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jtrek

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  • What subtle (or unsubtle) personality changes have you noticed in people who frequently use AI as a tool?

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  • I think a lot about the time a junior developer on the team was like "I'll use chat GPT to reverse this list" and I was just like my guy we're working in Python that's a one line expression.

  • I keep tripping over “true, false, true”

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  • I use keyword arguments in Python to minimize this pain. Instead of

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create_user("Bob", True, False)

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create_user(name="Bob", admin=True, send_email=False)

    JavaScript makes that more cumbersome with the object thing , but it's better than nothing.

  • What is something that most people normally do that you find weird?

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  • Sure, and many some things are more easily conveyed in text.

    There's also a mass illiteracy problem. I expect that's part of why youtube et al are so popular - many people can't read well. I think many of them don't even realize they're semi-illiterate, and think reading is just uncomfortable, and they don't know why anyone would do it on purpose.

  • What is something that most people normally do that you find weird?

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  • For very visual things, video can be understandable. "How do you do this jumping sequence in this game?" or "how do you assemble this doohickey?"

    I am probably the weirdo but I absolutely do not want video on as "background". I don't dual-screen, either. I'll put music on when cooking sometimes.

  • A racial slur

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  • He's a broken person on the inside. He's like homelander in the boys. All this power, but he's still a sad little boy no one likes.

    Unlike Homelander, Musk is not impervious to conventional hazards.

  • Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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  • Well, yes, "why don't you care about things?" is a timeless problem. People don't like to see beyond the immediate. Probably because in pre-history, the creatures that focused on right now did better than the ones who went "but if we keep cutting down the trees, eventually it's going to cause problems."

    Well, now we have many problems, and our brains have not advanced.

  • What is something that most people normally do that you find weird?

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  • Watch YouTube and similar video. If I want to know something, I'd rather read something for 5 minutes than watch something for 15. Throw some illustrations or gifs in there if you need.

    If I want to be entertained, I have many games and books. Or Lemmy to fuck around on.

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    Rising Fuel Prices Are Making Return‑to‑Office Mandates Harder to Defend

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  • People mandating return to office are climate criminals, all. They should be sentenced to picking up litter and other community service for the rest of their lives.

  • Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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  • It's one of those self fueling problems. Businesses post on Instagram because people go there, and people go there in part because that's where they found out about businesses doing stuff.

    Better options are possible, but the big money is backing this hell. Less money to be made from RSS feeds , web rings, and email newsletters.

    I don't use any social media other than this. I find out about bands I like playing from their email lists or bandsintown. I'm on a couple "things happening in the city" email newsletters. It doesn't demand my attention.

  • Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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  • I really would like to somehow convince more people to adopt the idea that, like, Facebook and friends are run by bad people and you can choose not to use their products. Just stop. Find another way. Be uncomfortable for a little while.

    But people aren't up to the challenge.

  • Off Menu [Mr. Lovenstein]

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  • I remember once at a diner with some friends I ordered pancakes and orange juice without looking at the menu, and was pissed when the orange juice was like $10. Now I always check.

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    Gabe the GOAT Newell

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  • "there's toxic, radioactive, sludge all over the front yard! What the fuck this is terrible! We need to get rid of that"

    "There's a huge pile of old tires in the back yard, too."

    "Yeah that's no good. At least my kids can play on it like a jungle gym. The sludge though, we need to fix asap"

    "So you love tires and garbage??"

  • Those that sleep in bed with a significant other, how do you deal with snoring?

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  • I have discovered that a gentle nudge makes them stop snoring. This might not be universal but it has been working for me.

    Otherwise, white noise can help. Like a fan or something

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  • I had a really fun game of Vampire back in like 2016. I'd love to have another go at that, or Mage. The dice pool system always felt simple but exciting. Characters started out competent and being able to buy individual skills or powers was more satisfying than waiting for whole levels.

    I've heard good things about Delta green, but never looked into it.

    Alas, my college days where "hey you look nerdy you wanna play vampire?" are long gone.

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  • For the first point, you could use a random generator and make it pick from a Gaussian or Poisson or other probability distribution depending on the situation.

    Many RPGs that aren't so closely related to DND use a dice pool. Instead of like 1d20, you might roll 3d6. Now you're more likely to get an average result. Only one way to roll 3, but a bunch of ways to roll 10.

    The nWoD games you roll d10s and count how many come up 8,9, 10. Very fast, and once you're good at a task you know you'll generally succeed. It's more a question of how well you'll succeed and how strong the opposition is.

    I'm not mathy enough to talk beyond that, but I find it much more satisfying.

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  • I hear pathfinder 2e is a big improvement, but still has some of the stuff I'm sick of.

    • rolling a single die means flat probability. Equal odds of getting the worst or best possible outcome
    • spells per day is anti-fun for me. I want to do cool stuff, not feel pressured to hold onto it "in case I need it later"
    • class and level is very coarse, and makes some concepts impractical, impossible, or awkward to execute
    • I'm not as interested in "numbers go up big" anymore, and that's kind of the default.
    • I'm not really in the mood for fantasy. I'd rather do modern day occult

  • "Its fine, it's fine"

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  • Why don't we want to dismantle the business?

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  • Tabletop RPGs. I'm sick of DND. Hard to find good groups for other games. There's a meetup I go to every once in a while but I want a regular group building a big story together

  • New research shows weight loss is possible without GLP-1

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  • We had cars. People still used them a lot instead of walking.

    I am going to take this opportunity to shit on car culture. Walking several miles a week because I live in a walkable city is pleasant, and almost certainly good for my health and weight.

    I don't have objections to the rest of your post. I just hate car culture.