absentbird

@absentbird@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The UK Grid is currently 80% renewable energy (and 10% nuclear)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Where is all that non-grid fuel being used? I assume people aren’t using coal to fuel their vehicles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People were mad because they lost their AI boyfriend after GPT-4o deprecation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We need a system of community where humans can offer that to one another. A setting where safety is a premium. That is one of the only things that weekly church service did to truly help people, have a safe space they could visit. Though even then it was only safe for people who fit in, we can do better with intentional design.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to do that with HTML, make a fake little website and open it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Count yourself lucky⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And a little compartment for dry ice to slowly sublimate into the ventilation system

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great Advertise⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Who has ever seen a yellow Canada tour bus? Pretty much the only yellow busses in US and Canada are for school.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Payment Processors Are Pressuring Major Gaming Vendors to Pull LGBTQ+ and NSFW Titles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Couldn’t they just start accepting ACH to get around the payment processors? Or is that overly complicated?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the-boys.fandom.com/wiki/Ashley_Barrett

  She’s a character in The Boys

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like Madelyn Stillwell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It used to be just weird Christians, but now everyone's pretty much on board with burning Harry Potter books.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand how that’s blame, it’s a natural outcome. If I said ‘carrying a nestle water bottle has the effect of promoting the brand, even if you didn’t pay for it’ that doesn’t mean I’m blaming people for drinking water, it’s just an observation about the power of branding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It used to be just weird Christians, but now everyone's pretty much on board with burning Harry Potter books.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not blaming anyone, I’m just investing my energies in other things. I have plans for after she dies, but as long as she can draw a profit form the brand I would personally rather boycott it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemm.ee partially dead⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, it was a good instance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It used to be just weird Christians, but now everyone's pretty much on board with burning Harry Potter books.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to be of that opinion, but after a series of conversations about it I came around to the idea that any engagement, even non-commercial, has the effect of promoting the brand.

  I’m just waiting for her to die so we can do like Lovecraft and enjoy the books while hating the author.