ALoafOfBread

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man posts his incorrect opinion online⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Dobles para defensa del hogar también
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game. ⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I’m not saying it’s rational, it just feels like more money.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game. ⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Little different for me:

$1 - 5 = $5

$6 - 12 = $10

$13 - 20 = $20

$21 - 50 = $50

$51 - 70 = $100

$70 = $1000
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Beanis shitposting in spaaaaace
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this Boss Baby's troubled cousin?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Why does he look like methhead Mr. Bean in profile
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He lid⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Sbren Sbeve
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone explain why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Idk. I think people get legitimate prescriptions and sell pills, mostly. If it’s not buying from someone you know who sourced them that way, idk how you’d verify it’s what they say it is.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone explain why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, I know some Gen Z college kids, and I will attest they definitely spend significant money on alcohol. And cigarettes.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the vice money is just split between alcohol, cigarettes, weed, vape carts, and adderall.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LETS GO GAMBLING!!!! 🤩🌟😋⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Oh yeah for sure. Just make sure it isn’t sorbitol or you’d spend the same time on the toilet that cigarettes would shorten your life by
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LETS GO GAMBLING!!!! 🤩🌟😋⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Idk, seems like a variable reinforcement schedule to me. They are typically more effective at building lasting behaviors.

I think this would just get you addicted to gum while tapering you off nicotine (assuming you decrease the number ofnicotine gum pieces).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
oh how the turn tables

EDIT: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The forbidden fourth leche⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Definitely dinstinct leches. Also plant milks: almond, oat, coconut. Coconut cream should also count IMO. Then there is condensed coconut milk as well.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humans rank between meerkats and beavers in monogamy ‘league table’, but sheep are sluts.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Idk I bet there are lots of beavers sluttier than me
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A swing and a miss⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
That is a bit of a misnomer since figuring things out requires at least a double-digit IQ and I don’t have one of those. –TheGreatWhiteNorthFreePress
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
My wife is on the ace spectrum. She enjoys sex, but only experiences reactive sexual desire (i.e. she’ll get in the mood once sex is basically already happening). Effectively she does not experience sexual desire in the way people typically mean that.

That’s been a struggle for us. We don’t do scheduled sex, but it’s something we’ve considered. Even though we have very good (if infrequent) sex, the frequency isn’t the thing that’s hard for me to deal with. The hardest thing is not feeling desired in ways I am used to in relationships. That has made me feel insecure and just overall is not great. But it’s something we’ve had to work through.

So all that goes to say: yes, if you find the right person you’ll be able to make it work. The key, in my opinion, is talking about it and being very clear about how you’re wired and that it isn’t anything wrong with them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s Sundar Pichai says the job of CEO is one of the ‘easier things’ AI could soon replace⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Well sure. CEOs’ main job is to coordinate the functions of major business units with the wishes of shareholders/the board of directors. Ultimately they’re a middleman on the hook for the results of the business without actual direct control of day to day operations.

Effectively that means they give broad goals and direction to named execs, who translate those goals into actions for their organizations, that middle managers direct their teams to achieve. Then middle managers report success/failure to named execs, who report back to the CEO who (in conjunction with the other named execs) reports success/failure to shareholders & the board.

The execs all are basically on the hook for the results of the decisions made by those below them, but they only decide the broad strokes of the actions of the business.

LLMs could do most of that. The only problem is they can’t really make decisions properly. But they cpuld pretty easily turn what is said by the board & shareholders into goals for others to enact - and maybe determine if actions taken by the business support the goals to some degree.

That is like 80% of the job of a CEO.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: How to perfectly seal a bag of chips (or anything similar) without any clips or ties.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
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1. take your open chip bag
2. fold the top of the bag down about 2cm/1in. Do this 2 more times.
3. take the corners of the rolled part and fold them toward the middle of the rolled part at an angle
4. the tricky part. We are going to invert the cuff we’ve made - like flip the rolled part inside out. Push those corners in and flip the rolled part over them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A place for conservatives⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Overton window got yeeted so far to the right it ended up in 1930s germany
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surprise EU rollback of 'GDPR' digital-rights rules prompts alarm⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Compliance does need to be considered. The company I work for is trying extremely hard to comply, but because of complexities and ambiguities in the law, it is difficult to find out how to comply. I don’t know all the details, but I know legal, compliance, and the data engineering teams spend a lot of time figuring out how to be compliant and there aren’t always clear answers.

That said, the solution is not to roll back protections.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: The Dangers of The Devil's Lettuce⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
OhmanthatsthatolddevilslettucemanwooootellyouwhathuhhuhirolledmwabigolbluntoncemanbutdadgumthangwaslacedwithacidmandangolLSDmantellyouhhwhatthoughtiwasadadgumtadpolebeinchasedbybigolalligatorsnappinturtleforthreewholedaysmanhuhhuhthatwassomegoodweedtellyouhhwhat
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
It stops taking as much effort eventually. Then you can tune out the noise and think about stuff. Or it never does because everyone is different, I guess, but then you just do what you have to do.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
That’s true. But finding inner quiet is an even more necessary skill in those situations. But, I’m autistic, so I totally get if the stimulation is just too much. Though I went through a lot of discomfort to be okay in environments like that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
It’s good to enjoy quiet and not be constantly surrounding yourself with noise. It’s an important skill to be able to sit in silence and not rely on external stimulation to feel okay.

You’re probably not a buddhist, but the buddha warned about this like 2300 years ago. He said that “going to festivals” (they didn’t have recorded music back then of course, so that’swhere you heard it) and hearing the music is nice and enjoyable, but doing it too much would prevent you from spiritual development & mindfulness. Monks were even forbidden from singing, dancing, etc. and laypeople were just encouraged to stay mindful of their consumption.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE's 'Frightening' Facial Recognition App is Scanning US Citizens Without Their Consent⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
It does not. The legal system has essentially lost the ability to be a check on the power of the executive branch. Partly because of regulatory capture and partly because of the speed at which the executive branch is acting illegally - it takes time to build cases and the jsutice system can’t keep up.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmmmm⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
¡Hola, compañeros perritos!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I always wondered why hotel rooms had bibles⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Mormon Jesus made this deal too. LDS church gives tons of bibles to hotels worldwide to put their fanfic right next to the original boring version.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I am also learning to code and have been for years casually. In fact, I can program basic stuff in a couple languages.

I do not believe I am harming a single person by making scripts for myself and small team by using AI that allows me to produce better code while still being able to do my day job (which is not programming).

In fact, I learn a lot by using AI and having to do research. I learn more than I would on my own because being able to use LLMs to assist me has allowed me to take on projects that wouldn’t make sense for me to attempt if I had to spend weeks to get to the same outcome.

I am well aware of how LLMs work. I have read numerous articles, white papers, talked to ML engineers, etc. I know their limitations pretty well. I think they are much less capable than almost all laypeople I have spoken to about it.

All that is to say: LLMs have some legitimate use cases. They are wasteful, inaccurate, etc etc. But they have use cases. People are hyperbolic in both directions on them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unified Theory of American Reality⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yes. Although way fewer than I’d expect. Would recommend.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
No, literally nothing like what I said. It could still be garbage if you didn’t understand or review the output. That’s why you understand and review the output.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I understand your perspective, but I do review the code. I also do extensive testing. I don’t use packages I’m unfamiliar with. I still read the docs. I don’t run code I don’t understand.

Again, the quality of the output really comes down to the user and the application. It is still faster for me to do what I’ve outlined above and it makes automating some tasks worth it in terms of ROI that otherwise wouldn’t be.