Rhaedas

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With all the bad stuff said about AI can it actually better humanity in some ways or another? Or is it just doom and gloom?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I get your point, but it rests on me having said the data centers will replace all humans, so it's either/or. It's going to be both, even with reduction in human work force replaced by AI, there will still be people doing people things as well as AI running. And the energy costs! So if AI doesn't consume that much energy comparably, why are some of them trying to get dedicated nuclear plants?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With all the bad stuff said about AI can it actually better humanity in some ways or another? Or is it just doom and gloom?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If you put aside the ethics of how AI got to this level and the environmental costs for mainly doing things humans could have done, the next problem is who is in charge of how it's used. So now that we're here, the potentials could be good in a few aspects, but power-hungry humans are at the controls, so that's a big part of the doom and gloom of it being used for worse things, or just misused in general which is what we mostly see.

  AI overall (the large grouping that includes but isn't just LLMs) is a tool, and tools used for good purposes can make big differences. LLMs even have their specific uses that make sense, but that's been totally overblown and stuffed into every conceivable place, often breaking because it's the wrong tool for the job and was sold to gullible idiots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, It's Addiction⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You know what's worse than oxygen addiction?

  Dihydrogen monoxide addiction. We're all literally in it before we're even born. Never had a chance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slash.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, fanfic doesn't have to be about alternate relationships. It can be just fixing the studio/corporate butchering of a working lore, or going in directions that are legit but aren't interesting enough for movie/TV writers. And some of the fanfic crowds are VERY particular about consistency.

  Fanfic for Star Wars prequels is pretty incredible. What could have been. And sure, that includes relationships.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Their new owners, right? Like bought last week? Scams everywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where did I go wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. Not because she's as fascinated by it, although that would be a plus. But she should be enjoying the time with you, seeing what makes you excited. If that doesn't attract her, move on.

  Be sure to do the same for her interests also. You don't have to be captivated by her hobbies or knowledge of something, but you should like watching her explain it to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where did I go wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No, if you're covering just the main stuff you aren't properly discussing the lore. Everything has a rabbit hole that needs exploring. Side topics are where the real information is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I became the next president how would I go about getting the illegally detained people under Trump freedom? Would I need congress?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The worst part is that there are no records of some of this. We don't know where some of these people have been taken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burger King breakfast sandwich- no scrambled egg?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Burger King used to have griddles. Worked it myself, long ago. Even served a breakfast platter of scrambled eggs and bacon, and making the eggs for the sandwiches was an art form to get it perfect. Probably when they went downhill in the 2000s they got rid of all that stuff. Just like when Pizza Hut went from actually mixing pan dough to frozen. Damn, that stuff was good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Realistically, what do people plan to do on the Moon and Mars that requires a permanent, or long term human presence there?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I've lost hope that we can ever get to the scale of moving and living anywhere else, not in time before things get worse and resources are scarce. See the start of Interstellar, but without the secret NASA still working on stuff and any extraterrestrial help. So a Earth dying while we fight over scraps. Or the Bladerunner universe but without anything off world, just what we see.

  But... if we could find that window and get out there. I still think Gerard O'Neill's ideas are sound. Gravitational wells can be useful for some resources, definitely great for science, but why go back there once you get into space? Energy-wise it's stupid. There's a lot of work and research still on how best to make space habitats safe from radiation and other effects from being away from Earth, but they aren't unsolvable, it just takes being out there and working at it.

  The plus is that once we can build one, we have the whole solar system to use, not just a few planets and moons. Collecting sunlight, or making our own, is the only limit. An old National Geographic on this had one artist concept of a habitat far out past the gas giants, and it was a huge mirror assembly with the habitat as a small speck in the middle. Of course getting around will still take a long time unless we break through with fusion or better, but again, being out there will make us work on that more to improve it.

