InputZero

@InputZero@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The internet kind of sucks right now⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Discord’s complete lack of indexing. Although it’s definitely not impossible to scrape data from Discord it would take more resources than say reddit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay young one, we have a few things to get through.

  First, you should feel whatever you do feel. It’s not as embarrassing to have your parents help you than you might think. You’re in your early 20s, which means most of your life experience comes from when you were a child and embarrassing parents were a social death sentence. You’re an adult now and to a lot of older adults stuff like that becomes insignificant compared to other things. That said if you feel embarrassed, you feel embarrassed, there is no should to feelings.

  Two, I suggest you tell your Dad that you appreciate what he’s trying to do, and that you’ll go on the date (because I think you should). You need to tell him that doing this without keeping you in the loop made you feel uncomfortable. He’s trying to help and it comes from a good place but the execution was a little off.

  Third, go easy on yourself. Finding a partner is not easy, and at your age you’re going to make mistakes, big ones but that’s okay. That’s what living is. Just make sure you don’t an STI or you or someone else pregnant. Unless future you is trying to have a kid, in which case good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MD = oMega Dumbass⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But if they’re not listening, you just gotta call them stupid weirdos and make them feel uncomfortable in public. Make their friends laugh at them, make it seem like your side is having more fun. The fear of being excluded will eventually pull them over, willingly or not.

  I’m glad that you’re engaging with the topic, but that suggestion won’t help. Publicly embarrassing someone who is holding onto an emotional belief like ‘I can never trust the companies that make vaccines.’ just pushes them to double down. Vaccine hesitancy and how to address it is a well studied topic and any form of attack just pushes the person into defense mode.

  The best solution is actually compassion from those the vaccine hesitant most love and trust. Vaccine hesitancy begins with a lack of trust in the medical profession. Which may or may not be well founded, the medical community has some bad people in it.

  Regardless, saying to your loved one “Okay you don’t trust the scientists, but you do trust me, and I trust the science on this one.” Is much more effective than arguing or publicly embarrassing someone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s an AI summary of your distain for AI:

  I’ll begin saying this when people ask why I want “dumb” machines.

  AI summaries lack quality, ads distract drivers, you want a washing machine without ads, you don’t want your TV to watch you, you want machines to be submissive.

  How did I do?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In regards to nuclear power plants, the first and second loops are recycled constantly but the third loop can either be recycled or open loop. That’s why most nuclear power plants are built next to large bodies of water. They use the water from a lake, ocean, or whatever to do the last cooling step. It’s possible but it’s not as cheap as throwing away the warm water once you’re done with it with cheap cold water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes but that’s expensive. It’s a lot cheaper to just draw from the municipal supply and discharge it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And nothing of value was lost⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On the vehicular manslaughter sure, on drunk driving charges, I should hope not. Sure this time a Nazi scumbag who deserves to die was killed, but next time it might be someone wholely innocent. Just because we hate the victim doesn’t mean what she did was reckless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's a keeper⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Me neither, it implies that dating is just basic stats. Which no, because dating preferences aren’t independent variables. If you score low with a potential partner on a particular quality that doesn’t mean they’ve rejected you, unless that quality is a deal breaker. They are variable’s that are dependent to and from other variables, how are you with pets, are you pursuing a life goal you have set out for yourself, how are your relationships with others, ect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm doing my part!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bingo! Well said.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mr. fatass and his fat ass⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If a healthy pet is fat, it’s the owners fault. Their owners control their food, assuming that the pet doesn’t have a condition, the owner has control over their pets weight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is sweat there different?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Poe’s law still applies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is sweat there different?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You forgot the /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk wants to rewrite "the entire corpus of human knowledge" with Grok⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just because Wikipedia offers a list of references doesn’t mean that those references reflect what knowledge is actually out there. Wikipedia is trying to be academically rigorous without any of the real work. A big part of doing academic research is reading articles and studies that are wrong or which prove the null hypothesis. That’s why we need experts and not just an AI to regurgitate information. Wikipedia is useful if people understand it’s limitations, I think a lot of people don’t though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  These terms of service can only be updated by GOOGLE at anytime with or without notice. You hearby agree to this term of service and, any and all updates, without review, made by GOOGLE to the terms of service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bachelor Chow slabs, anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It usually depends on the size of the company producing the food. It’s different from place to place but there is usually an exception in food labeling laws for very small business. So if less than X is sold, if the companies revenues surpass Y, or if anything is sold across state lines it needs a nutritional label. Otherwise they’re exempt. Doesn’t mean that the specific seller in the photo isn’t breaking the law but like everything it’s a lot more nuanced than just everything needs a label.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forbidden Tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d have to constantly test. Just because a lines worker tested that the line is dead five seconds ago doesn’t mean some idiot just plugged one of these in.

