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IphtashuFitz

@ IphtashuFitz @lemmy.world

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  • Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"

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  • I like the idea of referring to LLMs as “spicy autocomplete”.

  • What would you like to say to the Aliens if/when President Donald Trump invites them up onto the stage during a press conference?

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  • What tourist destinations do you think are NOT overrated?

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  • Thanks for the heads-up!

  • What tourist destinations do you think are NOT overrated?

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  • Thanks. We just decided to sign up for this self-driving 8 day tour.

  • What tourist destinations do you think are NOT overrated?

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  • Banff, Jasper, and all the Canadian Rockies in between. Especially if you like hiking in out-of-the-way locations.

    Also New Zealand’s South Island.

  • What tourist destinations do you think are NOT overrated?

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  • Will be visiting Iceland next month. Can’t wait to see things like this IRL.

  • Homeland Security Department poised to shut down as Congress leaves with no deal

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  • USCG used to be under the Department of Transportation, and would move to under the Navy during wartime. They got shoved into DHS when that department was created. Move them back to DOT like they used to be…

  • Do you volunteer?

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  • I was a member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary for 10 years. It’s a branch of the USCG made up entirely of civilian volunteers. We train to perform many of the same things the USCG does with the exception of law enforcement. I’ve done everything from tow broken down boats to searching for missing boats/people to escorting warships and tankers through harbors to providing security at fireworks and tall ship parades.

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  • My brother owned a local franchise for a few years. When he first got into it he really liked the owners, their methods, etc. Last year the owners sold out to a private equity firm that started squeezing all the franchises with insane demands in order to make them more money. My brother got out as quickly as he could, and ended up barely breaking even.

    Fuck private equity firms. I hope there’s a special place in hell for them.

  • This Autonomous Snow Blower Shovels on its Own, Recharges Itself, and Keeps Going

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  • Radar & camera can be degraded by snow/ice buildup. A grate that lets wet snow in is also going to be big enough to let rocks and other debris in.

  • This Autonomous Snow Blower Shovels on its Own, Recharges Itself, and Keeps Going

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  • Like snow or ice buildup causing issues with the camera, radar, etc.

  • Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots

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  • BD is far from bullshit. I used to work across the street from them and saw them testing robots countless times in the parking lot and surrounding area. They were also nice enough to give me & a bunch of coworkers a tour of their labs. It’s pretty darned impressive what they’ve achieved in 3 decades of research. This recent news story shows a lot of the capabilities of their current generation Atlas robot.

  • Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots

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  • You should check out this news story. It gives a lot more detail about their Atlas robot.

  • Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots

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  • You should see just how far Boston Dynamics has progressed. They’ve been working on it for literally decades, and it shows. They may have humanoid AI robots working in automotive assembly lines within a year or two:

  • How old did you get your driver's license? Did you learn driving from a driving school or from parents? (or some friend or relative?)

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  • My wife got hers at 14 1/2. That was the legal age in Maine until the late 1980s.

  • Those who have moved residences, do you still remember all the places you've been, do you feel anything about it when remembering it or looking at street views? Do you feel sentinmental about it?

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  • My grandparents had a summer home on a river that I don’t a lot of summers at when growing up, until I was about 20 or so. (I’m now knocking on the door of 60). The place was sold in my mid 20’s when my grandparents both passed away. I check it out on Google from time to time, and I’ve seen moderate changes over the years, but it still looks mostly the same. I’m a bit sentimental about it since I spent so many fun summers there.

    Not true of their next door neighbors. The neighbors house no longer exists. It was apparently completely torn down and replaced. The biggest giveaway from the perspective of Google is that there is now a swimming pool between the house and the river that wasn’t there a few years ago, and the driveway is a completely new layout as well.

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  • My employer uses Akamai as a CDN (and security) provider for their websites. Akamai has an optional tool called Image and Video Manager that, in a nutshell, optimizes images for better site performance.

    Basically you put a high quality image on your website, and when Akamai retrieves it the first time it optimizes its color palette, compression, size, and format for multiple devices. Each derivative image is cached by Akamai for 30 days at a minimum.

    So while you may put a 1000x1000 JPG with a quality of 95%, an Android user may be served a 200x200 image with 80% quality, and it may be a WEBP or PNG format instead of JPG. Exactly which derivative image is served is based on criteria like the web browser being used, the viewport size, etc.

  • Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030

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  • All the black hats are going to have a field day uncovering all manner of zero-day exploits…

  • How AI broke the smart home in 2025

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  • I’m so glad my wife & I never got sucked into using things like Alexa.