wizardbeard

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

I think you're a no brainer. I was effectively agreeing with you, and I was responding to the response to you, not to you directly.

Arguing about what religion is or isn't acceptable is stupid. Shitty parents will be shitty regardless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Some parents are abusive and traumatizing, religion or not.

What this really comes down to is "Why are bad people allowed to raise their children how they want?"

Unless you're trying to make the argument that all religions are abusive and traumatizing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Sorry, I don't have anything off hand. I know there has been some stories by research groups about how it's measurably increasing security issues in codebases, but I don't have any links.

You might also want to ask in the pinned weekly thread on [email protected] as they seem to be more active than this comm. It's about making fun of all the "techbro takes" online, but I've seen people ask for similar help in the weekly thread and get assistance before.

Part of the problem is that most companies aren't publicly sharing failure stories for anything, let alone failures of the latest hype thing.

You might be able to find some stories on the more "greybeard" oriented tech news sites like the register as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah, resolution will absolutely eat GPU power. I'm at 2k, but that's also what my monitors were made for. Not sure how good that would look on a 4k mon.

Might be worth trying to downscale and use reshade for extra antialiasing though, if you're up for tinkering with fiddly bullshit that might not help too much.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They'd probably be worried that I had gotten sucked into the interminable rat race, and wouldn't believe me when I said I had found a way to be comfortable with it. I used to have panic attacks about the idea of entering the normal workforce and ending up in a job situation like my father did. Love the man, but he prioritized "providing" for the family over being present, and burned himself out doing it. I can see the nuanced differences between that and my situation now, but I never would have back then.

They wouldn't believe that a relatively modest life could cost so damn much of what I take home. I make money that would make my 19yo head spin, and it's still not enough to be as comfortable as I would like.

They'd be furious that I let my strong friendships of the time slip for over a decade.

They'd be worried about my weight and how far my general health has tanked. Walking everywhere and doing manual labor jobs had made it easier than I realized to stay healthy back then.

They'd be confused that I'm a decade into a different romantic relationship. That might cause them to more carefully examine the one they were in at the time. I'm not sure if cutting it early would have been better for me though. I learned and grew by years in the span of a few months when that relationship was dying.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I think the functionality was added in the most recent update.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

There's not significant usable quantum computer "hardware"/"power" in existence. It's still largely a theoretical thing (although we are getting much closer lately).

The most likely use for it while capacity is limited (assuming they secretly have enough to do anything with) would be for espionage: cracking many defacto standard encryption algorithms that are in use the world over.

On top of all that, Betteridge's law.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What games are you playing where it's showing its age? I'm using a 2070 super personally. With a variable refresh rate monitor I hardly notice slowdown unless it's below 30fps, or if it's spiking.

I also play old games. My recent ones (past year) have been Fallout New Vegas, Stardew Valley, Watch Dogs, Watch Dogs 2, Sonic Unleashed Recompiled, and Cyberpunk 2077.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Orbit of the eye would be around the eye, not directly in, as far as I know. As in a needle carefully administered "around" the edge of the eye and into the soft flesh "behind" it.

That's even worse, imo.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

Holy shit. I can't even.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Doing trade routes in solo mode is considerably less engaging, but is still a great zen thing for me while I listen to podcasts or half watch something.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That sounds like an obviousplant joke product.

 

Crossposting from lemm.ee's technology community

PDF of the study

Hahahahaha. At least they had the balls to publish and host it themselves.

 

Love this inversion of the song trope of lamenting the loss of nature. It's a satirical lament of the loss of corporate development.

Lyrics:

Here we stand

Like an Adam and an Eve

Waterfalls

The Garden of Eden

Two fools in love

So beautiful and strong

The birds in the trees

Are smiling upon them

From the age of the dinosaurs

Cars have run on gasoline

Where, where have they gone?

Now, it's nothing but flowers

There was a factory

Now, there are mountains and rivers

You got it, you got it

We caught a rattlesnake

Now, we got something for dinner

We got it, we got it

There was a shopping mall

Now, it's all covered with flowers

You've got it, you've got it

If this is paradise

I wish I had a lawnmower

You've got it, you've got it

Years ago

I was an angry young man

I'd pretend

That I was a billboard

Standing tall

By the side of the road

I fell in love

With a beautiful highway

This used to be real estate

Now, it's only fields and trees

Where, where is the town?

Now, it's nothing but flowers

The highways and cars

Were sacrificed for agriculture

I thought that we'd start over

But I guess I was wrong, hey

Once there were parking lots

Now, it's a peaceful oasis

You got it, you got it

This was a Pizza Hut

Now, it's all covered with daisies

You got it, you got it

I miss the honky tonks

Dairy Queens and Seven-Elevens

You got it, you got it

And as things fell apart

Nobody paid much attention

You got it, you got it

I dream of cherry pies

Candy bars and chocolate chip cookies

You got it, you got it

We used to microwave

Now, we just eat nuts and berries

You got it, you got it

This was a discount store

Now, it's turned into a cornfield

You got it, you got it

Don't leave me stranded here

I can't get used to this lifestyle

 

US Congress proposed bill to allow AI to prescribe drugs and medical treatment

Original post from the Fuck AI community: https://lemmy.world/post/24681591

The fact that this has even been proposed is horrifying on so many fucking levels. Technically it has to be approved by the state invovled and the FDA, but opening this door even a crack is so absurdly out of touch with reality.

 
 

What's your favorite pronoun candy?

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Ram Ranch Rule (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 

I always get a kick out of goofy ass edits of right wing, facebook tier "memes"

 
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ronald rulegan (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 
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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

So I'm coming back to the game after a two year break. I didn't get too deep into the game before, mostly doing low level combat and trading.

I was wondering what resources people more familiar with the game would suggest I check out for getting into some of the other content like mining, exobiology, and exploration. I'd like to take a shot at the basics of the different gameplay loops/styles before I start trying to get into the deeper content like engineering.

Unfortunately a lot of guides I've found seem to focus on maximum optimization before you even try to get into the content. I don't want to do an engineering grind, or grind to get an FC, before I figure out if I even like the type of gameplay it's going to make easier.

 

We've heard the anguished screams of the Funhole community for an alternative to the Funhole Times. For a hard hitting publication unafraid to dig deep, unrestrained by concepts like "common sense", "integrity", "anti-treason laws", "libel lawsuits", and "basic measures of competence".

We're proud to bring you a snippet of the inaugural issue of the Funhole Gazette, and we hope some competition will drive us all to make even better content in the new year!

We also vigorously deny any allegations of sabotage of the Funhole Times facilities.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

New Ed! Not much particularly new info, just a general lament and summary of the state of tech and how much has been pinned on magical thinking. Has some wonderfully quotable sections.

What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new terms of the present? What if artificial intelligence isn't actually capable of doing much more than what we're seeing today, and what if there's no clear timeline when it'll be able to do more? What if this entire hype cycle has been built, goosed by a compliant media ready and willing to take career-embellishers at their word?

Please forgive my addition to the title, as it's meant to be a play on "Waiting for Godot", not a comment on the Godot game engine. Wanted to make that more clear than the title alone would.

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