Science Memes
magic beneath the forests
danielbln 5 months ago • 91%
You sound like a sour lemon. I'd rather hang out with a hippie that thinks the universe is conscious than someone who slaps a paper tiger license to their low originality threshold posts. Just sayin.
Technology
The AI feedback loop: Researchers warn of ‘model collapse’ as AI trains on AI-generated content
danielbln 7 months ago • 100%
Microsoft's Phi model was largely trained on synthetic data derived from GPT-4.
Redditdanielbln 7 months ago • 100%
If their soft deletes (so instead of actually deleting, it's just a flag on the comment that hides it) then no, it won't make a difference at all.
Firefoxdanielbln 7 months ago • 79%
Windows is the one where I need an account to install and that spies on me and throws ads in my face, that one?
196danielbln 7 months ago • 100%
Not nearly as bad as hearing "click...click....click" from the HDD. The PTSD is still strong...
Technology
Remember when Spez said it was "It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company"? Apparently, that means paying himself $193 million and single-handedly tanking Reddit's profitability right b...
danielbln 7 months ago • 68%
Are you asking why stock of a single company is different from "stock" of the richest country and only superpower on earth?
Also, money is liquid, can be spent immediately. Stock is not liquid, it has to be traded, vested, etc. and given enough stock will tank yje value if too much of it is liquified at once.
Technology
Chat Control May Finally Be Dead: European Court Rules That Weakening Encryption Is Illegal
danielbln 7 months ago • 100%
I'm German you "hit" a decision.
Lemmy Shitpost
English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense
danielbln 7 months ago • 100%
Länder:innen
Lemmy Shitpost
English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense
danielbln 7 months ago • 100%
Clearly, because chairs are obviously male (German). Anything else is just silly.
danielbln 7 months ago • 100%
This is not Cyberpunk, it's plain old brutalism. And it's ugly and depressing, every surface sealed, not a leaf in sight.
Cyberpunk doesn't mean depressing concrete hellscape, this is also Cyberpunk: 
ADHD memes
Slight edit, original word was "Procrastinators"
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
three months later
Yep, I'll get to it.
Greentextdanielbln 8 months ago • 0%
Technology
Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
They run all of Gamepass as well as all of Sony's PS+ on Azure, I think they'll be fine.
Lemmy Shitpost
SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH 9/11 Was Cringe
danielbln 8 months ago • 95%
The Brokkoli, it's pretty fetch.
Technology
Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
It's so, so, so much better. GenAI is actually useful, crypto is gambling pretending to be a solution in search of a problem.
Technology
Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
In fact, the original script of The Matrix had the machines harvest humans to be used as ultra efficient compute nodes. Executive meddling led to the dumb battery idea .
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
I'm gonna give the point to GPT-2 here in terms of coherence and eloquence.
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Gotta get through that diaper first.
Programmer Humor
Why pay for an OpenAI subscription?
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Eh, that's not quite true. There is a general alignment tax, meaning aligning the LLM during RLHF lobotomizes it some, but we're talking about usecase specific bots, e.g. for customer support for specific properties/brands/websites. In those cases, locking them down to specific conversations and topics still gives them a lot of leeway, and their understanding of what the user wants and the ways it can respond are still very good.
Programmer Humor
Why pay for an OpenAI subscription?
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Depends on the model/provider. If you're running this in Azure you can use their content filtering which includes jailbreak and prompt exfiltration protection. Otherwise you can strap some heuristics in front or utilize a smaller specialized model that looks at the incoming prompts.
With stronger models like GPT4 that will adhere to every instruction of the system prompt you can harden it pretty well with instructions alone, GPT3.5 not so much.
Programmer Humor
Why pay for an OpenAI subscription?
danielbln 8 months ago • 98%
I've implemented a few of these and that's about the most lazy implementation possible. That system prompt must be 4 words and a crayon drawing. No jailbreak protection, no conversation alignment, no blocking of conversation atypical requests? Amateur hour, but I bet someone got paid.
People Twitter
That's a really good point.
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
MRGA!!
