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Bing says Alpha Centauri is 13.6 kilometers from us in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] blaine@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

He literally told it to give the answer "in km". That's on him, not Bing.

[–] blaine@lemmy.ml -3 points 4 months ago

As a person on the spectrum, I am not offended and endorse his statement. Please find a real issue to be offended about.

Why does nobody here ever recommend Fedora to noobs? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] blaine@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

My understanding was that they weren't included in the ISO and had to be installed manually after the fact.

Why does nobody here ever recommend Fedora to noobs? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] blaine@lemmy.ml -5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

No Nvidia driver support. Dealbreaker for most folks folks wanting to run games.

Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app in c/technology@lemmy.world

Gotta say the truth in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] blaine@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

A "DEI" is a person whose hiring was motivated (in whole or in part) by the desire to improve recruiting metrics tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion as opposed to solely based on their suitability for the role.

Lex fridman is Joe Rogan in a suit in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] blaine@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I asked a question the other day that gave the appearance that I might sympathise with a conservative viewpoint, and it was the most downvoted post of my entire life within 30 minutes. Let me reiterate - I was downvoted en masse for asking a good faith question and not accepting the Democratic narrative as a given. Folks instantly assumed I must be asking the question with an (conservative) answer already in mind, and dogpiled me for it.

Ironically enough, there was one good faith reply that answered my question and resulted in me ultimately agreeing with the Lemmy-approved viewpoint. But I almost didn't get that answer due to the amount of bad-faith responses and downvotes I was swamped with.

This is the year, guys. in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] blaine@lemmy.ml 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

I tried this once. Went to the dog park, chatted up a girl over a period of a month. I finally got the courage to ask her on a date, and she said yes! The date (dinner and a local concert) went great - we ended up back at my place and I can honestly say it was some of the best sex of my life.

Then she ghosted me and we never talked again. That was 2017, and I'm still not over it. Thanks for the advice though.

Driverless car startup Cruise's no good, terrible year in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] blaine@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea. I use SponsorBlock to avoid seeing sponsored segments like that one. Thanks for the heads-up.

Driverless car startup Cruise's no good, terrible year in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] blaine@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

The Cruise propaganda video that Derek from Veritasium put out on YouTube is what finally got me to unsubscribe/block his channel. Cruise was using shady tactics way before these safety incidents.

Relevant Vid: https://youtu.be/CM0aohBfUTc