TranquilTurbulence
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- Comment on Why do all text LLMs, no matter how censored they are or what company made them, all have the same quirks and use the slop names and expressions? 2 days ago:
So is it like planting the same seeds into different soils, and expecting to get different fruits?
- Comment on Not sure where to ask this but why do some wall powered usb-c hubs refuse the charge anything until they are plugged into a computer? 1 week ago:
Speaking of passing through PD communications, I have a cheap Chinese power meter that sort of does that but not properly. Hopefully OP has a nice hub that does these things properly.
If you use a setup with a power supply, first cable, power meter and a second cable, you can measure things when connected to a chargeable device like a laptop. It obviously tells the PS to give it 12 V, which it will. Once you unplug the laptop from the second cable, the voltage reading doesn’t drop back to 5 V. Apparently the power meter doesn’t let the PS to know there’s no load any more.
As a result, you get a USB-C cable that gives you 12 V without asking any questions. Guess what happens when you plug in something that can only handle 5 V? Bad things. Don’t ask me how I know.
Anyway, once you unplug the power meter from the first cable, the PS finally gets the message and drops the voltage back to 5 V. Makes me wonder if a hub could behave the same way as my power meter.
- Comment on What's happened from July to September 2025 that might make people Google "Worst timeline"? 1 week ago:
That seems to be one of the unwritten rules on Lemmy.
Using any kind of AI, or even supporting the idea of using it, will result in downvotes. If you openly hate LLMs, you’ll be rewarded with upvotes.
- Comment on If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename? 1 week ago:
Yeah, I just found it. Missed the last movies, so I guess I should check it out.
- Comment on If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename? 1 week ago:
I have seen some reviews of the live action remakes, and I was not impressed. As a result, nowadays I actively avoid being exposed to those movies.
- Comment on What exactly is the reasoning behind Satan ruling Hell? 1 week ago:
I think it’s just Hollywood style engaging story telling. Who cares what any books have to say about Satan. Write some dichotomy and conflict into the story, and people can’t get enough of it.
- Comment on If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename? 1 week ago:
I can see why you ask that. Since I didn’t think that comment though very well, now every downvoter considers me a racist. Fair enough. Should have rewritten it entirely, but it’s too late for that now.
Long and nuanced posts are boring to read while short and snappy ones involve skipping all the important details. Also, swiping away carelessly doesn’t help.
I was mainly thinking about the fact that Disney tends to change things significantly and abruptly. For example, many Star Wars fans were disappointed by the changes, so I thought that 007 fans could face similar disappointments. What those changes actually are do not really matter to me. What matters more is how quickly they happen and how much the direction of the entire series changes.
I don’t use the term “woke” to describe the changes Disney makes, since I prefer to distance myself from the crowd that uses it. Focussing more on the rate of change and its magnitude is more interesting to me.
- Comment on If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename? 1 week ago:
Didn’t expect a strong reaction like that. Then again, I didn’t think it through before hitting send. My bad.
- Comment on If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename? 1 week ago:
Oh. Totally missed that one. Oops. Haven’t sent the last few films.
- Comment on If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename? 1 week ago:
If Disney buys the 007 brand, you can be sure there will be black female James Bond.
- Comment on Meta denies torrenting porn to train AI, says downloads were for “personal use” 1 week ago:
Not if you torrent for professional use.
- Comment on AI content now outnumbers human-written articles on the internet, but the good news is that the slop seems to have plateaued, for now 3 weeks ago:
Just tried that, and I couldn’t even find a blog post that addresses exactly what I was looking for. Sure, there were many about adjacent topics, but not my niche interest. However, the AI answer at the top did much better because it was specifically tailored for me.
However, when I’m looking for more general information, I do tend to find blogs written by AI.
- Comment on AI content now outnumbers human-written articles on the internet, but the good news is that the slop seems to have plateaued, for now 3 weeks ago:
Oh I’m sure there is a way. We’ve already grabbed the low hanging fruit, and the next one is a lot higher. It’s there, but it requires some clever trickery and effort.
- Comment on AI content now outnumbers human-written articles on the internet, but the good news is that the slop seems to have plateaued, for now 3 weeks ago:
That’s just musk talk. I’ll ignore the hype and decide based on the results instead.
- Comment on AI content now outnumbers human-written articles on the internet, but the good news is that the slop seems to have plateaued, for now 3 weeks ago:
Interesting. In other models that was a serous problem.
- Comment on AI content now outnumbers human-written articles on the internet, but the good news is that the slop seems to have plateaued, for now 3 weeks ago:
Since basically all data is now contaminated, there’s no way to get massive amounts of clean data for training the next generation of LLMs. This should make it harder to develop them beyond the current level. If an LLMs wasn’t smart enough for you yet, there’s a pretty good chance that it won’t be in a long time.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 4 weeks ago:
o7
Some of us joined way later when the apicalypse happened.
