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Ember James

@ Arkouda @lemmy.ca

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  • What are good final words?

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  • A couple favourites:

    "I should have never switched from scotch to martinis." Marlon Brando

    "I can't take it anymore!" -Rodney Dangerfield

    If I could choose what mine would be:

    "Knock, knock..."

    "Who's there?"

    dead

    I don't know why, but I find this incredibly humourous.

    Related, I don't want to be buried in a graveyard but if I did I would want "I thought it would be funny" on my gravestone.

  • The down vote button is not the "disagree" button, what do you use it for?

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  • This is the best answer for me so far. I like it!

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  • I am 9.4km away from where I was born, in a different city, and I don't consider where I was born my home.

  • Are there any legitimate "brain training" apps/games/etc.?

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  • From what I have read there isn't any legitimate brain training apps for the average person. I know there are apps out there to help with specific disorders and things like that having some positive results, but everything I have seen on brain training shows little benefit from it, and it is really just a way to make yourself feel like you are doing something from what I can tell.

    That being said, as someone with a bad memory, keeping a detailed journal and writing important or interesting things down when they happen help me remember things much better. If you can say what you want to remember out loud that is even better because it is another way to solidify what you are trying to remember.

    A trick my counselor taught me is to Journal before bed, read what you wrote when you are finished, and then go to sleep. This is supposed to help with long term memory of what you wrote down, and I have seen improvement doing this with my long term memory.

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    What music do you have a reason for avoiding?

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  • Classic rock.

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    What cool python scripts do you have that you can share?

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mainNumber = 10000
count = 0

def addNumber():
    global mainNumber
    if mainNumber >= 0:
        mainNumber += 10
    if mainNumber >= 9:
        mainNumber += 7
    else:
        mainNumber += 13

def subNumber():
    global mainNumber
    if mainNumber >= 10:
        mainNumber -= 6
    elif mainNumber >= 100:
        mainNumber -= 56
    elif mainNumber >= 1000:
        mainNumber -= 560
    else:
        mainNumber -= 2

def multNumber():
    global mainNumber
    if mainNumber <= 100:
        mainNumber = mainNumber * 2
    else:
        mainNumber = mainNumber * 3

def divNumber():
    global mainNumber
    if mainNumber > 1000:
        mainNumber = mainNumber / 5
    if mainNumber < 1000:
        mainNumber = mainNumber / 3
    if mainNumber < 0:
        mainNumber = mainNumber * -1

while mainNumber != 1:
    count += 1
    addNumber()
    subNumber()
    multNumber()
    divNumber()
    print(mainNumber)
    if count == 1000:
        break

    This is not the most interesting script in the world, I made it to practice while loops that I absolutely sucked at and see what funky things happen.

    This script does nothing if you put in mainNumber = 1 for obvious reasons, but if you put in 2-21 it will evaluate to 21.99999999999999, 22 evaluates to 22 1000 times, and mainNumber = 23 or higher evaluates to 22.00000000000001.

    I have not found a whole number that doesn't follow this pattern yet (Truthfully haven't dug as far as I would like) but it is interesting how this little practice script did something like this when I was just messing around.

  • Considering that AI is "hallucinating", and able to make up information that seems true based on what the model was trained on, what is the difference between current AI and the human brain?

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  • I would argue that AI should be held to account for the information it provides, and until AI is capable of having a personal bank account, damages should be paid by the company who created it.

    The only reason I see that AI doesn't "hold itself to account" is that it was never programmed to. Much like if you do not properly educate a young human, they will not be held accountable a lot of the time because we understand their actions are the result of how they were brought up and taught, or "programmed".

    You do bring up a good point, but I see that as a failing on the Humans making the AI and restricting it, not a demonstration that AI wouldn't be capable of holding itself and its decisions to account if it was taught to like we need to be taught to.

  • What’s the darkest part of yourself that you’ve never told anyone? (Mine is in the comments)

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  • Thank you for the hearty laugh!

  • What’s the darkest part of yourself that you’ve never told anyone? (Mine is in the comments)

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  • "Don't worry, the glass door has a lock on it." "What is stopping anyone from breaking the class nullifying the lock?"

    What follows is the purest form of cognitive dissonance I have witnessed in life. Believing a lock will keep the bad guys out while knowing the fragility of glass seems to miss most people until you tell them.

  • What's something you started doing arbitrarily that's been really positive for you?

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  • Probably one of the numerous countries with a wild and violent stray dog population.

  • Newbie with kubuntu - tips?

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  • Is the Gatekeeping in the room with us right now?

  • Newbie with kubuntu - tips?

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  • Whether you like trouble shooting or not, if you use Linux, you need to get used to it and good at it.

  • Newbie with kubuntu - tips?

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  • The best tip I received when starting on Linux was "Break shit", and I believe it is still the best advice out there.

    Keep an install ready, and go to town on your distro of choice. Test commands, turn things on and off, delete things, move things, and literally break shit. Then see if you can put it back together again. If not, install a fresh one and try again.

    Repeat until you get it. haha

  • Bots everywhere or am I losing it?

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  • This is exactly what a bot would say...

  • What do you think can be done to improve the starwars brand?

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  • Personally, nothing can be done. Starwars last chance for me was episode 7, but I already watched a New hope and didn't need a reboot.

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  • Really only on which hole the user prefers Trump in, but it is quite the outspoken debate! haha

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  • Afraid to use the saying "Calling a spade a spade" eh?

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  • I don't agree, a better idea to speak to humans is to not treat them like another animal who has few ways to understand you, calling people "dogs" or promoting animal abuse doesn't help anyone, and I sincerely hope the mods listen to your final plea.

  • How do your toughts work?

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  • My thoughts are an absolute mess, and a combination of auditory and "visual" representations. My partner says when I am thinking really hard it looks like I am reading a book and talking to myself.

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    What music is similar to the Water Temple theme from The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

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  • I would assume the music from the water temple is similar to the music played 24/7 in hell. lol