SuperNovaStar

@SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Makes sense⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. Where the heck does your wife work, wall street?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Makes sense⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  My boss took everyone to dinner this week. Granted, there are about two dozen people in the whole organization, but still, it was really generous of her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nat 20⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly probably not that serious. Even in their myths/stories, the oracle would tell great doom and then no one would listen. I expect they got inspiration for that from somewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seeing so many corn posts today⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The irony is that you are also cornposting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North Carolina (NC) is just built different⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, saying you trained a neural network by hand is super impressive.

  Just, you know, you conveniently forget to mention whether its an artificial neural network.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North Carolina (NC) is just built different⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this meant to be an advertisement? As someone who grew up in NC I don’t really see it as one, but you do have a point.

  If you think posts like this don’t belong here, I’m sure you could persuade the mods to consider an update to the comm rules

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North Carolina (NC) is just built different⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mmm, artisinal small-batch slop

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North Carolina (NC) is just built different⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would argue that this is the best use of AI. Images that are obviously, patently, undeniably slop.

  It’s still destroying the planet for a meme, but hey, at least it’s funny

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  True, but projects like LibreWolf are the first step to creating a true fork of Firefox that’s completely out of Mozilla’s hands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m already using librewolf. As soon as I saw Firefox was using ai I figured it was time to switch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soup⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Coke (the soda) is 90% water.

  Your soup will still be a soup (or a thin broth, at least) at a far higher percentage of water than you think it will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every time I see this headline, I think (hope?) I hallucinated the last 24.5 years⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use adblockers… but I also donate montly. Wikipedia is good for humanity, and it needs to stay free from corporate money as long as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do not touch⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I had to guess, it’s mostly water.

  The really scary stuff (in aqueous solutions, anyways) isn’t usually brightly colored, it’s usually clear. Of course there are exceptions - like bromine or iodine - but I know what those look like and nothing on that tree looks like either of those.

  The reason for that is that most pigments are conjugated ring systems - complex organic molecules that break down in harsh environments - so anything sufficiently reactive would actually destroy any colorants you added to them.

  I’m not saying that bright, friendly colors are always safe… but the easiest way to get a bunch of bright colors is to use food coloring and water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Racism restaurant ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, a lot of the credit for that complexity and depth goes to Dave

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On trees...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Having recently learned about trees, I actually don’t think I know what a tree is. at least, not enough to create a reasonable, non-blurry definition of “tree.”

  You’ve defined fish as being vertebrates, and as such I cannot find an invertebrate that fits that definition. But what you can’t do is just say the word “fish” and expect me to know what you mean - you have to provide a definition, and I could provide a different definition in a different context and neither of us would really be “wrong.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On trees...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  … and Wikipedia states that the category of “fish” is paraphylatic, meaning that it is defined by convention rather than ‘fact’ and its boundaries can be argued, since it excludes some of the descendants of fish.

  also, as pointed out, we use the word fish to describe lots of things that are not included in this definition, like starfish and crayfish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On trees...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Source?

  Because all the sources I’ve come across say that “fish” is not a monophylatic classification and is essentially arbitrary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On trees...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some fish are, yeah

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you see danger coming⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be a great name for a jazz band, I think

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t want to be political, but the government decided that me existing should be illegal. So now me posting about fashion or makeup or whatever is automatically political now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game design question : how to make a "trapped" player character?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ideas are cheap. Execution is what matters.

  No one here in a lemmy comment section could do enough just by leaving a comment to even deserve a menton in the game’s credits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game design question : how to make a "trapped" player character?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You could do part puzzle game, part rts. What I mean by rts is that you can give the knight commands but you can’t control him directly. And maybe he doesn’t always do what he’s told, and you have to account for that somehow?

  Could make for an interesting roguelike, too, as you try to help this endless stream of knights rescue you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rev up those 3D printers!⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Easter is a fertility festival 😏

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Max pulling THIS shit every time I finish watching Last Week Tonight⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ghandi loved Hitler, so how could his fans not?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s certainly part of it. I think another part of it is that political theories are nice and sanitary in a vacuum, but once nation states co-opt them and use them to further their interests things get a whole lot messier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it better to leave a country, or stay behind to fight for it? And what about the ethics of fleeing instead of staying behind?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks!

  I also feel like I might as well fight. I’m single and I don’t have a family (or not really - they’re on the other side and pretty fanatical about it). And I have more to lose than others do. More reason to be angry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it better to leave a country, or stay behind to fight for it? And what about the ethics of fleeing instead of staying behind?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it is. Not in a nationalistic sense - we’ve done a lot of harms in the world. Maybe more harm than good, even. But there’s still a lot worth saving here. (USA)

  If you just walk around and talk to people on the street, we’re still one of the most progressive people around, despite everything. The US is a melting pot, a country of immigrants, and therefore a fierce battleground for ideas and ideologies. Right now the fascists are in power, but that doesn’t make them the majority.

  I really do think that if we get past this, we’ve got the “bones” to create something really great.

  And that doesn’t even include American culture. Sure, there’s things I don’t like, but there are some really good parts, too.

  We’re loud. Gregarious. We’ll strike up conversations with complete strangers. Most Americans are culturally curious, too - we like to try foods from other places, we’re fond of foreign movies and media, and we have a weird fascination with people who speak other languages (even though most of us only speak English).

  Many of us see ourselves as citizens of the world, not just our own country. We like the idea of the US being a “global superhero” standing up for democracy and human rights. I know that’s mostly propaganda, and the real history of US intervention is more about maintaining global capitalism. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We could actually help the UN, defend Ukraine, defend Palestine, push for peace. The cultural groundwork is already there, we just need a more democratic system so that the will of the people is actually followed.

  If you look at US history, you’ll see a lot of bad. That’s the nature of the two party system. But we have had some really good times, too. We have had leaders like John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and Jimmy Carter who have done a lot of good. And that’s just presidents, we’ve also had activists and leaders fighting for what’s right throughout our whole history.

  They didn’t spring up from nowhere. Those people have always been here, and they’re just as “American” as the bad ones. In a sense there are two "America"s. There always have been. And, as in every generation, it’s worth fighting for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I usually write in pen, only reason I’d use pencil is if I know I need to erase.

  So… #5 I think. Simple, reliable, easily replaced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Least extreme biophysics phd⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume you guys get that a lot?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game is it?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Popular games are popular because they appeal to a wide audience. Very few games would be able to survive solely on an autistic playerbase.

  But also, you don’t have anything to be afraid of. You are who you are, a diagnosis wouldn’t change anything about you. It would only give you access to more tools to cope with things you’re bad at (assuming you don’t live anywhere where a diagnosis would be used against you).