So, no, definitionally that is not binary. Can’t have four options in a binary.

What you’re describing is actually a bimodal distribution. This is when the data congregates strongly around two peaks, but there are also many entries along a spectrum between them

Haha oh no worries lol I didn’t mean for you to change it I was just being silly :p it is nice tho. I think cultivating positivity is gonna be a powerful thing moving forward

These always cheer me up but this one is so ominous. Let’s hope to see many more!

The silksong community is one of my favorite of all time for years now. Every couple of weeks a new “theme” of insane shitposting evolves. Most fun and creative silly posting I’ve ever seen.

One common post is “_____ every day until silksong comes out”. People are doing fanart challenges, one guy posts a video of himself petting a cat every day which is very popular. The cat had to get a surgery at one point and needed a cone but was fine.

It’s not just noise. It brings people a lot of joy. There’s been several posts over the years from people basically grieving the potential loss/change of the community once the game actually drops. I’ll miss it, too

I follow these things closely on my own time, as I assume is common for nearly everyone on lemmy.

But I saw coverage of Biden’s farewell address randomly at the gym. And also at a local restaurant. The media now is putting that word “oligarchy” in front of people’s eyes, as a summary of his speech. I would guess most people googling it are checking if “the oligarchy” is a country in the middle east or something

No no it’s good, this is actually better than them making a proper announcement. Community loves this shit.

Quick summary:

Dev changes name, handle, and pfp on twitter. Posts a cryptic message about keeping your eyes closed tomorrow.

Reverse image search of pfp leads to a recipe released April 2nd

Cryptic message appears to be a reference to an Imagine Dragons thing from April 2nd

“Tomorrow” was interpreted as being related to the big switch 2 reveal, launching April 2nd

The name and handle also appear to be references to things having to do with April 2nd

The community is ablaze right now. Without a hint of irony: there is more genuine belief in the game actually coming out this time than there was before the original delay was announced in 2023, back when we had an official release date

I think it’s actually very nice for the different areas of the program to have a distinct visual identity.

Imagine making the same type of image about your own furniture. A mish mash of a bunch of different items and styles, but when you put everything together it just looks like home

E-ink is just genuinely incredible. As you said it looks like paper which is nice, including needing an external light to be read at all lol. Feels easier on the eyes than a phone.

They use no power at all except during page turns, so battery life lasts for like a month.

Screen is much larger than a phone and the device is also a lighter weight. I find it more comfortable to read for longer sessions.

Overall they’re just nice. That being said mine was a gift, I’m not sure if I would get another one tbh. I usually just read physical books still lol

Slamming ctrl+P and reading the print preview works in many cases as well

Silksong launch title?

So this is already a known thing the tobacco companies use

They gradually make their cigarettes stronger, over the course of a couple years. During this time smokers will tend to stick with their habits instead of reducing the number of cigs they smoke. Thus, they gradually build higher tolerance.

Then, companies gradually reduce their nicotine levels, again over a couple years. During this time, smokers tend to increase their consumption to maintain the nicotine level they’re used to, because otherwise they start getting mild withdrawal symptoms.

Then, once they’ve formed a new habit of smoking more often, the cycle repeats, thus getting them used to ever higher and higher levels.

Notice it doesn’t really matter where the nicotine cap is placed. What we actually need is for the nicotine content to be listed on the box. Companies then wouldn’t be able to get away with reducing it because people would see that their cigarettes are weaker

So the salt crystal deodorants are potassium alum, which has been used for thousands of years for various things. It’s a naturally occurring rock, and people found it has mild antiseptic properties and stop small cuts from bleeding. It’s a popular aftershave for that reason, commonly available for purchase as an “alum block”.

When used as a deodorant, what’s actually happening is you’re creating a salty layer on your skin that bacteria can’t form on. (No idea how that works out in practice, I use actual deodorant lol). And indeed it is used in many actual deodorants for that exact purpose

HOWEVER, and I want to mention this not because you said anything wrong but because I have found it to be a source of confusion for many people, it is not the same as the aluminum salts used in antiperspirants. Namely aluminum zirconium and aluminum chlorohydrate. Different chemicals. They function by blocking your pores so the sweat doesn’t release in the first place.

Many people are concerned, whether or not the concerns are founded, that the antiperspirant aluminums are mired in health risks such as cancer. The alum blocks are not wrapped up in that in any way, other than the fact that they are also used in (and used alone as) deodorant. It’s an interesting little piece of nuance that doesn’t come up much due to the relative non-popularity of the alum blocks

Everybody starts their fitness journey from a different point

Thanks for the kind words, have fun “leveraging machine learning techniques” to “figure out” how much detergent you need

Kamiki Village from Okami, seems like it would be a very chill and beautiful place most of the time. Great hiking, views, food and booze

The fact that you’ve been reduced to blabbering about such mundane things in the style of “the ghosts in pac-man technically had AI” tells us everything we need to know here. Have fun arguing with me in the shower about whether or not current trends are just a result of marketing executives finally being liberated to appropriately label the AI they’ve been using for 70 years

Yeah it doesn’t seem like a bad washer, just don’t appreciate them jumping on the AI bandwagon. It’s manipulative

Do you have an example of an AI system being deployed to do these things or is it, as I said, pure hypothetical tech bro logic?

But yeah it basically squirts some water in at the top, then analyzes the water that reaches the bottom (and how much) to infer the fabric types. That same information is then considered when dispensing detergent and fabric softener. Simple sensors and tables

Those features are literally unrelated to AI, just so you know. It’s comparing sensor outputs to a table. Like all modern laundry machines. The inclusion of “AI” on the label is purely to take advantage of people like you who instantly believe whatever they’re told, even of it’s as outlandish as “your laundry has been optimized” lol

No, it couldn’t. That’s pure tech bro logic without any basis whatsoever in reality.

The machines already have these sensors. There’s simply nothing for “intelligence” to contribute to the process. It’s not enough for you to point to the presence of various sensors and claim it could do something with them when in reality this is already a solved problem. Additionally, the hypothetical AI-equipped machine itself will also be worse, using significantly more energy and being less reliable.

I say hypothetical, because the specific LG machine we’re talking about doesn’t even actually have any AI component. Yes I am aware of the difference between generative and analytical models; it has neither. Just normal sensors and algorithms that all modern washing machines have had for years. They threw the “AI” language on it to market it to people. You know, like a scam. Because the delightful thing about “AI” is you don’t need to provide any benefit to your marks, their imagination will do the work for you