Lemmy Shitpost
Nature is beautiful
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Or maybe an eggy Mona Lisa? https://i.imgur.com/WQHOf1r.jpg
Lemmy Shitpost
Nature is beautiful
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
This is made with a Stable Diffusion LoRA called FriedEgg. Here, I used it to generate a wider version: 
Mildly Infuriating
Teams apparently can't call when using Firefox
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Remember when Internet Explorer/Edge was only used to download Chrome. Well, ironically these days I only use Chrome to make video calls.
Lemmy Shitpost
Counterspell this
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Technology
YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave
danielbln 8 months ago • 88%
I mean, I like a good Google hate train as much as the next guy, but that's kind of a legitimate thing to want.
Open Source
Platformer is leaving Substack for Ghost, an Open-Sourced publishing platform
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Better host it yourself, because the managed version of Ghost has the lovely dark pattern that you cannot cancel your plan without them immediately deleting everything, no matter if your plan is still paid for for another few months or not. Really left a bad taste on my mouth.
World News
UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen
danielbln 8 months ago • 88%
The Huthis have been launching ballistic missiles across country lines and target (among other things) international shipping lanes somewhat recently. They're not soldering up IEDs in caves to fend of a US invasion force, so I'm not sure how apt the comparison with Afghanistan is.
Technology
Wi-Fi 7 quietly took off while everyone was looking at AI
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Also, one of these is a mere update hugging the tech plateau, the other is a disruptive hockey stick.
World News
UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen
danielbln 8 months ago • 83%
Don't fuck with global trade. Your cause can be a shining beacon of righteousness, but take out trading routes you get the big boy stick. Always has been like that.
Technology
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
That may have been true during the lavish times of ZIRP, but I wouldn't expect to see this dance any longer, at least until money is cheap/free again.
Atheist Memes
Turn a godly idea into profit
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
The name of the front singer? Albert Einstein.
People Twitter
The Netflix Cha-Cha
danielbln 8 months ago • 71%
Another Life was hot garbage, Altered Carbon Season 2 was a huge let down. Sorry for you specifically, but I can't really fault Netflix for cancelling that rubble.
NonCredibleDefense
Pretty sure this is how F-22s are made
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
"This door plug still has a lot of nubs left, I should really file them off. Eh, what's the worst that can happen.."
danielbln 8 months ago • 96%
I hear you, but you counter is a little disingenuous. A city isn't your pack, your social circle is. And that's probably smaller than 42. Just because you're in a city of millions doesn't mean you directly interact with them in a social way, we are still animals of small social groups, even if we live in a global space of billions. The alpha male stuff is still bunk science trash of course.
Technology
"Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?"
danielbln 8 months ago • 95%
Road billboards are always a trip when I visit the US. Not only do they have everything on them from Jesus to abortion to guns they are also incredibly distracting physically, especially at night.
Technology
"Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?"
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Cyberpunk would always suck, it's dystopia. Always has been.
memes
Work Reform
The data is in: Return to Office policies don't improve employee performance or company value, but controlling bosses don't care
danielbln 8 months ago • 100%
Sheesh, I sat in an open plan office in 2008, and we had ergonomic chairs and wide desks and widescreen monitors even then. IT privilege, I suppose.
thegenerativeedge.substack.com
youtu.be
Workflow: Midjourney for the input images, Pika Labs for the animations, CapCut to tie it together and Elevenlabs for the voices.
youtu.be
Midjourney v5, Pika Labs for the animation, Elevenlabs for the voices and CapCut to tie it all together
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I started running every day on August 16th 2016. I had just gotten a new watch but had already run the day before, so normally I'd take days off. Wanting to test my new toy I ran a successive day and just never stopped. Coming up on 7 years now, 2515 days. It's been transformative, to say the least. And I have run at weird places and weird times to get that run in, but so far neither fatherhood nor covid have made me lose the streak. Listening to your body and doing plenty of slow and short runs is essential to staying injury free, and I would recommend working up to it. Biggest benefit, it requires no discipline and motivating to do once there is a habit and a streak counter. It's like brushing teeth, just something that happens, no matter what (pouring rain, ice, after a long day, whatever). Who else is doing this and what have been your experiences?
I'm making my way through FF7 again, have started Fire Emblem and Golden Sun and loving both. I'm also rage quitting my way through the various R-Type games (mostly SNES), hot damn those are hard, good fun though. What are you playing?
