ShellMonkey

@ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people hate AI so much?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I have split opinions on it. The massive data centers that use so much power, hardware, space, etc are problematic. They get used as a replacement for human ingenuity, scarf down every bit of data the can, aggregate it together in a way that even the owners don’t fully understand. They get manipulated to give answers that suit the owner’s wishes and fuel divisions in public discourse.

  I take significantly less issue with locally run small model systems that you can put on your own machine. They’re not continually running/training and are generally treated more as a hobby toy, not some replacement for human understanding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A fun anti-monopoly law and anti-enshitification measure would be that once you hit 50% of market share you are forced to link to alternatives on your page⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So base it on the parent corporation, and added bonus, no linking to your own companies as ‘competitors’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Right Is Now ‘Transvestigating’ Erika Kirk And Sydney Sweeney⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The leopards are always hungry

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lead Lemmy developer dessalines@lemmy.ml Appears to Have Had Their Account Compromised After Moderation Actions Raise Serious Concerns⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Multi comms is likely an instance ban, which they hand out freely on the .ml instance for anyone not in line with their ideology.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Barack Obama is the youngest living former or active president⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And his time in office ended about 9 years ago, so 55 at the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t been there in a couple decades, but that kind of 1984 BS would put them from passively skipping to actively disliking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Couple dead pixels from a particularly bright light might well make them unable to do their plate reading job efficiently. Might make for an interesting study.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liminal Space⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every time certain segments of society speak it causes small potions of the audience’s brains to drip out of their ears. These bits are scraped up off the floor and, after mixing well with some tapioca, come to plausibly resemble the mental functions of the person last heard speaking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beans⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If one wants to be an ‘aktually’ arse then take note that ‘declawing’ is actually a much more precise term than ‘mutilation of extremities’ which could perfectly well mean putting their tail in a wood chipper and be technically correct

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beans⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On a whole I don’t support any sort of unnecessary bodily modification, declawing, tail bobbing, circumcisions, or whatever.

  What bothers me is when people find it necessary to interject some unneeded drivel because of some passing word that’s a perfectly well accepted term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beans⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you just go around looking to be offended?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I assure you, it's not good.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  no rush for bush now shush your tush and pass the kush

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What type of computer setup would one need to run ai locally?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My go to for messing with chat bots is Kobold that’ll let you split the work between multiple GPUs. I get the impression the actual processing is only done on one but it lets you load larger models with the extra memory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What type of computer setup would one need to run ai locally?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was using a Nvidia 3060 for a while, then had 2 in one box, then switched to a 3090.

  The amount of vram is a big factor for decent performance. Getting it to not sound like a predictably repetitive bot though is a whole separate thing that is still kind of elusive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rechargeable electric arc lighters kinda suck for the average person, and will typically end up as e-waste.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty close, had one for a brief while, mostly used for incense till something got screwy and apparently connected the electrode to the casing to zap the hell out of me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BASED?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard people say they consume literature…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forget your astral sign, which Muppet do you want to be?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like to be, maybe Floyd, more realistically Statler/Waldorf

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It wasn’t donnie we swear!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Death, the ultimate health program.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Consistency is key. For many the problem is they think of it as something you need to do for a while and then go back to ’normal’ when really you should be looking for a new normal.

  Apps can help, the best one is the one you actually use honestly and routinely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless you’re a huge person to start or have massive water weight you don’t. A pound of fat is approximately 3,000 calories, so you would need an almost 3K deficit every day to drop that, and since most people eat around that much as their normal intake that’s an extreme amount that could be deemed starvation.

  Now if you happen to be huge where the normal body functioning uses well past that then maybe, but if you’re anywhere below 300 lbs that would be a crazy amount for 2 months.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No idea, never had a reddit account and not sure there’s a place on the fedi to support a 3rd party site. Just seems an odd thing for a first post on what’s functionally a reddit alternative to ask how to get back on reddit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sir, this is a Wendy’s…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  LMFAO, sucks to suck doesn’t it little donnie…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s betting they essentially told him to stuff t and he’s gonna try and spin continuing the status quo as some big win for the master negotiator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dimensional transmission indeed functioning as anticipated

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That you should have the option to run locally without calling back to home base without a special pass from MS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a mouse, they used to just be a simple thing you plug in, get a basic driver from the OS and it makes a cursor move.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wondering if running a single user Lemmy is an overkill⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have run Lemmy and now Piefed, it’s nice to have things customized to your wants, but probably wouldn’t bother if it was setting up a host just for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is ice heavier than water?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Would depend, are you saying the same volume in same state or different states? If you freeze 1 volume of liquid water and compare it to a liquid same volume of water I would question it. Is the trapped air in ice from the ambient environment or is it dissolved air expelled from the water as the molecules lock together?

  Would be interesting to freeze two samples in sealed containers with one being in a vacume.