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Anyolduser ,

Nobody likes a propagandist.

Less so when it's low effort.

Anyolduser ,

No, no. I'm referring specifically to you.

Anyolduser , (edited )

Even then it's not easy. They went through all the trouble of conceiving of a joke, drawing the and coloring the characters, and then they completely throw it all away by having the most difficult to read handwriting I've seen outside of a doctor's office.

I'm not saying my handwriting is any better, but my work doesn't hinge on legibility.

Anyolduser ,

Yeah, the guy's team was writing "articles and blog posts promoting a tech company".

Letting an LLM mangle that isn't exactly a huge loss.

Anyolduser ,

Not to mention that under US law black powder guns are not legally considered firearms.

While that's technically a loophole, it's left in place to allow poor people in rural areas to supplement their food budget with hunting even if they have a felony conviction.

Anyolduser ,

Because folks are notoriously open and welcoming to people explicitly pushing something. "No soliciting" signs are almost completely unheard of.

Anyolduser ,

"I can take things from those people that are different from me because I'm physically stronger than them and might makes right. You should do the same."

Anyolduser ,

Reddit, also famous for people complaining and leaving the platform because of the ads.

Anyolduser ,

Why do you think I'm hanging around this shit hole?

Anyolduser ,

Who would have thought that a thing called a "comic" would be funny?

It's not like serious works of fiction using the same format would need a separate term like "graphic novel" or anything. That would never happen.

Anyolduser ,

A shitty comic.

An act of self-indulgence.

A desperate cry from an attention starved individual.

Take your pick.

Anyolduser , (edited )

Yes, I'm sure your mother really has her finger on the pulse of nerd pop culture when it comes to nomenclature.

"I asked my mommy" isn't exactly a compelling argument.

Anyolduser ,

I expected a comic strip to have a decent punch line and actually try to make the reader chuckle.

Boy, were my expectations subverted.

Anyolduser ,

Does it still get to be called a comic if it lacks any entertainment or artistic value?

Anyolduser ,

Does this piece of shit really count as "storytelling"?

Anyolduser ,

Plotline? You're giving this low effort, meaningless shit too much credit.

Anyolduser ,

Your "humblest user" award is in the mail.

Anyolduser ,

Just realizing exactly what I miss most about Reddit.

Low effort or low quality content would get filtered out by getting down voted to hell or by being ground into obscurity by the new content coming in.

On Lemmy it stays on the front page for days, but that's not the worst part. The worst part is that the users are ready to fawn over a low effort, pointless piece of media just because it features gender identity. The user base here is so entrenched in its views and so incredibly, ridiculously biased that anything gets a pass as long as it checks the right box and features a pet issue.

If this comic featured a hetero couple it would rightly die in obscurity. Throw in some representation and Lemmy laps it up like mother's milk. That kind of gullibility keeps the content quality nice and low here. Subpar stories, videos, comics, memes, and any other kind of post fly on Lemmy as long as they feature trans people, support non-capitalist systems, or paint Israel in a bad light.

The problem with Lemmy is the users and their tolerance for low quality content. I'm actively looking for a non-reddit content aggregator, but until I find one I'm not going to put up with low quality content just because it checks the appropriate social issues box and I'm going to call out people who let shit fly just because it agrees with their agenda.

Anyolduser ,

Parent here. It's always the parents. The biggest problems with young people are typically caused by lack of parental involvement and are next to impossible for schools or society at large to solve.

The catch is that any public figure or institution saying that out loud is more or less committing suicide. Just like I'm about to be roasted alive on here for saying it.

Shitty, inattentive parents do not want to hear that they need to do better. Parents who didn't plan ahead and just shove their kid in daycare don't want to hear that they should have moved to a cheaper metropolitan area so they could work less and spend more time raising their kids. Parents who went off half cocked and had kids in unstable relationships don't want to hear that they shouldn't have done that knowing they wouldn't be able to stay together in the long term.

Nobody is allowed to say that out loud, you have to read between the lines.

Anyolduser ,

Going to get?

Anyolduser ,

Write drunk, edit sober.

Not literally, obviously. Drafting should be a quick, almost frenetic process. Placeholder names, notes that say "add description here", the works. Only go back if you have a major plot setup to insert and only if it can be done in less than a minute. When you're drafting you should be pumping out hundreds of words an hour. Don't think, just do.

After you're done, take a break for a while. Then come back in editing mode and scrape the mess into something palatable.

Anyolduser ,

Fucksmith showed us the way!

Anyolduser ,

No, they don't want the profits getting funneled off to China.

Anyolduser ,

Sure. And - ya know - not funneling money into a totalitarian regime.

Anyolduser ,

That's a bingo.

The idea that "they" don't want the American public driving EVs is ridiculous.

Anyolduser ,

For real. If fingers were that easy to lob off nobody would make it to middle age with all of their digits.

Anyolduser ,

Something something hockey pads.

