JohnnyCanuck
@JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca
- Comment on If computer screens had a physical dimension, they would be infinitely deep. 4 days ago:
This is too deep for me to fathom right now.
- Comment on We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why: 1 week ago:
I’m not trying to “win” anything, don’t try to dismiss me because you perceive you’re “losing” and you don’t understand word definitions.
Do you even know what semantics is? Do you want me to give you the definition of that, too? If you’re going to use it as a pejorative, you better learn the meaning of the word.
I’m telling you what the definition of simulation is so you understand why some of us are saying why Simulated Intelligence is the correct term, literally, since you seem focused on the literal. You’re the one who started arguing semantics (in your first comment), but got it wrong, by implying a simulation had to be the actual thing (“literally”) . Then I showed you that the definition of simulation is that it is an imitation, not the actual thing and you say I’m arguing “semantics”. Well yeah, that’s what we’re doing here, we’re both arguing the semantics of what it means to be Simulated Intelligence. If that’s not what you’re doing, then why did you comment at all?
The whole point of creating a simulation is that it doesn’t take the same amount of work as the actual thing, but it can - and it doesn’t have to be perfect - make you think it is the real thing. If it was perfect, then you’re done, you don’t have to make the real thing, and it’s no longer a simulation.
A flight simulator doesn’t actually fly. If it did, it would be an airplane.
Simulated Intelligence doesn’t actually have to be intelligent. If it was, it would be (Artificial) Intelligence.
You can say what we have is a bad simulation, but it’s still a simulation, and it’s a much better simulation than it is real intelligence. So Simulated Intelligence is the correct term.
- Comment on We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why: 1 week ago:
Mimicry is what simulation is.
Definition 3a from Merriam-Webster: the imitative representation of the functioning of one system or process by means of the functioning of another a computer simulation of an industrial process
- Comment on I finished my 3D Printable screw design! Excellent print ability, reliable for simple use, though the head is prone to strip... can't win them all. 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, those were my original thoughts. I think it would take some experimentation to see what works.
- Comment on What's the story in your field? Here's mine 2 weeks ago:
Dev, but we’re all in this together!
- Comment on What's the story in your field? Here's mine 2 weeks ago:
Probably, I didn’t get a lot of results when searching
- Comment on What's the story in your field? Here's mine 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why: 2 weeks ago:
Doesn’t seem to be catching on…
- Comment on We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why: 2 weeks ago:
A simulation doesn’t have to be the actual thing. It implies it literally isn’t the true thing, which is kind of what you’re saying.
Simulated Intelligence is certainly more accurate and honest than Artificial Intelligence. If you have a better term, what is it?
- Comment on Since we're doing magic eyes now... 2 weeks ago:
Is that available somewhere?
- Comment on Since we're doing magic eyes now... 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I found the poster’s advice worked well. I.e. hold your finger between your eyes and the image and start focussing on your finger and them drop it away as the dots approach. It made me realize I wasn’t normally crossing my eyes (for say, magic eye images), I was looking past the image and kind of uncrossing my eyes.
With these ones, they definitely work by crossing your eyes.
- Comment on Since we're doing magic eyes now... 2 weeks ago:
That’s so weird, I always thought I was crossing my eyes when doing this…
- Comment on I finished my 3D Printable screw design! Excellent print ability, reliable for simple use, though the head is prone to strip... can't win them all. 3 weeks ago:
I wonder if 3d printed driver tips would be better for matching the material strength and reduce stripping. Or maybe they wouldn’t have enough strength at all and would just twist and fall apart.
I was also wondering how well printing drywall anchors would work.
- Comment on Why This Python Performance Trick Doesn’t Matter Anymore 3 weeks ago:
TLDR: 3.11 is twice as fast as 3.10 at doing global name lookups, so an old speedup hack of aliasing a global function locally isn’t needed.
For example, when calling len() in a loop, going l=len, and calling l() in the loop was faster in 3.10. In 3.11, moreso in 3.13, it’s almost a wash.
However, the author says this:
Accessing functions through a module [e.g. math.sin()] or a deep attribute chain can still carry overhead. Creating a local alias or using “from module import name” continues to be effective in those situations.
But when I look at the numbers, I would say 3.13 is pretty close to making it an unnecessary optimization in general. A little subjective on how you interpret the numbers.
Great info, but this was like trying to use a recipe and reading the author’s life story to get there.
- Comment on "Almost out of shampoo, better add it to my shopping list." 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on If unused Chip Dip gets thrown out or composted then it was never actually chip dip. 5 weeks ago:
I bet you’re a double dipper.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I used to have a Dell stick PC that I traveled with to hook up to TV’s in hotels and apartments to stream Netfli, youtube, plex, etc. Worked great for its size and I would hook up a mini wireless mouse and keyboard to control it.
Look up Stick PC or PC on a stick. You can get windows or Linux variants and I imagine you can change the OS if you work at it.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 1 month ago:
Check out meetup.com for any particular hobbies you’re into.
- Comment on Should I apologize to this person? 1 month ago:
And National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is wrong?
Holy shit that’s the stupidest thing I’ve read all day. It has nothing to do with your petty personal demons. Go educate yourself and/or delete your account on Lemmy.ca.
Here’s a start: canada.ca/…/national-day-truth-reconciliation.htm…
- Comment on How To Swap Couplings? 1 month ago:
Here’s another one that does both male and female on small connectors youtu.be/59gWZS92zgc
- Comment on How To Swap Couplings? 1 month ago:
Cut off the connector you don’t need, you can leave some wire in case you ever need it for some reason, or you can cut out close and just toss it.
Cut off the one you do need, with lots of slack, and then splice on to the freshly cut wires (hopefully with solder and heat shrink.)
Connect it up and move on, hopefully you’ll never need to think about it again.
If you still really don’t want to do that, you can try pushing the pins out. This might help: youtu.be/0G7iIwfuaJ8 and this youtu.be/BbXX32X-Hkc
The paste might be dielectric grease to keep moisture out.
- Comment on What did Musk and Trump fall out over? 1 month ago:
Unfortunately, by that metaphor, the world is constipated.
- Comment on The Houthis Almost Shot Down an F-35—and Washington Is Panicked 2 months ago:
It’s stealth to radar, not infrared. It has other countermeasures for infrared missiles.
- Comment on The Houthis Almost Shot Down an F-35—and Washington Is Panicked 2 months ago:
Wait. The fancy jet didn’t get hit, right? A missile was fired at it and it successfully evaded said missile? So what, exactly, is being called into question here?
- Comment on Being called a loser for liking animation while the entire world is falling for AI slop is beyond. 2 months ago:
Lol that’s cute. I did a Monty Python sketch for my future wife (not on the first date) and she was highly amused.
- Comment on Being called a loser for liking animation while the entire world is falling for AI slop is beyond. 2 months ago:
Helllloooo Nurse! Always loved that show. I’ll have to check out the reboot.
- Comment on We should name the recent stock market crash the Fool's Fallout 2 months ago:
Yeah I was trying to avoid something that included his name directly to keep it out of the lexicon as much as possible.
- Submitted 2 months ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 8 comments
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Makes snu-snu a little different.
- Comment on Mouse pointers with drop shadows have their visual click zones and actual ones misaligned. 2 months ago:
I don’t really get what you’re saying. Maybe a picture would help? Having worked with mouse pointers for three decades, I’m pretty sure it’s either correct, or if you disagree then what you’re choosing as the click pixel is arbitrary, and pointer style and implementation dependent. In any case, the user will generally learn the specific click behaviour very quickly, usually without even thinking about it.
