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CerebralHawks

@ cerebralhawks @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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  • What does 4th July mean to you?

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  • It means it's going to be hot. I suppose that tells you what hemisphere it's in.

    I'm aware it's also the 250th anniversary of the United States this year, but I don't really care. If they were doing great things, I'd say I'm happy for them.

    I'm sat at a cafe supporting a local, women-owned and LGBTQ+ owned business on my laptop browsing Lemmy. I should be writing. That's what I do on cafe day. I'm just not in the mood.

  • Rural Americans say they're worried AI data centers will drain their wallets

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  • Generally I agree with this sentiment, but did either American party campaign for AI data centers and/or technological deregulation in 2024? I suspect Trump may have, but I kind of doubt it. I always thought the Dems were the ones who wanted to push the tech industry. Now I think both of them do (maybe different companies/industries but they both wanna cash those checks).

  • Tesla driver charged with manslaughter after car in FSD mode crashes into Texas home

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  • Okay, so the name sucks, but if my kid breaks her laptop, I still gotta pay it. I didn't break it. The kid broke it. But it's still my responsibility.

    I don't have a kid. If I did, I'd hope I had a kid who wouldn't break nice things. But, let's be real. Kids and cats break nice things. I also don't have a Tesla. But if you own something (or you have a pet or a child) you are still responsible for what they do.

    It's going to be interesting if we ever get those cars that go out on our behalf and do ride sharing gigs while we're at work, earning back the money they spend keeping themselves charged. I wanna say one of the EV makers floated that idea. It never happened. But if it did, while you're at work your car does damage. Who are they going to blame? Maybe you have insurance that covers it. But you'd still be responsible.

  • Tesla driver charged with manslaughter after car in FSD mode crashes into Texas home

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  • I have cruise control in my car, and not the smart cruise control that slows you down if some arsehole pulls out right in front of you. I rented a Toyota Camry for a month that did that. While mine was in the shop. It could also change lanes without you touching the steering wheel. It wasn't FSD, but it could take turns for you. I feel the tech was there, but it wasn't enabled, but it could do it in short bursts. Anyway, MY car doesn't have the adaptive cruise control, just the regular.

    My point is, if I'm cruising at 40 and the speed limit drops to 20kph and I get a speeding ticket for not reducing speed, I can't say "well I had cruise on." Sure, but it's up to you to reduce the speed. FSD doesn't absolve you of liability, it's still your car and your responsibility. Not sure how people don't get that. I mean, fuck the elongated muskrat and fuck the regime he's propping up, but let's not go crazy and act like Teslas and other EVs aren't a net positive for the environment. Sure, they have their flaws, but making them out to be murder machines is straight-up false. If you don't want that much tech in your car (I don't — I just want my music and Maps, so I use an aftermarket CarPlay from China and pair to that), don't buy a Tesla. Pretty simple. I kinda want a Tesla though. But I'd rather have a BYD. They're more cost efficient, I think. And I'd rather not support the fascist muskrat.

  • Weird Al Yankovic Turned Down “Nice Pile Of Money” For AI Ad: “I Can’t Be The Poster Boy For AI”

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  • Makes sense. I've never seen him live

  • Weird Al Yankovic Turned Down “Nice Pile Of Money” For AI Ad: “I Can’t Be The Poster Boy For AI”

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  • Al Yankovic has always been an awesome dude. I was a big fan in the 90s but have since outgrew him. I listened to his Greatest Hits Vol. 2 CD recently on streaming, and it's cool, but it just doesn't hit the same. I still appreciate him as an artist, though, and for how respectful he is of the original work he's lampooning.

    I do fear AI will replace him for later generations. Parodies not done by Al were often credited to Al, even when they were dirty or profane (Al would never).

    I feel like he should parody You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon. I mean, it's right there. "You Can Call Me Paul." If Paul says you can call him Al (the song title is from a misunderstanding that actually happened), Al can call himself Paul, at least for a joke. I'm sure somebody has done this, but it would make more sense if their name was Al.

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  • Hikikomori? I always thought that was what otaku meant. It was explained to me that "otaku means house... as in you never leave it."

    But that's the thing about languages, different words can mean different things, and they don't even have to be specific to the country the language originated.

    Take isekai for instance. Sekai is the Japanese world for "world." Isekai means "another world." As in, you're in another world, or someone is. The most famous Japanese isekai is probably Sword Art Online, but that was based on an earlier anime called .hack//SIGN, though the latter probably wasn't the first Japanese isekai. The first isekai from any country I am aware of is Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — the English novel which is the basis for the Disney film Alice in Wonderland, and to which season 3 of Sword Art Online pays tribute. You also have A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain from 1889, which is almost as old as Carrol's work. I asked ChatGPT (sorry!) and it did name Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as the first hugely influential Western isekai; however, it names it fifth, after Epic of Gilgamesh (2100-1200 BCE), Odyssey (8th century BCE), Urashima Tarō (8th century), and The Voyage of Bran (8th century). Twain's book was 24 years after Carrol's. And it would appear that, depending on how you define isekai, it's much older.

