riskable

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 points 21 hours ago

BORING. Why must they constantly reboot the same, tired old characters when there's ones like:

  • Orrgo (just one look and you'll be sold)
  • Ruby Thursday (she has a ball for a head!)
  • Terror (stealing body parts to make himself stronger... Come on!)
  • Mr Negative (what could make more sense in our modern world?)
  • Lockjaw (who wouldn't want to watch a movie about a friendly, car-sized talking dog that can travel through time?
[–] riskable@programming.dev 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Problem solved. Case closed!

[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

MechaTrump, trained on his own speeches (the actual transcripts, not the stuff in the teleprompter) and Xitter/Truth Social posts, will be:

  • Constantly flushing toilets
  • Attacking wind turbines ("it's not tilting!")
  • Insisting that McDonald's be delivered, even though it doesn't eat
  • Ordering and "consuming" an endless stream of Diet Cokes that it insists can on be served by the can (it in fact has a button on its head, "Diet Coke Me" that it presses constantly)
  • Yelling at anyone it sees with brown-ish skin
  • Running up to any and all podiums to speak incoherent nonsense
  • When handed a roll of paper towels, it will throw them into a crowd
[–] riskable@programming.dev -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that the point of all innovation though? To reduce labor or QOL improvements.

This is like saying the automobile was invented to put ferriers out of business. Because... Yeah. Sort of.

The AI paradox: It is simultaneously going to destroy the market for human labor because it's just that good while also being completely useless, only good for generating "slop".

If both of these are true, then the only human labor AI is going to replace is that which generates slop. Because... Yeah. Humans do generate a lot of slop without AI. Now slop can be generated and deployed faster than ever before!

Are you a generator of slop, such as:

  • Marketing emails (spam)
  • Clickbait (all forms)
  • Scams
  • Cold calls
  • Incredibly low-effort videos

Your job may be in jeopardy!

[–] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

The Void already has claims to all of us. The Void actually enjoys and needs the screaming, so it'll be patient and wait until your warranty runs out; when your particular version stops getting patches and reaches EOL.

When that happens, it'll welcome you, and you'll get sent to /dev/random instead of the recycle bin or the trash can.

Note: You'll have to wait for enough entropy in order to get to your next destination. How long that takes depends on how many people are screaming into the void at that time 🤷

[–] riskable@programming.dev 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is super interesting. I think academia is going to need to clearly divide "learning" into two categories:

  • What you need to memorize.
  • What you need to understand.

If you're being tested on how well you memorized something, using AI to answer questions is cheating.

If you're being tested on how well you understand something, using AI during an exam isn't going to help you much unless it's something that could be understood very quickly. In which case, why are you bothering to test for that knowledge?

If a student has an hour to answer ten questions about a complex topic, and they can somehow understand it well enough by asking AI about it, it either wasn't worthy of teaching or that student is wasting their time in school; they clearly learn better on their own.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago

There's a whole community about the body being just a shell and the brain being an egg that needs to crack: EGG IRL

[–] riskable@programming.dev 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They totally fucked this up. AI dubs "aren't there yet." They're still years away from being decent enough to get the job done.

If they really want to save money using AI, the correct way, with today's technology, is to use an AI voice changer! Hire a real voice actor and then make them do all the voices, then use the AI voice changer to make them sound like each character.

...but they're so fucking cheap and lazy they won't even do that.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

No. You have it all wrong: It's a murder tour. If you kill loads and loads of innocent people, you're making heaven crowded.

That's the only way these people feel they can contribute.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 16 points 5 days ago (10 children)

I used to live down the street from a great big data center. It wasn't a big deal. It's basically just a building full of servers with extra AC units.

Inside? Loud AF (think: Jet engine. Wear hearing protection).

Outside: The hum of lots of industrial air conditioning units. Only marginally louder than a big office building.

A data center this big is going to have a lot more AC units than normal but they'll be spread all around the building. It's not like living next to an airport or busy train tracks (that's like 100x worse).

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

Ecksellent

(Work on that X 😁)

Otherwise, waaaaaaaay better than my handwriting. That's for sure 👍

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Now show us "the stick" method.

 

I'm guessing that we'll see lots of news in 2026 about how companies are hiring developers to help improve the memory efficiency of their software because they just can't get enough servers. Also, the servers they do get will have reduced RAM compared to what they wanted.

 

He gets out of Windows! 😀👍

 

The fire extinguisher in my garage is almost 20 years old now and the pressure gauge is right at the edge of the red zone. That means it's time to order a new one!

Decided to get two because it seems like a good idea to have one out by the grill (and they're a better deal that way) 👍

Very excited because this means I get to ~~play~~ teach the kids how to properly use a fire extinguisher with the old one! Been a while since we used the fire pit out back...

 

Made this looping video on a whim this morning because you'd think they would've fixed this problem by now (after ~5 years and multiple headsets).

Wasn't sure where to share it so here you go, lemmy.world/Virtual Reality 😁

 

The genie asked the man, "do you wish you were worth a lot of money?"

Onlookers watched in horror as the quickest among them broke off large golden chunks of the statue before they could even get close to claim their own prize.

 

Pool pump has been a bit weak lately: The stream of water pouring out of the hot tub "waterfall" into the main pool had become more like a trickle. This usually indicates a significant clog or that the pool filter needs cleaning.

Considering I haven't cleaned the filter in almost a year I figured that was likely the problem. It wasn't 😮‍💨

Turns out that there's something stuck in the intake at the bottom of the pool which means I have to dive deep with a screwdriver in the super cold water and carefully clear out whatever is in there. Probably a plastic bag or similar.

Note: Never attempt such a thing while the pump is on! In fact, lock it down with some tape and maybe a warning label that says not to turn it on while you're doing your difficult work.

Been a long time since I had to hold my breath under water. I wonder if I can still reach 2 minutes? 🤔 Probably not with this water temperature 🤣

 

I just watched the final episode of If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student and I had to write something about it... When I first read the description of this anime I thought it looked stupid, "Another low effort anime." But of course I watched it anyway (because I run out of episodes fast on Sundays, haha) and it turned out fantastic!

The description is accurate but severely understates the concept: It's not a comedy but more akin to sci-fi or isekai with a, "what if?" scenario. What would it be like if your dead wife suddenly appears in the form of a little kid, saying she reincarnated? It does a pretty good job of going into the emotions and real-world problems (Japanese 🤣) people would run into in such a situation.

For example, what about the mother of the little girl‽ Wouldn't she be like, "WTF‽" Ummm... Yeah she would! And the show explores that aspect of the concept as well as the family of the deceased.

I highly recommend this anime. It'd probably be a great show to watch with your partner too. Also, make sure to have some tissues handy to soak up the tears!

 
 
 

Electoral College elects The President. No other type of election works like that.

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