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usualsuspect191, in Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI?

The only thing I really hate about “AI” is how many damn fonts barely differentiate between a capital “i” and lowercase “L” so it just looks like everyone is talking about some guy named Al.

“Al improves efficiency in…” Oh, good for him

KammicRelief,

Right! Now I need to add extra clarification when I talk about Weird Al…

swordsmanluke,

To be fair, writing parody songs with wierd AI is 100% a thing you can do online now.

intensely_human,

Sam sung something for Al I heard

pearsaltchocolatebar,

I got Proton to change their font for their password manager because of this.

I just happen to have a few generated passwords that contain both, plus the pipe symbol, and some of them I occasionally have to type manually.

TheIllustrativeMan,

Don’t they use different colors for capital vs lowercase vs number vs symbol?

pearsaltchocolatebar,

Nope to the cases, but yes to the rest.

CaptainSpaceman, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?

Off the top of my head,

Psy - Gangnam Style

Rammstein - entire catalog

The Hu - most of their stuff

Scubus,

Also right now by psy.

And most of madkid and chihara minoris music

clay_pidgin,

I like Mother Father Gentleman too by PSY.

zalgotext,

That That with Psy and Suga frequently gets stuck in my head

Kolanaki, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?
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The entire sound track for FLCL by The Pillows.

When that show was new, I could sing them all. Kinda. I certainly had no idea what the words were, but I listened to them enough that I could fake it lol

zalgotext,

Just rewatched the first season this past weekend, the soundtrack for that show is absolutely incredible

M137, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?
@M137@lemmy.world avatar

Reading through these comments make it look like most people here are teenagers.

zalgotext,

Neat

argentcorvid, in When someone says "kiss my ass" does it refer to the hole or the cheek?
@argentcorvid@midwest.social avatar

Pretty sure “ass” originally meant just the hole.

scutiger,

But now we have the word asshole

Worx,

And in 60 years we will have “asshole” and “assholehole”

argentcorvid,
@argentcorvid@midwest.social avatar

yeah, english is dumb.

Turbofish, in Have you ever seen coal burn? If yes, why?

I’d never really considered that people might not have seen coal burn.

In Ireland both coal and turf are still fairly common as the primary method of heating. That said they are “trying” to phase it out.

someguy3,

Since we produce a lot of NG around here that’s what we use for heating. But we always used electric clothes dryers…

RGB3x3, in How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?

Aldi.

If you have one near you, get your staples from there. It’s so much cheaper than Kroger, Costco, Publix, and Target.

jelloeater85,
@jelloeater85@lemmy.world avatar

Lidl is even better. Aldi is more for snack by me. I still goto Stop and Shop for niche things.

janus2,
@janus2@lemmy.zip avatar

I’m lucky enough to live near both and they’re the only things keeping me eating relatively healthily while I lack access to a full kitchen…

quicksand,

Shout out to WinCo also. As a heads up they only take cash/debit though, not credit.

HootinNHollerin, in Any good YouTube recommendations?

Science: Steve Mould

History: timeline, odyssey, war stories, told in stone, vasile luga, get.factual

Music: cercle

Geopolitics: Caspian Report

Aviation: mustard

Biographies: the people profiles

SoylentBlake,

Caspian Report is fantastic

erranto, (edited )

Caspian report is crap opinions passing as geopolitical knowledge and analysis. I have watched a few of his vids. and the guy doesn’t know what is really happening in other foreign countries, but it doesn’t stop him from writing 30 mn long bullshit videos and impressing an audience that is just as uneducated about those subjects as him. i.e Any one who claims to know everything about every other country in the world is a FRAUD.

HootinNHollerin, (edited )

Why do you think it’s just the narrator’s lone opinion and not the narrator describing the research performed by a team of people on the subject of each episode?

What’s your best geopolitics channel then? Or is the very idea of one also a fraud to you?

TexMexBazooka, in How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?

Eating fingernails with a side of depression

moosetwin,
@moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

that hit a bit too close to home

spicytuna62,
@spicytuna62@lemmy.world avatar

Ever pick your nose?

