MagicShel

@MagicShel@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We hardly remember how our parents raised us when we were newborn/infants. How can we be expected to raise our own kids after they are born ?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Kids raise themselves more than we give them credit for. Don’t be an asshole or abusive and set a good example even when you want to be lazy or rant or whatever cathartic but inappropriate behavior to which you might be predisposed.

  I’ve lectured until the cows come home. I’ve yelled. I’ve patiently explained — none of that really matters. But every once in a while they will come and ask you a question. That is them acknowledging your experience or wisdom. Those are the moments you get to choose how they approach things. And even then it’s maybe 1 time in 50 anything sinks in.

  I have five kids. Sometimes they amaze me with who they are. Other times they are all growing and figuring things out. Same as me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if medicine intentionally tastes bad?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Bad flavor does really temper any interest I might have in edibles. Not going to say I never use them, but I’m not tempted to have them just for the fun of it. It’s pretty much just a sleep aid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France bids to suspend Shein over childlike sex dolls⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably the more based take I’ve read here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France bids to suspend Shein over childlike sex dolls⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Out of curiosity, does that include cherubs or is religious iconography exempt?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France bids to suspend Shein over childlike sex dolls⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s all kinda weird to me but once someone goes the route of sex dolls I’m not sure why what it looks like matters. It’s all just rubber holes to put your dick in. What if it looks like a horse? Or has a dildo shaped like a dog penis? Bestiality is just as illegal and non-consensual.

  I just don’t know where or why I should draw a line. I don’t support it. I don’t defend it. I just slowly back out of the room shaking my head.

  I guess I will say this, though — I’ve engaged in a lot of kink and done a lot of things in play I would never do in real life. I’ve done rape play, strangulation, and cutting among other things… none of those are things I have a secret desire to do for real. But I do enjoy them in the context of play. I enjoy novel forms of intimacy with a consenting partner.

  If I can do those things without harboring a secret desire to rape and murder, it stands to reason people could fuck a rubber hole that looks like a child for reasons other wanting to do it for real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  America is currently run by chaos goblins, and frankly even in the post-Trump era, it’s likely that the right will remain chaos goblins for some time. Given that we have only two parties, our policies are bound to be volatile.

  In light of that, I would strongly recommend other nations step up with alternatives to function as a backup to American institutions that the world has come to rely on. Think of us as a close friend with sudden-onset schizophrenia and act accordingly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home Office use of AI in asylum cases likely to be unlawful, legal opinion finds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The human cost of false positives and false negatives means AI should not be making these decisions or recommendations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps that’s why they are on a bike?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung's latest update is a serious gut punch to Galaxy power users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish you could just buy a fucking tv. I don’t want your shitty-ass proprietary version of YouTube or Netflix. I don’t even want WiFi or an Ethernet port. I’ll but a fucking Roku or Apple TV or whatever. Or just watch Blu-rays.

  I tried blocking so off those ports from one of my Samsungs. Eventually YouTube couldn’t work. You’d have to jump through massive hoops including unblocking their servers and hard power cycle — I can’t even remember. I thought they legit bricked it because I didn’t want any updates or spying or ads forced on me.

  TVs are just awful. Monitors are way better, but I have yet to find 85" monitors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI delays ‘adult mode’ for ChatGPT to focus on work of higher priority⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this a dumber timeline than the one where ISIS spends all it’s time trying to convince nubile and Islam-curious AI girls to move to the Middle East to become part of a harem?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the Category Leader Stalls : Postman and the Future of API Tooling⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting. I’ve been using Hoppscotch for two years now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The perception of the passage of time can be very different depending on which side of the bathroom door you're on.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Story time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Faith IX⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I overuse the fuck out of parentheses. Emdash is helping me get over that, but I can relate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Faith IX⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a great punctuation. You could use commas, but emdash is nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Faith IX⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Forsooth! I love writing that way and reading similar. It makes social media read almost literary. I’m vexed that people would prefer to read comments that stray nary an inch beyond third grade vernacular.

  However it can read a little pretentious, which is why I like to stay drop in a few fuck-your-mothers or whatnot in to provide a little grounding.

  Own that shit and stand out, my brother!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Faith IX⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been steeped in AI for about 6-7 years. It’s hard to tell in a brief comment like yours but it doesn’t strike read as AI to me. Not sure where people get that vibe but it doesn’t show here.

  Given multiple paragraphs a lot of tells can accumulate if there isn’t a human carefully curating and editing. This one is borderline. I’m not sure by any means, but it hits my skepticism zone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Faith IX⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Getting strong AI vibes in this one. Two “this is x not y” comments in a row. Could only be more AI coded if it were “this isn’t x but y.”

