starelfsc2
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- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 1 week ago:
This is literally called nostupidquestions and people are saying it’s a stupid question…??? some people just didn’t experience the same things. xkcd.com/1053/
A big reason is different texture, with the semisphere shape the middle can be fluffy while the outside is crunchy, for baguettes it’s basically a sandwich that the whole thing fits in your mouth in one orientation, so it’s a different way to eat it.
- Comment on Tankie 2 weeks ago:
So I did some more research, and evidently if you’re going to use AI at all, you’re probably increasing your energy usage by using it offline if you use it often (unless you are using renewables), since the data centers generally have cards specifically designed for AI. I think it might just be a case of everyone needs to use it significantly less, it’s like if 4k gaming was something the average joe was doing. If everyone was doing that 10 hours a day, we would have a big problem.
It’s kinda like saying it’s not immoral to go for a pleasure drive, but if you’re driving around 10 hours a day that’s probably not good and you should minimize it as much as you can.
- Comment on Tankie 2 weeks ago:
90% of people do not use offline models, especially for everyone doing ai code and video. The offline models are undeniably worse and slower. These ai companies didn’t just magic billions out of thin air, most people are using the massive data farms. Also people are generally not playing 14 hours a day maxed out gaming, where for ai they might use it all day during work.
- Comment on Grok AI still being used to digitally undress women and children despite suspension pledge 3 weeks ago:
People will agree amazon is evil and needs to have less power but say it’s too convenient and cheap. They’ll say apple is too powerful while buying every new iPhone. I watch people who say I’m privileged spend more money than I do on everything from food to entertainment. Most people really don’t care about enacting their principles, if it means giving up anything or spending 2 minutes of effort. Is what it is I guess.
- Comment on ublock Origin can get rid of Cookie Banners 3 weeks ago:
idk with the old shorts this was more true, but now if it’s like a quick tips thing or just a preview of a longer video, so long as you’re not scrolling shorts and only engage with the more informative ones scarcely, they seem to have a place. Youtube pushes them to be infinitely scrolled clickbait garbage though so that’s probably the experience for 95% of people.
- Comment on The build-up of circling what you wanted in the little paper catalogs. Hnnng. 5 weeks ago:
That they managed to create an actual real feeling of excitement around books and followed through with exciting fun books is actually really impressive.
- Comment on Drama 1 month ago:
The article is really confusing, it says they posted you win we resign but also that the head mod kicked everyone. Maybe the first part was the mods bring facetious?
- Comment on Drama 1 month ago:
c/196 had a mod who did something like defederate from an instance without asking the users (I’ll see if I can find it) and everyone said adios
- Comment on Drama 1 month ago:
A lot resigned because people were mad over the ban. The analogy would be more like a politician resigns after everyone complains about their policy.
- Comment on Drama 1 month ago:
Crazy how a mod tried this on lemmy and everyone just went to a new instance.
- Comment on Technical debt is probably one of the best dramatic tropes 2 months ago:
I actually had to realize this because I kept making “good enough” solutions that I told myself I would change later and then never did, until I got so frustrated that it made me stop working on it. Good enough is a big problem if it’s good enough that you never really need to change it.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 2 months ago:
ah yeah I figured it wasn’t quite right, I just remember seeing the codec on the details and figured it was tied to it, thanks.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 2 months ago:
On codecs and bitrate? It’s basically codec = file type (.avi, .mp4) and bitrate is how much data is sent per second for the video. Videos only track what changed between frames, so a video of a still image can be 4k with a really low bitrate, but if things are moving it’ll get really blurry with a low bitrate even in 4k.
- Comment on I'm too stupid for this 3 months ago:
This is something I’ve been thinking about recently, I’ll see something that is way too complex for me, and think “well this person is just smarter I could never do that.” After 3 months of doing simpler stuff, it now seems challenging but doable. Just doing something for long enough, even pretty complex things become second nature.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 3 months ago:
I hate to break this to you but many people who watch female streamers are not there for the games, and many streamers encourage this parasocial behavior (I don’t think emiru really does, but I don’t really watch twitch anymore). Even for male streamers I’ll see people treating donators like they’re friends and being really encouraging (only when they donate a message though). If you are one of the people who just pops in and out and watches streamers who don’t do this, then you and that streamer are not who he is talking about.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 3 months ago:
Idk some of the worst comments I have ever seen are from .world users, maybe not super toxic but definitely redditor type responses. Maybe that’s just because .world is the most popular instance that I see it when I check a bad comment though ¯_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Simpler times? 3 months ago:
Yeah worst part is it makes you unsure later if people are just pretending or not. In college I wouldn’t trust people weren’t just pretending to like being around me as a joke :/ takes a while of actually being appreciated to get over it…
- Comment on Simpler times? 3 months ago:
I wonder if this is a common experience because I’ve had basically the exact same thing happen to me. It’s like it feels inauthentic but also they’re saying nice stuff that no one ever does so I don’t really want to tell them to stop…
- Comment on Truly 3 months ago:
It’s the same reason people will go on tiktok or Instagram or reddit all day, gambling is a very “rewarding” behavior, which is now the only one they have left. They know they’re losing money and wasting their time, they just feel even more miserable if they stop.
- Comment on They're together now 3 months ago:
- Comment on We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit 5 months ago:
Probably why he wanted to sue in the first place but the actual lawsuit is over deleting minecraft accounts that didn’t migrate to Microsoft accounts. That restriction was not present in the original TOS, and seems to be illegal to change without the user accepting a new TOS (that isn’t forced under threat of deleting what you own).
- Comment on Roblox Retaliates Against Child Abuse Survivor Who Exposed Platform's Predator Problem 5 months ago:
It’s basically a social platform + mod making platform + discord wrapped into 1 game, people have remade games like call of duty in roblox.
- Comment on Is it safe to assume the guy i went out on a date with, just wants to sleep with me? 5 months ago:
Eh if 2 people enjoy each other’s company I think that’s all that matters, I knew people who dated during just a summer program when it was only 2 months. Depends how well you think you’d handle it or if you’re worried you might get too attached.
- Comment on Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny 7 months ago:
Not false at all but a big part imo is also learned, it’s like if I have 10 problems, 5 of which are totally my fault, and the only one talking about the other 5 says “ALL your problems are not your fault.”
It’s like one person actually fully reflected their experiences back to them, but then peddled a ton of lies along with it.
- Comment on Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins 9 months ago:
yeah didn’t most of the hate mobs just move to kiwifarms?
