hamms

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[–] hamms@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Parenti's speech is also known as "The Yellow Lecture" because the surviving footage of it has a distinctive coloration.

The other reference is this meme is to a scene in Seinfeld where Kramer's apartment is being aggressively illuminated by a big red neon sign across the street; in this case, changed to yellow.

[–] hamms@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I think this article does a good job of exploring and explaining how LLM attempts at text summarization could be more accurately described as "text shortening"; a subtle but critical distinction.

[–] hamms@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (9 children)

It routinely baffles me when folks think that copy-pasting crap into and out of a chatbot somehow contributes to a conversation. It's like half a step up from telling everyone about the dreams you had last night

[–] hamms@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Canada Dry makes a damn good zero-sugar ginger ale

[–] hamms@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I rewatched that episode just this evening, and completely agree; fantastic scene. Dukat is a delightful villain throughout the series, but this is one of his pinnacles of bastardy.

Imaginary Kira supporting his twisted logic was a nice touch, too; "Being reasonable only made us bolder"

[–] hamms@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I think you mean the embryo; it takes some time after being laid for the zygote inside the egg to develop to the point it could be considered a fetus.