phdepressed
@phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Goldman Sachs is piloting its first autonomous coder in major AI milestone for Wall Street 1 day ago:
Lemm.ee shutdown there are communities of same name on .world, .ml and vlemmy.net
- Comment on Are some people just unable to become fluent in a foreign language? 3 days ago:
Perfectly? In a language system different than your own. English to French/Spanish doesn’t require these sounds. English to like Thai or Chinese has a lot.
People learn new languages because you can get the ability back with training (hooray neurplasticity) but it is more difficult and takes longer.
- Comment on Are some people just unable to become fluent in a foreign language? 3 days ago:
Speaking Japanese honestly isn’t too hard. Reading/writing Japanese is more difficult but is easier as you realize the complex Kanji are just combinations of simpler kanji and how those relate to meaning. Most of the sounds are also in English.
- Comment on Oatmeal 5 days ago:
Mole burrito
- Comment on Can it take months to get over being laid off? 1 week ago:
It can take a while to get over a layoff when it’s unexpected, it isn’t so different than a relationship ending. We spend a lot of time at work and often put a lot of ourselves into our jobs.
This could be depression or just delayed grief as needing to find a job on short notice tends to block out a lot of emotion and it can take a bit after getting a job for that block to loosen.
What helps you get out of the funk and what helps someone else get out probably varies. For me a decent walk around the neighborhood/park and decreased phone time are/were very helpful. Even mild alcohol use was a very temporary thing that created a long-term detriment. Society sucks at teaching healthy coping mechanisms.
- Comment on [US Politics] How much can Mamdani even do as Mayor? Couldn't the NYC City Coucil just block every progressive thing he tries to do? 1 week ago:
It isn’t but if it can’t work at that scale how do you convince anyone it will work when it’s larger scale? Showing feasibility is important.
- Comment on Google kills the fact-checking snippet 1 week ago:
Mbfc is ok but is itself biased towards Western and Pro-Israel content.
- Comment on Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy 1 week ago:
Then the AI companies that have openly used pirated stuff could also get disconnected lol. Of course business will be fine and individuals will get shafted who expects anything different nowadays.
- Comment on Canadians are just too polite 2 weeks ago:
No
- Comment on Aging is fun 2 weeks ago:
That is true, but a lot of people on this thread talking about their 30s being like this.
- Comment on Aging is fun 2 weeks ago:
Drink water, eat healthy, and exercise this will likely go away in a few days to weeks of good habits.
- Comment on A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit 3 weeks ago:
Idk what pushback you’re talking about, you’re it as far as I can tell and yes the OP is about groceries as is the comment I originally responded to.
Yeah, I usually specify alternates or refunds for things that matter and if my bananas are too green or my avocados riper than expected I can change meals to accommodate.
- Comment on A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit 3 weeks ago:
Uber eats/doordash is a different level. I don’t use them unless I have a gift card.
Instacart and similar as mentioned here do upcharge but it is just regular groceries so I can cook and eat at home. It’s on a basis of time=money. I want back the time I’d have to spend grocery shopping so I’ll spend money for it. If I ever get employed somewhere with reasonable public transit or safer biking that may change.
- Comment on Kimwipes 3 weeks ago:
I guess I’m not classy enough, whats special about the blue box or purple bag kimwipes compared to the green?
- Comment on Nier creator Yoko Taro reveals the sad reality of modern AAA game development, “there’s less weird people making games” 3 weeks ago:
Being “safe” is also a gamble, if you aren’t bringing anything new or unique you’re gambling that the title or brand is sufficient for success.
- Comment on A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit 3 weeks ago:
It’s not so much that you literally have no time but spending the extra money is a way to get the time you would otherwise spend on groceries to do other things like spend actual time with the kids before they sleep and walk the dog before it’s dark.
- Comment on 8999 BC 3 weeks ago:
Image is probably scale armor rather than chainmail.
- Comment on ! Mastodon new ToS from July 1has a binding abbreviation wave !!r 3 weeks ago:
Isn’t not doing that part of the draw of foss? That sort of UI/“engagement” is necessary for monetization but is not for foss.
A product getting “sold” is in direct contradiction to it being foss. That’s the viewpoint of money and enshittifiers.
Most people here are specifically avoiding those companies in part because of their “engagement” algorithms.
- Comment on Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent 4 weeks ago:
They have previously been hacked.
- Comment on An alien who sees in the radio part of the light spectrum would probably be blinded by all our wireless communications 4 weeks ago:
That’s interesting but you’d have dampening because all the vibration can also be felt physically and damages stuff.
- Comment on TIL my decision to drive a 22' full cab pickup truck and vehemently oppose urban zoning reform makes me a defender of social justice, a warrior for the downtrodden, and more progressive than 99% [cont 5 weeks ago:
The extra is to save the time of getting there and back. Mostly not worth it but occasionally that extra 0.5h at home are all that’s keeping your house manageable.
- Comment on Mammal 5 weeks ago:
Coconuts are seeds
- Comment on The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work 5 weeks ago:
Ivermectin (anti-parasitic) aka horse dewormer.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Doesn’t have to be a straight relationship for “gifts” to turn into “you owe me”.
- Comment on Om nom 5 weeks ago:
Pornhub
- Comment on The real one 1 month ago:
At least he raised min wage and made it so we had a budget surplus.
- Comment on This graph but with fediverse apps? 1 month ago:
Isn’t Pinterest just Instagram for food and knickknacks? I never used either…
- Comment on This graph but with fediverse apps? 1 month ago:
They were more subtle about it but they’ve been there from the start. Now they’re just more vocal.
- Comment on This graph but with fediverse apps? 1 month ago:
Isn’t that pixelfed?
- Comment on AI could already be conscious. Are we ready for it? 1 month ago:
And a kid can insist they don’t need to pee until 5min after you leave a rest stop.
Insisting upon something doesn’t make it true. Beyond the fact that LLMs often hallucinate and therefore can’t be trusted at baseline, text in response can never be proof for an LLM. LLM framework is to regurgitate what exists in their training in ways that sound correct. It’s why they can make up court cases or say a guy who investigated certain murderers is the murderer.