PhantomPhanatic

@PhantomPhanatic@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ | CNN⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are lots of stupid people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boeing urges airlines to inspect 787 Max planes for possible loose bolts⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Inspection intervals are based on expectation of damage over time, not to verify if the installation procedure was properly followed.

  Design requirements for airplane parts that experience rotation or are part of control systems are regulated to have locking features to prevent loose bolts from happening. If the initial installation was done improperly it could be a failure in quality control at Boeing. Or if they were installed properly but weren’t designed with sufficient locking mechanisms it may be an improper design. Either way this could turn into an Airworthiness Directive which is when the FAA steps in to ensure safety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists show how ‘doing your own research’ leads to believing conspiracies — This effect arises because of the quality of information churned out by Google’s search engine⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Do your own research” is a phrase with a lot of baggage. It means more than doing your own research.

  It’s a phrase that has been used online in debates over every kind of conspiracy theory, religious idea, or political stance and carries with it the unsaid presumption that alternative sources are the key to learning the “actual truth.” It’s a loaded phrase that acts as a calling card for people who are overly confident that they have the right answer but can’t articulate how they arrived at it.

  I roll my eyes whenever I read or hear someone say “do your own research” because I know the debate ends there and there’s no convincing them otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google DeepMind used a large language model to solve an unsolvable math problem⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s more like educated guessing which is a lot faster than brute forcing. They can use code to check the answers so there is ground truth to verify against. A few days of compute time for an answer to a previously unsolved math problem sounds a lot better than brute forcing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trolling chatbots with made-up memes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s the thing, the LLM isn’t recalling and presenting pieces of information. It’s creating human-like strings of words. It will give you a human-like phrase based on whatever you tell it. Chatbots like ChatGPT are fine tuned to try to filter what they say to be more helpful and truthful but at it’s core it just takes what you say and makes human-like phrases to match.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unity May Never Win Back the Developers It Lost in Its Fee Debacle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the trust thermocline again. When will companies learn to do more ground level research before pulling bullshit like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats your favorite Star Trek season?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Strange New Worlds season 1 is a strong contender for best Star Trek season. Though is has the advantage that it is a shorter season than most.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The best-selling video game of each year since 1993⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone here talking about CoD and all I want to know is how Star Fox on SNES beat out GoldenEye in 1997.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s how employment works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Working from home is a benefit that is worth money. People are willing to get paid less for the benefit of working from home all else equal. Effectively, if you got to work from home, you got a raise. Forcing people to come back to the office after allowing working from home is like giving a raise and then taking it back.

  However, when you negotiated your pay it was for a particular job with certain benefits. Complaining about your company not giving you a benefit that wasn’t initially part of your hiring negotiation is basically asking for a raise that they aren’t obligated to provide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A comic from Lunarbaboon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The red shirt part of the joke is referring to TOS exclusively because it was so prevalent. But really it’s a larger trope found across lots of different shows and genres. They may not wear red shirts but you’ll know them when you see them.

  I think it’s a great joke and has stood the test of time. You should try watching TOS before proclaiming that the joke doesn’t work.