Thistlewick

@Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this true? Software companies had diversity quotas to meet, and realized it was easier to turn autistic men into women than it was to turn women into software engineers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy is systematically eroding the very foundations of this community. How can NoStupidQuestions and this stupid question exist at the same time? I can feel the very threads of reality beginning to unravel from this stupidity paradox.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results | This version of Google won't show you the 10 blue links at all—Gemini completely takes over the results in AI Mode⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is DuckDuckGo still the best alternative at this point, or has Bing been toiling away in the dark to improve itself?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results | This version of Google won't show you the 10 blue links at all—Gemini completely takes over the results in AI Mode⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It baffles me how wholly some people are just accepting the complete erosion of the internet. I have lecturers at university, so theoretically educated people, who tell us point blank to plug any questions we have about weekly topics into ChatGPT. The respect I have for these teachers and their content is less than zero at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo patent explains Switch 2 Joy-Cons’ “mouse operation” mode⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When I saw the reveal trailer and the joycons were sliding around on their sides I didn’t even recognise that they were implying mouse-mode until people in the comments started losing their minds.

  All I could think was “my massive hands are never going to be able to use that joycon as a mouse comfortably”. This patent does not make me feel any more confident that j won’t have constant hand cramps with this thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In 2020 I couldn't swing a stick without finding independent livestreamer links for protests. In 2024, I am having a very hard time finding livestreamers. Help?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If I had to take a guess, it could be that either they are being moderated off platforms by companies that are toeing the line, or more likely the streamers have seen the way the current govt is dealing with their problems, and feel like identifying themselves digitally makes it more likely that ICE will turn up at their door and deport them despite being born white in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do AI bros and other staunch AI defenders seem happy about the potential of killing off the creative industries?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Alright bro, you win. I give up. You’re head is so far up your own ass that “asset packs” are theft and a stream deck is the equivalent of feeding the entirety of human creativity into a robot and asking it to make pictures of a big titty anime girls to promote chat apps.

  You’re too far gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do AI bros and other staunch AI defenders seem happy about the potential of killing off the creative industries?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I commission a human artist to paint me a picture or write me a song, did I create it? I gave them the prompt to generate the work with their skills, so I must be as creative and skilled as any work they return, right?

  You’ve asked something else to make your art, and then claimed that because you were really specific with your request that you deserve the kudos for the creativity and skill of the art. Pick up a pen and stop stealing existing artists’ work in order to force a computer to stroke your delusional ego.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop wasting money on shrinks and drugs - read this book⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet here you are, starting a discussion on actual mental issues.