Ceedoestrees

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[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is this whole generalizing and insulting people who disagree with you thing part of another right wing satire?

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I wasn't around when it came out, no. Oldish.

There are so many. The best is when the alien rips out of guys' chest and he's like "Oh no! Not again!"

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I don't know what point you're arguing. I didn't call it AI and even if I did, I don't know any definition of AI that includes infallibility. I didn't claim it's better than a search engine, either. Even if I did, "Better" does not equal "Always correct."

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Former competitive swimmer here. I'm fine with it.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I know you're not going to read it. But what the hell.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jnr.23953

https://www.webmd.com/brain/features/how-male-female-brains-differ

Many differences in performance have more to do with culture. There are smaller talent pools of women for previously male dominated sports because fewer women are interested/supported/encouraged to get into them.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Someone said they didn't enjoy modern satire. You suggested not enjoying modern satire was equivalent to ignoring the issues entirely.

Weird take, considered they didn't say it was bad or wrong, just not their cup of tea.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

This smacks of "If you're not with me, you're against me."

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Fair point about the difference between good satire and bad. There's always been bad comedy that just points and laughs.

Satire isn't dead, the problem is finding the new extremes. Looking at what's going on and teasing out the ridiculous, improbable hypotheticals without being defeatist. Good satire finds the hope, too, what happens after we get over the wall, and how do we get there.

It's mentally exhausting to keep seeing the hyperbole and not getting the hope.

Mostly, I'm thinking about Spaceballs.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Miniskirts officially become mens wear to avoid a cross dressing scandal.

The Make America Breezy Again campaign is an overnight success.

Red Hats protest H&M for offending anti-trans sensibilities.

It's easier to guestimate the ambient temperature in red states.

Miniskirts now have pockets.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It's mainly this:

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to hear more about this because I'm fairly tech savvy and interested in legal nonsense (not American) and haven't heard of it. Obviously, I'll look it up but if you have a particularly good source I'd be grateful.

I have lawyer friends. I've seen snippets of their work lives. It continues to baffle me how much relies on people who don't have the waking hours or physical capabilities to consume and collate that much information somehow understanding it well enough to present a true, comprehensive argument on a deadline.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I think they’re saying that the kind of people who take LLM generated content as fact are the kind of people who don’t know how to look up information in the first place. Blaming the LLM for it is like blaming a search engine for showing bad results.

Of course LLMs make stuff up, they are machines that make stuff up.

Sort of an aside, but doctors, lawyers, judges and researchers make shit up all the time. A professional designation doesn't make someone infallible or even smart. People should question everything they read, regardless of the source.

 
 

Tons of information on writing— incuding break-downs of popular literature and media, how to get through writer's block, and what it means to Save the Cat.

 

Bonus points for low impact and cheap/free. I have a foot injury and can't run/bike/hike for a bit.

Editing this to say:

  • Thank you all for the suggestions, I love the Lemmy community, and,
  • I know a lot of workouts can be done at home, and these are all great ideas. However, I bike/hike because I have trouble motivating myself to just work out as an activity. I trick myself using fun, but I don't know how to make indoor excercise exciting.
 

In the aftermath of more slow, dystopian, apocalypse shenanigans I'm trying meditations to slap a bandaid on my hemorrhaging mental health.

Seems like all I can find are slow ASMR style speeches about sunny fields and peachy angels, and I can't stand that don't-wake-the-baby talk. I'm not a baby.

I connected with one, lost to time, led by a guy with a chronic smoker's rasp who demanded inner peace. It was spiritually healing because I have a poor relationship with my father.

Please, friends, do you know any free, guided meditations that aren't condescendingly peaceful? That aren't trying to sell supplements or pitch their sponsors midway through?

PS. No posh london accents, they remind me of the king.

 

I've been using this site for over a year every time I get stuck on a subject.

 

Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames.

 

What free, online tools do you use when you're stuck on words, descriptions or motivation? Powerthesaurus.org is one of my favourites because it does phrases as well. I know there's a paid version, but I haven't used it.

Share your links and tips.

 

 
 
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