LesserAbe
@LesserAbe@lemmy.world
- Comment on Help. 1 week ago:
I don’t understand the segment of people who were excited to come up with a new slur for AI. Plus it’s not even effective. It doesn’t make sense, doesn’t bite. Computers don’t clank, not even robots clank anymore. Are we in Battlestar Galactica or something
- Comment on Sounds like a plan 2 weeks ago:
I think it would have worked better if the comment wasn’t prefaced with “it’s cute you think” which is inherently insulting.
The meme is already self deprecating, like “haha things aren’t looking good for me” so they’re aware of the situation. It’s just heaping an insult and bad news on someone who already is experiencing a negative outlook.
- Comment on F*ck off Arnie, you're out of your element! 2 weeks ago:
Do you mean the redistricting in Texas? That’s why the Dem reps left the state, because they know they would lose the vote, but if they deny “quorum” (aka that there’s enough people to hold a session of the legislature) then a vote can’t be held.
This same thing actually happened in Texas back in 2003, but the Dems caved that time. Article: talkingpointsmemo.com/…/texas-redistricting-quoru…
- Comment on F*ck off Arnie, you're out of your element! 2 weeks ago:
The people we send to Congress have to answer to voters. We’ve seen how little resistance elites and organizations have put up, even ones ostensibly on our side.
“Our” representatives who come from gerrymandered districts will owe their seat to party leaders, not the voters. So they will cater to those leaders, not voters.
Would they take some actions which counter Trump? Yes. Will they take drastic actions to actually prevent further fascist advances? Probably not. Because most Democratic leaders are out of touch and answer to big donors. They’re not going to pack the supreme court, they’re not going to make DC a state, etc.
I’m a little sympathetic to Newsom’s talk about a referendum vote on having gerrymandered districts only for five years. But I think if he moves ahead with that it should be tied explicitly to what Texas does. If Texas passes their crooked map then the California map is revised too, otherwise nothing happens.
- Comment on F*ck off Arnie, you're out of your element! 2 weeks ago:
I haven’t seen any news about Arnold commenting on this situation, can you share?
That said, I’m a socialist, I’ve been campaigning against gerrymandering in my state since 2016, and I think blue states getting rid of their independent redistricting commissions (if they have them) is a really bad idea.
Yes, the situation is terrible, and I’m glad the Texas Dems fled to prevent quorum. I think extreme measures are called for. I also think they should be extreme measures that increase democratic rule, not reduce it.
- Comment on Anyone have one of these? 5 weeks ago:
I think what the other commenter was getting at is you can access a cellular connection (wireless) in a land line format
- Comment on Anyone have one of these? 5 weeks ago:
I think what the other commenter was getting at is you can access a cellular connection (wireless) in a land line format
- Comment on garden faries 5 weeks ago:
Good thing I can take personal credit for all these plants. Sort of like how I helped my local sports team win the championship.
- Comment on garden faries 5 weeks ago:
And potatoes and corn!
- Comment on garden faries 5 weeks ago:
I wasn’t familiar, they’re beautiful birds! That said, I read that they feed while perched, while I think the defining feature of hummingbirds is they feed while hovering. thisweekinpalestine.com/the-palestine-sunbird/
- Comment on US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP 5 weeks ago:
Thanks for the suggestion. I did check with them, unfortunately it didn’t work, I think because our window wasn’t in their line of sight. Guy said he’d talked to other people in my building before.
- Comment on US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP 5 weeks ago:
Oh good to know. We moved before the date on that document though.
- Comment on US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP 1 month ago:
God bless em.
Fiber of course is preferable, but requires a lot of knowledge and up front investment to lay. In Philadelphia there’s a WISP - wireless internet service provider - that has their equipment up on a tower and can service a particular neighborhood: phillywisper.net
I was ready to use them but our apartment building had made a fucking exclusive agreement with Comcast. If we lived in a normal house at that same address we could have got FIOS or PhillyWisper.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yeah! First, I don’t think it would be weird to ask it elsewhere, but definitely ok to ask it here.
- Comment on Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band 1 month ago:
Even mass produced things require skill and sophistication. Pop music is more like a mass produced iphone than a mass produced frisbee.
Sure the lyrics aren’t saying something important or the singer isn’t the same person as the songwriter, but a lot of hours went into it. The average person on the street could not create a comparable song to what you hear on the radio without significant effort.
- Comment on Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band 1 month ago:
It’s not exactly slop if the pigs eat it is it /s
I get what you’re saying, if people don’t detect ai music it must not be so bad. But in the original usage of slop, pigs don’t care, but humans wouldn’t eat the food. Same here, just because some people don’t mind doesn’t mean others can’t easily discern the difference
You could also make the argument that pigs would prefer better food if it was an option, but they have no choice, they’re only given access to slop.
- Comment on Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band 1 month ago:
I get not liking it, and there are some real clunkers, but I think you’re dramatically underestimating the amount of craft and expertise that goes into some pop music.
- Comment on Inspired by a friends current vacation 2 months ago:
Skill issue
- Comment on What can US citizens do to fight/prevent their country enabling genocide? 3 months ago:
Thanks for attempting an answer. I’ve got to say this feels laughable in light of what’s going on.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 3 months ago:
Let’s skip the “I have no basic survival skills” part (also skipping disease) and assume we find a nearby group of humans. If you approach first contact carefully they’d probably let you live with them in exchange for labor, giving you time to learn the language.
I think I have enough ambient exposure to modern technology that I could contribute at least 3-4 major innovations to my group over a couple decades. The challenge would be conveying and implementing ideas more than remembering them. You’re not going to get back to modern standards of living in your remaining time traveled years no matter how much you remember, but what little you can impart to others would earn your keep.
I don’t know what all the innovations would be, but germ theory and pasteurization come to mind.
- Comment on tune in, drop out 3 months ago:
Holy shit I had to tap out. The casual, informed way they talk about fucking dolphins conveys how much time they must have actually spent fucking dolphins.
- Comment on America is fucked 4 months ago:
He’s just demonstrating New York City is fucked, not America
- Comment on Elisabeth Moss and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Team Tease a ‘Rewarding and Satisfying’ Ending in Final Season: ‘It Will Surprise Audiences’ 4 months ago:
It turns out it was all a dream
- Comment on California ballot measure named after Luigi Mangione would make it illegal to ‘delay, deny’ healthcare coverage: ‘Crazy’ 4 months ago:
That part isn’t in quotes, so I’d guess he didn’t call it sick himself.
- Comment on I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave? 4 months ago:
Oh yeah, Cherry Springs State Park in Pennsylvania is cool. Probably not “worth traveling there from some other state before leaving the country” cool, but cool. maps.app.goo.gl/SQp261ecxj7exAJy8
- Comment on Trump supporter Rick Fuze was arrested in CA for using a stun gun on peaceful protesters outside a Tesla dealership. The woman kicking this guy’s ass is a retired professor with 16,000 citations. 4 months ago:
Did they add a stun gun sound effect to that video? Seems way too loud and crisp from that distance
- Comment on Would it be a bad idea to show up at a protest outside a Tesla dealership with a sign that says "Deny Musk, Defund Doge, Depose Trump"? 5 months ago:
You’re doing all the stuff you suggested too, right?
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- Comment on Having a baby? Use this one weird trick! 5 months ago:
Why would citizenship be based on who your parents are?
- Comment on Request to close boardgames@lemmy.world 5 months ago:
Works for me