Showroom7561
@Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Weekends were a mistake says Infosys co-founder Murthy 4 days ago:
Some people just hate their family so much that they’d rather be working 80 hours a week, and go through great lengths to justify it.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Rich coming from the party of voter suppression…
- Comment on Sneezing with cottage cheese in your mouth 4 weeks ago:
These are the tips that the Kleenex company doesn’t want you to know! LOL
- Comment on Sneezing with cottage cheese in your mouth 4 weeks ago:
If you feel a sneeze coming on, pinch the soft tissue at the bridge of your nose. For me, this stops a sneeze 99% of the time.
- Comment on Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice? 5 weeks ago:
I care about other people’s kids. I want them housed, fed, clothed, etc.
I want my tax dollars to improve other’s lives so they have what they need to be self-actualized human beings.
I won’t let them get hurt at the playground if I can help it.
I watch them when they cross the street to make sure they do it safely.
Oh geeze, yeah, I hope that what I wrote didn’t come off as “not caring” about the wellbeing of other people’s children, because that’s absolutely not what I meant!
What I mean is that most people don’t get excited about when someone else’s child just spoke their first word, or took their first step. They really don’t, because it’s not a milestone that impacts that person’s life in any meaningful way.
When someone sends you baby picture after baby picture, or their kid’s school trip photos… nobody actually “cares” about those things. It occupies no space in their head past that brief moment they were told about it. That’s what I mean.
If those things make you happy, there’s nothing wrong with that, either!
Do cute kids put a smile on my face? Of course. But do I care that an acquaintance’s child now uses the potty? Not. At. All.
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 5 weeks ago:
Some flashlights I own have a lockout feature to prevent this from happening accidentally.
The one bike light that doesn’t have this lockout mode, or the ability to disconnect the battery by unscrewing the cap, burned through a dry bag I had it in…
Still a good light, but I had to tape a metal ring over the on/off button, so this never happens again.
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 5 weeks ago:
I don’t mind a long-click to turn off/on, and a short click to move between SOLID modes (high/low). But for the love of Christ and all the saints, any strobe mode should be a special key combination (i.e. double click).
Flashlights that have you moving through multiple strobe modes before you can get to a different brightness level, or before you reach “off” are infuriating.
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 5 weeks ago:
Some are absurdly bad in this regard!
“Oh, you want to reduce the brightness? Scroll through 7 modes, including 4 epileptic seizure-inducing strobe modes, before you can get to low brightness mode.”
- Comment on Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice? 5 weeks ago:
Very, very, VERY few people actually care about other people’s kids. And that interest only goes up slightly when they are related to the child.
Nothing wrong with you feeling that way.
As for vacations, life events, etc., I’m interested in knowing what goes on in my friend’s lives… that’s kind of what having a friend is about.
BUT… I’m interested in hearing about these things face to face. I couldn’t care less if they’re just social media spam about what they did with their spouse. That’s one reason why I stopped using social media.
- Comment on Cheeky 1 month ago:
Yahweh and mind games. What an asshole. 😂
- Comment on Cheeky 1 month ago:
It’s not the sugar, but the acid that our teeth can’t handle.
The fact that healthy foods can’t be consumed without a risk of harm is not an intelligent design.
I mean, even apples (i.e. “Garden of Eden”) can promote the growth of plaque!
- Comment on Cheeky 1 month ago:
They just didn’t evolve to consume so much sugar.
Bro, eating oranges puts our tooth enamel in a weakened state. If we were designed, it was by an idiot.
- Comment on A bank referred me to their website to get more details about their products... 1 month ago:
CIBC, my dude 😉
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- Comment on California voters to consider raising minimum wage to $18 with Proposition 32 1 month ago:
If minimum wage is always 10+ years behind what a living wage should be, what’s the point? People can’t survive on $18 an hour, so the focus should only be on living wage.
- Comment on Man Resigns on First Day After Indian Boss Expects Overtime Without Pay: Work-life Balance is 'Western Behaviour' - News18 1 month ago:
Why are they bringing up INDIAN so many times, as if that makes any difference between a bad boss and a good one?
