Mbourgon
@Mbourgon@lemmy.world
Instead of a “renaissance man”, I’m a “renaissance nerd”. Pinball? Sure. Sci-fi? Of course. video games? Natch. 70’s Italian Prog-rock? A raison d’etre.
- Comment on Gemini AI tells the user to die — the answer appeared out of nowhere when the user asked Google's Gemini for help with his homework 2 days ago:
I think he’s talking about the LLMs, which…yeah. AI and LLMs are lumped together (which makes sense, but classification makes a huge difference here)
- Comment on How far away are we from someone using AI to create an animated TV show by themselves. 3 days ago:
Not all of this, you have some points in here (smart TVs are worth mentioning), but a lot of this is elsewhere, too, though. And was done before AI. A LOT of things are in public records, for instance. Yes AI and interconnectedness it makes it easier, but this is nothing knew. And the fact that they’re still this bad at targeted ads means there’s still hope.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 4 days ago:
“Ted Kennedy killed more people than Three Mile Island” - Bumper sticker.
That’s said, I facepalm at Fukushima. And desperately want more modern systems
- Comment on well, at least I wasn't the only one to wonder 1 week ago:
This happened a couple of months ago…
theconversation.com/scientists-have-figured-out-h…
“This discovery could be revolutionary. Imagine being able to monitor organ function without invasive procedures, or see precisely where a vein is to draw blood. It could also pave the way for breakthroughs in understanding how diseases affect the body at a microscopic level.”
- Comment on well, at least I wasn't the only one to wonder 1 week ago:
Fringe is probably all of those.
- Comment on well, at least I wasn't the only one to wonder 1 week ago:
Gotcha, I was just wondering what specific “slightly bad shit“ paper, and ethical dilemma, they had run across
- Comment on well, at least I wasn't the only one to wonder 1 week ago:
What question? What paper? Inquiring minds want to know!
- Comment on GORILLA GORILLA 3 weeks ago:
You are the wind beneath my wings and the annoyance to my wife. Buffalo^7 is a glorious phrase
- Comment on GORILLA GORILLA 3 weeks ago:
But its name IS Bison Bison Bison!
- Comment on Spoopy Science Costumes 3 weeks ago:
I think I’ll have to do a modified version of that, Imposter Syndrome where half of you is in a suit and the other half is sweats and a t-shirt. “Hi my name is” “how others see you”/“how you see yourself”
- Comment on The Beginning of the End 4 weeks ago:
Hey, where’d you find that photo? That’s crazy-interesting composition
- Comment on The Beginning of the End 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, it was. I’m astonished at how much light the photographer was able to capture.
- Comment on Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? 1 month ago:
Yeah, Sanderson earned the cred on the original trilogy. It’s a fantasy series, but the magicians are basically Jedi. Great stuff!
- Comment on Watch out, Microsoft Outlook could soon give away when you're sneakily working from home 1 month ago:
You can set a background as an image. And if you’re worried about it not being convincing enough, you can use a greenscreen
- Comment on Watch out, Microsoft Outlook could soon give away when you're sneakily working from home 1 month ago:
Except since there’s no actual GPS tracker, it uses your IP address. Microsoft thinks I live in either Virginia or North Dakota or Florida, depending on which part of the company’s VPN I connect to.
- Comment on The Mozilla Graveyard 1 month ago:
I’ll be honest, when I first heard that Mozilla had come out with an AI I figured it was on the back of them trying a couple different ad scenarios, and assumed the worst. Pleasantly surprised by Orbit.
- Comment on The Mozilla Graveyard 1 month ago:
Actually, their new AI thing is actually useful: stays on-device, and summarizes web pages and videos.
But yes, they could stand to spend more money on the browser, and less on their CEO and other non-browser things.
- Comment on Arthur Is A Piece Of Shit 1 month ago:
“I love to be unhappy
I live to be a pain
When days are full of sunshine
I’m lookin’ for the rain” - Gilda Radner - Comment on Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it 1 month ago:
Yeah, no kidding. I just bought tickets for a $15 show that has multiple bands and included a overseas band. I should’ve upped the prices to $20.
Also: Sturgeon‘s law still applies: “90% of everything is crap“. Music is so amazingly easy to make these days you can do it on your phone (and I believe a Grammy nominated/winning album did so). Which means that there are literally thousands of albums every year, And so there will be a lot of crap. But between Bandcamp and Spotify, this is the freaking plutonium age if you like new music. There is literally so much that you can’t possibly keep up with it, even in sub genres. And there are some amazing gems coming out daily
- Comment on WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources 1 month ago:
WillPeoplenoticethecashgrab
- Comment on 1 month ago:
*for values of Dan Levy
- Comment on Because mosts music tastes stagnate after your teens, you are actually admitting your parents music is better - because they are the ones making it. 1 month ago:
Anytime, always happy to talk prog++
- Comment on Because mosts music tastes stagnate after your teens, you are actually admitting your parents music is better - because they are the ones making it. 1 month ago:
Night Verses, Cloudkicker, The Algorithm -Brute Force, Sgaile, Wintersun, and then to mix it up a bit: Standards, and Lantlös
- Comment on Because mosts music tastes stagnate after your teens, you are actually admitting your parents music is better - because they are the ones making it. 1 month ago:
Which prog bands?
- Comment on NSA Releases Internal 1982 Lecture by Computing Pioneer Rear Admiral Grace Hopper 2 months ago:
So very glad they were able to release it. The whole ‘um, we don’t have that kind of equipment” was lame
- Comment on (Win 10) Move all windows of a single programme to a different screen? 2 months ago:
I’ve been using persistent windows for the same reason, and it does t seem to play well with multiple browser windows on multiple screens. Just FYI
- Comment on Patreon will have to use Apple's in-app purchase system or be removed from the App Store 3 months ago:
Notifications of new content are nice.
- Comment on Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Everywhere. This Company Thinks It Has the Secret to Making Them High-End 3 months ago:
Car company 1: would you want a BIG MANLY TRUCK made out of the same thing as a COKE CAN?! EWWW
Car company 2: you want your BIG MANLY TRUCK made out of the same thing as a FIGHTER JET! FREEDUMMMMMM!
- Comment on What is DNC is working with RNC 4 months ago:
I’d argue yes. And it’s still a combination of “exceedingly competent and yes still incompetent in other ways”. The intelligence is here, to paraphrase William Gibson, it’s just unevenly distributed
- Comment on What is DNC is working with RNC 4 months ago:
Sure, years later. They flew the stealth fighter f-117a around in Nevada for 10 years before it became public knowledge. The government is simultaneously capable and incapable. Different groups have different responsibilities, different budgets, different helpers and detractors, etc.
Same thing with Trump. He is simultaneously capable and incapable. He can barely put sentences together, but has like-minded people who are less incompetent, able to push extreme policies through. And there are other groups using him as a tool as well. They don’t care about and will shove him once he’s no longer useful. But he’s very good at taking attention away from other things.