If you kill someone with a gun and it was completely accidental, you’re still likely going to do some time for it. Not so with a car.
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tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•The sole purpose of language models is to lower the market value of human skills.24·2 days agoI hope you’re right.
I have doubt, but also hope.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’English4·3 days agoETA = Edit to add
Just trying to explain why my comment changed, in case anyone saw it before that LOL.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•I’m not ignoring your message – I’m overwhelmed by the tyranny of being reachable7·3 days agoOoooo, look at mr. “I’m sane” over here!
jk. good advice.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’English411·3 days agoMcDonalds gets millions of applications? wtf?
ETA: Yeah, I guess they do.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/13/mcdonalds-hiring-surge/83595827007/
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]1·4 days agoYou are refuting an argument that I did not make.
I enjoy this type of debate, but this one doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere. I’m moving on. Thank you, sincerely.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]1·5 days agoSorry for the multiple replies btw. My app is acting weird.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]1·5 days ago“Billionaires are literally cancer” is false specifically because “literally” does not mean “figuratively”.
Correct. But that is not what OP said. Read it again and I think you will see that OP is saying that “Billionaires are cancer” is not a figurative statement at all, but a literal one. You can disagree with them (I do, btw), but they have not misused the word “literally.”
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tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]1·5 days ago“Billionaires are literally cancer” is simply a false statement, unless “literally” was used, incorrectly, as hyperbole.
That is my point. Literally can be used correctly in a statement that is not correct, and my reading of the original post is that was OP’s intention. They did not misuse the word “literally.”
I’m not debating the meaning of the word cancer.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]0·6 days agoYou are refuting an argument that I did not make.
Edit to add: OP says cancer can be used literally to refer to billionaires, you say it cannot. One of you must be wrong, but neither is misusing the word “literally.”
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]0·6 days agoThen you do not understand what the word “literally” literally means.
Oooo, sick burn!! I don’t know if I’ll recover from that!
My point is that I believe OP was using the word “literally” to mean what it literally means, and not just using it for emphasis as it is so often used these days. They may still be wrong, but they did not misuse the word.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]0·7 days agoI think OP used literally correctly here. They are saying that one possible definition of the word cancer can include billionaires as an instance. That’s not the definition you’ll find in any dictionary, but those lag behind the true language as it evolves.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•billionaires are a cancer on society [literally]3·7 days agoPeople think they understand numbers like billion because they understand thousand and billion is just thousand times thousand (million) times thousand. Multiplication is fairly intuitive, but exponentiation is not. Without explicitly thinking it through people feel like 1000^3 is not very different from 1000 * 3.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto News@lemmy.world•Nebraska concerts canceled after Czech musician denied entry into U.S.2·7 days agoThe canadian “influencer” who was held for two weeks was wbite, wealthy, and english speaking.
No one is safe.
Hell, he even floated deporting Elon.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Organic Maps fork CoMaps launches on major app stores for iOS and Android1·10 days agoYep, sure enough I missed this:
https://news.itsfoss.com/organic-maps-fork-comaps/
I have no idea to what extent the allegations are justified, but if they are true, then yeah, a fork was necessary.
tate@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Organic Maps fork CoMaps launches on major app stores for iOS and Android01·10 days agoWhat sets CoMaps apart is a fully transparent governance approach. All decisions about the app’s development are made publicly, with users and contributors having a voice in its future direction. This focus on community engagement aims to deliver value for its users rather than prioritize profit.
Did I miss something? How is Organic Maps possibly “prioritizing profit?”
Then it won’t be your fault.
In (almost) every automobile “accident” someone was at fault. That person bears responsibility for whatever results from the “accident.”