I usually prefer subs for serious works and dubs for comedy -- assuming the dub doesn't completely suck.

FYI most of the activity I've seen around AI discussions on Lemmy lately has been over at !localllama@sh.itjust.works

There's also !fosai@lemmy.world but it's even less active.

For something that I feel doesn't really fit in either of those -- have you heard about the Pope's encyclical on AI? I think it's supposed to be released sometime today, IIRC. I'm not religious but I am curious to see how they're going to try to position the Catholic Church wrt AI.

Edit: The encyclical has been released. I haven't read it just yet, but will later.

Multiple different kinds of currency, I think -- or distinct pots of money in some contexts where it's relevant that they're separate. (Are you reading financial/legal documents or something like that?) I'm not sure there is a difference besides spelling preference.

Either that or someone's affecting an accent. 😛️

Hmm. I'm not exactly sure how I got there or what would work for other people, but it can be done.

Maybe try thinking of it like pressing the clutch in a manual drive car? The engine might keep spinning, but if you hold down the clutch and ignore it eventually it'll run out of gas...

Or maybe think of it like tuning out someone annoying chattering nearby. They might keep talking for a bit but if you ignore them, eventually they'll get bored and shut up / leave. Even if they come back, just ignore them again if you don't want to engage.

Or, try focusing on sensory details instead of mental chatter. Really notice what you're seeing/hearing/feeling without actively describing it or planning anything.

I don't usually stay in that state all that long, but sometimes it's nice to just be.

I suspect most of them do not have an internal monologue in the same (verbose) sense that humans can have, but the relatively closely related ones (e.g. mammals, probably) likely have similar memory/sensory integration experiences. It's possible to get your own inner monologue to "shut up" for a bit, and just be and feel and do. You can still remember an experience without talking to yourself about it as well. I suspect that closely related animals' experience is like that -- although differing based on the particular set of senses and drives unique to their species.

The further away you go from that, the less idea I have of what's going on (besides "state machine" of some sort). I have only the vaguest notion of what it might be like to be a spider, and even less of an idea of what it's like to be a starfish.

If you're happy and you know it, honk your goose!

HONK HONK

If you're happy and you know it, honk your goose!

HONK HONK

If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it -- if you're happy and you know it, honk your goose!

HONK! HONK!

Not good enough for me knowing there are Thomas Midgley Juniors out there:

On October 30, 1924, Midgley participated in a press conference to demonstrate the apparent safety of TEL, in which he poured TEL over his hands, placed a bottle of the chemical under his nose, and inhaled its vapor for sixty seconds, declaring that he could do this every day without succumbing to any problems. [...] Midgley later took a leave of absence from work after being diagnosed with lead poisoning.

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

He was the jackass who invented both leaded gasoline and CFCs and inflicted them on the world.

I don't care which way they go. Hell, split the difference and move us to a 30 minute offset if you can't make up your minds. Just stop changing the bloody clocks twice a year. Please!

How is device-based age verification different?

You put your device in child safety mode, and it tells sites "I'm a kid, treat me like a kid" -- otherwise the site can assume you're an adult with full rights. Done. No intrusive ID requirements. No face scanning. No third-party payment shakedowns. Parents, in theory, can still stop their five year olds from accidentally accessing PornHub or other content that would disturb them by just clicking a button when they set up an account on the device.

It's, frankly, the sane way to do this if we're going to have age restrictions.

Historically, I don't know, but personally, I prefer YYYY-MM-DD style dates since they sort naturally in basically all computer software without having to think about it.

According to their FAQ, they say it's supposed to be pronounced /forˈd͡ʒe.jo/ and provide an audio clip: https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4

To me that sounds like "for-jay-oh".