The lead is a metaphor for how training an AI uses a shit-ton of energy, and if its a Corp training it the water used to cool the GPUs is often dumped straight into a local river, which does bad things to the stuff living in the river.

It could also be referring to how the training data is usually scraped from all across the internet, but I think this person is specifically concerned with the environmental cost.

Open-Source AI projects.

Custom Content.

My fiancée asked me to do an easy, mindless task of downloading all the CC for her sims. I tried to explain this to her, and she didnt believe me until she saw that an hour of it reduced me to tears

No, I have both and I can tell you for sure that the hyperfocus from my autism and the hyperfocus from the ADHD are very different experiences. The ADHD hyperfocus feels more like addiction, in a sense, since it feels like I sink into the bullshit task like mud and I can’t pull myself back out without help. And it’s never actually helpful. The autism hyperfocus I can sometimes engage on purpose, and it’s more related to my enthusiasm for the task.

The thing that autistic people have that I think can be mistaken for adhd is the difficulty in switching tasks without warning. This must be a new thing, tbh. When I was a kid, I got called the r word a lot for not being able to switch tasks as fast as the people I was with. This isn’t focus, it’s an aversion to the inconvenience of being unable to complete a task.

Nah this is purely a malfunction in the rewards and punishment functions of the brain that keeps you motivated. Autistic people don’t have any problem with motivation unless they have some other diagnosis. If there is a connection, it would be with something like depression or RADS.

Also two amogus

Honestly I’m not sure why he didnt use cinderblocks. They would have done the same thing.

My dad made some wooden pedestals to tilt his bed at a 30° angle. That completely dealt with his issue

Science behind this is fun. Apparently, standing for 8 hours straight is even worse than sitting for eight hours straight, but put a little walkpad under the standing desk and you’re good to go, as long as you don’t fall over or something.

Alternative: about six years ago I was struck with an idea for a new campaign setting after watching a video about orbital resonance in tightly-packed planetary systems. I was about to get into the shower at the time, but I completely forgot about that for the next three hours as i started scribbling equations on the walls with soap and on the steamed-up mirrors with my fingers. That was the moment that made me realize I actually needed medication

I have never had this happen because I have never made a mistake once /s

Took me a bit of time, but it seems to make sense

I made an entire RPG over the past two weeks because it was either that or studying for my finals

Kid in question is waaay to young for KiwiCo. The main reason i want to give him something like this is more as a gift to his dad, since he’s gonna need a lot of help.

His dad is also a dungeon master, so I think it’s a safe bet that he’s gonna enjoy making the process dramatic for his kiddo

Tbh I actually got used to it since posting that comment

I hate the new top pull-down menus.

A battery icon

Can someone translate the Greek for me

I spent two weeks straight preparing a Travellwe campaign, populating the sector with 46 planets with distinct cultures and questlines. I did this with no breaks so the campaign could start early, but was so burnt out after that the campaign ended up being delayed by another two weeks