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[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"4k" is supposed to be a term for cinema widescreen resolution, but got taken over because it's short and marketable because "4k is 4x as many pixels as 1080p"

What makes it worse is that then 1440p becomes 2k because "it's 2x as many pixels"

The flip flop irks me

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I find that chatgpt and claude try to give you one answer and sounds mildly to very certain about themselves without giving references.

Perplexity actually gives reference links for each claim it makes, which I find better because I can check it's work and fork off and explore further myself at any point along it's reasoning.

As a definite AI Hater, I find it to be a good middle ground LLM / search engine

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

An American worker spending 1hr each way commuting to an 8hr+1hr lunch job is spending 2 out of 7 of their free hours in this machine. It's understandable that the demand for their vehicle to not be an oppressive environment would arise.

But I do agree that not all cars should be packed with these superfluous amenities

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

Do you use the *arr apps? Radarr lets you set profiles that can prioritize file size as well as codec. Then the process of acquisition is more automated but still prioritizes your preferences

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I like Pocket Casts, I don't think it's owned by big tech.

Though I'm not liking their pivot to subscription, I still think it's a good app

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

Is this a common enough occurrence that you'd pay a subscription for an app to do this? I can't think of many use cases

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I've recently moved away from Spotify and to Pandora, ironically.

Pandora premium let's you play whichever track you want, they are not longer exclusively stations, but their station algorithm is the reason I decided on them over other spotify alternatives

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Nope. At some point spotify forced FREE users to shuffle play playlists. You couldn't pick which specific song you'll hear first. And with ads, obviously.

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

My understanding is that prison is waaaay worse. Needlessly cruel, you might say

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

This is the entire point of LLM, it creates something that has the right 'shape' statistically of what you ask for, but the content is not guaranteed to be accurate, true, appropriate, or up to date.

So, if a random person asks for a legal document, and they receive something that "looks right" it is very impressive to them because they can't see the flaws that a professional or expert would see. And for some applications that's Good Enough, but it's nowhere near being PhD levels smart

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Too true. The real steal of the century is convincing the commons that their lack of success is a personal failing rather than a system designed to keep then down

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