...cogito, ergo sum...
This makes no sense, sorry. Why would it be silver out of anything like stainless steel?
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"Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything" nowadays, a.k.a. vibe-living, and if you don’t, you’re a misfit outsider who should be stoned to death in the town square to prevent contagion, and then A.I. should resurrect you virtually from your data so you can be stoned to death in the virtual town square, for infinity…
Criticizing A.I. as a criminal plagiarizing machine that steals the work of artists without permission or compensation used to strike me as a bit hyperbolic…
The point is, I’m not saying all this to defend humanity. Humanity sucks. It’s totally terrible. I’m saying this because I believe in an old-fashioned virtue called Doing the Freakin’ Work.
Read the book, not the summary.Write the piece, not the prompt.
Suffer like the artist you are. It ain’t easy, but if it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth doing.
Source: https://lemmy.world/post/46352865 (Chris (Simpsons artist) has illustrated a New York Times essay on artists using AI…)
Fudge AI in art, and creativity, or even technical responsible fields like programming.And isn't programming for human to control machinery, too?I do still recall the book that featured Lisp, from MIT University we read:
Our goal is that students who complete this subject should have a good feel for the elements of style and the aesthetics of programming.
They should have command of the major techniques for controlling complexity in a large system.They should be capable of reading a 50- page-long program, if it is written in an exemplary style.They should know what not to read, and what they need not understand at any moment.They should feel secure about modifying a program, retaining the spirit and style of the original author.
These skills are by no means unique to computer programming. The techniques we teach and draw upon are common to all of engineering design. We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate.We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a "mix and match" way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others.
~ Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) [ISBN: 0262510871]
It does not allow you to actually organize your own mind, to discover yourself, memorize, and learn.Generative is empty. It's noise. Do you like listen to and learn from noise? I don't, and will never.
Obviously, there's no creativity in AI, and especially in art.
AI makes no art, and there's nothing to search for in it, also considering the amount of different people works and effort meatground into digital limited/sampled quantized data. It's noise.
There's no place for a machine in it, otherwise it becomes limited, lacking, and lifeless.Art exists for people, us the humans to communicate with each other through time and narrow channels as general languages.
> "There are always two people in every picture..." ~ Ansel Adams
Source (AI struggles with true creativity compared to humans, study finds...)
Again, fudge AI over effort. Effort helps to stay accountable, responsible, and to realize the significance and infinite marvel of art...Art is of human for human.
Thank you very much! The authors, of both the article, and the illustration are... miracles...Of course, art is of human for human... there should be no artificial/machinery/emptiness involved...
Apparently, there was a different article title:- 2026-04-15-09-06-16 - "Just Because I Wrote This Doesn’t Mean I’ll Be On Your Panel About A.I."- 2026-04-16-06-23-16 - "Don’t Use A.I. to Do This"
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I am very sorry to know that...
It looks like the SMD capacitor got removed, indeed, and though it's possible to utterly carefully solder it, the traces must also be re-verified.The traces may require a careful soldering, too and/or at least an oscilloscope to compare the signals and not just a basic multi-meter, since their current widths, in the place of the scratch, may affect the signal for both the ends, I believe.
Sincere apologies, but I would not trust the device from now on, and would replace it. Yes, it's another investment, but it should support you in long term with much less worries and guaranteed stability!
Thank you! As mentioned, it looks like a hateful AI-generated noise aimed to stand against whatever the prompt author wants, without anything actually valuable to the Community of truth and attempts to stay with accountable attitude towards every human involved.
I am sorry if it's not, of course, but the more I re-read it, the more it seems generated based on whatever single-sided "facts" possible.Not to mention the dear "em-dashes" ("—").
I would not ban the person, since everyone is allowed to state their viewpoints (we have votes for it).Yet, I just hope it's their own viewpoint indeed, and they do consider it fairly.
How dare anyone speak about something specific instead of always making sure to speak about every possible similarity at the same time?
Super ironic to read this below this article.
Indeed! How dare anyone care about speaking aloud and sharing opinions about whole countries and people without being sure!
It seems like the author of this post sees only black and white, and do not consider country-proxies even.Not only that, but:
- United States is not mentioned, at all, and their propaganda/anti-propaganda;
- European propaganda is ignored;
- Ukraine propaganda is ignored;
- Russian anti-propaganda is ignored;
Does the author stand for the truth... or against a single country, only?I regret investing my life time to this AI-sloppy nonsense, too...
