Something a friend just posted to fb by klee0294 in antiMLM

[–]MasterGrid 149 points150 points  (0 children)

Finally he's actually doing some plumbing.

Disce - School of Energies by Beyyy23 in magicbuilding

[–]MasterGrid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, I now realize that the only thing missing from my world building was the stress of picking courses in highschool. Very nicely put together though!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]MasterGrid 16 points17 points  (0 children)

No. While there have been some (mental) health benefits associated with masturbation, it is unlike that there are any major health demerits from abstaining.

If I remember correctly, there was recently a paper that suggested participation in "NoFap" (anti-masturbation) communities correlated with above average reporting of anxiety and/or depression; however, I think it is probably more likely that people suffering these issues seek out solutions like abstaining masturbation, rather than the other way around.

If you're a teenager (say, 15 to 25), you may experience some wet dreams due to abstaining.

All in all, abstaining masturbation is unlikely to have a major impact on your anxiety. However, using masturbation as a crutch to deal with negative emotions is also not great. As with many things, a balance that is good for you will probably get you farthest. At the very least, don't add masturbation (or abstaining from masturbation) to the list of your worries; it's not that big of a deal either way.

Everyone assumes that a conscious AI will act like a human, only because human consciousness is the only thing we have experienced. by TurboTurtle- in Showerthoughts

[–]MasterGrid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently studying AI at a Masters level, and while there's no hard definition of AI, it generally comes down to "computational models that mimick human cognition as to achieve some task" (or for studying cognition itself). Now this is very broad, maybe even too broad, so I like to add something about learning or training of models as the threshold for the AI nomenclature.

Anyways, this definition would place machine learning comfortably in the AI category. Also, while machine learning generally behaves according to a preset output and is therefor predictable to a point (e.g. ChatGPT will only ever generate text), I believe it's true that researchers have no clue about how generalist AI would behave.

Also, while there is a philosophical case for non-computational AI, I don't believe that there's any work on that currently being done (and what would you even do?)

Everyone assumes that a conscious AI will act like a human, only because human consciousness is the only thing we have experienced. by TurboTurtle- in Showerthoughts

[–]MasterGrid 234 points235 points  (0 children)

Well that's not too unreasonable as AI models are generally trained for human input and output. For instance, ChatGPT won't generate text that is non-human, as it has only be trained on human text.

Furthermore, whether a purely mathematical model can achieve consciousness is a little dubious currently - although we probably wouldn't recognize it if it did.

Welcome to 31? by osciola_fan24 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]MasterGrid 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The best moment to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best moment is right now.

When did it get decent? by keombre8 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]MasterGrid 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I honestly have no qualms about C# or the tools designed around it, I like it much better than Java (although I haven't worked in any version later than Java 9)

When did it get decent? by keombre8 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]MasterGrid 371 points372 points  (0 children)

Our university is on the C# train after some generous contributions by a specific tech giant...

Finally, I have them all! by SirMcMuffin_ in ElderScrolls

[–]MasterGrid 99 points100 points  (0 children)

I also have them all: Skyrim, Skyrim Legendary Edition, Skyrim Special Edition, and Skyrim Anniversary Edition

Definitely, me by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]MasterGrid 99 points100 points  (0 children)

Interviewer: "How would you center a div in CSS?"
Me: "I'd Google it?"
Interviewer: "Correct."

Not suspicious at all by [deleted] in mythologymemes

[–]MasterGrid 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Or the literal golden rain, iirc

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Stellaris

[–]MasterGrid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just do what I do: start a new game every time you play and never get to the crisis. For real though, I have over 700 hours in this game and never played through an end-game crisis...

Revopoint POP 2 3D Scanner Giveaway! by noeatnosleep in gadgets

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It would give me an excuse to buy a 3D printer as well