- Comment on I didn't know HOW bad Google search has gotten. 1 month ago:
Believe me, Google does enough a/b testing, and has enough experience in psychological manipulation to know where “the line” is for most people.
Sure, some will never use their product(s) again when pushed too far, but they don’t really need everyone to be using their products.
Only the users they can profit from the most are of value. If a terrible UI, awful UX, or even a paid subscription doesn’t scare them away from using a Google Product, then each of those users becomes a cash cow.
- Comment on I didn't know HOW bad Google search has gotten. 1 month ago:
When did it get this bad?
Bad? Google just proved that they can get you to stay on their search page (or come back to get a different answer) for way longer than you need… this is a WIN for them.
The enshittification of the internet + the greed inherent in these mega corps have caused websites to be designed to
grabsteal your attention for as long as possible. The longer they can keep you on their site, the more money/data/attention/time they can get out of you.If search was designed to benefit the user, a typical visit would result in maybe 5-10 seconds of someone’s time to enter a search and click on the relevant result. You proved that when you compared it to DDG 😀
- Comment on Video game actors' union calls for strike against 'League of Legends' 1 month ago:
A generative AI ouroboros accumulates error until its output is useless.
We’re already seeing this, but I don’t think that will stop people from using AI (with some human oversight). Countless articles are being generated each day using AI, just so that someone can publish a garbage website that gets a lot of views, and reap those sweet advertising dollars. The quality of the content on the internet is eroding, and i don’t think we’ll be able to put the genie back in the bottle.
I’m seeing more and more legitimate websites no longer using stock images, but AI generated images for their photo content. It’s just too easy, so why wouldn’t they, right?
- Comment on Video game actors' union calls for strike against 'League of Legends' 1 month ago:
Even when making something new the AI has to be “trained” on existing material. They can’t make something from nothing… yet.
And that’s the important part: “yet”.
AI is fairly new, so it only has human-created datasets to work off. But at some point, it’ll either generate original content on its own, or rely on content already created by other AI.
The quality and originality of this content will probably be stale, but enough of it will be generated to make money and keep people interested, that I don’t think it’ll matter. The enshitification of the arts is rapidly upon us.
- Comment on Video game actors' union calls for strike against 'League of Legends' 1 month ago:
The thing is, we still have recognizable human voices, so there continues to be a market for that talent. But how long will that last? Once AI generated voices become good enough to create new, recognizable voices, it’s game over.
AI music isn’t inventing sick rifts or using new instruments together. Humans do. We’ll continue to make the better music
For now, perhaps. It really is only a matter of time before the “algorithm” in these AI music generation tools know what people like to hear, and creates music that hooks them. It doesn’t have to be a sick riff, just an earworm that keeps people hooked.
There still may be a market for live musical performances, and I’d still want to see humans on stage. But commercial music? It’s too easy for a movie or game producer to enter the prompt: “Errie, slow music with a focus on string instruments.” and be done with it.
Sure, some human input will still be required to program a new sound or to tweak the created content, but that won’t take the same talent or skill as our current artists.
The only way around this that I can see is to have “Human Verified Content” certification on music, movies, video games, websites, etc., and for people who want to support that content. If enough people simply get used to AI generated art/entertainment, then there’s no path forward for these professions.
- Comment on Video game actors' union calls for strike against 'League of Legends' 1 month ago:
To be quite honest, their days are numbered. AI voice generation will make these jobs completely obsolete in the next few years.
Don’t believe me? Just listen to AI generated music using the voice of famous singers. Voice acting by humans doesn’t really have a future, sadly.
- Comment on Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower 2 months ago:
Sounds like they take micro breaks, which is not only healthy, but can help with productivity.
Is anyone complaining about this?
- Comment on CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24% 2 months ago:
Pay raise means jack all for ordinary people. Our buying power went down a lot more than 24%.
- Comment on How do you set up wake up alarm and not miss it ? 2 months ago:
If there’s a life-or-death situation that I absolutely cannot miss, I’ll set two alarms 15 minutes apart.
But in all honestly, you should be able to wake up fresh without even having an alarm. It requires that you practice good sleep habits, including a consistent sleep schedule.
