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ALostInquirer

@ ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

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I like to ask a variety of questions, sometimes silly, serious, and/or strange. Never asking in an attempt to pester or “just asking questions” stuff.

Will I migrate from Lemm.ee to elsewhere? I don't know yet. If I do, you'll see here. If not, never stop questioning everything!

  • Besides money/capitalism, why are tech companies trying to push AI text generators over search engines?

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  • I've not used retrieval augmented generation as far as I'm aware, so my reference point is what's been pushed to the masses so far (dunno if any of it incorporates RAG, correct me if I'm mistaken).

    Looking it up I can see how it may mitigate some issues, however I still don't have much confidence that this is a wise application since at base it's still generative text. What I've tried so far has reinforced this view, as it's not served as a good research aid.

    Anything it has generated for me has typically been superficial, i.e. info I can easily find on my own, because it's on the sites right there in the first page of search results. In other situations the source articles cited seem not to exist, as attempts to verify them turn up nothing.

  • Besides money/capitalism, why are tech companies trying to push AI text generators over search engines?

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  • Perhaps true, but with the nature of the errors involved (generating anything instead of error messages for lacking info) and requisite reviewing, which itself demands research (which was what it was being used to shortcut to begin with in this context), isn't it still something of an ill fit for this?

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  • It’s not all that expensive, so why not? Lots of countries have big monuments, historic buildings for their legislatures to be in and so forth, this is just that in human form.

    Are we sure they're not all that expensive, comparatively speaking to the monuments and historic buildings and the like?

  • What social media site do you hate most?

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  • you’re forced to have one for “networking”

    Does it even do its job in this regard?

  • Which jobs has the internet largely eliminated, undercut, or reduced?

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  • Comments like this make asking these questions so worth it. That's such a cool thing to know is happening somewhere!

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    Which jobs has the internet largely eliminated, undercut, or reduced?

  • Which animals, besides cats or dogs, would you give a ride to or intentionally let in your home with barely a second thought?

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  • Cruising on a boat, spot a shark fin, "Hey pal want a tow?" Or if the boat has some kinda bay, "Flop aboard for a ride sharko!"

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    Are there rollerblading performances like ice skating performances?

  • Which animals, besides cats or dogs, would you give a ride to or intentionally let in your home with barely a second thought?

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  • Personally, and it might end me one day, but almost any kinda lizard I think I'd welcome in.

    Also sometimes groundhogs look like they might like a brief lift to another patch of dirt to dig around in, or I dunno, maybe a brief snack run.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    Which animals, besides cats or dogs, would you give a ride to or intentionally let in your home with barely a second thought?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    What are some things you keep an eye out for a better, or different version of?

  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    How do you think Lemmy's interoperability with other federated software (beyond Mbin/Piefed) could be improved?

  • Given how paintball guns work, could you swap paintballs for waterballs?

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  • Thanks for the heads up! I've not played paintball so I didn't know what kinda paint the standard stuff was using, and was mostly thinking about a way to minimize any clean up involved.

    Kinda contrary to some of the fun of the game, but everyone likes to play differently.

  • Given how paintball guns work, could you swap paintballs for waterballs?

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  • Thanks for the link, and clear paint didn't occur to me, so that may be a good option too!

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    Given how paintball guns work, could you swap paintballs for waterballs?

  • What ethical, or legal, ways could someone make themselves or something unmarketable?

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  • Would taking notes from some dogs and rolling in foul stuff count?

  • What ethical, or legal, ways could someone make themselves or something unmarketable?

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  • Why limit your imagining to products alone? Even in that reply I'm not specifying person or thing (despite the use of "it"), and with the original question I'm asking either marketing oneself or something.

  • What ethical, or legal, ways could someone make themselves or something unmarketable?

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  • The internet has been carefully curated [...]

    You mean the fuckin' corporate internet? 😜

  • What ethical, or legal, ways could someone make themselves or something unmarketable?

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  • Yes but also markets in general, because why not?

  • What ethical, or legal, ways could someone make themselves or something unmarketable?

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  • No no, if they could hire you for that you'd be marketable, but if you actively liked the product and kept talking them up only to make them uncool and refused being paid to or paid to stop, maybe? 🤔

  • What ethical, or legal, ways could someone make themselves or something unmarketable?

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  • I would think like however ungovernable is meant but directed toward businesses and markets.

    I guess that may look like disregard for contracts, refusing to sell to businesses, applying for jobs only to string businesses along or ghost them like they have so many, or things like this?

    Asking to see how people interpret and run with the idea, what they consider unmarketable and the ways to achieve it

  • What ethical, or legal, ways could someone make themselves or something unmarketable?

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  • As in you can't market it because it wouldn't sell regardless of how you may try.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    What ethical, or legal, ways could someone make themselves or something unmarketable?

  • What subreddit are you trying to replace on Lemmy that needs pumping up?

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  • May be too specific but have been inconsistently trying to get [email protected] going as a community to find alternatives/similar stuff to what one likes.

    It's a riff on the old ifyoulikeblank subreddit without the initially unclear tagging requirements.

    People comment, which is great, but few other posters.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    Which default settings on anything do you look to change ASAP?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    How does one snap their fingers?

  • Why do some say they own or have bought something that they technically haven't (e.g. domain names, expensive things, etc.)?

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  • Mentioning @[email protected] here to address you both in your similar corrections rather than duplicate my reply: I stand corrected.

    I see that I had misconstrued my personal misgivings with the penalties of failing to pay with a lack of legal ownership.

    It still feels off, precarious, to describe it as ownership to me, but I recognize what you're both saying regarding the legal standing of it all.

  • Why do some say they own or have bought something that they technically haven't (e.g. domain names, expensive things, etc.)?

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  • Own as in mortgages/loans paid off, I take it? That's the slight distinction I'm thinking of with expensive items that typically can't be bought outright. It's not wholly owned until mortgage/loan is paid off, which you kinda nod towards with your last sentence.

  • Why do some say they own or have bought something that they technically haven't (e.g. domain names, expensive things, etc.)?

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  • In the vein of houses and cars, yeah. I should get in a better habit of elaborating on ambiguous terms in the body, only haven't as I've mixed experience with people skipping over those.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    Why do some say they own or have bought something that they technically haven't (e.g. domain names, expensive things, etc.)?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    You have the opportunity to make individual words for which there aren't any, instantly adopted, which words do you make and why?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    Which plushies, set against each other, do you think would be most effective as the exclusive means of handling all conflicts?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    What should one follow (via RSS/here/elsewhere) to tune into strictly non-commercial stuff?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    How would you imagine things differing if all seating furniture had to be beanbag chairs?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    Besides a tourist trap, what would you do if you found yourself with a puzzle house surrounded by a maze?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    Why is it sometimes difficult to start doing what one enjoys?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    What sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Punctuation
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    ALostInquirer @lemm.ee

    What have you viewed as the "least bad" among employers when looking for work?