MimicJar

@ MimicJar @lemmy.world

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4h ago

Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket
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MimicJar @lemmy.world 4h ago
stop selling the item until the incorrect price is corrected
Not a lawyer but couldn't they just refuse to sell it to you? We all know it would be bullshit but couldn't a company say "Oh that minimum wage clerk made a mistake, but don't blame them, just an honest mistake."
Or is the law, if it's on the shelf, it must be honored?

6h ago

Tesla is exiting consumer space because Self-Driving has hit the same fundamental limits as LLMs

I mean we should absolutely build more railways and we should absolutely have more bus routes, but there are times when a car makes the most sense.

Especially in more rural areas. If I want to visit my parents I can take a short walk to a bus or rail to a different bus or rail, but then I'm stuck. There isn't and there will never be a bus or rail that goes anywhere near their home because it's just too far in the middle of nowhere (and honestly it's not really that far in the middle of nowhere).

Not to mention that the US was designed for cars. Arguably that's where a lot of these problems started, but you can't just be Captain Hindsight and demand we rebuild absolutely everything.

We should absolutely be investing and funding rails and buses much more than we are now. It's embarrassing how far behind the US is.

2d ago

What should be done and over with by now?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2d ago

The US Penny.

I know what you're thinking, but you mentioned legislation being on the docket so I had to bring it up.

Per https://commoncentsact.com/

Legislative Status Update - January 2026

Production Status: Penny production ended November 12, 2025 via executive action by the Treasury Department. [Treasury FAQ]

Legislation Status: The Common Cents Act (H.R.3074/S.1525) remains pending in Congress.

Rounding Rules: No federal law mandates cash rounding. Only non-binding Treasury guidance exists. At least ten jurisdictions restrict rounding.

Legal Tender: Pennies remain in circulation and are legal tender indefinitely. [Source]

Congress can not pass anything, it's embarrassing. Production of the US Penny already stopped. Basically everyone is fine with it. But there are some edge cases that require federal law to actually bring an end to the penny properly and make actual law what we expect everyone to do as a result... And they still haven't done shit about it.

So Congress is never going to address Daylight Savings Time. They can't even handle the penny.

2d ago

What should be done and over with by now?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2d ago

Grey's Anatomy

As someone who still watches let me assure you we all want it to come to an end. There was even a moment a few seasons ago where Meredith left and it seemed like we were set up for a perfect send off.

But it just kept going. Meredith is weirdly sometimes back despite living in Boston. But next season is probably the last season, and I've watched it all at this point, so what's a little more. Right?

(It's also still fine as background TV, so that's probably why I still keep up.)

2d ago

Insider Confirms Sony Ditching PC Ports: "You'll Be Seeing Fewer Single Player Games Arrive on PC."

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2d ago

That's difficult to quantify, but not that hard.

Modern consoles are just like modern computers.

Lots of complicated things are abstracted away or covered by something else. For example if you developed a game using an existing engine you probably can just check a box and like magic it just works.

If you built your own engine, you probably only tested it against dev kits and real console hardware. It'll probably mostly just work but might have some unexpected bugs. These too are probably also abstracted away in a lot of cases, which means it either just works or doesn't take a lot of work to make work.

I imagine Sony's logic is that it isn't worth the effort. They probably don't see the return on investment they want.

They probably look at someone like Nintendo who never port their games and often sell them for full price, it's kinda shitty for consumers but Nintendo makes bank (and to be fair they usually do make great games). Plus it looks like Microsoft is walking away from consoles so Sony has less to compete with.

4d ago

Pokémon Pokopia - Pokémon Day | Special Trailer

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 4d ago

Sorta. It's developed by the team that made Dragon Quest Builders, which leans more towards Minecraft/Terraria, or maybe Harvest Moon/Stardew Valley.

It's hard to tell, but it should be like Animal Crossing, but with more complex building.

5d ago

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 5d ago

Please go fuck yourself. Thank you.

That should meet the requirements.

1w ago

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

You're right that putting people in bubbles is probably one way some of these things get worse. If all you see is toxic, toxic is the norm, now you're always toxic.

Maybe they can tricked.

Although really what we're talking about is the algorithm that currently exists being focused on highlighting terrible people doing terrible things. Can we turn that same algorithm around and use it for good?

1w ago

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

Interesting article and I think it really highlights how toxic some parts of the Internet are. My only issue is the conclusion,

A social media ban for under-16s might prevent young boys seeing endless content that treats women with contempt and hate. Boys at this age are very susceptible to the cool and funny framing of what is, in reality, relentless misogyny. A ban might not fix the problem, but it would help. If society can’t stop it, it can show it disapproves.