- Comment on YouTube diluting my recommended videos feed with AI-generated “music” that pretends to be made by an actual artist 2 months ago:
But there is stilll enough helpful content that the whoe thing isn’t worthless and I doubt it ever will be.
The people creating that content will fade away.
They are going to be competing with a tireless algorithm that can out out 1000x the content they can, with next to no “staff”.
Those AI content creators will be making money for someone, and legitimate content creators won’t be able to keep up unless: they use AI content creation; or have a business model that will probably result in all legitimate websites being paywalled, filled with ads, or becoming a marketing platform for brands (worse than what modern day YouTube is like).
- Comment on YouTube diluting my recommended videos feed with AI-generated “music” that pretends to be made by an actual artist 2 months ago:
I agree with all of that. AI has it’s valid uses.
But the way we are seeing it being utilised is often simply to flood every corner of the internet with spam, bad information, low quality content, and loads of filler.
I’m personally amazed by what AI can do with photo generation, music creation, and other creative work.
But at the same time, I want to know that it’s AI generated and not passed off as human created content. Especially with written content.
AI-based tools can be amazing, but only if ethics are applied to their use.
- Comment on YouTube diluting my recommended videos feed with AI-generated “music” that pretends to be made by an actual artist 2 months ago:
The majority of the internet is porn.
Again, I’ll separate entertainment from informational, since entertainment can be garbage, and still be consumed.
Bad information doesn’t help anyone.
it’s not like LLMs you can chat with are completely useless.
The problem is, you wouldn’t know unless you know.
With a legitimate website that has human writers, editors, and fact-checkers, they can at least have creditability and a reputation to uphold.
Far too many randomly generated websites have a lot of information, but without any guardrails. If you know enough about a topic, you’ll realise that the information on these AI sites are pretty much useless. That is, you couldn’t use them as a source because enough of the info is bad/incorrect/incoherent, that it’s like asking a toddler who may or may not give you a valid question.
I’ve contacted a manufacturer of bike stuff, and their support is given by AI. While the answers you get sound like they could be right, it’s like getting an answer from someone who heard something about something from a friend. When you actually ask for a human, the answer is often different (and correct).
There is no accountability, or credibility, or responsibility, or integrity with AI. It has no reputation to lose if the information it provides is bad or not.
I know that AI isn’t going away. I’d personally be OK with some human verification system for websites, and would be more than willing to use a filtered version of the internet that blocks AI generated content. Call it curated or whitelisted, but I want my information to come from a human being.
- Comment on YouTube diluting my recommended videos feed with AI-generated “music” that pretends to be made by an actual artist 2 months ago:
But you know they are spam, so it’s something you can avoid. But what if the majority (over 80%) of the calls you receive can’t be identified as spam. At some point, you may be wasting far more time than it’s worth to keep using a phone without some major whitelist/blacklist system.
Also, what happens when the outbound calls you make are answered by AI, and you don’t know? If this AI is giving you replies that are word salad, how long are you willing to tolerate it?
I’ve been getting text messages now from companies that I actually do business with, but they are spam. Calls from companies that I have accounts with, and they are scams. At some point, SMS and phone calls will be more trouble than its worth.
And the thought of either having to go without it, the pain of replacing it, or the frustration of being strung along in a scam are not thoughts I want to have.
- Comment on YouTube diluting my recommended videos feed with AI-generated “music” that pretends to be made by an actual artist 2 months ago:
There will always be a large number of sites that are not capitalist hellholes that only exist to steal user’s data or scam users or do other malicious things. This may be down to things like credit unions, federated social media, and non-profits that exist to make the world better, but there will always be something that is out there that keeps it from being useless.
No doubt that there will be people who still have morals and will run sites and services that don’t completely screw people.
But at some point, you won’t be able to tell which are legit, and which aren’t. AI generated websites can make any scam site look completely legitimate, fake thousands of testimonials, have bots post about it on every major website (Reddit, YouTube, etc.) without being caught, etc.
The currency of the internet is no longer about what’s valuable to users, but what’s valuable to bad actors, data thieves, and marketers.
There will be a tipping point when the bad far, far outweighs the good, and I’m curious to know when society decides that the internet isn’t worth using anymore.
