otp

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[–] otp 14 points 1 week ago
  1. You can probably re-use a burner phone again and again
  2. What do you need a phone for? Could it be replaced with other items? (Cameras, walkie-talkies, printed maps?)
[–] otp 4 points 1 week ago

Do you live somewhere that you can get around without relying on a car (or someone with a car)?

If not, can you reasonably move to and live in a place like that?

If those are options, do those.

If not, learn how to drive properly and safely. DO NOT drive unless you feel in control of the car on public roads.

"Not being good at multitasking" isn't an excuse to put people's lives in danger.

Some people need more time to learn and practice and that's fine. You need to take responsibility and take that time to learn and practice.

It may need more than lessons. It might require therapy. But if you need to drive, then you need to drive safely. And relying on other people to drive for you is not the answer either.

[–] otp 5 points 1 week ago

Up in Canada, I've only ever heard weed whacker

[–] otp 2 points 1 week ago

I've decided that gaming is my top solo hobby, so I dedicate the appropriate time to it. On most days, I can get a solid hour in, sometimes 2 if I'm caught up or ahead on errands and making food.

[–] otp 8 points 1 week ago

Thanks for sharing! Never would've known about this otherwise.

[–] otp 4 points 1 week ago

Definitely! Journalists would have to be reasonably certain of the intent to be able to publish it that way, though.

[–] otp 1 points 1 week ago

at the federal level I only vote for the candidates in my writing

I'm guessing you're a Canadian that was using voice-to-text with your device's language set to "US English".

In American English, "writing" and "riding" sound the same. But not in Canadian English. Or British English, but for a different reason.

[–] otp 2 points 1 week ago

Last I heard, "learning styles" are a myth

[–] otp 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

"Lies" and even "fabricates" imply intent. "Makes shit up" is probably most accurate, but it also implies intent, which we can't really apply to an LLM.

Hallucination is probably the most accurate thing. There's no intent -- it's something made up, that it expresses as true not because it is trying to mislead, but because it's just as "true" to the LLM as anything else it says.

[–] otp 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's a difference between a small penis and a micropenis.

[–] otp 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah. I mean, I am a feminist. I know that a lot of problems are caused by the patriarchy, and yes, men in general sometimes.

But car-dependency is not one of them. And conflating them for no reason just hurts both causes.

[–] otp 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I do this.

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