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Comment Re:This is temporary (Score 1) 11

Where avoiding it isn't possible, ignoring it would be the next best thing. That's the only logical course of action after seeing so many AI results that I know are false.

The idea that I'm going to trust it for something I'm not already knowledgeable about is ridiculous. The idea that I need it for something I am knowledgeable about, is also ridiculous.

Comment Re:This is temporary (Score 1) 11

For some things it works decently, but it tends to fail in specific scenarios. Lately I've been doing a lot of searches for RAM and SSD specifications, trying to find the specs for a particular unit I'm reselling. DuckDuckGo never has anything useful on the first page, whereas Google typically finds a TechPowerUp page with a full spec sheet.

Interestingly, this is also the exact scenario where AI search faceplants. Technical specifications, or more broadly anything with numbers.

Comment Ozempic was always behavioral (Score 1) 37

At a basic level, these are drugs you consume to change your behavior. The fact that that behavior is eating maybe led physicians to see it as a drug with primarily metabolic effects.

It's starting to sound less like the behavioral effects are incidental to the metabolic effects, and more that they are integral to them.

Comment Re:Now we know (Score 2) 77

It makes sense. These companies could really use a shiny nugget of plutonium to parade around to investors. Not just to show they're making progress, but the bauble also shows they have obtained the king's blessing. In this world where the government picks winners and losers, His blessing is a license to print money. At least until the scam collapses.

Comment Re:Dell Servers Haven't Degraded Like Their Laptop (Score 2) 44

I have a Dell laptop from 2020, it's wretched. The cooling solution is entirely underpowered, causing the CPU to thermal throttle. I ended up removing the bottom of the case to get more airflow. After 3 years the keyboard started giving out - the keyboard I barely even used, because I always kept it docked. It never managed to wake up from sleep properly, it was 50/50 whether it would wake up or not.

The whole thing flexes like it's doing the worm when you pick it up. The stiffest thing in there seems to be the motherboard. I hate to think the motherboard is providing structural integrity, but it really seems like it is. Everything is built around and hooks into it.

Comment Re:Well, this is believable... (Score 2) 44

Website building seems to be one of those edge cases like transcription/translation where AI is indisputably useful. Allow me to explain...

Watch normal people use these "vibe coding" tools, and what you'll see is them spending the majority of their time and attention on the UI. (No wonder, it's what they can see and comprehend.) Very little if any attention given to the logic. (Hopefully the bot got the vibe right.)

Many "small business"-type websites are just informational, or have a very simple contact form. This is exactly Wix's target market. Logic in the code isn't particularly important on these simple sites.

I haven't looked at Wix in over a decade (I was actually serenaded in-person by a Wix representative, but we won't go into that) but I would still trust it over AI for anything other than static content.

Comment Re:A long, sometimes boring, bureaucratic process (Score 2) 131

At many schools it demonstrates the possession of a considerable sum of money, and the existence of a parent alumnus.

Many see this and can't help be triggered, channeling their hate of those guys into every school and teacher. They're about ready to burn down K through 12 through grad school. Of course the solution isn't to get rid of schools, it's to get rid of nepo babies. That isn't something we're allowed to talk about, though.

Comment Re:I use mine all the time. (Score 2) 54

From what I recall of the specs it's like a decent laptop from a few years ago. I don't imagine it's too hard to get SteamOS into KDE mode, or to launch regular Linux software?

No idea why I would walk around with a PC for "work" though. Gaming, maybe to get comfortable. All my work requires a keyboard.

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