Candelestine

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Bush didn't care. Dude was an asshole. He tried to drum up support with our allies, and when most of them said no, he just did it anyway.

That said, it was a mistake to warmonger, don't get me wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I don't think the invasion of Iraq can be blamed on the NYT. I think the Bush administration and Al Qaeda get the credit for that one.

However much is necessary to arrive at the truth.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Nobody and no system should be expected to be perfect all the time, I would anticipate some mistakes over a course of decades.

Have you checked for any times they were critical of US foreign policy within the same timeframe?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Eventually, yes, I think it will be. Not yet though, the tech just isn't strong enough atm. But an AI is resistant to the emotional toll, burnout and low pay that a real life therapist has to struggle with. The AI therapist doesn't need a therapist.

Personally though, I think this is going to be one of the first widespread, genuinely revolutionary things LLMs are capable of. Couple more years maybe? It won't be able to handle complex problems, it'll have to flag and refer those cases to a doctor. But basic health maintenance is simpler.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago

This would be one of the best unpopular opinions posts Lemmy has had yet ... if you had provided any reasons. Without reasons it's just meh though.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (9 children)

"Consistently" and "in-these-specific-cases" are different things.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 6 months ago (1 children)

tbf, discovering Uranus was a lot less deadly before modern icebreaking ships. Age of Sail ships did not do well down there, and the economic incentives of sealing resulted in quite a lot of casualties back in the day. Doing math and peering through telescopes is much safer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Ah. That's too bad, I think that's a worthwhile topic. His hardware is in the Netherlands if I remember right though, so everything has to comply with EU and Dutch law. Or, gone it goes, by necessity. That would need to be hosted on a different server.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

That's kinda funny. It's still a barrier to entry though, as a niche, technical hobby. It's going to get less crap than, say, a news community, which does not require monetary investment and some genuine interest to engage in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (5 children)

With all due respect, a 3d printing community is going to draw extremely low levels of bullshit.

Other communities are seeing quite a bit of tomfoolery already. Personally, I do not think attracting all internet denizens equally is a sound strategy for healthy long term growth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Man, I thought they had a containment Instance.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Here's a guy named Steve, eating and reviewing one of these humanitarian rations, in case anyone was curious:

https://youtu.be/iKfWQ3Sij68

And with really good sound quality too, since they're also ASMR vids.

 

Cross-posting this from the Science Communication community over on mander.

It's not directly politics, of course, but anyone political will probably immediately recognize its value, and even necessity.

Love how concisely he put everything down though, this is a quick read.

 

Been running this as my background listening for a couple weeks now, and have to admit, I am extremely impressed.

The day-by-day format really puts different parts of the war into perspective, and while he moves too quickly to go into much detail about anything specific, it ends up functioning as an entirely different form of overview from what you get in more traditional studies.

Super cool project overall.

 

I didn't know it at the time, but hours and hours of exposure to this theme during car rides would implant within me an innate appreciation for what video game music specifically tries to do, and the limitations it tries to do it within.

Which persists to this day.

 

Either you played the game or you haven't. It's the only one that has ever made me regularly let the opening cutscene play out when I fired the game up to play.

Not at first, but as the story dug its hooks into me, I'd let this song play out more and more often. The accompanying animated music video isn't bad either.

 

n/t

 

So, finally decided to pick the game up recently, and really enjoying it. But, I do have to admit, I'm a little rusty with shooters in general, and the scout role is pretty chaotic sometimes.

Anyone have advice/tips/reliable guides they prefer for the scout class specifically?

What kinds of things do scouts do, especially newbie ones, that kinda bug you? What are the things a really good scout does that marks them as a really good scout?

So far, I find myself focusing kinda heavily on combat just because it's an obvious thing I can do, and zipping behind a bug to blast it in the ass with a shotgun is really fun. I assume that's not really my #1 job though. I keep our cave lit up pretty reliably, but should I be doing more ... actual scouting I assume?

 

When Kraut wants to tell a 4 hour story about Turkish history, he starts at the beginning.

 

I know we pretty much all hated spez for all the shit he pulled, but a few weeks ago the tone towards reddit itself around here was more neutral. People liked it here on Lemmy a lot better, but people weren't hating on the old place so much.

Recently I'm seeing this huuuuuuuge surge of just pure fucking hatred leveled at the site itself. Anyone else notice this or is it just me?

I mean, I was there because I thought it was alright. I hated spez for fucking it up and completely screwing his communities over. But I never hated reddit itself, and I still don't. Otherwise I would've left a lot sooner.

Do you personally hate reddit? If so, why?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1477104

Dancing? Check. Old meme? Check.

 

Dan is a novelist who writes his stories in settings well-researched to reflect our pre-history. Then he also makes various documentary videos summarizing his research. Archaeology, anthropology and history documentaries, usually on the shorter side.

 

With fantasy season starting up here soon, and hoping none of you are in my league, thought I'd share one of my best research sources.

This guy does breakdowns of specific players, plays, coaching strategies, etc, and is frequently one of the first guys to start noticing something. Once the season gets rolling and he starts getting more game film to work with, he's frankly amazing sometimes.

 

n/t

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