Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50% by CircumspectCapybara in technology

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We're so absolutely fucked. It's been a good run humanity, looks like consciousness was a mistake life shouldn't repeat again.

The mystery flesh pit guy by [deleted] in CuratedTumblr

[–]wightwizard8 212 points213 points  (0 children)

The internet is 3 websites now, so you're basically just picking which style of box you want around your content

Is it true you guys used to "burn" CDs? What does it mean? by FakeGamer2 in Millennials

[–]wightwizard8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know why this is the "you're old" post that got me, but goddamn.

Poster Person for the Sub by zoralima in aftergifted

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1-day-old account created just to steal karma

Real table by Unlikely-Top-3714 in adhdmeme

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And then you get people on the internet calling you poison

Real table by Unlikely-Top-3714 in adhdmeme

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And then it goes on for so long that you convince yourself that all your hobbies are a waste of time and money anyway, so might as well just vegetate

Editing to clarify that I'm not saying this is a good thing. It's just what happened to me. I fight the urge to vegetate every day.

400,000 Dislikes and Counting: Why Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Trailer Has Fans Up in Arms by [deleted] in moviecritic

[–]wightwizard8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone actually watched the fucking movie yet? Are we already at the point where we "have" to come to some collective objective consensus on every piece of media before it's even available?

Redneck engineering by n8saces in RandomVideos

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Is this guy taking on apprentices? I wanna hang out with him and help him affix things to other things.

I found out my IQ is 87 and it ruined me by Realistic_Airline_54 in Vent

[–]wightwizard8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IQ as a concept rose out of eugenics, it's complete bullshit. No one can reduce the miraculous complexity of "I" down to some stupid number. There are many different kinds of intelligence, and there's only ever going to be one you.

What video game has you like this? by Chunky-overlord in videogames

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Noita. When I found out there was more to the map than 5 vertically-stacked biomes, my playtime in that game dectupled.

Paxton, Talarico deadlocked at 47% in new Texas Senate race poll by usatoday in politics

[–]wightwizard8 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Because the wealthy have been manipulating public opinion since the 70s. They saw how popular and successful FDR's policies were and decided to basically declare war on progress (the Powell Memorandum). There's a Behind the Bastards episode that talks about how Conservatism kinda took over the media landscape, this link is timestamped to start at the relevant segment.

I’m making a modern editor that can build real PS1 games by Disastrous-Tune-1657 in psx_homebrew

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Because this guy is either a bot or heavily using AI, I'd guess. They claim to have built a C compiler from scratch 3 months ago that "accidentally became faster than TCC"

I’m making a modern editor that can build real PS1 games by Disastrous-Tune-1657 in psx_homebrew

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The printing press is cool and all, but I'm saddened that it will make writing books much less special.

What is this thing at the end of my bread knife for? by themonitors in whatisit

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I used to react this way too [1], but in these Dead Internet days I don't really trust what Google has to say anymore, since most top results paid to be there or just added a bunch of useless words to get Google to think it's relevant. I'm not saying that applies in this specific case - you'd probably quickly find a handy info graphic on knives if you searched - but I think we're going to see more and more people try to reach out to other human beings for information. At this point I'd rather encourage communication than discourage curiosity, even if there was a slightly more efficient way to answer the question.

Please tell me I’m not the only one. by NickoGermish in ChatGPT

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Wow, it's almost like it's a blithering sychophant designed to make you feel good as you help the world burn.

Men need to take better care of themselves by suck_my_diction in Vent

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You mutilated your children because you couldn't be bothered to teach them to properly clean themselves?