Mastodawn

Anyone got experience fixing a core 2 duo 20 inch iMac with vertical lines on right hand side of the screen? There's one going cheap, and if it is fixable I'd buy it.

#apple #repair #fix

Felichs Jun 6

When life is getting you down, and northing anyone says makes sense, just remember Taco was voted in after the first time.

There, now surely you feel better...

Felichs Jun 5

Felichs May 7

Shout-out to Google who for maybe 2 years now keeps begging me add a birthday to help them comply with the law. Hey mofo, I've had that account since long enough it's of age anywhere I can think of, in it's own right.

I see through the bs. That's why it's just about getting no email anymore. You can keep the spam. I don't mind.

#degoogle

Felichs Jun 5

Felichs Jun 3

Don't believe the hype. 1/4

Public Enemy said it in the 80's. I'm saying it now.

Crypto has hype. Government issued currency doesn't.

NFTs had hype. Going on a bender and blowing your money didn't.

AI has hype. Doing things for realsies doesn't.

So we see headlines that a company (or two!) that has thrown enormous money into AI is laying off staff, to be replaced by AI. Amazing. But it is just part of the hype.

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Felichs Jun 3

4/4
Sure, maybe it can pass some exams. But can it synthesise new knowledge, express a new idea, defend it's conjectures?

Remember, in a regulated financial system, there is still nothing "wrong" or illegal about hyping up your abilities. But let the numbers speak for themselves.

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Felichs Jun 3

3/4

If I could predict the winning lottery numbers, why would I sell that system? Why DO people sell those systems?

Because they are scams.

They cannot do what they say they can do. They will never be able to do what they say they can.

There is no reason to believe AI is anything more than a lottery prediction system, based on past knowledge, past writing, past experience. It is fundamentally a backward looking system and cannot create new ideas.