TexMexBazooka,

Yeah, extra protein

kandoh, in How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?

Meat = almost eliminated from my diet except for frozen ground chicken that’s 10 dollars.

Potato chips = replaced by crackers, much cheaper.

Vegetables = all frozen now

lagomorphlecture,

Have you looked into the one time expense of buying an air fryer? You can make your own chips/fries/etc which are both cheaper and healthier. Obviously you have to buy the appliance but it pays off in terms of health and groceries eventually. Like, crackers are usually loaded with crap ingredients. You could air fry some potatoes in a little spray of healthy oil for a dollar or two and do your wallet and your heart a solid AND you’re still getting your daily allotment of potatoes lol

Perhapsjustsniffit,

You don’t need the gadget. You can make these things with a normal stove and oven. As someone who cooks a lot someone gave me one of these for xmas. It’s a damn convection oven. A tiny one worth way too much money. Learn to use the appliances you have and stop with the useless gadgets.

lagomorphlecture,

It is a convection oven but most people don’t have a fancy oven with a convection oven. Yeah you can make it in the oven but it comes out better in the air fryer and mine heats in literally one minute, I can use it in summer because it doesn’t add nearly as much heat to my house, etc. It’s way more convenient than using the massive oven for a plate of fries or something and I can even cook an entire pizza in the air fryer I got using the bake setting, which again is just much easier and more convenient for me.

kandoh,

Would love one but the place I live has a 1000 watt limit before I blow a fuse.

ohwhatfollyisman, in What are the best steps to reduce the wealth of billionaires?

we need to change the parameters of success.

the current “world’s richest persons” list is actually the “world’s greediest persons” list. we need to all start calling it exactly that. we need to, as society, understand that having those levels of wealth is more a symptom of a sick and twisted mind rather than a consequence of “business acumen”.

the world’s richest persons list should be recalibrated to what percentage of one’s income has been given away in taxes and donations. think about it, if you can indulge in all your necessities, comforts, and luxuries on 10% of your income and still afford to give away the other 90%, are you not 9 times “richer” than you need to be?

separately, any company that turns an obscene profit has done so only by overcharging their customers. these companies should be vilified therefore, and not celebrated.

DecarbonatedOdes,

So true. And a national change in perspective is definitely achievable.

Modern_medicine_isnt,

I doubt it is really greed. They are competitive. It’s a different driver.

bazmatazable,

No matter if it is greed, competitiveness, narcissism, another personality trait or some combination of them the point was that we as a society should not consider becoming a billionaire as model behavior. By all means be the best sports player or musician or top surgeon and make as much money as you are legally allowed. Most tech billionaires are just not that impressive to justify their current net worth.

viralJ, in Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI?

I remember the term AI being in use long before the current wave of LLMs. When I was a child, it was used to describe the code behind the behaviour of NPC in computer games, which I think is still used today. So, me, no, I don’t get agitated when I hear it, I don’t think it’s a marketing buzzword invented by capitalistic a-holes. I do think that using “intelligence” in AI is far too generous, whichever context it’s used in, but we needed some word to describe computers pretending to think and someone, a long time ago, came up with “artificial intelligence”.

Rikj000,
@Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Thank you for reminding me about NPCs,
we have indeed been calling them AI for years,
even though they are not capable of reasoning on their own.

Perhaps we need a new term,
e.g. AC (Artificial Consiousness),
which does not exists yet.

The term AI still agitates me though,
since most of these are not intelligent.

For example,
earlier this week I saw a post on Lemmy,
where a LLM suggested to a user to uninstall a package, which would definitely have broken his Linux distro.

Or my co-workers,
who asked development questions I had to the LLMs they use, which yet has to generate me something usefull / something that actually works.

To me it feels like they are pushing their bad beta products upon us,
in the hopes that we pay to use them,
so they can use our feedback to improve them.

To me they don’t feel intelligent nor consious.

Blueberrydreamer,

I would argue that humans also frequently give bad advice and incorrect information. We regurgitate the information we read, and we’re notoriously bad at recognizing false and misleading info.

