AlolanYoda

joined 1 year ago
[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

I would assume that if they want to make the world a better place, they admit that their actions have long-reaching impact, which is not really a feature of nihilism, optimistic or not

But I'm not an expert, do what you want

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeaaaaah

This was so impactful that I only recently realized the title of the actual TV show wasn't "Tool Time". People talked about a mysterious show called "Home Improvement" and I didn't even suspect it was the one I watched with my parents all those years ago

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

As an extra advantage to the nose pinching trick, I no longer turn every dream into a nightmare from seeing my distorted figure in the mirror!

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 14 points 3 weeks ago

I would give credit, but your username being CarbonatedPastaSauce gives different expectations to any recipe with your name attached

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Same here. Last time this was shared I found a single recipe kind of interesting, but not enough for me to actually memorize what it was.

Thinking back, it was probably the Mac and Cheese one, and I had already wanted to try to make it anyway (it's not a very common dish in my country, or at least my circle)

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh no a massive time sink

(thanks! I have a lot of nostalgia for Runescape but don't want to waste months of my life, so I'm considering getting a single player server up and running with a like 10x exp multiplier. Now to decide on 2003, 2009 or 2012...)

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

ChatGPT can be super useful, but I'm kind of worried about people learning to use it exclusively.

I tried helping a PhD student assemble a set up for measuring transistors. He used ChatGPT to do all the code for the software control (python), which is fine, even if he relied on it to fix every single part of his code when a quick trip to the reference manuals of the equipments would solve the problem instantly.

At a certain point I realized I maybe had misunderstood his set up design and asked him "wait, which device do you want to connect to your gate? Which terminal even is the gate?"

And I kid you not, the dude asked ChatGPT which terminal in his device was the gate

(he also reeked of weed so there's that)

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

That was pretty damselfish of you

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 17 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I bet all the people who said "chess is a solved game" are feeling really silly right now

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Luckily it's an alligator, so the tears are genuine. If it were a crocodile, on the other hand...

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Earl is a real name. However, for this one, they explain in the series that he was supposed to be named Carl like his father, but due to sloppy handwriting he ended up being named Earl

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

Children of Time, not Earth! Also gets my highest recommendation.

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