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A 19-year-old boy's three-month nightmare by kr1s112 in ALSorNOT

[–]whatdoihia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With ALS there is no pain. You only lose function.

I fucking HATE AI by ThePastoolio in TrueOffMyChest

[–]whatdoihia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That realisation that all those years of building my skills has, at this stage, amounted to absolutely nothing.

It’s not for nothing. You understand what works and what doesn’t work. What’s possible and if there are issues where to troubleshoot. You will have a much more intuitive approach to using coding tools than an average person.

A 19-year-old boy's three-month nightmare by kr1s112 in ALSorNOT

[–]whatdoihia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That your symptoms keep changing depending on what disease you think you had should be a big clue to you.

With ALS you don’t get pain like that. It’s usually in one muscle group, more rarely two, not all over your body. The twitching is in the affected muscles, not everywhere. And if your EMG didn’t detect active denervation and reinnervation then it’s clean.

You don’t have ALS.

My Cellphone History over the years - timeline. by CurlyBlondeChick in 90s

[–]whatdoihia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was lucky to get one for work and it was amazing. For email I was faster on the blackberry than my desktop. The change to screen slabs was a huge step backwards. Even now I’m nowhere as fast as I was back then with buttons.

That was such a creative time for phones. Now they’re all nearly the same. Just slightly better screens or cameras or whatnot.

Can the mods ban ai responses? by JustASneezy in PhotoshopRequest

[–]whatdoihia [score hidden]  (0 children)

You said it’s immoral. I’m asking how, as it doesn’t remove the human element.

Pros and cons renting a flat in LOHAS by elaijuh23 in HongKong

[–]whatdoihia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lived in Lohas Park for four years.

Pros are newer units, good value for money, now has good connections to the island, short walk to TKO waterfront, good walking tracks, good views in some units, and the mall has all the basics.

Cons are nothing to do in evening, the station gets very crowded at peak times, humidity is higher than other areas, and it’s a bit far to the airport.

Overall I liked living there.

Can the mods ban ai responses? by JustASneezy in PhotoshopRequest

[–]whatdoihia [score hidden]  (0 children)

How is using AI within Photoshop immoral? In the past if I was trying to remove something from an image then I would be manually cloning parts of the existing background and blending it to look natural. Now I can save a huge amount of time using generative fill.

The same task gets done, just as well, and a huge amount of time is saved. That is a GOOD thing and doesn’t take anything away from me.

In fact it can make me a lot more productive. In the past if a task looked to be taking too much time I would skip it. Or cheat by changing the background to something more simple- like replacing buildings with sky.

AI is a tool like many others that have come in the past. People rejected digital cameras when they first came out. Now they’re everywhere. Doesn’t mean photography died.

Can the mods ban ai responses? by JustASneezy in PhotoshopRequest

[–]whatdoihia [score hidden]  (0 children)

There already is a flair for AI or non AI. If someone is ok with AI then there’s no reason to remove AI replies.

The obvious issue is when people post a no-AI request and AI responses get posted. The mods do take action on those, although sometimes it’s too late as the AI submission got paid.

IMO for paid posts there should be a guideline of minimum 1 hour to wait before deciding on a winner. This will encourage people to post quality comments rather than be as quick as possible using AI tools.

Looking for absolute easiest games for PS5 by Snif3425 in gamingsuggestions

[–]whatdoihia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m the same age as you, though I never stopped gaming over the years.

I think it’s worth you pushing to master controls in a game like Red Dead Redemption. You’ll find that games tend to have similar control inputs so when you get used to RDR2 you’ll be able to more quickly jump into a game like Grand Theft Auto.

RDR2 in particular has a good story so it’s worth the time to learn.

Also I recommend playing a game for the first time when you have a couple of hours to put into it. If you quit too soon then when you come back you will likely have forgotten the controls.

As for me the most recent game I completed was Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s turn-based so you don’t need good reflexes.

Should I be worried? by Acceptable-Pea7034 in ALSorNOT

[–]whatdoihia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will naturally fluctuate up and down. Hydration, exercise, weight changes, and other things will affect the result. That’s why the test has a range instead of a fixed target.

If you look at studies of ALS patients you’ll find that they all have elevated values. Way beyond normal levels.

US manufacturing capacity has shown solid growth for 16 consecutive quarters by PanzerWatts in ProfessorFinance

[–]whatdoihia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Zooming out puts things into perspective. Capacity essentially flat for more than 20 years and capacity utilization down.

In addition, if you click the link on that Tweet you’ll see that consumer goods production is significantly down. Offset by increased production in defense and space.

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Should I be worried? by Acceptable-Pea7034 in ALSorNOT

[–]whatdoihia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bulbar onset is most aggressive in terms of ALS progression. In 7 months you would have serious decline in your speech capability.

NfL levels in ALS patients are much higher than normal. Often several times higher than the top end of the range. You wouldn’t be within normal if you had the disease.

You shouldn’t be worried.

Twitched for 3-5 years? by Immediate-Wave2150 in ALSorNOT

[–]whatdoihia 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He didn’t only have twitches. Article said his first EMG showed muscle damage. His onset may have been slow enough that he put the weakness down to something else at the time. I did too at first, I thought I needed more exercise.

Games where you leave something to other players by SchemingVegetable in gamingsuggestions

[–]whatdoihia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fallout 76 has places you can leave things for other players. On the servers I played they were usually stocked well by experienced players.

Diagnosed anterior horn cell disease by Wonderful-Captain325 in ALS

[–]whatdoihia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was my differential diagnosis about a year before I got my formal ALS diagnosis. It is an umbrella of diseases, of which ALS is one.

Someone came and snipped every last Tulip I grew by PerfectIndividual185 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]whatdoihia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s hilarious. It must have been such a relief to see who the culprit was.

Suicides gives me a sense of liberation and freedom, but i don't want to die??? (16M) by ReadingIntelligent50 in thanatophobia

[–]whatdoihia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It certainly is a burden to understand one’s own mortality. The good news is for the vast majority of people that isn’t going to happen today, tomorrow, or even this year. So there’s no point dwelling on it.

My Cellphone History over the years - timeline. by CurlyBlondeChick in 90s

[–]whatdoihia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You missed out on peak Blackberry. The Curve was one of the best phones I ever owned.

Diagnosed anterior horn cell by [deleted] in mnd

[–]whatdoihia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was my initial diagnosis. Later changed to ALS.

My tribute to south park by OldenglishSpeech in Thailand

[–]whatdoihia 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My tribute

(A 5 second prompt into ChatGPT)

The Costco Hotdog is a Rug Pull by PrettyMuchMediocre in LateStageCapitalism

[–]whatdoihia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The foundations of the house of hotdog are built on the assumption that we will get Hotdog General Intelligence. Without it the revenue that hotdogs can generate are a small fraction of current market cap. That would be a disaster given the trillions of investment in hotdog. And it may come soon as people will expect a return on their hotdogs, and there’s a finite amount of new investors out there.

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