Sterile_Technique

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

God damn we’re stupid.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Aw c’mon don’t tease us like that!

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

sheds a single tear

He died doing what he loved. Hoarding a measure of wealth that the human brain isn’t capable of comprehending, while the rest of us are left budgeting for god damned eggs.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Basically a consolidated version of the Myers-Briggs test, which is basically astrology for middle-managers.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

I’ve only known a handful of psych students, but even as students they knew enough about the Myers-Briggs to recognize it as pseudo-science bullshit. Sad to hear that’s not universal.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Yeah… I’ve been rejected from jobs for not popping an “ENTJ” or whichever fucking Harry Potter house their overgrown facebook quiz was supposed to sort me into. People -with authority- absolutely horoscope em.

…with that anecdote in mind, I maaaaay be a tad biased.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

What it’s meant or actually useful for, vs how it’s used in contexts like employment are significantly mismatched.

It’s like understanding what a framing hammer is supposed to be used for and how to do so properly and safely, only to turn the news on and learn that the general population is somehow convinced that they’re for eye surgery; and thousands of ER visits later, from dumbasses who DIY’d that shit and popped their eyes, the general population has learned… not a damn thing… they’re still bashing their eyes apart with framing hammers.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

At least in the US, the healthcare system is fucked-and-a half with staffing issues alone. With boomers on the way out of the work force and into the fucking ER, we’re in trouble.

If ‘AI’ algorithms can help manage the dumpster fire, bring it on. Growing pains are expected, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t explore its potential.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

We should be using to its potential, which is a deliberately vague statement cuz I have no idea what its potential is; but I’d guess there’s some overlap in what it’s capable of and what nurses and doctors do. Displacing their focus from those areas to things that more urgently require their attention is a good thing, provided we’re using algorithms for things that are actually appropriate for algorithms.

I know a lot of folks don’t trust AI, but what we’re calling “AI” today is basically just a spell-checker on steroids, so using it effectively includes knowing when to say “I know you want that word to change to ‘deer’, but I legit need it to say ‘dear’” and hitting that ignore button.

…so yea basically what you said. Human makes final call. At least for now; if we ever get actual AI (the thinky sentient kind we see in sci-fi) then we can start delegating more and more advanced interpretive tasks to it as it demonstrates its ability to not fuck them up (or at least, fuck them up less frequently than its human counterparts).

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Fair enough. It’s vague enough that there’s some subjectivity at play here… in my brain, it’s broken into two categories: 1) algorithmic stuff that includes EVERY example of “AI” currently at our disposal, with “AI” being more of a marketing term than an actual description of what it is; and 2) intelligence that’s artificial, which doesn’t exist yet, but is theoretically possible and will most likely manifest as a creation of something from category 1, a point that is dubbed the “singularity” that marks the start of a snowball of self-improvement that eventually matches and surpasses what our own noggins are capable of in every way. And we kinda just hope #2 develops in a way that’s compatible with our own survival and comfort.

My money’s on climate collapse or nuclear explosions or all of the above wiping us out before we make it to #2, but I guess we’ll see.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Geometrically, that all adds up.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

I’ve got coworkers who literally think Elon is humanity’s savior. This came up today (shared a pic of a tesla w/ a bumper sticker that said “I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy…” and they IMMEDIATELY started gargling his metaphorical balls).

There’s a tiny sliver of market that represents the overlapped portion of 1) hopeless rednecks, and 2) people interested in owning an electric vehicle… that’s Tesla’s target customer. It’s gonna saturate in a hurry, but it’s also a cult-like following of cash cows eager to be milked. My money’s on Tesla’s performance steadying out and maintaining a not-great but not-bad-enough-to-tank-the-company level of financial success.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

that their existence is unconstitutional soon

The new rule, or teeth and balls?

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Oh damn… I gotta think bigger.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Might be time to start paper-charting for politically sensitive operations. Billing and everything. Get the process done, give a copy to the patient to do with what they will, and shred everything hospital side.

Protecting patient’s from neonazis is becoming a routine part of healthcare.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

The best part of ^that post is that it’s posted by “grasshopper_mouse”, a comparably weird desert critter!

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

There’s the one where the main character gets executed, but comes back three days later as a zombie.

It’s got a real cult following!

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Two RNs per 100 patients isn’t unreasonable

For satisfying a staffing requirement, or for patient care? Cuz 2 RNs for 100 patients is absolute shit patient care.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

That would be crazy unprofessional.

…we wait until the patient is unconscious to say shit like that.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Now-a-days we have smoke evac built in with the cautery, that ought to catch any extra plume making it’s way into the incision.

Technology n’ shit!

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Orchestra on the deck of the Titanic vibes.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Actually not clickbait! My money was on methane.

Article is about “Sulfuryl fluoride, which is estimated to be up to 7,500 times more potent than carbon dioxide in terms of its greenhouse-gas potential.”

It’s being pumped into the atmosphere faster than it breaks down, so the total amount is always increasing.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Humans as a whole are selfish, greedy, short-sighted, ignorant, aggressive, toxic assholes.

Saying we’re made in God’s image is one of the hardest-hitting insults at God we could possibly drop - it’s literally an attack on every single one of Sky Daddy’s features.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

He would look good in a shock collar.

Maybe rub his face against the border wall while firmly stating “NO!”

If he starts acting up in court, just start squirting water from a spray bottle at him.

Sterile_Technique, 1 month ago

Holy shit, Freeman’s Mind!! Those started dropping when I was in HS, but there were only like 5 of them then. Looks like almost 100 now??

I recall getting a good laugh out of the ones I saw. Completely forgot about those! Definitely on the list now!

Unless you specifically want content made using newer games?

Don’t so much care about old vs new; I’m more about the quality of presentation. Idr how I stumbled across the Neebs Subnautica series - diving sims weren’t really on my radar, so it’s not something I’d normally have had any desire to click on, but it sucked me in quick cuz their voice acting paired with the game environment was pretty great.