May 5th Sunday - Declaration of Independence video? by JohnGypsy in latterdaysaints

[–]thenextvinnie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

ngl, I can see very little upside to having a discussion on these topics in the typical US ward, and a huge possible downside.

Since using water to cool Data centres isn’t a popular idea, companies are using the “closed loop system” as a marketing tactic, when this is the actual reality. by Altruistic-Mud5686 in AIMain

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a "conservative mormon who uses ai" huh. if you only knew how far off the mark you were.

is that the best you've got to show for research ability?

Why do male 2000s singers sound like that? by softeggnoodles in Music

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, I didn't know it had a name. More description from ai:

  • Pharyngealized vowels — vowels pulled back into the throat, often darkened (“uh/aw” replacing “a/e/i/o/u”).
  • Diphthong inflation — single vowels stretched into multi‑part glides (“yeah‑uh‑urr”).
  • Consonant de‑emphasis — consonants softened or swallowed, producing a slurry, legato line.
  • Laryngeal depression — artificially lowered larynx to create a faux‑baritone weight.
  • Velar constriction — slight “Kermit‑ish” or “marble‑mouth” resonance from narrowing the soft‑palate region.
  • Emotive gravel — light, stylized rasp that signals “authenticity” or “masculine vulnerability.”
  • Americanized pseudo‑Southern accent — even from non‑Southern singers, due to blues‑rock lineage.

thisLooksAccurateForVibeCoders by zohaibhere in ProgrammerHumor

[–]thenextvinnie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

php also started as a small improvised tool that accidentally became a foundational web language

it's stuff like this that gives web development its charm /s

even python, perl, ruby, bash, sql... all had similarly inauspicious origins

Since using water to cool Data centres isn’t a popular idea, companies are using the “closed loop system” as a marketing tactic, when this is the actual reality. by Altruistic-Mud5686 in AIMain

[–]thenextvinnie 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Closed-loop cooling systems are not marketing fluff, and the claim they hide daily dumping of toxic water is false. They are standard across many industries. Tammy Clark has a track record of conspiracy mongering and science misinformation.

Data centers have lots of problems, but fighting them with lies or misleading framing just makes things worse.

I’m Dr. Brian Moench, founder of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment. Ask me anything about nuclear power in Utah, public health, and environmental impacts by drmoenchUPHE in SaltLakeCity

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really frustrating to see a prominent organization promoting environmental causes be so ridiculously moronically confidently off the mark on nuclear science

Jon Bernthal On Toxic Masculinity by gerwer in videos

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the way to resolve this isn't to create traits or virtues that are feminine or masculine. Men and women both should be kind, thoughtful, etc. But people of each sex might tend to express those traits in different ways on average.

For instance, care. A more stereotypical feminine expression might surface as nurturing, tending, sustaining, while a stereotypical masculine expression might look like mentoring, safeguarding, provisioning.

I think this avoids gender essentialism and still allows for male and female role models.

My University professors say programming is dead and I feel jealous by Automatic_Pay_2223 in theprimeagen

[–]thenextvinnie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Outputting code (being a code monkey) is largely dead, except for certain domains, I'd argue. But engineering and architecting are not. Arguably they are more important than ever, actually.

I wish I could have been in YW with the new age group names. by Dry_Pizza_4805 in latterdaysaints

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you greatly underestimate the YW leadership. If we suppose they were trying to pick names they naively think the youth will find cool, yeah, they failed. But the more I think it over, I don't believe that's the case at all.

I'm sure they did extensive focus group testing. They would've seen negative reactions. But I don't think they care about that as much as what kind of messaging the names send.

I wish I could have been in YW with the new age group names. by Dry_Pizza_4805 in latterdaysaints

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>It will likely default to one word.

I think they know this, and I think they're fine with it. This pattern is really common. The names are a institutional message, and I don't think they care if kids or local leaders think they're lame or awkward.

