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  • I'm just trying to lose a few pounds

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  • Doritos are underappreciated in terms of post ride nutrition...

  • I'm just trying to lose a few pounds

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  • Yeah, we've got a Chihuahua and for his sake I wanted it to be real, but there's about zero chance wolves would put up with one.

  • Why did you decide to join Lemmy?

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  • Got pissed at corporate social media for the way they've accelerated the damage being done to our already degraded public discourse but I still needed somewhere to doomscroll and find... gifs... of... nothing in particular...

  • TIL the CEO of Reddit has been given a $193 million compensation package

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  • Not exactly sure what you missed or what your point is supposed to be.

    The same would be true of any ad platform. I hate Facebook for all the ills it's caused society and it pisses me off that my breakfast cereal is slightly more expensive because of Zuckerberg's compensation package too.

    But Facebook, et al. aren't being discussed here. Reddit is.

    Even if I stay off the internet completely, a portion of the money I spend STILL goes in their pocket, and the only way to prevent it is to spend hours exhaustively researching every product I buy to find the one or two alternatives out of hundreds of others that don't feed into the system somehow. And even if product A doesn't buy ads on these platforms, the place I shop for it probably does. If I can't buy direct, as is the case with so many purchases, all that time and research are robbed of any real impact by the fact that my closest retail outlet spends millions on targeted Internet ads.

    But it's not really about the money though, it's about where it's going.

    In an alternate timeline, Spez, Zuck, and the rest are decent human beings with a functioning conscience and use their platforms for the common good. I don't mind those versions of them getting a piece of my alternate self's dollar. But I don't live in that universe.

    So, because I'm stuck here, every single one of these modern-day Prometheus wannabe, god-complex, techbro shitheads can kiss my hairy ass.

  • TIL the CEO of Reddit has been given a $193 million compensation package

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  • I gotta unpack this a little...

    Reddit's main source of revenue is advertising. Other companies pay Reddit to shove ads in your face. You probably buy products from at least some of those companies, and while market forces and consumer perceptions have large influence, operating costs are still a factor in setting those prices. Just like everyone else, Reddit sets the prices of its advertising services based in part on its operating costs, which includes Spez's salary.

    Even if you avoid Reddit, things you buy are more expensive because this fucking toolshed gets paid $193 million a year just to be a sociopathic jackoff with a popular website.

    I quit Reddit years ago, but I'm still fucking pissed about this shit and I have every right to be.

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  • For advanced STEM degrees, there are people who just enjoy learning that sort of thing and applying their knowledge.

    In the same vein, some folks are just attracted to dangerous and difficult jobs because they get a sense of purpose or identity from it.

    Others it's community. I knew a guy who did 20 years active duty military, then joined the national guard, then took a job for the same national guard unit as a DoD civilian and stayed on until they forced him to retire. They had practically drag the guy out. He never did anything but bitch and complain about the work he spent more than 40 years doing, he sounded like kinda hated his job, but he liked being a part of the military.

  • Solid advice.

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  • Garage drink fridge is the most underrated luxury item out there. Total life changer.

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  • IPA: If Pinecones were Alcohol.

  • Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise

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  • illegal and unwise.

    Shocked. Shocked! That could describe damn near everything he does.

    Bet this gets Epstein out of the headlines, and all he had to do was kidnap the duly elected leader of a foreign nation and start yet another war for oil. That's obviously a master class in political subtlety.

  • The new advertising

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  • Absolutely brilliant. The brink of human ingenuity. An amazingly creative solution for generating revenue. Let's take this technology we've invested countless resources in and make it the 199,422nd internet advertising platform in existence. The world was desperate for another ad platform, so this can only help humanity in the long run.

    True innovation and inspired leadership.

  • Sums up AI problems

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  • You're when it comes to finding affection. Which is precisely why my approach fell flat.

    While the environmental problems and the market bubble eventually bursting are bigger issues that will harm everyone, I see the beginnings of what could be a problem of equal significance concerning the exploitation of lonely and vulnerable people for profit with AI romance/sexbot apps. I don't want to fully buy into the more sensationalist headlines surrounding AI safety without more information, but I strongly suspect that we'll see a rise in isolated persons with aggravated mental health issues due to this kind of LLM use. Not necessarily hundreds of people with full-blown psychosis, but an overall increase in self-isolation coupled with depression and other more common mental health issues.

    The way social media has shaped our public discourse has shown that like it or not, we're all vulnerable to being emotionally manipulated by electronic platforms. AI is absolutely being used in the same way and while more tech savvy persons are likely to be less vulnerable, no one is going to be completely immune. When you consider AI powered romance and sex apps, ask yourself if there's a better way to get under someone's skin than by simulating the most intimate relationships in the human experience?

    So, old fashioned or not, I'm not going to be supportive of lonely people turning to LLMs as a substitute for romance in the near future. It's less about their individual freedoms, and more about not wanting to see them fed into the next Torment Nexus.

    Edits: several words.

  • Sums up AI problems

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  • Well, that's certainly not the direction I expected this conversation to go.

    I apologize to the necro community for the hurtful and ignorant comments I've made in the past. They aren't reflective of who I am as a person and I'll strive to improve myself in the future.

  • Sums up AI problems

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  • For a while I was telling people "don't fall in love with anything that doesn't have a pulse." Which I still believe is good advice concerning AI companion apps.

    But someone reminded me of that humans will pack-bond with anything meme that featured a toaster or something like that, and I realized it was probably a futile effort and gave it up.

  • Why do you personally hate Christmas?

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  • Whats the most Fediverse "Thing" you know of?

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  • The phenomenon is sometimes called the Naccism of Small Differences or the Law of Triviality. It appears in just about any group of people to some degree. It's a wild and weird little bit of human behavior.

  • What wisdom from someone else has stuck with you?

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  • From others in general - Always invest in the things that separate you from the ground; shoes, tires, and your mattress.

    From a coach I knew - Every so often sit down and make sure your actions fit with your goals. It's easier to get off course than you think.

    From my father - The Hassle Factor. A job can give you three things, enough money to make up for the time you don't have, enough time to make up for the money you don't have, and a sense of satisfaction. If you aren't getting at least two of the three, the job isn't worth the hassle.

  • What wisdom from someone else has stuck with you?

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  • A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky animals and you know it.

  • J. D. Vance Fails a Simple Moral Test | The vice president welcomes anti-Semites into the Republican coalition.

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  • TBF the term is tossed around liberally these days. But you are correct, this is the type of antisemite that wants to start a genocide, not the kind that wants to end one.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • I know. I have a problem. =(