MonkeMischief

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[โ€“] MonkeMischief 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The scariest part is how many I've caught using ๐Ÿ˜ as some kind of disappointed/annoyed face, and get really confused when I say "What's the sexy face for?"

I'm sure there's some joke that can be had here about boomers misunderstanding facial expressions for lacking empathy experience or something but it's just a weird common one I've encountered lol.

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 1 points 6 hours ago

This mentality and reinforced culture is a big reason inhuman corporate ideals and customs have festered throughout our society like a fungal infection.

It's so difficult to organize because plenty of fellow workers will simply be passive and complacent with whatever increasingly bad lot they're given, or worse, will be straight up class traitors looking to be rewarded by ruthless masters.

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 2 points 7 hours ago

I too, think this is a really dangerous one that hasn't quite pinged on most peoples' radar yet because it's so niche, but like you said, when people with power and influence can actually act on it, they have the capacity to cause a lot of harm over what would normally just be fringe philosophies.

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Whatever weapons and money everyone is sending Ukraine, double it.

Freaking truth.

Side thought purely as a hypothetical from a civilian standpoint: I'm wondering if it's too paranoid to consider figuring out how to smoothly use Monero for sending donations.

I'm wondering if records of sending aid to Ukraine will be the newest excuse to get disappeared by goons in the US, the same way they've been crushing the Constitutional rights of anyone who prominently voices anti-zionist dissent.

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 5 points 7 hours ago

Like all the hidden Saddam diagram memes but even better. Lol!

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 1 points 7 hours ago

He said quite possibly the cringiest string of words of all time

I dunno there's quite some contenders in the running, like "Amen, and a-women." ๐Ÿ˜‚

But it's up there!

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 1 points 7 hours ago

"And butter sauce!"

--Iraq Lobster

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 3 points 1 day ago

I'm at the point now where even if it's "bad", I have a great time if it felt like the people making the work were having a blast doing it. :D

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That show is SO GOOD. I really love how well it depicts all these people in such a relatable way, and strips away so much dogma to show the humanity underneath. It's beautifully done and really powerful. And...unexpectedly funny at times?

I love how it grounds us in such a relatable place, as all good historical drama does. It feels like it "wasn't that long ago."

I'm really not looking forward to the inevitable plot point. :(

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I sincerely believe the actual "AI apocalypse" will simply be things like critical infrastructure being run on "vibe code."

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 6 points 1 day ago

I like "sloppers". Back in the day these would be script-kiddies/ skiddies but that's even ascribing way too much effort compared to "vibe coding."

[โ€“] MonkeMischief 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"If hard work were so great, the rich would have taken it all for themselves by now."

Paraphrased graffiti found in France somewhere

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MonkeMischief to c/memes@lemmy.world
 
 

Found this on iFunny lol.

 

Basically title. I'm a digital artist in the USA and not rich by any stretch. In fact, somewhat in debt. (Aren't we all.)

I also try really hard to not be a mindless consumer. I use old equipment as long as I can, repair, refurbish, etc...

All this talk of upcoming tariffs has me worried that, rather than being able to get a day-job at newly opened US manufacturing for electronics or something, I'll instead be paying +60% more on like everything.

I know tech is a depreciating asset, but should I try to upgrade now to hold out for the next ~5 years or so?

I was considering hunting down a motherboard/cpu/RAM combo for instance.

Are worries about tariffs overblown? Trying to figure out how to prepare as best I can with my meager resources before everything just...keeps getting worse.

I am getting paid for my digital art, it's not living money though. My spouse has a more stable income that enables me to keep trying.

Thanks in advance. <3

EDIT: Thanks a ton for all the helpful replies! I'm glad I'm not being overly paranoid.

Some of you have asked for system specs so here they are for the curious:

System Specs:

  • OS: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
  • Mobo: Z590 Aorus Elite AX
  • CPU: i7-10700k @ 5.1 Ghz
  • GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090
  • Mem: 32GB DDR4 (forget the speed...3000?)

I want to be clear: I don't mean to sound too panicked and I'm more than happy to be content with what I have and see my blessings for what they are.

However, as I'm trying to break into being a 3D Blender artist and gamedev professionally, I'm trying to strategize whether standards will significantly increase and leave me behind in the next 5 years or so. (Game industry, not trying to do Hollywood VFX models on my home rig or anything lol)

I don't game so much these days unfortunately. And if I do, like 5% of my library is particularly demanding. ๐Ÿ˜‚

 

The Hated One has been pretty solid in the past regarding privacy/security, imho. I found this video of his rather enlightening and concerning.

  • LLMs and their training consume a LOT of power, which consumes a lot of water.
  • Power generation and data centers also consume a lot of water.
  • We don't have a lot of fresh water on this planet.
  • Big Tech and other megacorps are already trying to push for privatizing water as it becomes more scarce for humans and agriculture.

---personal opinion---

This is why I personally think federated computing like Lemmy or PeerTube to be the only logical way forward. Spreading out the internet across infrastructure nodes that can be cooled by fans in smaller data centers or even home server labs is much more efficient than monstrous, monolithic datacenters that are stealing all our H2O.

Of course, then the 'Net would be back to serving humanity instead of stock-serving megacultists. . .

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