  But that's if we can stop doing some of what we're doing on this planet long enough to make the first steps. I don't see it... but stand to be proven wrong and would be ecstatic to see what we almost started in the 1970s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit repost bots taking over entire communities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Some bots were put into place when Lemmy started getting lots more traffic to try and help fill content, since not having a full Fediverse to jump to from Reddit was off putting to some. An attempt at retaining users, basically. What I don't like about some of them is how they'll dump the link as if it's content, but it's only a link back to Reddit, and not nearly the same as someone actually posting something here and discussing it. They still can spark something, if people don't realize it's just a bot. Don't know what ratio posting is these days of bot vs actual person, or even if you could tell a lot of them apart sometimes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit repost bots taking over entire communities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A self is what asks the self, what are you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wake up, liberal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From my understanding a lot of the issue positions that a liberal and a leftist are shared. They want similar changes. Where they disagree is in how to bring about those changes. Liberal wants to use the systems in place to gradually shift, leftists are more radical and wanting quick change through various means. Centrist is what a lot of the Democrats are now, still wanting much of the liberal stance, continuing to not only want to use traditional means to get it, but also caving in often or using the excuse of working across the aisle with their counterparts as why much doesn't get done. I don't know if there's anything between leftist and liberal, maybe progressive?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, and the Iran of the 50s and 60s was a very different place too. Guess who helped make it more like it is now. Yep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US will allow truckers to drive 16 hours per day instead of the previous limit of 14 hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Relaxing all these various regulations set up decades ago to reduce deaths will probably do the same. Look for more truck accidents, coming soon. I've seen enough of them weaving and drifting during late night trips before, but it's okay, give them a few more hours on the road.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US will allow truckers to drive 16 hours per day instead of the previous limit of 14 hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That's exactly what happens. And some of those who were "going too fast for the road" are now "legal". Which is what will happen with truckers. They won't be okay with the new 16 hour limit, they were probably pushing it past that already. They'll just see if it they can go a bit more. Meaning more risk for everyone so we can get more stuff consumed faster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US will allow truckers to drive 16 hours per day instead of the previous limit of 14 hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't think most people understand how that will affect them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US will allow truckers to drive 16 hours per day instead of the previous limit of 14 hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is like bumping the speed limit up five mph. People are already speeding, now the "enforced" limit is just higher. Some truck drivers push things to try and get more loads in a week. Electronic logs makes this harder to hide, but they still do it. Which gets back to the reason for the rule, to reduce fatigue on the road. Be careful out there, since no one making sure the roads are safer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why'd you buy the chainsaw when it was offered? They showed you what was inside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The opposite, it's validating that you should look past appearances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should the next President of the US pardon Trump for all his crap like Ford did Nixon?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Giving him a general pardon and not for specifics was the mistake. Alternate history for Nixon going to trial or any other course other than the one he took is a wild ride. As is most points in history, but it would have been an ugly America, so Ford's spoken motive had some merit. Whether Reagan makes it in seems to be a debated point, depending on how long the Nixon trial(s) go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨About to ruin your whole day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That's not a bad one. Make it blinking, then your day is ruined. Or make the oil or alternator light flicker or come on. Most of the engine lights I ever got were from older cars and basically a hiccup from old emissions. I did get a flashing one once, that was scary, pulled over immediately. Never figured out why, it didn't reoccur after starting again. I hate those kinds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tomorrow...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, that's not a circle at all. I'm beginning to think Pi Day is something made up to sell protractors in stores to unknowing kids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tomorrow...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  03:14 15/09/2026

  So broken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shut Up Boomer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That makes it even more funny, because boomers would complain about how hard it was for them, yet it was their parents that changed things for the better. Then when their kids talked about improving more, they told them to shut up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come on pretty much all websites there is a way to report abuse, but not to report someone making a good comment or an inciteful post and then they get it advertised on the front page?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In theory upvoting and commenting, as well as the boost on mbin do this to some extent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just to get this straight. If I stand outside a voting center and give each person 500 bucks to vote for me. That is illegal? But if I am a Dipshit In Chief and offer 5k that is 100 percent legal?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see your point. If he was arguing for a law or program. Saying everyone get a check without anything more isn't the same. For one, it isn't going to happen because it would need legislation, which means a bill and a plan to fund it. And it's Trump, so it's not going to happen because he just says things.

  Now if he said he's going to propose and make Congress pass a law that gives every adult $1000 each month that is funded through tax increases on higher brackets... suddenly he's pushing for UBI, and that's a great idea. (or the start of one, I think it needs to be more complex than that for cost of living variations)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9/11⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It's why you don't kill Hitler. Someone had to hold that spot, do you want someone who might have accomplished more?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius idea. Somehody should share this with the antivaxxers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Will there be enough room there for that and the bleach and UV lights?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just to get this straight. If I stand outside a voting center and give each person 500 bucks to vote for me. That is illegal? But if I am a Dipshit In Chief and offer 5k that is 100 percent legal?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Laws are as good as they are enforced. Look at speeding in a car. If you don't get caught, if everyone else is doing it and the few cops around aren't bothering to pull anyone over, it's still illegal. Yet it doesn't matter.

  Or more comparable, someone of high importance is caught speeding, but when the cop sees who it is they let them go with a "warning", i.e. do nothing. Still illegal, but okay for them to do apparently.