geekwithsoul
@geekwithsoul@piefed.social
I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.…
Formerly https://lemm.ee/u/geekwithsoul
- Comment on The singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticing 6 days ago:
And it goes back to at least Chaucer, so it’s been in recorded use for like six centuries. Most definitely not “new”.
- Comment on Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents' 1 week ago:
It’s almost impressive how Sweeney manages to have the most wrong take on every single issue.
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards 4 weeks ago:
Read the article:
“The Indie Game Awards have a hard stance on the use of gen AI throughout the nomination process and during the ceremony itself. When it was submitted for consideration, a representative of Sandfall Interactive agreed that no gen AI was used in the development of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.”
It is wasn’t about what was released, the rules of the awards had restrictions on using AI in development and the developers lied about not using it when they submitted themselves for the award. Gen AI is bad, but lying about using it is much worse.
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards 4 weeks ago:
They lied on the application and said no AI was used.
- Comment on Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft 4 weeks ago:
My takeaway from this is that Microsoft no longer has any core competency left in the primary area where they’re expected to have the highest level of core competency. Also really validates my decision to start moving to Linux rather than spending any more time on Windows.
- Comment on Microsoft Offers Chrome Users ‘Real Cash’ Rewards To Change Browser 2 months ago:
Ah, sorry, missed you were talking about the group in the article and not browsers in general. And yeah, the “alliance” is likely just bought and paid for by Google.
- Comment on Microsoft Offers Chrome Users ‘Real Cash’ Rewards To Change Browser 2 months ago:
“…all three browsers are slightly different skins of Google Chromium”
So - of the ‘major’ browsers, Chrome and Edge are Chromium, Safari is WebKit, and Firefox is Gecko. Obviously many more beyond that that are usually basic derivatives of Chromium or Gecko but very confused why you think that there are only three and why they are all Chromium?!
- Comment on Killing SNAP benefits now is demanding a Blue Congress next election. 2 months ago:
I applaud your ability to believe she has principles, but a “worthy opponent” isn’t someone who believes in “Jewish space lasers” or any of the other wackadoodle conspiracies she’s repeatedly espoused. She may be on the correct side on this one issue, but it most assuredly is either because she thinks it serves her own goals in some way.
- Comment on xkcd #3157: Emperor Palpatine 2 months ago:
New from Disney… “Sith Babies! Two there should be. No more, no less. Why? Because they’re the terrible twos!”
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- Comment on Beware, another "wonderful" conservative instance to "free us" has appeared 3 months ago:
They don’t want their own spaces as much as making other people’s spaces are theirs too - aka “This is why we can’t have nice things”
- Comment on I have a question on how and when coal actually formed. 5 months ago:
Only tangentially related, but Hank Green talked about this on the vlogbrothers channel recently https://youtu.be/pBI3o7ySlRo
- Comment on What do you call the first person with a new genetic mutation 6 months ago:
Such changes are called germ-line mutations because they occur in a cell used in reproduction (germ cell), giving the change a chance to become more numerous over time. If the mutation has a deleterious affect on the phenotype of the offspring, the mutation is referred to as a genetic disorder. Alternately, if the mutation has a positive affect on the fitness of the offspring, it is called an adaptation. [Nature]
I'm assuming you mean "mutation that gets passed down". Whether a mutation is a disorder or an adaptation takes generations to determine, so we may not know the identity of the individual. Furthermore, what was once a disorder may become adaptive in a different environment and vice versa. In general, I suppose if it was adaptive, they might be called "ancestor" :)
More broadly, and outside of germ-line mutations (meaning it's not passed down to offspring), everyone has cells with mutations. The person doesn't have the mutation per se, but a cell or cluster of cells do, so identifying them by that mutation doesn't make a lot of sense. If it's bad, your body either kills it or it kills you (e.g. cancer). If it's good, it likely doesn't change anything significantly.
- Comment on Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK 6 months ago:
None of the age verification services respect privacy - that's baked into the whole push for it. Because it's not just about "verifying" people's ages at a specific point in time, especially in the US, it's about being able to prove you have in case anyone tries to sue you.
- Comment on Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK 6 months ago:
Headlines like this really need to put the emphasis on the cause, e.g. "UK Government Forces Bluesky to Roll Out Age Verification"