Reverendender
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Especially lately
Honestly though, you could never be certain how accurate it was. You could be certain it was probably several years out of date.
What does everyone here do when you can’t sleep and are wide awake besides being on phone? [serious]
Please expand on the radio drama channels
That was a good read! I could never pull off that hat.
“Why can’t people be housed in the communities that they call home without spending over half of their salary? Why can’t we raise the minimum wage? Why can’t we correct course on the climate crisis? Why can’t we do any of those things? If you go back and peel even just one layer back on all of those questions, the answer is the same each time. It is money in politics,” Lee says. “So if money in politics is not your number one issue, it ought to be.”
Yeah, better quickly end the best Trek show since DS9. Wouldn’t want to maintain viewer engagement after all. That’s some sharp thinking, Paramount.
Berghaus in da hauuuuuuuuse! Represent!!!
I’ll see myself out…
“Solved” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Mold in front-loaders is a user-mitigated issue, not something that has been solved by a space-age design evolution. If you leave the door open, wipe the gasket regularly, use HE detergent correctly, and run cleaning cycles, it can be fine. But that’s less like a solved problem, and more like a list of annoying chores.
Top-load agitators (especially newer high-efficiency ones) avoid all that by not having a gasket that traps moisture in the first place. Some of us prefer that simplicity, especially in rural homes, older laundry rooms, or places where airflow and heat vary seasonally.
Also, saying front-loaders are “better in almost every way” kind of ignores the fact that they’re slower, more prone to balance issues, and usually harder to repair yourself. They’re great machines for the right person, but that doesn’t mean everyone else is making a mistake.
I just prefer not to have to supervise my washer like it’s a sourdough starter. I have enough trouble with actual sourdough starters.
Well, if you have a better way to wash your alligators, I sure would like to hear it.
Probably because it’s not a word
This is flat out one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen someone say on the Internet.
One of my all time favorites, in the best quality available.
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41245463
EDIT: It’s honestly hard to believe how intense and personal some of the hostility in this thread is. I understand objecting to something when there is a valid concern, especially about ethics or consent. But this is something else entirely. It feels less like people are engaging with the actual work and more like they are reacting to the mere presence of AI in any form, regardless of context.
I don’t think LLMs are universally good or bad. I think they are very very bad at a large number of things, especially when people try to use them as shortcuts in places where care, originality, or expertise (or human understanding and subsequent empathy) are required. But they are also extremely effective in other use cases when used with skill, intention, and thought. That is the position I hold. It is nuanced. It does not dismiss the criticisms people have raised, but it also does not treat every use of the technology as automatically unethical or invalid.
What I did was not a random one-line prompt into a generator. I gave deliberate, specific instructions about pose, anatomy, style, and tone. I gave feedback. I adjusted the inputs. I guided it through a process that produced something unique and original. The result is not a collage of stolen images. It is not a copy of anything that has ever existed. That is important context, and it is constantly ignored in these arguments.
There is a real difference between raising concerns in good faith and launching personal attacks at people who use a tool in a considered way. The people jumping into these threads with moral outrage are not engaging in objective analysis. They are repeating talking points as if AI art is some kind of singular personal enemy. It often feels like they are reacting based on something they heard someone else say, rather than thinking critically about what is in front of them.
And this is happening in a community that is supposed to be supportive of neurodivergent people. That is the part I find most maddening. There is room here for discussion and for disagreement. But instead of debate, we get judgment, condescension, rabid hostility, and attempts to shame people for trying something different. That is not the kind of environment anyone should want to foster.
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