Thistlewick

@Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] Should Twitter links be banned from lemmy.world?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  :::Waves arms with purpose and intent, twice, just to make sure everyone in attendance could see:::

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] Should Twitter links be banned from lemmy.world?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Anything worth any value on Twitter will be reported on by another source. Link to those if you want corroborating evidence. The point is to not give the Nazis the traffic at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do AI bros and other staunch AI defenders seem happy about the potential of killing off the creative industries?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Alright bro, you win. I give up. You’re head is so far up your own ass that “asset packs” are theft and a stream deck is the equivalent of feeding the entirety of human creativity into a robot and asking it to make pictures of a big titty anime girls to promote chat apps.

  You’re too far gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do AI bros and other staunch AI defenders seem happy about the potential of killing off the creative industries?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I commission a human artist to paint me a picture or write me a song, did I create it? I gave them the prompt to generate the work with their skills, so I must be as creative and skilled as any work they return, right?

  You’ve asked something else to make your art, and then claimed that because you were really specific with your request that you deserve the kudos for the creativity and skill of the art. Pick up a pen and stop stealing existing artists’ work in order to force a computer to stroke your delusional ego.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop wasting money on shrinks and drugs - read this book⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet here you are, starting a discussion on actual mental issues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you say so, but I’m a millennial who heard a lot of “we’ll never belittle the next generation like the Boomers did to us” from my peers back in the day. And yet here we are calling the next generation “iPad kiddies” and taking the piss of teenagers who are doing the exact same shit we should have done if we had TikTok in the 90s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Try talking to them like the kind of guy who still uses the term “Oriental” would. Belittling, condescending, politely racist….

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else think the NYPD photos of the UHC CEO shooting suspect don’t match?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Archer was actually my first thought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else think the NYPD photos of the UHC CEO shooting suspect don’t match?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Worst opsec agent ever. “My change of clothes will be… essentially the same outfit, but with a black backpack”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whould everyone doing nothing be a viable option?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a nice idea, but a design feature built in to most countries is that the majority of people are too poor to skip a day of work. Losing their job, or simply not being paid for a days work could tip people into starvation, default on existing debts, or loss of access to expensive medication.

  Anyone high enough on the pyramid to be the target of such a protest does not care if the economy tanks. They control the country now, they can just defund education even more than it already is to line their pockets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not worried you're worried⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The amount of interviews I’ve seen where people say “yeah, he has some concerning talking points, but he promised a good economy” boil my fucking blood. The safety of half the population for the empty promise of jobs.

  Can’t wait til they somehow spin the failed economy against the Dems again in four years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over the Garden Wall | 10th Anniversary Stop Motion Short | Cartoon Network⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad they made this so far in advance of the 10th anniversary, but that’s years away! Right? It can’t have been a decade already, can it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to Make History Come Alive With AI⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  By working with Midjourney, he adds a human touch to historical storytelling

  What part of the process is the human part? The bit where he asks the climate-destroying computer for a picture of a city he admittedly knows very little about? Or is the human part all of the art and images that were used to create a plagiarised AND inaccurate image of history?

  The guy walks into a historical building, and upon seeing some art, his first response is “I wonder what that art is about, maybe my followers can tell me”. This is the guy who is creating historical images of the city? The guy who only learnt recently that large ships were not historically seen in the harbour? I’ll admit my knowledge of Amsterdam is lacking, but I’m not trying to pass AI slop off as historically accurate representations of the past.

  You want to bring history to life? Ask a historian about the history, and pay an artist to accurately represent the truth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Pro announcement plans and console design have been leaked [VGC]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The kicker is that owning the disk entitles you to a piece of plastic, and not much more at the moment. When servers go down, or day one patches are no longer available, the disk becomes no better than a coaster for many modern games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What the hell is this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If your only requirement is that a man once existed by the name of Jesus and was crucified, then the bar is on the floor. Jesus was not a rare name, and the Romans crucified many, many people. It is not out of the realm of possibility that these two common data points would overlap and give us a crucified Jesus.

  Is there proof that it was THE Jesus though? Do we have corroborating evidence of a man travelling the countryside with his posse, changing the minds and hearts of the masses?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taking away iPhone made daughter a better person⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This article reads like a person who thinks they have found the answer, but is still so woefully uninformed.

  The doctor didn’t tell you about the social media apps that your kid was using? It’s not their fault you were inattentive.

  They took their daughter’s phone away twice due to mental health issues, and the plan is to play soccer with her until high school and then give her back the phone. My sibling in Christ, you’ve done nothing to scaffold and support your child’s health after these incidents, but sure, drop her in the deep end with her addictions and mental issues as she enters high school. I’m sure those kids are mature enough to not cause the same problems tenfold.

  The sad fact is that we live in a world that requires the use of technology. In some countries, ICT Capability is a priority across the high school curriculum. Taking the phone away makes her act like your idea of a kid again, sure, but at some point she is going to need to use a phone or a computer or a tablet without you breathing down her neck. We need to be educating our children on safe practices, not taking their phones away and proclaiming to have solved the problem.

  It’s like abstinence only sexual education.