LainTrain
@LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on If not intentially a minority and I get into a fight and I did not know they were gay, palestinian, jewish, or whatever. Can I still be charged with a hate crime? Or does one have to know first? 2 days ago:
No, it’s not a protected characteristic because being a nazi isn’t innate.
- Comment on Just put it on a timer 4 days ago:
After a 20 minute walk to a food place, motivated by hunger and excitement and a personal self-satisfaction in choosing exercise over ordering food, you think about the nice grub you’re going to get.
You think about how nice it is that even though every other place closes inexplicably at 5pm on a workday making it impossible for working people to go to due to socioeconomic factors beyond your understanding, you think how nice it is that you actually found one place that is open, even after 6pm.
You’re not without doubts, but on approach across the empty partially unlit parking lot, you see it. The lights are on, the sign is on, and you think you can make out some activity inside.
You feel a sigh of relief as you approach. “The time on Google maps must’ve been correct”, your think. The lights inside are on, and there’s employees walking about, making food, you gently push, the door, feeling the worn metal on the door push plate replacing the handle, and the door swings open.
You barely hear the electronic bell meant to alert the crew inside to your presence, your lungs fill with the smell of freshly made Burrito Tortillas toasted just right and refried beans and Beef and Guacamole.
Then, but in a flash:
— “uuuuh, we’re closed!” You jerk a bit and withhold any mean words, you’re better than that, you’re trying to be better than that. But you can’t leave, your channel your energy towards inquisition. The art of the mind. Science. You seek resolution. — “how comes you’re listed as open on Google maps?” You mumble out coming off somewhat frustrated, not at all the inquisitive philosopher you pictured yourself to be. You collect yourself.
- “You’re still making stuff, and you’re closed?” Puzzled, the person responds: — “oh it’s UberEats only”.
The words seared into your brain forever. The fall of Rome. The end of an era. Destruction of institutions. End of communism. The rapture.
- Comment on There's a spider in my bathroom 6 days ago:
- Comment on The Edge of Everything 1 week ago:
Amazing, gonna use as my wallpaper
- Comment on What are your thoughts about AI? 1 week ago:
Huh? I don’t know where I implied that. You ofc need an understanding but you also need practice.
- Comment on New STALKER remasters launch to 'Mostly Negative' Steam reviews 1 week ago:
Worse. Forced DLSS/FSR/whatever you call that slop.
- Comment on Man arrested after fires at homes linked to PM 1 week ago:
Host refugees.
- Comment on What are your thoughts about AI? 1 week ago:
I’m fundamentally anti-private property and copyright. So I’m definitely pro AI art. Once it’s on the internet - it’s there forever. It was always being scraped, you just get to see the results now.
That said I don’t like AI being shoved into everything. The fun picture recombination machine shouldn’t be deciding who lives and dies.
- Comment on What are your thoughts about AI? 1 week ago:
Would you have any idea on how to preserve food if you didn’t have a fridge?
I could use a freezer:) Jk, not entirely no, but I’m aware of other methods, given a bit of time I could probably learn how to pickle or salt and jar food properly provided I could visit the library. I understand the key problem is harmful bacteria so refrigeration extends the lifespan of food by slowing down bacterial reproduction and airtight containers prevent new bacteria coming in.
Then depending on specifics there’s always vacuum-sealing and shrink-wrapping machines. If in this hypothetical collapse we still have knowledge and some way to generate electricity, and I wasn’t in a crazy rush, I’d probably build a fridge. I understand the basic principle behind refrigeration.
Would you have any idea on even how to get food if you didn’t have a grocery store nearby?
Yeah? If there’s like societal collapse or something and there’s not just food banks set up by the military or some such I’d go look for warehouses, I know I have the nation’s biggest Amazon warehouse just a few blocks down from me. If not an option, generally I’d hunt animals because on my own I don’t really stand a chance at agriculture, the large lead time won’t help, I don’t know how to hunt, but I’m sure by visiting the library I could learn how to craft a primitive spear with a knife and a sharp stick. Then long-term I’d move towards a saltwater body of water and fish.
How would you organize a party with your friends without a phone?
I’d use a computer ))))
Jk, I could write them a letter, or visit them in person. I don’t know all their addresses by heart, but I could ask others who do, or simply wander about the general area and knock on doors until I find them.
If a computer wasn’t tracking your bank balance, how would you keep track of your money?
I would write down my income and outgoings on a piece of paper and just do the math.
Can you multiply 423 by 365 without using a calculator?
Of course. I’m awful at math so I’ll probably mess it up, but you write down the nominator over the denominator and you multiply each of the top digits by each of the bottom digits, carry any extra to the next more significant digit and sum the results.
If I did it a few times, I could probably nail the correct result.
If all else fails and this is absolutely needed I could go get spare parts and build a full-adder circuit. Heck tbqh in the long term if all my basic needs were met, I could probably deep dive into a book and build a computer, especially if we’re basically talking only programmatic calculation, given 7-8 months it’s not hard, maybe much less if I can use logic gates instead of ICs. If I can use OCs and have plastic and some metal bits lying around making a breadboard shouldn’t be too hard. It won’t host the cloud or do your laundry, but it’ll do your math pretty accurately.
