SkyNTP

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[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Classic equality/equity debate.

The long and short of it is, having children is not merely a personal benefit to the parent, it's a critical and necessary part of any functioning society. The proof is simply that you and everyone else owe your existence to your/their parents.

The burden of this task falls on the shoulders of parents. It's about as much work as a full time job.

Think of it as paying it forward for your parents and your own childhood. Maybe put aside the individualism that is rotting modern society from the inside out.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

You are both right. Armored vehicles still serve a function, but I think it is fair to say that that function has diminished or at least changed significantly.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Here's a thought: maybe that weird behaviour is not just enabled, it's encouraged by participating an audience that platforms and rewards the behaviour. It's all a big show.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Star Field is a great example of a game that has amazing, immersive visuals, but the crappiest gameplay imaginable. All style, no substance. In the end it makes for an overall still crappy experience.

I can't think of a more fitting title to showcase this AI tech.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What are the odds it's self sabotage in an attempt to force the ship to leave.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A combination of: the people in positions of power stand to benefit personally for decisions that are bad for everyone else, and a failure of the people to hold him to account (which is itself caused by a mix of apathy, ignorance, and hatred).

It's only surprising if you have taken the competence and stability demonstrated over the last 70 years for granted.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago

How is the average person going to know that? If Joe blow can't easily get to the distro they "should be using", Linux ain't happening for most people.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

It all makes sense if we remember that the garden variety AI we have today (ChatGPT, etc) are nothing more than fancy models that predict which words typically appear one after the other in books and reddit posts.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I enjoyed the depth of this answer. That being said...

4 copies seems like a level of paranoia that is not practical for the average consumer.

3 is what I use, and I consider that an already more advanced use case.

2 is probably most practical for the average person.

Why do I say this? The cost of the backup solution needs to be less than the value of the data itself x the effort to recover the incrementally missing data x the value of your time x the chance of failure.

In my experience, very few people have data that is so valuable that they need such a very thorough backup solution. Honestly, a 2$ thumb drive can contain most of the data the average user would actually miss and can't easily find again scouring online.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You think console prices won't be affected by ram supply issues?

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

It's a very easy movie, almost guaranteed to work, and makes them money. I don't know why they're not doing it.

Probably because export tariffs make your product less appealing to import compared to other potential competing exporters who don't collude on an export tax, or the target country who might be incentives to produce domestically instead of importing. Obviously, some industries are more geographically locked than others, but these deals still have knock on effects.

 

This is currently my primary frustration with Connect: complete opaqueness regarding instances.

I understand that one design philosophy might argue that instances shouldn't matter, so why show it at all. But it does matter, especially on All, and in comments. I think at the current and near-term state of development, obscuring instances creates more confusion than it alleviates.

  • In this example, I have no idea what community this is. Where is "here"? "General" is a super broad category (does a multi-community even make sense for this type of community name?). Is this /c/general for a general purpose instance, or /c/general of an instance dedicated to a very specific topic? Is that instance worth checking out? Who knows?
  • Is this an instance I'm subscribed to yet?
  • is this the same /c/general I was in last time with a moderation policy and moderators I didn't like, or a new one?
  • Is my instance defederated from seal_of_approval and will they receive my message? Who knows?
  • Are most responders coming from lemmy.world, from sketchy instances loaded with bots or is there good traction from smaller instances? Is there instance brigading going on?
  • Is this an impersonator of seal_of_approval?
  • is this a specific community that spams a lot and I should block it?
  • What moderation rules apply to this instance?

I can't block entire instances myself...

I realize that a lot of these problems have some sort of workaround by drilling down into community details and profiles. Ain't nobody have time for that.

I realize that specific UI solutions could be introduced to tackle each of these problems individually in a user-friendly manner. But we're not there and who knows when we will get there.

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