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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI

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  • If you’re reading, you want to determine whether what you are reading is a waste of your time as quickly as possible.

    I have honestly not heard of this behavior, and I myself certainly don't do this. I wouldn't determine "what's worth reading" in the middle of reading, but well before I start. For example, if a piece is published somewhere I trust, or a friend recommended it, or say, it was posted in a Lemmy community known to have good moderation.

    Like I said I understand why an artist would have a desire to present as authentic, but that is an unwinnable game because:

    1. The AI is also "trying to present as authentic" (any automated filtering system is beatable)
    2. Adjusting one's behavior so as to appear a particular way is definitionally inauthentic.

  • Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI

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  • On one hand I understand the need to feel seen as authentic, but on the other, I think there is a danger in giving into the hysteria surrounding slop by twisting one's work into knots. If it's good, it's good. As Martin Scorsese said: "The most personal is the most creative."

    I know that I've never personally never seen any LLM generated content that was interesting beyond it's novelty. Adam Savage also said (paraphrasing bc I can't find it) "Sharing your point of view is what makes something interesting and I have yet to see AI-generated content that has a point of view".

  • What linux distribution has the best graphics card driver support?

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  • Out of the box support it's going to be Bazzite or CachyOS. Both great options but I lean Bazzite because of it's immutability.

  • Google Teases Liquid Glass inspired design coming with the next Material You Design language MD4 in Android

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  • Listen I will fully admit it can be garish when overdone (like on ios honestly) and heavy on system resources for no good reason. But aesthetically? Aesthetically it kinda slaps!

  • Google Teases Liquid Glass inspired design coming with the next Material You Design language MD4 in Android

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  • I was a fan of this style when Vista did it. I was a fan when Apple did it, I'm a fan of it now. Give me blurry glass everywhere pls.

  • AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer before tumors develop

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  • Not a joke actually!

    😭😭😭

  • AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer before tumors develop

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  • Now all you need is to be lucky enough for insurance to approve a CT scan for an unrelated condition in the same region of your pancreas.

  • The lights go out at Alex Jones’ Infowars | The longtime conspiracist host aired the last episode this week, and still owes over $1 billion to the Sandy Hook families.

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  • "The Jury voted against Jones, therefore it means he gets to keep InfoWars and also not pay them." is wild.

  • The lights go out at Alex Jones’ Infowars | The longtime conspiracist host aired the last episode this week, and still owes over $1 billion to the Sandy Hook families.

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  • That's honestly beside the point. This case wasn't about his "grift" it was about harassment of the Sandy Hook families, who have not seen a penny from Jones yet, despite winning the case two years ago. The judge tried to come up with convoluted logic to make sure Jones retains control of IW despite, again, losing the case the judge presided over. It's insanity.

  • The lights go out at Alex Jones’ Infowars | The longtime conspiracist host aired the last episode this week, and still owes over $1 billion to the Sandy Hook families.

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  • Rumble, where he's still using the InfoWars branding:

  • The lights go out at Alex Jones’ Infowars | The longtime conspiracist host aired the last episode this week, and still owes over $1 billion to the Sandy Hook families.

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  • It's absolutely crazy the gymnastics the judicial system is making to keep Jones on the air and prevent the families of the Sandy Hook victims from seeing restitution.

    This shutdown was Jones's decision not the courts or The Onion:

    A judge granted Jones’ request to block the sale, arguing that another offer by a company that happened to operate Jones’ online supplements store had been higher. But in April, there seemed to be a workaround — Jones’ estate had run out of money and instead of buying it in an auction, The Onion could just pay rent in a licensing deal. On Wednesday, a Texas appeals court stopped the transfer again, temporarily blocking the asset handover.

    And so it seems Jones, unable to pay the rent, left on his own accord.

  • Plant-Based Mince Now 29% Cheaper Than Beef at Tesco as Meat Prices Climb

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  • Same! My introduction was that I ordered the "burger" at a gastropub that was a vegan restaurant (unbeknownst to me). It was delicious so I asked the bartender for another and he goes "another veggie burger?" and I said "No I had the meat burger" and he replied "we don't have a meat burger here". My mind was blown! And now I don't buy beef anymore lol

  • Plant-Based Mince Now 29% Cheaper Than Beef at Tesco as Meat Prices Climb

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  • "Beyond" products taste good, and they're meat-like but don't really taste like anything that currently exists, whereas everything I've tried from Impossible is pretty much indistinguishable from meat, it's actually kind of wild.

    I'm not even vegetarian (one day) but I was able to cut out red meat entirely thanks to these brands.

  • Valve's £85 Steam Controller divides gamers ahead of May launch

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  • Yes this exactly haha it's crazy.

  • Moving to Linux, need help about homelab distro

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  • Mine is running Debian and to my memory has never crashed or required me to restore a backup once in several years.

  • Steam Controller: It's almost here!

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  • If it wasn't for the thumbstick layout and the price I would get this day one, but I'll probably wait for a sale or until I find one used. A pretty cool piece of hardware regardless.

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    Lemmy.world Is Anti‑Humanity. How Its Admins Weaponized Defederation to Silence Palestine Solidarity

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  • Targeted harassment campaign

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    Lemmy.world Is Anti‑Humanity. How Its Admins Weaponized Defederation to Silence Palestine Solidarity

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  • Why do you care how an instance that you don't even use is operated? Block and move on if you hate it so much.

  • The Bigotry of Sam Harris Continues to Hit New Lows

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  • I definitely don't judge, when I discovered the "rationalist" community I was super interested at first too. But the biases show themselves over time, and in such an obvious way.

    PragerU is another one I'm embarrassed to say I was subscribed to for about a month. It's mostly news-based now but it used to present moreso as "Educational YouTube", which, sure, great, I added it to my collection...until I watched a couple episodes.