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- Comment on The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You 4 days ago:
One of the reasons I went all out in blocking ads was because they were already doing this over a decade ago with stuff with text based on your location or search history. Hit singles in your area listed your city for example.
So yeah, obviously they were going to keep going down that route with AI.
- Comment on Does piefed not have a modlog view? 4 days ago:
In lemmy you can guess as to who the mod is and filter based on moderator to confirm. Pretty easy when there is only one mod for a community as being banned by a mod is far more likely than an instance admin.
- Comment on Does piefed not have a modlog view? 4 days ago:
I don't see it in the footer of piefed.world
- Comment on Does piefed not have a modlog view? 4 days ago:
Since moderation federates you can generally check piefed account bans using lemmy.world if you are familiar with that, no need to sign in.
Yes, it would be handy if the piefed one was more easily accessible. Lemmy never notified me when I was banned, but piefed does.
- Comment on Over the past ~20 years, Google became the de facto entry point for learning new skills and information. Google also sucks now. This is a really big problem. 4 days ago:
Up to about a year ago I have a ton of success finding the right movie based on even a brief and fragmented description, with more detail improving the results. Whatever they were doing at the time was extremely successful in returning the results I was looking for.
Now I can't even get a stupid search engine, much less the worthless AI Summary browsers want to vomit out, to give me the older version of a movie instead of whatever remake came out if it was within the last year or two. I have to go to Rotten Tomatoes to find what year it was released and then hope it is on Wikipedia because even including the year doesn't increase the chance of getting search results for the older version.
- Comment on Poetry is like a set of compression tools for meaning 4 days ago:
I would call it more of a retention tool than compression, as a lot of it is flowery and excessive in length for certain purposes even though other works do compress complex topics into a concise format. The format makes both approaches easier to recall.
- Comment on I would like to meet him, he's probably nice 5 days ago:
Once one understands the hero's journey it becomes obvious why most of the steps exist. If they just go out and do everything successfully the first time with no hesitation they come across as boring. If they don't have the upside and downs then there isn't any opportunity for growth.
The ending often have a return and celebration instead of steps 11 and 12 which I think are story specific.
- Comment on What's your favorite case of a game making fun of you? 5 days ago:
You are able to get in the car and drive away and an achievement pops saying "Plenty of Fish in the Sea."
That's pretty hilarious.
- Comment on People who rely on their phones/computers to tell time probably forgot or didn't realize that a Daylight Saving Time-Change even happened, some might've forgotten that DST existed at all. 5 days ago:
Nah, the time change just resets when the sun is in my eyes in the morning on the way to work. Very noticeable.
- Comment on With how shitty some Christians are, you really have to wonder if Lucifer or Satan is truly "evil" 5 days ago:
Yeah, totally different than Cathlocism which never did that kind of thing. Or any of the other sects of Christianity which never did that kind of thing.
- Comment on 'Godfather of AI' says tech giants can't profit from their astronomical investments unless human labor is replaced 6 days ago:
They want to replace service jobs with AI too.
- Comment on We are not the same 1 week ago:
- Comment on If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7 1 week ago:
Note that it was improving the average worker's life proportionately until the capitalists broke the system in the early 70s.
I'm guessing that the consistent trend wasn't consistent prior to WWII, that it was just a blip from about 1945 - 1970/.
- Comment on When washing, should I turn garments inside out? 1 week ago:
My understanding is that the dryer has a much bigger impact than the washer, although turning things inside out between the washer and drier is a pain in the ass.
Screen prints will last longer because they don't rub on other stuff as much when they are in the inside, especially in the drier where they also touch the hot drum. Some colors will last a bit longer inside out for the same reason. This was a much bigger deal when clothes bled more, but most newer dyes don't have as much of an issue with current detergents.
I don't worry about it except for the screen prints, just whichever way they ended up when taken off.
- Comment on Please no, just stop 1 week ago:
"3 p.m. Friday"
- Comment on WTF BIT ME? 1 week ago:
The spider was probably drunk.
- Comment on card game shop 1 week ago:
You may be a neurotypical if you:
Showering properly is one of the few things I do consistently, because if I'm not doing something outdoors like hiking or camping then my stinky bits annoy me.
- Comment on What are the most popular conspiracy theories? 1 week ago:
The guy set up the insurance for the building he just purchased that had a terrorist attack in 1993. Of course he got insurance for terrorism for a building he just purchased that was a target for terrorists.
- Comment on OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly 1 week ago:
No, no. They want repeat customers!
- Comment on Who was your first childhood videogame crush? 1 week ago:
Mark that shit NSFW!
- Comment on Ok, boomer 1 week ago:
Hey now, no need to gatekeep gatekeeping!
- Comment on ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media 1 week ago:
Accuracy doesn't matter when they are just using it to justify their targeting of brown people.
- Comment on Navy loses two aircraft from USS Nimitz aircraft carrier within 30 minutes 1 week ago:
It is absolutely something he pulled out of his ass in the moment.
- Comment on Or two generations... 2 weeks ago:
Yes
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 2 weeks ago:
The extra price was so they weren't drinking alone, or to avoid going home.
- Comment on "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class." 2 weeks ago:
No, I agreed with you in a slightly different way.
Great reading comprehension.
- Comment on "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class." 2 weeks ago:
We also don't give the murderer a free pass because they used a gun.
A tool is a tool, and the person who designed it or used it is responsible depending on why it caused a negative outcome.
- Comment on Or two generations... 2 weeks ago:
It's better to burn out, yeah
Than fade away - Comment on Or two generations... 2 weeks ago:
Is GenX being summoned by Pretty Fly for a White Guy or Rock of Ages?
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 2 weeks ago:
Wouldn't be surprised if it was an alt of the same user.