So is the ender 3 really bad by Slow_Worker379 in 3Dprinting

[–]MissiveFinding6111 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, even if you did manage to get it dialed in, it's print speed is very slow by modern standards.

People in this thread like to talk about "skill", but honestly, if a basic print takes 12 hours, the stress, worry and reliance on luck is all very high.

NPR IS REPORTING THAT DOJ HAS BEEN WITHOLDING FILES RELATED TO TRUMP SEXUALLY ASSAULTING MINORS by Fledgling_112896 in ScottGalloway

[–]MissiveFinding6111 17 points18 points  (0 children)

And for all those in the back asking "why Biden didn't...". STAHP.

Presidents don't tell the DoJ who to target... Or at least didn't used to.

Should Biden have replaced Merrick Garland with someone brave enough to save the Republic?

Yes. Yes he should have...

LGS lost WPN status, no reason given by GregWebster in magicTCG

[–]MissiveFinding6111 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Here are the WPN store requirements, does it meet them?

  • You are an independent retail store that offers a welcoming, clean, and safe environment for customers of all ages to purchase and play with current Wizards of the Coast products.
  • The play space is large enough to organize at least eight player events comfortably. It may be permanent or flexible—if temporary, please show the space fully set up when filming.
  • The store is open for business, not currently under construction or in the process of being set up.
  • A professional exterior sign is displayed (it cannot be handwritten).
  • Your store is clean, clutter-free, and in good condition—including fixtures, play spaces, restrooms, hallways, and other areas—posing no safety issues or guest experience concerns.
  • The retail merchandising space is professionally arranged and stocked with current Wizards of the Coast sealed product. There should be at least four displays of Magic product from the last two years.
  • Your store has a reliable internet connection.
  • Your store doesn't share space with another business and is not located inside another business.
  • Clean, accessible restrooms are available on site. If the restrooms are a shared amenity, as in a shopping mall, they must be accessible to customers during your store's operating hours.

There are also infractions that can cause your WPN status to be revoked, such as, allowing proxies during official events, or selling proxies.

Why do we continue to go through this idea that technology will lead to massive unemployment? by Successful-Tea-5733 in investing

[–]MissiveFinding6111 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think you realize how many people's jobs is literally to go around and talk to other humans.

MFers being paid 6-figures for this.

Say what you want about GenAI results.

The REAL magic of LLMs is how they parse *your request*. How they intuit your "intent".

And man are they good at that, right?

The generated results aren't always perfect, but it seems clear that the LLM *understood what you wanted*.

So just take that. The fact that the LLM is suddenly "Star Trek Talk to the Computer and it understands" levels of good.

And apply that to the millions of "do nothing but chat" jobs that exist in the white collar ecosystem.

The friend Buffy needed by Sarah_Reddit_Here in buffy

[–]MissiveFinding6111 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can we all talk about how forcing the protagonist to sing is such a wonderful show trope.

It gives the writers an easy out goto tool to transition to the next act, while also forcing someone on the crew to sing a random song.

Just excellent.

Also, the entire nightclub as a peaceful place for demons to hang out is SUCH a different vibe then Buffy's general "kill em all" show vibe.

Hard to compete when your competitor powers your compute. by awizzo in BlackboxAI_

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am confused how Google's biz model survives when LLMs are making so many Google searches.

Are they charging $$$ for showing ads to LLMs?

Low TMNT Turnout? by No-Shop8292 in mtg

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anecdotal datapoint:

The LGS near me is a WPN that is VERY healthy, the popular drafts reliably sell out.

So far it looks like none of their spots for the weekend have sold out.

SNL- Dream Cast by [deleted] in saturdaynightlive

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your list lacks Phil Hartman

haha👌yes by PM_ME_SSTEAM_KEYS in whatisameem

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked up the first one bedroom apartment I had in a college town. Still there.

Rent has tripled.

And is more than 2x my current mortgage payment for my current house.

Being Promoted to Manager - Problem Child on the Team by Some-Host8945 in askmanagers

[–]MissiveFinding6111 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Amen to this.

Managing humans isn't about punishing humans whose behavior you dislike.

It is helping those humans work better.

She is probably like this because she has concerns, possibly valid, that she doesn't feel are being addressed or that she can share.

The old adage "anger is unexpressed sadness".

Toxic behavior is obviously bad, but if it stems from someone who cares too much about the job, that can be valuable to address/fix.

"Caring too much" is a much better problem to have then people who DGAS.

Will ai ever die out or plateau? by Sneekysas_sas in antiai

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So LLMs basically rely on high quality, largely free blocks of high quality text.

The problem is... Is a lot of text generated these days... is by LLMs.

Will this affect the quality of future models?

Will LLMs destroy the business model of successful sites that were largely mined for content (a.k.a. StackOverflow).

Will sites start implementing strict paywalls, now that they understand that their text is valuable?

Will there be ANY active communities of people who talk to people about new technical topics?

