ElfWord

joined 2 years ago
[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

You're not going to find an app that doesn't use analytics. It's unreasonable to expect someone to build / run a service for users with no idea how it's actually functioning for them. To any app using Google Analytics, you are only one of hundreds of thousands of anonymous data points; get over yourself or buy a burner phone if you're that concerned about some upstream data broker knowing that ::gasp, shudder, horror:: you were on a dating app and ::shriek, cower, cry:: maybe targeting a romance-related ad to you.

If you can get past that, I'd suggest https://datefirefly.com/ - it's independent and trying to rebuild the old OkCupid kind of experience before Match Group bought OkC and drove it into the ground.

Or if you're in / near a city, try speed dating groups or see if there are matchmaking services with a good reputation.

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Lovely! I'm excited to keep my fingers crossed for this.

I see some people have anxiety about what if it doesn't live up to the old series, but the way I see it, if Season 9 didn't impact my love for all that came before it, why would this? I'll take the chance it might be great, and will be happy regardless to see some of the gang getting paid to have the chance to make something together again.

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Again, this whole idea that you need to make an argument about the tradeoffs of technology in general in order to make an argument against AI is weak and needless. Do you have a smart phone you use the calculator on sometimes, or do you write out all your long-form division? Is everyone who owns a microwave, uses tax preparation software, or switches to an electric toothbrush just a lazy dumb-dumb in your mind?

When the barriers to access are removed, that’s great

but it dilutes the end game product over all.

AI art is rubbish and it gives you exactly what you ask for.

Cool? Maybe,

This is just talking out of both sides of your mouth trying to sound fair and balanced instead of actually making a good argument. "AI art is rubbish" -- yes!!! We don't need vacuous, hypocritical hot takes on using technology to say that.

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

Pedantry. "Think less, shut up, accept what the algorithm feeds you from this sub without question" was still the basic gist.

🤷‍♂️ I'm drinking tea and having a nice day. Sorry you think I'm getting bent out of shape just because I'm critiquing your poorly thought-out comments. 🙂

you’re getting bent out of shape over such an insignificant piece of shit like me, it’s pathetic.

My guy it honestly sounds like you're the one who needs to take a screen break more than I do. Be well.

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (17 children)

We all use technology everyday to make our lives easier, but does it?

🙄 Yes. If you disagree with something this obvious, please write me a lengthy letter explaining why and send it by horse & buggy mail carrier. I promise, I'll read and respond just as soon as I'm able.

Do you want people writing books and creating art that have no business writing books or creating art?

🤮🤮🤮 Maybe we should require an intelligence test before allowing people to post their opinions on the internet too? Or have children?

If you actually think that disallowing some people to create art because they aren't "good enough," then you aren't really defending art or artists at all.

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

"You're using your brain too much, just enjoy the 'hUmOr'" as a defense of this is ironically the funniest thing in this thread.

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (53 children)

This is such a weird take.

Oh poor baby, you need a wittle spell check to make sure you don't mess up the words in your important email?

Oh little loser, you gotta have an automatic transmission to make the car go vroom vroom?

Oh Mr. has-a-life, you have to pull out Shazam instead of knowing 8 million songs by heart?

All of us use technology to make our lives easier, to supplement skills we don't want to sink perfectionist-level time into, to enjoy "good enough" results in one area or another.

This kind of holier-than-thou hyperbolic snobbery does nothing to generate actual thoughtful reflection of where to draw the line with technology dependence and only distracts and detracts from actually good critiques of generative AI's ethics and other negative effects. I wish this sub didn't allow low-effort meme posts because it's such a brain rot circle-jerk.

 

"All of this work is broadly applicable to the PC platform, and it’s going to continue to expand over time. Supporting multiple platforms, multiple chipsets, controllers for different machines that are out there and even ones that aren’t out yet."

[...] Valve's goal with the OS is to have it compatible with traditional PCs, laptops, portable consoles and any other formats.

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nevermind that, what weird place are you in that calls Halloween "beggars night"??

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Three Dog, the radio DJ for "Galaxy News Radio" within Fallout 3, was one of the best parts of the game.

The Fallout series has lots of other media within media too, like the Grognak the Barbarian comic series or Cat's Paw magazine.

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would like to see Zach Braff as a lead or regular in something new.

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does Lemmy have anywhere I can see a log of which posts I've upvoted?

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No need to beat yourself up, just make simple changes to improve. Write a one paragraph summary for yourself after each chapter, or list key points you want to remember. The next day, review it and take 10 minutes to think about how that chapter applies to your life or other things you've read.

Once you've finished the book, rewrite & combine your notes into one or two pages and flip back through the book to find a quote or two that stands out to you. Then set a reminder on your calendar one month in the future to review your summary page.

Note-taking, rewriting notes, and spaced repetition are all proven study techniques. It's a little extra time, but it's nothing compared to the time you're spending reading, and it'll make a big difference in how well you remember your takeaways from it.

 

“We’re challenging the Open Fields Doctrine altogether,” Gay said. “One of the things that’s surprising to people is that the Open Fields Doctrine applies to land you’re living on, that you’re using to spend time with your family, to have conversations with your wife, to play with your children. It’s the kinds of places where you expect privacy, and you’d expect that you’d have the power to keep out unwanted intruders, but the way that the government applies the doctrine is that it only extends to the small area around your house called the ‘curtilage,’ not all the space you’re using on a day-to-day basis.”

Gay and Highlander are challenging that in their court case, in part because the camera in this case was located on property that Highlander and his family live on.

“These game wardens and other officials can kind of go onto most land whenever they want, for whatever reason they want, and they don’t have to get a warrant, and there’s no neutral magistrate or judge providing any kind of check on their behavior,” Gay said. He added that he is challenging the Open Fields doctrine specifically under the Virginia Constitution, which establishes a narrower Open Fields doctrine than federal law does. “We think that the camera’s seizure here is an entirely separate and additional level of egregious. What we’ve found is that wardens in this country won’t just enter people’s land, they will sometimes put cameras there to spy on that land, and, as you saw here, they will actually take other people’s cameras and look through it for evidence.”

 

On average, nearly 300 people every year are released directly from Massachusetts' maximum-security prison, directly onto the street with no guidance or support from the state. Often, they end up right back in prison. That cycle is the focus of a new report from GBH News's series, "Life After Prison." Deputy Investigative Editor Jenifer McKim, who reported the story, joined Tori Bedford to discuss, along with Mac Hudson, community liaison coordinator for Prisoners Legal Services of Massachusetts.

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