And remember, if THEY have thousands of bots that each 'think independently' but still end up downvoting your post en masse, then that's totally fine. But if YOU try to upvote your post with one of your alts so it doesn't get buried, that's bannable.
So I thought about this in the shower amd it makes sense to me, like praying and stuff never worked for most people I know, so a direkt link to god gotta be unlikely. That made me conclude that religion is probably fake, no matter if there's a god or not. Also people speaking to the same god being given a different set of rules...
It's a nightmare scenario for Microsoft. The headlining feature of its new Copilot+ PC initiative, which is supposed to drive millions of PC sales over the next couple of years, is under significant fire for being what many say is a major breach of privacy and security on Windows. That feature in question is Windows Recall, a...
the vast majority don’t care or they would have stopped using it a long time ago
It's a little disingenuous to claim people should've stopped using something that hasn't come to market yet. I was looking for other options when they started trying to force me to upgrade to Windows 11, but this absolutely is the last straw that I won't use Windows on my next computer.
You can create a partition on your hard drive and set your PC up to dual-boot. I have no idea if this is still widely used or if there is another, better/easier way, but it's what I did a long time ago for a hat simulator game.
This was the same reaction I had when the Covid vaccines were rolling out. "They haven't been proven to be 100% safe and effective!" OK. Sure, but you know what is guaranteed to be bad for you? Covid. There are two choices here, and there's a clear mitigation of harm with one option over the other.
It's shocking that we'd rather see children die of treatable vitamin deficiencies than the off-chance that the food 'might be unsafe'.
I agree that those studies should be done. Studies should ALSO be done on people with unvaccinated covid infections, but we can't do that on a large number of people, because they're dead. The vaccinated people might have a 'non-zero risk for blood clots', but they're still alive in the meantime.
Lawsuits have been won by celebrities because a commercial used a lookalike, which still impacts the celebrity and their brand. They were in the wrong and didn't care.
She absolutely should sue, and I hope she wins. Their BS excuse of "It's totally someone else, but you wouldn't know her, she goes to another school. Also we have to protect her identity for reasons" is as blatant as it gets.
We're not talking about any project though. In your case, it'd only be like an unaffiliated project specifically trying to imitate a project David Attenborough has worked on in an attempt to mislead people to think it could be David Attenborough. There's always room for parody, but you couldn't sell your voice as the 'Planet Earth' voice.
I remember one of l Hank Green's older videos when he added up all the viewtime from all of their videos and realized it was longer than the average human lifespan. Of course, he immediately framed it as "We've killed a man!"
I have many conversations with people about Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Copilot. The idea that "it makes convincing sentences, but it doesn't know what it's talking about" is a difficult concept to convey or wrap your head around. Because the sentences are so convincing....
Oh no. Do you mean Midnight for each monestary locally, or do you mean when it's midnight at our prime monestary that it is cast? Three are in the time zone an hour ahead, and seven are an hour behind! They need to happen simultaneously for it to work!
"Wait, you're still using store-bought ashes? Haven't you ever made your own? It's super easy, and you don't have to worry if your bone ash is ever cut with Birch anymore."
Reposting this from one of last times she did something insanely TERF-y. (2 months ago) It really feels like she's desperately trying to convince herself.
It's sad that she's likely repressing a LOT of gender dysphoria, but just doubles down on the bigotry and hate. Fuck JK Umbridge.
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I believe I could have been persuaded to turn myself into the son my father had openly said he’d have preferred.
As I didn’t have a realistic possibility of becoming a man back in the 1980s, it had to be books and music that got me through.
I remember how mentally sexless I felt in youth.
Fortunately for me, I found my own sense of otherness, and my ambivalence about being a woman...
Y'all should read 'The Jungle'. The main character tries to solve every problem this exact way, by doubling down and repeatedly telling himself, "I will work harder."
Mild spoilers, but it doesn't work out great for him until he finds socialism.
Seen a lot of posts on Lemmy with vegan-adjacent sentiments but the comments are typically very critical of vegan ideas, even when they don't come from vegans themselves. Why is this topic in particular so polarising on the internet? Especially since unlike politics for example, it seems like people don't really get upset by it...
Riiiight up until the Earth becomes uninhabitable for humans because we're doing shit like destroying the Amazon rainforest for more cattle farmland, but sure!
"I got a 3 second video as a reward for beating this game on the hardest difficulty. It took me hundreds of hours and I hated myself the whole time. You can look up the video of the ending online, but I'll be DAMNED if someone else can watch it from having FUN while beating the game."
