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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s so much great stuff on the modern net I never could have imagined then, but it doesn’t feel like a fun little playground anymore.

  Lemmy is about the closest thing, but it still has that sense of always being watched that was just conspiracy talk back then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for all the info. The free translation is all I’ve ever used. I don’t want it doing anything more than a literal translation of text. The whole reason I want to read the papers is so I can generate my own summaries, opinions, and so on. The model doing that would take all the fun away from me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Serious question - is there a non-AI tool that can translate biological research into something I can understand?

  I’ll usually try the browser’s built in translation tool, but that is already an LLM anyway, isn’t it?

  When I try to read serious research and not just photo captions often times it just becomes useless word salad since it can’t handle technical terminology. Someone once suggested I try the free Deepl translation, and that has been the most consistent thing to handle jargon.

  I’m not a techie person, so I don’t know every option out there. A lot of what I want to read is studies about rare animals, and I’m stuck with what languages the studies are written in. It’s very niche stuff and nobody out there is in a rush to translate it by hand. If you’ve got a more ethical tool that can get the job done, I’d be more than happy to try it.

  If you think I’m a garbage human for translating maybe 6 or 8 groundbreaking papers a year, you’re entitled to your opinion, and it is what it is, but if your solution for me is to just stay ignorant and not try to learn all I can about what I’m passionate about, then yeah, we’re not going to agree on this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t game much or know anything about game development, but that was a very interesting and timely article.

  Most of my posting here is sharing wildlife photography. I work part time with animals at a rehab clinic, and every week I see them do things I never expected. One might think my experience would help me pick out AI generated or altered photos, and many times it does, but sometimes animals do really improbable stuff I would never expect to see, but that doesn’t mean they can’t do those things.

  I made a post today about two really exciting photos I came across. I wanted to share them because I felt they were very unique, but one was flagged as AI by Meta’s AI, and another was being mildly brigaded saying “these animals would never do that” but both photos looked real to me. Both seemed to be legit photographers with large portfolios of pics in consistent styles.

  Lemmings here get pretty rightfully angry at AI posts, so I addressed the community saying I’m over 90 percent confident these are real, is that good enough for you guys?

  I felt so bad these photographers both captured images that people should be excited to see, especially the one with really rare animal behavior, but I felt they were being punished by a not insignificant amount of people by being falsely accused. Both offered some proof, but with me not knowing much about photography, I didn’t always know what is Photoshop or Lightroom style post processing vs AI manipulation. I want to share amazing pics, especially of really rare stuff, and I try to maintain a pretty respectable educational vibe to the community, so I worry about sharing fake stuff in times like this and losing credibility. If this was my job like as it is for these games devs, that would be really demotivational.

  I use AI as a last resort for translations of text I really want to read, but other than that, I feel I see way more harm than good coming from generative AI. Add to that the environmental costs that seem to be growing exponentially, and it’s making me an unhappy camper all around…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am not AI - Bluejay⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoyed him shouting out his long time fans and supporters, both the serious and ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Repeated intermittent Error 500 messages⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s feeling much better, thank you!!!

  This was driving me insane 🤯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The size decrease of fast-food over the last 5 years.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know that one either, I am just somewhat familiar with joules, so I looked it up to see if that was kilojoules, and it was. It looks to be US/Canada that still uses Calories/kcal from what I read. Niagra Falls is the furthest I’ve been out of the US, so don’t assume that’s 100% factual from me, that’s just the one source I read. 😉

  Lumens is already a metric (SI) unit, but it’s used in the US as well. It’s when we get into things like lux vs footcandles we go back to metric vs imperial again.

  Measuring light gets all funky and I am always forgetting what all the terms mean, so I always have to look them up. That article goes into lumens, lux, candela but the tl;dr is :

  • The amount of light emitted is measured in lumens.

  • A surface’s luminous flux, measured in lux, is the measure of its brightness.

  • The visual intensity of a light source is quantified in terms of candela.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The size decrease of fast-food over the last 5 years.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Metric version of a calorie.

  1 calorie = 4.18 kilojoules

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Repeated intermittent Error 500 messages⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the Home Alone house then and now⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  House seems real. Here is a youtube short of a guy walking through it and an Architectural Digest article about the house, its history, and its transformation to the drab and now even more giant state it is in. I turned off javascript and was able to read the whole article. It also talks about how most of the filming was offsite, as you said.

  Current owner says they wish to restore the interior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Japanese boy noticed his butterflies seemed to recognize him. He spent two years designing an experiment and proved that metamorphosis does not erase memories formed during the caterpillar stage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wanted to check out the story, but wasn’t about to put that on my search request at work either!

  Taking the “nsfw” out of the link works though. Regular YT Link for those that want it.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Republicans head home for the summer after a string of losses in Congress⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I looked it up for the specifics.

  Short version is they get about 1% of base pay per year served, with a slight bonus once you start to stick around for a long time, like 10 years you get 1.1%, 20 years you get 1.2%.

