It’s already been discussed on environmental impact in another comment, but even beyond that, AI does not mean slop. Sure, the majority is low quality slop, but legitimate use of AI is possible. It’s a tool at the end of the day, and imo fully usable within reason. People just really like shitting on AI because they think all of it is slop.

Take for example the parody music video I sent. For a normal person, getting the budget to create that with real voice actors would probably be around the thousands/tens of thousands. The other alternatives would be voice stitching, which ends up being a distinct style (think tf2 voice chops) or hiring cheap voice actors who will 99% not be able to replicate a character’s voice like that. In short, a creation simply only possible by AI.

Another one would be the scooby doo ai voice incident. The creator was a normal student, and instead of using text2speech or subtitles, used AI to at least make his animation sound similar to the characters. He still put in effort, it was a good animation, but he was bullied by the original voice actor for the horrible practice of … being too broke to afford an actual voice actor.

AI does not have to be so black and white. I get the sentiment around hating AI, hell I vehemently hate corporations trying to stuff ai in everything, but not all usage must be considered bad.

Ehhh I don’t like AI but high quality shitposts are like the best use of AI imo. I guess it depends on the effort

Like for example this unironically goes hard: https://youtu.be/B05KyAyAa4k

Could have gone and became an action film actor at that point

Ehh theres good and bad

I’m personally not a fan of brostep, but I will admit that skrillex was an early pioneer of the scene, and a lot of modern edm is shaped around that era (which is moreso around the start of mainstream edm imo). A lot of the first exposure of edm for people was through early internet culture, which a major portion was mlg memes and a lot of brostep. For me, if it wasn’t for brostep, I wouldn’t have color bass (one of my favorites atm along with just good ol dnb). Even brostep brought a resurgence in traditional (-ish) dubstep in the form of teardown and riddim (not much 2 step though)

Example of color bass that I like https://youtu.be/2mInwGLfEaI

If he is found guilty does not mean he is guilty. That’s the problem with the death penalty. You can release someone if future evidence disproves the conviction. You can’t bring someone back to life if you give them the death penalty.

I dunno about cheaper tbh…

Working there right now. I was originally going to work in cali but due to circumstances ended up here instead… Same company, different team, 30% pay cut pretax.

No state tax, but sales tax is 10+%, and groceries here are slightly higher than cali. Rent and utilities are the exact same as when I was in LA. A 1bd goes for 1300 for a shitty studio with only 200sqft, no stovetop + only a minifridge. The next jump is an actual 1bd but at 1.6k. I got lucky and found a 2bd for 2.5k which im splitting with a roommate, but that’s not normally the case.

I looked at house prices and they’re at 1.2m for most. Which is the same average prices I seen for both norcal and socal.

By the time trump hands over the US there might not be anything left, considering how much has exploded in 4 months

Depends on how they want to implement it. I’d be fine with just separating nsfl (content warning/gore) and nsfw (18+ topics) because those are inherently not comparable even though both are not appropriate for work

They can cater to better labelling, but clarifying the two would be a solid step

Imo nsfw is a bad tag and should be separated to at least viewer discretion (nsfl) and porn. I’d probably add a tag on offensive humor too, since I don’t think my workplace would appreciate things like guillotines or 2meirl4meirl, but that is less useful than the other two

Early internet website, php is expected tbh

They prob have infinite tech debt to even consider converting to anything because I doubt they expected 4chan to still be alive in 2025, plus I’m decently sure all funds are being to keep the website alive and not hiring

Dude I’m talking about smoke from vapes as in vape cloud, mist, whatever you wanna call it. It’s still secondhand, and it still lingers in the air long enough for other people to breathe it in. I can tell when someone took a hit even if I didn’t see them puff it because it doesn’t just straight up disappear immediately and like 99% is like cotton candy or some other sweet flavor that is super distinctive in smell. If you ever lived in cali you’d know exactly what I’m talking about. Obviously it doesn’t stay for years or anything, hell it usually clears up after like a couple of minutes at worst, but to say it’s undetectable is just false.

I’m obviously not talking about the same smoke as tobacco, that shit is like tar and reeks for years. I’m also not saying there’s tobacco in vapes, I just said the reason why we don’t allow smoking inside is because of tobacco, and for good reason.

I don’t care about vapes, but not everyone wants secondhand smoke

Shit lingers for a while too

There’s a reason why we did away with the tobacco designated areas in buildings, the same applies to vapes

Get a foldable bag that you can stuff in your main carryon (purse, backpack, etc) in the event you forget

It’s a good backup. Just gotta put it back once you unload everything or else you forget about it

Haha sorry if it came off weird, I just like nerding on science

Venus fly traps evolved in this specific manner as a result of their environment. They are native to nutrient deficient bogs. They can still perform photosynthesis to create sugars, but that’s just one of many things they need. Cellular activities require things like nitrogen, phosphorus, and some trace elements which are not present in the soil they live in. Venus fly traps get around this by digesting insects for these nutrients. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have the nutrients to sustain cell growth and maintenance.

The fact that they evolved like this also means that they aren’t evolved to live in nutrient rich soil. All venus fly traps guide say to not put them in regular soil for good reason. Plants don’t understand overnutrition, which means that their roots try to take whatever they can. Excessive nutrients usually end up causing death as the chemical imbalance messes up with cellular activities. Venus fly traps are just much more sensitive to this than other plants.

The fake leak about pausing tariffs earlier the past few days was the test to see how much money can be moved with one announcement

Not market manipulation, he tweeted in the morning that it’s a good time to buy, we should’ve just trusted the orange man /s

Brine can be from industrial waste

Technically, brine just means a high concentration of salt in a fluid. It doesn’t necessarily have to be sodium chloride like we know, it can be other salts, like calcium chloride. Though the most common case for industrial brine is just desalination plants, other industries can still create brine, like mining/oil drilling. It also depends on how it’s released. Large amounts dumped at once is the reason for manmade brine pools.

Maybe

I get mild frostbite super fast though because my circulation to my fingers are nonexistent

I also unfortunately live in the lands of cars, in the part of the washington where theres no real bike lane and I have to share the road with cars

I dont know about afford, surely there’s some idiot who took out a loan for this