foggy
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- Comment on How half the US lost part of their minds 1 day ago:
Probably has nothing to do with the economic crash and housing crisis in 2008 where a fuck ton of people lost their homes and their everything. Probably weren’t preyed upon at their most vulnerable or anything like that.
- Comment on How do phone scammers work? I get them trying to get another persons money. But how do they get all the info and now can do voice fakes. I highly doubt they just pick a random person and say fuck them 1 week ago:
There’s huge outfits of scammers.
They buy data. Phone numbers, emails, sometimes passwords etc.
They phish, they smish, they vish.
When a fish ends up on rheine they try to reel em in
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 1 week ago:
I imagine this will actually create competition. Android is open source. It can be forked.
- Comment on Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company? 2 weeks ago:
"One star
Literally made me sign a contract saying I would t leave a negative review. Speaks for itself. "
- Comment on My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks? 2 weeks ago:
Think outside the box.
“If anyone in that jury was served an ad from this provider, we cannot assume they have no preconceived notion of my guilt or innocence.”
- Comment on What does 🥀 mean? I've seen it used online a lot recently. 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on The Vegas Loop Is Getting Progressively More Stupid 2 weeks ago:
It’s far from permanent. Just expensive.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
How will your ex wife feel about seeing you two be intimate? For some this would be a fucking dagger in the soul. For others, could be hot. For others, indifferent.
Do you and you ex wife sleep in the same room? Will you and your girlfriend?
If the space is adequate, doesn’t involve a big physical relocation for your ex wife, the house is yours alone, the kids are old enough to understand, and you plan on all being respecful, the yeah, it can work.
That’s a bunch of ifs. Not all are in your control. Any are not met and you are the asshole.
If say it’s dicey.
- Comment on Do LLM modelers maintain a list of manual corrections fed by humans? 3 weeks ago:
The how many rs in strawberry breaks it because it doesnt read your question. It tokenized it. So it seems (straw)(berry) and knows contextually that when berry follows straw with no whitespace it means a different set of things that if there were white space.
The tokens have, basically, numeric value. So it doesn’t read your characters. That’s why that’s hard for it.
Ideas that recurse in themselves tend to fail as well. i.e. “say banana 142 times” will not produce the expected result.
As to how they fix them I’m not positive. There’s a bunch of ways to work around issues like these.
- Comment on Do you read analog clocks to the exact minute? How do you do this quickly? 3 weeks ago:
Step one: where is hour hand? Is it on a number or after? Is it approaching a new number? This is already enough to estimate.
Step two: where is minute hand? Is it on a number, or after? Is it approaching a new number? Dead center?
This is enough to get precise time within about 90s.
If the hour hand is a little past 5, I know the minute hand is between 12 and 4. Oh, it’s between the 2 and 3. Closer to the 2 but definitely past it.
It’s 5:12. Maybe 5:13. Maybe 5:11. Probably 5:12.
- Comment on Why is it so common to be interested in true crime when at the same time you're disturbed by it? 3 weeks ago:
Because you’re disturbed by it.
Sometimes it’s that simple.
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 3 weeks ago:
Oops! Fixed.
And yeah I’m not a big NASCAR fan (can you tell)? But recognize a feat is a feat.
But it’s not different in that we’re talking about athletes with unfair advantages. Trans athletes have never shown their ‘leg up’ helped the dominate the field. The same cannot be said for Dale. That’s why I tease, do we take that accomplishment (that I got wrong 😳) away with an asterisk?
Of course not. Same goes for a trans athlete.
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 3 weeks ago:
I tend to agree but it’s an interesting angle.
Like, were not about to tell NASCAR fans that Dale Earnheart Jr needs asterisks because, you know, his dad. He had quite the leg up!
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 4 weeks ago:
My favorite stereotypes are the race/STEM expert ones.
South Asia - programming, IT.
East Asia - Math
East Europe - Electrical Engineering
West Europe - High precision engineering and chemistry
At least as far as YouTube tutorials go, it’s basically cannon.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 4 weeks ago:
Officially never buying a VW, BMW, Tesla, Or Mercedes. Who else tried this shit? Toyota, right?
- Comment on If I stood on a precision scale and farted, would I get lighter or heavier? 4 weeks ago:
Everyone quick spam his email
- Comment on What are some good "frugal" movie viewing setups? (Recommendations) 4 weeks ago:
VR headset and soundproof headphones.
Watch a movie on whatever setup you want. Shit, watch it at red rocks.
- Comment on Handling malicious coworker advice 4 weeks ago:
Manipulator. And not even a masterful one.
This is easy. Stop being nice to them and stop cutting them slack. Do your work and ignore them. They’ll sink their own ship here.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Working out ok for me so far.
- Comment on Why Are Movies So Expensive To Make? 4 weeks ago:
If Joel Haver is anything to go off of… They don’t.
- Comment on I did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some. 4 weeks ago:
They don’t work in cars because your windshield is already uv treated.
So they’re kinda only useful if you walk a lot with your glasses.
- Comment on [Inverse Thinking] How do I make sure my place gets messy again after I thoroughly cleaned and organized it? 5 weeks ago:
I switch between jeans and pjs for pants. Whatever I’m not wearing is on the ground near the couch.
Designate an empty corner as a random shit corner. Toss a deflated aero bed and an unused laptop bag over there, more will come. Trust the process.
Keep a blanket on the couch. Never make your bed.
Tissues will eventually make their way to the trash. No need to get up.
Always take home leftovers and never eat them.
- Comment on Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now 5 weeks ago:
Good.
They went public and made bank on free user input. Those users rebelled so the platform would suck.
It may still be standing but I feel we won over a year ago.
- Comment on Socially inept, introverted employees. How do you survive the workplace? Because I’m in dire need of some serious advice. 5 weeks ago:
Watch the video before going off on accusations.
- Comment on Socially inept, introverted employees. How do you survive the workplace? Because I’m in dire need of some serious advice. 5 weeks ago:
Hey so this is a YouTube video that is like 4 hours long but I am seeing a direct similarity here. I’m no doctor so, watch for yourself and see if it resonates.
Dr K is a monk turned psychiatrist who created a platform for helping get gamers mental health treatment. This is an interview with a streamer named Jason Thor Hall. He’s in the middle of a downward spiral during this interview and still to this day.
The tl;dw is that your communication style is (probably), to plenty, an oasis. So many people cannot stand the inane nonsense speak at work. However, you’re rigid in maintaining that oasis. And for those for whom it’s not an oasis, this rigidity is seen as standoffish. Sometimes to the point where people will assume it’s because you think they’re stupid, and will drive them to seek the gap in the ‘armor’ of your communication style.
I think this will resonate with many people who feel the way you feel. Myself included.
- Comment on Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed off on legislation repealing paid sick leave provision 1 month ago:
We call that democracy.
- Comment on The White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement 1 month ago:
That’s organic star stuff.
- Comment on 2030: Privacy's Dead. What happens next? 1 month ago:
Dick profile pics.
- Comment on The White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement 1 month ago:
Nothing is synthetic it’s all made of stuff we have here on earth!
- Comment on Is it okay to cover the outside of a microwave in aluminum to prevent or lessen microwave WiFi interference? 1 month ago:
Download a wifi analyzer app.
It’ll let you know which channels your microwaves 2.4ghz occupies. Google how to change your wifi to 5 GHz from 2.4. if not supported, just make sure whatever channel 2.4 vhz you’re on is nott the same as microwave