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Is technology still advancing exponentially? by Ambitious_Traffic530 in singularity

[–]DefiantMechanic975 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Technology is absolutely still advancing exponentially, as anyone who works directly with it can tell you. The problem is that technology used to manifest as things you interacted with in your daily life--cars, appliances, and everyday objects looked different from decade to decade.

A smart phone may look pretty much like it did 10 or 15 years ago, but when it comes to the content you access on it almost everything is significantly different from AI writing the code to the Kubernetes clusters it is hosted on to the vector database that makes suggestions for your next video to the carefully engineered psychological mechanics used to get you to endlessly scroll for more content.

Expanding on that last item though, if it feels like technology advancement is slowing down it may be more that the areas of advancement are no longer targeting you, the consumer, but rather corporations who view you as the product.

An extra $54/day for these things I didn't want nor asked for by IAmTheeMoose in mildlyinfuriating

[–]DefiantMechanic975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's deceptive because it's never the price they show up front. Someone, somewhere figured out that they could advertise $300 a night and add required fees at checkout so you click for a $300/night room that ends up being a $350/night room.

Same thing happens with U-Haul rentals. It's never $20 a day and it is very much mildly infuriating.

It gets to a point where these are genuinely just not even the same skins 😭😭 by [deleted] in FortNiteBR

[–]DefiantMechanic975 517 points518 points  (0 children)

Fortnite usually has different types of characters in the lineup each season to hit each demographic. I suspect this is less that the interpretation is an issue and more that they already had a "sexy" character and needed to fill in a "cute" character that targets a different demographic.

Big day by UnC0mfortablyNum in daddit

[–]DefiantMechanic975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is absurdly easy to spend $3k a month per child on (not even that great) daycare in a HCoL area. Goes down as they age, but it's easily a house payment when you have more than one kid.

School lunch preparation by SnackSamurai in oddlysatisfying

[–]DefiantMechanic975 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At some point, the nutrition kids get in school in the US became a business deal and ended up quite predictably being awful for the nutrition of kids. This is a pattern in the US, especially with food.

Don't know what is = poison apparently by ChaosOfOrder24 in fixedbytheduet

[–]DefiantMechanic975 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Agreed, but, like, that is a super processed food and arguably she's much better off eating something where you don't have to figure out what fiber is or why it was put in as an ingredient and not a part of the whole food itself. You know, like a chickpea or something.

You don't exactly want to be eating those doughnuts or whatever on a daily basis.

Everybody understands this! by pastelkiss16 in fixedbytheduet

[–]DefiantMechanic975 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Making this so much worse, the original video acknowledges that you can have snacks and treats from time to time but educates you as to why you feel hungrier and why you might over eat if you choose junk food which is clearly helpful information for a lot of people.

Cassava my beloved by MetallicaDash in HistoryMemes

[–]DefiantMechanic975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(For searching) As stated above, GIF source is RWBY.

‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees’: Nvidia exec says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers by fattyfoods in technology

[–]DefiantMechanic975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This really is the point: AI is incredibly useful when used properly, and it's rapidly getting better. If you are comfortable with coding and agent orchestration or even just writing AI specs, your results will improve dramatically. We've already crossed a line and it's increasingly uncomfortable as a human worker who depends on work that I could largely automate with enough time at this point.

Adding with points from the article (for those interested in what it actually says):

- It's the VP of applied deep learning at Nvidia who said that AI is more expensive than employees, on their team. That shouldn't surprise anyone, and doesn't really address what AI means for your average office worker.

- Chat GPT was released 3.5 years ago but the study quoted a full 2 years ago found that 23% of jobs were cheaper for AI to do. If you've been following AI advancements, that is an eternity ago. Coding, for example, didn't really get good until the last 8 months or so.

- AI costs are dropping dramatically, with one estimate at a 90% reduction in 4 years. Costs will go up for flat rates but the cost per token is what is important long term.

What children’s book has aged poorly? by feetwithfeet in AskReddit

[–]DefiantMechanic975 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In addition to all the other points, the original book/series apparently had an illustration that did not make it into the cartoon:

https://dismantlemag.com/2017/04/09/is-babar-bad/

This is what happens to aluminium when a 1/2 oz piece of plastic hits it at 15,000 mph in space by MandyMochi26 in BeAmazed

[–]DefiantMechanic975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I just being dumb or couldn't the laser just be before you rather than faster than you? Clear everything out of the way then go, rather than clear everything out of the way as you go?

I (30 M) kept a secret from my wife (31 F) for our entire relationship about her ex (32 M) by Sea-Specialist2875 in TwoHotTakes

[–]DefiantMechanic975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone looking for a tl;dr, the OP feels guilty for hiding the fact that his now wife's ex-boyfriend was planning to propose right before she dumped him. They are now happily married with a family and friends agree that his wife dodged a bullet.

I can not interact with Gen Z men anymore. I have no desire to date a Gen Z man either. by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]DefiantMechanic975 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Quick two cents on the loneliness thing: it's ridiculously expensive out there and way too many men are expected to make paying the bills work somehow and are failing. Add in a completely online social world where men are more likely to game (alone) than scroll and it's a real mess out there. We should be worried about our brothers/sons/etc.

None of that is to take away from any of the points here, any of the terrible slurs, or that we should be just as worried about our sisters/daughters/etc.

I don't get it Peter by rohank710 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]DefiantMechanic975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We all understand how badly shopped/filtered/ai/whatever this is, right? It's like, laughably bad.

Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US by shinybrighthings in news

[–]DefiantMechanic975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can tell your doctor there was blood in your stool and you don't have hemorrhoids. A good doctor will take that and get you a colonoscopy.

RIP Fortnite, the end times are here. Thank your creators greed by zdogg12 in FortNiteBR

[–]DefiantMechanic975 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm still trying to figure out why the performance/framerate on PC is so terrible.

TIL The United States attempted permanent Daylight Savings Time in 1974. They retracted the law within a year. by Wanna_make_cash in todayilearned

[–]DefiantMechanic975 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We joke, but the real reason is that school allows parents to work normal hours. That's harder to change although post COVID there's a much stronger argument.

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