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  • justsomeguy@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldThe Wikipedia Test
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    5 days ago

    But the donations are only necessary because of inflated salaries. It’s like saying we have to pay this pastry chef because the pastry chef loves to eat their own cake. They’re just feeding themselves.

    The cost of server infrastructure is comparatively tiny so if they’d run it lean it’d have enough cash to last ages already. Also posting a banner on their site with massive reach isn’t exactly rocket surgery.

    I know there are worse things but I strongly dislike nonprofits wasting donation money.


  • justsomeguy@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldThe Wikipedia Test
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    on the one hand they make some valid points on the other hand it’s a little disgusting how much wikipedia execs get payed and how sweaty they get when they worry about having to pay content moderators. currently they just pocket most of the donations they get but with increased running costs that would get harder.

    don’t get me wrong, wikipedia is an important project and they deserve fair compensation but grabbing $700k per year for managing it seems a bit steep eh? it’s not like they’re forging new business strategies and conquering markets. they have a very simple concept and just keep it running. a post it note on the ceo door with “keep going lads” on it might outperform them and save some money.



  • If you look a bit closer you’ll see so much AI slop on reddit these days that it’s hard to use. It boggles my noggle that the most obvious AI generated engagement bait gets posted on places like AITA including the classic Chad Jippity dashes and people engage with it.

    Chatgpt, pretend you’re an abused woman. Your husband has cut you open and is currently wearing your intestines as a necklace but you’re not sure if you’re overreacting so you ask online. Put all the reddit karma in a bag once you’re done.

    Fuck that shit.







  • I mean the comparison used to be Wikipedia vs finding the right literature in a library. Now it’s mostly Wikipedia vs AI that sometimes makes things up including sources. The real degradation happens over time though. People using AI to write papers which then get fed into AI as a source. It already is but will become increasingly hard to verify how reliable the information is that you find.

    This all happens in the background of short video clips dominating the engagement of young people. We have students at our school who aren’t even capable of using AI to cheat and they don’t care either. They saw some tiktoks telling them once they’re 18 they can get rich with betting or real estate (despite having no capital) so why do homework? I’d rather they trust wikipedia blindly than what they currently do.









  • That headline is giving them too much credit. They merely let kids fight and essentially yelled “CRIPPLE FIGHT! KICK HIM IN THE BALLS!” like Cartman would instead of stopping it when they saw it.

    A “ringleader of a child fight club” would need to organize fights and betting, make sure everyone keeps their mouth shut. You know, the basics. You gotta train your champs a bit so you get a good show going. I’m not saying I’m sad about it but as far as child fight clubs go they didn’t really have anything going. If there was a child fight club union they wouldn’t qualify is all I’m saying.

    Seriously though fuck those kinds of people.


  • justsomeguy@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 months ago

    Would you want to share a wife with other men?

    Most instances of middle eastern polygamy have a heavy element of materialism to them. The women mostly agree because it gives them a higher standard of living, not because they like the concept.

    People of Sweden have a relatively high living standard as a baseline so when your father’s second wife decided to do this it was like giving up ‘real’ partnership for some fancy hand bags.