May I ask, why do you live there? Family? Highly paid job? Have you considered moving to a more warmer part of the Earth?
Apologies, on Earth? If so, impossible. As we know, the whole planet rotates 360deg in ~24 hours. Othrewise, please clarify the planet.
This is a joke. Apologies, but the so "creative", ridiculous, and disrespectful title cannot be serious, and thus I won't even bother to read it, since it's an obvious click-bait for a yet another model ad of another vendor.
Indeed, ineffably marvelous artists at Steam and Valve!Just in case, it's worth to mention that Steam DRM is opt-in by default. The developer is solely responsible for implementing and activating it.
The Steam DRM wrapper by itself is not an anti-piracy solution. The Steam DRM wrapper protects against extremely casual piracy (i.e. copying all game files to another computer) and has some obfuscation, but it is easily removed by a motivated attacker...
The Steam wrapper can and should be used in combination with other DRM solutions. To do so, apply the Steam wrapper in compatibility mode first before applying any other DRM. Apply it first so that it does not interfere with the DRM solution. Compatibility mode will disable DRM capabilities of the wrapper.
Source: Public Steamworks Documentation [web-archive]
Thank you! I've updated the post, and added more context. I am sorry, but it does not look like a bug.
Update x2: not a bug - PlayStation just quietly confirmed it’s intentional.Any digital game you buy after the march 2026 update now requires you to go online at least once every 30 days or it won’t even launch.
Source: https://xcancel.com/SmashJT/status/2048887546323808258#m
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@RareBird15@allovertheplace.ca , I am sorry, but just in case, the Communities/Member should have the following syntax, if required:-
!community@instance.test-@member@instance.testMeanwhile, I hope you'll find what your you're looking for, of course!
Ineffably magnificent work of pure art... love...
There's a desire, and deep hope... There's the very eloquence of confidence and... peace...Ineffably magnificent work...Thank you... heartfelt...
I am not sure nowadays about the limit from Steam/Valve side.
Cached license ownership Steam App tickets data is indeed stored locally, including a property
appticketsin encrypted state in file.../Steam/userdata/${steamUserId}/config/localconfig.vdf.The data is to be eventually mapped to the interface
EAuthSessionResponsewhich may be used to implement the value fork_EAuthSessionResponseNoLicenseOrExpired.k_EAuthSessionResponseNoLicenseOrExpired- 2 - The user doesn't have a license for this App ID or the ticket has expired.Source [web-archive]
This data is normally used by the Steam client only, and is available for explicit requests via Steam API, including third-party launchers.
# App Ownership Ticket
This part of the ticket is signed by Steam and is valid for a longer period of time, usually a couple weeks. It proves to your peer that you own the game you're trying to authenticate for. It can be reused many times with different GC tokens.
It contains things like your SteamID, the ID of the app it was assigned for, your external and internal IP addresses, the times when the ticket was generated and when it expires, the licenses you own which grant you this game, any DLC you own, and a signature.
Since this part of the ticket is signed, has an expiration date, and can be reused, there's no need to send it to Steam for validation, so it's validated locally.
Source: https://github.com/DoctorMcKay/node-steam-user/wiki/Steam-App-Auth
If I do recall it correctly, previously, the Steam client debug console command
licenses_printreturned local "expiration times" for next checks with the remote API (as "handshakes") within the 14 days limit.The encrypted tickets data is considered signed, and I do recall reading about its signed "expires at" was set to 14 or maximum 30 days only. The 14 days matches out with the discounting limit:
Launch discounts start once your title is released on Steam and can be staged to run for between 7 and 14 days, ending at 10am Pacific on the applicable day...Source [web-archive]
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Steam is an online service offered by Valve.Source [web-archive]
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This is not actually true - Offline Mode is designed to be indefinite... Looks like Kotaku decided to link to this post from six months ago, and every game blog has copy-pasted it. The "two week" timeout issue has been fixed for months now, along with several other bugs. We're still working on improvements, and you might catch them if you read the patch notes carefully, but we don't bother to post on the forums every time we fix something (maybe out of fear that it will get posted as front-page news six months later?).Source [web-archive]
Yet, still, I wish I had more time... to investigate it myself. It feels like the signature time depends on the title. considering the following article:
I constantly see people unknowingly spreading misinformation about how Steam Offline Mode operates and most of it dates back to 2004...This post exists to explain how there is no time limit on Steam offline mode and Steam isn't going to prevent you from preserving your games forever, assuming you take steps to back up your installation (which you should do anyway for any digitally downloaded games.)...
