DarrinBrunner

joined 4 months ago
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

It's starting to look like paying into Social Security for all those years. Not that I had any choice.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seems like a major selling point for theaters could be that they DON'T show ads, and that would be a draw.

They're competing with my big TV at home, my comfortable couch, surround sound, private bathroom, control over the volume, ability to pause, great snacks, and no annoying people. The only thing they have is first access, and I'm more than willing to wait to get all the benefits of watching at home.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't been in a theater since the first Deadpool. I doubt I'll ever see a movie in a theater again.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Stuck with this mofo for another four years.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember all the formats shown.

My first machine was an AST Research 286 16Mhz (in "turbo" mode) with two 5-1/4" floppy drives, and a 40 MB 5-1/4" hard drive. I paid ~$2000 for it in the late 80s. That was a good move, I knew more about computers than most people applying for jobs at the time, and that allowed me to make a decent living without a college degree.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

They're interjecting themselves between us and our contacts. They'll have the power to "summarize", which is also the power to subtly re-interpret meaning. The AI will be given a broad goal, and it will chip away at that goal bit by bit, across millions of summaries to mold public opinion.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The exact point at which the gist of it can be manipulated, leaving out context and nudging you toward a different opinion than you might have formed if you'd read the whole thread.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

El Granado, Spain humidity is at 34% at this temp, so it could be much worse.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

I was one of the 400 million.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because times when electricity is cheap coincide with the need for lowering humidity?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's the feature they sell. But, its real purpose is to monetize your data and/or lock you into some sort of ridiculous subscription service and/or run ads.

That's pretty much ubiquitous for "smart" devices.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know how Twitter works, I've never used it. Does Charlie definitely see these responses? Or, does he likely have someone managing his social media accounts for him?

 

Any tohughts on soliwng down AI btos, and AI scrpnaig by uisng typoglycemia? Most peploe can read tihs eaisly, but aaepprntly AI isn't as able to?

 

I was banned from 196. Fine. I'd like to block the community from my feed. The button is replaced by the notice that I've been banned.

 
  1. The sorting method does not have a description in the help page (the little question mark link)

  2. Sorting posts by Controversial doesn't show them by date, so I need to scroll through, looking at the date to find anything recent.

I like sorting by Controversial for entertainment purposes, and to make sure the comment I intend to make, which I expect to be controversial, hasn't already been made--which means I should just upvote the existing comment.

It's not like I make a ton of controversial comments, but sometimes my thoughts do run counter to the hivemind, and I want to say so.

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