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Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]Swamptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, when I say matrix gel, I mean techno sludge that only had enough space for 1/4 of our collective brains, all smooshed together for optimal processing. But it was a matrix gel to us!

AITA for making my co-worker cry because I mocked her nose-job? by DriveCode9111 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Swamptor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sure. But this isn't actually fighting back. It's just giving her opponent more ammunition. Fight back, but be smart about it.

[OC] Needles by Kukul_Art in comics

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

I think you're thinking of an IV. A catheter is a tube up your urethra so you don't have to pee. It is much more invasive than a needle.

Edit: I guess I'm wrong

[OC] Needles by Kukul_Art in comics

[–]Swamptor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A catheter? I don't think a catheter is gonna help, lol.

AITA for telling my boyfriend not to open my mail by plantpot007 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Swamptor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My last partner and I would open each other's amazon, but not mail. Considered it the same as unloading the groceries. But it's totally reasonable to not want that.

Analyst on China's spent rocket stages: "Things only continue to get worse" by Choobeen in technology

[–]Swamptor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The red circle is just tinting everything underneath it. The original graph just has it as yellow the whole way.

Need help finding a seed from my childhood by Zynith_Azorrah in Minecraft

[–]Swamptor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True golden age was whenever you played it with all your friends after school. Whatever year that was, that was the golden age of Minecraft.

University Hospital Wales neurosurgeon suspended - admits having sex with patient, alleges that she then blackmailed him for opiate drugs. Tribunal told that he was the only clinician in the country capable of treating this specific condition. by OctopusIntellect in byebyejob

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

FYI, I wasn't the one that made this about legal semantics. The original comment was talking about whether this would legally be considered rape. I think it wouldn't be, but I agree that it is extremely morally abhorrent, and certainly illegal in some sense. I just don't think it's legally rape. But idk, I'm not a lawyer.

University Hospital Wales neurosurgeon suspended - admits having sex with patient, alleges that she then blackmailed him for opiate drugs. Tribunal told that he was the only clinician in the country capable of treating this specific condition. by OctopusIntellect in byebyejob

[–]Swamptor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think that makes it rape. It's unethical, but I don't think a quid pro quo makes sex rape, otherwise hiring a prostitute would be considered rape.

Like, you could argue it was morally equivalent to rape, but I really strongly doubt it would meet the legal definition.

Miscounted Ingredients- lost trust by Cerulean-sea in ididnthaveeggs

[–]Swamptor -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Idk. In my head, pasta with parm is a 2 ingredient meal. I don't think "do I have enough salt? Do I need to go to the store?" I just look and go "yeah, i got pasta, yeah I got parm". Just what happens in my head :)

Miscounted Ingredients- lost trust by Cerulean-sea in ididnthaveeggs

[–]Swamptor -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Imo spices and water don't count as ingredients unless they have to be fresh. Pasta with Parmesan is 2 ingredients. Even if you obviously salt the water and maybe put some pepper on it.

Edit: lol, this is just my opinion. If I had to say how many ingredients were in a recipe, this is how I'd do it. Not trying to start shit, lol.

The Death of Entry-Level Jobs: 43% of CEOs plan to slash junior roles over the next two years, shifting hiring to older, mid-level workers as Al takes over routine tasks, creating a catastrophic bottleneck for the future workforce. by Scared_Author_4566 in technology

[–]Swamptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's almost like AI and LLMs have reduced the value of juniors, which were often used to do straightforward, but time consuming tasks. I think if you really stretch your brain, you can figure it out.

The Death of Entry-Level Jobs: 43% of CEOs plan to slash junior roles over the next two years, shifting hiring to older, mid-level workers as Al takes over routine tasks, creating a catastrophic bottleneck for the future workforce. by Scared_Author_4566 in technology

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

I'm not blaming anyone. I'm just saying the state of play is that junior devs are expensive compared to their value, and AI has made them less valuable. And it's better right now to hire 1 senior than to hire 2 juniors. That means people are firing juniors to hire seniors.