  I’m more concerned with them doing shady stuff back in the private sector where they still have all their political connections with less public scrutiny. I suspect that is the much more lucrative prize.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Republicans head home for the summer after a string of losses in Congress⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t mind their actual base pay, since by becoming a public official you are automatically hated by at least 40% of the population even if you do a good job.

  Those getting that healthcare they deny us, even after they leave their job… that is the real slap in the face.

  I got a lot of other complaints as well, but the healthcare for life is something that should be a human right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hypothetically if I found a suitcase of money by the side of the road, is there a legal way to claim it on my taxes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I always forget about A Simple Plan! Great stuff!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why it is that in the USA for most people the default color for a casual sock is white but in most other places the default is black?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to say I don’t make my wash too complicated, but maybe I do.

  Whites in one pile to keep them white and because my wife’s stuff needs to get bleached now and then.
  Her scrubs are black and go in a separate pile to keep them black and so they’re in a separate pile so I don’t need to sort them after they’re washed.
  She keeps buying rayon fast fashion clothes that need to get hung to dry, so I started separating them and now I was all our undies with those on the delicate cycle, since rayon loses strength when wet, and then I’ll hang the no dryer items and the bras and toss the undies in the dryer.
  And then the rest gets divided between my misc colors and hers, since I konmari fold my stuff and she just leaves her crap in a heap, so again, I don’t have to resort after stuff is clean and I can fold all my stuff between loads.

  I worked at a dry cleaner for a while when I was down on my luck, so between that and my general nerdiness, I probably take it more seriously than normal, plus I don’t like clothes shopping and just try to make my stuff last forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why it is that in the USA for most people the default color for a casual sock is white but in most other places the default is black?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That said, I’m all black everything because it makes laundry easy.

  I went back to white socks because my whites load was otherwise only 1 or 2 items and it felt like a waste.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it feel like most art museums are for adults and most science museums are for kids?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it is very hard to teach to a general audience at an intermediate level because that grey area between noobs and experts is so vast.

  I have had a lot of interests I’ve tried to learn about on my own, and it is usually pretty easy to start out from nothing, since everything you get exposed to is new, and you feel an immediate acquisition of knowledge or skill.

  Then at the expert level, you’re interacting with people that should all have a high level of existing knowledge, and you don’t need to worry about the audience coming into a presentation with wildly different degrees of understanding.

  For a place like a museum that is usually designed to cater to a general audience, keeping things simple is simply going to appeal to a larger potential group of people. This is something I can lose sight of myself in talking with people about subjects I enjoy. They either aren’t into it as much as I am and can only stay engaged so long, or I need to do a lot of talking to find out where their current level of experience is before I can start really elaborating.

  If you can find staff that is willing to be engaged at a museum or whatever place you may be at, talking with them can really help you get a lot more out of things, whether that is to ELI5 or to go deeper into the subject. I’ve had people be able to explain different things to me in art museums or historical reenactments, and I’ve talked to lots of zookeepers and rehab workers to learn more about their captive breeding programs, animals that may not be currently out for display, training and education programs, or about various laws and regulations when working with animals that would bore 99% of a general audience. I love when people ask me about things at work or at events, because there are usually so few people that actually want me to really talk about some of the specialized things I know! Most people working these places will have a passion for what they are doing and may really appreciate having someone to share that with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do I constantly see testostorone being put into evreything from pills to candy bars but its illegal for trans men to get it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad you sound to be feeling better!

  I still don’t really understand the how or why to any of this, and I can’t say it’s something that I feel actively working in any way, I just feel a bit better overall.

  Both my total testosterone tests came back under 200, so I can only imagine that has at least seen a healthy bump upward.

  I wish I had a better understanding of things, my primary doc has been willing to give me whatever tests and all that, but has just been “try it and let me know how it goes” more than anything. The specialist explained a bit more, but she’s off having a baby now, so I feel I’m kinda on my own. I guess I’m fine with not knowing the how and why as long as it works and my blood test comes back fine, but I feel all my docs have been kinda lacking in helpfulness this year.

  Between the androgel and CPAP though, I feel leaps and bounds better than I did 3 months ago, and I feel I’m still getting better benefits each week from both still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do I constantly see testostorone being put into evreything from pills to candy bars but its illegal for trans men to get it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a lot of medical tests done early this year. I was passing out at work and while driving. I couldn’t concentrate, I couldn’t motivate myself to participate in my hobbies or to take care of the house, etc. I felt week and tired all the time. I was worried my anti-depressant had stopped working and that I was going to get in an accident and die.

  I took a sleep test and found I had severe apnea, waking or stopping breathing 70 times an hour. Got on PAP therapy and it made a big difference to me first thing in the morning, but I was still crashing in the late afternoon.

  Doc had ordered a ton of bloodwork, including various tests for testosterone levels. My man parts have never given me issue, so I didn’t think anything of it. I associated testosterone replacement as the snake oil stuff others here are mentioning, people wanted to get swol, or just vainly attempt to recapture their youth.

  Turns out, at my peak, I have 1/3 or less the testosterone of a normal male. And that’s first thing in the morning when it’s at its highest level. I was nervous about trying it as it can have serious side effects, mainly from thickened blood, but the doc said if I don’t like it, no biggie coming off for the most part. I opted for the gel to get a daily small dose instead of the biweekly shot and have a peak and a valley.

