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[–] half@lemy.lol 2 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure popular is the biggest goal right now. It would definitely be nice for federated platforms to gain a bigger user base, but while the tools are growing, it's really inspiring just to think that people are willing to invest the (low or no profit) time and energy into making the internet a nicer place.

[–] half@lemy.lol 18 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

That's kind of the idea. I miss the originality of old systems, but it seems like a lot of developers are prioritizing consistency and learnability for the sake of accessibility.

[–] half@lemy.lol 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] half@lemy.lol 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] half@lemy.lol 47 points 2 weeks ago

My grandma (decades ago) always went the other way, she wrote "Mr. Sarah Smith" for my grandpa's name. Feminist icon.

 

I'm usually against subscription services, but there are a few I use that I think provide enough value to justify the cost. Are there subscriptions you think are worth the money for you?

[–] half@lemy.lol 16 points 1 month ago

It depends a lot on the person, but it always does me good to do something tactile after working all day on a computer. Cooking, baking, sketching, woodworking, Legos, hiking, that kind of thing. I've noticed it really helps me ground and be mindful.

 

Of course, not in a "we should generate and spread racist content" kind of way. But sometimes results are a caricature of all the stuff AI has ingested, so if its output is obviously biased, it might be a good indicator of particular ways people tend to be biased.

For example, if all of the AI-generated images for "doctor" are men, it's pretty clear the source content is biased to indicate that doctors are/should be men. It would be a lot harder to look up all of the internet's images of "doctor" to check for bias. There are probably a lot more nuanced cases where AI-generated content can make bias more apparent.

[–] half@lemy.lol 3 points 2 months ago

Next version of Llama:

"As an AI assistant, I am only able to provide radical conservative opinions"

[–] half@lemy.lol 3 points 2 months ago

More than this it's just a good way to build regular hand washing into a routine. You already use a restroom a few times a day at fairly regular intervals, so you only have a few hours worth of microbes on your hands at a time.

[–] half@lemy.lol 17 points 2 months ago

"We make more money from cars. We half assed the walking instructions. Good luck and fuck you."

[–] half@lemy.lol 26 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Anecdotal, but my spouse was in surgery during the outage and it went fine, so I imagine they take precautions (like probably having a test machine for updates before they install anything on the real one, maybe)

 
 

So. Without trauma dumping, I'll simply say my dad is a bad dad. What's a father's day gift that says "you're dead to me, but I'm still doing things to keep drama at bay"?

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