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[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's the story with the wiggly green line? Are those the 6 green pixels on the large German flag?

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I managed to overwrite half of the long German flag near the bottom, plus the original/lower South African flag, the Czech flag, and the Polish flag. I also did like a third of the background to your message and changed the "in" to "on". I didn't join the Matrix/Discord but your message is what motivated me to do all that, so maybe you're better at recruiting than you think πŸ˜‰

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

While there were flags everywhere, I felt like there were a lot fewer than these things usually have, at least.

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This is one of the better ones I've seen. It looks actually pretty 3D.

Make the image as large as you can on your screen while still having it all visible. I don't recommend a phone - try it on a monitor. Don't try to see the whole image at once - look at one small part. Play with the focus of your eyes until you start to see an edge forming - and when you do, lock onto the edge until you can see it without struggling. Just try to make the edge clearer without bothering with the larger shape yet. Once you do, it should be easier to hold the focus as you look around the image and actually pick out what shapes everything is making.

I recommend focusing on this part of the image as you start - there's a pretty cool sea turtle there. Don't use this version with the red scribble, the red scribble makes it noticeably more difficult.

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Do people really use the term "brick" to refer to consoles with permanent online bans? To me they're very different and a brick is much worse.

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm pretty sure it is just how evolving cards typically works, except that you can't usually evolve ex cards. So it's an ex card that you can specifically evolve.

The only other ex we have that isn't fully evolved is Pikachu ex - and you cannot evolve it into a Raichu during battles.

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Using they/them by default is already a good start - I would be surprised to learn if neopronouns are a thing at all in languages that don't have gendered pronouns to begin with. they/them is perfectly acceptable to 99+% of people - both cis and LGBT+.

You can just say LGBT or LGBT+. Lots of others are in use but very, very few people will legitimately get mad at you for picking one over any other.

If someone specifically tells you to call them a certain thing, you should call them that thing. Otherwise just stick to they/them.

If someone tells you their sexuality and it is not relevant to you, you have no obligation to ever bring it up again, just as with any form of oversharing.

And as for why some people share these things even though you may personally find it too revealing - that's just down to personal preference. Different things are important to different people in different ways. Some people might go through their life never giving their gender a single thought. Others might base their life around affirming and fighting for it in various ways. Most people are somewhere in the middle. Everyone has a cause they believe in a lot - for some people, this is that cause. As an "Aero Ace" (a term I had to look up - "aromantic asexual" for those who also haven't encountered it), you're probably pretty predisposed to not care about any of this stuff on any significant level.

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago

So... The NO WAI Act?

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

If the penalties are harsh for not attributing ai to an image, what’s to stop sites from just having a blanket disclaimer saying that ALL images on the page were generated by AI?

Just like what happens with companies slapping Prop. 65 warnings on products that don't actually need them, out of caution and/or ignorance

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No, mostly because I'm against laws which are literally impossible to enforce. And it'll become exponentially harder to enforce as the years pass on.

I think a lot of people will get annoyed at this comparison, but I see a lot of similarity between the attitudes of the "AI slop" people and the "We can always tell" anti-trans people, in the sense that I've seen so many people from the first group accuse legitimate human works of being AI-created (and obviously we've all seen how often people from the second group have accused AFAB women of being trans). And just as those anti-trans people actually can't tell for a huge number of well-passing trans people, there's a lot of AI-created works out there that are absolutely passing for human-created works in mass, without giving off any obvious "slop" signs. Real people will get (and are getting) swept-up and hurt in this anti-AI reactionary phase.

I think AI has a lot of legitimately decent uses, and I think it has a lot of stupid-as-shit uses. And the stupid-as-shit uses may be in the lead for the moment. But mandating tagging AI-generated content would just be ineffective and reactionary. I do think it should be regulated in other, more useful ways.

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 126 points 1 month ago (6 children)

> Makes thread asking if you should go to the ER

> Literally everyone says to go to the ER

> Doesn't go to the ER

ok

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

June 10th, 2020

What I'd really like to know is, why are screenshots of tweets and such always so poorly cropped? Why do they all need to be 80% dead space vertically?

 

Just curious about how this works out. At scale, would either decision make any sort of impact? I know most people, including me, will end up avoiding heavily tariffed products out of personal financial reasons. But in theory, would US residents buying or not buying tariffed products be the larger anti-tariff statement? I feel like the obvious answer is "only buy tariffed products" which is why I chose this community but I'm not entirely certain.

I would like to stress again that I am asking this hypothetically, and specifically and only in the context of political statements regarding tariffs. I am of course aware that no single person will have any impact on their own, and I am similarly aware that almost everyone will be avoiding highly tariffed products for non-political reasons either way.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27601594

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27385536

I have a rather large Python script that I use as basically a replacement for autohotkey. It uses pynput for keyboard and mouse control - and at least on Windows, it works exactly how I expect.

I recently started dual-booting with Linux and have been trying to get the script to work here as well. It does work but with mixed results - in particular, I found that pynput has bizarrely wrong output for special characters, in a way that's both consistent and inconsistent.

