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Comment on US Democrats determined to squander advantage on Department of Homeland Security funding in ~society
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Comment on Resist and Unsubscribe in ~society
snake_case LinkMy only subscription is for Runescape which is apparently owned by “CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII and Haveli Investments” (Wikipedia) No idea if cancelling my membership would help here, never...My only subscription is for Runescape which is apparently owned by “CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII and Haveli Investments” (Wikipedia)
No idea if cancelling my membership would help here, never heard of that company.
Edit this ownership history is kinda nuts, I didn’t know that Jagex was being passed around like a hot potato every couple years, the game seems to be doing so well.
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Comment on Youtube channel ServeTheHome describes how they use a locally running LLM to automate data collection, allowing them to forgo a planned hire in ~tech
snake_case Link ParentThe generative AI stuff has been super disruptive, thats easy to use and people are using it at a massive scale to dump out junk text content. The issue isn’t that dumping out junk text content is...The generative AI stuff has been super disruptive, thats easy to use and people are using it at a massive scale to dump out junk text content. The issue isn’t that dumping out junk text content is too easy, the issue is that we ever settled for junk text content in the first place. We have no standards when it comes to the junk we consume on the internet. In pretty much all other applications, standards actually matter. If they don’t, and you find that your job is already easily done by a computer, does your job even need doing?
Agentic AI workflows are different from
Generative AI. These products use the generative AI as a building block. We’re not just writing code here, we’re automating across different platforms to attempt to accomplish someones entire days worth of work. It requires authentication, security, translating different types of data, the agents have to be able to hand off tasks to each other and then properly complete those tasks.It requires that everyone changes how they’re doing things and instead adopt these precise steps that are more easily digestible for a computer to accomplish. This is something we have been trying and failing to do for decades.
In theory you plan a product, build the product, test the product, fix the bugs and then go live. In practice you can plan all you want and you’ll be hitting that go live date by the skin of your teeth no matter what you do cause theres gonna be huge totally necessary features discovered while testing and dumped in at the last second. How would the computer know that you need these features when you don’t even know?
My going theory is that eventually all of our jobs will just be basically tech support for the computer, just like how right now all of our jobs are done using a computer. I don’t see the reigns ever coming fully off because theres a very basic clash between how humans do things and how computers need to do things.
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Comment on US Democrats determined to squander advantage on Department of Homeland Security funding in ~society
snake_case Link ParentI swing between that and “I can see why someone in that position would want to give up and just stop trying” It just seems like whenever they do band together and try to do something (the budget...I swing between that and “I can see why someone in that position would want to give up and just stop trying”
It just seems like whenever they do band together and try to do something (the budget filibuster last year) the republicans just find some way to spin the situation they created back on the democrats and millions of people end up worse off anyway.
This is why I’m not any kind of elected official, if it were me Id have given up January of last year and kept my head down until the next election cycle and then spring up and make a bunch of virtue signaling noise to try and get people to just actually get up off the couch and vote.
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Comment on Youtube channel ServeTheHome describes how they use a locally running LLM to automate data collection, allowing them to forgo a planned hire in ~tech
snake_case LinkMy grampa is over 90 years old and cant manage his life because everything is cloud based now, I have to help him renew his car registration because he cant use the website. That website is like...My grampa is over 90 years old and cant manage his life because everything is cloud based now, I have to help him renew his car registration because he cant use the website.
That website is like over 20 years old.
The restaurants around me picked up computer based pos systems only post covid. They had been around at the corporate level since the 90s.
This agentic workflow tech is like 2 years old
It feels like this is going really fast cause every company is pushing it at the same time but I think we’re still a long ways off from every small business owner being able to make their own agentic workflow.
I know the point is like “you can do this too if you buy this $3000 dollar system and know how to turn a problem into steps that can be completed by a computer” and like, I myself have those skills, but this YouTuber is specifically a tech YouTuber. The extent of the interaction with ai for most people right now is internet memes.
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Comment on My relationship feels like it's collapsing and I don't know what to do in ~life
snake_case (edited )LinkAlso autistic with an adhd partner, but no kids What worked for us is that instead of using my energy to do the chores, I use my energy to set up a structure such that the important chores are...Also autistic with an adhd partner, but no kids
What worked for us is that instead of using my energy to do the chores, I use my energy to set up a structure such that the important chores are split fairly.
My partner seems to have the same troubles as yours, they often:
- are blind to any mess
- can do exactly 1 task a day, regardless of how long it takes
- has trouble making decisions
- if theres too many things on their todo list they shut down
And I seem to have the same troubles as you
- I need my space clean or I cant think straight
- often ended up doing all the chores just so they get done
- need my alone time
- need 10 hrs sleep to maintain my balance of not-quite-burned-out
I identified important chores:
- Grocery shopping ( I make the list, partner makes the trip)
- Cooking ( I decide what we eat and meal plan, they do almost all the cooking)
- Paying bills ( I do this myself)
- Budgeting ( I do this myself)
- Deep cleaning ( toilets, shower, vacuum shared spaces, I do this myself)
- Daily cleaning ( dishes, trash, wipe counters down, sweeping, we split)
- Car maintenance ( I keep todos in my head, they do most of the dos)
The pattern here leans on each of our strengths, I can stay organized and make sure things get done, and since they don’t have to think about what needs to get done they can just do it. Partner doesn’t need to decide whats for dinner. We’re having chilli. It was planned days ago. They know all the steps. Ez pz. If I had to do both, Id burn myself out, but I can handle this.
Edit: my partner is also actually a hoarder. They were living in a very bad situation when we met and I helped them get out of it. I wont include that whole process here and it probably doesn’t apply to your situation with so many people in a small space but its a success story and matches the steps of a lot of other success stories from people Ive talked to with hoarding issues. I could elaborate if anyone seems interested.
