LovableSidekick
@LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
- Comment on If we silenced all the sources of misinformation/disinformation people would be agast at how quiet it is. 9 hours ago:
I would be delighted.
- Comment on European police say KidFlix, "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world," busted in joint operation. 10 hours ago:
Kidflix sounds like a feature on Nickelodeon. The world is disgusting.
- Comment on YSK that if you lose your Social Security Card (USA) more than 10 times, the Social Security Administration will have to, by law, refuse to issue anymore replacement cards, for the rest of your life. 16 hours ago:
I never thought about it until retirement, but the only times I’ve ever been asked to show my Social Security card have been to get jobs. Since retirement I’ve had to show my Medicare card but never my SS.
- Comment on Bernstein Posits That A 10 Percent Baseline US Tariff On Raw Semiconductors Is "Not Going To Do All That Much," But PCs, Servers, And Smartphones Are About To Get Pricier By ~40 Percent 17 hours ago:
Considering that we’re still paying COVID prices for most things, how surprising is this?
- Comment on Why does tea taste different when I drink it outside? 2 days ago:
Maybe it’s a delusion you create because you know you’re outside. Because a mind is a terrible thing.
- Comment on How do you pronounce "centaur" and why? 2 days ago:
I pronounce it like sen + tar, and accent it like boxcar.
- Comment on It's no longer easy to play April Fool's jokes on Americans because their reality is so chaotic that it's no longer easy to tell what is real, funny, fake or sad. 2 days ago:
Also there are so many satirical sites now, you can’t just look for Onion on the link anymore.
- Comment on I mean......if you really think about it..... 2 days ago:
Boy Meets Future
- Comment on I mean......if you really think about it..... 2 days ago:
Reminds me of a play I was in: “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade,” an early 60s play usually abbreviated Marat/Sade.
- Comment on 4-day work-week pilot due in tech land by early summer 2 days ago:
Moving to 32 hrs on paper and really expecting 60, instead of 40 on paper and really expecting 60.That’s a bold move, Cotton.
- Comment on Law and Order 3 days ago:
Everything that’s in our way, meet the underside of the bus!
- Comment on I need help guys 3 days ago:
A couple examples would go a long way toward helping people help you. Old footage is easy to find - just google old photos, vintage photos, antique photos… but what does “unique style” mean?
- Comment on I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists? 3 days ago:
If you’re in China you can probably get one.
- Comment on The weather is definitely changing. 3 days ago:
Looks like rain. Gonna be good for the crops tho.
- Comment on All my sisters are Independent Workers (Dentist, Manager), while all my brothers and I are salaried workers (Oil Company, Restaurant, Food Distributor). 3 days ago:
Is your sister a Level 36 Bureaucrat or still struggling along at level 35?
- Comment on If there is ever a remake of LotR ( i hope not), i would love to see Nicolas Cage as Saruman 3 days ago:
In that case I share your hope.
- Comment on On the up side, my imposter syndrome hasn't flared up since seeing the trump admin in action. 3 days ago:
The current bar is down there with the rebar in the sidewalk.
- Comment on On the up side, my imposter syndrome hasn't flared up since seeing the trump admin in action. 3 days ago:
Or is that just a sign of Takes One To Know One Syndrome?
- Comment on Shower drains and storm drains are the same thing in theory but not practice 3 days ago:
In theory there’s no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is.
- Comment on When bad guys capture you, instead of torture, they should just have someone charming take you out for drinks. 3 days ago:
Isn’t that how they capture you?
- Comment on Are Zambonis right-side drive in countries that use right-side drive cars? 3 days ago:
Slapshot III - Rise of the Robo Zamboni
- Comment on Are Zambonis right-side drive in countries that use right-side drive cars? 3 days ago:
Zamboni himself would have wanted it that way.
- Comment on Dr Strange saw 4 billion possible futures and none of them had Thor lopping off Thanos' head on his first shot 3 days ago:
me watching Buffy: “Enough with the martial arts, lead with the god damn stake!”
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 3 days ago:
Beating up pedophiles sounds great, so does beating up rapists and murderers, but remember you can be called a pedophile for leaning in close to a kid in a photo. “B-but in this case it really WAS a bad guy” doesn’t justify mob violence. I don’t want to live in a world where my safety depends on the right people being in the mob.
- Comment on Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets/// Private aircraft owners can now ask the FAA to keep their registration information out of the public eye. 3 days ago:
Aircraft are sort of expensive and they can cause large scale damage to the public
Sounds like carefully worded groundwork for abolishing online anonymity. Computers are cheap and can cause large scale damage to the public.
- Comment on Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets/// Private aircraft owners can now ask the FAA to keep their registration information out of the public eye. 3 days ago:
TBH we’ve been able to keep website registration info private for years, and privacy is such a big thing now, why not.
- Comment on Roman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count. 4 days ago:
Or clay-incising tools. Or pieces of charcoal. Or chisels.
- Comment on Mysterious virus in Russia causes severe illness and bloody coughing 4 days ago:
Wow, sure hope it doesn’t spread to the Kremlin. Wouldn’t want Putin to drown in his own blood, no sir.
- Comment on OpenAI's move to allow generating "Ghibly stlye" images isn't just a cute PR stunt. It is an expression of dominance and the will to reject and refuse democratic values. It is a display of power 4 days ago:
It’s not my LLM, but like most software developers I admit I “stole” the same training data to learn programming.
- Comment on OpenAI's move to allow generating "Ghibly stlye" images isn't just a cute PR stunt. It is an expression of dominance and the will to reject and refuse democratic values. It is a display of power 5 days ago:
I googled it for you. Yes, they advertise “From Studio Ghibli, Pixar, and Disney Classics to The Simpsons, South Park, and more.”