GreyEyedGhost

joined 2 years ago
[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Moths wearing jeans, eating beans.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The thing about buying Portugese (or other nationality) wines is it still boycotts America.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

It is because of people like you that marketing has to use clickbaity titles, because you refuse to believe that technically difficult tasks take decades to achieve. Here you are, whining about clickbait, when they have pictures of a production plant they spent millions to build. The absolute scammers!

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

These are the people who think weather forecasters are just guessing right now. Why would they need access to satellites to guess?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

I'm curious about that rate for millionaires. I suspect it is lower, but not by much.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I absolutely think that privacy within your own mind should be inviolable (trusting corporations and even government to agree is laughable). Iain Banks' Culture series explores some of these implications, as well as who should be in control of your mental state. It's messy and hard, and is one of the reasons I currently wouldn't get a brain implant. I might change my mind if I had ALS, for instance.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Oh, and how do rechargeable batteries stack up to those from 3 decades ago? Care to guess?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I likely had undiagnosed depression for decades before I got treatment, from a GP, no less, after being dismissed by a psychiatrist. If you have concerns about your health, keep trying to get help, as long as you're able.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"What am I without my legs?" "What am I without my eyes?" "What am I without my arms?"

What counts as "the real me" has been evolving for decades, if not centuries. I'm not volunteering for brain implants, but I'm not writing off the idea sometime in the future. As for AI, this is going to be more of the ML variety, not the LLM variety. Think more of "neurochemical levels have been trending in a certain direction for too long, release opposing neurochemicals to halt the spiral" and less of a little voice inside your head giving quite possibly incorrect answers to whatever you're thinking of.

This is absolutely risky stuff, but less risky than recurring electroshock therapy? Hard for me to say. Note that the article is from nearly 2 decades ago, but there are articles in the news from just the last couple weeks.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Pretty much where I'm at. We absolutely should do everything we can to minimize the impact of American volatility to our economy, but damaging our economy more than necessary to do so is counterproductive. Stringing on the bullshit until we have a clear exit plan is the smart move, distasteful as that may be.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I have one of the models affected by this recall. My serial number indicates it isn't affected. It's been working fine for years. I have other products of theirs and my biggest complaint is that my earbuds didn't work after being lost in the snow and found months later in the spring.

Does my anecdote beat yours?

 

Basically what the title says. Sometimes something is removed, rightly or wrongly, but its removal diminishes the comments below it. The capability is already in Lemmy and it would be nice to see if one chooses to, but I can accept that the feature could promote toxic behavior.

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