andrewrgross
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- Comment on Why is suicide considered selfish? If your like 80 or something and rely on your family for care. Would it not be a burden off of them? 1 week ago:
There best way to understand suicide is as a form of intimate partner violence: suicide is a form of murder in which the relationship between the victim and their killer is that they are lifelong partners who share a body.
Imagine if you learned that your grandmother had been shot and killed in her bed by your grandfather, who left a note explaining that he had determined that this was in the best interest of everyone involved and then surrendered himself to the police.
The sense of shock and loss would be tremendous. The fact that the killer is someone close to you, who insisted that the killing was intended to be merciful doesn’t alleviate the sense of betrayal. You would still be hit with the trauma of great, sudden, unexpected loss.
- Comment on Does anyone actually believe this "rogue AI" nonsense? 1 week ago:
The term many are using for this media strategy is “critihype”: criticism which is secretly meant to hype products.
It’s basically a version of those click bait Internet ads that warn ‘Do not!! Play this free adult adventure fantasy RPG! This game is TOO SEXY! Highly addictive!’
- Comment on Does anyone actually believe this "rogue AI" nonsense? 1 week ago:
This is kind of an unpopular take among present company, but I believe there is some genuine cause for concern.
I’m gonna sandwich this with a loud declaration that I am not an AI booster, I’m not rube, and I agree that this is used as an excuse for state hacking and for adver-hype. And I do not fall for the diversion in responsibility onto “the AIs”: I hold human beings and companies responsible for the risks and harms.
That said, I encourage people to check out this video by Computerphile, a channel I consider to be run by sensible experts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=giTmBaNGaHw
Put basically, these random number generators are genuinely capable of acting in ways that are not easy to predict; they ARE capable of doing things that are dangerous or harmful to people and societies. They pose a risk as a result of bad actors doing harm deliberately as well as careless actors causing unintended harm. And the possibility that the risks these systems pose may be growing at a rate that will lead to catastrophic harms before we recognize the scale of risk is not something I dismiss.
Again, I’m not a booster, I’m not a fan, I don’t believe these systems are self aware or responsible for “their” actions, etc and so forth.
- Comment on I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? 3 weeks ago:
Okay, thanks.
- Comment on I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? 3 weeks ago:
Do you have a preference among these? Particularly for light-weight home servers and simple networked devices like a security camera?
- Comment on I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? 3 weeks ago:
Woah for real??
See, how am I supposed to hear that and not think RPi is the GOAT? I don’t know what else to say. That seems to be in a league of it’s own to me.
- Comment on I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? 3 weeks ago:
Yes, very. Thank you.
- Comment on I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? 3 weeks ago:
Okay great. Please share examples.
(If you don’t respond or reply without examples, I’m not going to reply to it, but everyone reading this is gonna know that you’re talking out of your ass.)
- Comment on I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? 3 weeks ago:
But over time other devices have caught up if not exceeded the Pi’s capabilities and it no longer stands out in any particular way.
If this is true, it’s great news to me, and I’d like you to show me where I can get a nice, cheap, well supported single board computer.
- Comment on I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? 3 weeks ago:
Can you share some links?
- Comment on I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? 3 weeks ago:
Raspberry Pi B+ on AdaFruit for $29.95
I agree with you that it sucks that the latest gen affect $45 anymore, but they still make and sell a $30 computer. If anyone can do better I definitely want to know.
- Comment on Like there was any doubt 5 weeks ago:
Which is a great, authentic answer
- Comment on Like there was any doubt 1 month ago:
This is kind of a misapplication of this meme format: Mark Hamill is the obvious favorite. The whole point of the meme is that the chosen option is overlooked. I didn’t even know DiMaggio voiced Joker.
- Comment on How do we stop people from defending billionares and trillion dollar companies? 1 month ago:
This. Arguing with people online is – with all due respect – a complete waste of time if your goal is to change the world.
Ignore the people who have dumb opinions. It isn’t as though if you win 500 arguments Elon Musk donates all his money to Socialism.
Go join a tenant’s union or a mutual aid society. Go build the alternative world that doesn’t transfer all our money upward.
(Also, though, if you do this long enough there will likely be a revolution. But that part comes after you feed and shelter enough people that it begins to become a threat to capital. It’s downstream. Either way, don’t bother trying to persuade strangers on the internet,)
- Comment on If I wrote a script for a movie and sent it off to a studio or whatever. What prevents the person who recieved it from claiming it as their own? 1 month ago:
I think you’re asking the wrong question. The better question is ‘How do I get my screenplay produced?’
I’m not an expert, but my understanding is that movie studios don’t really produce unsolicited screenplays anymore. You really need to produce it yourself, or be a known screenwriter who has prior relationships with producers.
If you don’t already have writing credits and an agent, you likely either need to produce it yourself – which means finding a director and actors and raising the money to pay for things – or you should try to publish it as a novel that becomes groundshakingly popular like The Martian or Dungeon Crawler Carl.
But the good news is that you can rest assured that having it stolen isn’t a risk you need to worry about.