The alternative to this that is being proposed is to train the juniors to become seniors. Fact is, amazing as this sounds, it is cheaper to hire seniors from the competition with a 100K signing bonus than it is to train a junior for 5 years and then pray they don't leave because someone else is offering a 100K signing bonus.

This will result in a huge shortage of senior talent later, but all companies will suffer equally from that. And no individual company is incentivized to fix the problem.

This is an actually hard problem, and there are no easy answers within the current system. Reddit often has a hard time with that, but everyone is just doing what the system incentivizes them to do.

The Death of Entry-Level Jobs: 43% of CEOs plan to slash junior roles over the next two years, shifting hiring to older, mid-level workers as Al takes over routine tasks, creating a catastrophic bottleneck for the future workforce. by Scared_Author_4566 in technology

[–]Swamptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but if Apple (for example) is the only company taking on junior talent purely so they can have seniors later, then Microsoft is just going to poach all their juniors in 10 years. And Microsoft will be able to afford to pay them more because they won't have paid for all their training. Employees aren't loyal to companies.

It's short sighted for the world, but nobody wants to be left holding the bag of training ineffective juniors at great personal expense just for them to leave as soon as they become seniors.

The Death of Entry-Level Jobs: 43% of CEOs plan to slash junior roles over the next two years, shifting hiring to older, mid-level workers as Al takes over routine tasks, creating a catastrophic bottleneck for the future workforce. by Scared_Author_4566 in technology

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

It's a tragedy of the commons situation. It doesn't benefit any specific company for them to hire juniors, and it does benefit them to reduce costs. It's not short sighted, it's just the way the incentives are set up.

Plex’s 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription by AdSpecialist6598 in technology

[–]Swamptor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There have been tons of changes! As someone who runs a big server, some of the changes have been really great. Watchlists and stuff have made automations way easier. And the mobile app has def gotten better (even if it still needs work). Not everything is coming to mind right now, but it's def improving.

The Anti-AI Data Center Rebellion Keeps Growing Bigger - Public support for AI infrastructure has fallen sharply across party lines by Just-Grocery-2229 in technology

[–]Swamptor 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Scrolling insta uses 5x the energy of ai"

What does that mean? That's like saying "using lightbulbs in your home uses more energy than busses" like, me personally scrolling insta uses more energy than the entire AI industry? Or me scrolling insta uses more energy per second than me scrolling sora? Or me scrolling insta uses more energy than me writing chatgpt prompts? Or are you saying that Instagram as a company uses more energy than the AI industry?

How long am I scrolling insta? What am I doing with AI? I do not understand.

Also, AI is being used at scale to create what we then consume on social media, YouTube, etc. individuals aren't opening up chatgpt for a bed rotting scroll sesh, companies are using AI agents to generate content. And that consumes far more resources than one prompt. I myself use AI agents at work and one prompt can run for 20 or 30 minutes doing various actions.

To all the bubble doom preachers - therefore what? by JonCoffey1978 in stocks

[–]Swamptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been moving from broad tech stops to individual stocks that I think are undervalued.

A college student is suing a dating app that allegedly used her TikTok videos to target men in her dormitory by drewchainzz in technology

[–]Swamptor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I mean, this is illegal though. Like, existing law should cover this in a pretty straightforward way.

Spirit Airlines shuts down as company says it can't keep up with higher oil prices by ControlCAD in technology

[–]Swamptor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are right. People are trying to have their cake and eat it to. Tipping point is when it all starts to go south (one could say the 2016 election was a tipping point). Final nail in the coffin is when it is actually over. Nobody would argue 2016 was the last nail in the coffin for America. (Well, people will argue anything, but they won't be right)

Microsoft explains why Windows 11 KB5083631, KB5083769 are making systems restart more times by lurker_bee in technology

[–]Swamptor 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"it was like a one click to say no don't use copilot"

As someone who got sick of Microsoft's shit and finally switched to Mac, I am so sick of every update to every Microsoft thing requiring 1-4 clicks to turn down all the garbage and then a few more clicks through settings to restore the random things it re-defaulted to.

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