Sludgehammer

joined 2 years ago
[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I saw a quote from some article that went something like "Trump doesn't know and doesn't care what soft power is, if it doesn't bruise he doesn't care about it" and thought it was the most succinct summary of his policies I'd ever seen.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of a chemical, a chemical compound, a substance or an apparatus into the atmosphere in Florida to affect the temperature, weather, climate or intensity of sunlight.

Huh, this makes the internal combustion engine illegal.

Water is a chemical. Complete combustion of a hydrocarbon produces water, water when dispersed into the atmosphere creates clouds. Clouds affect the temperature, weather, climate and intensity of sunlight. QED any burning of hydrocarbons is illegal.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

I'd be surprised if it was only ketamine.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, peak Trumpism. "If we ignore it, it goes away!"

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 104 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Shortly after Trump’s announcement, the British government said the United States remains the U.K.’s “closest ally.”

I'm sorry TERF island, that's not gonna keep Trump from stabbing you in the back too.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 78 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

and the price of bitcoin dropped 4.4%.

I cannot express how much I hate that this appears in a serious economic article.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Or to put it another way, LLM's are advanced chatbots. Their purpose is to generate credible sounding text, not accurate text.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean the message is good, but the medium is, well slop.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (7 children)