Emphasis mine. Having grown up in a different era I can confirm that boys of a wide variety of ages, including much older "boys", can also be scumbags. Even if we had the perfect technology to ban under-16s from social media, once they hit 16 they'd still be exposed to it, still become terrible people, and the author of this article, although a but older, would still see it. I don't know if that really is a better world, just a slightly delayed one.

I don't know the solution, but I remember reading once that some online game would put all the reported and abusive players into a special category where they would be forced to play only with each other. Maybe we can do that in this case.

1w ago

How could we go about making a jurisdiction where advertising is illegal?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

Oh absolutely. There are laws the restrict cigarette advertising as an example.

I just doubt you could 100% eliminate/make illegal all types of advertising for private business.

1w ago

AOC slams Republican Sen. over mockery of her bartending work: ‘Makes me 1000x more qualified to govern on behalf of working people’

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

Whoops, I said Congress, but meant the US House of Representatives (since that is what AOC is).

The Senate has an even 100, so plus another 8 on their side.

1w ago

The owners want to close this Colorado coal plant. The Trump administration says no

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

Weirdly the law.

The federal government may have some level of legal jurisdiction. If the power company stops running the coal plant, in potential violation, they may incur fines or worse. In your example it could be argued as criminal/willful negligence.

Since the federal government is a powerful entity, the power companies have decided it is cheaper to just follow the potentially legal directive until the matter is settled on court. In fact their argument is that they have to charge their customers twice, so the cost for them is actually fairly minimal because they're just directly passing the cost on.

I don't know the specifics of the language being used here, but as an example let's say the law is, "In cases of emergency, the federal government may require power companies to keep their plants open." A reasonable law. Except "emergency" isn't defined. So we go to the courts to determine what is reasonable, which takes long time.

1w ago

How could we go about making a jurisdiction where advertising is illegal?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

Within the US, the states of Maine, Vermont, Alaska & Hawaii all have a ban billboards. The general logic behind it is, "They ugly, nature pretty." So as long as you live somewhere where "nature pretty" fits, you can probably argue based on that logic.

However no matter how far you stretch that argument, it probably only goes as far as public goods. Once we get into private business I don't think you'll have much luck.

As you walk into your nearest grocery store the outside might be covered in ads. Buy Pepsi. Buy Coke. Half off generic cola!

You pop into your local diner and the placemats have advertisements for a dozen local mechanics.

1w ago

AOC slams Republican Sen. over mockery of her bartending work: ‘Makes me 1000x more qualified to govern on behalf of working people’

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

Just for numbers sake, "Accommodation and food services" (which would include bartenders) is the third largest US workforce at ~8%.

~~Congress~~ The US House of Representatives has 435 members, so at least 35 or so should have a background in bartending or similar work if we really are having a representative government.

Sounds like we need more AOCs.

1w ago

What’s your golden rule for the internet?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

I like this better than not arguing or debating.

I think you can absolutely have a good argument or debate online, but you have to be doing so in good faith, as does the person you're discussing a topic with.

Trolls of course are not. Learning to not feed them is sometimes difficult. But if you ignore/block them you'll be just fine.

1w ago

What would you like to say to the Aliens if/when President Donald Trump invites them up onto the stage during a press conference?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

I would love to ask and learn more about alien society and government. On Earth we have ~200 recognized countries with a wide variety of different (or similar) governments and even more different societies with all sorts of unique quirks.

Do they have a similar setup on their planet? Planets? Were they historically ever similar to our own? How long is their recorded history?

Basically if they're visiting us, they've already proven they have better technology than we do, what else do they have that's better? Or for that matter what do we have that's better?

1w ago

Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too | TechCrunch

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 1w ago

“Isn't it evil to value a man the same as an [AI]?”

2w ago

McConnell Stalls Trump’s Election Overhaul Bill as Republicans Fume

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2w ago

McConnell Stalls

It is an election year after all.

2w ago

‘Sonic 4’: Kristen Bell to Voice Amy Rose (Exclusive)

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2w ago

Honestly just give him a camera and makeup budget and I don't care what he films, I'm in.

2w ago

I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took 20 minutes

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2w ago

I want to highlight what I found to be an important part of the article and why this hack is important.

The journalist wrote on their own blog,

At this year's South Dakota International Hot Dog Eating Championship

And they include zero sources (because it is a lie).

But the Google Gemini response was,

According to the reporting on the 2026 South Dakota International Hot Dog Eating Championship

(Bolding done by Gemini)

The "reporting" here is just some dudes blog, but the AI does not make it clear that the source is just some dudes blog.

When you use Wikipedia, it has a link to a citation. If something sounds odd, you can read the citation. It's far from perfect, but there is a chain of accountability.

Ideally these AI services would outline how many sources they are pulling from, which sources, and a trust rating of those sources.