ricecake

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[–] ricecake 6 points 1 month ago

Do you have a reference for that bit about ceramic coating? My understanding was that enamel was a glass coating, and ceramic was a, well, ceramic coating.

[–] ricecake 2 points 1 month ago

The trees just slowly sway, their woody groans slowly creaking out "wwwwweeeeeellllllll sssssshhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttt" as the fire engulfs the savannah.

[–] ricecake 2 points 1 month ago

I feel like any AI tool that's being sold as saving you money just won't do that. Some of the ones that sell improved detection rates might.

AI that works as a tool designed to be used by an existing or new professional to augment their abilities works as well as any other tool. An ultrasound doesn't save you money except in the abstract of being more freely usable than x-ray allowing for more checks with less equipment.
A tool that highlights concerning areas on a mammogram isn't replacing a person anymore than the existing tools that highlight concerning heart rhythms.

Trying to get llms to replace people, particularly when it comes to trying to explain the content of a potentially technical medical discussion is just not going to be reliable.

[–] ricecake 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So stop using it? If you keep using it they're just going to think you want it, doubly so if they're not getting the feedback that the answer was trash.

[–] ricecake 11 points 1 month ago

This tree looks to increase the toxicity of its leaves to deter giraffe.

[–] ricecake 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I looked it up, and it also increases the tannin levels in the leaves. So if something is eating the tree, it and other nearby trees change their leaves to become more toxic to what usually eats them.

I'm guessing this leaves them generally non-toxic which helps keep critters they don't mind around.

[–] ricecake 13 points 1 month ago

I've found my preferences have been creeping up in price again, but only because I've found I want an actually physically lightweight laptop, and those have been getting more available, linux-able and capable.

I only need a few hundred dollars worth of computer, and anything more can live on a rack somewhere. I'll pay more than that for my computer to be light enough I don't need to think about.

[–] ricecake 11 points 1 month ago

Building your city so that you can't survive without a car is what a city having a car addiction means.

[–] ricecake 14 points 1 month ago

California, Texas, Florida , New York , Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio , Georgia, North Carolina, and Michigan are the ten states that aren't less populated than LA county, to save anyone else who's curious from needing to look it up.

[–] ricecake 3 points 1 month ago

Don't forget esoteric border wars from antiquity!

[–] ricecake 1 points 1 month ago

Plenty. Like, it's only anecdotal but I could buy a Tesla, and am in the market for an EV. A Tesla just isn't even an option to be considered, if for no other reason than how I can't bring myself to give money to the guy.

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