BreadstickNinja @ BreadstickNinja @lemmy.world

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Unpopular opinion but the simple fact is that you're right. Turnout reflects enthusiasm and "status quo" and "you'll be voting against the other worse guy" simply do not turn out voters.

I'm going to vote, I always vote, but I am deeply concerned about the Democrats' electoral strategy. Trump promises to blow things up. He's full of shit and his plans will make everything worse for a lot of people, including his own voters, but the promise of radical change in itself is enticing for a disaffected electorate.

The promise of more of the same is exactly the opposite of what motivates a disaffected electorate. The sometimes-voters will stay home if they aren't given any reason to be enthusiastic.

Only since 2018. Before then I was born on 1/1/1990.

There is no truth to this. A win in Oregon does not increase or decrease the chances of a future win in Oregon. The probabilities are fully independent of one another. There is no plausible means by which the probability of a future drawing selecting a ticket held in a particular state is affected by the residences of previous winning ticket holders.

The idea that "X just won, therefore X is on a roll and will continue to win" and "X hasn't won in a long time, therefore X is overdue for a win and should win in the near future" are both examples of the Gambler's Fallacy.

But people won't want to slave away for my megacorp for starvation wages if we pay them not to work!

AI can make any blurry criminal look like George Lucas with the right LoRAs.

Sick list, but I'd point out that Dopethrone came out in 2000. One of the greatest sludge records of all time, and I've heard it called the heaviest record ever cut. Absolute banger.

Counterpoint: that's exactly what a supervillain would want you to think.

That only disbenefits the consumer if the economy goes through deflation. If the economy more typically sees inflation then it disbenefits the lender.

The problem isn't change in purchasing power of the funds, but death by a thousand cuts. An extra $30 a month sounds reasonable - just a dollar a day - but when you layer on several of these at once then it quickly adds up.

I said in my original post that just typing a prompt isn't an example of skill. I stated that there are people who use both AI and non-AI tools in complex workflows that include a ton of manual work, and in those cases it's disingenuous to write off the process as not being creative.

I'm not sure exactly what you're arguing against, but it isn't the position I took. Seems like a reading comprehension issue.

I'd welcome you to offer a rigorous definition of this supposedly well-known distinction. Computers don't generate anything spontaneously. They always require some level of direction.

Are the outputs of VSTs not "computer generated"? You can fumble around on a keyboard just moving up and down until you find the pitch you want, and the software will output an orchestral swell of dozens of instruments that take years and years to master, with none of that effort expended by the one mashing the keyboard.

Is that sound computer-assisted or computer-generated in your estimation? Much the same with AI images. It's not fundamentally different from any other computerized tool.

Depends on the workflow, in my opinion. There are people who just type "1girl lol" into a text box and there are some people who set up workflows with hundreds of steps including significant manual work done in Photoshop or GIMP.

Similarly nearly all music these days is made with a DAW, which enables you to selectively edit and combine performances that otherwise you wouldn't be able to achieve. Drummer off beat? Quantize it. Want a string section but don't know how to play violin? Use a synth. And certainly there are people who are overly reliant on those tools because their core music abilities aren't very strong.

If you think any amount of computer assistance means that something isn't art, then basically all music made since the 90s would also not be art. It's not a binary. Any tool can be used tastefully or be used to mask an underlying lack of talent.

Gaza does not have any operational airports, since Israel bombed the control tower at Yasser Arafat airport in 2001 and bulldozed the runway in 2002.

Surge pricing for Uber and Lyft is partially passed along to the driver and used as an incentive to get more drivers on the road. Drivers get a special notification on their screen that rides are worth more than usual, which might cause them to start driving if they're not already on the road, which decreases the wait times for riders.

The equivalent for Wendy's would be if they also increased employee salaries during that time to encourage more workers to come in and make burgers faster, not just to gouge the customer.

Though even when surge pricing was active I made shit money when I was side hustling Uber and Lyft.

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Ah, an adult rhino. A unit I work with on a daily basis and can easily comprehend, unlike arcane measurements of pounds or kilograms.

Is this a scale where five stars is optimal, or where you're being chased by police helicopters?

I saw a poll last month that said 50% of Biden voters believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Either way, it's a substantial enough fraction to cause a notable change in messaging from Democratic leadership.

Wasn't she claiming that pro-Palestine demonstrators were Russian plants all of three weeks ago?

Maybe someone finally showed her a poll as to what fraction of the Democratic party opposes Israel's slaughter of Gazan children.

I'm looking forward to an AI where every response is just "This"

Presumably Lennon being a domestic abuser to his first wife though I'm not sure it comes through in their music.

More confused about Radiohead. If Radiohead isn't just broadly misanthropic then what is?