    (GenAI disclaimer: I only took the titles and dates from ChatGPT. The rest is in my own words.)

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  • NEET is commonly used in anime. I thought it was Japanese, though being an English acronym, I should have suspected it wasn't.

  • What movie are you ashamed you love?

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  • I loathe to recommend AI chatbots, but they are good for stuff like this. I was talking to someone about a music video they remembered a couple parts of, so we asked ChatGPT and it told us what it was.

    I've had a few white whales I've chased for years on Google. It didn't work for me. I'm sure a chatbot could have found one of them a lot faster.

  • Your EPUB Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe - André Klein Dot Net

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  • I know. It's like how my 3DS has buttons where playing on my MacBook means I gotta use the keyboard and trackpad, or connect an external controller. So the actual 3DS has advantages of its own.

    I'd rather have fewer devices that do more than multiple devices that each do less. While I realise the multiple devices might have specialisations that make them better at specific tasks, the way I read is while listening to the audiobook. I don't just sit around and read.

    Didn't mean to imply there was no benefit to using a dedicated e-reader. I'd just rather use what I have.

  • What was the bigger change and why, 2026 vs 2006, or 2006 vs 1986.

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  • As someone who remembers 1986, the latter by far.

    I remember back to the early 1980s. Whole different world in many ways.

  • Scientists found a cannabis compound that relieves pain without the high

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  • I’d use it, if it were legal and wouldn’t threaten my job. I have no interest in getting high.

  • PlayStation console sales hit lowest total since 2000 falling 58%

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  • Wouldn’t have anything to do with the massive price increases, would it?

  • Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address

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  • On iPhone, I can set it to an email alias and deactivate the alias. If they say they need to email me, I can reactivate it.

    Not sure how easy email aliases are on other platforms. I don’t imagine it’s a big challenge for anybody.

  • Youtube Disliked the Dislikes

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  • Do what I do, stop liking the videos. If they won’t count the downvotes, don’t contribute to the upvotes.

  • What movie are you ashamed you love?

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  • Speed Zone. It has John Candy and Eugene Levy in it… and a red Lamborghini skipping across a pond like a skipping stone (and that’s the joke). Dumb as hell but as far as car/race films it’s kind of fine. I mean, how seriously do you need to take a movie about a cross-country race? It was originally going to called Cannonball Run 3 but was dropped from the franchise. I’ve never seen the others.

    Not that ashamed, but it’s not a great movie.

  • If Apple makes their own chips, with embedded memory. Why do they have to raise their prices because RAM modules are in short supply? I mean, don’t they just burn the memory directly onto their chips?

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  • This is correct. Samsung operate a chip foundry. Apple does not. Interestingly, Samsung’s Exynos chips are only used, for the most part, outside Korea and the United States. Those regions get the superior Qualcomm silicon. Exynos has never been as good.

    Apple chips are built by TSMC IIRC.

  • Your EPUB Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe - André Klein Dot Net

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  • Adobe? Kobo? I just drop epubs on Books.app and they show up on my iPhone. Never had an issue. /shrug

  • Whats the most disgusting thing you've ever put in your mouth?

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  • Sun Butter? Is that made from sunflower seeds? I've had fake Reese's cups that were made from sunflower seed butter rather than peanuts. I thought it was pretty good.

  • Do you ask polyamorous people they're polyamorous?

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  • Most people don't think or behave like I do. That was hard to accept when I was a kid, and something I've spent years learning to deal with.

    I've also been called an egg and I had to look up what that means. They were saying I'm trans and in the closet about it (as in, the egg hasn't cracked/hatched yet). That came up because I play female characters in video games. It started with Fallout 3 because you get a perk for being female. Better vendor prices from men, and more damage dealt against male enemies (guess what most raiders are; also, I think monsters default to male). A lot of games had perks like that. Animal Crossing is largely made for girls, so something like 60-75% of the furniture, clothing, and other style choices are female-focused. So my villagers are girls. Yes, I realise this means I'm basically playing with dolls and building a dollhouse on an island with cute animals. I... don't care. It's a relaxing, chill game. Then you have games like Mass Effect and Cyberpunk 2077, where playing the male character seems like a handicap to the story or voice acting quality. I'll play a guy if I have to (currently playing The Witcher 3). Anyway, I'm not trans, nor an "egg." I've considered it. Asked myself "is there any merit to that argument?". I cannot find one. I also kill people in video games, but I have no desire to kill anyone in real life. Sometimes a game is just a game, and role playing means you're stepping out of your comfort zone and playing a role.

    I can't speak for other men/AMAB people. I can only speak for myself. I don't mean to say others think like me or do like I do.