naught101
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- Comment on Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl 20 hours ago:
You have no idea what you are talking about.
- Comment on what's the word for a leg elbow? 1 day ago:
The loose bit of skin on the outside of the elbow is called the weenus
- Comment on Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl 1 day ago:
And what happens when it breaks and you need a new one?
- Comment on Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl 2 days ago:
Victoria is kind of like a Canada of Australia, you’re all good 🤣
- Comment on Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl 2 days ago:
You can make one with an angle grinder and about half an hour. This is dumb.
Absolutely carrying them around town should be illegal, but they are super useful in rural settings.
- Comment on Is there any fundamental difference between an instance and a formal website ? 1 week ago:
Instances are websites. Federation just means that they can automatically communicate directly between multiple intakes, and share information without requiring user interaction.
All this happens via APIs. Any website that implements ActivityPub APIs properly can federate with other sites as part of the fediverse.
- Comment on Is it weird to sometimes wonder wether everything you know is wrong? 1 week ago:
Good point
- Comment on Is it weird to sometimes wonder wether everything you know is wrong? 1 week ago:
I wasn’t suggesting anything was black and white. I was just giving an example of a chain of thought. OP is free to come up with their own chains of thought.
- Comment on Is it weird to sometimes wonder wether everything you know is wrong? 1 week ago:
What, like backwards?
I think with some things (like reading or skydiving), there are pretty fast feedback loops that tell you if you’re doing it wrong.
- Comment on Is it weird to sometimes wonder wether everything you know is wrong? 1 week ago:
Why?
- Comment on Is it weird to sometimes wonder wether everything you know is wrong? 1 week ago:
This is good, but I’d add that you can get closer, and you can get closer faster, but truth will always be over the horizon.
- Comment on Is it weird to sometimes wonder wether everything you know is wrong? 1 week ago:
Suggesting therapy (or any course of action) for someone based on a couple of lines the posted on the internet seems a bit hasty. You know barely anything about them. AND you’re making umsupported assumptions (they said nothing about their own sexuality).
- Comment on Is it weird to sometimes wonder wether everything you know is wrong? 1 week ago:
No way, that’s just science, baby!
I think those questions need to be followed through with a chain of reasoning and questions, not denial. There’s usually lots of options.
So for that “gay people are deviants” question, a “no they aren’t” answer isn’t helpful, because it’s faith based, which leads to a shutdown of thinking and curiosity.
Another line might be: if they are, then does that mean that the tens or hundreds of other animal species with documented existence of homosexuality are also deviants? Can an animal be a deviant? Seems unlikely… Does that mean that maybe deviance is a dodgy concept? What does it actually mean? Does it mean a thing is fundamentally bad, or does it just mean that it doesn’t fit with a particular value system? If that’s the case, and I personally know a bunch of gay people who are really lovely people, is it possible that it’s the value system that’s the problem, not the gay people?
There’s usually plenty of other chains of thought that will get you to a place like this. Doing this kind of thought exploration also means that when you come up against someone making that argument in public, then you have a better idea where you stand, and you can potentially engage constructively with them, if they seem open to it.
- Comment on What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments? 1 week ago:
Considering the value of a comment on the internet ONLY in relation to the person the comment is in reply to seems weirdly blinkered and bizarrely individualistic.
- Comment on What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments? 1 week ago:
If you’re interested in shaping public opinion I think you need to ask yourself why you are on Lemmy instead of somewhere else?
(Not OP) Because the “somewhere elses” all have their own fucked up problems, like algorithms that optimise for combativeness, and corporate control of various debates. Lemmy has the potential to provide a viable alternative, and it needs content in order to get big enough to do it. It’s the long game.
- Comment on Why don't these code-writing AIs just output straight up machine code? 1 week ago:
Yeah, good catch. I know that, but was was forgetting it in the moment.
- Comment on Why don't these code-writing AIs just output straight up machine code? 1 week ago:
Yeah, as @uranibaba@lemmy.world says, I was using the narrow meaning of AI=ML (as the OP was). Certainly not surprised that other ML techniques have been used.