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www.gbstudio.dev
[https://archive.org/details/internetarcade](https://archive.org/details/internetarcade)
Y'all know what shmups are, but just in case: a "shmup" is short for "shoot 'em up", a genre of video games where the player controls a character or vehicle, often in a two-dimensional setting, and fights a large number of enemies while dodging their attacks. The genre traces its roots back to the golden age of arcade gaming with pioneering games like "Space Invaders" and "Galaga". Shmups often demand quick reactions, precision, and strategic use of special abilities to survive against overwhelming odds. They often have various sub-genres like "bullet hell" featuring screen-filling attacks, "run 'n gun" with on-foot characters, or "cute 'em up" sporting a less serious, more whimsical aesthetic. Now, here are some of the best shmups across different retro platforms: 1. **Game Boy (GB)** - **SolarStriker** - A classic vertical scrolling shooter with basic yet enjoyable gameplay; medium difficulty; simplistic 8-bit graphics; known for its tight controls and clear level designs. - **R-Type DX** - A collection of the first two R-Type games; highly challenging; decent monochrome 8-bit graphics; it stands out for its strategic gameplay with a detachable "force" pod. 2. **Game Boy Advance (GBA)** - **Iridion II** - A top-down space shooter with impressive graphics for the platform; medium to hard difficulty; praised for its balanced mechanics and addictive gameplay. - **Gradius Galaxies** - An entry in the classic Gradius series; challenging gameplay; nice 16-bit-style graphics; stands out for its upgradeable weapon systems. 3. **Sega Genesis** - **Thunder Force III** - A side-scrolling shooter that allows players to select the play order of the first stages; medium difficulty; great 16-bit graphics; known for its multiple playable ships and great soundtrack. - **MUSHA** - A vertical shooter in a techno-fantasy setting; high difficulty; beautiful 16-bit graphics; it's special due to its unique aesthetic and power-up system. 4. ** SNES** - **Axelay** - A shooter that alternates between horizontal and vertical scrolling levels; medium to hard difficulty; impressive Mode-7 graphics; known for its variety in level design and weapons. - **R-Type III: The Third Lightning** - Another challenging entry in the R-Type series; beautifully rendered 16-bit graphics; stands out for its new force pods and charging system. 5. **PlayStation (PSX)** - **Einhänder** - A horizontal shooter with a unique weapon stealing mechanic; high difficulty; superb 32-bit 3D graphics; distinctive for its dark, futuristic setting. - **Raiden Project** - A compilation of the first two Raiden games; medium difficulty; enhanced 2D graphics; its notable feature is the two-player cooperative mode. 6. **Neo Geo** - **Blazing Star** - A horizontal shooter with six unique playable ships; high difficulty; beautiful 2D sprites and animations; known for its 'chaining' system for scoring. - **Pulstar** - A horizontal shooter heavily inspired by the R-Type series; very high difficulty; gorgeous 2D graphics; stands out with its detailed art style and design. 7. **PC Engine CD (PCECD)** - **Sapphire** - A top-down shooter known for pushing the graphical capabilities of the PCECD; high difficulty; cutting-edge 2D graphics for its time; known for its anime-style cutscenes and its rarity, which makes it highly sought after by collectors. - **Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project** - A horizontal shooter with a unique multiple-choice storyline; medium to high difficulty; strong 16-bit graphics and CD-quality audio; stands out with its power-up system and the ability to change weapons in the middle of the game. Anything I missed? I love this genre, even though a lot of these a hard as nails, but save states and slow-mo mode sure make some of these a little more accessible, heh.
I recently got an Anbernic RG35XX and I friggin love that thing, but I'm curious what others are using to for their retro gaming. Steam Deck, Mister FGPA?
If you have an Anbernic or Miyoo this collection is the real deal. Any game imaginable is in there, it's perfect. I pulled it via torrent and copied it to my 128GB secondary microSD on my Anbernic RG35XX (running GarlicOS) and it works so, so well. Highly recommended. https://archive.org/details/tiny-best-set-go
Every week a new topic, last week was Capcom VS Marvel. The two hosts are pleasant to listen to, the podcast is usually a tight 60-90 minutes. https://www.frogpants.com/playretro
Got the Anbernic RG35XX? Throw that included SD card in the trash and follow this guide to get the most of it. https://retrogamecorps.com/2023/01/03/anbernic-rg35xx-starter-guide/
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