- Comment on Why do we still joke about setting up old wooden guillotines? 5 weeks ago:
I propose we build a large paper cutter style contraption.
Let’s make the blade 5 m long so that it’s big enough for everyone to see. Also, the blade should be so heavy that it will always chop reliably. You should also put some nice bearings in the pivot point so that it always swings very smoothly.
Oh, but how do we lift a heavy blade like that? If electricity is available, you could have an electric motor to lift it up. If not, you would need some rope and pulleys.
As the blade falls down, it would need to shear the target material to make a clean cut. This means that you can’t have a huge gap between the blade and the lower surface it shears against. Just like in paper cutters, the stationary blade needs to be made of steel, but it doesn’t have to be super sharp. The gap is important though. Think of the gap between scissor blades and you’ll get the idea.
As the contraption will inevitably be contaminated with organic material, it could have an integrated Clean In Place system. After each cycle of operation, the CIP should spray the affected area with cold water and soap. If that doesn’t do the job, there would be a second program that uses hot water and soap, which would obviously require more energy.
All that water needs to come from somewhere, so you’re going need like an IBC container. If you need more than 1000 l, you might need to use a lorry to deliver enough water. Ideally though, you would operate in an area where you can just connect the contraption to a nearby water outlet. Ask a local a firefighter to help you out.
Also, all of that water needs to go somewhere too, so I would recommend operating it in a place where there’s a sewer near by.
Hold on, what was the question again? Got carried away by the logistics of all of this.
- Comment on Do you think The Boys is an accurate representation if real people had superpowers? 5 weeks ago:
I think people would still be people, but the monsters would be unstoppable. Psychopaths and corporations would be just as bad as depicted in the show.
However, normal people would still be normal. See extraordinary for more info. In this series, people have their mundane problems on top of whatever problems the powers cause.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Never happened to me before. I would go back to the clinic to show that to a nurse.
- Comment on Which timezone would win in a conflict? 5 weeks ago:
The rest of the world can use the new standard, and ignore the Brits. They can keep their Brexit while the rest of the world can move on. Everybody wins!
- Comment on Which timezone would win in a conflict? 5 weeks ago:
It would result in the total collapse of the entire time zone system. Every location would switch to local solar time and the war would be over.
When those areas need to communicate with each other, they would develop a new global time system that simply counts seconds from a particular moment in time. Sort of like unix time, but with the epoch set to the moment the new system was launched.
- Comment on Meta launches 'Vibes,' a short-form video feed of AI slop | TechCrunch 1 month ago:
They’re happy to have a job, but I’m not so sure they’re really happy to see their talents wasted on something like this. It’s the executives and investors who wanted this. Do they even know what they’re asking for…
- Comment on How do you introduce the Fediverse to other people? 1 month ago:
That’s pretty much the approach I use. Most people already know how terrible Meta is, so building on that sentiment doesn’t take much.
- Comment on What is the difference between pansexual, bisexual, and omnisexual? How do I know which one I am? 1 month ago:
Yeah, me too. It’s such a handy word, because you don’t need to add anything to it. It already contains every minority that has something to do with sex, love and gender.
- Comment on What is the difference between pansexual, bisexual, and omnisexual? How do I know which one I am? 1 month ago:
Speaking of letters, what’s wrong with the term “queer”? Isn’t that inclusive enough?
- Comment on what can I do at my workplace during downtime? 1 month ago:
Practice juggling. Buy 3 juggling balls (you know those bean bag types that don’t roll away), and keep them with you. Don’t use tennis balls, because they have a tendency to bounce and roll. When you have some downtime, start practicing. Watch a few video tutorials to get the hang of it.
If you can have a backpack with you, consider bringing a tablet with you. If you have one with a pen, you can draw. Watch a few more tutorials, and learn to draw something you like. Landscapes, portraits, fantasy dragons, pokemons whatever.
Tablets are also fine for reading ebooks. Check what your local library has to offer. Maybe you can borrow library books and read them on your tablet.
- Comment on Which came first: the kidney bean or the kidney body part? 1 month ago:
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- Comment on Which came first: the kidney bean or the kidney body part? 1 month ago:
Wow! By several orders of magnitude too. I knew plants came later, but this is a pretty extreme example.
- Comment on Which came first: the kidney bean or the kidney body part? 1 month ago:
That’s a pretty solid answer from one perspective. However that still leaves me wondering what the answer would be from an evolutionary perspective. Did early sea creatures already have kidneys?