I’ll admit I don’t spend enough time on here to have a well-formed opinion, but aside from the occasional obvious spam post, I don’t see a lot of obvious bot activity… Depending on the instance/community, you’re going to get a lot of very strong and, uh… controversial opinions.

Keep in mind that the (still relatively) niche nature of Lemmy/Piefed (and the fediverse writ large) means that a higher proportion of people around here are going to be far from the center of the political gradient… and the western world is very much experiencing a cultural/political paradigm shift which is driving people to the fringes.

I also think that a lot more people are using the platform than a year or two ago and that has knock-on effects on moderation that we still need to figure out how to deal with.

imo when someone is so lazy that they can’t be arsed to put effort into using genAI properly to produce an image that isn’t the most generic slop imaginable, they’re probably also too lazy to have developed the empathy required to come to actually valid conclusions

It’s mostly the porn.

I’d like to see similar testing done comparing models where the “misaligned” data is present during training, as opposed to fine-tuning. That would be a much harder thing to pull off, though.

yeah it’s neat, but I’m really not seeing it tbh

Because I outed myself as one of “those people” who dare to own a truck for literally any reason, probably.

What kit did you use? I’m looking into building a capable ebike with my friend who needs to replace a car they can’t afford and something slow would be unsafe on the highway we call a main thoroughfare between them and where they work.

That’s assuming they’re actually limited, or that the limiter isn’t trivial to bypass. There are a lot of them where I live and it makes trying to use the bike path frustrating sometimes. Regulation is spotty and enforcement is almost nonexistent in most locales.

I could take a picture of my truck that’s governed to 90mph and one of those overpowered ebikes that only have pedals for regulatory reasons (that people ride dangerously on bike/pedestrian paths all the time) and ask the same thing. Don’t get me wrong, I hate our society’s dependence on cars, but this isn’t making much of a point.

Never said they were wrong about the application of the first amendment, because they’re not. They just absolutely ruined what could have been a teaching comment by being a condescending asshole.

Nice wall of self-righteous pseudo-intellectual bullshit you have there. Maybe try being constructive next time instead of letting a stranger on the internet rustle your jimmies.

Because evaporative cooling is much cheaper and easier to accomplish at scale, and megacorps don’t care about long-term resource constraints until it begins to affect their wallets.

If you think spending tons of money on equipment that looks pretty and makes the job harder because you have to baby it is a good marketing tactic, you’re never going to survive as a business owner.

You seriously going to tell me this thing was “purpose-built” for anything more than luxury for the occupants? There are vastly more efficient ways to accomplish anything this thing can do, the only difference is that there’s a tiny bit less legroom. Literally every single one of those things can be accomplished with a modified/lifted van and maybe a trailer.

I’ve been saying this. Honestly, if the US ever goes full 1930s-Germany they’re going to be our Poland. I wouldn’t even want to move there if I have to leave, at least not long-term.

I don’t think it’s fake, just look at the last door; it’s the dry/dirty spot below the handle is a different shape which tells me it isn’t just a copy/paste of another one. The center door window is also narrower than the others, to accommodate the additional pillar that would be needed for the structure.

Plus it (probably) wouldn’t be centered in 4 parking spaces if it wasn’t that long. Normal length trucks take up 2 spaces at most, if the driver is an asshole. It’s very possible, if expensive, to modify a truck like that. You’ve seen a limo right? Same concept.

i prefer to do mine in the czech republic, personally

The guy he’s attributing the concept of “untethered empathy” to is a hardcore fascist that believes that having “too much” empathy is a sin because it allows people to be swayed by emotion as opposed to holding strong in their values. Their values, in this case, also include forcing them onto society for “their own good”.

Laziness doesn’t exist. Everyone has their own struggles and it’s pretty fucked up to judge someone because they don’t choose to put their limited energy toward overcoming the obstacles that you take you’ve taken for granted having the ability to overcome. We should be encouraging curiosity and exploration, not demonizing people who got left behind and are too scared to try new things.

Being able to upload to Google Play Music was such a great feature. Honestly though, maybe it’s best that they killed it when they did. That way it can live on in memory as the example of what a music streaming service should be like… instead of becoming an enshittified zombie like spotify is today.

Hertz is the worst rental company I’ve had to deal with. Enterprise is the only one I’ll use if I have a choice.