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scarabic

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  • Just to clear things up

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  • Wow, fascinating. So a couple of guys who did a lot of dubbing work sort of created this gonzo style and got away with applying it willy nilly. I mean I get it. Sometimes you have to get weird to keep yourself awake at work. The Wikipedia article mentions further down that one of the editors they worked with “suspected a joke.” :D

  • Crossover hours?

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  • This little bit of lore tries to be so horrifying with its “slow digestion over a thousand years” but wouldn’t you be dead from lack of water within 2 days?

    (mad scramble)

    “Acksully no, the Sarlaac taps into your bloodstream to provide you with sustenance the whole time so you stay alive and conscious.”

    Okay but lifespans are not 1000 years even.

    (madder scramble)

    “Ackshully the Saralaac rewrites your DNA to extend your lifespan so you can be conscious over 1000 years.”

    Wow that’s pretty impressive. How many species is its process compatible with? And how does such a lengthy expenditure of energy make sense, nutritionally? It takes more energy to keep a human body alive for 1000 years than the Sarlaac can possibly derive from one human corpse.

    (mad mad mad mad scramble, this time using the Force)

    “IT’S STAR WARS OKAY. STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT ALL DETAILED.”

    Haven’t you been adding all the details?

    “Mods! Rule 1!”

  • Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ allow Pentagon to remove AI checks

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  • They wouldn’t be negotiating if they didn’t want the co tract to begin with. It’s not like they can’t tell from 100 miles off who they’d be getting into bed with. I’m glad to see they have some lines drawn they won’t cross, but it’s laughable for you to question that they didn’t want to be here in the first place.

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

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  • I love to see that kind of intercultural reading being made. In good faith, I respect it and disagree with its internal logic. If you think help is expected of you, you will not offer any mention of whether or not it’s a problem for you, period.

  • This guy's face alone is birth control

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  • “Don’t associate this douchebag with us in any way, thank you very much.”

    Gay men everywhere.

  • No lowball bids

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  • No, it’s a short range fighter.

  • Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts?

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  • I hear coyotes outside my bedroom window every night and I’m so glad I know what they are. The first time I ever heard them, I was alone in a tent surrounded by them. Absolute Blair Witch horror for about 5 minutes until my brain was awake enough to realize what I was hearing.

  • Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts?

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  • The bar for “convincing” is very low when you want to believe.

  • NBC Interview abruptly ends after New Yorker blames private equity and landlords for the city's issues

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  • I used to have this NYT lifestyle reporter in my Facebook and they were constantly posting hyper-specific quote requests. “If you are a bartender who has seen more business from upscale clientele since Covid ended and think this is because affluent people have less empathy, I’d like to interview you for an upcoming article!”

    It’s fucking embracing how the News already knows exactly what they want to say before they even go to people, and they just want people to repeat their line like a good little drone and then go away. And most people will for the mere chance to have their face or name in the news.

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

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  • That’s a very generous reaction to being cussed at for following instructions. I have no problem being asked to wait. I actually appreciate having someone acknowledge that I’m there by telling me to wait. But damn. Keep it classy.

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

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  • I’ve come to accept that “no problem” is just some people’s way to say “you’re welcome” but I still really dislike the sound of it right after I say thank you for something completely normal.

    Cashier: “Here’s your change.”

    Me: “Thank you.”

    Cashier: “No problem.”

    My brain: “Oh… I didn’t even think it could have been a problem to hand me my change, but I guess I’m glad to hear that it was not in fact any problem.”

  • Worst day of my life

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  • “We never USED to have to see gay people grumble grumble.”

    Yeah because they were oppressed and underground! What the fuck, how simple can this get?

  • YSK Your smoke detectors should be replaced every 7-10 years

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  • Differentiating between European countries is hardly as important as piling onto the “Europe shits on America” bandwagon that this entire site has rapidly become. Literally any issue will turn into Europeans talking down to America. Nuances between EU countries? Who cares!

  • YSK Your smoke detectors should be replaced every 7-10 years

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  • I’m asking as an european

    Do you literally not have fires there?

  • Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortune

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  • Yes I think when an industry is new is about the only time that existing power structures don’t dominate, albeit briefly. I saw this up close with the advent of the WWW. In the early days, coding HTML was like working magic, and there were no established players who had a lock on how to do it better than what any enterprising young person could teach themselves through tinkering.

  • Active duty members of the United States, How are you feeling in regards of being under the service of the Amerinazis?

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  • Active duty members of the United States, How are you feeling in regards of being under the service of the Amerinazis?

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  • True. Think about this though. I could probably come up with a question like this one for the professions of 90% of people here.

    “Waiters of Reddit: how do you feel about working in an industry with its own special slave wage exception, an industry where the bosses expect you to dance for cruel patrons who have control over your compensation?”

    “Medical researchers of Reddit; how do you feel about working for an industry that puts profits before people, whose CEOs are being gunned down in the streets because people die so they can make a number?”

    “Software engineers of Reddit, how do you feel about working for the evil tech bros who have sold the self esteem and mental health of a whole generation to make a buck?”

    The answer to all of these is that while they have some truth, the people who work there believe they are also doing some good with their work, and earning a living, and not just selling their soul to enrich the demon at the top of the corporation.

    You say that if we can see it from far away, they must be able to see it from close up. But I’m not sure it works that way. Maybe there’s just a lot we can’t see from far away. And maybe being close to it is TOO close to see it as we do.

  • Looks

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  • Codpiece with abs: priceless

  • Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortune

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  • In addition to the multiple throws, and in addition to the direct nepotistic help, there is also just the osmosis effect. How many people would give their right arm to get basic mentoring from Bill Gates? Just knowing someone who’s succeeded at something gives you a massive cultural window into that thing and how to nail it. This kid is delusional. If she wants to do something totally on her own she should be a movie director or race car driver or flower arranger. What’s that? Starting up a tech company? Ohh… how original.

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    Sam Bankman-Fried is angling for a pardon from Trump

    gizmodo.com /sam-bankman-fried-thrown-into-solitary-over-tucker-carlson-interview-report-2000573371
  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Sisters hanging out, holding hands (and feet)

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Cuddle train has left the station!

  • Gardening @lemmy.world
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    It’s not a proper gardening community without this posted at least once, so let’s get it out of the way :D

  • Gardening @lemmy.world
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    This potted succulent REALLY gave our doorstep some pizzazz this year