The simplest possible case I found that reproduces the error is this script:

import time
from pynput import keyboard

# Sleep statement is just to give time to move the mouse cursor to a text input field
time.sleep(2)

my_kb = keyboard.Controller()

text = 'πŸ†' # Eggplant emoji
my_kb.type(text)

time.sleep(1)

text = 'π•₯𝕖𝕀π•₯' # blackboard bold test
my_kb.type(text)

time.sleep(1)

text = '𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭' # bold test
my_kb.type(text)

When I run that script right now, it produces the output "πŸ†π•₯π•₯𝕀π•₯𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐭". And if I run it again, it'll produce the same output. And if I change the eggplant emoji to something else, like the regular character 'A', it will still produce the same output (specifically "Aπ•₯π•₯𝕀π•₯𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐭"). But... If I log out and log back in, then the output changes to something else that's still wrong, but differently. For example, when I changed the eggplant to a regular 'A', then relogged, the output became "Aπ•₯𝕖𝕖π•₯𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭". And then that wrong output will keep being the same wrong output until I log out and back in again. If the test strings don't change, then the incorrect outputs don't change on relog - but if they do, then they do.

In the larger script, errors seemed to chain together somehow - like if I produced an eggplant emoji, then tried to write blackboard bold test, I would get "πŸ†π•–π•€πŸ†". This is despite verifying just before running the pynput.keyboard.Controller.type function that what it was about to type was correct. The issue also happens if I type it character-by-character with press and release functions.

I am very new to Linux. I'm on Linux Mint. I'm running this in a python3 venv that just has pynput and two other external libraries installed. ChatGPT thinks the issue might be related to X11. The issue does not occur at all on Windows, using the exact same code. On Linux there seems to be no issues with typing regular text, just special characters.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27385536

I have a rather large Python script that I use as basically a replacement for autohotkey. It uses pynput for keyboard and mouse control - and at least on Windows, it works exactly how I expect.

I recently started dual-booting with Linux and have been trying to get the script to work here as well. It does work but with mixed results - in particular, I found that pynput has bizarrely wrong output for special characters, in a way that's both consistent and inconsistent.

The simplest possible case I found that reproduces the error is this script:

import time
from pynput import keyboard

# Sleep statement is just to give time to move the mouse cursor to a text input field
time.sleep(2)

my_kb = keyboard.Controller()

text = 'πŸ†' # Eggplant emoji
my_kb.type(text)

time.sleep(1)

text = 'π•₯𝕖𝕀π•₯' # blackboard bold test
my_kb.type(text)

time.sleep(1)

text = '𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭' # bold test
my_kb.type(text)

When I run that script right now, it produces the output "πŸ†π•₯π•₯𝕀π•₯𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐭". And if I run it again, it'll produce the same output. And if I change the eggplant emoji to something else, like the regular character 'A', it will still produce the same output (specifically "Aπ•₯π•₯𝕀π•₯𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐭"). But... If I log out and log back in, then the output changes to something else that's still wrong, but differently. For example, when I changed the eggplant to a regular 'A', then relogged, the output became "Aπ•₯𝕖𝕖π•₯𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭". And then that wrong output will keep being the same wrong output until I log out and back in again. If the test strings don't change, then the incorrect outputs don't change on relog - but if they do, then they do.

In the larger script, errors seemed to chain together somehow - like if I produced an eggplant emoji, then tried to write blackboard bold test, I would get "πŸ†π•–π•€πŸ†". This is despite verifying just before running the pynput.keyboard.Controller.type function that what it was about to type was correct. The issue also happens if I type it character-by-character with press and release functions.

I am very new to Linux. I'm on Linux Mint. I'm running this in a python3 venv that just has pynput and two other external libraries installed. ChatGPT thinks the issue might be related to X11. The issue does not occur at all on Windows, using the exact same code. On Linux there seems to be no issues with typing regular text, just special characters.

 

I have a rather large Python script that I use as basically a replacement for autohotkey. It uses pynput for keyboard and mouse control - and at least on Windows, it works exactly how I expect.

I recently started dual-booting with Linux and have been trying to get the script to work here as well. It does work but with mixed results - in particular, I found that pynput has bizarrely wrong output for special characters, in a way that's both consistent and inconsistent.

The simplest possible case I found that reproduces the error is this script:

import time
from pynput import keyboard

# Sleep statement is just to give time to move the mouse cursor to a text input field
time.sleep(2)

my_kb = keyboard.Controller()

text = 'πŸ†' # Eggplant emoji
my_kb.type(text)

time.sleep(1)

text = 'π•₯𝕖𝕀π•₯' # blackboard bold test
my_kb.type(text)

time.sleep(1)

text = '𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭' # bold test
my_kb.type(text)

When I run that script right now, it produces the output "πŸ†π•₯π•₯𝕀π•₯𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐭". And if I run it again, it'll produce the same output. And if I change the eggplant emoji to something else, like the regular character 'A', it will still produce the same output (specifically "Aπ•₯π•₯𝕀π•₯𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐭"). But... If I log out and log back in, then the output changes to something else that's still wrong, but differently. For example, when I changed the eggplant to a regular 'A', then relogged, the output became "Aπ•₯𝕖𝕖π•₯𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭". And then that wrong output will keep being the same wrong output until I log out and back in again. If the test strings don't change, then the incorrect outputs don't change on relog - but if they do, then they do.