That Cummins paper looks pretty interesting. I only skimmed the first page, but it looks like they’re using LLMs to estimate optimal compiler parameters? That’s pretty cool. But they also say something about it having a 91% hit compliant code hit rate, I wonder what’s happening in the other 9%. Noncompliance seems like a big problem? But I only have surface-level compiler knowledge, probably not enough to follow the whole paper properly…
- Comment on Why don't these code-writing AIs just output straight up machine code? 1 week ago:
Strong doubt that AI would be useful for producing improved compilers. That’s a task that would require extremely detailed understanding of logical edge cases of a given language to machine code translation. By definition, no content exists that can be useful for training in that context. AIs will certainly try to help, because they are people pleasing machines. But I can’t see them being actually useful.
- Comment on Why don't these code-writing AIs just output straight up machine code? 1 week ago:
I think on top of this, the question has an incorrect implicit assumption - that LLMs understand what they produce (this would be necessary for them to produce code in languages other than what they’re trained on).
LLMs don’t product intelligent output. They produce plausible strings of symbols, based on what is common in a given context. That can look intelligent only in so far as the training dataset contains intelligently produced material.
- Comment on Gina Rinehart urges Liberal party to stick with Trump-like policies in the wake of election loss 2 weeks ago:
Wow. Her writing is as horrendous as everything else about her…
- Comment on Labor and Coalition accused of being on fossil fuel ‘unity ticket’ as thermal coal exports hit record high 3 weeks ago:
Please tell me you understand that you can direct your own preferences?
This is how you should vote:
- Put any parties you really like the policies of first
- Put your least worst major party next (or the lest worst of the two most popular candidates, if you’re not in a Lib/Lab contest)
- Put the worse major party next
- Put all the garbage parties after that.
First preferences get reported, so they are a symbolic message to the politicians. But they might also win in some cases, so bonus. If your early preferences get knocked off early, then your preference will flow to who ever you put higher among the last 2 to be knocked off.
- Comment on Labor and Coalition accused of being on fossil fuel ‘unity ticket’ as thermal coal exports hit record high 3 weeks ago:
Or, hear me out, you could have a minority government with multiple parties and independents, many of whom want to see coal phased out.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Man, fuck wet wipes. They are such horrible pollution.
Take some toilet paper and some sanitiser instead.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Go in with low expectations, and you’ll probably have a good time. Here’s some to start with:
You’ll be sore from walking. Sleeping might be uncomfortable or cold, or wet. Food will probably be crap, or hard to cook. Animals will freak you out in the middle of the night, or try to eat your food. You’ll smell like smoke (unless it’s a fire ban, then you’ll be cold). Taking a dump in the bush is not comfortable, even after you get used to it.
It’s type 2 fun though, so it’ll be good in hindsight. Also you’ll probably see a bunch of beautiful shit and maybe get to swim somewhere nice. Just gotta give it a go, and see if it’s for you. Personally I love it.
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- Comment on How do I stop having expectations at the workplace? 1 month ago:
Sounds like you need a union
- Comment on How do people develop feelings for someone? 1 month ago:
I don’t thing you can make others do that. Just be yourself as much as you can (I know that’s not easy for some people), and don’t be a dick, and it’ll happen eventually.
I think maybe coming at it obliquely is best. Don’t make it your main aim, because desperation is off-putting, but keep it in your awareness so that you catch it when it presents itself.
Personally I found doing stuff with others based around a common interest the easiest way to meet people who had a similar world-view. And from there it’s easier to stumble upon people who might find you attractive. Getting mutually excited with someone about a shared interest can be pretty attractive.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 1 month ago:
Sooo… Narcissists are a type of vampire?
- Comment on How would I describe myself? 1 month ago:
I reckon “polish american” means something like “culturally polish, but living permanently in america”
Beyond that, does it really matter? Labels are just shortcuts to give other a broad overview. Tell people what ever you want. You can always add more details later if you get to know them better.
- Submitted 1 month ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 0 comments