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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago (2 children)

yeah, but the problem is that the world isn't made for people who can use rubber ducks, magic 8 balls, wikipedia and good notes apps.

the world is made for the people that need the obnoxious laugh track and a person reacting to an Instagram reel, otherwise they don't know how to feel.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's why before any job interview I put a bluetooth speaker in my pocket. Then when I'm about to walk into the room where I'm being interviewed I play a sound file. 5 seconds of silence, followed by a studio audience reaction of when the hot person enters the room.

You know the one.

Hot person enters through the doorway, says 1 sentence, and pauses because the audience is about to lose their shit going WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for 3 seconds. Then the actor says the line again, and continues with more that the one sentence.

So as I'm opening the door, I hit play, walk through the door.

"Hi, I'm here for the interview.......WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Hi, I'm here for the interview. Here's my resume."

"What was that?"

"Oh, that was just the studio audience reacting to the arrival of the main character in your story."

So far it hasn't worked. But I still get the ego boost!

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder if Darth Vader had his theme music playing under his cloak as he walked around the death star.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I'm gonna have to try that

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I was interested in this really hot chick, but what ground me down and made me lose interest was that she would not stop sending me these videos... Top 50% of the video somebody would be telling a conspicuously fake "funny" story, on the bottom half of the video was the SAME person but pretending to gut-laugh on a 3 second loop. Omfg.... She was an 11 out of 10 but I just couldn't take it. I cannot pretend I find these things funny.

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe this is why they invented pump and dump schemes

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I was okay with ignoring and replying LOL to them all

But what I was not okay with was the alleged humor content repeatedly later coming up in personal conversation

She would reference something from some reel that had critical impact on her, and it would go over my head because of course I had not watched it. "But you replied LOL" 😮‍💨

[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 70 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Edit: magic 8-ball, who downvoted this?

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why is the character holding a bowling ball instead of, ya know, a billiard 8-ball?

[–] Ironrod@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  1. He's just that stupid

B) 8 balls are significantly smaller than magic 8 balls so it would ruin the joke in the first panel

[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think he's stupid.

Source: magic 8-ball

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Why is he holding a single ball instead of 8?

[–] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I approve of this new use of archive in relation to AI.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Someone described politics today as a viscous cycle. Took me waaaay to long to realize what they were saying.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How's that working out for you?

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

LMAO Thank you!

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

archived? i assume you mean achieved

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Haven't you heard of the archival formats .8bal .duk and .zim?

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[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Heads up, AI related bonds are imploding. Taking the entire bond market with it perhaps. There is a very real chance of a recession very soon.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're working class the recession is already here

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ya ordinary people have been broke since before covid, but that's their problem. But when the stock market tanks, it's everyone's problem and we are all in this together.

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[–] pet1t@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

Someone tell Arthur Weasly the rubber duck actually has a function!

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

industry spend

Remember, when you're off the car lot, you have to drop the salesbrochad jargon. It's 'spending' .

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

And at least 60% of AI could be done in a lounge on a cocktail napkin, without a subscription.

[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Speaking of good notes apps, does anyone know one that is on linux?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I find that the default gui editor that comes with each desktop is good enough in most cases (xed with cinnamon, mouse with xfce, kate with kde, etc). But if you're looking for a terminal editor, a lot of people are praising micro as very user-friendly with solid functionality.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Micro all the fuckin way. *pumps fist like a crazy-person *

[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I opened Micro out of curiosity as it's installed on Garuda Mokka by default. ROFL It's just an unseasoned barebones window, but some people like that kind of note taking. I would prefer Kate over Micro. If I had to choose (Kate is better for configurations or Python scripts that you don't need to debug yet).

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

micro is surprisingly powerful and has a good chunk of plugins you can use. it's def my favorite and it's really approachable.

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[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Obsidian, featured in the meme, is on Linux, and for a while now free of charge (but with paid official plugins for syncing and web publishing), and I'd say is pretty good.

I honestly just take notes in sublime text myself, which is paid, but I'm paying for it anyways and often have it open in the background. It can store unsaved tabs in some session file, so I can just put unimportant notes in a tab and have them available to open later.

I also want to mention nextcloud notes, I don't use it for much so I don't know how good it is, but I have a nextcloud instance and use the notes for simple notes I want to be able to access from my phone.

[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I completely missed that

[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

I prefer Standard Notes, can be used for free and offline, full on backups. I have transferred the same set of notes from countless machines. Sadly it is pretty locked down in terms of features, they really want to get that cash out of a user. It's still pretty useful and has access to basic features. Which are enough for me...

[–] SuperUserDO@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm a big fan of triliumnotes.org.

Single application, or if you want to wire it up as a server you can do that as well. Few small quark's - the biggest two are a mediocre mobile experience (to me) and lack of multi user support.

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[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Obs being in there is very funny to me.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

This is the dotcom bubble on steroids. These chat bots have a low barrier of entry. The hardware shortage is the only reason they can charge charge excessive amount for access.

In 10 years your phone will be able to run ChatGPT locally. They know this and it's why they need to sell everyone on these models constantly improving but cannot provide metrics that satisfy anyone who isn't all-in.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

People really feel some type of way if you're not impressed with AI. But it just isn't useful enough for day to day and makes up stuff along with being destructive to the planet.

[–] Nickelalloy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So what is up with the duck?

Not sure with the ball either but seems to me it is a bit folk loreish in the US for some reason.

[–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

The ball is called a magic 8 ball and it's a toy popular in the US, you ask it a question and it gives you a random answer

[–] Marcopolo1613@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Ah, you beat me to the reply. But yes, the implication is that a random answer is a good as AI, and if you explain your problem to a rubber duck you often find the solution by forcing yourself to think about it step by step.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

More like 99% of what AI does.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Now, how is an 8-ball supposed to burn trillions of dollars, pollute the air and ruin the water?

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[–] Redditmodstouchgrass@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would anyone wanna archive what an AI does?

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