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YSK if you've built a computer and it won't boot, sometimes the issue can be resolved by taking the memory out and putting it back.
  • Well, the real YSK is that memory and expansion cards have distinctive positions they should take within each slot, with a detente that holds them in place. Your system will only work reliably if the devices are fully seated.

    When you first assemble the system, plug and unplug each item several times so you get the feel of it. There will always be a distinct detente when the device is fully seated. It's a lot easier to do this exercise with everything out on the bench, rather than mounted in the case when it will be a stone cold bee-atch to reach in and reseat the parts.

  • World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit
  • I wish people would stop using words like "symbolic". This isn't a symbol. Calling it one threatens to dilute the message.

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  • asking if they subscribe to other myth based beliefs, religions, etc

    What you actually said:

    Out of interest are you religious or subject to some other form of mythical belief system? I ask because clearly you lack motivation for the truth, preferring hearsay and urban legend that I must assume supports a wider world view. by @Hackerman_uwu

    My thought: this kind of behaviour is one of things that made Reddit fucking awful and I’d hate to see it flourish here in the fediverse.

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  • So, it's basically 4chans all the way down.

  • Top 50 defederated instances
  • Nominally, you'd need to go through some request process to request federation with other large instances. Then they'd vet your configuration before adding you.

  • Top 50 defederated instances
  • An online cafe dedicated to harvesting baby seal fur SEEMED like a good idea...

  • Is time travel really possible? Here's what physics says
  • You're absolutely right. You're no physicist.

    But seriously, for a practical example of "action at a distance", consider quantum key distribution.

  • SoftBank's WeWork, once most valuable US startup, succumbs to bankruptcy
  • Notably, it's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, so they are clearly trying to revive the company by renegotiating their debts.

  • Did racist use the "biological advantage" argument when Black athletes started competing alongside white athletes?
  • The famous example you're thinking of is Jimmy Snyder, aka Jimmy the Greek, a sports commentator and sports betting expert who used to work for CBS sports. He was interviewed as part of a series about civil rights in the US, and the interviewer was sort of expecting him to say something pleasant about black folks' success in athletics opening doors for education and leadership, etc.

    Instead he made some pretty astonishing claims that were intensely racist.

  • Icewind Dale 2: Enhanced Edition is released!
  • Wait... they're just giving it away?

  • Why is this OK?
  • I sign up for Patreons, watch/pay for them for awhile, and cancel several times a year.

    In all cases so far, membership benefits have persisted until the end of the billing period.

    Maybe the updated TOS language was to cover a future where that doesn't happen, or it was written by somebody who doesn't understand how the service actually works.

  • [!No longer indecisive] I (23M) am indecisive about maintaining a relationship with my partner (22F)
  • With respect, you need to get out of the same living arrangement.

    She needs to learn self-reliance, and sort out her mental health. You're calling it "lack of self-care", but that's sugar-coating laziness. I'd argue that, mental health reasons or not, she's leaving dishes out and failing to clean because she knows you are there to pick up the slack. She has a job, she needs to get her own place.

    If she wants to be a romantic partner without you taking care of her every need, then maybe you have a future. I suspect, however, that once she can no longer use you, the romance will end too.

  • Lemmy.world removes its rules against discrimination
  • California, actually. Although that's probably worse.

    I would proudly stink of back-bacon and maple syrup, if given the opportunity.

  • Lemmy.world removes its rules against discrimination
  • What would "discrimination" look like in a reddit-like link sharing service?

    I'm not even sure what that word would imply in a discussion forum. It usually applies to things like wages, job opportnities, access, etc.

  • Unity issue an apology on Twitter for "confusion and angst" over the runtime fee policy.
  • Something something Stallman was right (about this specific thing, anyway).

  • AI Lie: Machines Don’t Learn Like Humans (And Don’t Have the Right To)
  • How do you prove the results are directly derived

    Mathematically? It's a computer algorithm. Its output is deterministic, and both reproducible and traceable.

    Give the AI two copies of its training dataset, one with the copyrighted work, one without it. Now give it the same prompt and compare the outputs.

    The difference is the contribution of the copyrighted work.

    You mention Harry Potter. In Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. v. RDR Books, Warner Brothers lawyers argued that a reference encyclopedia for the Harry Potter literary universe was a derivative work. The court disagreed, on the argument that the human authors of the reference book had to perform significant creative work in extracting, summarizing, indexing and organizing the information from JK Rowling's original works.

    I wonder if the court would use the same reasoning to defend the work of an AI?

  • AI Lie: Machines Don’t Learn Like Humans (And Don’t Have the Right To)
    www.tomshardware.com AI Lie: Machines Don’t Learn Like Humans (And Don’t Have the Right To)

    Some argue that bots should be entitled to ingest any content they see, because people can.

    AI Lie: Machines Don’t Learn Like Humans (And Don’t Have the Right To)

    Some argue that bots should be entitled to ingest any content they see, because people can.

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