[-] joe@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

PSA standard ("real") tennis balls are bad for dogs, especially their teeth.. https://sierraveterinary.com/2022/03/29/the-dangers-of-tennis-balls/

[-] joe@lemmy.world 178 points 10 months ago

Run for mayor (or local equivalent), win, and then push for/implement a bunch of rules that make the town inhospitable to tourists.

I assume the tourism brings in money to the local community, yeah? Cutting off that income will probably mean you won't be able to win the next subsequent election, so act fast.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

they’re demonstrably not

Wait.. how did you arrive at this conclusion? Humans do this kind of thing all the time, too. You'd have to know the relative rates of accidents and mishaps to say with any confidence that they're "demonstrably" not better than humans.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well, maybe. I want to be up-front that I haven't read the actual lawsuit, but it seems from the article that the claim is that youtube and reddit both have an algorithm that helped radicalize him:

YouTube, named with parent companies Alphabet Inc. and Google, is accused of contributing to the gunman’s radicalization and helping him acquire information to plan the attack. Similarly, the lawsuits claim Reddit promoted extreme content and offered a specialized forum relating to tactical gear.

I'd say that case is worth pursuing. It's long been known that social media companies tune their algorithms to increase engagement, and that pissed off people are more likely to engage. This results in algorithms that output content that makes people angry, by design, and that's a choice these companies make, not "delivering search results".

[-] joe@lemmy.world 131 points 10 months ago

My wife had a guy start at her company the same day she did, but he got fired that same day because for reasons no one understands he decided it would be wise to make his Teams (or whatever they used. Slack? I can't remember) profile picture a meme that said "Epstein didn't kill himself" or something to that effect.

It was a six figure software engineering job, too. I cannot imagine losing a job like that for such a silly, self-inflicted reason.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

You didn't add anything new to the discussion. I understand that sometimes bureaucracies-- like the public school system-- can implement poorly thought out policies, but again, I assure you that there will be a way to pick up that hypothetical kid without an app or smart phone. Because, again, the alternative is that the kid doesn't get picked up and... what? Stays at the school?

There will be a backup method. The guy I initially responded to probably just did like most of us would do and installed the app without question.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There are reasons besides "being poor" for not have smart phone access at pickup time. I assure you the answer won't be "I guess this kid is spending the night here".

There is a backup method.

Edit: minor rewording for clarity.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

I literally cannot retrieve my child from school without a smartphone.

I'm positive there is a backup method; did you ask about one, or did you simply install the app?

[-] joe@lemmy.world 81 points 10 months ago

A caveat: This user analysis involved just 12 programmers being asked to assess if they prefer the responses of ChatGPT or those written by humans on Stack Overflow to 2,000 randomly sampled questions.

Nothing to see here.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago

Was the show doing well at all? I appreciate that I might just be in my own little bubble, but I don't know a single person that loves this show. Some people like it, but it's always a milquetoast endorsement, like "It's not bad" or "It seems like a good scifi series but it feels like Star Trek fan fiction", etc.

I'm surprised they didn't at least strongly suspect it was the end.

Especially when compared to Strange New Worlds, which is an, imo, amazing Star Trek series.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Source on them not being legally binding? They have a mixed track record but I've never seen anyone flat out say they aren't legally binding. Sometimes they are; sometimes they are not.

I am no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that something pre-dating the trademark is grandfathered in. Hence why Steam uses steampowered.com and not steam.com

[-] joe@lemmy.world 107 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The article quotes the TOS that gives only one reason why a person might lose their twiX handle, and it's not "Elon Musk wants it", so there's probably going to be a line of lawyers wanting to take this case.

They should have at least offered to give him the twitter handle. haha

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