My point isn’t to show off, my point is that we (humanity) hedge our bets. There’s one thing we haven’t outsourced and it’s our thinking. I used to be vehemently pro-AI, but it worries me that people are outsourcing their very thought to AI.
The brain is very expensive evolutionary, and I for one, love having one, you use it or you lose it is the motto for the body, brain included, and I take great care to force myself to think on my own and understand things in as much depth as is reasonable.
Once you forget how to think and solve problems because another faux-brain does it for you, it’s all over, and there’s no going back. Don’t do that y’all.
- Comment on SAG-AFTRA Files Unfair Labor Practice Complaint Against Epic Games Due To A.I. Darth Vader 1 week ago:
Agreed
- Comment on SAG-AFTRA Files Unfair Labor Practice Complaint Against Epic Games Due To A.I. Darth Vader 1 week ago:
Voicing lines/acting is all tedious to me unlike programming :3
- Comment on Fucking google did it again, they "fixed" something that never broken. This time they make thumbnails way too big even with 70% zoom 1 week ago:
I use dearrow so I don’t see those and view YouTube through my subscription box only and have watch history off so the home page isn’t even available to me
- Comment on Klarna CEO says AI helped company shrink workforce by 40% 2 weeks ago:
Jesus Christ how are they a company. Who tf is a dumb enough schmuck to fall for this shit.
- Comment on Man arrested after fires at homes linked to PM 2 weeks ago:
PM is literally a landleech 💀
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
That reminds me of staying with guardians in the UK for a half-term so I didn’t have to haul ass back home and they had a PS3 that was just completely full of porn, HD asf too. Even as a 13-yr old I found it more amusing than anything really. They later had a police raid - where me and a Chinese guy staying there speculates they found cocaine - after which I never saw the husband again. God bless they had a good life.
- Comment on How can you tell 23 subgenres of equally shitty growls and screams apart, but not see the most Metal basics? 2 weeks ago:
Duh, Metal is clearly when your opinions align with fart-in-chief of a right wing government owned by crusty billionaires appealing to boomers /s
- Comment on Every phone call 2 weeks ago:
Okay???
- Comment on Every phone call 2 weeks ago:
Go on the subreddit in the caption and find out
- Comment on Why does it seem like every other post on here is deleted shortly after being posted? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’s sus asf but more likely a dumb cultural thing. Younger Zoomers are very technically inept generally and they get scared of leaving information up on the internet because they never learned to deal with “once it’s up on the internet it’s up forever” and create online personas completely separate from their real life.
- Comment on Every phone call 2 weeks ago:
Found the bpdemon
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- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Yes. However believing all beliefs are equal because they are equally likely to be false which is what “everyone is influenced by propaganda” implies, is also an incorrect way to think and an intellectually dishonest shirking of responsibility. Kudos to you for not simply repeating the mantra but stating the right response to it.
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- Comment on Every phone call 3 weeks ago:
Found the original
- Comment on Playtron wanted to take on Windows and SteamOS with their GameOS, now they're announcing a cryptocurrency 3 weeks ago:
3.5 years old isn’t that old lol. My desktop CPU was almost 10 years old before I noticed any bottleneck in AAA games.
And speaking of AAA games from the last few years, all like, 2 of them, probably won’t be missed by most people.
The deck is a solid computer and it’s a good product that’s built well and is pleasant to handle and use and playing desktop games on that OLED with HDR support is a joy and on top of a decently polished UX (as polished as you can get in PC gaming really), the tinker potential is endless, you can do with it as you please because it’s yours and you own it - and it certainly feels like it. No adware, no enshittification etc.
- Comment on Harassed by Assassin’s Creed gamers, a professor fought back with kindness 3 weeks ago:
It’s a meme ya dunce
- Comment on Tabletop Convection Oven* 3 weeks ago:
Fair point! I have an electric oven thankfully. No gas in the building thankfully.
- Comment on If it's good enough to keep your house warm, it's good enough to keep your insides warm 3 weeks ago:
Agreed.
- Comment on I (M32) gained 140lbs in a year from bad choices, almost all in my belly (now 69-inches) due to rare genetics. With my unique proportions, I’ve outgrown most off-the-rack clothing options. Advice? 3 weeks ago:
You’re gonna want custom clothes. Also, not gonna lie, that video is the most extreme thing I’ve seen on the internet ever, and had there not been the story, I might have assumed this was completely made up, but fake or not - the story sold me enough to make me suck in my gut, no weird 240p .3gp dog beheading I saw as a kid could ever match this, zoomers are blessed/cursed to have this on tiktok.
- Comment on If it's good enough to keep your house warm, it's good enough to keep your insides warm 3 weeks ago:
And in the house in general also. The mould is everywhere unless it’s a modern apartment block from last decade.
