This is very troubling, and I’m not even sure where to start. I recently received an email message from my ISP which alerted me to an incoming update. I didn’t worry too much since this is obviously not the first update they’ve ever pushed through....
I generally have a “home” Firefox window with my most used tabs pinned. Sometimes I close it before another window, so I was frustrated to “lose” it and having to redo my pins. But recently I discovered this feature. Joy!
Faced with new legislation, Iowa’s Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books ‘contain a description or depiction of a sex act.’
This month’s public bread is provided by the Capitoline Brotherhood of Millers. The brotherhood uses only the finest flour: true Roman bread for true Romans.
The settlement at Roanoke […] Still unsolved to this day.
The word “CROATOAN” was carved on one of the buildings in the colony. The colonists had had friendly interactions with the native people living on Croatoan Island, which was nearby. There were later reports of native people with fair skin and beards on Croatoan Island.
So mysterious! Where could the colonists possibly have gone?
The Norwegians have a saying, “there’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”
Which goes to show how little they have to deal with high temperatures. You can always add more layers if it’s cold, but you can only strip down so far in the heat.
Meta conducted an experiment where thousands of users were shown chronological feeds on Facebook and Instagram for three months. Users of the chronological feeds engaged less with the platforms and were more likely to use competitors like YouTube and TikTok. This suggests that users prefer algorithmically ranked feeds that show...
Goodhart’s Law: Any statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed on it for control purposes.
Or, to paraphrase, any metric that becomes a target ceases to be a good metric. Ranking algorithms, by their nature, use some sort of quantifiable metric as a heuristic for quality.
I had an interesting thought yesterday. I was pondering, what if some of the archaic literature we relied upon to document past events was actually fictional accounts intended to be read for leisure?...
I’ve recently rekindled my love for Katamari Damacy and it made me wonder if there’s any other amazing cult classics out there that aren’t talked about these days. What are your recommendations?
I'm almost certain I've seen a woodworking community when browsing all.
I also don't think it's necessarily a question of subject matter so much as that Lemmy's user base is simply not large enough yet to sustain active niche communities, and it's an open question if we can get to that point without degrading the quality of the less focused ones, like /c/crafting or /c/diy.
Also, weirdly, a lot of people seem to use Discord for things used to be (and I would say should) be on a forum (or community, magazine, etc.)
Trying to follow the thread of a discussion about some obscure point you're interested in is much easier when it's in a thread, instead of an undifferentiated chat log with a bunch of unrelated cross-talk.
A slice of pumpkin pie is listed as toast (starch on one side), but a slice of double-crusted pie is a taco (three sides), a whole key lime pie is a quiche (five sides), and a whole double-crusted pie is a calzone (six sides).
In all cases save one, side crust is seen as distinct from bottom crust. A slice of pumpkin pie therefore has starch on two sides, making it a sandwich.
My ISP has taken total control of my network
This is very troubling, and I’m not even sure where to start. I recently received an email message from my ISP which alerted me to an incoming update. I didn’t worry too much since this is obviously not the first update they’ve ever pushed through....
In case you're mad at yourself for closing your precious window with all the right tabs opened, note that Firefox allows to reopen recently closed windows (jlai.lu)
I generally have a “home” Firefox window with my most used tabs pinned. Sometimes I close it before another window, so I was frustrated to “lose” it and having to redo my pins. But recently I discovered this feature. Joy!
Kinda hard to stay realistic when literal magic exists, no? (ttrpg.network)
School district in the U.S. uses ChatGPT to help ban library books (web.archive.org)
Faced with new legislation, Iowa’s Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books ‘contain a description or depiction of a sex act.’
Most normal art tutorial (programming.dev)
Hello Beehaw - New User.
Hey there,...
Tiefling x Fire Elemental (aussie.zone)
Transcription:...
Shoot me a third time..... can't get shot again (lemmy.ml)
I love democracy (lemmy.ml)
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! (programming.dev)
What are some notable blunders in history that resulted in huge loss?
Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.
As dark as an extremely rich functional society can be (feddit.de)
The metric system (feddit.de)
coffee number one (hackers.town)
Classic puzzle, new approach or just a "two kinds of people" moment? (ttrpg.network)
Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds (www.wired.com)
Meta conducted an experiment where thousands of users were shown chronological feeds on Facebook and Instagram for three months. Users of the chronological feeds engaged less with the platforms and were more likely to use competitors like YouTube and TikTok. This suggests that users prefer algorithmically ranked feeds that show...
He is fully equipped (feddit.nl)
neither left nor right rule (lemmy.ml)
The state of the internet 2023 (media.kbin.social)
One Generation Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
culture rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Deserule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Mind=Blown (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
ascendence rule (lemmy.zip)
Man Whose Mother-In-Law Wore Viral Blue-And-Black Dress Charged With Attempted Murder (www.huffpost.com)
Not sure if this story belongs to this community But also WTF....
Ancient historical fiction?
I had an interesting thought yesterday. I was pondering, what if some of the archaic literature we relied upon to document past events was actually fictional accounts intended to be read for leisure?...
With great rules, come great expectations (beehaw.org)
What forgotten cult classic games are worth revisiting?
I’ve recently rekindled my love for Katamari Damacy and it made me wonder if there’s any other amazing cult classics out there that aren’t talked about these days. What are your recommendations?
As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal (www.pcmag.com)
Discord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes' (www.pcgamer.com)
Remove one letter from the title of a video game; what is the plot now? (kbin.social)
Final Fantas - people fighting over the last cans of Fanta in the world....
TIL about The Cube Rule for categorizing food based on the location of structural starch. (cuberule.com)
Identify your food based on the location of structural starch. Is a hot dog a sandwich? No, it's clearly a taco.