Pyr_Pressure
@Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
- Comment on 'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre 2 days ago:
He takes us to a creek downhill from a new construction site for a data centre being built by US firm Quality Technology Services (QTS).
George Dietz, a local volunteer, scoops up a sample of the water into a clear plastic bag. It’s cloudy and brown.
Well, maybe they didn’t have proper sediment control but a creek is a lot different than well water. Most people don’t drink out of creeks, sediment control is done more for the purpose of protecting fish habitat.
Hauls buckets of water to flush her toilet
What? You’re concern is sediment in your well water and then go haul dirty brown sediment filled water from the creek to flush your toilet instead?
Buy a sediment filter for your well water. Even people not beside giant data centres should have one just because it keeps the system functional and running better. It is practically a requirement to have one.
- Comment on YSK: You can make supercapacitors out of cement, water and carbon black 2 days ago:
I wonder if you could make a 1m thick foundation of this stuff beneath each house which works as a sort of battery for the house in case power goes out.
- Comment on Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game 2 days ago:
I think I would much rather watch a stardew Valley movie than a Minecraft movie
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 3 days ago:
Our neighbours had to get a plumber in to clear their pipes and septic tank because they would poor grease and fat down the drains all the time and ate a lot of meat.
They were in their 60s
- Comment on Genius 1 week ago:
presumably, they get a salary for the work of doing the interviews
- Comment on Genius 1 week ago:
presumably they get a salary and the 300 is extra just for suggesting it.
- Comment on shrooms 1 week ago:
I had the same experience but with weed. I was super disappointed.
- Comment on Can someone please tell me what the hell this is? 1 week ago:
As long as it’s only a drain water system as well. If it connects to sewage at some point I would be concerned of gases which may leak up into the house as well.
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 1 week ago:
Lol. I have free healthcare and I played videogames every fucking chance I get because it makes me happy, but it’s pretty rare since I worked 278 hours in May.
- Comment on Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post) 2 weeks ago:
And every book they don’t like the title/cover for
- Comment on Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post) 2 weeks ago:
I’m not going to read something if the title doesn’t interest me. It’s also a great example of write headlines that are accurate and informative.
- Comment on Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post) 2 weeks ago:
Everyone was calling it “stop killing games” instead of “stop destroying games” and I literally thought it was a petition to stop games with murder and violence lol never even got farther than seeing the title.
Definitely a good idea to switch over to stop destroying games if that wasn’t the official title already…
- Comment on They are so dumb they want to piss everyone off for a lousy 15 minutes 2 weeks ago:
You get mandatory 30 min paid breaks? For me it’s unpaid lol.
Scheduled for 5 hours, no 30 minutes necessary.
Scheduled for 5.5 hours, you get 30 minute unpaid break so you are there for longer but make the same amount of money
- Comment on Why your old mobile phone may be polluting Thailand 2 weeks ago:
Nope, I’ve still got every phone I’ve ever had except for one that I gave away to someone who lost theirs.
- Comment on Yes, this is what people did back then 2 weeks ago:
With… Magazines? Shudder
- Comment on Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket 3 weeks ago:
Also with starlink even one company’s constellation is causing issues with astronomers and launches.
How bad will it be if there are 5-6 different companies with their own network floating around up there. And then other countries with their own network.
- Comment on A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account 4 weeks ago:
Proton estimates the average Americans data is worth $700 per year.
Sign me up for $1000/year privacy fee and you will make more money by doing absolutely nothing.
- Comment on "And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?" 4 weeks ago:
Anyone who spends more on a watch than a car has poor money management. Fuck, what a waste. There’s no way any watch is worth more than $1000 other than for clout which is stupid.
- Comment on Do you care about up/down votes? 5 weeks ago:
Or an uneducated community to bury real information 😆
- Comment on A postal worker in Harlem attacked a trans woman. She fought back and fatally stabbed him in self-defense. This is how the NY Post framed it. 5 weeks ago:
Technically you aren’t allowed to stab until they stop moving, just until they are no longer a threat. Stab em in the leg and run. Self defence isn’t a license to kill it’s a way to not go to jail if killing was literally the option available.
- Comment on A postal worker in Harlem attacked a trans woman. She fought back and fatally stabbed him in self-defense. This is how the NY Post framed it. 5 weeks ago:
If you escalate it, you will eventually get into a point where you fear for your life, so then literally every conflict you can then claim self defense.
- Comment on How does AI-based search engines know legit sources from BS ones ? 5 weeks ago:
What’s the point of AI if you need to search for the source to make sure it’s right everytime? Just skip a step and search for a source first thing.
- Comment on A postal worker in Harlem attacked a trans woman. She fought back and fatally stabbed him in self-defense. This is how the NY Post framed it. 5 weeks ago:
Yeah the fact that she is transgender has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that she murdered someone, the only reason the press is including that fact is to stir up drama, hate, and ad revenue. It’s pretty despicable, but I have come to expect nothing more from the press. There is no such thing as an honourable news reporter these days, just gossip columnists.
- Comment on How does AI-based search engines know legit sources from BS ones ? 5 weeks ago:
Pretty much anything tech support, it gives you options which no longer exist anymore because the solution it is suggesting is from a slightly older windows/android version and the UI changed so the option is no longer where it thinks.
Also asking if particular wildlife in in a particular location. Tried asking it if polar bears were in a location I’m going to visit and it said yes, but a quick search through its sources confirmed that was false and the nearest Polaris bears are hundreds of miles away.
- Comment on How does AI-based search engines know legit sources from BS ones ? 5 weeks ago:
Ya I can see AI resulting in many deaths if people start trusting it for things like “is this mushroom edible”?
- Comment on How does AI-based search engines know legit sources from BS ones ? 5 weeks ago:
Most of the time if I read the AI summary from Google it’s wrong. Very few times has it actually been helpful.
- Comment on (・∀・) 1 month ago:
Just wait until all plants in Australia die out except for eucalyptus trees and koalas take over the continent
- Comment on Kremlin calls Trump 'emotional' after US president says Putin is 'crazy' 1 month ago:
“Emotional” is the perfect way to infuriate insecure “macho” men (anger is an emotion by the way)
- Comment on Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’ 1 month ago:
For things like language, math, and science you could probably have an AI teacher on individualized tablets or something that go at each child’s own pace in a classroom setting that’s just supervised by someone and can provide extra help / tech support when the AI goes on the fritz.
Then regular recess/lunch shenanigans and gym class, art, music, for the social aspect.
The AI could even be programmed to do team projects where you link your tablet with 4 others and they all help the group do a project
Eventually when AI advances and isn’t complete dog shit, that is.
- Comment on 7 for me 1 month ago:
None of the above. I’m a long sleeve shirt and full pajama bottoms person.