4grams

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[–] 4grams@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don’t know, my mom brought me some Carolina reaper sauce from the UK a couple years ago. It was pretty good, but it was not the reaper level I was used to. I kinda loved it since I could eat it by the tablespoon and feel tough as nails.

Update- for the record, the ingredient label of it read “Carolina reaper paste, salt”.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 6 points 2 weeks ago

Bicameral mind due for a comeback I see.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 2 weeks ago

That is true to some degree, but there is no Dem Soc movement within the gop. I’m no fan of the democratic party, but there are some decent folks in it. Aside from a couple single issue allies, I can’t think of anyone decent in the gop.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 18 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I’m not not big on retribution, but this fucker deserves no sympathy. This man deserves far, far more than what’s coming to him.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

So, in other words, he is definitely going to give himself and his sons this award, and the republicans will happily go right along with it.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago

It came to me last night, how all this AI and the difficulties obtaining hardware. This is all them trying to end the idea of ownership, at least of your data. They want to control all the data, so everything you do, every picture you take, every game you play, every essay you write, will be only available in the cloud. We are getting close to the point where are must pay for every bit of our own data that we access.

This is the inevitable result. I’m very glad I’ve spent years building my own library of content. I just hope I can continue getting replacement hardware to keep it alive.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

In this insane world, I’m not so sure.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I mean, same can be said about datacenters..

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is really about training AI, isn’t it. They’ve tapped nearly all the sources of human text output already, so now they want to create as much more of it as possible, as quickly as possible. They will tap into conversations and use it as a new data source, mark my words.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 21 points 1 month ago

I mean, the boys was meant as biting social commentary so not sure where we are in the cart/horse equation here.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jokes on them, I’ve been a windows guy so long they have always been directories; I started in the dos days.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago

I’m so glad I have my kids in scouts. It’s our third place, and I am now an assistant scoutmaster. I know there is controversy and history but ours is a very progressive troop, has been since its inception (we included girls before it was “allowed” and have a very diverse group of kids and adults).

They are growing up so much more grounded than some I see; being exposed to and relying on each other as they build their community. My oldest is staffing camp this summer, and I’m so proud that he’s making a good impact on so many young people.

Third spaces are hard to find, but find a good one, they make life worth it, they provide perspective and build relationships with people who have shared interests, leading to genuine freindship.

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