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NoSpotOfGround

@ NoSpotOfGround @lemmy.world

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    Obama Beats Trump by Double-Digit

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  • ... from running for a third term.

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  • I've heard it joked that "everyone going into wrestling is either gay or about to become gay". Because of all the body contact.

    That said this is a rather poor comic. "Haha, different sexualities exist"... I guess we as a culture are in a transition phase. We have to get used to realizing there is a spectrum of sexual orientations without either giggling like teenagers or blowing up with rage.

  • Payment

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  • People don't think it be like that, but it do.

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  • Or "don't answer when the magic trees ask things". I suppose we all learned our own little life lessons today. 💯

  • Windows 11’s 2025 problems are getting impossible to ignore

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  • Lots of international manufacturers skip model numbers 4 and 9 because of Asian superstitions. Silly, yes, but they affect sales and even birth rates.

    At least in Japanese, 4 sounds like "death" and 9 sounds like "suffering".

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  • The current generation of AMD processors and motherboards have this "feature" where the first time you boot up, nothing shows on screen for about a minute, sometimes two. Because it's calibrating the memory or something stupid like that. With nothing on the fucking screen.

    It's obviously some hurried fix for a problem they encountered late in the development process of the AM5 generation, but Jesus Christ is it horribly implemented. The most tense moment when building a PC and they thought making it act as if it's broken for two minutes is good UX.

  • Tis the season

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  • Frighten? Faze? Ftraumatize?

  • TIL that the Irish flag was invented by the French

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  • It doesn't matter who's right, it only matters who's left.

  • Judge hands Lambo.com to Lamborghini after ruling owner acted in bad faith

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  • Unpopular opinion, but the judge was right. There would be zero benefit to society to reward this absolute cybersquatter. There's an almost zero benefit to reward a corporation. Both bad, but the corporation should get it in this case.

  • The Big Vitamin D Mistake [pdf]

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  • Abstract:

    Since 2006, type 1 diabetes in Finland has plateaued and then decreased after the authorities’ decision to fortify dietary milk products with cholecalciferol. The role of vitamin D in innate and adaptive immunity is critical. A statistical error in the estimation of the recom- mended dietary allowance (RDA) for vitamin D was recently discovered; in a correct analysis of the data used by the Institute of Medi- cine, it was found that 8895 IU/d was needed for 97.5% of individuals to achieve values ≥50 nmol/L. Another study confirmed that 6201 IU/d was needed to achieve 75 nmol/L and 9122 IU/d was needed to reach 100 nmol/L. The largest meta-analysis ever conduct- ed of studies published between 1966 and 2013 showed that 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels <75 nmol/L may be too low for safety and associated with higher all-cause mortality, demolishing the previously presumed U-shape curve of mortality associated with vitamin D levels. Since all-disease mortality is reduced to 1.0 with serum vitamin D levels ≥100 nmol/L, we call public health authorities to consider designating as the RDA at least three-fourths of the levels proposed by the Endocrine Society Expert Committee as safe up- per tolerable daily intake doses. This could lead to a recommendation of 1000 IU for children <1 year on enriched formula and 1500 IU for breastfed children older than 6 months, 3000 IU for children >1 year of age, and around 8000 IU for young adults and thereaf- ter. Actions are urgently needed to protect the global population from vitamin D deficiency.

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    What was the worst date you went on?

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  • Went to the biggest theater in the country, fancy place, fancy people. Girl tried to open a puffy bag of popcorn by smashing it between her hands (like you'd do in a barf bag prank). Loud bang. Popcorn everywhere.

    I didn't really hold it against her, but she felt so bad about the embarrassment she hated the sight of me forever from them on (we had common friends so we kept meeting many years after).

  • The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition

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  • This is kinda amazing. The AI only got wrong the part about "transmitted" being crossed out. That was just a splotch of ink on the page. Otherwise... unbelievably impressive.

  • Generating Cats with learned lookup tables

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  • Completely off-topic, but is anyone else getting flickering lines when the noisier part of one of the Samples images is on screen?

    I think my phone is dying.

  • Shor's algorithm: the one quantum algo that ends RSA/ECC tomorrow

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  • Damn. We're already at almost 10000 qubits with a sustained exponential growth. Ten more years seems about right.

    RSA-2048: ~4096 logical qubits, 20-30 million physical qubits

    256-bit ECC: ~2330 logical qubits, 12-15 million physical qubits

    RSA-3072: ~6000 logical qubits, 30-40 million physical qubits

  • The myth of reflected power (2017)

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  • How do I explain my reluctance to use generative AI in good faith?

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  • Except the first phrase and last paragraph, it was AI. Honestly, it feels like OP is taunting us with such a vague question. We don't even know why they dislike AI.

    I'm not an AI lover. It has its place and it's a genuine step forward. Less than what most proponents think it's worth, more than what detractors do.

    I only use it myself for documentation on the framework I program in, and it's reasonably good for that, letting me extract more info quicker than reading through it. Otherwise haven't used it much.

  • How do I explain my reluctance to use generative AI in good faith?

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  • What are some good reasons why AI is bad?

    There are legitimate reasons people worry about AI. Here are some of the strongest, clearly framed concerns:

    1. Bias and unfair decisions

    AI systems often learn from biased data and can unintentionally discriminate—against certain races, genders, ages, or socioeconomic groups—in hiring, lending, housing, policing, and more.

    2. Lack of transparency

    Many AI models act as “black boxes,” making decisions that are hard to explain. This creates problems when the stakes are high (medical diagnosis, legal decisions, etc.).

    3. Privacy risks

    AI can analyze huge amounts of personal data, track behavior, or identify people through facial recognition—often without explicit consent.

    4. Job displacement

    Automation threatens certain categories of work, particularly routine or repetitive jobs. Without proper planning, this can increase inequality and unemployment.

    5. Misinformation and deepfakes

    AI makes it easier to create convincing fake audio, video, or text. This can undermine trust in media, fuel propaganda, and destabilize democratic processes.

    6. Weaponization

    AI can be used in autonomous weapons, cyberattacks, targeted surveillance, or manipulation—raising serious security and ethical issues.

    7. Overreliance and loss of human skills

    As AI does more tasks, people may become too dependent, reducing critical thinking, creativity, or expertise in certain fields.

    8. Concentration of power

    Powerful AI tools tend to be controlled by a few big companies or governments, potentially leading to monopolies, inequality, and reduced individual autonomy.

    9. Alignment and control risks

    Advanced AI systems may behave in unexpected or harmful ways if their goals aren’t perfectly aligned with human values—even without malicious intent.

    10. Environmental impact

    Training large AI models consumes significant energy and resources, contributing to carbon emissions.

    If you want, I can also provide reasons why AI is good, help you construct an argument for a debate, or analyze specific risks more deeply.

    Were you looking for this kind of reply? If you can't express why you have an opinion maybe your opinion is not well founded in the first place. (Not saying it's wrong, just that it might not be justified/objective.)

  • Trump's White House tried to dodge a vote on the Epstein files. It failed.

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  • The correction helped me realize what you meant though.

  • Downdetector is down

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  • He meant "lost it" as in outran a pursuer? (I thought lost it as in "the thing is broken" at first).