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  • But that’s exactly what an encyclopedia is. The internet isn’t Wikipedia. The real difference was that the library was now in your living room. You didn’t have to hope they had the material on hand and wait weeks for something specific if they didn’t have it already on hand.

    There’s also just the idea that, with a library, you already have to have an idea of what to look for. You’re always browsing by genre in an alphabetical, organized fashion. With the internet, it could become discovery-based. One link could lead you to 13 others and those all branched again. You never knew what to expect.

    A book contains either one really clear idea, or a reference with no substance to a bunch of random stuff.






  • I would be too. People can talk how they want. They don’t need assholes pulling out their shit AI to get in the way of that. If you don’t like talking to them, just find new friends, but don’t insult them like that.

    I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and I’m assuming you know this person well and it was a joke, but a lot of people are starting to treat LLMs as their lazy way around real conversation.





  • Just watched both seasons of Severance for the first time. I’ve never watched a show faster. One of the most gripping stories I’ve seen and the casting is excellent.

    I’ve seen a vocal minority hate on it, and I could imagine that if you didn’t have at least some preexisting appreciation for the aesthetic and premise, there’s not a lot actually happening for the first many episodes outside of context reveal, but then again, that’s sort of the point.

    I found the dialogue very uniquely simple and refreshing. Like the characters were still learning how to use language and nuance themselves. It felt very raw and personal in that way.

    And I will just never get over how good this show looks.

    It’s like if Control, Cube, and The Stanley Parable all had a very unique offspring.


  • This is new information to me. In a hypothetical scenario, would it be realistic for every person to have room for a home big enough for a family, and still have plenty of room for agriculture, industry, and all the services for those homes, plus any entertainment venues, assuming you don’t account for existing infrastructure (or even if you do)? I’d probably just be sad to learn the real numbers.







  • otacon239@lemmy.worldtome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    When I told one of my friends the idea of owning a full family home was selfish, they were shocked until I put into the perspective of how many people can fit in a city and save on transportation cost for materials and work across the board. It was a nice relief for them to realize the point.

    I think the real truth of it is that these people conveniently default to whatever gets them away from other people because people are always telling them how wrong they are for acting how they do. They want no consequences for hating with prejudice.