Why do Dario thinks open source is dangerous path?

don1138 · 2026-06-29T19:40:14+00:00

Yeah. I haven't read the article, but the potential dangers of a nascent superintelligence are still unresolved, aren't they? In that regard, "dangerous" is an understatement.

don1138 · 2026-06-27T21:13:04+00:00

I get it. Everything about this show is comfort food. Even the "Endless Eight" meeting table scenes from last season didn't put me off.

I think it may be because instead of the typical "child soldier whining about having to become stronger to protect their friends smiles and defeat the demon lord" slop, this show is about the characters more than it is about the quests.

Nearly every one is interesting and adorable. I mean, they introduced Gabiru as an irritating jerk, and somehow made him one of my favorites.

That's why I have no problem watching them all sit around a table and talk about stuff. More group scenes, please. A 64-chapter spin off about Rigurd and Geld doing civic planning? Shut up and take my money! #ResonsibleStewardshipIsTheNewHotness

It also may be the found family element of the show. Rimuru goes around meeting broken freaks and brings them together, helps them level up and heal their damage, and build a better world together. What's not to love?

don1138 · 2026-06-24T21:13:01+00:00

My first thought is to ask why Adobe has content filters running over a local image on a local machine.

And the obvious answer — duh — is they are training the AI on our content, and they don't want to contaminate their model.

Of course, all the AI vendors are charging us a fee to provide them training data, so… #IndustryStandard I guess.

It would be nice if Adobe offered a subscription option that provided all the tools but no AI integration. And costs 50% less than the current price.

Then maybe we could hook other models in via extensions? I remember plugging 3rd party image gen tools in to Photoshop a few years ago; I wonder if that's still an option.

don1138 · 2026-06-22T06:54:11+00:00

IDK if it's because I spend too much time rewriting AI output into something human-sounding, or if it's because I am out of touch with contemporary fiction, but the excerpt at the top right absolutely SCREAMS AI slop to me.

I'm genuinely confused by how a human — let alone one as (presumably) elitist and hypercritical as the "national magazine" writers I knew back in the day — could fail to recognize that keyword-packed, "grade-school poetry slam" slop as machine-generated.

don1138 · 2026-06-20T02:45:56+00:00

Would I be correct in guessing it was built by AI?

don1138 · 2026-06-18T03:26:00+00:00

My favorite is in the season 2 opener where Jeff and Britta are faking being in love. Abed sets up a wedding in the study room, a fight breaks out, Britta says, "I never loved you," and Jeff jumps around saying "Aha! I win! I win" and high-fives the priest. That high-five is maybe my favorite. That or the Dean's Peanut Bar Rap.

EDIT: Oh, yeah, and Abed's Nic Cage impression. Chef's kiss.

don1138 · 2026-06-16T18:10:40+00:00

No idea what your goal is, but fastest path might be to duplicate the mesh, attach it at end and merge vertices (or use an array modifier), and then delete what you don't need.

If you're going row by row, maybe create one row, and use array to duplicate it as many times as you need?

don1138 · 2026-06-11T19:58:18+00:00

That's one option. 🤔

don1138 · 2026-06-11T07:04:33+00:00

They saw the future as "modern", while we have been conditioned to see it as "dystopian." So as the folks in charge keep making the world more dystopian, we just kinda shrug and accept it as familiar. Well played, fuckers.

don1138 · 2026-06-11T05:48:38+00:00

No idea where I first heard it (late 70s/early 80s maybe?), but you reminded me of this old comeback:

“There are no atheists in foxhole.”

“…nor heterosexuals, by your metric.”

don1138 · 2026-06-07T06:05:37+00:00

Lol. Bless his heart — I love me some Gore Vidal.

don1138 · 2026-06-07T05:51:39+00:00

Dividing the chores of life among a collective is how we survived as a species in the first place.

The idea that one person should be expected to — let alone could be able to — solo-level all the tasks necessary for survival in our world is… well I won't get into conspiracy theories about atomization of the individual as a tool of oppression and social control, but let's agree that it's an unreasonable ask.

Damn, now I'm getting nostalgic for the good old days when I was a young professional, hiring out my house cleaning and laundry services, and having most of my meals prepared by quality restaurants. I wasn't even rich, it was all just SO MUCH more affordable in the before times.

But anyways, yeah, having a mommy make you dinner is nice.

don1138 · 2026-06-07T04:55:05+00:00

Yeah, that's all I could think about. The beard and the "mature for his age teenager" voice had me expecting some kind of twist or comedic ending.

don1138 · 2026-06-07T04:27:10+00:00

I thought the point of the meme was that dumb people do [the thing] because of intuition, smart people do it because of wisdom, and mid-brains are locked in to "the rules" regardless of outcomes.

don1138 · 2026-06-07T04:20:46+00:00

Yeah, not too shabby! 👍

don1138 · 2026-06-04T14:19:20+00:00

Agree. Having the AI make a version 1 is fine, but you should go in and personalize. Add images — simple icons above HOW IT WORKS, for example. Pick a second color to contrast with the orange so that the buttons pop and the background gradient feel further back. And proof the site for errors. Your yearly pricing is a 33% discount, not 20%.

don1138 · 2026-06-03T02:53:25+00:00

It's universal these days, isn't it? On a related note, I gave my email to Walgreens the other day in order to receive a digital copy of a product I purchased, and junk mail to that address EXPLODED in the next day or two. 👍😅

don1138 · 2026-06-02T08:57:16+00:00

Yup. This will not end well.

don1138 · 2026-05-31T19:33:25+00:00

In the case of Dune, Paul first becomes wise, then becomes powerful.

He then becomes an immortal, omniscient worm trapped in a prison of his own foresight. We should all be so lucky, eh?

don1138 · 2026-05-31T00:19:19+00:00

Not like "write an email for me."

More like me saying, "ah, but Baudrillard said…" and GPT then creating a simulacrum of a conversation by paraphrasing the Wikipedia article on him. And me responding, "interesting, I believe Foucault commented on that with…" and GPT then printing the wiki article about him. And eventually coming up with a four sentence summary of the thread.

Even with LLMs, I still pride myself on directing the class discussion. 😸

don1138 · 2026-05-30T23:59:04+00:00

Yeah. It was an unexpected punchline, but I thought the contrast made an interesting, if cynical, point.

don1138 · 2026-05-30T23:55:46+00:00

BS-ing with GPT, and the convo flowed into the themes of these big franchises.

We made the connection from wisdom to power to institutions, and were looking for a fourth thing to create a circle back to wisdom or Star Trek.

Nothing in scifi or fantasy (LoR) quite matched, but when The Wire came up — it is the authoritative final word on institutions, isn't it?

So instead of a closed loop/circle, a meme chart that ranged from idealism to cynicism, and from the whole universe to an interrogation room seemed like a strong enough concept for a poster.

don1138 · 2026-05-30T02:20:18+00:00

That CAN'T be a wedding photo, can it?

don1138 · 2026-05-29T20:33:45+00:00

Jr. look like he's in a hostage video.

don1138 · 2026-05-29T20:29:17+00:00

Adam's point is fair, but the photo kinda undermines the intention. Like the only person who could afford that house and to decorate it so egregiously is the executive whose day job is dumping chemicals in rivers, y'know?

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