  They can work, you just need to disconnect your house first then use it. It’s also a good way to burn your house down. If something on the same circuit as the generator pulls more current than the wires in the walls are designed to take, because there’s no breaker in the way anymore it can catch fire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where there's a violence there's a way⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Another way to put it. Violence isn’t the first answer, but it is the last.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comfy cozy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow your ignorance is astonishing. I’m not even an American and I can tell you that just because there was a Democrat in the Whitehouse doesn’t mean he controls the election. It’s written pretty plainly that the states are responsible for the election. The federal government just sets out requirements, so Biden had very little effect on the voter lists. State governors have much more influence on who votes and yes, voting did get harder between 2020 and 2024.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In practice you’re right, and I’m not going to even try to argue the real life consequences AI has caused. However I disagree that AI doesn’t have any place in the education system. Used on the appropriate problems, AI is a tool that makes a few things which were challenging to compute much easier. One example is large AI models folding proteins for medical research. A problem that took a computer a day or more to solve can be solved in hours on the same equipment using AI software. That’s just one application that admittedly isn’t useful to school aged children but it’s still one useful example of AI. There are others. Students should be taught how to use AI properly, and part of that is teaching them what it’s good at and what it’ll never be able to do.

  The part I get am angry about is disgusting Tech Bro Billionaires trying to show AI into every piece of software they can. Just like the block chain they’re over promising and there’s a bubble. Unlike block chain technology AI actually has a few useful applications and because of that it’ll take a lot longer that BitCoin to finally level out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Judge Accepted AI Video Testimony From a Dead Man⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, justice should be blind. However those hurt most from the guilty parties actions also deserve to have their voices heard in court. Hot take, victim impact statements should come after the sentence is delivered. Depending on a whole lot of stuff, which I am not smart enough to figure out. Lawyers and judges should probably do that. Perhaps it is in other countries VISs are?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A completely useful compulsion I have.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll bring chaos into your house rumba!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is real⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because you’re not a vapid narcissist who only ever uses people and are probably a boring regular everyday person who can see that bullshit from a mile away. I still think he has high charisma, but yeah he’s definitely not rolling 30s like other big personalities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is real⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a good point, but I don’t think Vance has the charisma to step into Trump’s boots. For all of Donald’s faults, and there are many, he is a very charismatic person. He has (or had depending on his level of senility) a natural skill at making people around him like him when he wants to. I don’t think Vance has those skills and without Trump to rally around MAGA as we know it won’t live past Trump. Now a form neo-MAGA can emerge, or it can crumble but thankfully JD doesn’t have what it takes to carry Trump’s torch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Full Circle⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a respectful xenophobia though. Like, it’s just as bad but entirely Japanese in flavor. If I had to make a ham fisted metaphor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  His name is Jimmy McMillan and he’s the leader of the Rent is Too Damn High party. Interestingly enough, Mr. McMillan has not paid rent for 45 years. That said, he’s maintained that it was how high his disabled children’s rent is as why he’s chosen to make himself a political platform. For a vet with disabled children he’s pretty active.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow what a great idea, I wonder why nobody else has ever thought about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least Quark had some integrity.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes you’re over thinking this. A woman lawyer is just a lawyer. Same how a male lawyer is just a lawyer. Unless the gender of the person is important, leave it out of their job title. Use the word actor to describe both men and women who act. Flight attendant for men and women, or receptionist, or any other word. The vast majority of time you can leave their gender out of the description and it’s fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I worked for a German company briefly. The pay was great and they literally wouldn’t let me do overtime. Best job I’ve ever had.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teslas have been consuming a lot of gasoline lately.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What is a straw man argument?

  I’ll take Potent Potables for $800 Ken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Late 1900s⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on what field you’re studying. Some fields of study, like social studies, move very quickly. So it’s not uncommon for someone studying one of those subjects to exclude research that’s even 10 to 15 years old because things move so quickly.

  A different subject, say hydrologic engineering has been studied for hundreds of years and doesn’t change very quickly. So a publication from 1994 could be just as valid today as it was then. Every topic is different and without more context the meme as is, is just meant to incite a reaction. Not to tell us about something that actually happened.