milicent_bystandr
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- Comment on The metric counterpart to mouse DPI would likely be cm⁻¹. 3 days ago:
They’re spiritually undimensional
- Comment on smort 6 days ago:
Thank you for clarifying.
- Comment on smort 6 days ago:
Maybe it just means your bones take more force before they snap.
- Comment on smort 6 days ago:
I don’t know Dark Souls, but presumably whatever it is you’re having faith in, in-game, is provably real. Then, if the object of faith is also demonstrably faithful (which, by the repeatable application of spells, sounds likely), int ought to aid faith.
- Comment on Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs 2 weeks ago:
Depends how many suitcases you’re carrying
- Comment on AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds 2 weeks ago:
Super knowledgeable but with patchy knowledge, so they’ll confidently say something that practically everyone else in the company knows is flat out wrong.
- Comment on Might be fun idk 2 weeks ago:
We tried it with war once, people liked it but the bosses cancelled it next time.
- Comment on Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop 2 weeks ago:
I’ve not heard of Jeep culture, myself, so now I’m going to imagine a colony of asexually-reproducing microscopic Jeeps in a Petri dish.
Today, O Squid, you have broadened my imagination beyond yesterday.
- Comment on I miss when you could get a flagship phone that could fit in your hand 2 weeks ago:
If I didn’t need the flexibility my Android (Lineage) gives me, the iPhone 13 mini is one phone that’s actually a nice size.
And my Samsung S10e - just it’s out of date for firmware updates.
Though I’d actually prefer something smaller and use my phone for less.
- Comment on Lemm.ee is recruiting new admins! 1 month ago:
You want to know my secret?
How I survive Lemmy?
I’m always happy :-D
- Comment on Lemm.ee is recruiting new admins! 1 month ago:
if you make mistakes, there will likely be many users calling you out in public.
I wouldn’t want to let you down, so,
two new admins, who’s primary duties
Should be “whose primary duties”
For real, though, thank you for your work looking after this instance! And big thanks in advance to whoever takes up the new admin roles. I hope there’s some of you out there who have time to take this up, wisdom to do it well, and patience… because, well, it’s the internet!
- Comment on Yo, Duplo, what you doing on the 24th? 2 months ago:
So much that it’s been used to make precision scientific equipment when the normal equipment would cost far far more.
- Comment on Yo, Duplo, what you doing on the 24th? 2 months ago:
I guess I’ve been out of it too long - I’ve always found knockoff brands just don’t have the same precision and quality.
- Comment on Yo, Duplo, what you doing on the 24th? 2 months ago:
Agreed, but what I’ve heard through is that Lego’s finances were really struggling till taking the franchising deals. Given how good the quality of Lego always seems to be compared to cheaper brands, whilst I’d like old-style creative building (and cheaper!) Lego, I feel an unusual sympathy for them getting a bunch of money from these deals.
- Comment on ugh i wish 2 months ago:
That’s very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
I hope things work out well for your son.
- Comment on ugh i wish 2 months ago:
FWIW, there’s a lot we don’t know - but are learning - about bacteria and the gut. For example, if I’m not mistaken, a baby gets a lot of important gut bacteria from it’s mum through breastfeeding.
So when I hear all this argument about raw vs pasteurised milk, I expect there really is something of health benefit to raw milk, just there’s a big downside of harmful pathogens that can be cured with pasteurization. That doesn’t mean all raw milk is unsafe. Like with raw eggs in the UK, or not iodizing your vegetables, it can be safer with care over production.
Anyway, that is to say, I figure there could be some interaction with the bacteria in the raw milk helping your son to digest it.
But having seen the other comment suggesting homogenisation, that sounds more likely to me. (Just a guess though.)
- Comment on brains! 3 months ago:
I endeavour to be as stupid as possible so more people can be above average.
- Comment on Pluto's Orbit 3 months ago:
Second thing I noticed: Ooh, is that so? That’s interesting.
First thing: its not it’s
- Comment on Casio made an Oura Ring alternative that's everything but smart 3 months ago:
Beware the Great Eye of Google. Ever it roams, ever it watches.
- Comment on Casio made an Oura Ring alternative that's everything but smart 3 months ago:
Okay I misread that title as “Casio made a One Ring alternative”
- Comment on [Thread] Mental Math 3 months ago:
I think that’s still different from what I’m thinking of of interim steps, though.
…but as I think how to explain I realize I’m about to blather about things I don’t understand, or at least haven’t had time to think about! So I’d better leave it there!
- Comment on [Thread] Mental Math 3 months ago:
I reckon we can get a lot closer than an LLM in time. For one thing, the mind has particular understanding of interim steps whereas, as I understand it, the LLM has no real concept of meaning between the inputs and the output. Some of this interim is, I think, an important part of how we assess truthfulness of generated ideas before we put them into words.
- Comment on [Thread] Mental Math 3 months ago:
That is a good point, though the architecture of computer neutral networks is inspired by how we think the brain works, and if I understand correctly there is some definite similarity in the architecture.
Lots of difference though, still!
- Comment on [Thread] Mental Math 3 months ago:
Not advanced maths per se; neural networks are amazing! Fuzzy matching based on experience - taken to an incredible level. And, tuneable by internal simulation (imagination).
- Comment on Colours of Blood 3 months ago:
Blue blood may be cool, but red blood is better for you.
=> Nobility is fashionable, but it’s healthier to be a peasant.
Also, from this table I learn that Europeans of ages past were ruled by octopodes.
- Comment on Colours of Blood 3 months ago:
Black, the dark of ages past.
- Comment on Just So 4 months ago:
I think, therefore it is.
- Comment on Tap on the screen 4 months ago:
It’s a joke. Don’t fauce it.
- Comment on Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers 4 months ago:
No, your honour, I did not wear blackface to trivialise the suffering of people who came from Africa. I wore blackface to hide from Facebook Glasses.
- Comment on US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber Eats terms 4 months ago:
Off topic, but since this is Lemmy, I choose to interpret your political assessment as,
- 4 US lapdogs: UK, Saudi Arabia, China and India
- 2 dictatorships: Canada and Australia
- fast becoming a dictatorship: Ireland.