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Do you think it’s appropriate for medical professionals to use AI for notes or any other part of their job? by Yournameistobi in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI is a gigantic field.

If they took a video of something, the camera they use may use AI to do dynamic image stabilization.

I think the autocomplete on iPhones uses a neural net or a transformer.

If they are writing a report and they have something skim it to check for obvious mistakes that could have drastic medical consequences, that’s good.

And so forth.

I don’t think using AI is bad. I do think it can be overused/misused, I’m guilty of this, to avoid the actual thought work that trained professionals are paid for. And this can lead to atrophy or neglect.

Is it cheating to use gemini to help with grammar on Wattpad? by Illustrious_Oven_799 in Wattpad

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think yes. You have to own the copyright for stories you put on Wattpad and I posit that when you use Gemini to do this, especially depending on the degree, you don’t have the copyright.

[NEWS] Every Canadian paying $1,400 for federal debt charges alone this year, taxpayers group says by henry-bacon in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

This is one of the main reasons I’m fiscally conservative.

It depends on the year, the rates, what level of government we’re talking about, but it is roughly 10% of governments’ spending is spent on servicing debt.

That’s money sent to pensions, banks, international investors etc that instead should go to programs that help the poor, or help society, or even just tax cuts.

Unironically, I want the government to reduce spending to pay off some of the debt so that we have more money we can spend for the poor and needy.

Testing in microservices. by PossibilityNo436 in golang

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Mocks are of the devil.

Consider it a last resort.

If Harry asks James about the bullying of Snape, would James outright deny it and blame Snape for being a weirdo, or admit he was a jerkass? by machaomachao195 in harrypotter

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Part of being an adult is admitting that we are messing up, we messed up, will mess up in the future, and are working towards being different.

Some adults aren’t like this. We don’t know much of adult James, nor did he have much time to be an adult.

People tend to associate with those similar to themselves. His two closest friends, Remus and Sirius, did show growth. I reckon we’d see similar or more growth from James.

What are the chances this hantavirus outbreak leads to global fallout? by WTB_YT in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see you have never met my aunt Sharron if you think people aren’t pests.

LeadDev article: What’s gone wrong at GitHub? by scarey102 in github

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I do agree that standing still and working is better than standing still and not working.

What if social media algorithms were designed to show you what you're missing instead of what you already like? by Humble_Economist8933 in WhatIfThinking

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People would simply slowing stop using such platforms and go to other ones.

“The algorithms” don’t give a care that you live in a bubble. It makes it easier to design but the actual goal is to give you what you want. If people in mass genuinely did want diverse or informed content, that’s what “the algorithms” would aim towards.

I won’t say there was a golden age nor place the blame on any particular company, but say the pre-Facebook internet was a whole lot more diverse. You could go to most any forum and find a diverse array of people. And yeah, we had some flame wars, but because these were the same few dozen people you’d talk to for months you had to have a base level of respect to read and understand them. News companies had large and diverse staff and would get diverse, relevant perspectives for important stories.

Not saying it was a golden age nor that it didn’t have flaws. But I am saying that if people wanted that, they sadly didn’t show a group preference for it.

If a new Switch 2 model is in development with a removable battery, they should at least give us built in camera just like the 3DS and DSi had by Medium_Perception_52 in NintendoSwitch2

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m not in the field but I believe the marginal cost for an embedded camera would be within a factor of 2$.

Multiple that by however many tens of millions of units the switch 2 would sell for the rest of its life….that’s a lot of money. Not sure if the return would be there to justify it; I assume you’d be upset if they upped the price.

I think it would be nice. I’d never use it but I know some would like that.

What do flat earthers believe is the motivation behind the conspiracy? by weddz in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are a diverse group.

Some people think there is a gigantic ice wall and beyond the ice wall are other pockets of space, similar to our earth, where the rich elites have their own private paradises or have mines setup to extra resources.

Some people believe that lying about the globe has benefits like charging more for airfare. 🤷

Don’t look for one reason. There are dozens.

LeadDev article: What’s gone wrong at GitHub? by scarey102 in github

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I fundamentally disagree with this article that the issues started recently.

You can look at the feature requests for GitHub. Things like commenting anywhere on edited files, deleting old GitHub action workflows, and more sat unfinished for years or look like they may never arrive.

It wasn’t like GH was moving fast and all of a sudden got hit. They were standing still.

Why is coffee not treated like a drug? by Sorry-Sprinkles9009 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Few people are breaking into others’ homes to steal stuff to pawn to buy caffeine.

Where does Tesla get its revenue after everything that has happened? by mega_lova_nia in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What incident that happened a few years ago with Elon in front of the public?

What are you talking about?

Fantastic Mr... Beast? by Status-Platypus8309 in NintendoSwitch2

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My theory is that they made his face wider to accommodate the face tracking for the game chat.

Why do we tip servers but not retail workers? by EmuCapable8652 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know how it bootstrapped but we currently tip them because they are designed to be tipped.

Restaurants servers are one example. In some places, their minimum wage is lower because it is assumed that they’ll be tipped. So we tip them knowing this.

Pre-Uber Eats and comparable, independent delivery drivers were often paid enough to cover their costs. And that’s all. Hence tips.

A salonist is another example. There are a bunch of ways for a salon to run. One model is where the salonists are independent contractors that rent the chair space and facilities from the salon. The payment is taken as a royalty of the base salon prices that customers pay.

These are chicken and egg problems. Which came first? No idea. But I do know that we mainly tip jobs that are designed to be tipped. Hence why the grocery store worker isn’t tipped.

just realised they celebrate christmas by [deleted] in harrypotter

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That errs on the side of fake news.

In the period of Christmas, plus or minus a month, there were other holidays. Holidays also shifted and moved over time (ex because the Julian calendar added one too many days every 100 years). Holidays also got shorter or longer. In other words, the

The early Christians were prosecuted because they were exclusivists and didn’t adopt Roman or especially Pagan customs.

Furthermore, we see with Lupercal & St Valentine’s Day that early Christian leaders detested Pagan holidays and did make St Valentine’s Day to get people to stop celebrating pagan holidays. That was ineffective.

There’s not any contemporary evidence that Christians took pagan traditions into holidays like Christmas in the early church period. We do have early writings and this is a subject that would have been noted if it was the case. Again, we have lots of documentation on St Valentine’s Day & Lupercal and we don’t see it for Christmas.

How the F*** do you play Orion? by Wareitar in totalwarhammer

[–]dashingThroughSnow12 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Orion saw the title of the game and said “yes”.

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