  Idk if it’s the prof or the poster but this series is expiring quickly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit users hate NordVPN. Are their criticisms legit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My experience with them was bad. Somehow they automatically moved me from a plan for just vpn (which is pretty cheap) to one that included a bunch of bullshit I didn’t need, want, or even know I could use. The new plan was over $30/mo. There are ISPs who charge less than that!

  My previous VPN service has been about $36 per year or something. I remember it was small enough that I just paid it annually out of pocket change, which also lowered the price in comparison.

  I stopped sailing the seas, as it were, and dropped it. Then I needed to briefly, and tried Nord. Meh. Anyways it’s strictly land-lubbing these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teen boys are using ChatGPT as their wingman. What could go wrong? AI is teaching teenagers about love now.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Look, it was a miracle I got myself laid, now you want me to tell you how? I don’t know, the 80’s were kinda crazy wild. Not like the 60’s or 70’s, but nothing at all like today.

  10’s I’d say go play with the home team — gay hookup culture looked crazy from the outside — but now? Maybe AI can get you laid, but I sure as hell can’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta's AI display glasses reportedly share intimate videos with human moderators⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I always make sure to tell my audience to remove any smart glasses. It’s just creepy doing it in front of them otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forced age verification is comming sooner than we thought.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “By downloading this software, you agree you are a very naughty boy or girl.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Making windows worse, AI, and forced CPU upgrades in this economy? There really is something for everyone to hate here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Overhauled Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy - Another VC funded bait and switch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  VC Lawyers insist. Not worth it for the company to fight for something (not going to arbitration) that no one will notice or care about if it doesn’t change. Or maybe they didn’t care.

  I’m just saying capitalism ruins everything because investors only care about maximizing profit and minimizing risk, this forces bullshit like this onto everyone downstream. One solution is not to use the product. Better solution is to change the law to make mandatory arbitration illegal. Best solution is to throw billionaires into the ocean and stir the solution until the solid is fully dissolve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a war liberates a woman in a country you’ve never heard of, and no one posts about it on social media, did the liberation even happen?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Born in 1973. Can confirm nothing happened prior to 1997.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's frankly stupid of me to get annoyed when people at work ask me tech questions, I'm getting paid to give 0-effort answers.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I give people a lot of grace when it comes to these things. Sometimes they are lazy or incurious, but other times they may lack confidence in the documentation or their ability to understand/execute it. Still other times, they may have other tasks they are dealing with that are pushing them to their cognitive capacity.

  But, yeah, laziness is annoying when it impacts your ability to get your job done or even just relax if you have some downtime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Faith II⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why, land sakes! What has your jimmies rustled?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The environmental cost is not enormous because I’m not using it in a massive scale. I kill more I’d the environment playing PlayStation than I do using AI. I also don’t use AI to get exposure to art, I use it to critique my writing from a different perspective. I’ll a good enough writer to know what feedback to accept and what not to, same with when I use it for programming, I’m an expert with 30 years of experience and I can evaluate the quality of the code, however sometimes it points out things I’ve missed because I’m also human and can make mistakes.

  I’m a better writer than 95% of the planet, which isn’t good enough to be a professional, but is more than sufficient for social media. However I do appreciate an outside perspective and believe me I am well able to recognize bullshit feedback that doesn’t align with my style or intent. I also rarely use it for that in any event because I rarely look at what I’ve written and have a sense I’m missing something — but it does happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In general, we try to avoid recurring payments, whether debt, rent, or what have you. When we can’t, we can’t. But we’ll buy used, we’ll do whatever we can to avoid this shit — generally. So in my opinion which is undoubtedly a bit self-serving and should be taken with a grain of salt, grandparents aren’t going to just roll over and accept computer as a service. The market for own your own computer will always be there, and so someone will sell it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who I rely on it? I accept suggestions when the good truth, even if the source of the suggestions is a slop generator. I accept what it is right about and reject what I don’t. And why not? It costs nothing.

  And, at 52, I write the way I write. I enjoy the process, I enjoy playing with language. I enjoy the juxtaposition of literary flourishes with a crude fuck you thrown in as punctuation and counterpoint to what might otherwise seem inaccessible or deliberately obtuse.

  But do you know what I’ve found? I can be a little overly self-indulgent. For example, you didn’t want all this, you just wanted to throw your glib little “lrn2write” and garner a few upvotes from the vehement AI haters and give yourself a self-righteous pat on the back.

  Sometimes I need another perspective to suggest restraint. As you can see, this, like 98% of my writing, is mine alone, else I’d’ve taken what would undoubtedly be good advice and held back on the more acerbic bits, and made sure I wasn’t posting some knee-jerk defensive self-indulgent 100% man-made slop.

  But here we are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Grandparents don’t want to rent shit. They want to buy it and be done. Source: this old fuck right here.