It’s what I expected would eventually happend ever since I started thinking about the implications of AI around 10 years ago. I just expected something orders of magnitude worse than this - and still do.

We also don’t have an agreed upon definition for intelligence either. Most serious attempts at discussion about AI are doomed from the get go as we don’t even agree on the meaning of terms.

I don’t believe in free will either but it has nothing to do with fascism nor do I identify as leftist.

Most people want the same things - they just disagree how to get there.

If your views perfectly align with all the other views of your political peers you’re neither left nor right but an idiot.

Everyone else agrees with some views on the left and some on the right but doesn’t fully align with either side. I’d say this is the majority of people but even then they tend to lean towards either side. A truly centrist person I doubt exists. I’m not sure what that would even look like.

I never got hooked on Breaking Bad. I liked it looking back but at the time I had to make myself watch it where as with actually good series I need to stop myself from binging multiple episodes a day.

I just had a 100 year old customer and they didn’t look a day over 80. He retired two years before I was born.

I don’t think there’s any secret to it. They simply have exceptional genes.

Likewise, though mostly in theory and rarely in practise.

so you can keep some in the sink until you do the dishes.

That’s how they get dull. Knife should never be stored wet for even 10 minutes.

Just keep any knife that cost over 10 bucks as far from that thing as you possibly can. These absolutely annihilate the edge.

I never quite figured out what people need multiple knives for when I get by perfectly fine with a single high quality santoku chef knife.

Depends on the individual and whether anyone is there to see.

Why would cat owners take issue with it? I’d gladly feed her that if it was available and it’s what she liked.

The price of bitcoin right now is 81k USD.

No. They’re called nucleation sites. These are microscopic imperfections on the inside of the can. When you shake the can a small gas bubble might form there and after that more CO₂ can diffuse into it until the bubble grows large enough to detach and rise. A small pocket is however left behind, so the same site keeps making a steady stream of bubbles. These are what cause the can to immediately overflow when you open it. Tapping the sides before opening causes these small trapped gas bubbles to detach and rise to the surface and then it can be safely opened. If it haven’t been shaken, then there’s no need for this, though there’s no harm either.

I’m talking about one of these things. Not that I disagree about the 3D printer, though.

Yeah, they’re LEDs and the kind that you can quite easily replace if either one breaks. Also, fully opened the legs span about a meter which should be plenty sturdy.

Whenever possible I try and rig up some kind of overhead lighting, but especially when painting / plastering, getting that sidelight with long shadows is essential for a smooth finish.

Without perscription medicine.

I already know what the next one is going to be: vacuum attachment for my hammer drill. I just can’t justify the price as it costs almost as much as the drill itself. I bet I’ll make a similar post about that once I finally give in.

gluten-free anything

There’s a 2023 randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology where they gave adults who self-reported non-coeliac gluten sensitivity gluten-free bread but said it had gluten in it and around 40% of them got matching symptoms. However actual gluten intake, by itself, produced little additional effect once expectancy was accounted for.