  My depression is back to normal being treated with a SSRI, I feel more confident again, I am participating in things I like doing, I’m taking better care of myself and my house, and I’m not falling asleep at work, the car, or right when I get home anymore. It’s pretty cheap medicine, and I just run it onto my upper arms and shoulders and make sure my wife doesn’t touch those spots for a few hours.

  I thought it was BS, but it seems to really be helping. In a few weeks I’ll have my first blood results after treatment and see how it is going for real, but it’s making a big positive improvement in my life and it’s keeping me safe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Power in the hands of people’: union leaders push to revive ailing US labor movement⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel very conflicted about unions every time they come up, because it seems they should be dead-simply beneficial to workers. To me, that is the sole reason for their existence. But when I talk to people in unions in person and when I hear so many interviews, it doesn’t seem to be so.

  With the end of the recent JBS strike, I’ve seen a number of outlets talk about how the union itself brought in scabs. The deal they struck doesn’t sound any better than the one they had that led to them striking.

  How do unions end up so conflicted? Doesn’t their funding come from membership? I’ve never had a union job, and being in a place where you can get fired for any reason, such as organizing, it seems to make it a very risk thing with a less than certain payoff. Can anyone with better insight share their experience?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do all night show hosts sit and have their desk to the left of the interviewee?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I always thought it stood out when flipping through the channels that Larry King was on the left of the screen. Can’t say I ever thought of him being on the other side until reading your question here, but that was the first thing that popped in my head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is America fundamentally different today than in the past? Like others have pointed out, it’s not like we’ve got no skeletons in our collective past. Ask any indigenous person, a large percentage of black folk, or anyone who’s ever been considered “a foreigner.” The only major difference is that the same people who have always been assholes are feeling like they can operate out in the open.

  But at the same time, the good that has always been true is still here. We’re a beautiful country, with so many ecosystems and climates, two beautiful oceans, amazing natural resources, and we’ve been pretty safe from wars due to our geography and having two pretty good neighbors.

  Those being selfishly rich or power hungry have very loud voices these days instead of doing the same things while acting like so-called gentlemen, but they’re still a minority. Most people are just keeping their heads down and earning an honest living. Many are still doing great things like working on medicine, trying to repair our environment, raising and teaching our children, helping those in need, whatever you can name.

  Maybe those that want to do evil in America want honest people to feel hopeless and to abandon holding on to what we have. That will leave it all to them after all. But I still love my home and my friends. I love our mountains, beaches, and wildlife. I love my America as much as ever, since I want this country to be the best it can be. But those who go around doing wrong in the name of this country, I want them to see justice more than ever too. We’ve survived the tyrants of America’s past for over 400 years, and one way or another, we can only move forward and hopefully learn from our mistakes.

  We can be embarrassed or angry for how our country is being represented and managed, but barring a literal apocalypse, there’s still a ton of good left to find here between the land and the actual people who live here and cash this place home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should we actually turn our aggression towards?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who let a sensible reply in here? 🤪

  Before I got my depression treated, I was angry all the time, and like you said, it was physically and mentally taxing to be angry all the time.

  I wish a lot of folks here would take the doomscrolling energy and devote it to some direct action. You will actually help those in need, work out a good chunk of your frustration, and you’ll meet awesome, like-minded people. Best thing I’ve ever done in my life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Lemmy/Piefed communities are YOUR personal favourites?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Make sure you see today’s Pygmy Owl with eyes in the back of its head!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Lemmy/Piefed communities are YOUR personal favourites?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also recommend this particular community! 😇

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I sometimes worry that most of my posts from lemmy.dbzer0.com have been sorta doomeristic. Does anyone have any good Lemmy communities that would act as palate cleansers?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thankfully the owls provide an endless stream of great content. I’m glad you all enjoy it so much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers wins lawsuit against Colorado. Judge claims there is no evidence that gas stoves cause or contribute to health issues⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the VOCs seemed to be the main focus. The introduction talked about how most cooking studies have been on people still using biomass fuel in low income regions, and they wanted to look if higher income areas using more modern methods of cooking still suffered the same increased lung cancer risks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers wins lawsuit against Colorado. Judge claims there is no evidence that gas stoves cause or contribute to health issues⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not OP, but it made me curious too, and this is the study I found that sounded like what was mentioned.

  From my quick skim of it, it didn’t look at gas vs electric specifically, and I don’t know if biomass fuel use was included in this study or not. Their results seemed to indicate more cooking daily in general, lots of frying, and not using a fume hood all had notable increases in cancer risk per their data collected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just recently got a PZ2 driver from Vessel for my Honda. It was remarkable how nice it was to use compared to a Phillips screw and driver. I felt so much torque could be applied while the grip stayed rock solid.

  Also learned PZ screws are often used in cabinetry, and lo and behold, all my kitchen cabinet do in fact have that tell-tale X mark to indicate they are Pozidrive screws.

  I’ve still not had the opportunity to use a square drive Roberston screw, but would still like to use them for something one day.