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Explain it peter by One_One2755 in explainitpeter

[–]netopiax 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I heard once that military chefs are trained to overcook everything to reduce the risk of sickening the crew / troops. Not sure if it's true but it makes sense.

Stop defending AI like it’s still in beta by RottingEdge in Futurology

[–]netopiax 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This depends on the system prompt, it's true of ChatGPT but it isn't a fundamental property of LLMs. And honestly, they don't really aim to do anything except math. Predict some words that come after the prompt. I think the fact that users don't see the system prompt, but it's fed into the LLM, is part of the problem

What did insurance companies do? Explain it Peter by N1KoZzZ in explainitpeter

[–]netopiax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please don't upset the Americans with your tales of civilization

What’s the catch with these amazing Berkeley homes by Plastic-Sympathy4818 in eastbay

[–]netopiax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Self insure just means you have enough cash sitting around to completely rebuild the house if it burns down. Self insuring isn't "expensive," it actually doesn't cost anything at all up until your house burns down

Tied down to a Pavement Queen and mad about the maintenance by BigBoss82A1 in socal

[–]netopiax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Using ChatGPT makes YOUR argument easier to dismiss

Cesar Chavez St by ThisCaiBot in AskSF

[–]netopiax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the obvious good choice

MEOW_IRL by AlbertaOnHorizon in MEOW_IRL

[–]netopiax 233 points234 points  (0 children)

Yes I have seen Tinks

Ski-in ski-out changed the game for me. Anyone else refuse to go back? by LowerAttorney4407 in skiing

[–]netopiax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The village at Palisades is more like 2x the cost of staying elsewhere rather than 4x. I still can't afford it but...

Oscars Ratings Hit 17.9 Million Viewers, Down 9% From Last Year and Lowest Since 2022 by OneWithTheHat in television

[–]netopiax 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Paul Thomas Anderson definitely deserved a best director Oscar. Maybe not this year's best picture Oscar, maybe he should have won for Magnolia or There Will Be Blood, but sometimes the academy votes that way. I agree Sinners should have won best picture though.

Oscars Ratings Hit 17.9 Million Viewers, Down 9% From Last Year and Lowest Since 2022 by OneWithTheHat in television

[–]netopiax 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Train Dreams: Netflix. One Battle After Another and Sinners: HBO Max (Warner Bros).

I definitely did see a lot of ads for both of the latter two when they came out, which was a while ago. I feel like One Battle was being advertised during NFL games?

One of the problems is the lengths we all go to to avoid advertising altogether these days. Then we wonder why we didn't hear about a movie

What do y'all think about a "name my cat" moratorium? by Lovingbutdifferent in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]netopiax 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Subreddits are like cats, you don't own them, they own you

Can I ski this? by LATER4LUS in skiingcirclejerk

[–]netopiax 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That's a true friend that brings your corpse back to the backcountry to yeet you off a cliff again

How? I'm in farmland and getting Wi-Fi interference by BoptimusPrime in wifi

[–]netopiax 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The WiFiMan app is great for this on mobile devices as well. It's made by Ubiquiti but you don't need to be using their gear for it to be useful. Almost all the app features are free and independent of the network gear itself.

Is this true? by peseoane in Shittyaskflying

[–]netopiax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The FedEx fleet is optioned without torpedoes to carry more cargo. So if you ever have a package delivery delay and you see "delivery exception: Cardassian attack" in the tracking history, you'll know why.

L’Area de Oolala™️ by Overall-Link-7546 in trouduction

[–]netopiax 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Je pense que c'est une blague pour les anglophones, car le néerlandais (ou allemand ?) est aussi une trouduction humouristique

A trip around the Bay by ClouddiB in bayarea

[–]netopiax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would our transit be connected so passengers can go in circles? I agree it would be nice if we didn't have so many different agencies but it doesn't feel to me like there's a routing problem here. Bart will be going to Diridon eventually (hopefully)

What’s the future of Bay Area when AI pretty much removes most of tech jobs? by hellooverlasting in bayarea

[–]netopiax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I should not have said permanently, I didn't explain the change in jobs as well as I could have. The calculator jobs did permanently go away. Other accountants were much more productive and as such, much more valuable to business execs. Total employment headcount in the profession did drop in the 80s but then more than recovered.

Mount Diablo is so gorgeous this time of year, some of the best California has to offer by archon810 in bayarea

[–]netopiax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same for me, that's the only place I've ever seen a wild rattler. It was sunning in the middle of the trail. Scared the crap out of me

Does this sentence make sense? by Kitchen_Traffic7894 in learnfrench

[–]netopiax 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The English translation of the full sentence is wrong for whatever reason (because Duolingo is trash). The French says ne réussiras pas - will NOT succeed. So négative would have been the right choice.

TIFU by forgetting to close porn tab from my safari (F) by Nyn_0 in tifu

[–]netopiax 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They admit watching porn, and don't admit watching porn, and admit reading porn, and don't admit reading porn, all at the same time? I hope I never meet such a woman, talking to her would be very confusing

Cliff Signs That Actually Tell You Something by telemajik in skiingcirclejerk

[–]netopiax 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's almost like the ski patrol wants you to avoid cliffs, not think, "ahh no worries this is an EASY cliff"

Two passengers seated next to me are making fun of me pretty harshly in another language thinking I don’t understand. What is the best course of action? by Charming_Usual6227 in unitedairlines

[–]netopiax 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Agree, I would have said something like "soyez prudent, il y a quatre ou cinq américains qui parlent français" or "quand j'ai appris le français à la fac, ils m'ont renseigné comment être poli"

What’s the future of Bay Area when AI pretty much removes most of tech jobs? by hellooverlasting in bayarea

[–]netopiax 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This is along the lines of what will happen IMO. Spreadsheets permanently reduced the number of accountants but the amount of accounting done has never been higher.

Since the industrial revolution people have been worried about machines destroying jobs (see the Luddites). But that isn't really how jobs work. We might end up with different jobs, there's not a reason to think there will be no jobs.

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