More important to keep in mind is that the vast, vast majority of intelligence in our world is much dumber than people. If you’re expecting greater than human intelligence as your baseline, you’re going to have a wildly different definition than the rest of the world.

FooBarrington,

For example,
earlier this week I saw a post on Lemmy,
where a LLM suggested to a user to uninstall a package, which would definitely have broken his Linux distro.

Colleagues of mine have also recommended me uninstalling required system packages. Does that mean my colleagues aren’t intelligent/conscious? That humans in general aren’t?

Rikj000,
@Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

That humans in general aren’t?

After working 2 years on an open source ML project, I can confidently say that yes, on average, lights aint that bright sadly.

raynethackery, in How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?

I’ve been searching for lentil recipes.

TheDoctorDonna,

I put lentils in my vegetarian chili. Do chilli however you like - I prefer a bean blend over straight kidney beans- and just boil a pot of lentils and use them in place of the ground beef if your doing a quick chili. I would think you wouldn’t want them pre cooked if you’re doing a slow cook chili.

raynethackery,

Thanks. I have a recipe for chili I really like, I will give it a try.

InvisibleShoe,
@InvisibleShoe@lemmy.world avatar

This Slowcooker Lentil Soup tastes great and freezes well.

raynethackery,

Mmm, that looks great.

lagomorphlecture,

This recipe is so good. I’m a vegetarian, not vegan, but I’m always looking for really good no meat options and this is just delicious, basically it’s beef stew flavored.

Also you can replace the meat in tacos and gyros with lentils using the same seasoning, also delicious. Just use whatever recipe you normally like for those.

You should look into chickpeas. Personally I find that lentils work great where you might use red meat and chickpeas work great where you might use white meat/chicken so you don’t even need specific recipes because you can just omit the meat and add the legumes instead.

raynethackery,

Thanks, that recipe looks delicious. I want to give lentils in pasta sauce but I’m afraid I won’t like it. I’ve tried chickpeas and I just can’t seem to like them.

Lennnny, (edited )
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

I found this one on an old man’s Instagram account. It was really nice! I subbed some of the stock for a can of IPA.

Lentil Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 chopped onion
4 cloves of chopped garlic
3 medium carrots, chopped
2 stalks of celery, chopped
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
1 can of diced tomatoes
1/8 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste
1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, or more to taste
1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of chili powder
1 teaspoon of salt
6 cups of chicken stock
1 cup of red lentils, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup of yellow lentils, rinsed and drained

Instructions:

Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
Add onions and garlic and cook until the onion is translucent, about five minutes.
Stir in the carrots and celery and cook until the vegetables are tender, about eight more minutes.
Stir in your tomato paste, crushed red pepper, cayenne pepper (if you decide to use), salt, black pepper, smoked paprika, cumin, and chili powder.
Mix in your lentils and chicken stock.
Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low and simmer until the lentils are soft, about 40 minutes.

raynethackery,

Thanks, I will definitely give it a try.

lung, in How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?
@lung@lemmy.world avatar

Step 1) plant potatoes Step 2) cry

ReiRose,

Some things can be grown at home with relative ease and not much space. A lot depends on where you are, how much space you have, your soil, if you can invest money, what spare time you can give. So either research or experimentation is key.

I live in Florida (I’m sorry I’m voting as hard as I can) and have had success with these from seeds or cut-offs from store bought items: Kiwis, passion fruit, pineapple, tomatoes, garlic, turmeric, onion, ginger. These I have bought the plant or seeds from nurseries (or Korean supermarket): Brocoli, any peppers, any dark leafy greens.

There is so much information on youtube. I found the initial time to set up a small garden is about 10- 20 hours in the first 2 weeks, then about 10-20 mins every 2 to 3 days.

alien, in Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI?

It really depends on how you define the term. In the tech world AI is used as a general term to describe many sorts of generative and predictive models. At one point in time you could’ve called a machine that can solve arithmetic problems “AI” and now here we are, Feels like the goalpost gets moved further every time we get close so I guess we’ll never have “true” AI?

So, the point is, what is AI for you?

vodkasolution,

Adobe Illustrator

alien,

hahaha couldn’t resist huh?

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