Photuris
@Photuris@lemmy.ml
- Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives 1 day ago:
Jesus actually said something about that, it turns out. Not that it matters to these knuckleheads.
- Comment on Maybe someday 😌 1 day ago:
Nobody told me all this when I signed up. I was simply instructed to pick an instance, and I did.
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 2 days ago:
I’ve always wanted to sail.
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 2 days ago:
I feel guilty saying it, because I know I was in a privileged position, with a job that could be done remotely and living close to nature, but I fucking loved COVID lockdown. I can’t remember being so happy since childhood. Everything just slowed down, and I spent more time with my family.
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 2 days ago:
I was on a work call the other day, listening to my peers complain about European work culture - “They just leave at 5:00 sharp, even if the project isn’t done! They’ll say ‘we’ll just pick it up in the morning and finish it then’ as if that’s good enough!” “You can’t contact them on weekends or vacations at all! They don’t even read and answer email!” “They take such long vacations! And just disappear! It’s so frustrating!”
I wanted to scream.
- Comment on Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data 1 week ago:
Regional accents I guess.
- Comment on Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data 1 week ago:
Ðð = voiced “th” (“this,” “thus,” “weather”) Þþ = unvoiced “th” (“thing,” “thong,” “with”)
IIRC, these (ðese) letters come from Old English and Old Norse, and were later dropped in favor of “th” for both the voices and unvoiced consonants.
But I’m not an expert. That’s the gist anyway.
Some folks want to bring these letters back. I get it, and I actually like them. But it ain’t gonna happen.
Anyway, “ðey” missed one.
- Comment on Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care 1 week ago:
Jesus also healed the sick.
Alas, working and receiving healthcare do not have to be inextricably linked. It’s nuts that our health insurance is tied to employment here in the US.
In fact, having a social safety net encourages entrepreneurship.
This guy sucks.
- Comment on Radio transmissions 2 weeks ago:
I unironically love Latinisation (and Greekification).
“Crabification” would have worked just fine to express this idea, but “carcinisation” sounds so scientific and erudite.
People dog on English, but I think it’s really cool how we have other ancient source languages to pull from to coin “smart” words when needed. And when you dig into the etymology of the “fancy” word, it adds texture, layers, history, and extra context to the whole thing.
Ok, that was a tangent. Carry on.
- Comment on Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new report 3 weeks ago:
Automation is going to chew up jobs faster than new ones are created, too.
Reduce the value of white collar labor, and white collar workers will flood to the blue collar trades, drastically reducing pay there as well.
Not a suitable environment for growing large families.
- Comment on ChatGPT 'got absolutely wrecked' by Atari 2600 in beginner's chess match — OpenAI's newest model bamboozled by 1970s logic 3 weeks ago:
But the general public (myself included) doesn’t really understand how our own reasoning happens.
Does anyone, really? i.e., am I merely a meat computer that takes in massive amounts of input over a lifetime, builds internal models of the world, tests said models through trial-and-error, and outputs novel combinations of data when said combinations are useful for me in a given context in said world?
Is what I do when I “reason” really all that different from what an LLM does, fundamentally? Do I do more than language prediction when I “think”? And if so, what is it?
- Comment on ChatGPT 'got absolutely wrecked' by Atari 2600 in beginner's chess match — OpenAI's newest model bamboozled by 1970s logic 3 weeks ago:
Jesus Christ software’s about to get far, far worse innit?
- Comment on IT’S THE FEDS! 5 weeks ago:
Land of the Free.
- Comment on To join Facebook these days, one must record a video selfie 5 weeks ago:
I don’t regret deleting mine. I don’t need any of that shit, fuck ’em.
- Comment on Gave him an offer, then took it away. Thanks PayPal. 1 month ago:
Lol here in the US there are no such protections. You have to fend for yourself.
- Comment on Gave him an offer, then took it away. Thanks PayPal. 1 month ago:
I feel for this guy.
But I’ve also learned a valuable lesson in my travels: never, ever quit an existing job until after you’ve started your new job.
Not just accepted the offer, but attended your orientation day and got your new badge in hand. Then give your resignation.
Yes, I’d love to give my coworkers more of my time for offboarding and project hand-off, but in this world you have to look after yourself first. It sucks, but it’s how it is.
Never give a two-week notice. When you do that, your current employer may give you a new offer, but if you accept it, your tenure will not be the same, since you’re now seen as a flight risk, and they’ll look for a way to dispense with you and replace you within a year, or two, max.
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 1 month ago:
It’s more than that. They want training data for their LLMs. With enough training data, they can train these models to do office knowledge work themselves, removing the need to employ cubicle drones at all.
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 1 month ago:
Ok that’s cool
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 1 month ago:
I have high hopes
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 1 month ago:
If only we can somehow figure out how to bring back something like the web of the ’90s
- Comment on David Hyde Pierce declares he would appear in a second Frasier reboot 2 months ago:
I was sorely disappointed to learn that Grammer is a member of the MAGA cult.
- Comment on Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS 2 months ago:
Judges can make rulings “blocking” Trump’s actions. But he ignores those rulings and keeps on going.
At some point, push will come to shove; meaning, these judicial rulings will have to be enforced, somehow.
There’s not really a good vehicle for enforcing the law on rogue presidents. Unless someone is willing to physically arrest and detain him, possibly muscling past secret service in order to (attempt to) do so.
If someone will be willing to enforce the law, and can successfully do so, the Constitution may be saved.
If not, we de facto have a king, regardless of de jure court rulings.
- Comment on Streaming Is Now Just As Crowded With Ads As Old School TV 2 months ago:
I’m (barely) old enough to remember when cable television was touted and sold as “ad free.”
I’m also old enough to remember when satellite radio was touted and sold as “as free.”
Never believe them. Enshittification is inevitable, and planned.
- Comment on Anon owns a fan 2 months ago:
Anon has never heard of lamps, either.
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 2 months ago:
Cool, I’m done with Perplexity.
- Comment on succession 2 months ago:
Basically, how can we, as humans, use our propensity for destroying entire species, but do it on purpose so we can eliminate ALL TICKS FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH‽
- Comment on Abuse 2025 is a modern port of the original game from 1995/1996, updated to run on modern systems and with new features like high-resolution graphics, controller support, and more. 2 months ago:
Buried memory unlocked
- Comment on Birth control: US scientists develop world’s 1st male contraceptive pill 2 months ago:
Cool, I just won’t touch my wife ever again, thanks for the advice.
- Comment on Birth control: US scientists develop world’s 1st male contraceptive pill 2 months ago:
Vasalgel is a better, proven, effective, safe, and easily reversible option.
Why hasn’t it been approved yet?
- Comment on Cutting Off NPR and PBS 2 months ago:
My representatives and senators are all republican ghouls.