A whistleblower is the type of person to refuse such an NDA, regardless of buy-off price. They would understand that if Boeing is willing to pay them 10 million or whatever, that the information they have, should they release it, prevent over 10 million dollars worth of damages to the public.
I just don't see someone like that committing suicide in a hotel parking lot out of state the day (two days?) before they are supposed to testify. That would go against everything they were doing up until that point.
There have been studies on motivation that have similarities to your descriptions. Basically, like you said, if we get a partial reward for a goal, we're less likely to accomplish that goal.
The one I remember had 'telling someone else your goal' as the 'partial reward'. At the end of a day, people who told someone their goal felt closer to accomplishing it, but less motivated to actually work on it. People who didn't tell anyone worked on their goal longer, but also felt like 'they still had a long way to go'.
I think the other part of it was what you said about not wanting to actually do X but prove to yourself that you COULD do X. Once I prove that I COULD.. I'm done. The goal might not be what other people would consider 'done', but my ADHD brain doesn't care. It got dopamine, and now we're moving on to the next topic.
Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.
What? The guy who fired people who slept in their offices at Twitter fired more people who were sacrificing their personal lives for one of his companies?
I tried to explain ADHD math to someone and they didn't understand at all
Edit: it appears that this is not exclusive to ADHD....
New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion ( medium.com )
Even if god exists religion can't possibly be the way to god
So I thought about this in the shower amd it makes sense to me, like praying and stuff never worked for most people I know, so a direkt link to god gotta be unlikely. That made me conclude that religion is probably fake, no matter if there's a god or not. Also people speaking to the same god being given a different set of rules...
Can you read the ancient glyphs ( lemmy.world )
A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back ( www.windowscentral.com )
It's a nightmare scenario for Microsoft. The headlining feature of its new Copilot+ PC initiative, which is supposed to drive millions of PC sales over the next couple of years, is under significant fire for being what many say is a major breach of privacy and security on Windows. That feature in question is Windows Recall, a...
United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens ( www.cbsnews.com )
The Vitamin ( lemmy.world )
Giving Windows total recall is a privacy minefield ( www.theregister.com )
Microsoft's Windows Recall feature is attracting controversy before even venturing out of preview....
‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice ( www.theguardian.com )
Thousands of children could die after court backs campaign group over GM crop in Philippines, scientists warn...
Kingdom Hearts is coming to Steam - June 13 ( files.catbox.moe )
Source: https://x.com/KINGDOMHEARTS/status/1792722028354818287
Scarlett Johansson denied OpenAI the right to use her voice. They used it anyway. ( boingboing.net )
Masahiro Sakurai refused to add Dolby Surround to a Kirby game because players had to sit through the logo ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
What is a good eli5 analogy for GenAI not "knowing" what they say?
I have many conversations with people about Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Copilot. The idea that "it makes convincing sentences, but it doesn't know what it's talking about" is a difficult concept to convey or wrap your head around. Because the sentences are so convincing....
"Do you know how many spells are just recycled incantations?" ( media.kbin.social )
JK Rowling slammed for asking if she can be Black if she likes “Motown & fancy myself in cornrows” ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Marvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review in order to access the playtest ( files.catbox.moe )
On today's episode of "This shouldn't be legal"......
I just need to push myself harder ( lemmy.world )
After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them ( kotaku.com )
Sony cancelled the PSN account linking requirement for Helldivers 2 ( lemmy.world )
[Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?
Seen a lot of posts on Lemmy with vegan-adjacent sentiments but the comments are typically very critical of vegan ideas, even when they don't come from vegans themselves. Why is this topic in particular so polarising on the internet? Especially since unlike politics for example, it seems like people don't really get upset by it...
Game difficulty ( imgchest.com )
rule ( lemmy.blahaj.zone )
With two Boeing whistleblowers dead in one month, either Boeing is actively killing them, or there are enough whistleblowers that this rate of death is not statistically significant
...and I don't know which possibility is the least worrying
Once I achieve I lose motivation
So I've noticed a pattern in my life that I was hoping someone could empathize with....
Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining ( www.neowin.net )
Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.
Tesla Lays Off Employee Who Slept In Car To Work Longer Hours ( finance.yahoo.com )
Gay Republican group is now rooting for Joe Biden’s death ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
When I die, turn me into soup ( lemmy.world )