nickiwest
@nickiwest@lemmy.world
- Comment on This Fall, Florida Students Will Be Forced to Take “Anti-Communist” Classes 1 day ago:
As soon as I saw the headline, I said, “I hope this is exactly as effective as D.A.R.E.”
- Comment on It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich 2 weeks ago:
I think at some point it will come out that the corporate subscription is no different and the LLM companies have been scraping everything for training data.
- Comment on It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think the LLM made your response better in a meaningful way. Sure, it cleaned up the grammar a little bit, but the rephrasing in a few places is not necessary.
Trust yourself to communicate without help from external software.
- Comment on Game over 2 weeks ago:
I live in a country where ground bay leaf is a very common spice to use. It’s just another powdered spice in a jar or a bag like cinnamon or curry.
- Comment on The script is mysterious and important. 2 weeks ago:
Just tagging on to add that if you haven’t read the novella I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, it’s worth your time.
It has been adapted to film three times that I know of. The first was The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price. Matheson was so upset with the finished product that he refused to allow his name on the film even though he wrote the original screenplay. The second was The Omega Man with Charlton Heston, which has its flaws but is still the best adaptation IMO.
I had high hopes for the Will Smith film in 2007, but the creatures and the ending were entirely wrong.
The original story is great, but it’s such a slow burn with a mindfuck ending that I have given up hope of ever seeing an accurate portrayal on film. It would have to be something on the level of a passion project from Peter Jackson or Guillermo del Toro, from a director who loved the source material enough not to change it significantly.
- Comment on Well, shit 2 weeks ago:
Thanks, I hate it.
- Comment on Well, shit 2 weeks ago:
I saw the movie for the first time when I was 5, and I mostly loved except that this scene was extremely traumatic for me. I’m also a girl.
I hadn’t really considered that there might be a gender divide over this film, but it does make sense that boys would identify more with a male protagonist. I’m an elementary teacher, and I do see that kids are more likely to engage with stories that have protagonists of their same gender.
- Comment on Is spreading. 2 weeks ago:
I did it last year, and I’ve been very happy with the results.
I’m reasonably tech-savvy for a user. I can follow instructions, but I don’t understand the super technical stuff. I watched a few YouTube videos and read a few tutorials, and it was all pretty easy.
The system updates are easier than Windows. I don’t have to understand what a kernel is; I just have to click the update button.
- Comment on YSK Your smoke detectors should be replaced every 7-10 years 2 weeks ago:
I live in Latin America and I don’t even have a heater. My climate control options are “window open” and “window closed.”
- Comment on Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App 1 month ago:
They learned it by watching Amazon.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it 1 month ago:
The number of adults I know who ask ChatGPT for recipes is non-zero.
Teenagers use it like it’s a search engine. They don’t understand the difference.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it 1 month ago:
AI is the only “product” that I’ve ever seen where the sales pitch is, “We made it and now you should want it, but you have to figure out why you want it.”
- Comment on Are you people all bots? 1 month ago:
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- Comment on Are you people all bots? 1 month ago:
Anyone who thinks I’m a bot can bite my shiny metal ass.
- Comment on dating 1 month ago:
An empty bio and one-word replies sounds like someone who’s not worth talking to. I don’t think that’s your failure.
- Comment on dating 1 month ago:
In my experience with three different UU congregations, they can be pretty varied.
My former city had one that was Protestant-lite, one that was nearly neopagan, and one that was so insular that I felt unwelcome as a visitor.
- Comment on dating 1 month ago:
An unsolicited photo of something random might not be something everyone responds to. I wouldn’t necessarily send a response.
So if she doesn’t respond, it doesn’t definitively mean she doesn’t want to talk to you. Maybe try again with something that actually indicates that you’re looking for a response. Like … ask a question about something you know you have in common.
Did you finish the reading for class? I think the part about ABC could be interpreted to apply to XYZ. What do you think?
You said you like comedians. Have you seen the new Marcello Hernandez special on Netflix?
Make it something that could turn into an actual conversation if she answers you.
- Comment on The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down. 2 months ago:
This was my position when my husband and I moved in together, but I could not convince him.
Then we got a kitten who loved to drink from the faucet. After the second time she fell into the open toilet on her way to the bathroom sink, he got on board with keeping the toilet closed.
19 years later, we no longer have that sweet baby, but it’s still a habit.
- Comment on Do not recommend. 2 months ago:
Apparently not.
I had some friends in undergrad who tried several of the recipes, and they said it was a huge waste of time. (These guys were honors students in science majors, so I wouldn’t chalk it up to user error in all cases.)
- Comment on Why isint lemmy more popular? 3 months ago:
Lemmy currently feels a lot like reddit used to in the beginning, when posts came from real people who just wanted to share ideas about things they cared about. I’d rather keep it as is than see it grow into the bloated bot farm of garbage and advertising that reddit has become.
- Comment on Insulin 3 months ago:
I don’t think I ever had insurance in the US where checking into the hospital for any amount of time would cost less than $800 out of pocket.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 3 months ago:
Let’s be real; C-suite positions are rarely filled by anyone who brings actual value to the company. They’re figureheads, but they’re also largely interchangeable.
And with so many CEOs, CTOs, etc., doing so much of their jobs with LLMs, that basically proves that you don’t need actual intelligence in those positions.
- Comment on FOX BREAKING NEWS ALERT! 3 months ago:
Sad, but true.
- Comment on Breakthrough gel can regenerate tooth enamel within weeks 4 months ago:
Playing hockey?
- Comment on Edible Wood 4 months ago:
Be careful with that advice. Yew is highly toxic.
- Comment on 3-bean soup 4 months ago:
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 4 months ago:
Not currently teaching in a “US hole.” I’ve been teaching in South America for 5 years and I have never noticed an analog clock in a public place here.
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 4 months ago:
I’m from the US, but I’m currently a teacher in South America. Kids here are even worse at reading analog clocks than my students in the US were.
- Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 4 months ago:
Teacher here.
I’m pretty certain that the only place where my students ever encounter an analog clock is at school. But teaching how to read analog clocks is required in our math education standards, so I have one and I use it, even though I think there are other, more relevant places to put our academic focus.
I’m 45 years old. I’m pretty sure we only ever had one analog clock in our house when I was growing up in the '80s, and that was my grandpa’s alarm clock. The only places I’ve been where only analog clocks were available have been schools. Even our local bank in my small town changed to a digital clock on its sign outside.
Unfortunately, education systems are dictated by legislators, who are often old and out-of-touch. So I doubt we’ll see a change in the education requirements any time soon. But, just like how keyboarding has replaced cursive in the classrooms, it will eventually come.
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 4 months ago:
My uncle was a factory worker and a daily regular at his favorite local bar for more than 30 years.
My mom wouldn’t allow me to go inside the bar (because drinking alcohol is a sin, you know). But in the '80s and '90s, before cell phones, I knew exactly where to find him after school if I needed anything.
Unfortunately, 30+ years of excessive drinking caused a lot of really serious health problems that caught up to him when he was in his 50s. The owners and staff sent a huge flower arrangement and all came to his funeral.