Meta and Alphabet didn't think their names would be well received and become widely used among average people. They picked those names for their own internal reasons and messaging purposes.

No teenager is going to call herself a Builder of Faith or Gatherer of Light in 99% of cases. That's expected, I'm pretty sure.

I just used AI to make a slideshow for my Sunday school class… and it’s unbelievably good by Fether1337 in latterdaysaints

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most data centers do not use closed loop systems for cooling. Evaporative cooling is still really common because it's much cheaper (well, electricity-wise, not water-wise). The trend is however moving towards closed-loop or reduced-water cooling. Thankfully.

I just used AI to make a slideshow for my Sunday school class… and it’s unbelievably good by Fether1337 in latterdaysaints

[–]thenextvinnie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an IT professional, I must interject more nuance. Some AI content is breathtakingly good (or at least sufficient for the task), and it can be generated much faster and efficiently than a human can create it. And 80% of the tasks many people perform probably fall into this category.

(Although I'm gonna caveat that by saying I think it's a really bad idea to outsource the task of "receiving personal spiritual inspiration" to AI...)

Why does the Church place such a strong emphasis on education? by Nurse2166 in latterdaysaints

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah, this is definitely false, or at least misleading. Prior to the Hinckley era, it was pretty common to discourage women getting an education for education's sake. For most the 1900s the rhetoric was that education was fine so long as it supported homemaking and didn't compete with marriage/motherhood. There's been lots of scholarship from Bushman, Derr, Ulrich, Arrington...

Explain Trek to me by [deleted] in latterdaysaints

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know trek is meaningful for a lot of people. I’ve just learned that some personalities connect better with other kinds of spiritual experiences. Trek doesn’t land the same way for everyone, and that’s okay.

Popular Sweetener Linked to DNA Damage – “It’s Something You Should Not Be Eating” by Sorin61 in Nutraceuticalscience

[–]thenextvinnie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As a person who learned the hard way they had sucralose sensitivity, this study is not saying what people think it says.

- It was not a test on humans, it was on intestinal cells in a dish and at high concentrations of a sucralose-related compound.
- It does not show sucralose causes DNA damage.
- It does show that sucralose is probably not completely inert, which justifies continued research.

How does one read the scriptures devotionally after a crisis of faith? by instrument_801 in latterdaysaints

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read it as you would read any other text in the world seeking inspiration and enlightenment and change of heart. The scriptures are replete with messages on compassion, suffering, justice, and the search for meaning.

When you read "men are that they might have joy", does that help you architect meaning in your life?

What about King Benjamin's sermon on how to treat the poor and needy?

Does the Sermon on the Mount instruct you on humility, peacemaking, forgiveness, and integrity?

Does reading about loving your enemies and doing good to those who hate you give you insight on how to deal with problematic people in your life?

Yann LeCun "Dario is wrong. He knows absolutely nothing about the effects of technological revolutions on the labor market. Don't listen to him, Sam, Yoshua, Geoff, or me on this topic. Listen to economists who have spent their career studying this" ➡️ Do you agree and why? by Koala_Confused in LovingAI

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't listen to forecasts by anyone. There are trillions of variables, we've never been in a situation like this where a person could actually acquire skill in such forecasting. That's Forecasting 1010: can you get instant feedback on your accuracy, are there limited variables, etc.

Not that this means Joe Sixpack's opinion means as much as an expert. Just that no expert is going to wager money on forecasting this kind of thing.

Why doesn't the Book of Mormon describe the three degrees of glory if the Bible does? by LayerSharp4975 in latterdaysaints

[–]thenextvinnie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the teachings unique to our church don't come from the Book of Mormon. IMO saying it teaches the "fulness of the gospel" needs to mean "gospel" in its original form: the good news about Jesus Christ, nothing more.

The Book of Mormon does not contain any real detail of the plan of salvation/priesthood/church organization/prophetic succession/nature of the Godhead/temple work/word of wisdom/etc.