I do agree that there are tasks that are good to offload to AI. I don’t believe that reading and writing should be. AI can be a great tool. Ironically, since you mentioned memorization, I can’t possibly retain 100% the information I’ve learned in career and so using LLMs to point to the correct documentation or to create some boilerplate has greatly improved my productivity.

I’ve used AI as a conversational tool to assist in finding legitimate information to answer search queries (not just accept its output at face value) and generating boilerplate code (and not just using it as another stack overflow and copying and paste the code it gives you without understanding). The challenge is that if we try to replace 100% of the task of communication or research or coding, you eventually lose those skills. And I worry for Jrs who are just building those skills but have totally relied on AI to do the work that’s supposed to teach them those skills.

If they can’t think or write on their own then what is their value? Why not just go straight to the LLM and cut out the middle man?

There is published research that using AI makes people worse at critical thinking. It’s not gatekeeping, it’s a legitimate concern.

I never got banned. I just left because the greedy little CEO is a liar that sacrificed the only thing that made the site good, 3rd party apps, on the alter of the almighty dollar during the API debacle.

To be honest the quality of posts, comments, and moderation policies had gone way down hill since at least 2020. The killing of 3rd party apps just gave me the motivation to finally leave

I don’t know if we want users who can’t grasp the concept that Lemmy and Lemmy.world are different entities and thinks that all of Lemmy should just be Lemmy.com

I think just having a Lemmy branded app with a proper UX is a good thing but let’s not just throw the baby out with the bathwater chasing people who just want Lemmy to be Reddit but it doesn’t make them feel yucky using it.

Sad to hear Louis is having family issues

Better than finding their other hub account, amiright?

I’ll use my 13 mini until I literally can’t anymore. Sadly it seems like maybe Apple will release a clamshell to get back to the pocketable size but never a mini phone again. Wish the 16e used a mini chasis

At least on the iPhone side the 12 and 13 mini were full flagships in a smaller form factor. I just wish we could go back to that

Every action is public in the mod log so I don’t think shadow bans are possible although you might not know to check the mod logs in the moment

What a breakdown about Tony Hawk games. Thanks for sharing.

Crash Trilogy.

Spyro Trilogy.

Tekken (I’d get Tekken 3 if I were you)

Crash Team Racing

FFVII

Tony Hawk Pro Skater (the first one is the only one exclusive to PlayStation 1, THPS 2 and 3 came out on PS2)

Syphon Filter

Metal Gear Solid

Medal of Honor

Driver 2

Gex 2

Tomb Raider

Essential game if you are playing with an original dual shock for sure

I’ve enjoyed Pixelfed a lot more than I thought I would. I feel like the same principle applies to follow tags that you are interested in to make sure you feed has content that interests you. A lot of the same content surfaces on both my mastodon and Pixelfed accounts as I follow the same hashtags on both. I did discover a few accounts on Pixelfed that I wouldn’t have if I just stayed on Mastodon though.

My biggest gripes with Pixelfed is that the app sucks. And the content I’d be most interested in seeing (pictures of my friends and family) aren’t on there. Probably because of reason 1 and because meta platforms aren’t as a big of pain point for them as they are for me

If rebranding to a 2 syllable name was a good idea then Misskey would be more popular than Mastodon

She’s a kid, you are hardly an adult. Just be kind, the things you are going through she can’t really understand at that age. And the things that a big deal to her, aren’t that big of a deal for you.

When you both are older and more mature you will hopefully just remember that you were kind and not the teenage drama that comes with adolescence and finding your place in the world.

He’s fine. His videos come off as a bit whiny. The stance of pirating content as being justified instead of just abstaining from an unsatisfactory service seems entitled to me but I get it. I think he’s mostly right in his analysis of things, I don’t make it through every video that he posts though

I’m pretty sure this is with in the rules of monopoly according to my understanding

I’ve subscribed. Thanks for posting it despite the chilly reception

Yes why do you think they make you pay with your card or Walmart app if they can help it? So they can track your purchases