Boozilla

Boozilla , 18 days ago to A Boring Dystopia in Nearly 80% of Americans now view fast food as a luxury

Prices keep going up, quality keeps going down. Smart to avoid it.

Boozilla , 18 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Writers of Lemmy, how do you do outining?

Software that's more advanced than a text editor/word processor has been a big help for me. I've tried different apps. Been using Obsidian for over a year now, and I love it. You should find something that works for you, though. It's a very personal thing. The right one will click with your brain, help you keep things organized, and should feel very easy and intuitive. It should feel fun to use and not a chore. There's a lot of choices out there like Notion, EverNote, OneNote, Nimbus Notes, MyInfo, and many others.

Boozilla , 19 days ago to Technology in After successful animal trials, human trials to begin for tooth regrowth drug

I hope they figure out how to 3d print gum tissue. Harvesting donor tissue from the roof of your mouth certainly works, but is probably the worst part of the recovery.

Seems like it should be doable. But I doubt it's high on the list compared to kidneys, livers, etc.

Boozilla , 19 days ago to A Boring Dystopia in To be honest I probably won't

I just assumed it would be around with humans from now on, like rats and influenza and Tom Cruise.

Boozilla , 20 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Do you avoid discussing some topics online even if you have something you'd like to say about them?

LOL!

Boozilla , 20 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Why do they say that the tyrannosaurus rex is a long ancient ancestor of modern day chickens?

Rodents don't live as long as hominids.

Boozilla , 20 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Do you avoid discussing some topics online even if you have something you'd like to say about them?

I have done this from time to time. Need to go back to it. There's too many Dwight Schrutes online. Thanks for the wisdom. OP.

Boozilla , 21 days ago (edited 19 days ago) to Ask Lemmy in Why do they say that the tyrannosaurus rex is a long ancient ancestor of modern day chickens?

The common ancestor thing is hard to wrap my brain around. Dawkins gives a cool thought experiment where he says imagine a card catalog with photos of you and your ancestors in chronological order. If you look back 10 generations, you'll find a human. If you go back 100 generations, you'll find a human. If you go back 5,000 generations, you'll still see a human! However, they probably won't look exactly like a moden human. If you go back 15,000 generations, you'll find something human-like, but not really a modern homo sapiens. All of those cards along the way have miniscule,imperceptible differences. If you go back far enough, you'll find something like a rodent. But the number of cards you need to flip through to find that rodent is extremely large. Something like 200 million generations. Keep in mind the more ancient animals had shorter life spans.

So t-rex and chickens may have come from the same branch, but there are millions of "cards" between them.

Boozilla , 22 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Would you rather be stuck in the woods with an updated Windows 11 or a Windows 7?

Me: Tries to draw ScarJo.

AI MS Paint: Here's that sexy picture of Clippy you wanted!

Boozilla , 22 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Would you rather be stuck in the woods with an updated Windows 11 or a Windows 7?

Not sure it matters. I'll be drawing a girlfriend in MS Paint, and it hasn't changed much.

Boozilla , 22 days ago to Technology in Study Finds That 52 Percent of ChatGPT Answers to Programming Questions Are Wrong

I worked on a creative writing thing with it and the more I added, the better its responses. And 4 is a noticeable improvement over 3.5.

Boozilla , 22 days ago to Technology in Study Finds That 52 Percent of ChatGPT Answers to Programming Questions Are Wrong

Ha! That definitely happens sometimes, too.

Boozilla , 22 days ago to Technology in Study Finds That 52 Percent of ChatGPT Answers to Programming Questions Are Wrong

Exactly. And for me, being in middle age, it's a big help with recalling syntax. I generally know how to do stuff, but need a little refresher on the spelling, parameters, etc.

Boozilla , 22 days ago to Technology in Study Finds That 52 Percent of ChatGPT Answers to Programming Questions Are Wrong

Programming jobs will be safe for a while. They've been trying to eliminate those positions since at least the 90s. Because coders are expensive and often lack social skills.

But I do think the clock is ticking. We will see more and more sophisticated AI tools that are relatively idiot-proof and can do things like modify Salesforce, or create complex new Tableau reports with a few mouse clicks, and stuff like that. Jobs will be chiseled away like our unfortunate friends in graphic design.

Boozilla , 22 days ago to Technology in Study Finds That 52 Percent of ChatGPT Answers to Programming Questions Are Wrong

It's been a tremendous help to me as I relearn how to code on some personal projects. I have written 5 little apps that are very useful to me for my hobbies.

It's also been helpful at work with some random database type stuff.

But it definitely gets stuff wrong. A lot of stuff.

The funny thing is, if you point out its mistakes, it often does better on subsequent attempts. It's more like an iterative process of refinement than one prompt gives you the final answer.