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Ragdoll X

Three raccoons in a trench coat. I talk politics and furries.

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OpenAI, Google, Anthropic admit they can’t scale up their chatbots any further
  • It's a known problem - though of course, because these companies are trying to push AI into everything and oversell it to build hype and please investors, they usually try to avoid recognizing its limitations.

    Frankly I think that now they should focus on making these models smaller and more efficient instead of just throwing more compute at the wall, and actually train them to completion so they'll generalize properly and be more useful.

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world Ragdoll X @lemmy.world

    It's only pedophilia if the other side does it

    https://x.com/SocDoneLeft/status/1857211618196934698

    https://xcancel.com/SocDoneLeft/status/1857211618196934698

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    Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations
  • It's kind of wild to me how many really small towns there are in the US. About 32% of towns in the U.S. have less than 500 residents.

    For comparison, here in Brazil I lived most of my life in a town with ~35K residents and it was already considered a small rural town. Some of my family lives in a neighboring town with ~11K residents, and even in my hometown people joke about how small it is, and that there's basically nothing going on there. 1288 of towns in Brazil have less than 5K residents, or about 23.1%, and there are no towns with less than 500 residents. Meanwhile in the US 76% of towns have less than 5K residents.

    Again, it's just kind of wild to me. I remember playing (reading?) the Echo VN and thinking "Man, a dying town with only 50 people? That doesn't sound realistic," but apparently that's way more common than I thought.

  • Anon tries to understand his coworker
  • 4chan in a nutshell

  • Anon walks home in the city at 2 AM
  • The planet is populated by animals larger and stronger than you who might, or might not behave violently without provocation.

    That's not a nice way to talk about blacks.

  • I don't know how to say this to you...
  • Don't forget the shire.

  • Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course amid furore
  • led by British media personality Andrew Doyle

    The course’s reading list includes Doyle's own books

    So this is just state-sanctioned propaganda from some random guy

    Maybe they should pay the crazy dude in the street corner who's shouting about the end of the world to give a course as well

    I wonder if Doyle is even going to give an actual definition of the term 'woke'

  • Trump Makes Chilling Joke About Staying in Power Forever
  • He's also just explicitly said that he wants to be a dictator, but that apparently isn't a turn-off for much of his base, and in fact many of them see it as a positive: https://apnews.com/article/trump-hannity-dictator-authoritarian-presidential-election-f27e7e9d7c13fabbe3ae7dd7f1235c72

  • And guess what, that works.
  • I always round up the price when I see $X.99 but my grandmother always rounds it down and it pisses me off

    They're trying to fool you! Don't be a sheep!!!

  • Anon is jealous
  • Money is fake, scarcity is manufactured, capitalism is a scam

    Unfortunately a lot of people have bought into the scam...

  • 40% of the U.S. is buttfuck insane

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    The gender wars continue 🥹
  • I was actually wondering how the gender gap changed in this election, and it wasn't at all what I was expecting:

    According to exit polls by CNN Trump gained +2% of the male vote, and +5% of the female vote compared to 2020 - though women were still more likely to support Harris, of course.

    An analysis by the AP found similar results, with the support from men under 45 increasing +7%, and women under 45 +6%, while for older men it decreased -1%, and for older women stayed the same.

    Surprisingly, Trump's support among racial minority groups increased while white and older Americans increased support for Harris.

    After thorough analysis and much thought I have ultimately concluded that I have absolutely no fucking clue what is going on with American politics.

  • The Democratic party refused to understand that courting the right doesn't work, and now it's cost them the election

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    Kamala Harris suddenly becomes favorite to win in top election forecast
  • There's also the problem that if the polls are crap, the results of the model will also be crap, regardless of how accurate the model is. It's similar to how publication bias affects meta-analyses. Several analysts have already argued that pollsters are unlikely to underestimate Trump again, and may in fact over-correct and underestimate Harris much like how they underestimated dems in 2022:

  • I pray to him every night 🙏

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    dangeroule

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    My PS4 at 3AM

    I made this bit for my theory, in case anyone is curious: https://youtu.be/JVu_Y9CAvH8?t=675

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    Why GASTER is The Knight in DELTARUNE

    Better late than never, I guess.

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    Give treats or you’re next 🔪 (@waywardmutt.art)

    https://bsky.app/profile/waywardmutt.art/post/3l7tsguwy6i2c

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    Silas wishes you a happy halloween! 🎃🐺

    • https://x.com/nywolforg/status/1851962072151588955

    • https://xcancel.com/nywolforg/status/1851962072151588955

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    And my previous post about this goober: https://lemmy.world/post/14553377

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    Federal government hands out $2.4 billion for 122 railroad projects nationwide
  • Honestly I'm not surprised considering California politicians seem to have a knack for making money disappear into thin air with magic (corruption): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-homeless-money-budget-b2544347.html

  • Why KRIS is The Knight in DELTARUNE

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    Doctor Doctor!
  • Started my psychology course this year and to be perfectly honest the more I hear about psychoanalysis the more it just sounds like a bunch of bullshit made up by some horny guy who was full of himself

  • City puts $10,000 bounty of trans people’s heads if they use a public restroom
  • Despite what the law might say, there's no evidence whatsoever that letting trans people use their preferred bathroom causes any "injury or harm" to cis people.

    To the contrary, there is evidence that restricting bathroom access is harmful to trans people - and cis people too, like Jay, a cis woman who was harassed in a bathroom after being mistaken for a trans person.

    Even if they use the "right" restroom trans people are in danger of being harassed all the same if they pass too well: https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/7/12/trans-man-brutally-assaulted-using-womens-restroom-campground

    Damned if you do, and damned if you don't. The point of laws like this isn't to protect cis women and girls, it's just to cause as much suffering as possible, because that's all Republicans care about.

  • www.thenation.com Who Voted for Hitler?

    Just as there are myths about Trump voters, there are damaging misconceptions about who brought the Nazis to power.

    Who Voted for Hitler?

    If you couldn't be bothered to read it: It was mainly protestant Germans from rural areas, as well as upper-middle-class districts.

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    Bernie Sanders to voters skipping presidential election over Israel: ‘Trump is even worse’
  • Trump has been sabotaging peace talks

    This is pure horseshit.


    It’s the Palestinian American’s fault for not endorsing the genocide of their immediate friends and family.

    Voting isn't a love letter, it's a chess move. Biden, Harris and other establishment liberals absolutely deserve to be relentlessly mocked and criticized (and frankly indicted) for cheerleading Israel's genocide, but aiding in the political victory of someone twice as genocidal as them, and who also intends to end democracy and target his political opponents would be a bad move.

  • Womp womp
  • Simply build a Paperwork Organiz-inator

  • Jack Black is what happens when the class clown doesn't become depressed and instead becomes even more of a clown

    Pic related.

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    Microblog Memes @lemmy.world Ragdoll X @lemmy.world

    can we just have trains already please

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    Microblog Memes @lemmy.world Ragdoll X @lemmy.world

    The Twitter experience (@callie_intrwebs)

    https://x.com/callie_intrwebs/status/1827163241119699114

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    Response to harsh criticism of "Stop Killing Games" from Thor of ‪@PirateSoftware‬

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    Political Memes @lemmy.world Ragdoll X @lemmy.world

    Weird question from a weird guy

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    To Catch A KICK Predator #2

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    Remind me again which party wants to protect the children?

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    Firewatch Is A Horror Game

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    Qf5 is a major blunder. Can you spot why? (Answer in comments)

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