scintilla

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Like, we fucking get it: You’re a technophobe and hate technology.

  I don’t think you get it or have even really bothered to read the articles if that is your take away.

  This is coming from a person who would probably get a gen 1 brain chip if they were actually useful like the people making them say they would be.

  Its not that I hate technology its that LLMs are effectively being forced upon people in a way where their bosses are literally telling them that they have to use the technology. There are genuinely companies that care more about their employees using LLMs than actually doing their job well because they are so invested into LLMs.

  There’s also evidence coming out that suggests that long term use of LLMs is not good for brain health because it involves offloading so much menial thinking. Without use your brain atrophes and you probably won’t even notice it because you are your brain.

  It will likely be a disaster for the already precarious state of literacy in the general public when people can just require to have the message re written simpler if they can’t understand what a message is saying so they have no incentive to improve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you not understand not learning how to think for yourself is bad? Or did the AI you use to run your life tell you not thinking anymore is more efficient?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Major payment firm behind Itch adult game cull say they themselves face "restrictions" from another banking firm⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Celtic bank?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Battlefield 6's PC specs don't look too lofty despite all the booms, and Steam players won't need the pesky EA App⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s good and runs on Linux I’ll probably get it. I love BF4 and nothing really has played the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And I'm bored⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re probably not wrong. I don’t think I was ever as “into” tiktok as some people are seeing as I didn’t even really notice dropping it that much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s actually fucking crazy for an american judge. Hope it actually happens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And I'm bored⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was one a lot of it has to do with the video format IMO. No one wants to watch an hour long verticle video on their app for getting random funny videos.

  I haven’t been onto tiktok for a long time but when I was using it it wasn’t for deep content just something to scroll through when I had a few minutes of free time.

  Was it healthy? Probably not but I don’t really think it’s related to attention span like so many people think it is. Tiktok is just the wrong format for long videos.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Art.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Its really pathetic. You would think they would follow the lead if the other actual real artists and prove that it can be art like the ones that have come before and not just whine that they aren’t accepted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel reveals it’ll shed 33,000 employees this year and retreat in Germany, Poland, and Costa Rica⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If the government was smart it would bail out Intel so I just assume they won’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨President Trump: It's Not Doable for AI Companies to Pay for All Copyrighted Input * TorrentFreak⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just wish this lead to an actual reform of IP law instead of just benefiting the wealthy more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Itch.io apologise for "frustration and confusion" after delisting thousands of NSFW projects⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really enjoy how American conservatives can screw shit up so widely around the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  using a stable coin that has that much controversy as an example kinda sums up crypto lmao.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any Android controllers with split D-pads?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thhe dualshock 4 & 5 have built in blue tooth if you have one of those avaliable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brazil rules that social media platforms are responsible for users’ posts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m unsure how I feel about this. I think whether this is beneficial or a net negative will end up depending entirely on how it is enforced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Repost⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget trees. There are so many different lineages for trees.