BigMikeInAustin
@BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world
- Comment on Metro 2033 Redux is free to claim on GOG for the next two days 3 days ago:
Um, that’s pretty awesome!
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 5 days ago:
Hey, it’s your life. If you want to use your blinker so that it is easier to get an opening, and so people are more likely to avoid hitting you, well, that’s your choice.
Also, the results in here will be survivor biased. The people in wrecks because they didn’t use their blinker are too busy dealing with insurance and repair times and rental cars to be on Lemmy. They are also busy having to remind people that they are the most important person on the road.
- Comment on James Cameron Says Blockbuster Movies Can Only Survive If We ‘Cut the Cost in Half’; He’s Exploring How AI Can Help Without ‘Laying Off the Staff’ 1 week ago:
Yes. Use AI to replace the CEO and suddenly more works gets done without having to capitulate to whinny people, and it is a whole lot cheaper.
- Comment on How wil people react if Trump is right about Tariffs? 1 week ago:
Probably MAGAs will feel so vindicated they will literally start murdering people opposed to Trump.
We’ve already seen quite a few shooting, and attacking the Capitol, and most of the people getting off mostly free.
So we’ll see even more of it.
- Comment on Seeing a lot of copium but am I fucking crazy? The market would have to do more than just recover for people to recoup their losses? 1 week ago:
Some people already sold off at the lower price before it gets lower.
Companies already had to make equipment orders and revenue predictions, which caused suppliers to fire extra people.
And confidence has already been shaken since this could happen again at any time.
Companies are now increasing plans to downsize to deal with the uncertainty.
And the ultra rich are ready to start buying at the lower price. So that if the prices returned to last week, the percentage of differences of wealth from the ultra wealthy to the regular will be even higher.
- Comment on Physical Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games are reportedly Switch 1 carts with codes in the box 1 week ago:
As an early buyer of the Nintendo Switch, it’s nice to know I don’t need to budget to save up to buy the Switch 2, since I won’t be because of this.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Maybe switch to official French?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Just 3 hours ago you complained Lemmy has too much liberal content, and here you are talking about prostitution. Prostitution is not liberal, but it’s something many conservatives won’t talk about.
Maybe it’s time to step away and take a nap.
- Comment on Is there a non leftist version of this website? 2 weeks ago:
You might find Truth Social to be a safe space.
- Comment on Short attention span 3 weeks ago:
I’m working on writing down lists on paper by hand, not typing into a device. I can copy over to a device, but the writing by hand is helpful.
And sometimes I’ll write down tasks that I did finish already. For me, seeing the number of completed tasks doesn’t matter much, but just the break to reflect on what has been done is grounding.
Sometimes even break the list into multiple lists, such as one where you move all the yard tasks to, and kitchen tasks, and cleaning tasks…, if the main list gets too long.
- Comment on Short attention span 3 weeks ago:
Sounds like you made changes to get better. The TDLR glosses over all that work and makes it seem like you are saying for OP to just sit and wait for it to resolve on its own.
- Comment on Can someone recommend me a wireless headset? 4 weeks ago:
Lol. Guess you’re just cursed. Lol. I have multiple styles, wired and wireless, and work perfectly on multiple computers. Lol.
- Comment on Can someone recommend me a wireless headset? 5 weeks ago:
I really like Steelseries. Pick whichever fits your budget for the features you want. I’ve even bought used ones and they’ve been great.
I changed the foam ear pads to leatherette pads for a little better sound isolation.
- Comment on Can someone recommend me a wireless headset? 5 weeks ago:
Sounds like there was something wrong with your audio jack. I’ve had stellar comments about all of my Steelseries.
- Comment on Am I the only one who feels uncomfortable about many Americans constantly calling people "black" and "white" and making such a big thing about it? 5 weeks ago:
If you ever see little kids with different skin tones playing together, they are clearly not bothered by skin color, and it has no bearing on their play. The racism in America is completely learned. It is not natural. Sometimes consciously, but many times unconsciously.
