FearTheCron

joined 1 year ago
[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hehe, I just grabbed the number off wolfram alpha's size comparison. Wouldn't surprise me if they are wrong, not sure where they scrape the data from. Anyway, my point stands, six microns is still stupidly small. Some dust or hair on the cutting edge and your precision is now out the window.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

six microns

Given that human chromosomes are on the order of 5 to 10 microns, I am thinking this export regulation doesn't apply to the hobby market. This is "use the machine in a clean room" level precision.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I wish there was a directory of WFH friendly companies somewhere. I have done the math and work from home saves me a ton of money and time. Plus, it seems like an enormously beneficial choice if you care about global climate change. Small companies that are willing to figure out how to maintain a good culture while working from home have a huge hiring advantage.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

They usually choose a subset of customers to try UI changes on before rolling it out to everyone. This way they can estimate the general reaction before committing to it. They probably also have a dozen different layouts and text for this dialog that they are testing to see what makes people most likely to click yes. Its all just statistics to them.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The USGS has a much better article.

https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/potential-geologic-hydrogen-next-generation-energy

It does sound promising, but it looks like there is a fair amount of work to make it economically viable.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I'm just thinking there should be a button somewhere on the community or user profile. I'm guessing we are going to get a lot more of this crap as time goes on.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it could also just be a complete scam to get PayPal info or something. I'm just surprised there isn't a "report community" or "report user" button.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Feel free to report it if you can figure out how. I gave up looking for the right link on Amazon's page.

 

So I just came across a community being used to solicit fake Amazon reviews. But I don't see a way to report this to the admins. Since the user in question moderates the community they are posting spam to, it seems like the report button will just go to them?

https://lemmy.world/c/amazonreviewerclub

Edit: seems to be gone now, perhaps reporting one of the posts was enough. Not sure what that looks like on the admin interface.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gadgetbridge looks cool. I wish I had known about this before buying a Fitbit. I wonder how hard it would be to add support.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I guess the libraries and schools can make the decision and throw out things they don't find useful.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It probably also depends on the book. I have tons of outdated books on obscure topics within engineering, science, and computing. I doubt anyone would check out my 1995 book on the Vi text editor from a library. Although, if I'm lucky, perhaps it could be a collectors item some day. In reality, I'm probably going to just say "thank you for helping me so many years ago" and respectfully recycle the book.

 

I really enjoy videos about science, but they are getting harder to find on modern platforms. Is there a community out there dedicated to discussing and recommending good content regardless of platform?

There seems to be some really good content out there from various sources and platforms. For example, YouTube has PBS spacetime, Kurtzgesagt, Natural World Facts, and more all of which seem well researched. I even enjoy things that are more speculative as long as they explain clearly where the speculation begins like Alien Worlds on Netflix. I have also found good stuff on various other platforms.

Unfortunately, searching and doing the homework on the reliability of each channel and creator has become a bit of a chore. The channel Natural World Facts in particular is something I could have easily missed just because it's relatively small compared to the others and the name sounds similar to the kind of content I often avoid. I think we all know how bad things can get if you just let "The Algorithm®" choose for you.

 

I would kinda prefer leaving NSFW content hidden for my account if possible but I am worried I may miss someone posting something gross to my community. Is there a way to disallow all NSFW content for a community?

 

Shreddit is a popular tool for deleting comments on Reddit as a means of protest. However, I noticed that after a week or so there were a dozen or more comments from 9 months to a couple years that showed up again. No idea if this is intentional on the part of Reddit or not, but if you want your comment history gone, double check.

 

All are welcome whether seasoned back country skiiers/snowboarders or just curious about self powered snow sports. Spring ski season is still going!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/76533

One of the arguments made for Reddit's API changes is that they are now the go to place for LLM training data (e.g. for ChatGPT).

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/jnk9izp/?context=3

I haven't seen a whole lot of discussion around this and would like to hear people's opinions. Are you concerned about your posts being used for LLM training? Do you not care? Do you prefer that your comments are available to train open source LLMs?

(I will post my personal opinion in a comment so it can be up/down voted separately)

 

One of the arguments made for Reddit's API changes is that they are now the go to place for LLM training data (e.g. for ChatGPT).

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/jnk9izp/?context=3

I haven't seen a whole lot of discussion around this and would like to hear people's opinions. Are you concerned about your posts being used for LLM training? Do you not care? Do you prefer that your comments are available to train open source LLMs?

(I will post my personal opinion in a comment so it can be up/down voted separately)

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