elbarto777

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elbarto777 ,

And who are these ping pong players?

Hopefully they didn't just limit the population to silicon valley.

elbarto777 ,

I know, right?

When the whole AI generated art was sort of like a novelty a year ago, that's exactly what I thought.

"Fuck. A lot of cool-looking things will be cheapened or devalued because they'll be generated, not created."

And sure, sure, there's art in coming up with a nice prompt. I guess there's art in coming up with tax exemptions too.

elbarto777 ,

Why can't it be horrifying and amazing?

elbarto777 ,

More.

elbarto777 ,

I would normally agree with you.

But just as it's okay for people to speak the way they want, it's also okay for people to spread language knowledge. Then let the people decide whether they want to use that knowledge or not.

It's not like OP said "it's 'fewer', you idiot!" In that case, I'd say it's elitism. Otherwise, it's just a useful lemmy comment.

elbarto777 ,

Interesting! Today I learned, then. Thanks.

Now, and this I'm going to say in a sort-of tongue-in-cheek manner, what's your opinion on the recent change of the meaning of "literally"? Because that one is definitely less (ha!) than 200 years old.

elbarto777 ,

I wasn't going for an ethymological argument. Plenty of examples of words whose meaning veered away from its ethymology.

But the recent popularization of literally as a synonym of figuratively, well, it literally rustles my jimmies.

crossmr , to Today I Learned

There needs to be actual content rules. TIL worked best when the mods actually adhered to those content rules. Otherwise you just have people posting all kinds of nonsense. Quality is better than quantity

elbarto777 ,

Any specific examples?

TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it ( en.wikipedia.org )

Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to...

elbarto777 ,

Was this an elaborate way to make me lose the game? Ass!

elbarto777 ,

Oh shit!!

elbarto777 ,

I mean, if you lose the game, you lose the game. You don't say "hey you made me lose the game! Don't do that!" Because that's not how the game works. If you "make" someone lose the game, tough luck.

By the way, you lost game again :)

elbarto777 ,

What's this in reference to?

elbarto777 ,

Ha, cool! It's been a while since I saw that movie.

Man, 1998?! Time flies.

elbarto777 ,

I'd be interested in this too.

elbarto777 ,

Why is this YSK material?

Plus we can like both.

elbarto777 ,

Everything happening in the universe is "natural phenomena." If we can't explain it, we don't have enough information.

elbarto777 ,

Why would it be more concerning?

elbarto777 ,

Please expand. I'll never be a father, but I'm curious.

Or are you referring to dad jokes?

elbarto777 ,

Oh, I do this all the time. Might be age, then!

elbarto777 , (edited )

Let's see if that's true.

Nope. Couldn't find it.

Not saying you're lying, but it's not available on my version of gboard.

elbarto777 ,

Such an unhelpful comment.

elbarto777 , (edited )

I was referring to the "so unusable" part. But ok.

What makes it unusable?

elbarto777 ,

Got it. Thanks.

elbarto777 ,

Well fuck me! Mine doesn't have that. Do you have a Pixel?

elbarto777 ,

What phone do you have?

elbarto777 ,

I see an identical menu minus the undo. Fail. Oh well.

elbarto777 ,

It's gotta be it, man.

elbarto777 ,

Yup! Three dots, but the second menu doesn't have undo either.

elbarto777 ,

And instead of saying "let's twit about it," you say "let's osm about it!"

elbarto777 , (edited )

what does our brain really think of these mimicry attempts?

There's something stupid-sounding about this sentence, though I can't quite pinpoint it.

Also, I wonder how they controlled for confounding factors. The research indicates that our brains react differently to "fake voices." How does it react to real voices played with low quality audio (e.g. through a telephone, or AM radio)? What about natural voices that are "ugly" or odd sounding? Speech impediments? Voices in a big hall with lots of reverberation? What about fake voices in an environment with a lot of background noise?

If they controlled for all that, then cool.

elbarto777 , (edited )

No, I think it's the fact that we think with our brains. The brain in a person is not some separate entity. It practically is us. So if someone says "my brain thinks it's getting late" sounds stupid. "I think it's getting late" sounds fine.

elbarto777 ,

You are on point with your last sentence.

When something happens and we perceive it, we think of the situation. Yes, yes, technically it's the brain doing the thinking, but our brain is us, not something separate.

So a better phrase would be the one you mentioned. "When we notice this mimicry, our brains activate such and such regions."

elbarto777 ,

They don't say how much the seat was being rocked.

Maybe just a couple of inches. Enough for babby to sleep.

elbarto777 ,

Just a little push from pops at the beginning.

And they didn't say it was a long term solution. For all we know, the drive was going to be replaced the following week.

elbarto777 ,

I think you're taking this whole thing too seriously.

People can do whatever they want for the lulz.

elbarto777 ,

Lol we've all been there, friend!

Slur filter censoring the string "the app" (without a space in between) ( lemmy.world )

So, not sure if I am completely off base here, but I had this odd thing happen today where I couldn't post an URL because whenever I did, part of it would be replaced with the text removed. You can see what I am talking about in the screenshot, and I am linking my comment below. Another commenter replied saying it was likely...

elbarto777 , (edited )

theapp

theapp

the**app

elbarto777 ,

Oh cool!

elbarto777 ,

Unless it's an office?

But it still stands. Lemmy/Reddit users can be dicks.

elbarto777 ,

Why?

elbarto777 ,

Plus the web is not the whole internet.

You could stick to Gopher.

Or use other search engines. There are hundreds. Hundreds.

Maybe not as useful as the dominant ones, though.

elbarto777 ,

Nice article, but that headline is so misleading, I'm not inclined to upvote it.

tl;dr: Microorganisms used to live without oxygen. Some organisms started sprewing oxygen. Oxygen killed off most of these oxygen-free microorganisms. Life evolved and adapted. There's this lake in which the bottom layer is oxygen-less and oxygen-free microorganisms exist there. Scientists are doing a bunch of studies of this ecosystem.

I wouldn't call those organisms "alien." They were first in this planet!

elbarto777 , (edited )

I mean, sure. We'd deserve it for striking first.

Edit: I misunderstood your comment. I see it now :)

elbarto777 ,

Oh hehe, apologies.

And I know, right?!! So click-baity.

elbarto777 , (edited )

Where's that bot that summarizes videos?

elbarto777 ,

Apology not accepted.

elbarto777 ,

Why is this "not the onion" material? It was a joke.

elbarto777 ,

If? They definitely do.

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