Mechanize

@Mechanize@feddit.it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Current best video models?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve read good things about LTX, but I’ve never used it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What % of Lemmy memes and reaction-bait is posted for the purpose of farming Lemmy comments?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the bad thing about social media. If no one was doing it before, someone is now!

  Jokes aside it’s possible, but with the current LLMs I don’t think there’s really a need for something like that.

  Malicious actors usually try to spend the least amount of effort possibile for generalized attacks, because you end up having to often restart when found out.

  So they probably just feed an LLM with some examples to get the tone right and prompt it in a way that suits their uses.

  You can generate thousands of posts while Lemmy hasn’t even started to reply to one.

  If you instead want to know if anyone is taking all the comments on lemmy to feed to some model training… Yeah, of course they are. Federation makes it incredibly easy to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Itch drama is getting real⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I assumed it was a shitpost, instead it is a real tweet. What a time to be alive.

  Jokes aside the only real reason I can fathom for the collectibles company to call their mother is because they had used it as the contact number in the registry. I would be surprised if this was some kind of intimidation tactic instead of just miscommunication - in the sense they probably just wanted to legally intimidate the itch’s owner not their immediate family. They are not 2K ^/s^.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Annapurna Video-Game Team Resigns, Leaving Partners Scrambling - Bloomberg⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Remedy and Annapurna announce a strategic cooperation agreement on Control 2 and bringing Control and Alan Wake to film and television

  I’m not sure this is going to directly affect that, because their deal talks mainly about financing for the Control game, and the other news is about movie adaptations, so probably it is going to be another team, lead by the newly re-hired Hector Sanchez, working on that…

  But who knows, this kind of things are always hard to follow from the outside

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill! BILL! Bill! BILL!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That was depressing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prison Architect 2 Has Been Delayed Indefinitely, Pre-Orders Are Being Refunded⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The (IMHO) important bits:

  TLDR:

  Our continuous internal reviews and beta test groups have highlighted areas that we need to focus on more, mainly performance and content

  From the FAQ:

  Is the game canceled?
  No, the game is not canceled.

  What happens to pre-orders?
  All pre-orders will be refunded in the upcoming weeks. The option to pre-order the game will be removed and the bonus will instead be added to the base game for all

  Is there going to be Early Access or Beta Access to the game?
  There will not be an early access or extra beta access right now

  In the blog there are the steps to how to get the refunds, I’m not copying them in case they change.

  As they say, A Delayed Game Is Eventually Good, But a Bad Game Is Bad Forever ^/s?^

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I find it funny that this is the first video where I’m consistently getting the “This helps us protect our community” and “Log in to confirm that you are not a bot” errors while using an alternative Frontend.

  I’m sure it’s just a random coincidence, but it is still funny to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HONK 🪿⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a vibe for sure

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For free for 11.99$⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This was an interesting question, so I took a quick dive in the docs, it seems it has an S3 integration to help with it, and some comments on the various supported services

  More info here: owncast.online/docs/storage/

  Still, depending on the chosen provider and the amount of viewers, it could be quite costly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mental eelness⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …is that a Goa’uld? Scary!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a Boox Nova Air which is still going strong after around 2 years, and honestly it’s pretty good for writing. But I heard a lot of people having problems with updates bricking the device or receiving a bad unit and having an hard time returning it, if bought directly from them. I did not have to talk with support and I avoided the updates, so I can’t say more about that. My experience is overall good with it.

  I also have a Kobo Libra H2O that I think is nearing the 4 years mark, and is still going really strong. The biggest problem I had was that it asks for a kobo account during setup, thing that I really dislike. I don’t know if it is still like that.

  But, generally, if you want an epub compatible reader that you can mod (NickelMenu etc) and easily side load stuff to, with a kobo libra you can’t go wrong. Even if, to be fair, I’m not up to date with the latest devices and company policies.

  One note: the kindle format is pretty closed and all the stuff you buy from amazon is generally DRMed to hell, so it’s not certain that you can pass it to other readers. Just avoid amazon’s ebooks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you tried sunning you perineum?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The Dark Crystal (1982)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just sat down for breakfast with the kids⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You should add some mushrooms in it.