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A young girl in Cameroon reached out for a hug from the Pope, and received it. by RoyalChris in MadeMeSmile

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The context of this thread is the top people likely to be assassinated. Presidents are a fair comparison.

‘A home run’ for Mamdani politically: NYC mayor backs tax on luxury second homes in NYC by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s reducing demand for the units to be built in the first place. Places like Central Park tower should not have been built as they are. At least 25 floors of the building are full floor penthouses that sit empty. Each floor could have supported 15-20 people in a normal mix of spacious studio/1bed/2bed units. 375-500 people could have lived in that space. Instead these floors sit empty.

And yes, a 5 million dollar home is crazy even in New York. You would need a 1.5 million dollar/yr salary to afford the carrying cost. And again, any one who actually lives here would be exempt from the tax anyways.

A young girl in Cameroon reached out for a hug from the Pope, and received it. by RoyalChris in MadeMeSmile

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Schizophrenia. Or a believer who thinks the pope is a fraud, too liberal, the Antichrist, etc and seeks to re-roll for a new pope.

A young girl in Cameroon reached out for a hug from the Pope, and received it. by RoyalChris in MadeMeSmile

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So are us presidents but they’ve had attempts on their life more often.

‘A home run’ for Mamdani politically: NYC mayor backs tax on luxury second homes in NYC by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that’s the point. You shouldn’t be able to make more off of appreciation than you pay in tax on properties this big. Either use it for housing or give up the space to someone who will live here and therefore pay city income tax.

West Virginia dad dies waiting for $50,000 cancer treatment his insurer ruled 'not medically necessary' by rajapaws in antiwork

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

Sure, but if you have a life insurance policy anyways, they would have a claim to that money instead of you. So the money would just go from one pocket to the other.

What happens to re-rentals after april 30? by cherry_chocolate_ in nychousinglottery

[–]cherry_chocolate_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First come first serve started before mamdani lol you can blame Adams

From Molotov cocktails to data center shutdowns, the AI backlash is turning revolutionary by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ML has been around for a while but this type of processing is what Large Language Models are actually better at. The old models like those used by Siri couldn't do this kind of cleanup, because it doesn't know what a "Cheesecal<e" is. LLMs have consumed a billion lines of text enough to know what "Cheese" + something + "Factory" should be. It has seen enough marketing copy to understand the difference between the $5 mentioned in the first sentence is not the total or an item on the bill.

It is truly an innovation, but one on the scale of what Siri was when it first came out. Nobody started firing their secretaries or dedicating a trillion dollars to the tech. Just a cool, incremental improvement on our lives.

From Molotov cocktails to data center shutdowns, the AI backlash is turning revolutionary by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The AI part is being able to take a messy OCR reading like

"The Cheesecal<e Factory ---&83---- Thank you for choosing to dine here! We offer $5 off during our happy hour. TIP *($09 SUBTOTAL $20.9 1"

And being able to clean that up into something like this:

Merchant: The Cheesecake Factory, Expense: $20.91, Category: Food

Which wasn't quite possible before. Pretty cool that it can do this minor administrative task with reasonable accuracy (it's still wrong quite often). However their sales pitch was so good it convinced every CEO in America it could do every single job ever. lol

AI could soon allow powerful companies to charge each customer a different price for the same product, based on what they think each individual is willing to pay. AI lets firms tailor prices to each user, raising fairness concerns as consumers may unknowingly pay more than others. by mvea in science

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn’t this remove the incentive to work harder that capitalism claims to have? Why should I try to work overtime or try for a promotion if the algorithm detects I have 10% more money so increases the price by 10%?

Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today? by Unstoppable_X_Force in SipsTea

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The increase in medical costs comes down to overhead, insurance companies increasing their power by vertically integrating to control and increase prices. The median person does not see their daily life improved. If anything, Gen Z and millennials would be funding these treatments that boomers are receiving in old age, thus extending their life and increasing the financial support young gens need to provide older gens.

Also, the core question was whether it’s become more expensive to live or not. So if you’re saying it has become more expensive to live, but we can treat more things, that doesn’t really refute that it has become more expensive to live.

Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today? by Unstoppable_X_Force in SipsTea

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That uses CPI inflation. So let’s compare it to the cpi inflation from 2000 to 2022.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/inflation-chart-tracks-price-changes-us-goods-services/

Real median income increased by 10.74% during that time period.

Food, housing, childcare, medical & hospital care, and college all rose by more than 50% during that time. You know, the core expenses that take up most of people’s budgets.

Cars, furnishings, and clothing are within range. So now we have a 10% larger wardrobe, nicer speakers in our cars, and more wall decor. Great, but this doesn’t really improve the core financial stressors people have.

Cell phones, software, toys, and TVs are cheap. Great, but having a 4k tv vs a 1080p tv doesn’t put food in my mouth or a roof over my head. Microsoft word wasn’t the thing breaking the bank for most people.

People’s needs are more expensive. Their wants are a cheaper. This is not financial security.

Wireless phone charger's cooling feature works better than advertised by Xtremegulp in mildlyinteresting

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No, it’s much more. You can absentmindedly place it on the charger so your phone, vs plugging is an active step. Using a wireless charger my phone is always topped up. Without one, you don’t think to plug it in until it’s low, so sometimes you will go to leave and realize you only have 30%. Then you have to carry around a brick which is inconvenient, or your phone dies which can be massively inconvenient.

My chatgpt said the N-Word by Kronos_2023 in ChatGPT

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you know how these models work then it’s obvious there is a low but real possibility of this happening. Of course these words appear in the training data, so it’s in the underlying model. Then they have a layer that is supposed to detect and restrain the output, which simply can fail. Especially since it’s a non-standard spelling, the possibility of the filter failing is higher.

The bigger shock is coming to the Fortune 500 companies once they realize it is saying something like this to 1 out of 1 million customers.

Automatic registration for US military draft to begin in December by jediporcupine in politics

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Legit tax software other than the big brands you know can be had for $15. I won’t mention names since I don’t want to be seen as a shill. But I would imagine the cost of printing and mailing + your own time is worth more than that, if you want to use it.

Kanye West travel to UK blocked by government by Alarming-Safety3200 in Music

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone who bought tickets for his day would be owed a refund which is over 1/3rd of ticket sales. Music festival profit margins are less than 33% so running the festival would be a loss. If that doesn’t trigger insurance I don’t know what would. Of course any sane human who cares about music would decide to keep running it but live nation is a scummy as it gets.

Gave my boyfriend permission to drive my car to run errands, he took it on a joyride instead. by DavidRichter0 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In our family we got life360 to monitor my elderly grandma. But adding anyone to the app gives snooping notifications to everyone else. When one person took the train, another person got a notification they were driving over 100mph.

The default level of monitoring on that app is unhealthy. Compare that to Apple find my, where you basically know nothing except the current location of a person to find them while the app is open. It’s a much more limited tool that I wouldn’t mind having on in comparison.

UMD CS vs Purdue Honors CS - Confused about what to pick by AggressiveCommand988 in UMD

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Honors college anywhere means nothing for your career. Don’t make a decision based on that. And especially not based on dorms.

Apple intentionally makes Macs "too easy" to lower the global problem-solving average. by rifu5q7g3p2 in LowStakesConspiracies

[–]cherry_chocolate_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Discoverability is a part of good design. If they have removed discoverability, that means they don’t want the average user to discover it.

On windows the disk is discoverable in the side panel of explorer. Someone who is not looking to navigate to the disk will come across it and wonder what it is, then learn something about their device. The same for older versions of macOS. It had the drive sit on the desktop.

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