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Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

anonumos posted:

Oh my sweet summer child...

Much like Elon's aversion to LIDAR, Amazon wanted very much not to use something so tried and true as RFID. Possibly because both are licensed technologies? Who knows?

I assume RFID tags cost more than Indian... datafarms?

# ¿ Apr 3, 2024 14:34

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# ¿ Dec 12, 2025 19:35

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Slotducks posted:

Every tom dick and harry don't know there's humans touching this poo poo. The AI magic fairy dust is real to the overwhelming population.

The whole 'WOKE AI won't say Racist things to save the world!11!!' was hilarious to me because even ChatGPT will has no issue generating that, it's the human moderation that stops you from seeing it. Maaaaybe a word filter but I feel that all it does it highlight it to the human mods.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/02/ai-chatbot-training-human-toll-content-moderator-meta-openai

# ¿ Apr 4, 2024 03:08

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

How many jobs did the Self-Serve McDonald's kiosks replace in the end?

# ¿ Apr 4, 2024 03:30

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

MikeJF posted:

I'm sure it does but that article isn't about moderation of the outputs, it's about moderation of the input data sets.

That's what I meant x.x
DeMod with GPT will spout whatever racist poo poo and made up racist stats you want it to.

But it depends on the service too. That Character beta AI thing moderates outputs because it will cut off and blank a response out as it's trickling it out to you.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2024 05:15

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Wendigee posted:

They've been selling those for at least 7 years, they still sell the original box.

The fresh stacks box has smaller sleeves so they don't go stale if you don't eat them that quick. You pay for this option but it hasn't replaced the original boxing at least not here

They shrinkflated them in Aus. We don't have 'fresh stacks', it was just straight up a smaller box, I believe it was almost one third smaller.
It pissed me off to the point that I don't buy them now unless they're on sale.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2024 00:29

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

They don't want to serve you precious precious ads if you're not going to watch them.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2024 01:00

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Pennywise the Frown posted:

No they aren't.

Actually I swear I've noticed the younger gens while pretty ace with phone tech and such, aren't as savvy with IoT or just a plain computer in general.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2024 01:05

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

TotalLossBrain posted:

Sorry goons. Trump keeps claiming you need an ID to buy groceries. I mistakenly thought more people would be familiar with it.

Trumpy don't go to the supermarket today!

# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 11:43

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Aramis posted:

A common mistake a lot of people do is press the card against the reader in a way that slightly bends it.

The card's antenna is around the periphery of the card, and that bending will damage it over time, which messes with the signal unpredictably.

Yeah, try holding your card up to a strong light. It might be see-through enough to see... 3? loops of wire around the edges.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 15:06

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

I've used it for basic bitch HTML so that's nice.

# ¿ May 16, 2024 12:36

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Nettle Soup posted:

I've taken to setting the oven beeper, because my washing machine doesn't have a "done" sound at all.

Yeah, mine just CLUNKs. gently caress you if you weren't listening out for it.

pencilhands posted:

walk to the machine and see if its done? but that would burn precious calories from my mountain dew and doritos!

walk to the machine and see if its done? lol I forgot it was loving on in the first place, if only it could make some kind of distinct unique chime or noise that it was finished like they used to be able to do in the 90s and 00s but I get that technology is lost now and we can only do that via installing superfluous apps who's main purpose is to siphon data from your phone to sell to advertisers.

# ¿ May 20, 2024 15:04

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

JackGeneric posted:

The two-factor authentication app I used for work popped up a message asking if I "enjoyed" using it, and it wouldn't let me dismiss the question by tapping outside the pop-up. I resent the terminally metrics-poisoned dipshit who mandated that. I hate the larger trend of every service constantly soliciting feedback that's not in terms of, "What works/doesn't work?" but in terms of "Is ${PRODUCT_NAME} your best friend?"

My old work had one of those or stands by the door and asked the most loving pointless questions, or used them as a scapegoat to blame the store instead of problems caused by their decisions.

Were you happy with the speed of your service? or
No way to actually tell them that they're hosed in the head for only rostering one Subway worker on during dinner rush while on top of having to do Uber-Eats orders.
Or that it's hosed that they only have one person on during Afterschool/Afterwork rush period that also has to make coffee and serve lotto (of course they're on opposite ends of the counter).
Just or

Why yes, they used these percentages to determine if you got a team bonus or not.
Yes kids could just smash random buttons for 2+ minutes and it counts.

Croccers fucked around with this message at 06:53 on May 23, 2024

# ¿ May 23, 2024 06:51

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

DemihumanResources posted:

bing is down (and with it duckduckgo). It's got to be AI related because www4.bing.com works which I think is the version that doesn't have that integration and I guess copilot poo poo is down too.

I hope it's down forever. gently caress you Microsoft

Oh I was wondering what was going on with that. I thought it was some kind of Google bullshit again.

# ¿ May 23, 2024 12:48

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Canine Blues Arooo posted:

Boomers somehow think PDF = Secure. All the paperwork for buying my house was just me editing realtor PDFs this way, and no one was really the wiser.

I really need to try exploiting that at some point.

