Pandemanium

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Pandemanium ,

bUt NoBoDy EvEr PrImArIeS An InCuMbEnT!

I hope they realize now we really should start.

Pandemanium ,

Because there's nothing automatic about our law passing process. How many years is the right amount to strike an old law from the books? You wouldn't want something like the abolishment of slavery to ever become automatically unenforceable. So now you need someone to decide on a case by case basis which laws should still be on the books... well, that's what the Supreme Court is for. They don't reconsider every law, though. It seems to be at their discretion.

Pizza chefs of Lemmy, is a job as a pizza chef a physically demanding job?

I'm asking because, i'm thinking about doing a little part time job as a pizza maker on one day of the week because 1. i FRICKIN LOVE PIZZA and 2. i need to do something physically demanding as an contra to my office job which is only mentally exhausting. Just doin workouts at the gym would be an option yes, but getting the same...

Pandemanium ,

I doubt any place will hire you for only one day a week. That will not be helpful for them.

'LLM-free' is the new '100% organic' - Creators Are Fighting AI Anxiety With an ‘LLM-Free’ Movement ( www.theatlantic.com )

As soon as Apple announced its plans to inject generative AI into the iPhone, it was as good as official: The technology is now all but unavoidable. Large language models will soon lurk on most of the world’s smartphones, generating images and text in messaging and email apps. AI has already colonized web search, appearing in...

Pandemanium ,

So if I walked into a restaurant that specialized in a certain cuisine (choosing the right one out of hundreds is a skill, right?) and wrote down a list of ingredients, and the restaurant made me a meal with those ingredients according to however the restaurant functions (nobody can see into the kitchen, after all), does this make me a chef?

Pandemanium ,

The part that isn't mentioned in this article is the onus of marketing. Now that anyone can self publish with almost no overhead, more than a million books are published every year. How many of those even get noticed? Sometimes it feels like people see the same 10-20 books on the bestseller list (which is gameable btw) and think that's all there is to read.

These days, traditional publishers don't do any marketing on behalf of authors unless they feel it's a sure thing, similar to how they give out advances. If you are already famous or have large social media following, you're far more likely to get an advance or a marketing effort. Everyone who self publishes, and even most who are traditionally published, have to do their own marketing. Most writers are not marketers, and this is where they fail, no matter how good their book might be.

Personally, I think the big publishers will collapse soon and the whole industry might move to a subscription model ala Spotify. That would probably be worse for writers, but no one seems to be able to come up with a solution that makes book writing a more viable career.

Pandemanium ,

It's also pretty useless without a comparison to how much we don't import. Take dairy for example: I'm sure we produce an order of magnitude more dairy than the amount we're importing.

Pandemanium ,

Why is New York not even on the map?

Pandemanium ,

If you really are dizzy after a long flight, you probably shouldn't be driving, especially in an unfamiliar car in an unfamiliar area. Maybe you were just being hyperbolic about the dizziness, but people can make the same kinds of mistakes driving while sleep deprived as while driving intoxicated.

My Son is an Uncultured Simpleton for Ordering a Burger at an Authentic Mexican Restaurant ( lemmy.world )

As a father, I take great pride in introducing my son to new experiences and cultures. So you can imagine my disappointment when we recently visited a highly recommended authentic Mexican restaurant, only to have my son order a burger and fries?...

Pandemanium ,

You might want to specify that it's satire somewhere on the site. The Qanon stuff was considered a joke until suddenly it wasn't. You never know what stupid people will run with.

Pandemanium ,

Seems like "Business" and "Communications" degrees should be included.

Pandemanium ,

Plants and animals tend to have problems when they ingest too much salt, so it might be ok as long as they're only going to spray this stuff over the oceans... As far as actually changing the climate too much, I doubt this method would really be capable of that.

I think a less invasive and probably cheaper-in-the-long-run option would be to make some kind of durable lightweight shades, launch them into orbit like satellites, and move them around remotely as needed.

Pandemanium ,

I'm guessing the beneficial part will turn out to be the non-processed focus of the diet rather than ratios of protein/starches/fats.

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