'Vortex Cannon vs Drone' - Mark Rober shows off tech from a "defense technology company that specializes in advanced autonomous systems". That seems bad

I've enjoyed Mark Rober's videos for a while now. They are fun, touch on accessible topics, and have decent production value. But this recent video isn't sitting right with me...

Anyolduser ,

We've had that technology since the 70's, it's called the Phalanx system and it automatically defends naval vessels against incoming missiles.

To do this the Phalanx fires 4,500 rounds per minute. While it only has to fire for 1-3 seconds per incoming object, that's still an ungodly number of rounds, each one about the length of your hand.

To do the same with a human operated firearm would take such a degree of luck that you may as well pray for the incoming drone to get struck by lightning.

Anyolduser ,

There are enormous downsides including mechanical reliability and weight.

Raytheon is already selling a system that assists a human operator in drone targeting, then knocks them out with a laser emitter. The whole thing fits on the back of a Polaris off-road vehicle and runs on electricity. That means the ammo is a gallon or two of fuel.

Anyolduser ,

That's why Raytheon developed a laser based anti-drone system. Electricity is cheaper than bullets.

Anyolduser ,

Fits on a pickup truck.

https://www.rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-do/integrated-air-and-missile-defense/lasers

Anyolduser ,

Raytheon has been making a few improvements since the 70's, like getting rid of the bullets.

https://www.rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-do/integrated-air-and-missile-defense/lasers

Anyolduser ,

Looking at things pragmatically widespread education of the population takes time and simply won't take for some people. There are folks today complaining that "they don't teach taxes in school". These people have a problem filling out a 1040EZ. Not exactly encouraging.

At the same time Tic Tok represents a single vector for current or potential foreign propaganda and intelligence gathering targeting the American public. Opportunities to nip a single bud (so to speak) are few and far between and probably won't be possible in the near future.

TL;DR - The "sell or ban" is a short term measure that won't take a lot of time, education is a long term measure that takes years.

Anyolduser ,

And in any country if a person can't figure out how to fill out a 1040EZ I don't trust them to be able to walk and chew bubblegum at the same time.

Anyolduser ,

Ok.

I'm fresh out of "that has nothing to do with the point" ribbons. Would you like a cookie?

Anyolduser ,

"There was time now..."

Anyolduser ,

Boy, I love comic strips.

Anyolduser ,

Well, there's a whole string of words I've never seen next to each other.

Anyolduser ,

I am outraged that - let me check my notes - the EIC of The Verge has published an article partially generated by AI.

Anyolduser ,

Parent here, raising kids without smartphones until they're at least in high school.

I couldn't agree with you more.

Anyolduser ,

The only reason it's controversial is because parents do not take responsibility for their children.

It seems like the big hangups are parents unwilling to face social backlash ("but all the other kids have phones") and parents trying to justify their lack of effort with their kids (setting a device in front of the kid to shut them up). Ironically these two groups are willing to throw all the effort they don't put into raising their children into defending their bad behavior.

Anyolduser ,

There are different challenges in early and late childhood. Things like peer pressure are a much bigger issue during late childhood.

In early childhood the kid wants the entertainment and it's incumbent upon the parent to deny them that and provide more enriching activities that have fewer strings attached.

Anyolduser ,

And then everyone clapped

Anyolduser ,

How about Sherlock? Moffat (not sure of his title but he was in charge of a lot of the writing) built up a big mystery cliffhanger on Watson seeing Sherlock die but it was really Sherlock somehow faking his death.

In the next season (or series depending on where you live) Moffat needed to explain to the audience how Sherlock did it. He needed to show the breadcrumb trail of clues he had set up ahead of time that the audience simply didn't notice or hadn't put together. You know ... the whole point of Sherlock Holmes stories and detective stories in general.

In his infinite genius Moffat had left his loyal and growing audience hanging for ages and didn't do a lick of setup or apparently even have a plan. After building up all that tension he never produced a concrete payoff to the scenario.

It sure did SuBVeRT ExPecTAtioNs! The world expected a professional, renowned writer to have a competent payoff to their big setup and Moffat subverted that by copping out.

Anyolduser ,

Nope, Moffat just gave a few possible solutions, alluded to there being more, and hoped that smoke and mirrors would make people feel foolish for pointing out that the emperor had no robes.

Fans who were not cowed into silence took to the internet to assure each other that surely episode two would have a concrete explanation. It was only when Moffat still hadn't committed in the second episode that people lost hope, rationalized, or concluded that Sherlock had jumped the shark.

Anyolduser ,

Holy shit, yes. J. J. Abrams and his fucking mystery boxes.

Why is it so hard to come up with a payoff before writing the setup? You wouldn't start telling a joke unless you had a punchline.

Anyolduser ,

Don't worry, Lemmy is just home to a disproportionate number of whack jobs.

Anyolduser ,

Get help. Please. You are not well.

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