How did PDFs get to that stage anyway? Yeah sure Adobe but what's the full story? It's always been a pain in the arse so why did people stick with it?

# ¿ May 24, 2024 05:36

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Minotaurus Rex posted:

I quit Spotify last year or something and didn't miss it. Might get one of those modded iPods as a substitute when I can afford it

https://player-mods.com/en-gb

What do you do/use instead?

# ¿ Jun 4, 2024 06:39

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

teen witch posted:

I want my friends to be able to add songs to a shared playlist on a platform or whatever, and my phone to be able to play said playlist via a Bluetooth speaker. We did it once via a friend�s YouTube shared playlist but she had Platinum, from what I can tell.

I am not paying for YouTube platinum because I have Spotify platinum, and I don�t expect my friends to get a Spotify account purely for this single thing, should they not have one.

Having my friends connect and disconnect to a shared speaker seems kind of ridiculous. I don�t want to have to fiddle with a speaker while I may or may not be slightly drunk and filled with charcuterie.

I know the easiest answer is �get YouTube platinum and just cancel before the end of the trial� but I�m angry that there isn�t a less lovely solution.

Do you need to have Spotify Premium to make use of the Public playlist feature?

# ¿ Jun 24, 2024 06:16

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

teen witch posted:

Iirc no but I believe it�s so bot riddled it�s tricky to work with. You might need to have Spotify regardless though, and Spotify free is basically a �hey poor get premium� vehicle�

My friends have varying levels of tech expertise (and the ones reading this now I�m confident can fiddle with a Plex account), but others not so much.

Again, none of this is y�all�s fault, we had solutions that at one time were usable for everyone but alas, line go up for Daniel Ek.

This is the thing I was thinking about :
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2020-09-29/how-to-make-a-collaborative-playlist/
The thing is, I never use ANY of these extra features Spotify has so I'm clueless about them. This feature might not exist in this form anymore :v:

# ¿ Jun 24, 2024 09:15

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Sentient Data posted:

Big Conjunctivitis working hand-in-hand with the doctor subscription lobby

The doctors you can't see because you have to pay a subscription fee even just for the chance to book with them.

# ¿ Jun 27, 2024 05:13

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Pennywise the Frown posted:

I believe the "skip breakfast" was in one of those completely tone deaf rich-people-news articles on how to save money a while back.

Grocery prices hitting the wallet a little hard this quarter? Have you tried not eating?!

Kellogg's CEO told poor people to eat cereal for dinner.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2024 06:20

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Pennywise the Frown posted:

Just give us our loving daily nutritional ration squares already.

Fulfilling Nutrition requirements costs $$$

# ¿ Jun 28, 2024 06:36

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

I don't get any of these problems with Spotify :shrug:

Maybe because I don't interact with most of those features.
I don't interact with public playlists 99% of the time, or podcasts, I have higher-quality music turned on and it's fine? It's meant to have pop-up ads? Or holding me at gunpoint to listen to X thing.
I use the Weekly list and the Suggestions at the bottom of my own playlists, or from deep-diving through artist profiles to discover things on the platform itself.

The most I have to complain about it is the Smart Shuffle is poo poo and lags my phone, the actual Shuffle is pretty trash at being random.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2024 15:11

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

His Divine Shadow posted:

I simply don't use spotify or any streaming service. If I want to listen to music I turn on the radio and dial in something.

iHEARTradio!!111!!!!!

(Thx for killing radio)

# ¿ Jul 8, 2024 15:16

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

steinrokkan posted:

A cup SHOULD be just something that's convenient to scoop up ingredients, standardized cups are a perversion that goes against the whole rationale

lol it SHOULD but like, using All Purpose flour for the example.
1 US cup holds 236.5mL/8.0 fl oz. That's 125.1 grams/4.4oz of Flour.
1 UK cup holds 284.1mL/9.6 fl oz. That's 150.2 grams/5.3 oz of Flour.

gently caress that noise, just gimmie it in weight.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2024 15:42

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

anatomi posted:

There are jailbroken versions of Spotify if you're on Android. Mostly everything works except downloads and the highest tier of streaming quality.

But then it's like listening through a poop pipe and my ears get cancer!111!
(I've never actually used it on a setting lower than Very High so :shrug:

)

# ¿ Jul 8, 2024 18:32

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Kagrenak posted:

Yeah ever since I stopped actually training and racing bikes I just use my Garmin bicycle computer for maps that don't gently caress my phone's battery life, the crash notification feature (works directly through phone bluetooth, no account bs) and occasionally pacing longer climbs with my now vestigial power meter. Why upload rides if they're not contributing to anything? I'm not winning any leaderboards anymore and I barely ever cared about that poo poo.

Yeah this is always where I've been at with smart watches, the utility just seems so marginal that it's nonexistent. What good does one actually do me? I've never seen a must-have feature on them, or any other wearable tech imo. Maybe someday AR glasses will get there (magnifying lettering for me bc I'm blind, live translate come to mind immediately) if someone makes some without too many shittiness attached but that's about all I can think of.