- Comment on How come Pornstars don't teach Master Classes? So the average joe or joness can improve relationships and get better orgasms. Who would be better than pornstars? 2 months ago:
First, I think something like this does exist. I think I’ve heard adds for a service like this on the Savage Love podcast.
Second, anyone interested in this topic should check out a new document series on Nebula called Goonworld.
In Goonworld, video essayist FD Signifier explores America’s simultaneous obsession with both enjoying and punishing pornography, sex workers, and the performance of sex.
It’s on episode two, and it’s very good.
- Comment on How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy? 2 months ago:
Relevant:
- Comment on Celebratory Return to Online Meme 2 months ago:
I think this post is just observing stereotypes about camping overall that are really just a reflection of the historical cultural imagination about who camping is for. It’s not really as true as we think it is, because this tendency has been present among black folks and hispanic folks, and asian folks and women and everyone else who have been camping all along, they’re just not featured in film and TV often.
- Comment on Celebratory Return to Online Meme 2 months ago:
What’s skin colour got to do with it?
- Comment on Why do celebs commit crimes and such like Tony Romo and his DWI? He had a 180 million dollar deal. Why not hire a driver or stay at home and buy ridiculous shit? 2 months ago:
Or: be weird but less creepy about it
- Comment on NX-01 Assignment Patch Tattoo 2 months ago:
Wow, that’s really sweet.
Who’s the artist?
- Comment on If you had procreated with an opposite-sex clone and produced a child, would that child also be a clone? 2 months ago:
I think this is mostly correct.
I think what you mean is that each chromosome has two paired arms that contain alternate versions of functionally the same content. It’s like if you had two cookbooks by different authors that had the same chapters and dishes, but different content. The two versions aren’t in the two strands of DNA, they’re in the two arms of each chromosome.
The problem is that during reproduction, each parent randomly contributes one of the two chromosomes. When each sperm and each egg is made, there’s a 50-50 chance that it gets arm 1 or arm 2 from each chromosome.
If you took a sperm cell that had received all of its content exclusively from arm 1 with an egg that contained content exclusively from arm 2, then I believe that when they fused they would produce what could be called a clone. Some might take issue and point out that the content from the arms gets mixed between the two during this process, so each arm isn’t identical to the first, but we can set that aside for now, I think. The offspring would have all the genes of the original person, and presumably would look identical to them, like a twin.
The problem is that if you were to engage in this exercise (which is tagged “selfcest” if you’re looking for erotic stories about this stuff) in real life, you’d encounter the same problem with incestual reproduction: unless the sperm and egg were prepared in a lab or using magic to ensure that each arm of each chromosome went into a different sex cell, you’d inevitably have cases where the sperm and egg both received their chromosome from the same arm. This means that the offspring wouldn’t have the full duplicated genome of the original parent; on those chromosomes, they’d have half of the parent’s full compliment of genes. And we rely on having two different copies as backups. This is why interbreeding produces birth defects and lower fitness: you miss out on backup copies.
To summarize, you wouldn’t faithfully duplicate yourself, you’d duplicate most of yourself with
So – assuming the offspring was viable – you’d kind of get a lower quality clone: the offspring would probably look like a twin of the original, but they might have worse eyesight. They might have thin, anemic blood. They might have oilier skin and hair, or dryer, itchier skin and hair.
- Comment on When do we riot? 2 months ago:
It depends where you live.
I honestly feel bad for the doomers in these kinds of comment sections who feel confused and aimless, like nothing is happening. I live in Oakland, California, and it’s clear to me that my community is not waiting around.
If you’re feeling adrift, let me know where you live and I’ll make suggestions. This sense of idleness is situational, and you can get involved in planning a revolution is you know where to look.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
It’s a scary moment, but I’m very gently optimistic that it will set some good precedent, and that he might have a strong case to counter sue over the blatant infringement of his rights.
- Comment on When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them? 2 months ago:
I’m kind of surprised how many people in this thread don’t seem aware of this. Are these gen-Z folks who weren’t around for the 90s, or did people not know this back then?
- Comment on When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them? 2 months ago:
This. They knew he was a satirist, they just didn’t expect him to bring weapons-grade jester’s privilege.
- Comment on When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them? 2 months ago:
I think you’re confused. O’Reilly knew Colbert was mocking him in particular and hated Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. My recollection is thathe occasionally interacted with them by appearing on the Daily Show or hosting either because it was good for ratings, but he never left any confusion that he hated their parody.
- Comment on When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them? 2 months ago:
Do you have source for this?
- Comment on Would people like a "X posts per Y" rate limit for this community? 2 months ago:
Personally, I would prefer if this kind of function happened at the feed curration level instead of the posting level.
If I could adjust a “User post concentration” setting, I’d say it to down-weight posts by any user within 12 hours of their last post by 50%, and stack this for further posts within 12 hours.
Then I’d adjust the timing and weighing as necessary
- Comment on How do other countries view American super hero movie's always putting the threat in new york or whatever? Instead of their own country and have their own superheroes? 3 months ago:
What’s your personal media diet? Do you like similar adventure stories that are more local, or is that just not your thing overall?