MelodiousFunk

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Reddit's licensing deal means Google's AI can soon be trained on the best humanity has to offer — completely unhinged posts in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

That's what she said.

"Nyaight of the Living Cat" Anime Adaptation Announced in c/anime@ani.social
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nyaight

begrudging upvote

After 2-year-old girl shoots self, man becomes first person charged under Michigan's gun storage law in c/news@lemmy.world
‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Not Supported by Data, Despite High-Profile Cases in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Videodrome

Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. I remember watching it as a teenager in the 90s and having no freaking clue what was going on.

uh... uhhhh.... I'm a botanist! in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

You ever try emptying your clip at an entire Ikea?

No... but you probably just aroused a few dozen ammosexuals.

Measles erupts in Florida school where 11% of kids are unvaccinated in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago

I hate that people in charge were never able to properly communicate this subtle difference.

It was communicated just fine. I got that info. You got that info. It was out there. But the signal to noise ratio was unreal. People seem to prefer soundbites and false dichotomies over accurate, nuanced information. Sprinkle in a metric shitton of wedge issue misinformation delivered via sledgehammer and you get what we got:

VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE GOOD!

GRANDPA HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL DIE!

VACCINE STILL GOOD!

I HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL GET SICK AND BOSS MAKE ME STAY HOME AND NO GET MONEY! VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE... BAD?

DOCTOR LIED! SCIENCE BAD!

Well actually...

YOU STUPID, VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE BAD!

COVID OVER, NO NEED VACCINE!

HOORAY!

‘It’s That Simple’: Mark Meckler Says The Only Way To Secure The Border Is By Invading Mexico in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago

The US loves the cartels. They get us all the drugs we consume and give us a lucrative market to sell our surplus small arms.

Shipping powders back and forth
Singin' black goes south and white comes north

- John Perry Barlow

[xkcd] CNR (13 May 2009) in c/comics@programming.dev
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago

I laughed way too long at this.

TiL the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)

SciShow did a piece (partially) about this recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEFQH5UXHQ

And Veritasium did a deeper dive a while back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA

The whole situation is thoroughly fucked up, but hey, as long as people are making money amirite? 😑

These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Getting a heat pump has been on my want-to-do list for years. But even though my furnace is aging, it still works so it's been hard to justify while there were other issues going on. Accelerating adoption is only going to make the process easier when the time comes.

Truck Kun has come to isekai yo ass. What world would you choose to be reincarnated into? in c/anime@ani.social
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

The year is After Colony 195. With high expectations, human beings leave Earth to begin a new life in space colonies. However, the United Earth Sphere Alliance gains great military powers, and soon seizes control of one colony after another in the name of Justice and Peace.

I am now the pilot of a Leo.

Is global heating accelerating? in c/climate@slrpnk.net
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