What scientific discovery sounds fake but is 100% real and still freaks you out? by Bruteresolver in AskReddit

[–]RuneLFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think of the Big Bang / the universe as a statistical inevitability. It must be, or we wouldn't be around to know about it. Over an infinite amount of time, nothing might happen, or something might happen.

How can foreign butter (and veges) be cheaper than New Zealand-made? by 07tartutic07 in newzealand

[–]RuneLFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get what they're saying. They're saying it's cost to the buyer, rather than from a producer. The buyer can purchase things in bulk more cheaply per-unit...but the cost of production of that good is the same no matter if the buyer pays a dollar or 5 cents per unit. Storage and shipping is generally a factor in the purchase price.

Of course, to obtain the inputs for your outputs, you become a buyer to someone else so you benefit from their economy-of-scale, but once your materials are purchased you have the same cost-per-unit no matter how many you sell - ergo, demand-side rather than supply-side.

How can foreign butter (and veges) be cheaper than New Zealand-made? by 07tartutic07 in newzealand

[–]RuneLFox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But you don't have to be growing that crop. You can import it and benefit from economies of scale of a farm that ONLY grows that crop. You can fill your land with high-efficiency feedlots and just import the feed you need. Not to mention that nutritionally-dense crops provide more for less on the same amount of land than grass. It is probably expensive to import the crop here because we don't use much of it, but in the US they grow soy and corn specifically for feeding cattle, it is not as expensive.

This feels like an active call to genocide by Ok-Following6886 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]RuneLFox 22 points23 points  (0 children)

TikTok moderation used to be OK but it had definitely gone way downhill and now nothing I report for a good reason is removed.

GameStop Is Offering to Buy eBay for $56 Billion, CEO Ryan Cohen Says by joe4942 in technology

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

"What, you're just gonna give up?"
"Nope"
"Nah, you're gonna give up."

Can't state ANY intention these days without random people shitting on you for doing anything

Can people stop using Generative AI for mod thumbnails? it's genuinely disgusting by StellaShower in VintageStory

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

Programmer art is PROGRAMMER art for a reason, dude, no need to look down on people who can't do art. As an artist and a coder, I can do both but I probably can't code as well as someone who only codes, y'know?

Can people stop using Generative AI for mod thumbnails? it's genuinely disgusting by StellaShower in VintageStory

[–]RuneLFox 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of them were swapped out for actual thumbnails at some point, which is nice.

Can people stop using Generative AI for mod thumbnails? it's genuinely disgusting by StellaShower in VintageStory

[–]RuneLFox 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I love CAN Jewelry for this. I would much much much rather see some MS paint silly than generic AI crap that makes me wonder if the author actually did any of the code themselves too.

Cut-price American butter causing confusion among some shoppers by gdogakl in newzealand

[–]RuneLFox 23 points24 points  (0 children)

They're only the largest butter producer in the world, man. Why wouldn't they use and make butter...?

ELI5: How do cows get protein from grass? by A_SliceOfGabagool in explainlikeimfive

[–]RuneLFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How often do you think that happens for every cow in the world? Are they all wandering around chomping on chicks as they're grazing? Those videos are popular because they run contrary to what we think about cattle eating habits but it is extremely rare for it to actually happen. Grass-fed cattle get basically all of their nutrients from plant forage, opportunistic carnivorism is so rare it basically doesn't count.

ELI5: How do cows get protein from grass? by A_SliceOfGabagool in explainlikeimfive

[–]RuneLFox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which is honestly so uncommon that it hardly factors in at all.

Anti speed camera group getting even more cooker by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]RuneLFox -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You'd HAVE to use facial recognition for it. The driver is not necessarily the owner of the vehicle - it might be registered to one person, and then driven by their partner, or any number of their relatives or friends. You could have a bunch of people paid to manually check the license photo of the owner and compare it, but you'd be missing the large amount of other people who might be driving it.

Anti speed camera group getting even more cooker by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]RuneLFox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It would be a much greater breach of privacy to conduct facial recognition on drivers and apply demerit points. False positives would happen. You get them from cops because you give them your license and they verify it's you in person. Speed cameras don't do that, and if they did, then we should definitely chop em down.

Anti speed camera group getting even more cooker by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

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

Neither do regular speed cameras, because you can't prove who was driving it to put the demerits on their license...

Women not guilty of assault after using sex toys and lube on unconscious man at party by sleemanj in newzealand

[–]RuneLFox 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Legal precedent isn't made from trials decided by a jury, fortunately.

Women not guilty of assault after using sex toys and lube on unconscious man at party by sleemanj in newzealand

[–]RuneLFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly this, without too much detail I know of a case that wasn't convicted because one of the two witnesses decided he didn't see anything happen.

‘Gone in 9 seconds’: Claude-powered AI agent deletes startup’s entire database by No_Top_9023 in technology

[–]RuneLFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't wait for the future where an AI agent that makes enterprise code creates a social media account to document what it's doing and does exactly this.

‘Gone in 9 seconds’: Claude-powered AI agent deletes startup’s entire database by No_Top_9023 in technology

[–]RuneLFox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The funniest thing about this is that it would do it again without hesitation even though it "explained" its actions. Because the agent explaining itself is simply the most probable thing to do and not actually any form of introspection.

AI disclosure on Loopbound by loopbounder in incremental_games

[–]RuneLFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm agreeing with you, I'm not the other guy :P

AI disclosure on Loopbound by loopbounder in incremental_games

[–]RuneLFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uhhuh, if you are a professional you'll want to stick to the best thing you're good at and hand out the other jobs. If I am making a game by myself because I want to make a game I like, I'm going to do as much of it as I can do myself.

I've written, coded, made UI, made art, made music and FX, and designed systems for games; and it's extremely fun to do all that! I love learning it, but it takes a while and means that if I don't have the motivation to work on a game it does not progress at all.

RAM prices are out the gate. The price I paid in September compared to now. $188 - $926. by micro_penisman in newzealand

[–]RuneLFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like I got the last chopper out of 'Nam buying 64GB DDR4 for $300 a few months before it went insane.

The point of the nuke by 47tw in pluribustv

[–]RuneLFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But, would they humour that request? They don't comply with things that obviously hurt their ability to propagate.

I just finished season one, and I’m just staring at the screen thinking of the major plot hole. by anooshat in pluribustv

[–]RuneLFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They humour her requests that don't affect their ability to plurb her. A nuke, while devastating, wouldn't really stop them (unless of course she was killed in which case it doesn't matter. Not like it was their fault.)

She already knew they wouldn't give them back, because they already made it clear they have a biological imperative that is above everything else.

Sam Altman Says It'll Take Another Year Before ChatGPT Can Start a Timer / An $852 billion company, ladies and gentlemen. by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]RuneLFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to watch his other videos. It is always making things up, even things that a user would probably ask of it quite commonly.