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[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So, in my typical nature, I went right to the source and shot off an email to Professor Philip Lucas from the University of Hertfordshire. He was one of the primary researchers for the original paper. (P.W. Lucas et al.)

If he responds, I'll post it here.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I missed it at first as well. The second paragraph implies they are red giants. However, there is a distinction between a red giant and a red super-giant, if that is what you mean.

The "peculiar" puffing behavior of these stars has never been seen before in such red giants, astrophysicist Philip Lucas told AFP.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

Betelgeuse is a red giant doing the same thing as described in this article? I wonder what the difference is.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

@aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com draw for me a lemming that is standing and looking into the sunset. He is wearing a cowboy hat and a revolver. Besides him is a shallow grave marked by an old wooden cross that is marked with the name "Reddit". The scene is a desert with a ghost town in the distance. There is a tumble weed rolling through the scene.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that is the exact opposite of an earlier story I read about a week ago or so. I'll see if I can find it again, but I doubt it.

They were just narrowing down from a total list of 30 million combinations of different things before AI was applied. The magic was supposed to be about how fast it chewed through the data, not really about the compound itself.

I could just be getting old and imagining shit. That is also possible.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I think I had read somewhere that it was a mix of sodium and lithium that we already knew about. This story is different every time I read it, so who knows?

With Microsoft's shitty AI in Windows and on LinkedIn, I guess they just are forcing a win here. Dunno.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Well, it's not really just about Swift. There are probably many other people that are going through this. Not every person who generates nudes of someone else is going to make it to the news, after all.

I could see this being a problem in highschools as really mean pranks. That is not good. There are a million other ways I could see fake nudes being used against someone.

If someone spread pictures of me naked: 1. I would be flattered and 2. Really ask why someone wants to see me naked in the first place.

If anything, just an extension of any slander(?) laws would work. It's going to be extremely hard to enforce any law though, so there is that.

However, how long have revenge porn laws been a thing? Were they ever really a thing?

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 months ago

It would have been interesting to see that as a percentage of household income instead of just an average dollar value.

Some people probably pay twice that on just their mortgage, or half. It depends on where they live for the most part.

These numbers are interesting, but they don't paint a clear picture. (They don't paint any picture, actually?)

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The comments here are weird. Someone even tried to defend the quality of tools from Harbor Freight, which is absolutely bizarre.

Some of the last numbers I could find about BYDs catching fire in China was about seven per day. Even if it's one per day, that is bad. One per week is still bad.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

We can agree to disagree about Harbor Freight.

However, I think you missed my point.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Oh, I am not saying there aren't benefits to honey. It's just been front and center on homeopathic stuff for a long time. All it likely contains, in any measurable dose, is honey. Sugar is an excellent tool for many conditions, especially when you need a distraction from mild pain. Just sugar water itself will help a cough in some case, according to some sources.

I have no problems with a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down, in any case. I am not saying the Robitussin is homeopathic, either. I am just saying that it may be deceptive it it's own, special way. Maybe even a sarcastic jab, to go a bit further.

It's stuff like this I am referring to: https://www.cvs.com/shop/boiron-chestal-adult-honey-homeopathic-medicine-for-cough-chest-congestion-relief-6-7-oz-prodid-378752 . That stuff starts to eliminate any logic by mixing in healthy doses of magic, which I am absolutely against. (That particular link I referenced seems to use much higher "doses" than I have seen in the past. 3C or a 1:100 x 3 dilution is pure insanity!)

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago

Earl Grey. So hot.

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