andyburke
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andyburke@fedia.ioto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•The small scale of Lemmy's active user base is never more evident than in the absence of active members in all the sports related communities.185·2 days agoDoes anyone else feel like these national leagues have become just as disconnected from reality as any other hyper capitalist enterprise?
I want more hometown sports. I daydream about leagues funded by local communities, starring local talent, with smaller local crowds. Is there anyone else out there who would give much more of a shit if things were a little more close to home, reality-wise? Am I alone?
Guys getting paid literally hundreds of millions to play a sport is unrelatable. A local star making $300k and being a part of the community feels better to me. Seems like we should be able to afford a lot of those for the money we are spending.
I know next to nothing about sports or the business around them, but I know I remember summer nights with cheap hotdogs and minor league ball that seem to have evaporated as the wealthy accumulated. 🤷♂️
andyburke@fedia.ioto Technology@lemmy.world•Grok’s “white genocide” obsession came from “unauthorized” prompt edit, xAI says3·3 days agoYou continue to spout things with no citations and a bad vibe. I am done here.
andyburke@fedia.ioto Technology@lemmy.world•Grok’s “white genocide” obsession came from “unauthorized” prompt edit, xAI says5·3 days agoThat prompt modification “directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic” and “violated xAI’s internal policies and core values,” xAI wrote on social media.
Relevant quote because one of us didn’t read the article for sure.
Edit: not to mention that believing a system prompt somehow binds or constrains rather than influences these systems would also indicate to me that one of us definitely doesn’t understand how these work, either.
lol at 3/4 of a megabyte of Vue components being ok and thinking node_modules is the issue at hand.
andyburke@fedia.ioto Technology@lemmy.world•Grok’s “white genocide” obsession came from “unauthorized” prompt edit, xAI says2·3 days agoWhy was it mentioning it at all in conversations not about it?
And why does the fact that it did that not seem to bother you?
andyburke@fedia.ioto Games@lemmy.world•Star Citizen’s new cash shop offerings provoked fresh pay-to-win and predatory monetization accusations | Massively Overpowered21·3 days agoA farce, if you go by the last time I tried it a year or two ago. And before you tell me I need to keep checking it out: I backed the kickstarter. I have given them plenty of time.
If this ever magically becomes a game, great. As it is, it’s been one very long grift and I am glad I didn’t give them anything beyond what I lost in that initial backing.
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•Kid Rock: America Has Low Birth Rate Because of ‘Ugly Ass’ Liberal Women61·3 days agoHave we tried putting them in a room together? Maybe they’d make like matter and antimatter and we could all hear a little less bullshit all the time. 🤷♂️
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•In reversal, Gavin Newsom proposes cutting back on health care benefits for undocumented immigrants121·5 days agoFuck this right wing cosplayer.
andyburke@fedia.ioto Technology@lemmy.world•Google DeepMind unveils AlphaEvolve, a Gemini-powered AI coding agent that designs and optimizes advanced algorithms123·5 days agoWe gotta use up as much fresh water for cooling as we can. 🤷♂️
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•Ocasio-Cortez Rips GOP for Rushing Ahead With Medicaid Cuts 'When Everyone Is Asleep'6·5 days agoI guess but it has been many years of them feeling the burn from their own party. Can’t tell if any of them are waking up or not.
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•Ocasio-Cortez Rips GOP for Rushing Ahead With Medicaid Cuts 'When Everyone Is Asleep'18·5 days agoWhy aren’t they? It’s their medicaid benefits.
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•Newsom Asks Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown473·7 days agoYo, fuck this guy - pivoting to the right? Fuck off.
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•Americans putting life on hold amid economic anxiety under Trump, poll shows41·7 days agoThe message isn’t for you, then, but for the 2/3 Americans who got us here.
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•Americans putting life on hold amid economic anxiety under Trump, poll shows9·7 days agoAmazing seeing these responses. 2/3 Americans either voted for Trump or didn’t think it was important enough to bother with.
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•US and China take a step back from sky-high tariffs, agree to pause for 90 days132·7 days agoSlop for the slop fiend. 🤷♂️
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•A county pension fund in Pennsylvania just became the first known to cease purchasing new Tesla stocks11·7 days agoI keep asking for anyone, anyone to give me a reason this company is valued at like 900B.
Every answer is like “well, if you believe Musk that…” and my friend, I do not believe Musk after all these years and all this. <gestures at everything>
andyburke@fedia.ioto News@lemmy.world•Americans putting life on hold amid economic anxiety under Trump, poll shows1228·7 days agoTry voting Republicans out.
I keep waiting for everyone to catch up. The solution isn’t hard. 🤷♂️
Never, ever elect Republicans.