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 Just a moment... 1 day ago:
Thank you for that, that’s hysterical! And I wouldn’t have caught on with the handshake. They need him as a guest on the Katering Show!
- Comment on Just a moment... 1 day ago:
It’s Red Green’s cousin from down under! Where’s Harold?!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
One potential issue is that you have no idea what they’re selling from that (I assume that’s part of the business model). But in general, there’s weirder stuff out there - just make sure that whenever it’s “choose friend or AI”, choose friend.
- Comment on The case against conversational interfaces « julian.digital 3 days ago:
An interesting/useful article, if only because I was unaware of the Mac equivalence of Launchy (Linear, Superhuman,etc). The biggest problem is that a Conversational interface could excel at certain tasks, but just using it Willy-Nilly is asking for disappointment, plus the voice recognition still needs to get better, especially with context clues, which would require more integration (watching whatever you’re watching, hearing whatever you’re hearing, what page are you looking at, etc. )
But if you’re in front of a keyboard, then directing the computer to do something has got to require less context switching then just bringing up on the keyboard. Even if it’s only 60 words a minute, if all you’re doing is typing in a handful of strokes, then it’s probably faster than coming up with all the keywords necessary to tell the computer to do it.
- Comment on What if Apple / other brands sold desktop chips? 4 days ago:
Yup. I desperately wanted Apple to support the PowerPc clones back in the 90s, and there are still times I wish that they were more open, but they have their place.
- Comment on Justice Department asks judge to order Google the "immediate" sale of Chrome 1 week ago:
That…makes a horrible amount of sense.
- Comment on Researchers unveil Aardvark, an AI weather prediction system that they say uses thousands of times less computing power and is much faster than current methods. 2 weeks ago:
PARTS of AI have been far from auto-corrupt for years. This autocomplete and LLM stuff is far newer.
- Comment on ‘Audible enclaves’ could enable private listening without headphones. 2 weeks ago:
WHAT?!
- Comment on Being employed and hunting a new job is much like having a girlfriend. When you have the extra self-confidence, and they know you're wanted, your stock goes up. 2 weeks ago:
Absolutely. 10x easier to get a job when employed.
- Comment on New device shortens TMS delivery time for most patients 4 weeks ago:
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain. It’s primarily used to treat complex psychiatric illnesses, especially when other treatments haven’t been effective.
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- Comment on Can trump make it so I can sell my citizenship for 5 million dollars? 4 weeks ago:
Tree fitty? Damn you Loch Ness monster!
- Comment on Why do most Americans use an iPhone? 5 weeks ago:
Unsure why you got downvoted. Same experience here. I already script and program, sometimes I just want stuff that’s stable.
- Comment on Why don't Taco Trucks have a recognizable theme song and menu like Ice Cream Trucks? 5 weeks ago:
Yup. Made the news and night show talk shows and everything… just not enough to actually bring it back. :(
- Comment on Why don't Taco Trucks have a recognizable theme song and menu like Ice Cream Trucks? 5 weeks ago:
They tried that, but it got cancelled. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choco_Taco
- Comment on Who needs a sneaker bot when AI can hallucinate a win for you? - EQL Blog 5 weeks ago:
iOS does a decent job of showing it - on the normal list of messages, you get the sender, the first 45 letter or so of the subject, and then their “summarize” icon followed by two smaller-font lines (about 75 characters) of the summarized body
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 1 month ago:
God yes. Did 1 cruise and literally saw the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, Michelangelo’s David, walked around in Pompeii, scaled a volcano, saw where the Olympics started, the Parthenon, amazing art (Birth of Venus just to name another), incredible food, incredible people. Spent months planning it, ton of pics, and now make some “new” dishes all the time.
OP: meds and a therapist. Meds to fix the chemistry, therapist to teach you how to live life happily.
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 1 month ago:
I wish that there was some sort of equivalent of Reddit gold… That is a fantastic comment, with a ton of useful advice. OP cooks his own food, a better way to find new food and things you’ve never come across otherwise, is by traveling. It really does broaden the mind, gives you a better perspective on things,… But Mr. ININ, I hope the best for you. You did some awesome stuff and can’t anymore. I feel your pain.
Op: see the world. Get the shittiest inside cabin you can on a cruise ship that goes to a bunch of different countries. Think of it like a sampler pack of that part of the world. If you see something that strikes you fancy, plan to go back. Plan all the things you want to do or see. Look on some guides online. If you don’t knowwhat to do with the money, you can’t take it with you, go do something with it.
- Comment on Created Kindness Kommunity 1 month ago:
Sorry. I’m a horrible person and see the worst. Rise above and make it awesome! (Just don’t call the mods the krewe or something. ;)
- Comment on Created Kindness Kommunity 1 month ago:
Not the greatest name, let’s be honest here. You’re one K away.
- Comment on Underground Music Discovery - a wide variety of lesser known music genres 1 month ago:
TIL! Thanks! I’ve wondered why the F there are zero posts. That said, I’m on Lemmy.world and not constantly on my phone, so that’s not a good sign.
- Comment on Bird Flu's Breeding Grounds: the path to a safer food future 1 month ago:
TL;DR - instead of all that chicken stuff, how about we work more on replacing them with lab-grown meat. Not a bad article, just a lot of background, to get to that point.
- Comment on What even is fire? 1 month ago:
That’s incredible. I hadn’t seen that particular bit by him before. Very cool!
- Comment on my first proper astrophotography photo 1 month ago:
Deets? Telescope? Lens? Stacking software?
- Comment on Does "ackshually" not mean "I know I'm being picky/pedantic/needy/wooooshed here, but technically it's..."? 1 month ago:
While combing the neckbeard
- Comment on Give permission. Don't give permission. They know where you are anyway 1 month ago:
Latitude and Longitude are in there. As is screen brightness. He does acknowledge that he is on Wi-Fi, but that’s still super suspicious
- Comment on There’s No Dancing Around It: Apple’s Vision Pro Was An Ugly Dud 2 months ago:
waveguide here’s a good article on it: theverge.com/…/stanford-ai-holographic-ar-glasses…
- Comment on There’s No Dancing Around It: Apple’s Vision Pro Was An Ugly Dud 2 months ago:
Several others, though a couple seem to be about a POC.
- Comment on There’s No Dancing Around It: Apple’s Vision Pro Was An Ugly Dud 2 months ago:
Some reasons.
- Apple needs new products - even something like this gives headlines, reminds people about the cool product, so maybe they choose a different one. Even if it doesn’t make money it keeps Apple as “new and innovative” and helps recruitment.
- Gets it out there for developers to try out, come up with use cases and killer apps.
- People (prosumers) come up with uses that Apple and Devs may not have thought of.
- Allows people from #4 to bring them to work - after all, that’s how Apple got big in the first place… People bringing their Apple ][ & visicalc, since their IT wasn’t responsive enough or people hated working on mainframes. It wouldn’t surprise me if one of the doctors brought it in himself thinking it might be useful.
- Allows Apple to come up with justification for the R&D money for the GUI, UX, hand gestures, etc that they’re going to need later. Gotta keep shareholders happy.
- Comment on There’s No Dancing Around It: Apple’s Vision Pro Was An Ugly Dud 2 months ago:
Here’s a good article about this specific waveguide: theverge.com/…/stanford-ai-holographic-ar-glasses…
TLDR - they need special materials to allow small/thin glasses for XR goggles. This looks like it could be huge.