NeatNit

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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 12 hours ago

is Obvious Plant still active?

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron

Roman dodecahedra date from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD and their purpose remains unknown. They rarely show signs of wear, and do not have any inscribed numbers or letters.

Emphasis mine.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I think it's much the same purpose that underwear serves for the testicles (and penis). As a man, I honestly can't remember any time I walked around without underwear, but I'm pretty sure it would be worse than with. Things would just flail everywhere.

Other answers about bras are great but I thought the male flip side ought to be mentioned.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 145 points 1 day ago (13 children)

nitpick: he's not potus

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

How many more times is this going to happen until someone tells Luffy that he is Joy Boy?

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

All true, but it's even worse: sometimes some of the cited facts are plainly wrong. Taking your example, it could be that the midwest actually has the same heart disease statistics as anywhere else. Just because someone told you something confidently doesn't mean it's true. "95% of statistics is made up on the spot".

So maybe "dogs have a much shorter digestive tract" is already wrong? Maybe they have roughly the same length as us? And maybe "[things with parasites] have a much smaller chance of making a dog sick than they do humans" is also wrong? If you care about the truthfulness, you'd have to look that up too. And then you'd have to find that there's causation between the two.

But all that said, I agree with another reply: "It’s a really low-risk bit of information, whether true or false. [...] there’s no harm in taking in low-stakes stuff". So no need to be paranoid about every little tidbit of info, just the things that matter to you.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago

I was gonna include that in my reply but didn't want to make it into an essay.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 3 days ago

"Here's your accordion."

hands over a screaming cat

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 78 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Okay but have you actually looked it up to make sure it's true? Never trust facts from random comments, no matter how reasonable they seem to be.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

He put them everywhere except on his eyes, where they are known to have the most benefit? (See: Hollywood et al, every spa scene ever, 1800-2024)

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

You're a few days late for July Sixth Park, but I'll let it slide

 

The digitally colored manga was releasing at a relatively steady pace, with at least one release per year since it started in 2012, but after volume 99 in 2022 there's nothing. Does anyone know if they just stopped completely? Seems strange to stop just before volume 100.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@beehaw.org
 

You might know Robert Miles from his appearances in Computerphile. When it comes to AI safety, his videos are the best explainers out there. In this video, he talks about the developments of the past year (since his last video) and how AI safety plays into it.

For example, he shows how GPT 4 shows understanding of "theory of other minds" where GPT 3.5 did not. This is where the AI can keep track of what other people know and don't know. He explains the Sally-Anne test used to show this.

He covers an experiment where GPT-4 used TaskRabbit to get a human to complete a CAPTCHA, and when the human questioned whether it was actually a robot, GPT-4 decided to lie and said that it needs help because it's blind.

He talks about how many researchers, including high-profile ones, are trying to slow down or stop the development of AI models until the safety research can catch up and ensure that the risks associated with it are mitigated.

And he talks about how suddenly what he's been doing became really important, where before it was mostly a fun and interesting hobby. He now has an influential role in how this plays out and he talks about how scary that is.

If you're interested at all in this topic, I can't recommend this video enough.

 

A woman is out shopping, and suddenly spots her husband. As she's about to say hello to him, she notices the man is filthy: his clothes have stains from spilt food and drinks, his face and hands are dark with mud and grime.

"What happened to you?!" she asks, skipping the hello.

"Oh, it's nothing, don't worry about it..."

"What do you mean don't worry about it? You're dirty like a pig! At least go home and shower!!"

"No, I can't... There's something I have to do. Sorry, honey, I'll see you later tonight."

"Well at least tell me how you got so muddy!"

"I really can't tell you. It's nothing, I promise."

The woman starts getting angry. "Listen to me. Either you tell me what's going on, or go home with me right now to wash yourself!! If not, I'm packing your things and kicking you out!"

The husband thinks about it for a while, then makes a deep sigh and says: "Alright... I'll come clean."

 

I know that DNA encodes proteins. Truthfully, everything besides that (including 'what are proteins') mostly wooshes over my head, but that's not relevant because whenever I search this question I never even find it addressed anywhere.

The human body has, among other things, two hands each with five fingers, with a very particular bone structure. How are things like that encoded in DNA, and by what mechanisms does that DNA cause these features to be built the way they are? What makes two people have a different nose shape? Nearly everyone in my family has a mole on the left side of their face, how does that come about from DNA?

I'm sure there are many steps involved, but I don't see how we go from creating proteins to reproducibly building a full organism with all the organs in the right places and the right shapes. Whenever I try to look this up, all of these intermediate steps are missing, so it basically seems like magic.

As I said, any explanation will most likely go over my head and I won't be able to understand it fully, but I at least want to see an explanation. I'll do my best to understand it of course.

 

I joined Proton just a few days ago, and I'm paying for it so I can use my custom domain.

I watched this interview and it raises a huge question for me (link includes timestamp): https://tilvids.com/w/q1mZzv6eq3iULLmGdV6w6M?start=6m20s

In this interview, Andy Yen says about gmail et al "there's no such thing as a free lunch". Then, in nearly the same breath, he boasts that most Proton users don't pay, they use the basic service for free because that's all they need.

So my question is: if there's no such thing as a free lunch (which there isn't), how come Proton can offer it?

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