In the larger script, errors seemed to chain together somehow - like if I produced an eggplant emoji, then tried to write blackboard bold test, I would get "πŸ†π•–π•€πŸ†". This is despite verifying just before running the pynput.keyboard.Controller.type function that what it was about to type was correct. The issue also happens if I type it character-by-character with press and release functions.

I am very new to Linux. I'm on Linux Mint. I'm running this in a python3 venv that just has pynput and two other external libraries installed. ChatGPT thinks the issue might be related to X11. The issue does not occur at all on Windows, using the exact same code. On Linux there seems to be no issues with typing regular text, just special characters.

 

Does the GDPR define what the default behavior should be when the user refuses to specify? Does it vary by site? Is it like clicking either "Accept all" or "Reject all"?

 

Why YSK: Certain topics are stressful and tend to spread all over the site, including to unrelated communities. Blocking communities can be overkill and ineffective, and likewise for blocking individual users.

To do so, open up the uBlock Origin dashboard, go to the 'My filters' tab, and add this filter:

lemmy.world##article.row:has-text(/word1|word2|word3|word4/i)

For example:

lemmy.world##article.row:has-text(/Trump|Elon|Musk|nazi/i)

Then apply the changes and reload any open tabs, and all posts which contain any of your filtered words will simply not show up.

You'll have to change "lemmy.world" at the start to whatever your actual instance is. You can filter as many or as few words as you want, just keep the / at the start, the /i at the end, and separate words with | pipes. What's actually being filtered is a case-insensitive regex, if you want to get fancy with it.

Here are equivalent filters for reddit and Ars Technica:

reddit.com##div.thing[data-context="listing"]:has-text(/word1|word2|word3|word4/i)
arstechnica.com##:not(:not(head>title:has-text(/^Ars Technica/))) article:has-text(/word1|word2|word3|word4/i)

As a disclaimer, I made these myself, and I'm not particularly familiar with creating uBlock Origin filters. There may be better ways to do this. Also the reddit one is specific to old.reddit.com, and the lemmy filter is made to work with the default lemmy.world web UI and may not work on other UIs without tinkering.

Yes, I know I'm just hiding my head in the sand.

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Coin-flipping game (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world to c/dailymaths@lemmy.world
 

We're playing a game. I flip a coin. If it lands on Tails, I flip it again. If it lands on Heads, the game ends.

You win if the game ends on an even turn, and lose otherwise.

Define the following events:

A: You win the game

B: The game goes on for at least 4 turns

C: The game goes on for at least 5 turns

What are P(A), P(B), and P(C)? Are A and B independent? How about A and C?

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Bounding a function (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world to c/dailymaths@lemmy.world
 

Consider the function defined by y = x^(sin(x)^sin(x)). Observe its graph. Find an increasing function which passes through each of its local maximums, and another increasing function which passes through each of its local minimums.

Extra credit: You'll notice the graph isn't drawn for x-values which make sin(x) negative. This is because most of those values make the function undefined - though it is defined for infinitely many points in those intervals, it just also has infinitely many holes. Since it lacks continuity here, it has no true local maxes or local mins, and doesn't impact the original problem. We can nonetheless cheat and fill in the holes by expanding the function to these regions with y = x^|sin(x)|^sin(x) (Using x^-|sin(x)|^sin(x) should also be technically valid, but is being ignored because it's discontinuous with the rest of the graph and not as pretty, but will be mentioned in my solution). Doing so adds more local maxes and local mins. The new local mins should line up with your function that finds the local maxes for the original function - but, find a new function which hits all of the new local maxes.

 

(x/5)^log_b(5) - (x/6)^log_b(6) = 0

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world to c/dailymaths@lemmy.world
 
Index of my unnamed series of posted problems
Date Post
2024-05-07 Find a+b
2024-05-09 What is the area of the shaded region?
2024-05-15 Solve for x
2024-05-17 Bounding a function
2024-05-22 Coin-flipping game
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world to c/dailymaths@lemmy.world
 

An 8x5 rectangle. If the bottom left corner is considered (0, 0), then two lines are drawn within the rectangle, from (0, 4) to (8, 1) and from (1, 5) to (7, 0). The smaller two regions of the four these lines cut the rectangle into are shaded. What is their combined area?

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Find a+b (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world to c/dailymaths@lemmy.world
 

The image is of a large unit square with five smaller disjoint shaded squares contained entirely within it. The five smaller squares are congruent. Four of them are at each corner of the large square. The fifth is in the center, rotated diagonally, so the center of each of its sides is touched by the vertex from one of the other four squares. You are given that the common length for the five smaller congruent squares is (a-sqrt(2)) / b, where a and b are positive integers. What is the value of a + b?

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