways, but we’re reliable, tough and suited for many roles. I cannot imagine an AI powered robot that could work all the tasks I was faced with.
- Comment on Bill Gates warns AI will take over most jobs and leave humans working just two days a week 3 days ago:
It’s common knowledge that his parent’s wealth opened doors for him.
privileged upbringing that never gets mentioned
I think you’re 20 or 25 years out of date on that one.
- Comment on Bill Gates warns AI will take over most jobs and leave humans working just two days a week 3 days ago:
^ PERFECT
- Comment on I'm so goddamn sick of this fat, orange, narcissistic asshole and I will celebrate when he dies 3 days ago:
If his face is on a website article, I spin past it ASAP to get to the text. Same for those bitches with Mar-a-Lago face. Pete Hegseth is seriously handsome and stylish, still can’t look at the man. What we really need is more pale blondes with tiny gold cross chains.
I’m not sure if it’s hate or rage. Disgust doesn’t seem a strong enough word. I think you’re describing the visceral nausea I feel looking at all these fascists.
Listening to him is all but impossible, but I think proponents and opponents alike would learn much. Both sorts pick out what they like or don’t like, believe or don’t believe, but listening to him roll for awhile is a completely different experience than reading quips.
So what could we learn? We could learn just how advanced his dementia really is. Which makes it weird to hear, from either camp, about what Trump wants or is trying to do. The man has an extreme case of narcissistic personality disorder and doctors are guessing he has frontotemporal dementia. Those two items explain everything one needs to know about his motivations.
His address to the generals and the following UN speech were horrifying. He was bad off in the first term, kinda like a senile uncle you can laugh about when you get home, but I’ve been saying he started slipping off the cliff around 2021-2022. Now he’s close to complete free fall.
People here will say, “I KNOW how bad he is!” If all you’ve seen is short clips or read short transcripts, you don’t really understand. My head is spinning that no one is putting this issue into the spotlight. We have an egomaniacal dementia patient in the Oval Office. Is there anything more important to address?! Anyway, <\end_tangent>
- Comment on Help figuring out my pressure washer? 3 days ago:
Tried a different outdoor socket. Rigid hose, very short, custom cut, no kinks or flow issues. Yes, water comes out with no motor, just as it always has.
- Comment on xkcd #3159: Continents 3 days ago:
Yep. I later found inaccuracies in A Short History of Nearly Everything. Nothing that changed much, but still, I wasn’t nitpicking either.
- Comment on xkcd #3159: Continents 3 days ago:
Just found an epub!
- Comment on Help figuring out my pressure washer? 3 days ago:
Added to the OP before I saw your comment!
- Submitted 3 days ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 14 comments
- Comment on Does it get windy in New York City? 3 days ago:
Lived in Chicagoland. It can go both ways. The buildings channel wind but blunt it at the same time. You can be on a street with no wind, turn the corner and get blown away. I can say for sure is that the open plains south of the city are far windier.
Chicago’s probably not the best example because it’s basically on the shore of an inland sea so they get “lake effect” weather. Downtown weather can be very different from just 15-20 miles away.
- Comment on ‘It’s only gotten worse’: As ACA premiums are set to climb, some Americans opt to go uninsured 3 days ago:
If I lose my Obamacare, getting insurance is not a thing I can opt in for.
- Comment on ‘It’s only gotten worse’: As ACA premiums are set to climb, some Americans opt to go uninsured 3 days ago:
Bad luck and bad genes can still get you.
- Comment on "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class." 3 days ago:
Cort
You the guy that trained Roland?
- Comment on "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class." 3 days ago:
If a mistake in my code exposes me to criminal investigation, I’m getting a new job.
- Comment on plump pumkins 3 days ago:
Time lapse video on those things are a trip. They expand noticeably by the hour.
