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[–] 125 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I worked at a hospital for 20 years... in IT, I wanna start scolding just reading this!

this gets more then just pharmacists excited!

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    My elderly parents showing me clearly AI videos of a $30 robot puppy...

    I couldn't convince them it was AI. I tried to explain CGI with shit like Pixar and Disney movies but it didn't work. NICOO puppy

    That shit should be illegal.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    They must have known that CGI in Pixar and Disney movies is very different from an AI-generated video and concluded that you had no idea what you were talking about based on that inaccuracy.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    "Computers can make up things that look real. Like superhero movies and kid movies (disney/Pixar). This AI crap just made it cheaper and easier so there's lots of fake stuff everywhere"

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I worked at a hospital for 20 years… in IT,

    Hi there, I work in a small lab just upstairs and was wondering if it's okay if I spoof a few MAC addresses to get wired internet and then use my personal VPN to torrent a few GB's of films and games? I'm sure you understand

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    I mean, a few GB would probably be done in a few seconds, so no big deal, just don't seed past 1.5. The VPN actually makes it easier on the routers if there's any NAT going on because the VPN handles managing the individual connection forwarding table.

    Now if you said a few TB, that might be an issue.

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  • [–] 91 points 10 months ago (9 children)

    One of the best ways to get information out of people who are hoarding knowledge is to say something so blatantly false to them that they can't help but lecture you on why you're wrong.

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  • [–] 73 points 10 months ago (8 children)
  • [–] 51 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Uhm actually, that is Cunningham's law after Howard Cunningham, developer of the first wiki!

    Murphy's law states that "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" smhmh.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Um actually you're wrong, what you're referencing is Poe's law,
    Cunninghams law is "whoever smelt it, dealt it"

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I thought Cunningham's law had to do with over-intelligent pigs

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Nah, over-intelligent pigs is covered in "Animal Farm", a classic dystopian novel by George OrwellAldous Huxley shit sorry I accidentally misremembered it right.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    That's true now, but Murphy actually said "if there's two ways of doing something people will do it wrong every time"

    What can go wrong will go wrong was Finagle's law until Murphy came along with a better name for a similar rule

    But Murphy's rule was better before as it gave a solution: ensure there's only one way to do a thing

    Murphy was a test subject for acceleration tests on rocket sleds. One run was ruined as all the accelerometers had been plugged in the wrong way, so no acceleration data was collected

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  • [–] 74 points 10 months ago (16 children)

    Or of they are a nurse, ask them which home remedy is best for burns: toothpaste or powder coffee?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Would you like some nut juice with your bean soup? (Adding almond milk to coffee.)

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 45 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    If you're ever lost in a forest, and you want to be rescued, just start building a house. Someone will magically appear to ask if you have a building permit.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Put on a pair of headphones and start listening to something. Then set about to making shelter or building a fire or something. You'll be rescued as soon as your hands are full because someone will come along to ask you the single most inane question of your life.

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  • [–] 51 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    As a joke it’s perfect 😂 but also: please don’t actually do this—finishing antibiotics as prescribed (or calling your doc if you’re having side effects) is the real pro tip.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Recent research has found that the recommended length of a course of antibiotics is basically just a guess and doesn't have any hard science backing it.

    I've even seen research that suggests that not finishing the full course if you feel better helps prevent resistant bacteria from taking over (because the antibiotics are killing the bacteria that are outcompeting them).

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  • [+] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    There are studies linked in this post that disagree with that logic.

    The logic you heard is the long held belief that's being challenged with new evidence, and it takes a super long time to break the medical community of long held beliefs.

    For example, even in the 90s medical schools were still teaching that you couldn't get addicted to opioids if you were actually in pain.

    And there are still psychiatrists that will say you can't have autism because you can make eye contact with people, because that's what the DSM5 says.

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    I just had a thought, do they still put a shitload of antibiotics into animal feeds on factory farms? Doesn't that contribute to antibiotic resistance?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Yeah, from what I understand, countries try to regulate the use of antibiotics, so that we don't blow the most potent ones, a.k.a. new ones, right away. But on some level, we're reliant on regularly discovering new antibiotics, which isn't great.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Iirc it doesn't because the antibiotics don't target the same bacteria that makes humans sick.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Until those diseases jump the species gap

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think that's super common for bacteria. You see it more with viruses.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    We still give them shitloads yeah, but it's complicated. Changes have been made globally. There's basically no risk to us. The antibiotics don't get into our food, and the superbugs that might breed aren't viable in humans. Wild animals still pose more risk.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Course lengths for antibiotics isn't well studied. From this article:

    In fact, the optimal length of treatment in many common infections is not well studied and may be more than a little arbitrary. One infectious diseases doctor has suggested, somewhat satirically, that most of our current rules for antibiotic administration have more to do with the number of days in the week than they do with robust scientific evidence.

