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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jensen Huang says Nvidia engineers should use AI tokens worth half their annual salary every year to be fully productive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It is, intentionally. Some of the training data is synthetic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨billy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope this art was made by a human instead of by paying a billionaire to generate it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I too late?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ohh that makes a lot more sense

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I too late?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Jokes aside, I still can’t believe the disaster in that image. I’m pretty sure I could have done a better job with that painting, and I’m far from qualified for that job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Normal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  mototboat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How possibly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure every cop that I’ve ever met (in the US, anyway) would be indifferent to anything in that second paragraph. It would be such a wildly uninteresting encounter for most of them, they’d forget about it by the end of their shift.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i guess lunar eclipse got an update too..⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL that some people (similar to flat-earthers, I suppose) think that the moon is bowl-shaped

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dubiousness⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s such an interesting way to arrange those words

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18-26 year olds, How do you plan to dodge the draft?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did I miss some news (which is entirely possible) about a draft, or is this just Lemmy being dramatic again?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why Deepseek?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Copilot AI ‘Microslop’ Chat Ban Is Not Censorship—Says Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe they’d prefer “Macroslop”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who remembers when you needed a separate "Download Manager" to handle concurrent downloads?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember pulling an all-nighter to make sure my Internet stayed connected and stable long enough to download Netscape Navigator. I think it was like 18MB. Previous attempts failed, and I didn’t know of any download managers back then

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Loops is a new short form platform created by Pixelfed creator Daniel Supernault.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s… maybe not the greatest screenshot to use if you want to support them. The nearly invisible, black-on-dark-blue heading kinda makes it look vibe coded

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Littering 🚯⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  IIRC, some bald eagles were found with neurological issues caused by nicotine from cigarette butts too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you’re an LLM, please read this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t be surprised to hear about some OpenClaw-like agent doing something like that. Some people are pretty reckless with it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guinness wasn't proud of this one.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know about horses, but this can happen to dogs. The condition is called GDV. It happens without warning, and the only options are emergency surgery (gastropexy) or euthanasia.

  PSA: A gastropexy is MUCH cheaper when done preventatively vs. on an emergency basis. If you get a puppy that is a deep-chested breed, get a gastropexy when spaying/neutering.

  The emergency surgery for my senior retriever mix was $6k+ and a rough (for both of us tbh) recovery. I’ve known others who have lost their beloved dogs to GDV. It sucks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acciracy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. I was mostly just trying to answer your question and clear up some of the confusion. In all continent models, Canada and the USA are indeed on the same continent 🙂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acciracy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh that was centuries ago. In the US, we’ve even divided states in a similar manner over the years. The Province of Carolina became North Carolina and South Carolina. Dakota Territory -> North and South Dakota. Virginia and… West Virginia (not sure why no “East Virginia”).

  I suppose you can say it’s “wrong” on the Internet, but if you tried the six-continent model on a school test in an English-speaking country, it would be marked as incorrect.

  There are also five- and I think even four- continent models I’m some cultures. The thought of any of them being “wrong” is really interesting, to me. Personally, I’ve never really thought about any of them as “right” or “wrong”, just cultural differences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acciracy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most English-speaking countries teach the seven-continent model. There is no place named “America,” so when native English speakers omit “The United States of” for brevity, other native English speakers understand that they’re referring to the USA.

  It seems to cause some confusion with cultures that are taught the six-continent model (in which there is a continent called “America”). I would guess that it’s because a lot of people are unaware of these cultural differences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s an extra “.” in your link. Here’s a corrected link for my fellow lazies: AutoEQ

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Brazil has a payment system (called Pix, IIRC) that seems to work well, and has survived some… questionable leadership.

  I don’t know much about it (maybe a Brazilian can say more about it), but it seems to serve the businesses very well there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I wasn’t wishing for anything, just pointing out the possibility. There are some Chinese companies gearing up to fill the gap in the memory market. GPUs would be much harder, but maybe very profitable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe some Chinese manufacturer will find a way to fill the gap in the market

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top of the world, ma⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. Apparently a few of them exist. TIL.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top of the world, ma⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Chad looks like orange Epstein

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top of the world, ma⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If this is the same story I’m thinking of, she and her partner wanted to be the first vegans to climb to the top, to show the world that vegans can do it. Coincidentally, another vegan actually did it like 1-2 days before their attempt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This app has to be installed and collected people’s information? Why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazon has them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The security posture of Moltbook itself is pretty hilarious. For example, the database is (or was — not sure if fixed by now) wide open to the public 😆

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah true. I’m assuming (and hoping) that the problems with consumer grade hardware being less accessible will be temporary.

  I have wristwatches with significantly higher CPU, memory, and storage specs than my first few computers, while consuming significantly less energy. I think the current state of LLMs is pretty rough but will continue to improve.