ShellMonkey
@ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com
- Comment on So, how's it hanging? 1 week ago:
Final Destination, Nashville
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I have split opinions on it. The massive data centers that use so much power, hardware, space, etc are problematic. They get used as a replacement for human ingenuity, scarf down every bit of data the can, aggregate it together in a way that even the owners don’t fully understand. They get manipulated to give answers that suit the owner’s wishes and fuel divisions in public discourse.
I take significantly less issue with locally run small model systems that you can put on your own machine. They’re not continually running/training and are generally treated more as a hobby toy, not some replacement for human understanding.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power 3 weeks ago:
I know! Let’s take off our heads!
- Comment on Home-building robots could help fix the housing crisis 3 weeks ago:
At least in the US it hardly seems a lack of building capacity, but that the final prices are bid to levels outside for the reach of the average person by investors. I live at the edge of nowhere and in just the past half decade there where at least two fairly large developments of not too special copy paste houses stood up. They all entered the with prices on the upper end of $300K and seem to have gotten snapped up right away. Statistically I make more than the the average by a decent margin, but there’s no chance I’m paying for an almost $400K place. Even if I had the old 20% down it’d approach somewhere around $3000/month.
- Comment on Home-building robots could help fix the housing crisis 4 weeks ago:
Either the construction costs more by adding the bots to the crew, or they cost the same with the owners of said bots pocketing the difference of reduced labor. The chances of costs actually going down by cost savings being passed through are roughly zero.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Pretty sure that post just retaliated against his shin in self defense, past that though…?
- Comment on Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary 4 weeks ago:
Democrats are demanding new restrictions on federal immigration officers as part of any funding deal but Republicans have resisted and said the department must be funded to defend against terrorism threats during the war with Iran.
Here’s a thought, don’t go starting a fight with someone when the DHS is under the review and that wouldn’t be a problem?
- Comment on Liminal Space 1 month ago:
Every time certain segments of society speak it causes small potions of the audience’s brains to drip out of their ears. These bits are scraped up off the floor and, after mixing well with some tapioca, come to plausibly resemble the mental functions of the person last heard speaking.
- Comment on Beans 1 month ago:
If one wants to be an ‘aktually’ arse then take note that ‘declawing’ is actually a much more precise term than ‘mutilation of extremities’ which could perfectly well mean putting their tail in a wood chipper and be technically correct
- Comment on Beans 1 month ago:
On a whole I don’t support any sort of unnecessary bodily modification, declawing, tail bobbing, circumcisions, or whatever.
What bothers me is when people find it necessary to interject some unneeded drivel because of some passing word that’s a perfectly well accepted term.
- Comment on Beans 1 month ago:
Do you just go around looking to be offended?
- Comment on I assure you, it's not good. 1 month ago:
no rush for bush now shush your tush and pass the kush
- Comment on BASED? 1 month ago:
I’ve heard people say they consume literature…
- Comment on Forget your astral sign, which Muppet do you want to be? 1 month ago:
Like to be, maybe Floyd, more realistically Statler/Waldorf
- Comment on The search thing in Google photos is beyond useless 1 month ago:
Fork to Tiddy
- Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets? 2 months ago:
Death, the ultimate health program.
- Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets? 2 months ago:
Consistency is key. For many the problem is they think of it as something you need to do for a while and then go back to ’normal’ when really you should be looking for a new normal.
Apps can help, the best one is the one you actually use honestly and routinely.
- Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets? 2 months ago:
Unless you’re a huge person to start or have massive water weight you don’t. A pound of fat is approximately 3,000 calories, so you would need an almost 3K deficit every day to drop that, and since most people eat around that much as their normal intake that’s an extreme amount that could be deemed starvation.
Now if you happen to be huge where the normal body functioning uses well past that then maybe, but if you’re anywhere below 300 lbs that would be a crazy amount for 2 months.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
No idea, never had a reddit account and not sure there’s a place on the fedi to support a 3rd party site. Just seems an odd thing for a first post on what’s functionally a reddit alternative to ask how to get back on reddit.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Sir, this is a Wendy’s…
- Comment on Is ice heavier than water? 2 months ago:
Would depend, are you saying the same volume in same state or different states? If you freeze 1 volume of liquid water and compare it to a liquid same volume of water I would question it. Is the trapped air in ice from the ambient environment or is it dissolved air expelled from the water as the molecules lock together?
Would be interesting to freeze two samples in sealed containers with one being in a vacume.
- Comment on What are therapists allow to share about their clients? 2 months ago:
All medical journals and manuals where at some point someone’s story, or an aggregation of multiple stories perhaps. What differentiates it is the connection to a person. It’s plenty fine to talk in the abstract about cases for things like instruction or peer input, but only those that are a proper member of the care team, or are given specific disclosure access, should be able to attribute the discussion to an individual.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 3 months ago:
I fail to see the problem with having modern games on there? It’s still the same DRM free platform regardless.
Plus, for a large part those older games where also made by mega corps of the day, some still around others faded away, but hardly a collection of indi devs across the board.
- Comment on How do you "feel" gender? 3 months ago:
Myself as a cis male don't particularly major 'need' to associate with the stereotypical guy things, and enjoy plenty of things historically associated with women. That said though I feel my more native strengths are things attached to men.
Why makes for a gender though seems much more tied to society and the expectations of each, and are really a fluid thing that changes as we go along in the world.
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 3 months ago:
The number of songs on places that are 'not available in my region' despite being saved previously when played might dispute that.
- Comment on Education is important. 3 months ago:
Looks like greenland
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Start with he premise that energy is not created or destroyed, it only changes state. Pushing processors to perform a task uses energy and creates heat to rearrange numbers and pixels. Combing through huge numbers of data vits takes a lot of energy. If you've ever worked with systems larger than a desktop you know how much they can draw.
My whole home lab uses about 700 watts for basic server duties. To power a single 3090 GPU to run some larger models my PC needed a 1000 watt PSU. Extrapolate that out to a commercial size org and you can see where the major power draw comes in.
- Comment on Am I the only one who feels weird about AP News links dominating some communities? 3 months ago:
They're one of the most respected sources, it makes sense to link to them rather than some semi-tabloid where possible.
- Comment on Thank god! 3 months ago:
Bert on the cob
- Comment on When a man says anything bad about women online or criticize them based on his experience, Comments: 3 months ago:
I'll give ya a hint, women, or any other involuntarily grouped together association of peoples (gender/race/sexuality/etc) are not a monolithic block that should be generalized in some fashion.
Taking issue with A woman is one thing, saying ALL women is another. An individual is not the standin for the group.
Groups that one wilfully joins who act badly as a standard protocol can be shit on all you like. Nobody is going to flame you for shit talking a nazi, but saying 'women (or pick a group) are like this' always has exceptions.
