xxce2AAb

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 12 points 8 hours ago

Hell no. The essential difference between games and movies/television or books as a source of entertainment is that they're participatory. The player's choices during interaction affects the exact outcome.

That's not to say there's anything wrong with being entertained by others making those choices, but they won't be yours.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 6 points 8 hours ago

That's great news! Strengthening ties to other nations more interested in creation than destruction and stimulating R&D across borders are both very worthy aims.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 points 8 hours ago

Well, yes. But it's hard to imagine being more efficient with space or energy consumption than that. Single Cell (Organic) Protein production from yeast (or fungus) isn't a sci-fi concept taken from Cyberpunk. Cyberpunk took it from the real world. The general process has been known since 1781, although research into its use as animal feed was only kicked off by Max Delbrück much later. It was used by Germany during WWI to counteract food shortages, and later by many others, notably the Soviet Union for the same purpose.

Maybe shouldn't have listened to BP's "great" idea of using paraffin refined from oil as the feedstock though. Turns out - surprise! - that the residual alkanes are more than a little unhealthy.

For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-cell_protein#History

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 41 points 8 hours ago (18 children)

So it takes ChatGPT 10 minutes to an hour of servertime and the energy equivalent of a tank of gas or two to complete a simple task the user could have done in thirty seconds using their 40W brainmeats and a couple of pudgy fingers. That's just great. Good stuff, Altman. /s

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 12 points 1 day ago (7 children)

0.9438Hz, i.e. 1*(2^(-100/1200)) IIRC.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 20 points 2 days ago

Sounds to me like your body is giving your sound advice. Now throw in some sort of chilled drink based on coconut, pineapple and dark spiced rum. Your liver demands it.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 3 points 2 days ago

Ah, common issue. When that happens, you just start using your toes.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 2 points 2 days ago

This being the Internet, that's definitely also a valid option.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Frankly, this is the first time I've ever heard of yeast oil, although I'm certainly glad that a more ecologically sound (and likely healthier) alternative to palm oil exists.

Not that I was eating anything with palm oil in it as it is, but I'll be happy to try this ever I ever see it around.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It was nice knowing you guys.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 11 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Pah, mathematicians and their generally applicable pure approach to solutions and fancy modulus operations, who needs 'em? Computing is applied and we always work with well-defined finite precision. Granted, writing the boilerplate for all possible 64 bit integers is a bit laborious, but we're programmers! That's what code generation is for.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 0 points 3 days ago

That's a good point, even though I'm not a fan of how you chose to deliver it.

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