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bizarroland

@ bizarroland @lemmy.world

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  • Anti-AI people, did you ever like AI? If so, when did you stop?

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  • I like when AI is a place you can go to try something out or to experiment with something.

    I like AI as a toy.

    I hate AI that is crammed into something or some place that I don't want it to be.

    I don't want AI-generated summaries of a web search.

    I don't want AI-generated articles.

    I don't want AI crammed into every surface of my computer.

    What I want is people to use AI to help solidify an idea while it's in the experimental brainstorming stage, and then to take those things that they've made with the AI, and then turn them into a real human-generated thought process-aligned output, be that an anime, or a story, or a web article that ultimately uses as little of the original AI-generated thing as possible.

    It's a tool, not an artist. It's a tool, not a writer.

    It's a tool. Use it as a tool.

  • Has USA crime actually dimished in 2025?

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  • I mean, crime was majorly up in the 1970s when the lead saturation in the population was at its highest, but since we got rid of leaded gasoline, crime has been on a consistent downturn ever since.

    People are still treating crime as if it were the 70s and not 50 years later when the fundamental issue that caused the crime spike to begin with has been dealt with.

    Once the last people that were heavily saturated with lead die out in the next 20 years or so, we should start to be able to deal with this rationally, I hope.

  • how do you explain selfhosting to the non-techies in your life?

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  • I just tell them I run a private cloud. It's so much easier because they understand in general "cloud equals internet"

  • What would you do with this power?

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  • I am well aware of the consequences of my decision, lol.

    It's a small price to pay.

  • What would you do with this power?

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  • I would go into red dwarf and age at the normal speed and then go to the backwards time dimension and grow younger. I like pop out 10 years younger, 10 years from now and just really annoy the shit out of everybody.

  • How large would a pool have to be for you to swim in it if there is also a corpse in the pool?

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  • Small bird or larger

  • Not stupid if it works

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  • Bike's worth a few hundred dollars tops at a pawn shop, whereas a grenade can get you a hundred thousand dollars out of the nearest bank.

  • Nothing’s new bloatware includes Facebook services that can’t be uninstalled

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  • Isn't that one of the big problems?

    Reputation doesn't mean shit.

    Everyone knows Meta is terrible. Everyone knows Alphabet's and Google is terrible. Everyone knows fucking Disney is terrible. Everyone knows that the fucking Republican Party is terrible. Everyone knows that the Democratic Party is terrible.

    Everyone knows all of this shit is terrible, and nobody stops giving them money.

  • What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life?

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  • I wonder how long it would take me to be able to build the beetlejuice style furniture I would need for everything to fit in my house, lol

  • What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life?

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  • I got some meshtastic devices, but I don't really see the use case outside of sending text messages to the nobody else that is connected to the meshtastic.

  • Study, focus and information retention advice?

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  • I just used the cheap peppermint star candies that are like 2 for $2.99 now

  • Study, focus and information retention advice?

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  • A trick I was taught very young was to suck on a mint candy, and then when you actually have your test, to also bring a mint candy with you.

    The story I was told is that mint causes the blood vessels in your face and head to dilate, so your brain gets a little more oxygen.

    Then the olfactory and taste sensation being the same from when you were studying to when you were actually being tested on the topic can help your brain remember the information and recall it when it's needed.

    I cannot prove that this has worked, but for me at least I've always been extremely good at tests doing this and maybe that had some part in it.

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  • As much as is reasonable, until your kids are able to financially support themselves.

    Obviously, not everybody is going to be able to do everything, and many of those that can shouldn't, but if it wasn't for the support I received as an adult, I don't think I would have made it.

    That being said, my younger sister got easily three times the amount of financial support that I did, and she's still a shiftless lazy do-nothing loser, so not everybody will actually benefit from it, but if your kids can make it and you can afford it, you should as long as they need it.

  • How do you work at a job where you fundamentally disagree with the company's ethics?

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  • In my defense, I never said "just quit your job".

    I said, start looking for another one. There are other jobs out there. There's nothing that forces you to work for, meta, or google, or alphabet, or whatever the hell they're calling themselves.

    If you are working for a company that you find personally immoral and you are bound to them because of financial reasons, then I will stand by the statement that one of the best things that you can do is to find a way out, and one of the best ways to do that is to replace it with a different job so that you do not financially suffer through the transition.

    I don't really get how anyone would interpret that as a blind "quit your job".

  • How do you work at a job where you fundamentally disagree with the company's ethics?

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  • The idea of being a slow and ineffectual worker is a well-known concept in the CIA's counterintelligence operations manual.

    It is a known and tried and proven method of destabilizing government organizations and institutions.

    Apparently, I'm coming off as a dick, and that's definitely not my intention. I'm sharing the information that I have.

    If it doesn't get received well, oh well. That's on me for not communicating it effectively.

  • How do you work at a job where you fundamentally disagree with the company's ethics?

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  • Maybe stop huffing fatalism. its not good for you.

    I gave clear and simple things that can be done by anyone with a minimum amount of effort to improve things. That's all it takes to be moral, to be willing to improve things.

  • How do you work at a job where you fundamentally disagree with the company's ethics?

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  • Are you stupid?

  • How do you work at a job where you fundamentally disagree with the company's ethics?

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  • When Mr. Incredible could not be a full-time crime-fighting superhero, he still superheroed by helping people navigate the labyrinthine madness of insurance agencies.

    Be like Mr. Incredible.

  • How do you work at a job where you fundamentally disagree with the company's ethics?

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  • I mean, if you find yourself in that situation, the ideal scenario would be that you exit that situation as quickly as possible.

    So far, no free Americans are required to work for an evil corporation. And as far as I'm aware, most other countries do not force their laborers to work for evil corporations.

    So looking for a new job is an option.

    The next best scenario would be that you do everything you can to work ineffectively and waste their resources in just such a way as that they cannot fire you so that you, bit by bit, contribute to toppling their evil system.

  • What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life?

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  • Like, I'm gonna be real with you for a second. I've had this little crash out before, but I have actually tried to get therapy, and I have been given an appointment, and I showed up to the appointment, and the therapist fucking did not.

    I have literally gone to multiple locations through insurance-approved things, and I have waited my time, and I have made the calls, and I have sent the letters, and I have sent the emails, and I have responded to the emails, and I have done all of the things. And I have been unable to get therapy, and I have decided that, since the universe will not allow me to have therapy, I'm not allowed to have therapy.