DelightfullyDivisive
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- Comment on ‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw 1 day ago:
The premium version has gotten a LOT better in recent months. I just fed it,
“you can’t soothe a tree” meaning
And it replied with: This phrase is not a standard idiom with a widely recognized meaning. Its interpretation depends on the context in which it is used. Literally, it means you cannot comfort or calm a tree in the way you would a sentient being, as trees do not possess emotions or consciousness that can be “soothed”. Metaphorically, it likely means:
- Some entities (problems, situations, perhaps even certain people) are unresponsive to attempts at emotional comfort or calming.
- Trying to apply emotional solutions or appeals to things that are inherently non-emotional or unchangeable is futile.
- It could describe someone who is extremely stoic, impassive, or emotionally unavailable. The specific meaning depends heavily on the situation where the phrase was encountered.
- Comment on There's no such thing as a wrong number any more 1 week ago:
How old is your friend?!? I’m 58, and I haven’t had a landline in over 15 years
- Comment on Temu and Shein to hike prices 1 week ago:
What is the loophole that makes them profitable?
- Comment on Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York 2 weeks ago:
Yep. Detroit has this, too.
- Comment on Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too) 3 weeks ago:
I have found the opposite in rural Michigan (northern US). My wife’s family has a vacation home, and skilled tradespeople are slightly cheaper around there. The place is more than an hour from any large towns, but 30 minutes from several small towns.
Maybe population is distributed differently here due to the way infrastructure is funded?
- Comment on Microsoft is killing OneNote for Windows 10 4 weeks ago:
I came back here to say “It says right on their home page that it’s open source.” :-) I installed it & I’m running the importer now to see how well it handles large numbers of notes. Thanks much for the tip!
- Comment on New community for CCW 5 weeks ago:
That is the one that I edited. You don’t see the same thing I do? (Thanks again for following up, by the way!)
- Comment on New community for CCW 5 weeks ago:
I edited my post - thank you!
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to newcommunities@lemmy.world | 5 comments
- Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? 2 months ago:
I don’t think that is true. It wasn’t a majority. (Although that’s a nitpick, it was close enough to say that about half of all voters voted for Trump.)
A more important consideration is that the majority of people who did vote for him are incredibly naive when it comes to politics. They think that the president sets gas prices, or that Trump and Musk are geniuses because they say they are. Most of them feel disenfranchised by both political parties, and this is a brick through the window of the established order. I don’t think most of the electorate thought this through much beyond that.
I honestly don’t know what difference it will make in the long run, but I don’t think it is true to say that this is what most people wanted.
