Random Rants
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I should be correcting exams, but I'm watching youtube videos about spinning top toys that are based on a Japanese kids show instead ... .
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WHY do all these 'smart' TVs have LAG?! I miss the days when you push a button and the thing responds instantaneously. Combine this with the dumbass Search alphabet interface all streaming services now have it is a recipe for rage-yeeting the remote at the screen.
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@Matt You're absolutely right my blue friend! It was crucial for me to get familiar with the current meta. I mean, I don't want to look like an numpty in front of junior pupils.
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I have zero interest in technology that is so intent on putting so many out of work. The fact that the tech giants are not even hiding it at this point is even more frightening.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde5y2x51y8o
Now on the flip side, I understand that it takes time for new jobs to be created and the workforce to catch up to those changes…but in the interim…
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@StarsSuck I have not…my feelings about AI are complicated so it would take a lot for me to make that jump. I could see it being a useful tool for this kind of stuff though
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There is no use of AI that will ever entice me to its use. It’s completely unsustainable from an energy standpoint, and is already contributing to the death of human cognition and creativity. I want nothing to do with any of it. That doesn’t make me a curmudgeon, nor does it put me out of touch with reality. I just hope the bubble bursts on this stupid tech before some bad actor does irreparable harm to the earth or humanity, or both.
The founder of Anthropic, Dario Amodei writes a blog, and his recent post shares all of his reservations about the tech, which are horrifying. Chief among them is someone using AI to manufacture a bioweapon. Read it here: https://darioamodei.com/essay/the-adolescence-of-technology?media_id=3851650953330117483_63409923771&media_author_id=63409923771&ranking_info_token=GCA5NTVhNjA0ZTM5MTQ0OTc1ODhjNjdiNzEzZTQzYjZkMyWGs2UVmK4HFqiin5sNGBMzODUxNjUwNzI3OTM2NjEyNTU4KANuY2cA&utm_source=ig_text_post_permalink
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@sabergirl bookmarked for later reading. Thank you
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1000002168 (1).mp4 Denimhead Morning in Russia
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I just had a parcel delivered today which I had no idea what it was, Evri were delivereing it and it turned out it was for my neighbour... it was quite heavy, and there were two boxes
I went down my steps outside my home to go and chap his door and ended up rolling my ankle on the last step, in future I wont be taking parcels in for anyone
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@Alex It's my Scottish side I think
"Knock his door"
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I’m assuming this is a U.S. thing, but to the people who have the right of way turning right while I’m trying to turn left across oncoming traffic, when you pause to “let me go” while I’m timing my turn behind you, you can go #uck yourself. You’re going to get me T-boned.
This just happened to me moments ago, and it happens all the time. Why are people so scared? If I’m timing the turn, just keep moving. Don’t stop and try to be nice, just go, you idiot.
@selveldgesteps
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We always release sizing charts and publish them in the appropriate thread on this forum before we release new product. Asking us when we will publish a sizing table, does make us do it any quicker, just diverts us (potentially from measuring the bloody things) to type "Yes, when we have measured them"....
More info here
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@northsouthdenimguy i get you on this one.
moral of the story: when you have the right of way - TAKE IT. they exist for a reason, and its usually so that everyone is operating on the same assumptions on who to prioritize. When you give it up, you risk generating an crash by disrupting the flow.
