radix

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 32 points 14 hours ago

Amazon spent millions on a single Ring ad during the Super Bowl that was so poorly received it killed a multi-million dollar business deal.

To be clear, all the companies involved are the worst of the worst, so fuck them, but all they had to do was nothing and it would have turned out better (for them, worse for the rest of us).

[–] radix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It's photoshopped. His tie was too short, but not that short.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You're basically asking about the difference between an authorized vs unauthorized biography.

If you sell the rights, that's just getting some nominal fee in exchange for your participation in the process. You may have insights and knowledge of certain events that aren't easy to find without your help, so some media production company may pay for you to fill in those gaps.

None of that is strictly necessary, though. Anyone can write about anyone else, so long as they aren't making false claims about the source, or making other negligently false claims of fact. (Don't do false advertising or libel.)

[–] radix@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Turns out getting kicked in the head for a living is associated with making other bad decisions.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I haven't actually fired it up in a while, but Gedonia might be up your alley.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1114220/Gedonia/

Looks like a sequel is currently in early access, too.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Wow, I haven't fired this game up in probably 25+ years. Had no idea it was still being played at all.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is reasonable to believe A) AIs are a poor substitute for a human at most jobs, and B) company management is still going to replace people in search of short-term profits, even at the expense of long-term stability.

Those two things are not contradictory.

Second, "AIs cannot create new, original things" is not the opposite of "AI can produce deepfakes". That would be like saying every shuffle of a deck of cards is functionally unique (true), therefore I invented a new card game (false).

[–] radix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Peanuts are neither peas, nor nuts. Discuss.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 125 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Covid numbers wouldn't be so bad if we stop testing, and ocean health won't get worse if we stop measuring.

Kill that messenger!

[–] radix@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

...or like literally not ready, as in "you'll need a 6090 Ti"?

[–] radix@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Why are there seven hands in this picture?

[–] radix@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

But it protects the company's freedom of religion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores%2C_Inc

Private employers in this country (including Ramsey) have more rights than workers.

 
 

Tyrannus tyrannus is too powerful.

 

Abolish ICE

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[Steam] Metro 2033 Redux (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by radix@lemmy.world to c/freegames@feddit.uk
 

Free to keep if claimed in the next ~48 hours.

 

"One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say “this is a joke of a .gov site” and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro.” "

 

For three years, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest for buying crack cocaine.

 
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Useful Idiot (en.wikipedia.org)
 
 

Just because a 3060ti is technically capable of ray tracing doesn't mean I want you to keep turning it on every time the driver gets an update.

 

More people were killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2023 than any other year in the past decade, outpacing population growth eightfold.

 

"Don't make a wrong move," the officer said as he pinned the struggling subject to the ground. "Period."

The officer tightened the handcuffs around the subject's thin wrists.

"Ow, ow, ow, it really hurts," the subject exclaimed.

The officer pressed his weight into the subject's small body while school staff watched it all unfold. The person he was restraining was 7 years old.

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