I don’t really use it personally (other than times I log in on a work computer, look something up, and Google’s AI search defaults). But I also don’t really condemn it as strongly as others seem to, I guess. It depends on how it’s used.

When it’s used to take work done by humans, then regurgitate its own version of that work to replace those jobs, that’s a problem. If actual artists, writers, designers, engineers, coders, etc. can no longer earn a living after being replaced by AI, we run the risk of complete cultural and developmental stagnation.

But I think my main point of disagreement with a lot of the AI conversations happening here revolves around how we look at waste and environmental impact. Not in the sense that AI isn’t still a problem in those aspects, but that it seems like a very convenient boogeyman for people to blame while ignoring the myriad other wasteful aspects of the world we live in.

Basically, with the environmental impact of data centers and energy costs of hardware in general, why do we focus so much on what that compute is used for, as opposed to addressing those issues in a more comprehensive sense? Does it matter if a data center is built for AI or for any other hosting provider? Or if someone runs a local AI model on their PC, is that any more detrimental to the environment than someone who plays video games for several hours each day?

I feel like there are lines that people who claim to primarily care about the environment are afraid to draw, when it’s easier to pin the blame wholly on AI. So if someone says that they used AI to help make their spreadsheets cleaner, to translate a website, or to summarize the content of a book, I don’t really jump straight to blanket criticism. Otherwise I’d have to take the same criticism towards people who host a plex server, who play MMOs, or who run Lemmy instances.

If you have balls, just make sure you keep them clean.

If you have a vagina, that is how you get a UTI and the practice should best be avoided entirely.

I considered that, but the water that comes out of our well is ice cold. Not the most pleasant of sensations to grace your sensitive bits.

I’d ideally like to get one of the electronic ones that can regulate temperature and has a few different modes. But I don’t currently have an electrical outlet anywhere close to the toilets, and rewiring the bathroom isn’t high on the budget priority at the moment.

I’ll bite the bullet on this one.

Maybe it’s not embarrassingly late because it was decades ago and I was a dumb teenager, but wiping your ass while sitting. Every time I took a shit, I’d stand up and then wipe.

Much easier now sitting down since the toilet seat basically keeps your cheeks spread for you.

Now just wish I had the right hookups to install a bidet toilet. That would be a real game changer.

Iceland would also be up there for me, if not for just how expensive everything is and relatively low economic opportunity for people who actually live there.

Even if you were, you’d probably still get rejected for not being whatever arbitrary letter combination she was looking for.

This is the link contained in the QR code:

https://www.bradythecreator.com/

Alterac Valley, 1 game still going the next day.

Obligatory:

https://xkcd.com/327/

One side has declining quality of life and the collapse of the society they knew happening around them.

The other is incapable of envisioning any positive outlook for the future at all.

Makes me wonder where Millennials fit. Little of column A, little of column B depending on which end of the generation one lands? Or just resigned acceptance.

It’s an AV1 file, which doesn’t seem to be well supported by a number of clients/frontends yet.

Sometimes if you are brand new to a job, it can take an extra week or two for direct deposit to kick in. More than likely, they’ll just add the difference to whatever your first full paycheck would have been, but I have seen some places mail the first (partial) check out (which they may also do for anyone who opts out of direct deposit).

Right, though by nature of being an archaic system, it is susceptible to archaisms in terminology as well.

By extension, the UK should then change the iconography of the Pound Sterling (£) from a stylized L to a stylized P.

lbs is from libra, the Latin word for “scale”. oz is from onza, the Spanish ounce.

It’s makes no sense, they did nothing with the characters, it was like a whirlwind trailer to set up new overarching plot lines

That’s exactly it. The vast majority of later MCU stuff stopped focusing on how to tell a good standalone story. It all became a cycle of tying in earlier plot threads and then setting up new ones for later works to use.

Basically, this became the identity of the entire MCU:

Why is that? If it’s just idealizing the platonic concept of life in France, you run the risk of being acquainted with Paris Syndrome, but it becomes your entire life rather than just one vacation.

Spam musubi is my guilty pleasure. Just gotta ask if you’ve had it fried?

I am also a registered nurse with almost 4 years working bedside, if that helps.

Become a nurse educator or informaticist. Teach student nurses, work for a hospital as the educator for a unit, do onboarding education, or be the liaison between clinical and IT. Lot of options, very decent pay because of the specialized skill set. Hard part is just finding openings.

Joke’s on OP, this gets me hot. Like watching some foreign, kinky shit.

Canada too.