LesserAbe

@LesserAbe@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is it called linux phone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry friend, but if someone is asking a question, telling them to read about it rather than provide the meat of the answer doesn’t seem too helpful.

  You’re under no obligation to explain anything to anyone, but if you’re going to take the time to respond why not elaborate?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How often do guys have a haircut?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get my hair cut that frequently, but to each their own. This was downvoted to zero when I found it, I like to imagine one of the “six months” or “never” guys were responsible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How often do guys have a haircut?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I used to go to a place where they’d schedule me out based on three weeks, which I liked better, but now this new place leaves it to me to remember and schedule myself. I don’t remember, so it’s closer to 4-5 weeks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never get a tattoo when you are drunk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I worked with a guy who let his friend tattoo him while they were both on LSD. It wasn’t as long as this, I think it was just one word but it was in this style handwriting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kick faces possible $49 M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is helpful, thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand the segment of people who were excited to come up with a new slur for AI. Plus it’s not even effective. It doesn’t make sense, doesn’t bite. Computers don’t clank, not even robots clank anymore. Are we in Battlestar Galactica or something

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sounds like a plan⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it would have worked better if the comment wasn’t prefaced with “it’s cute you think” which is inherently insulting.

  The meme is already self deprecating, like “haha things aren’t looking good for me” so they’re aware of the situation. It’s just heaping an insult and bad news on someone who already is experiencing a negative outlook.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨F*ck off Arnie, you're out of your element!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you mean the redistricting in Texas? That’s why the Dem reps left the state, because they know they would lose the vote, but if they deny “quorum” (aka that there’s enough people to hold a session of the legislature) then a vote can’t be held.

  This same thing actually happened in Texas back in 2003, but the Dems caved that time. Article: talkingpointsmemo.com/…/texas-redistricting-quoru…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨F*ck off Arnie, you're out of your element!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The people we send to Congress have to answer to voters. We’ve seen how little resistance elites and organizations have put up, even ones ostensibly on our side.

  “Our” representatives who come from gerrymandered districts will owe their seat to party leaders, not the voters. So they will cater to those leaders, not voters.

  Would they take some actions which counter Trump? Yes. Will they take drastic actions to actually prevent further fascist advances? Probably not. Because most Democratic leaders are out of touch and answer to big donors. They’re not going to pack the supreme court, they’re not going to make DC a state, etc.

  I’m a little sympathetic to Newsom’s talk about a referendum vote on having gerrymandered districts only for five years. But I think if he moves ahead with that it should be tied explicitly to what Texas does. If Texas passes their crooked map then the California map is revised too, otherwise nothing happens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨F*ck off Arnie, you're out of your element!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t seen any news about Arnold commenting on this situation, can you share?

  That said, I’m a socialist, I’ve been campaigning against gerrymandering in my state since 2016, and I think blue states getting rid of their independent redistricting commissions (if they have them) is a really bad idea.

  Yes, the situation is terrible, and I’m glad the Texas Dems fled to prevent quorum. I think extreme measures are called for. I also think they should be extreme measures that increase democratic rule, not reduce it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just the US. It’s pretty much every country with a high standard of living.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, but we could have the same number of people while being ecologically sustainable. The problem seems like more one of distribution and technology, not total number of people. And besides, what’s the alternative? So I think it’s ok to say it’s a good thing the population outlook is downward while recognizing we’ve still got problems

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I could be mistaken but based on recent demographic trends I don’t think people are talking about overpopulation much these days. Seems to be a trend that industrialized countries population goes down. China is looking at falling below replacement rate. Of course there’s the argument that we already have too many people, but if everyone starts going down then hey problem solved

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Besides what the other commenter replied, with Trump there’s a special value in controlling his agenda because often the last person he talks to will have the most sway. There have been stories about his appointees taking advantage of a rival appointee being away or in a meeting, and getting Trump to issue an order or even just tweet a position on something so it’s harder to walk back when someone else gets his ear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone have one of these?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what the other commenter was getting at is you can access a cellular connection (wireless) in a land line format

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone have one of these?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what the other commenter was getting at is you can access a cellular connection (wireless) in a land line format

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨garden faries⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Good thing I can take personal credit for all these plants. Sort of like how I helped my local sports team win the championship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨garden faries⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And potatoes and corn!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨garden faries⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wasn’t familiar, they’re beautiful birds! That said, I read that they feed while perched, while I think the defining feature of hummingbirds is they feed while hovering. thisweekinpalestine.com/the-palestine-sunbird/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's rude to show AI output to people⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a good post.

  Thinking about it some more, I don’t necessarily mind if someone said “I googled it and…” then provides some self generated summary of what they found which is relevant to the discussion.

  I wouldn’t mind if someone did the same with an LLM response. But just like I don’t want to read a copy and paste of chatgpt results I don’t want to read someone copy/pasting search results with no human analysis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Besides the other commenter highlighting the specific nature of the linked study, I will say I’m generally doing technical queries where if the answer is wrong, it’s apparent because the AI suggestion doesn’t work. Think “how do I change this setting” or “what’s wrong with the syntax in this line of code”. If I try the AI’s advice and it doesn’t work, then I ask again or try something else.

  I would be more concerned about subjects where I don’t have any domain knowledge whatsoever, and not working on a specific application of knowledge, because then it could be a long while before I realize the response was wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the suggestion. I did check with them, unfortunately it didn’t work, I think because our window wasn’t in their line of sight. Guy said he’d talked to other people in my building before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Could you try to understand what I’m saying instead of jumping down my throat?

  If I want to turn off a certain type of notification in a program I’m using, I don’t need to sift through three forum threads to learn how to do that. I’m fine taking the AI route and don’t think I’ve lost my humanity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of legitimate concerns and issues with AI, but if you’re going to criticize someone saying they used it you should at least understand how it works so your criticism is applicable.

  It is useful. Chatgpt performs web searches, then summarizes the results in a way customized to what you asked it. It skips the step where you have to sift through a bunch of results and determine “is this what I was looking for?” and “how does this apply to my specific context?”

  Of course it can and does still get things wrong. It’s crazy to market it as a new electronic god. But it’s not random, and it’s right the majority of the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh good to know. We moved before the date on that document though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  God bless em.

  Fiber of course is preferable, but requires a lot of knowledge and up front investment to lay. In Philadelphia there’s a WISP - wireless internet service provider - that has their equipment up on a tower and can service a particular neighborhood: phillywisper.net

  I was ready to use them but our apartment building had made a fucking exclusive agreement with Comcast. If we lived in a normal house at that same address we could have got FIOS or PhillyWisper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah! First, I don’t think it would be weird to ask it elsewhere, but definitely ok to ask it here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty concerning that a “western democracy” is doing this, because it gives cover for the next one and the next one.

  It’s easy to say “oh I’ll just stop using such and such a service” but what happens when there are no more legal services to switch to?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even mass produced things require skill and sophistication. Pop music is more like a mass produced iphone than a mass produced frisbee.

  Sure the lyrics aren’t saying something important or the singer isn’t the same person as the songwriter, but a lot of hours went into it. The average person on the street could not create a comparable song to what you hear on the radio without significant effort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not exactly slop if the pigs eat it is it /s

  I get what you’re saying, if people don’t detect ai music it must not be so bad. But in the original usage of slop, pigs don’t care, but humans wouldn’t eat the food. Same here, just because some people don’t mind doesn’t mean others can’t easily discern the difference

  You could also make the argument that pigs would prefer better food if it was an option, but they have no choice, they’re only given access to slop.