My partner swears by the notification feature on his smartwatch saying 'It means I'm not taking my phone out all the time!'. Yeah instead you're studying your watch every three minutes.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2024 00:01

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

I've been making some karaoke tracks for friends and the amount of AI slop artcles when looking up song lyrics holy fuuuuck.

quote:

Diarrhea Planet�s song �Ghost with a boner� challenges the listener to question societal norms and embrace their individuality. It serves as an anthem for those who dare to defy conventions and express themselves authentically, even if it means going against the expectations of others.

edit: The song in question

# ¿ Jul 11, 2024 02:55

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Of course there's an entire website dedicated to bragging about AI slop.
https://www.songtell.com/

quote:

The song "Ghost with a Boner" by Diarrhea Planet is an ode to partying hard in the face of seemingly impossible odds. The title itself implies an insurmountable challenge, and the lyrics back this up with image of a ghost having to find solace in booze in order to keep going. The chorus emphasizes the idea of having to keep drinking (�Drinking my beer and bitching�) despite the undead presence. This may be a metaphor for having to push through difficult moments in life and the idea of persevering through adversity with humor and hope rather than letting it overcome you.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2024 03:07

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

deep dish peat moss posted:

It's like asking someone with zero media literacy what a song mean. It's about a hotel in california.

ChatGPT write like it's a High school essay and I REALLY need to hit that word limit so make sure you hit it.
https://oldtimemusic.com/w2/song-meanings/ is the other batshit site and goes off tangent more often.

https://oldtimemusic.com/w2/the-meaning-behind-the-song-big-money-salvia-by-hot-dad/

# ¿ Jul 11, 2024 12:37

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Improbable Lobster posted:

I loving hate how much of society is exclusively catered to people with one specific sleep pattern

I loving hate the attitudes.

I just have a naturally weird cycle. I will naturally drift towards sleeping between 5am to 11am if left without any structure. I always feel my most naturally alert from 4pm onwards.
I can mold and warp the sleep pattern, but if left alone this is what my body wants to do.

Nah, I'm 'lazy' because I'm not up on the dot at 6am and in bed by 9pm.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2024 17:17

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

je1 healthcare posted:

Maybe it's the so-called labor shortage? Nearly every fast food place I see has huge "WE'RE HIRING" signs which I assume are for day shifts because they're not open past 10 PM anymore, and few people want to clean fryers AND stay up late if they don't have to.

I'm still able to get slop delivered through doordash from 'ghost kitchens', which I imagine eats into the late-night drivethru business

At least when I was at Gas Station w/ Subway, Subway's WE'RE HIRING sign was permanent.
All it did was put your name into a pile at head office that you could get pulled out from at a random timeframe to work for random store area (sorted into Northern/Southern/West/East locations).

# ¿ Jul 14, 2024 08:30

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Dip Viscous posted:

People being completely unable to understand that there's more than one circadian rhythm is the only thing I dislike about night shift. Even when I was a kid it was typical for me to go to bed when I got home from school and wake up around 10 PM so I'm pretty dang sure I'm not a day person.

Nah ur just lazy and unmotiveate and antisocial :v:

# ¿ Jul 14, 2024 10:48

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Taeke posted:

Yeah, so you wash your hands when you start cooking so they're clean, you wash your veggies and stuff, you wash your hands after cooking and you use clean plates and cutlery. That way, whatever you touched during the day doesn't matter.

Also, there's bacteria and poo poo literally everywhere which, unless you have a problem with your immune system, shouldn't be much of a problem if you take care not to ingest large amounts by, for example, taking the above precautions.

Even if you got a wish granted and everybody was a clean as you want them to be there would still be bacteria and poo poo everywhere, just in small enough amounts for your body to be able to fight off.

Your home isn't a safe space at all, lmao. You think your farts don't spread fecal particles? Let alone how many are spread every time you flush the toilet after taking a poo poo, even with the lid down.

This is why washing your hands is considered basic hygiene and taught to kids.

Well you're inhaling fecal matter right now, how much invasive it is to everywhere, if only you washed your hands! :smug:

# ¿ Jul 21, 2024 14:30

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Literally A Person posted:

I used to make fun of people who were saying they were getting counterfeit goods from Amazon, lol lmao tin foil hat rear end motherfuckers. Then I got some Reds bearings and for some reason the shields were grey rubber instead of red. lol lmao their like abec 2 shitters stuffed into a Reds box.

lol imagine if you ordered Swiss Ceramics and got that junk. :v:

# ¿ Jul 23, 2024 15:40

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

funkmasterfuma posted:

Even this has been enshittified. I try to do this and most of what pops up is either expired codes or deals and discounts that already apply to every order.

And this trick pretty much never works in Australia.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2024 13:27

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Gawd I was so disappointed when I tried both Twizzlers and Red Vines. Scented soft plastic, both of them. :colbert:

# ¿ Jul 27, 2024 08:17

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

It'll be interesting to see what happens to the landscape when Discord eventually eats poo poo and dies and every game has their chest of info stores in Discord's garden. With Fandom pretty much killing Wikis bar a handful of hold-outs or just weird niche games.

I always loving traumatized when I have to look at a Fandom Wiki and I'm not on one of my own devices with custom ad-blocker settings. :stonk: