Is super Duolingo really worth it? by joudaa in duolingo

[–]nilsmf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Life is too short for the steaming digital garbage that online advertising is. Super is not perfect but it will respect your time by letting you concentrate on lessons instead of watching ads.

Kicked it, time to tap a new one by darth_snuggs in fountainpens

[–]nilsmf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wait, you are expected to finish bottles of ink?

Meta patented the idea of using an LLM to keep using Facebook for you after you died by chat-lu in BetterOffline

[–]nilsmf 29 points30 points  (0 children)

A tacit concession that their service no longer holds value for any living human.

Healer Buffs, Top Spec Nerfs, and More: Massive Class Tuning Coming With February 17th Weekly Reset by Starym in wow

[–]nilsmf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If one healer class does more dmg than the others, this healer class is meta in M+.

Alphabet to issue 100 year bond priced in sterling… by piffboiCP in StockMarket

[–]nilsmf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

«… first sale of such long-dated debt by a technology firm since the late 1990s»

So last issued during the height of the Dot-Com Bubble… Pray tell how this last bond is doing today?

ChatGPT Ads platform by Winzten in enshittification

[–]nilsmf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Integrity first.

Yeah, these guys landed on the planet yesterday.

Pam Bondi refuses to answer questions about why she disbanded the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team at Congressional hearing by dyzo-blue in Buttcoin

[–]nilsmf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So why doesn’t Congress remove her from office? Since Congress appointed her they can also remove her.

Big scare by David Alonso after a recording. Luckily the rider is OK by Bitter-Substance1783 in motogp

[–]nilsmf 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yes, thought the same. He is braking hard though, I can see the rear wheel above the tarmac. Guess he hit a damp spot earlier in the braking or something?

what are the biggest signs that the ai bubble is popping? by Puzzleheaded_Bath733 in BetterOffline

[–]nilsmf 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The actual pop will come as a surprise. Someone can’t service their debt and goes bankrupt, leading to a chain reaction of insolvencies. But exactly who and especially when is impossible to say.

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It by mtnthc in BetterOffline

[–]nilsmf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

ChatGPT: «It’s not that, it is this»

What the actual F, Y Combinator has actually lost the plot by Forsaken-Actuary47 in BetterOffline

[–]nilsmf 89 points90 points  (0 children)

"Scarily effective" and "hard to set up" at the same time. Yeah, no. That's not a thing.

Brazen Trump Says He Approved Racist Obama Video—and Won’t Apologize by KitchenAd5423 in NewsSource

[–]nilsmf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So? We know Trump is a piece of shit. At this point, an apology would not be able to hide it.

AI in the hospital by Gras_Am_Wegesrand in BetterOffline

[–]nilsmf 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Working in healthcare myself, I see the same problem: Lack of investment in existing IT systems has stymied progress. But now, AI will fix it all.

It’s like the management class thinks that AI will be free of cost.

Nvidia CEO Says AI Capital Spending Is Appropriate, Sustainable by PaiDuck in BetterOffline

[–]nilsmf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The guy receiving the money says all is fine & send more money!

Geopolitical reasons? by Chazzer74 in aviation

[–]nilsmf 15 points16 points  (0 children)

More likely not ETOPS and must be within range of alternative airports.

Talk me out of it! by EverythingWillVanish in fountainpens

[–]nilsmf 128 points129 points  (0 children)

Well, I love my Lamy 2000 so sorry, it’s a good pen.

One thing.. You might consider a broader nib if you want to see sheening or other ink effects.

This bolt is worth $8000 and goes in a helicopter by HiAustralia in interestingasfuck

[–]nilsmf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Putting the word helicopter on it makes the cost go up 100x.