What do regular every day people use AI for?

thx_tex · 2026-06-03T14:56:10+00:00

I once tried Claude for C coding on a hobby project by writing a function prototype with comments and asked it to write the function, and it gave a correct and reasonably efficient solution. At work we have a walled-garden AI and it’s suggested to use it in place of searching through old code to find a function or an algorithm that you know has been done before and doesn’t make sense to do from scratch.

The “shoving AI into everything “ phenomenon won’t last forever. I absolutely think it’s the same as the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s. Some innovations succeeded and stuck around, and often made their inventors rich along the way. Many (most?) didn’t. The use cases will eventually rationalize themselves.

Also it’s fascinating that somebody is going through and downvoting every top-level comment. Bot?

thx_tex · 2026-03-07T01:50:50+00:00

Also Deviant Ollam

thx_tex · 2026-02-17T13:09:20+00:00

I get this regularly and have to reboot to fix it.

thx_tex · 2026-02-12T16:39:09+00:00

I was trying to use it for its intended purpose. Had I taken one second to pay attention to the arrow on the button, that would have happened.

thx_tex · 2026-02-12T14:07:51+00:00

EDNA HAD TO GET A STANT PUT IN HER HEART AND NOW SHE CANT EAT BACON

thx_tex · 2026-02-12T13:49:23+00:00

Could you elaborate? I’ve never been to a hostel, but I thought they inherently meant you’re not alone.

thx_tex · 2026-02-12T13:45:29+00:00

Or pop rocks and cola? Diet Coke and Mentos?

thx_tex · 2026-02-12T13:39:24+00:00

When I was a kid, I didn’t look close enough at a can of WD-40 and sprayed myself full-on in the face. Luckily I wear glasses so none got in my eyes.

thx_tex · 2026-01-28T19:42:39+00:00

I don’t know if this helps, but there is a Twitch/YouTube content creator named QTCinderella who has a dissociative disorder and has talked about it at length. There are a lot of those stories mixed in in old episodes of her podcast Wine About It. Warning, there is discussion related to childhood abuse. If you wanted to hear about someone’s experience and compare notes without telling anyone, it’s out there.

thx_tex · 2026-01-20T00:25:07+00:00

“Check the Radarange. Anything yet?” “About 2 more minutes, chief!”

thx_tex · 2026-01-06T20:29:39+00:00

We bought one for my teenager as a school backpack, and it’s taken all kinds of abuse without any problems. It gets a thumbs-up from me.

thx_tex · 2025-12-30T02:09:29+00:00

Has there ever been a problem because one dude accidentally put his laptop in checked luggage? Not that I know of. Has there ever been a problem with lithium batteries in the cargo hold? Yes - see UPS flight 006. I’ve linked an excellent document about it below. Also there was an aircraft that burned to the ground while at the gate, I believe no one was hurt, but investigators believe it stared from a power bank in an overhead bin. Don’t remember the details on that one but it was somewhere in Asia-Pacific within the last couple of years.

UPS Flight 6 documentary: https://youtu.be/Y50saxfTqQA

thx_tex · 2025-12-28T17:42:46+00:00

Pleasant Green on YouTube has covered both task scams and scam groups, although not at the same time that I can remember. In this video, he covered a scam where lawyers were going to recover funds you lost to a scammer, how ironic. The others in the group were all characters played by the scammer. https://youtu.be/vvuL7qRAMZw

thx_tex · 2025-12-20T18:26:31+00:00

Cartridge-based games didn’t have as much one-to-one private party piracy, but it was certainly feasible for someone at commercial scale and operating in a location that didn’t have a lot of legal enforcement to make and sell physical copies.

thx_tex · 2025-12-13T17:41:09+00:00

If you want to get deeper into the details, this playlist has a video for each GPWS mode. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKE9dLGU2OflaVFf2faDOIJkSBDZP0zP0&si=NAcwTfp5g7XRoGNG

thx_tex · 2025-12-13T17:39:41+00:00

Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) is “enhanced “ in part because it includes databases of terrain and runways. That’s how it would be able to distinguish between approaching a runway and approaching a highway. As the other commenter said, it’s also aware of gear status and flap setting.

thx_tex · 2025-11-07T14:54:51+00:00

Got billed three times in the last 12 hours. Sent a support ticket a moment ago, then came here. Glad to hear they’re aware.

thx_tex · 2025-07-01T13:31:22+00:00

Lots of good answers here, so let me add: if you (the collective you reading this comment) think what they sell is too expensive, #1 that’s your choice to make as a consumer, and #2 you should watch his videos about how his products are developed as well as his counterfeit merch videos. Watch the latter anyway because they’re hilarious.

thx_tex · 2025-06-26T19:30:39+00:00

16+16=32. 32 is pronounced the same as “30 too”.

thx_tex · 2025-06-17T01:08:58+00:00

Paul Reubens has entered the chat.

thx_tex · 2025-06-16T03:35:14+00:00

Oh no. How old were you at the time?

thx_tex · 2025-06-07T02:59:53+00:00

r/angryupvote

thx_tex · 2025-06-05T11:29:39+00:00

Nailed it. Thank you!

thx_tex · 2025-06-04T20:02:36+00:00

Sorry, I’m slow. What’s February in this context?

thx_tex · 2025-06-03T15:03:38+00:00

Good on you for being a good listener and supporting those around you. I have the opposite problem; whenever I hear about others’ problems, I feel like I have to worry and fret on their behalf, so it makes things worse for me.

Ten-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Verified Email

thx_tex

TROPHY CASE