grrgyle

@grrgyle@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expand North! So much room up there.⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  As if I’ve traveled that much

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the difference between spending money to have your will enacted, and having your money taken by the people, for use of the commons.

  The latter is a very dangerous precedent to set. You don’t want the people feeling like they can have their will enacted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks! I put an amount of thought into it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  by this logic there are more water than stars

  my work:

  water = hydro (aka)
  stars = stars (ok like that)
  more hydro than stars
  ipso facto 💁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to pluralize titles.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually terrifying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to pluralize titles.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks I hate it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I love it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Need a keyboard with a dedicated "slop" button⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That specific use case is often brought up as an example of “good AI use” even among people who are opposed to the commercial models, so even if it was an apt comparison, I don’t think your assertion holds much water.

  Further, aren’t you assuming my context if you think, for example, that I’m an ignorant hater because I’m hating on some gen AI web comic? Or nebulous defense of AI, like in the op?

  Is this exchange one of the data points you mentally tally when you think of contextless, knee jerk reactions to all uses of AI? Because in this case right here, you would clearly be wrong.

  I’m not against all ML/AI when applied in the right context.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Need a keyboard with a dedicated "slop" button⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’re assuming people are having a knee jerk, ignorant response, because you have come to a different conclusion than they have.

  My dislike of consumer AI is very well informed. I’ve built my own local models and used generative AI extensively for work (no choice). I was actually pretty excited for the technology before the corps started using it as their latest accelerationist cudgel in the class war.

  As it stands, I think it’s hard to justify using AI, even as a casual consumer. For many reasons that are already well documented.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Need a keyboard with a dedicated "slop" button⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The comparison is bunk though.

  The awareness of systemic oppression is not equivalent to a technology that produces text and images of dubious provenance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cutting sucks⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Also username

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cutting sucks⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously. And you will very quickly get used to it. Like you wouldn’t believe what happened to me when I started making red lentil dal on the regular, but after a while, my bowel movements went back to regular and no more “ring of fire.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It would get old fast⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they mean not renting? Or maybe living in a defensible space??

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are too many cases where this applies or is going to apply⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nazis. I hate these guys.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are too many cases where this applies or is going to apply⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand your comment. What is a ngmi? It looks like an acronym for “not gonna make it”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨heaven⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s hilarious is I actually have that shirt

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t believe the size of that crowd. It’s actually nerve wracking to think of that many people so close together, but good on them for showing how serious they are about ending support for this odious genocide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are too many cases where this applies or is going to apply⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes yes, no ethical consumption under capitalism and all that, but I mean if you’re really rich, it’s harder to use the excuse that you you’re just a pawn stuck in the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are too many cases where this applies or is going to apply⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are several ways to destroy a billionaire. The easiest should be to just make them a millionaire.

  Unfortunately, they’ve made that increasingly difficult, so that might not be the easiest way anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are too many cases where this applies or is going to apply⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But the minority is shrinking and it’s increasingly difficult to maintain a clear conscience while also benefiting from the bald exploitation of others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aliens⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ick

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get out of my head⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What did it cost you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get out of my head⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah very good guide, thank you. Did not see the forks at all.

  I find I can make them go away if I focus on the center of the image and lightly unfocus my eyes. But you’re right - it’s not without effort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Needed this today⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Same with fedoras. Always loved that hat, but increasingly was communicating something other than what I wanted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aliens⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I really dislike interobangs. They just look like a printer error.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Something to think about⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ??

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RPGs that are optionally pacifist?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Related, while I’m sure it’s not fully pacifist, Torment: Tides of Numenera greatly emphasises dialogue and text descriptions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It do be like that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gold source

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The next time you hear someone say they're just vibing in life without a job, just look at this image.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of an aside from this blog article that has been living in my head for a few months — To Save the Arts we must Kill the Artist — that goes like:

  the artist as the bourgeois failson

  And other such points about the intersections of privilege, wealth, etc, and art.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨See their point⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had not heard of them, but I’m just listening to The Poetic Edda album right now, and it’s delicious. This is yet another style of music I would definitely hated when I was younger lol.

  Not the same thing but the latest bit of new classical that I’m into is the album Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth by India Gailey.

  PS. Still listening and OMG the drums on this album. 🥵