Loosely similar is how men in most places are fine walking around alone at night. While women consciously try to move in groups, even during the daytime. Many men have no idea how different it is for many women.
- Comment on Am I the only one who feels uncomfortable about many Americans constantly calling people "black" and "white" and making such a big thing about it? 5 weeks ago:
It happened for so long, at all levels of society, that it is still affecting us today. It has shaped the cities we currently live in. It has shaped our language. It has shaped our laws.
The first girl Black girl to go to a school that was all white is only 71 years old. And that was barely the start of the end of segregation.
A bad example, because I’m only American, but anyone in the European Union could move anywhere in the European Union. Some places just have depressing weather, or are very isolated. But it would still take a great effort for the people who even want to move to actually move.
- Comment on At what point in the friendship does dating become awkward? 1 month ago:
It gets awkward, almost always, about 2 longrows after the hippodust. Sometimes you can go an extra towelspot.
/s
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
AI can only respond with patterns based on what it has seen before. To AI, human language has even less sense than those math problems that draw some shapes and ask you what is the next shape in the pattern.
AI can’t think. It only seem patterns and percentages.
Ask it to tell a story about a dog, and it will because it has seen that before. Ask it to tell a story about the 6-legged beings on Pluto and it makes a super generic and short story and just pastes in “6-legged being,” because it has never seen any stories like that. It can’t imagine a new set of circumstances.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
“Because it’s been happening…” Is not even an argument. It’s a super lazy answer that shows a complete lack of effort.
Was this same person sitting in a climate controlled building? Did this person eat food they gathered that morning? Does this person do something besides sleep after the sun sets?
- Comment on When making a post that fits multiple communities, should I just pick the most relevant/popular one or repost to the other ones as well? 1 month ago:
Readers are also looking in related communities.
This also fragments any discussion.
At that point, it feels more like you’re spam-pushing an opinion rather than trying to have a discussion.
- Comment on Why is OCR for handwritten content still that bad? 2 months ago:
So ideally there would be a way to train an AI on one’s own particular handwriting? (Not sarcasm or rudely)
- Comment on Why is OCR for handwritten content still that bad? 2 months ago:
You took the time to spell your post correctly and use correct grammar.
I used to have very sloppy handwriting. I’ve come to realize that if you want other people to understand you, you do need to make an effort to be understandable.
Shortcuts in communication do not show superiority. Too many shortcuts devalue your communication, just like poor spelling and grammar would devalue your post.
- Comment on Do you like the smell of bookstores? 2 months ago:
Bookstores make me go to the bathroom. Libraries do not.
- Comment on Could Trump's "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation" order defund vasectomies? 2 months ago:
Ha!
- Comment on Enjoy Thrilling Action in Funny Shooter 3 months ago:
Your quick posting of games so fast makes you seem like a bot that I will block.
- Comment on Is a Quest 3 really worth it? 4 months ago:
I’m really trying to avoid all Meta products, but Quest 3 seems to have the best reviews and there are some good refurbished and used deals.
I’m not sure what to pick instead.
- Comment on is "oh boy" considered a gendered term? 5 months ago:
“Oh it” sounds like you are trying to sneakily say “Oh shit” by not pronouncing some syllables.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
You are thinking about what Trump publicly and repeatedly said he would do on his first day.
- Comment on Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election? 7 months ago:
Because racism and sexism is still very prevalent in the US.
She is a minority. And she is a woman.
The news is a shit hole funded by the ultra wealthy who will benefit from Trump’s tax cuts for the ultra wealthy. Which explains the coverage.
Many voters are still racist and sexist. Which explains the polls.
- Comment on If I have an account on Mastodon.Social, and another account on PieFed.Social are they technically on the same instance, since they're both on .Social? 7 months ago:
No. I see you making fun of someone for asking a question. They are trying to apply some of their knowledge to something new. What they have learned from some other good answers is useful going forward.
Sadly, it seems you need to learn more to be able to understand where this person is coming from.