Very_Bad_Janet
@Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social
- Comment on Jeffrey Epstein: Prince Andrew named in newly released court files 5 months ago:
And yet Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are treated like pariahs by the royal family. It's interesting how that works.
- Comment on Why'd they stopped making tv shows as good as x-files? 6 months ago:
OP, have you watched:
- Doctor Who
- Black Mirror
- Comment on YouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systems 6 months ago:
Do you have a link for Stealth? Libreddit was working for me up until two days ago.
- Comment on How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone? 6 months ago:
Sorry to derail but what do people think of air gap or air tube wired headphones? Do you think they are necessary?
- Comment on My children will refer to me as father. 6 months ago:
My kids call me bruh and I'm their mom, so, eh.
- Comment on Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers 7 months ago:
In this case, the magazine created fake journalists with fake bios and used them.in the bylines. I would think that's a kind of fraud and definitely hurts the magazine's trustworthiness. The article goes into other publications that have also used fake journalists with their bylines in AI produced articles. I think if they were more transparent- say, labeling an article "AI created content" - it wouldn't be as much of an issue.
This also doesn't address errors in the AI produced articles (which could be solved by having a real life fair checker or editor).
- Submitted 7 months ago to technology@lemmy.world | 11 comments
- Comment on Cutting Back on One Amino Acid Increases Lifespan of Middle-Aged Mice Up to 33% 7 months ago:
Maybe just focus on limiting food highest in Isoleucine.
- Comment on Millions of UK households forced to unplug fridge to cope with rising bills 7 months ago:
Fridges are a lifestyle choice, like sleeping rough in a tent.
- Comment on Every time 7 months ago:
So Mohawk-esque? That I can get with.
- Comment on Every time 7 months ago:
It looks less than practical. What do you do when you want to pull it all way from your face? Rock a side ponytail?
- Comment on Don't allow others to consume you... 7 months ago:
So funny to tell this community with wholesome life-love-laugh type memes. Well played, OP.
- Comment on She's Thawing! 8 months ago:
Am I the only one who likes this song? I even love Last Christmas. I think it's because I don't go into brick and mortar stores often, so I can go a whole season and only hear it a few times. Somehow I hear Father Christmas and Christmas Wrapping way more often.
- Comment on Circle of life 8 months ago:
This is why I appreciate therapy. It's a tool for better parenting, in a way.
- Comment on Circle of life 8 months ago:
Wow, this is kind of fascinating. If anything it points to nature over nurture, which I would think your brother would find a relief.
- Comment on The Twitter app just went very, very strange 8 months ago:
I can't wait to tie my entire financial life to X.
- Comment on It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore 8 months ago:
I prefer "content creators. " Sametimes they can be very educational or entertaining. (I watch a lot of comedy, travel, and home workout content.)
- Comment on Encountering mostly promotional articles in tech RSS feed 8 months ago:
It's called "contextual commerce." Article about a product has a link to said product; if you click and make a purchase, the news site makes a little money. Thus, incentivizing the new site to publish more and more articles about products.
- Comment on More Than 80 Percent Of Americans Can’t Afford New Cars 8 months ago:
Are there people out there flipping cars like they do with houses? Maybe tell those people.
I've read if people buying new Teslas (with some kind of credit for buying an EV), driving it for a year or so, selling it for more than they paid and then repeating the process. Not sure if this is a viable strategy anymore (don't know if Tesla has that much demand anymore).
- Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels 8 months ago:
Are you saying that you would be comfortable having US citizens solely rely on others to interpret and explain the Constitution to them? You don't want them to have the ability to read and understand it themselves? Who would those people explaining the Constitution to everyone else be?
In all of your comments on this thread you seem to be arguing that having a seventh grade + reading level serves no purpose. Do you see any value in having a higher than sixth grade reading level as an American citizen?
- Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels 8 months ago:
At least where I live in the US, voters are asked to vote on city or state ballot proposals. These proposals appear on the ballot in a wall of text. They are also usually available online before election day for interested voters to read. These can be very complicated to parse - not only the language and technical terms in the text, but the policy itself and how it might affect different groups of stakeholders in the community and different existing policies and competing proposals. A voter might need to read a lot of news articles and opinion pieces to get the lay of the land on a particular issue. I think having a higher than sixth grade reading level would be more than helpful in understanding an issue and related ballot proposals.
- Comment on Man Jailed In UK’s First Treason Conviction In 40 Years Was Encouraged by AI Chatbot 8 months ago:
My prediction is that this will inspire a Black Mirror episode.
- Comment on How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet 8 months ago:
What search engine were you using on FF?
- Comment on Phones should have FM radio again 8 months ago:
I listen to those stations in my car or on my alarm clock at home. But I suggested those in case you wanted to listen to them. Do you have public radio or college radio available?
- Comment on Phones should have FM radio again 8 months ago:
Whats a good emergency radio with a hand crank that you would recommend?
- Comment on Phones should have FM radio again 8 months ago:
College radio stations. For example, 90.7 WFUV.
- Comment on Phones should have FM radio again 8 months ago:
This is tangential to the conversation but have you heard of Radio Garden? You can listen to radio stations around the world. As for "good radio stations," I'm partial to college radio stations like 90.7 FM in NYC. They have a lot of freedom with their playlists.
- Comment on Trying to find a show I watched before 8 months ago:
It is! I added the fun fact and then realized that someone might think I was deliberately referencing the show. :)
- Comment on Trying to find a show I watched before 8 months ago:
It's worth watching - it's very charming.
Fun Fact: The lead actor, Johnny Flynn, is also a singer-songwriter and did the (lovely) theme song for The Detectorists.
- Comment on My Review of The Last House on the Left (1972) 8 months ago:
Thank you for this (and other horror movie) write ups. I've grown to avoid most horror movies (I've become really sensitive to them aka more chicken), but I do still find them fascinating. And based on your recap and review I am never ever going to see this one.
It sounds like WC was going to excess to make some jaded person deliberately uncomfortable. Like, out-grindhousing grindhouse.