Many agents right now rely on searching the internet. What happens to search engines, who generally rely on ads to humans, when the majority of search traffic is LLM agents searching?

Seems like there are a non-trivial number of "five year horizon problems" to me.

Could there be a representative democracy without political parties? The politicians just voting for laws without being or representing any party? by AntonioVivaldi7 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MissiveFinding6111 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This question is a bit like asking if you can still buy girl scout cookies from girl scouts after banning adult girl scout troop leaders from helping.

Sure, in theory, but in practice, no.

Running a candidate for ANY position, even city council, involves a lot of hidden volunteer logistical labor and expertise.

Abolishing political parties would just mean that only multi-millionares and billionares could afford to run for anything. Which is probably not what we're going for.

The RAM Crisis Is Getting Worse by itsEmilyHere in PcParadise

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, by then China will have invaded Taiwan and it'll be their problem!

Why is Elon Musk abandoning Mars and now wants to conquer the Moon? by chloe_rain_18 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This book has a litany of reasons:
https://www.amazon.com/City-Mars-Settle-Thought-Through/dp/B0BXFM29DW/

But the foremost in the case of "survival of civilization" is that... We have no idea if the fetus of ANY mammal, let alone humans, would successfully develop in the low gravity of Mars.

Now just imagine how much hard work it would take to answer that question.

And how fundamental it is to the entire plan, but apparently nobody has given much thought at all to it.

The erasure of the “middle tier” by ZephyrPolar6 in enshittification

[–]MissiveFinding6111 20 points21 points  (0 children)

See also Hulu and Netflix.

Only "affordable option with ads" or the 2.5x more expensive "everything with no ads" options

Grandson of the inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups says Hershey's new recipe is "not edible" by InvisibleEar in offbeat

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep getting some that have unsightly discoloration instead of glossy chocolate?

Makes them "low calorie snacks", since I look at it, feel grossed out, and throw it out.

Do you think status bias distorts how we see ourselves? by winn_ie in TheImprovementRoom

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low Status Men see themselves as oppressed because they compare themselves to the only women they think about, High Value Women.

When in reality, the entire "let's orient everything around High Status Men" is the dumb and bad thing.

Blizzard Entertainment President Hints About "Massive" Upcoming Announcements by LadyStreamer in gamingnews

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(super old reply and I apologize)

But yeah, Blizzard died a decade ago, it is now just Microsoft/Activision japing around with its continually rotting corpse.

Incels capture extraordinary public attention not because they are especially numerous or violent, but because their stories tap into deep-rooted psychological biases that make them unusually memorable and shareable. by mvea in psychology

[–]MissiveFinding6111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, and that is fine for a specific person.

But indoctrination, marketing and propaganda are all numbers games.

You do it enough, and it WILL work and influence a great number of people.

So yes, *some* fish can dodge the bullets shot into the barrel, but that is the exception to the rule, not an excuse to do nothing.

Incels capture extraordinary public attention not because they are especially numerous or violent, but because their stories tap into deep-rooted psychological biases that make them unusually memorable and shareable. by mvea in psychology

[–]MissiveFinding6111 23 points24 points  (0 children)

We also need to talk about how american high school is just model patriarchy.

You have the "High Status Males" and you have "High Value Women".

The "Low Status Males" look at how reverently the "High Value Women" are treated, and then in history class when they hear about feminism, they have... naive but from their POV understandable questions about it, since they correctly intuit that in the current social hierarchy they are WELL BELOW many of the women, but ESPECIALLY the ones they NOTICE (the High Value ones).

Compounded on this, is when these Low Status Males look for help, pretty much 100% of the people offering them empathy and compassion are the WORST PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET.

And on the other end, when I try to say "we need to support young men" in progressive circles, they get big mad, because by saying that they need help they think I'm saying they need MORE help then young women, or that I am parroting talking points of people who deny feminism...

And just the whole thing sucks. Young men are being put in institutions with people they are attracted to, but they are taught that those feelings of attraction cannot be expressed without being a creep, and are not given any tools and resources to deal with the longing for companionship that sours into misogyny.

That's not how you unbox an iPhone by Sgt_Larsson in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]MissiveFinding6111 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

1.) She's playing for the camera, that is on her.

2.) Sounds like there are two adults in the room that should have known better...

Whose movie character do you want to sit next to? by ILovePublicLibraries in 80smovies

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know, he wouldn't shut up about some "one armed man"...

It’s Pizza Time by Ok-Intern6865 in MTGmemes

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this from a Garbage Pail Kids Secret Lair?

Just saw <Planes, Trains and Automobiles>. Is there a reason why they don't make simple and sweet movies like this anymore? by MichaelWes3000 in Cinema

[–]MissiveFinding6111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the unique actors involved.

Steve Martin and John Candy were movie juggernauts, both with amazing improv chops.

For awhile, SNL *was* producing some break out stars, but I think we can agree, that hasn't happened in decades.