    We have a growing and, frankly, terrifying issue of antibiotic resistant bacteria from over prescribing and longer than necessary courses.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    What the fuck. They told me that antibiotic resistant bacteria was caused by taking too little antibiotics. Who can I trust now????

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Realistically, most of the antibiotic resistance issues actually arise from antibiotic usage in farm animals. Turns out you get better and fatter growth if you microdose animals with antibiotics. Plus there's the added benefit that you don't need to care as much about animal hygiene or illnesses if they're just always on antibiotics. Of course, that's the perfect circumstance for promoting antibiotic resistance. And at the current massive scale of animal farming, antibiotic resistance spreads quickly.

    But, you know, that's an acceptable cost when you consider all the shareholder value that you create by having slightly fatter animals.

    Funny thing is, antibiotic resistance is an energetically costly adaptation, and studies show that as long as you drop antibiotic usage below a certain amount, evolution would actually favor deleting antibiotic resistance genes. In other words, if we stopped using antibiotics on farm animals, a large amount of antibiotic resistance would just evaporate basically overnight. Then realize that that would never happen with our current governments

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  • [–] 24 points 10 months ago (17 children)

    We need one of these for every field.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago* (10 children)

    "OK, I unplugged the computer. ... No, I still hear air moving. ... What? You mean the footrest? Why would I unplug that?"

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (9 children)

    I would try Linux, but I'm not some command-line hacker type. I like a nice GUI and Linux just can't compete with the big guys on that front with all the "packages" or whatever bloating up your knock-off OS.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Man... I get it. I've changed at least five windows machines to Linux in the past. This past fall, I was switch my HP spectre to Linux and bricked the fucking thing.

    All of the security windows shit meant a bunch of bios changes, then out of nowhere it wouldnt charge the battery.

    No idea how to fix it now that the battery and/or laptop won't recognize the power plugged into any of the usbc ports. Ive tried different chargers, different outlets, and leaving it plugged in for 24 hours, but no life at all. No power means I cant restore to default bios, and Linux wouldnt install because once I was done fucking with the security, i didnt have enough battery to complete the install.

    It's fucking embarrassing.

    I then gave up and upgraded to a gaming laptop with a 5070ti, but I'd love to resurrect that old one if anybody has any tips.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Resetting the BIOS involves removing the internal CR2032 battery. Not a charged (main) battery.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I'd try one of the big Linuxes, such as Ubuntu, they often are more compatible than other Linuxes. Have you tried searching for "Linux on HP spectre" to see if there's any special configuration required

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Ubuntu is what I was endeavoring to install.

    I googled all sorts of things to no avail. Now, software solutions seem moot because it wont power on or even charge.

    I should google "how to charge a laptop battery when it's removed" or "do new laptop batteries come pre-charged" ... I feel like if I can get some juice, i can reset the bios to default and hopefully undo my power issue. Then, i can start this whole thing over again with extra caution.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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    I don't think so? I know people here love Linux. That's great. I just have to assume those folks aren't gamers/power users, because why would I pick an OS that doesn't support those things? It's crazy to me. It feels like the people at Linux are trying to lock me out of my own computer, which I own! And I can't imagine someone's little hobby coding project is very secure!? Correct me if I'm wrong! I just don't get it.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Oh OK, you're not trolling.

    You must be joking!

    (I've got a MIRV correction missile fueling up in my silo now, ready to launch in case you're not. That's why I'm asking for so much confirmation, 'cause those things are expensive!)

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago

    i wonder if hearing people talk about radiation as though it's an infection that can spread from person to person makes other nuclear enthusiasts twitch as much as it makes me...

    or hearing someone imply that any nuclear reactor can explode in exactly the same manner that an atomic bomb does "by accident".

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I know you asked for CSV but it wasn't showing up right so I saved it as PDF. Can I send that to you?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Sends it by taking a photo of the screen, which displays part of the PDF and some questionable browser tabs are clearly visible in the photo.

    Edit: questional -> questionable

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    This is exactly the same as saying to a software developer: "I was going to ask you to write me some software to do this, but I'll just get AI to do it instead"

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    "👍"

    "Oof. I wonder what I did to piss them off?"

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    Works great with your local autistic friend too, or anyone with any semblance of common sense

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    If you have a friend who's a pharmacist not a dipshit...

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