Backup your Steam install folder, make one registry key, and you can play your games offline forever on any computer.
Source: https://redd.it/xt3xec (Steam Offline Mode has no time limit: an explanation...) [2022-10-01]
Related: Steam Guide: Steam Offline Mode has no time limit: an explanation [web-archive]
The previous post title was "what is this?", literally. Now it's different.The following answer was for the initial question formulation, where I focused on the center of the photo:
As we may see in the image, it may be for the magnificent palms trees, which is related to tree shelter, tree grate etc. for urban forestry.
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Well, I do not and never understood it, too, of me being ~40 years old...
I cannot imagine my children to wish being animals... it would damage me... permanently... I believe...It feels like a disrespect towards and devaluation of myself a human, my race, my family and parents who gifted me a life of a human...
Absolutely... I do love to be a human... and I do love other individuals who adventure the infinitely magnificent world and share experiences to learn from each other...
And indeed... A human mind is so ineffably incredible that such is possible and this is how I do realize it. A person who considers themselves an animal may have desires more powerful and prioritized if compared to someone else who was raised differently and had a different life experience that did not develop such animal feelings in their mind that consume them to such a degree to stay focused on it, controllably or not.
And never I would ever consider myself anyone else but a human, and I am proud of being one! But I do also realize how incredible a mind can be, and a worldview of someone else is sure another world to discover...
There's no chance I would ever tolerate it enough to stay always in contact with a person who believes they are an animal, where I would also be afraid it may damage my own beliefs and my plans to raise my children; and I do fear that I will make an accidental but critical mistake in such a relationship due to my lack of proper understanding of certain traits of worldviews of such people, considering my years and subconsciously rules and already developed instincts.
Meanwhile, I do also realize that there's just 100 years maximum, and I haven't met anyone yet who actually know the reason we appeared here. There's a little knowledge of a human psychology and how certain life events affect people in long term to the point they find themselves better as animals. Perhaps they feel themselves safer or closer to the nature. It might be something deep that subconsciously suggests them animal desires to be into.
Not to mentioned that I do believe every single person is a whole another Universe, indeed... to always respect and celebrate their existence in the miracle known as life...
I just hope my children, and my friends' children will love to stay human, and will love other people... considering the media of constant suggestions to try alternatives...
To actually see it, one should see the world from the prism of life of another...
Hence, there's nothing "stupid" in it I believe... Weird? Odd? Awful? Awesome? Probably. But, in the end, it's just us, people, being miracles and live the way we see it, striving, believing, and trying our best...
We inherit the earth, we inherit the warI inhabit the wound, I dwell in the harmOh, how far we fall: we're casualties of timeOh, how far we fall: forgive existence
~ Inherit the Earth - Silent Planet
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So here I float in salt waterHow many times will I tell myself I’m worthy?As I soak the salt waterI feel it sting the places I need it most
~ Salt Water - Portair
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I’m holding out for something realSomething I can touch and feelOn the bright side of the moonLooking for the bright side of the moon...
~ The Moon - Cinders
I am sorry, but what is the actual reason of this blog post? There's nothing actually valuable to learn from, and even Gist files with unsafe code shared.
It looks more like an ad for Rode and Claude Code, not to mention the bragging aloud about "understanding" staff you have no idea about still without your LLM mentioned. You just did steps Claude told you to do, I believe, and there's nothing mentioned actually valuable, including the underlying HID data.
Do people really clog up their blogs nowadays with how "they did" LLM-supervised steps and "learned" something clicking buttons?
The ending as "thanks computer, until next time" felt like a spit to the face, too, where I, as a human, do regret reading it now in the first place.
I see... Another "quick win" makes a little sense then too, sorry.
This won't last enough, I believe, and may result in permanent distrust even. The person who believed you will eventually realize you lied to them, and why should they trust you in the future?
Meaning, why start from a lie in the first place? A foundation built on a lie eventually collapses, and the people who trusted that lie are often the ones who get hurt the most.
Since you clearly have a message people value, that is, current terrible privacy issues, why not give them a better start, an actual path with a reason to trust you, the purpose and idea, for the long run by carrying the truth instead?