[-] Chozo@fedia.io 25 points 7 hours ago

I do wonder if that's ever actually a legitimate concern for prison staffers, if they get an inmate that is exceptionally agile like this. Like, if a parkour champ gets locked up, do the guards take any additional precautions? Do they grease up all the walls and fences to make them extra hard to climb?

These, and other equally important questions, are what keep me up at night.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 9 points 9 hours ago

These days, it's "mid".

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 11 hours ago

You can't prove there isn't!

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 19 points 14 hours ago

"Oh yeah, are you sure about that? Then why does my AirTag say it's already landed on Jupiter, hmm? I'd like to speak to your manager."

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 3 points 17 hours ago

Yep, mostly just used to help crowdsource weather reporting like this.

Though I have seen another interesting use-case for the barometer, which is for IP-rated (water-resistant) phones, you can use the barometer to check that your device still has a water-tight seal with an app that measures the pressure as you squeeze the sides of the phone together.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 4 points 17 hours ago

Probably move on to YouTube Shorts or Instagram reels.

Likely YouTube. While neither are great, between Google and Meta, Google's got the better reputation. YouTube also has a larger audience, because it includes a ton of users who wouldn't fall under traditional social media usage. Reels might be used as a periphery platform to drive more people to their main channel on YouTube.

Any TikTok creator who moves to Instagram full-time is either shooting themselves in the foot, or got a good contract from Meta.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 18 hours ago

I used to buy these little pocket-sized Sudoku books that I'd keep with me, usually play a puzzle or two while commuting to work or something.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 18 hours ago

I didn't know watermelon could do this.

If done in a controlled environment, it's apparently very tasty! I recently stumbled upon a tutorial somebody made recently about how to make watermelon jerky with a dehydrator. Apparently the flavor gets significantly sweeter. He was making it for hiking/survival purposes, so removing all the water weight lets you pack a lot of lightweight nutrients, too.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 2 points 18 hours ago

That's really cool! I wonder if there's a way to find the previous owners of the house, that'd make for a really fun story if you were able to track down the original owner somehow.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, I'm not so sure it's your Lemmy client that's causing your downvotes.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 61 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They appear to be scrolling through a single social media feed. This operation is likely what those social media "boosting" services are doing, where they'll bring a ton of new traffic to your profile to try to goad the algorithm into sending real users your way.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, and there's a much different context. Those aren't real children on the show. Those text threads are with adults on both ends. The entire interaction from start to finish is mitigated by professionals.

We're talking about a situation involving a real child, not a sting operation where there isn't an actual victim. There's a real child whose identity would be put at risk of being exposed by releasing the logs.

This isn't primetime TV drama. This is a real situation involving a real minor. You should take a step back from the screen for a minute if you're struggling to see the difference.

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Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to incentivize said advancement.It originated in a 2010 post at discussion board LessWrong, a technical forum focused on analytical rational enquiry. The thought experiment's name derives from the poster of the article (Roko) and the basilisk, a mythical creature capable of destroying enemies with its stare.

While the theory was initially dismissed as nothing but conjecture or speculation by many LessWrong users, LessWrong co-founder Eliezer Yudkowsky reported users who panicked upon reading the theory, due to its stipulation that knowing about the theory and its basilisk made one vulnerable to the basilisk itself. This led to discussion of the basilisk on the site being banned for five years. However, these reports were later dismissed as being exaggerations or inconsequential, and the theory itself was dismissed as nonsense, including by Yudkowsky himself. Even after the post's discreditation, it is still used as an example of principles such as Bayesian probability and implicit religion. It is also regarded as a simplified, derivative version of Pascal's wager.

Found out about this after stumbling upon this Kyle Hill video on the subject. It reminds me a little bit of "The Game".

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submitted 3 weeks ago by Chozo@fedia.io to c/helldivers2@lemmy.ca

Don't poke the Viper in the jungle unless you're ready for the venom.

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From the upcoming album “Cellophane Memories”by Chrystabell and David Lynch out on Sacred Bones Records on August 2, 2024.

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