azl

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[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sure - that's why people are resorting to stealing butter from grocery stores. Positively thriving.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 2 weeks ago

I support this law (fuck cars), but if you step into the street thinking an oncoming car won't destroy you like a pinata stuffed with ketchup packets, you have survived the luckiest lawsuit-free 28 years.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty cool. I wonder if this could be scaled up to a more life-sized print? Maybe go-kart sized???

The STL files are $27 - not free, but I'm sure the designer put a ton of hours into this.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And this behavior is somehow sold to the public as a way to boost the economic wellness of the people living under the isolationist programs, but instead it enables profiteering corporations to exert more control over the artificially narrowed market space.

Locking the door with the fox(es) in the henhouse.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's the difference between one technology you don't understand (AI engine-assisted ) and another you don't understand (human-staffed radiology laboratory)?

Regardless of whether you (as a patient hopelessly unskilled in diagnosis of any condition) trust the method, you probably have some level of faith in the provider who has selected it. And, while they most likely will choose what is most beneficial to them (cost of providing accurate diagnoses vs. cost of providing less accurate diagnoses), hopefully regulatory oversight and public influence will force them to use whichever is most effective, AI or not.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago

They could have gone with a "visor" frame design that would have been more fashionable, but I think this is pretty impressive for demonstrating the bare minimum amount of plastic needed to house holographic transparent displays, internal/external tracking sensors, and a sound system.

What they claim these glasses can do is absolutely incredible (we won't really know because they are only being used internally for further development).

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

There's a place for this, if it's entertaining. Memes, comedy, maybe some more legitimate uses too. A lot of YouTube is some guy just sitting in front of a camera in the most boring perfectly curated home office. Throw in something visually interesting that enhances the subject matter and I may watch more.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

can't argue with that... if you don't want to VR, that's a nice setup. Easier to find your beer too.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 54 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This would ideally become standardized among web servers with an option to easily block various automated aggregators.

Regardless, all of us combined are a grain of rice compared to the real meat and potatoes AI trains on - social media, public image storage, copyrighted media, etc. All those sites with extensive privacy policies who are signing contracts to permit their content for training.

Without laws (and I'm not sure I support anything in this regard yet), I do not see AI progress slowing. Clearly inbreeding AI models has a similar effect as in nature. Fortunately there is enough original digital content out there that this does not need to happen.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If it doesn't offer value to us, we are unlikely to nurture it. Thus, it will not survive.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t want to get in the way of your argument re. Usenet, but spinning hard drives will last longer if they stay on. Starting and stopping the spindle motor will impart the greatest wear. As long as you have the thermals managed, a spinning disk is a happy disk.

[–] azl@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just curious if you had a reference for this statement since it seems to be false in multiple ways.

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