ECB

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[–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

Depends heavily on the disability. For, for instance, blind people, the day cars were banned would be the best day of their lives!

[–] ECB@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The best was when you heard how the Professors got their job back in the 70s-80s.

They generally just finished a PhD and were given a position!

[–] ECB@feddit.de 6 points 5 months ago

The real answer is that there is currently an AI arms race (mostly) between Google and OpenAI.

The way that the modern internet economy works is that the winners generally take the majority of the market and everyone else takes the scraps.

I work in machine learning and have spoken with some of the Google engineers about it recently. They said that when ChatGPT blew up last year, it sent shockwaves through the whole company. They had thought that they were ahead on AI, but suddenly realised that they were WAY behind.

Now they are putting a ton of effort into trying to push new models and uses because they are worried about becoming the "Bing of AI" rather than the "Google of AI"

[–] ECB@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago

Recently got back into Dota 2. It's still incredibly good!

[–] ECB@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago

Italy wins the euros and then falls to qualify for the WC again?

[–] ECB@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

Depends on the country though as well. Its probably pretty easy to figure out for big ones like the USA, but in smaller countries its often a mess...

[–] ECB@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For any sort of online banking you generally need a password.

A lot of banks these days are online only.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ranch dressing is a big one, since you can't get hidden valley anywhere!

I always request that one from from family in the US (along with good bbq sauce and hot sauce)

[–] ECB@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

There is literally nothing I would have wanted more as a 12 year old than to be able to walk to meet my friends or play football in the park without having to be driven around...

[–] ECB@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

Oh man this is so me!

I grew up in the rural USA in a pretty area with lots of space. I enjoyed a lot about it, but I didn't realise how suffocating it was until I spent a couple weeks living in a walkable city in Europe.

It was magical! The freedom I felt by being able to walk/cycle/take a bus somewhere without having to be driven! The feeling of being able to just go meet people!

Fast forward a decade or so and I moved to Europe (as an adult). Still magical! Imagine being able to walk to the bar! No looking for parking! No car payments!

I'm never going back...

That being said, I understand why many people are resistant to density. Cities that do density poorly (I.e. 99% of US cities, and many European ones) are miserable to be in. There is a reason that people visit Venice and not Houston...

[–] ECB@feddit.de 10 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Honestly, I know you mean we'll but I find statements like this extremely dangerous and damaging.

There isn't some 'international council of men' that could collectively sort anything out. Ideas like blaming the whole gender is part of the reason why we have a rise in far-right sentiment among young men, as it's easy to feel like the world is against you for things that you personally have no say in. Young men (just like anyone else) need support, and not to be blamed for bad-behavior of others!

Instead it's up to those of us (the vast majority) who don't represent toxic masculinity to set a compassionate example

[–] ECB@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I agree, they don't currently. The problem is that most also don't want right wing change, they just haven't realised that one or the other is inevitable.

They'll probably realise too late, but many would prefer left wing change to right wing change. The problem is, that there just isn't any substantial left wing options being offered, so they'll go with the right wing option by default.

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