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WhyNotZoidberg

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Husband, Geek, GenX, Gamer...
Old enough that things aren't "Retro", they're "from my youth ".
You have to pass from retro to vintage to get past that. 😉
Lover of most things vintage from cars to machinery and technology. And music.

Pixelfed:
https://metapixl.com/whynotzoidberg

Sorry, I do not know the artist who made the Karlach portrait I have for a profile picture.

#nobridge

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yabellini, to random
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This research shows that aptitude for learning foreign languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic maths knowledge.

"These results provide a novel framework for understanding programming aptitude, suggesting that the importance of numeracy may be overestimated in modern programming education environments."

Relating Natural Language Aptitude to Individual Differences in Learning Programming Languages. Prat, et.al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60661-8

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@yabellini As one of those ppl who has learned 8 or so programming languages over the years and then barely used them this seems very very logical. "Grammar" and syntax is what you need to learn, not math. And I would argue that has been the case for a very long time.

Tattooed_Mummy, to random
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But is AI a scam?

Tick tock video asking if AI is a scam. the answer is yes.

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@root42 @nikatjef @tob @Tattooed_Mummy

But it is not intelligent. It can randomly put together responses based on training and input, nothing it says is anything but random words put together to SOUND like a human. There is no medical or psychological knowledge in there, just random responses based on the data that it has been fed with while being trained to sound as if it knows anything.

People who mistake an RNG what-if code with "it is almost sentient" has no clue.

WrenArcher, to random
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I accidentally deleted my banner pic a couple of weeks ago so I put up a new and improved.

Artemis concept is by
https://www.goodfon.com/user/manora/

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@WrenArcher OOoh I love it.

WhyNotZoidberg, to random
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I give AI this much: it has proven that artificial stupidity is possible to achieve.

WhyNotZoidberg, to random
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The art of waagh.

selzero, to random
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Mrs Wainwright, secondary school Geography teacher used to always say "The answer is in the question".

40 years later I see things like this, and can hear Mrs Wainwright's voice clear as day.

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@wolf @selzero Yeah, that, or alcoholism because of sorrow.

Sheril, to random
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Do you see a series of sunken rectangles or 16 circles?

This is The Coffer Illusion.

Our brains are geared toward identifying objects & here, “pixels” are grouped to form edges & contours, shapes, & objects. The image is inherently ambiguous so there is no “right” grouping.

Rectangles dominate first for most people - including me, but keep staring & the image may flip to circles.

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@Sheril Still rectangles.

Tho this particular optical puzzle is new to me, my brain immediately lock down on the 90 degree angles everywhere which kinda stops it from flipping to circles?

binbows, to random
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ai generated "memes" are extremely unfunny and stupid as fuck

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@binbows Memes about AI generated memes on the other hand

guffo, to random
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They’re called Yodel because my package is probably up a fucking mountain in Switzerland or some shit

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@guffo "We almost provide a service (tm)"

WhyNotZoidberg, to random
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My head does not like ne today

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@reinesis 🤗

Len0w0ThinkBad, to random

Ever since switching to KDE my laptop makes a happy lil noise when I plug in the charger

Normally I hate my computer making noise I didn't ask it to, but I'll give it a pass on this.

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@Len0w0ThinkBad KDE is awesome except that I don't like it (as I said the other day). But yeah it has so many nice little details 🙂

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@Len0w0ThinkBad oh gods the Wayland thing.

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@Len0w0ThinkBad I admire anyone who even gets ideas like that.

My creativity stretches as far as installing xfce terminal in Cinnamon (yes it is my favorite terminal, don't @ me) and then spend 1-5 hours creating a color scheme that matches my wallpaper perfectly but is still easy to use.

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@Len0w0ThinkBad I though Plymouth are just Chevrolet these days? (Warning, dad humor car joke)

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@Len0w0ThinkBad A 1.8 liter engine can be exceptionally powerful, just like at Mitsubishi EVO for example but yeah, if it's not a V8 in America it's a "small economy engine" 😋

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@Len0w0ThinkBad over here the average engine is over 2 l, Sweden is wagon (estate) country after all

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@Len0w0ThinkBad well they were solidly middle class here too. New ones at least.

WhyNotZoidberg, to gaming
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Okay... is really fun.

petelittle1970, to random
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horrible dawning realisation

AWW MAN !!!!

When my HDD died I lost a lot of stuff. Not least, the flipping Minecraft mod pack I was creating! All my custom mods, my scripts, my config changes, my custom data packs.

KAPUT !!

Also doesn't help I'd recorded about 6 hrs of "Let's Play" to demo the pack and had enough for about 4 to 5 30 min episodes after editing and I wasn't going to upload to YouTube "Until I'd ironed out a few pack issues"

dammit ! :(

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@petelittle1970 Aww fuck.

stavvers, to random
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Genuine question, what is the point of wooden skewers, because they don't help the food cook. Do they impart flavour or something?

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@stavvers if the meat isn't blacked and a bit crispy on the outside then why put it on a grill to begin with? (Ducking)

thejessiekirk, to random
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Getting lots of **** about my avatar lately.

I dunno. Looks alright to me. 😊

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@thejessiekirk The dimensions are right and the image loads. What else would there be to b**** about?

thejessiekirk, to random
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I am somewhat conscious of my height of 6’ 2” (1 m 8 cm), so I have decided to remedy this by saying fukkit and wearing 2” platforms. 😊

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@thejessiekirk 😄

MissingThePt, to random
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“My gender has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the name of my union.”

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@LuLuLove @johnelalamo Institutionalized sexism, also known as the patriarchy.

QasimRashid, to random
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Virginia GOP banning fiction novels about slavery because they’re allegedly traumatic to white kids but renaming their schools to Confederate terrorists despite their documented trauma on Black kids, aren't protecting children or education, they're protecting white supremacy.

WhyNotZoidberg,
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@debasisg @QasimRashid American was built on three pillars: slavery, religious fundamentalism and genocide.

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