notapantsday @ notapantsday @feddit.de

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Can we talk about how a lot of these AI-generated faces have goat pupils? That's some major bias that is often swept under the rug. An AI that thinks only goats can be professionals could cause huge disadvantages for human applicants.

Not saying China is the good guy here, but a lot of people pointing their fingers at them come from countries with much higher per-capita emissions.

I'd rather have another USB port actually. It's just so much more versatile.

Seriously, why do we still care? It’s like obsessing over an ex-girlfriend.

Boy, I wish /c/reddit wouldn't obsess over reddit so much!

Transmit basically unlimited electricity over a tiny conductor without losses. You could produce (solar) energy in the southern hemisphere and send it north during northern winter through a small wire.

Sony still offers a headphone jack with most models.

It's... it's satire, right?

X-crement

That's because it's an established brand with a huge value to it. Everyone knows twitter. Only an idiot would throw that away.

We have a few national parks, but they're not nearly as big or as old as the ones in the US. And there are no more native forests, every one of them has been man made at some point. Within national parks and some other areas, they're trying to let nature take over again but it's a slow process. In one national park (Harz) they've stopped trying to save the spruce trees that were never supposed to be there, and they're all dying from drought, climate change and bark beetles:

https://assets.deutschlandfunk.de/403b1645-9795-4a2c-ad31-43f00c903cb5/1920x1080.jpg

I'm sure something better adapted to the conditions will come in after the spruce is gone, but it's a work in progress.

Also, in a lot of places it has become really hard to find the thing that was considered a forest a few hundred years ago. All we have now in Germany are spruce or pine plantations where the only animals you can find are ants.

I'm sure this has zero side effects...

I don't know, I'm sure a potential investor would do a little bit more research than just look at total engagement numbers and that's it.

"Bad deal" in this case is purely from a mathematics point of view.

For example, you have camera equipment worth $2000 and there's a 10 percent chance something happens and you make a successful claim with the insurance in the next ten years. So on average, you get 10% of $2000 (=$200) from the insurance within 10 years. Per year, that makes $20. If you're paying more than $20 a year, you're spending more than you can expect to get back - on average.

Obviously, those are arbitrary numbers and they could be way off. But the insurance company will do the maths right to make sure they earn more than they spend. And it's in their best interest to avoid customers who are likely to cost them more than they receive.

Of course there are cases where making a bad deal in a mathematical sense can still be beneficial overall. Your car loan is a good example, health insurance is another. And if photography really is the only thing that brings you joy, then you can accept a "bad deal" to make sure you can keep pursuing you hobby,

But an insurance is never a good way to save money. On a case-by-case basis, it can be, but on average, it isn't. It's like playing in a casino, you can leave with more money than you had before, but on average, the bank always wins (unless you're cheating).

Insurance companies are very good at taking more money from you than they give back. The ones who don't aren't around anymore.

Do you all use dry box to keep the camera and lens ? If yes, which model or brand do you recommend ?

No. It obviously depends on where you're travelling and what you're doing with your camera, but I just use a regular camera bag and make sure it stays dry. The one time I had water damage was when the camera was in use and I was actively taking pictures, so the best case in the world wouldn't have helped me there.

Is insurance a good idea in case of damage, theft, loss, etc ? If yes, which plan or insurer to consider ?

Insurance is a bad deal for the person getting the insurance (=you), at least on average. The insurance company has a lot of CEOs, workers, buildings, vehicles, lobbying and advertising to pay for and these things are paid by the difference between what you pay them and what they pay out in case of a claim.

So you don't get insurance to save money. If that worked, insurance companies would all go bankrupt. You get insurance for things that would have a disastrous effect on your life if they happen to you. For example, you get health insurance so in case you get sick, you can afford treatment. Or you can insure your house if you would be homeless in case it burns down.

If photography is just a hobby and maybe you could even afford to buy a new camera in case the old one was stolen/lost/broken, then you really shouldn't insure it. I would only consider an insurance if it was my job, I depended on the equipment and I didn't have the funds to buy it new.

Do you think not using the canvas would cause more harm than their favorite event being covered in language shitting on the CEO and making the pretty canvas not marketable?

Not just that. The whole /r/place event has been covered by (tech) news sites every year. This year, it's a much better story than ever before.

The subscribers had no reason to unsubscribe.

I was the subscriber and I unsubscribed because I alone wasn't using it enough to justify the price. When I knew my sister and her family were watching too, it felt more like it was worth it.

Because it's something completely new that they don't fully understand yet. Computers have been good at math since always, everything else was built up on that. People are used to that.

Now all of a sudden, the infinitely precise and accurate calculating machine is just pulling answers out of its ass and presenting them as fact. That's not easy to grasp.

It's really unbelievable how bad swiftkey is, especially after seeing what language models can do nowadays. The number of times it has entered a totally absurd and exotic word in the wrong language in the middle of a very common phrase like 'see you later', is just ridiculous.

I'm testing thumb key right now. There's definitely a learning curve, but i'll see how fast I can get. Thanks for the tip!

Philips head screw(s)

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