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Comment on I let my wife have an affair. Do I have to console her now that it’s over? in ~life
snake_case Link ParentYeah I don’t think Id count that lolYeah I don’t think Id count that lol
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Comment on I let my wife have an affair. Do I have to console her now that it’s over? in ~life
snake_case Link ParentThe biggest thing in my circle right now is ‘which partner do you marry’ because there can only be one. Most people seem to work that out just fine by either agreeing they’ve got a main squeeze or...The biggest thing in my circle right now is ‘which partner do you marry’ because there can only be one.
Most people seem to work that out just fine by either agreeing they’ve got a main squeeze or by just not marrying.
I wish marriage worked in a way that you could have multiple main partners. It just doesn’t though. So either you miss out on the state benefits of marriage or you ultimately pick one person.
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Comment on I let my wife have an affair. Do I have to console her now that it’s over? in ~life
snake_case Link ParentThis is in that “withholding affection because my partner hurt me” category and its always resolved with communication. Withholding affection from your partner never is and will never be the...This is in that “withholding affection because my partner hurt me” category and its always resolved with communication.
Withholding affection from your partner never is and will never be the correct answer.
I think its a helpful nytimes article for people who find themselves in this cycle of perpetuating a bad relationship with someone you care about simply because y’all wont actually talk to each other.
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Comment on What's something you've moved on from? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentI really cant eat a lot of the subs cause I’m allergic to soy, but I’m glad that works for you! I eat a lot of beans too, and a TON of lentilsI really cant eat a lot of the subs cause I’m allergic to soy, but I’m glad that works for you!
I eat a lot of beans too, and a TON of lentils
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Comment on What's something you've moved on from? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentIt was annoying at first but now I hardly think about it. It helps that I really enjoy almond milk. I didn’t really find replacements for most things, like butter, I just stopped eating things...It was annoying at first but now I hardly think about it. It helps that I really enjoy almond milk. I didn’t really find replacements for most things, like butter, I just stopped eating things like ice cream, certain types of cheese, etc. Its been years and I don’t miss it.
With meat, a lot of my vegetarian friends don’t attempt to replace it, they eat meals that aren’t supposed to have meat. Things like lentil dishes or paneer tikka marsala.
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Comment on What's something you've moved on from? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentSame, Ive always had a large amount of online friends. Its just a return to how my life was before when I was very young, it feels fineSame, Ive always had a large amount of online friends. Its just a return to how my life was before when I was very young, it feels fine
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Comment on What's something you've moved on from? in ~talk
snake_case Link ParentI had to give up dairy years ago for health reasons and eventually you don’t miss it, everything dairy just tastes like poison to me now.I had to give up dairy years ago for health reasons and eventually you don’t miss it, everything dairy just tastes like poison to me now.
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Comment on What's something you've moved on from? in ~talk
snake_case LinkThis probably isn’t a good thing, but making plans with my friends. I used to try very hard to get people to hang out with me but everyone is busy going on vacation or whatever so after a couple...This probably isn’t a good thing, but making plans with my friends.
I used to try very hard to get people to hang out with me but everyone is busy going on vacation or whatever so after a couple years of that, last year I kinda just stopped. I think they all still hang out with each other but I try not to think about that. I don’t think they dislike me or anything I just think I ended up on the outer circle of people they only see when everyone (like 15 of us) gets together. Like a second cousin or something you only see at weddings.
We’re all still friends and I see them maybe a few times a year still but most of the people I talk to on the daily are online, exactly how it was when I was a young teen. Weird how life comes full circle like that.
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Comment on Self-identified autistic people tend to have the same traits as diagnosed autistic people in ~health
snake_case Link ParentI was diagnosed as a child and whenever anyone tells me they might be as well, Ive already clocked them as “like me” My fav meme about it goes something like “I find it hilarious that clinicians...I was diagnosed as a child and whenever anyone tells me they might be as well, Ive already clocked them as “like me”
My fav meme about it goes something like “I find it hilarious that clinicians struggle to diagnose something that the school yard bully picks up on in 15 seconds flat”
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Comment on UK Appeals court state RuneScape gold counts as property and can be stolen, in $700k bombshell case in ~games
snake_case LinkI remember this happening and it always seemed like a given to me because of HOW it went down. This wasn’t player on player theft, this was a person working for Jagex that used their elevated...I remember this happening and it always seemed like a given to me because of HOW it went down.
This wasn’t player on player theft, this was a person working for Jagex that used their elevated privileges to log into players accounts and steal their in game coins. Those coins were then actually sold for real life currency.
It went through court like this ONLY because it wasn’t some random nameless hacker, it was an actual employee who they could find and put in jail.
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Comment on Gold tops $4,900/oz; silver and platinum extend record‑setting rally in ~finance
snake_case Link ParentJfc what in the world is happeningJfc what in the world is happening
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Comment on "Tax us more". Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich. in ~society
snake_case Link ParentI'm not suggesting that rich people shouldn't pay more taxes. I'm suggesting that THESE rich people could do a lot more than virtue signal on The GuardianI'm not suggesting that rich people shouldn't pay more taxes.
I'm suggesting that THESE rich people could do a lot more than virtue signal on The Guardian
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Comment on Gold tops $4,900/oz; silver and platinum extend record‑setting rally in ~finance
snake_case LinkI haven't bought coins in a few years now cause $30+ for a 21 Morgan is still just too insane for my brain to acceptI haven't bought coins in a few years now cause $30+ for a 21 Morgan is still just too insane for my brain to accept
It's really not the democrats that bother me, like, I'm annoyed by them being ineffectual, but I'm way more annoyed that the republican congress members are willingly giving up their power and everyone else's power to Trump for.... ???? money?? Did he pay them??