With such a strictly utilitarian outlook on life, I bet you’re a joy at parties. Why even bring one of your favorite foods to share when that’s supposed to be the host’s job?
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spongebue@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•People who work in medical offices, has anyone ever called to verify a doctor note for work or school?
1·6 days agoThere are quite a few exceptions built into HIPAA. I’m sure there would be something as you describe, but also there are things like if a crime occurred on the premises of the provider (or whatever) and they think they recognize the person in their security footage as a patient, they can give that information to law enforcement (as one would expect with non-healthcare organizations).
Another is that if someone is talking with a patient in a double room with only a curtain separating, someone overhearing the conversation is considered incidental and not a HIPAA violation
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•It's good Elon Musk became a trillionaire. That way he ensured his name will be imprinted in history, and so would his crimes.
3·9 days agoI don’t think that he’ll be that much more prominent over this happening
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that the world’s most valuable banknotes meant for public circulation are the $10,000 Singapore and Brunei Dollar billsEnglish
61·16 days agoThe US $100 bill was introduced in 1914 and would have been worth over $3,300 in today’s dollars. Even if that’s only about half what $10k SGD is worth, that’s still a hell of a long time to hold that ceiling
There’s also voice user interfaces! I’m not sure if it goes by another name, but blind people have their own way of using a phone, plus there’s a lot of voice control when driving or using Alexa and the like
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Pope urges 'disarming' of AI in major manifestoEnglish
2·27 days agoCertainly not one that has been around for centuries and has seen many different world views over the years!
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•[US] Should there be an amendment that allows Supreme Court rulings to be overturned?
41·1 month agoThat just means the law in question is the Constitution, which can also be amended.
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Would you want to be Michael Jackson-level famous? Why or why not?
1·1 month agoI’m a white guy who went to a wedding in rural India. That attention alone got to be a bit much after a few days.
Also, I would have to be stupidly careful about pretty much everything. Hackers would actually think to target me AND could have an incentive to do so knowing I’ve got money (gained by fraud or blackmail if I’m not careful). In my current life I go to clothing-optional places pretty regularly (not a sex club or anything) and that would pretty much have to stop.
Just let me be rich in a way that nobody knows it, preferably not even my own friends.
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why is AI dialogue so fucking bad?
141·1 month agothe dialogue sounds awful
The dialogue sounds truly, truly awful
the dialogue is unbelievably repetitive
repeat the same lines
🤔
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•While refrigerators and air conditioners still rely on gases that can leak, a Cambridge startup raises $10 million to create refrigeration with plastic crystals that cool when squeezed.English
4·1 month agoYou’re missing out! He basically picks out random technologies and stuff that interests him and explains how they work in an easy to digest way. Even if you’re familiar with the subject he still manages to make it interesting. And he looooves heat pumps and anything remotely related to it.
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•While refrigerators and air conditioners still rely on gases that can leak, a Cambridge startup raises $10 million to create refrigeration with plastic crystals that cool when squeezed.English
5·1 month agoAlec Watson (Technology Connections) would be disappointed in me
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•While refrigerators and air conditioners still rely on gases that can leak, a Cambridge startup raises $10 million to create refrigeration with plastic crystals that cool when squeezed.English
9·1 month agoSqueezing (pressurizing) certain gases are basically how air conditioners work. Under pressure, the gases can absorb more heat (think pressure cooker - those get hotter because they raise the boiling point of water with the higher pressure). Shuffle that pressurized gas somewhere else with lower pressure, and it can no longer hold all that heat and needs to release it. Tada: heat has been moved from one location to another.
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Why does songs from non-English countries have random English words? Can you imagine if English songs randomly have Chinese words?
1·1 month agoI think the main difference is that dads will vocalize it at every possible opportunity 😀
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Why does songs from non-English countries have random English words? Can you imagine if English songs randomly have Chinese words?
20·1 month agoNot just songs, but all the other languages showing up in English comes up conversationally too! When you did something wrong, there’s the “mea culpa”. Or in the courts, there are tons of Latin phrases like “nolo contendre”. I’ve had “perritos calientes” (hot dogs, literally hot puppies) in Spain, but never have I had a “giant cheese” (quesadilla) or “little donkey” (burrito) in the states. And we just borrow other phrases as-is like “Je ne sais quoi” and schadenfreude.
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Why does songs from non-English countries have random English words? Can you imagine if English songs randomly have Chinese words?
1·1 month agoVoulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?..
Side note, I have this illness (probably mental, but I’ve been told otherwise) where I’m a Dad. This causes me to sing ridiculous things for no reason. Every time I get some markdown croissants for breakfast the next morning and offer one to my wife, I ALWAYS start singing “Voulez-vous would you like a croissant, croissant?”
Hopefully one day they will find a cure
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What do you think realistically would happen the moment we meet extraterrestrials?
12·1 month agoTrying to overcome language barriers, probably.
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Claude Code's creator is sick of the phrase 'vibe coding.' Suggest your alternative here.English
17·1 month agoVibe coding will do just fine. I understand your concern over your product and its reputation but I don’t really share that with you.
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Thermal image of a road that was just repaved
2·2 months agoWell, 0 is arbitrary in Celsius and especially Farenheit, so doubling that temperature isn’t really doubling the heat.
Kelvin has its scale actually designed around how heat energy works. 160F is 344K. Double that and you’ve got 688K. Convert that back to stupid-units and you have 779°F
I think I did that right, at least. If nothing else it shows how whacky temperature math can be when doubling units gets wildly different results!
spongebue@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Are people fed up of AI or the social media itself?
2·2 months agoI like humans. They’re pretty neat. My friends and family are particularly awesome. The site I’ve used to interact with them (rhymes with Schmacebook) has largely pivoted to content from “people” I’ve never heard of (usually about the same few topics) and yes, AI slop. Even groups where people ask for help will inevitably have people saying “oh, I talked with the clanker about this because clearly you can’t do that and here’s what it said…”
I’ve resisted posting on Reddit, but honestly I feel like Lemmy is sorely missing social posts about people’s day to day in factor of memes and stuff. It has its place, but I’m looking for a mix of things.


It depends on the product. I don’t want to be served slop, designed to generate mindless clicks but if AI is secondary to something being produced by a human, for humans, I’m a little less upset about it.
Examples: SNL used an AI photo as an illustration for a weekend upstate story joke. The star of the show was the news story and the punchline to follow. The illustration helps the delivery, but isn’t the product.
I could also understand (for example) AI-generated background music when creating a video on YouTube, so long as the purpose of the video is worth a damn.