exscape

@exscape@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The level of engagement on Reddit these days⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I see a ton of this under random.
  Here's my front page at this very moment: https://i.imgur.com/4IsJ68f.png

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Name & same. :)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, that makes more sense. I looked up the original abstract and indeed it looks more like what you'd expect (hard to comprehend for someone that's not in the field).

  Though to clarify (for others reading this) they still did use generative AI to (help?) write the paper, which is only part of why it was withdrawn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Name & same. :)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The entire abstract is AI. Even without the explicit mention in one sentence, the rest of the text should've been rejected as nonspecific nonsense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two chemists walk into a bar⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And on kbin it shows as strikethrough, so the 2s are crossed out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vanguard takes screenshots of your PC every time you play a game⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if encrypted this doesn't sound like something compatible with the GDPR.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you personally use AI for?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly for finding information that for whatever reason can be difficult to find using search engines. For example, I've used ChatGPT to ask spoiler-free questions about plot points in books I'm reading, which has worked rather well. It hasn't spoiled me yet, but rather tells me that giving more information would be a spoiler.

  Last time I tried to look something up on Google, carefully, I got a massive spoiler for the end of the entire book series.

  I also use it for code-related questions at times, but very rarely, and mostly when using a language I'm not used to. Such as when I wrote an expect script for the first (and perhaps only) time recently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FF Evangelists⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm never giving it up out of principle, but I dunno about the RAM usage. Firefox was above 7GB last I looked. I have RAM to spare though, so I don't really care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes when I say danke (thanks or thank you) some of my friends will say (and the spelling is wrong but it's as close as I can get) they will say danata or maybe it's dinata.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Swedish too. I've always assumed the implicit meaning is roughly "there is [no reason] to thank me".

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the end of Discovery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, that was beyond ridiculous IMO. Not sure how they felt it made enough sense to turn into a big season-long thing, affecting the entire future timeline of Star Trek.

  Though I think Species 10-C (season 4) was an awesome episode that is rather underrated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why advertise on YouTube?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ads work way better than you think. Perhaps the most important thing they do is to make you aware the brand exists, and to keep it in mind when you're looking for a service/product. You're way more likely to buy something you've heard of, even if it's from ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's Your Favorite, Not at All Epic, Star Trek Quote⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  "Maybe you should talk to Worf again."

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek executive producer wants more Strange New Worlds episodes, and I’m nervous⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm not sure how it's madness. An episode can be bad in itself and not contribute anything of value to the greater story arc, in which case I don't see why it's wrong to see it as bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek executive producer wants more Strange New Worlds episodes, and I’m nervous⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  TNG was great, and the best episodes are incredible, but most episodes were fairly mediocre. I feel SNW's average is higher, and it's probably in part for having LESS than half the number of episodes per season.

  I think they'd be fine with 12, maybe even 14, but beyond that I don't they could keep it as great as it's been.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Brought Its Delightful Musical Episode to Life: ‘You’re Like, Wait, Spock Is Singing Now?!’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It does move the plot forward in many relationships though, worth watching for that reason alone.
  I also mostly cringe at the musical parts, but overall I don't regret watching it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Baldur's Gate 3 came out, Steam's overall bandwidth consumption went from around 18 Tbps to 146 Tbps⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn't say it's overhead. When you zoom a bit it's more like a third party view, except you can move the camera around.