Wow. I honestly don’t understand how people think these AI models don’t exhibit creativity.

Using IP laws to legislate this could also lead to disastrous consequences, like the monopolization of effective AI. If only those with billions in capital can make use of these tools, while free or open source models become illegal to distribute, it could mean a permanent power grab. If the capitalists end up controlling the “means of generation” and we the common folk can’t use it.

I’ve seen this list https://join-lemmy.org/apps

But I only want browser apps, or local hosted / electron apps. I’d have easier options if I finally switched to linux of course. I wish there was a good review to compare all the options. I use the basic web app on slrpnk.net currently but I do miss a few things. For example:

• Way to selectively hide posts I’ve already seen (there is an option but it’s in settings and hard to toggle)
• A drop down menu for new inbox messages that can open in new tabs
• New messages should be smarter about when I’ve “read” them
• Collapse side bar without having to zoom to 170%
• Scale font and alter the theme
• Have images be the full width of the browser window without margins
• Merge multiple communities into one
• Endless scrolling

Oh wow it has eye tracking! I have high hopes for that feature.

But what I really want is to see and use my keyboard in VR and have an optimized desktop environment to pull up some text or document website quickly. I felt a bit trapped the last time I used VR and had to refer to documentations.

Friesen’s goal is to democratise access to water for people with few options

A panel costs about $2,000 (£1,500) and lasts at least 15 years

"These panels are constructed to create four to five litres of drink per panel per day,

So 22.000 liters over 15 years or 22m³ for $2000. That’s $11 per liter. Maybe half that if their AI improvements pan out. But way too expensive.

The dissonant / solar heating approach is pretty nice though. This could be interesting if you could build this DIY with simple materials.

If they decide to jail Cressida Gethin then they make the argument that this type of annoying / nuisance protest won’t change anything (either).

But then what comes next?

Surrender to the inevitability of catastrophes, famines, conflicts, genocides and wars, including the increasing possibility of nuclear war? A young person faces 50 years of constant global decline. The murder of hope. There is still a massive climate lie in that the consequences of climate chaos aren’t registering.

It’s a weird catch-22. Journalists might agree with the message but can’t “sell it” without it being some outrage. And then they have to play the both sides angle and give the reactionaries a platform too and make it about the disruption and unacceptable behavior.

Part of the problem is the media - they are forcing activists to use more and more “annoying” or controversial tactics to “bait” the media into reporting about protests. Otherwise it’s old boring news while there are plenty of other distractions going on. The media also report highlighting how annoying the actions of the climate activists are.

other people whose lives are disrupted [by protests] in a way that is unacceptable.

That’s how they frame the other side. In a way this mirrors what MLK was saying about the “moderate white man” being the worst enemy because he prefers law and order. Except of course the juries actually don’t since they have acquitted the protesters. But that is the thing the media is peddling as “the other side” instead of a majority of people being frustrated by this climate farce.

So maybe a good strategy for climate activism would be to increase the lobbying of journalists and editors so they report more and clearer about the scope of the problem.

EDIT: Maybe creating stock footage that illustrates consequences of climate change that journalists can use. I believe often times articles are “inspired” by some kind of visual idea.

“The incorporated demons we conjured to only care about gold,” says one of the high priests of the gold sect, “- they don’t care about anything but gold! Their promises were empty!”

“Further research is needed” said one of the soothsayers involved in creating the doomsday report, “but mostly we’re right on schedule”

“It begs the question if neoliberal markets can solve this problem for us!” said a random person that asked to stay anonymous out of fear of the legislative crackdown on eco-terrorism.

The article doesn’t make it clear if this is a problem of economics or a technical problem. Or a research and regulate problem.

If there are theoretical plastics that can be manufactured sustainably and recycled, if there are theoretically possible robot machines to sort (spectral lines) and if those plastics can cover the most common use cases, then plastics ARE recyclable. We just don’t care to do it properly because of capitalism.

I’d really love to know the science on this. Unfortunately scientific papers also often say things like “not possible” when it’s just a question of the current economic structure (ownership, patents, lack of R&D).

I hate reading articles like this. Sure we need to vote for the lesser of two evils. But we really need to get into more of an “emergency power dictatorship” mode. Maybe like making large parts of the economy planned economy under the rule of some radical technocrats. Massive wealth redistribution. But still maintain democracy for other areas.

And this would need to happen globally. Of course it won’t because the forces arrayed against it have far more money and have far better PR and institutional and ideological support.

But maybe we’ll somehow muddle through. Maybe we’ll somehow learn from all the death and destruction that we can’t afford to be this stupid on a global level.

What about current goods produced in e.g. china and consumed in the west? Are they also accounted to the consumers in current statistics? Or the producers?

Of course lol. Must protect the meat industry. Or the cruelty is the point.

Thanks! Very nice prompt

Wow nice. What was the prompt / software?

No this is you spend $65 and you get 7000 platinum plus the horse. So it’s basically a discount on platinum. Implying this is $65 for a horse is misleading.

Otherwise you’re right, the platinum is a manipulation to make people feel like they are not spending money.

Not sure what you mean?

Ok, but this is a stupid example. This is something you buy for the 7000 platinum and get the horse for free.

The horse looks like shit though and you shouldn’t buy that much platinum.

Well to go slow you only need very little power. But it goes up exponentially much more like with wheels. So you need to design a boat that is long, thin, light and with a large roof surface area. Basically a catamaran or a power trimaran. Then you want glass solar so it’s affordable and lasts 20+ years but that is top heavy. But theoretically with the right design solar panels are cheaper than a sail and less complex and easier to maintain than sail+motor+house battery.

But 4-5 knots (~mph) is quite easy. From my amateur calculations 6-7 knots is already hard. I mean those speeds that are sustainable for 24/7 cruising. If you have a large car battery you can go vrooom for a few hours and then slowly recharge over a few days. But my goal is really a slow but seaworthy condomaran.

Oh wow very nice, congrats!

I want to build a tadpole recumbent / cargo bike for shopping, then maybe a quadricycle and a velomobile with motor for pedelec. I wish they’d allow pedelec up to 50km/h instead of 25 without needed certification and insurance. That’d be a huge boost for the environment. But even the L1e with 45km/h seems purposefully gimped for city traffic to protect car manufacturers.

But a proper “recumbent motorcycle” that can go 100km/h with 3 or 4 wheels and is ultra lightweight would be awesome too.