FWIW this was always an ideological choice, not a technical one. Masto users saw how quote-posts were used on other platforms to generate harassment, doxxing, dogpiling, etc. and chose not to include the feature. It’s hard to say whether it has had a cooling effect on those, but it seems like most people on Masto consider the benefits to outweigh the costs.

I can see a use case when it comes to search - like you said. If the question is relatively trivial and slightly obscure then a LLM summary is probably adequate (maybe problematic for other reasons).

But this is being marketed in Productivity software! I really and genuinely want to understand why it seems so popular.

That has sorta been my experience so far. LLMs are great at producing output as long as the quality of the output doesn’t really matter. Maybe there are a lot more tasks than I realize where this is the case - in my work there are not many.

What are people actually using AI for in office programs? I spend almost all day working on email, documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Every time in the past that I have tried to use AI tools, it has either failed to perform the task, done it poorly/incorrectly, or taken longer than using traditional tools (requiring multiple prompts, editing and correcting, etc.)

Am I just a dinosaur? Are there people who really use these tools productively?

You have a good heart and are stronger than you think.

Some of your instincts are exactly right, while some are a little off. You’re right about finding better opportunities to meet like minded people in the city. Parts of Ohio are pretty progressive and open minded.

There are women who would love to get to know you, and that will only improve over time. As people get older and wiser, the stereotypical roles become less and less important, and what ends up mattering is having a caring partner who is capable of growth. That’s you.

Last, yes, there are some people who might wish to do violence to anyone who is different. However, they tend to be cowards and opportunists and there are not that many of them. The point of terrorism is to make people afraid, because even though it’s unlikely for any one person to be a victim, everyone feels like they could potentially be a victim.

It is extremely unlikely that you will personally be targeted with deadly violence just for who you are. It’s even more unlikely to happen multiple times. The best thing you can do to protect yourself is to have situational awareness.

Also a Mastodon user can follow a Lemmy user.

The replies will federate but not the threads. So for example, the Mastodon user will get notifications about replies to their comments and the Lemmy user will get notifications of the Mastodon user. However, the two users will see the conversion displayed quite differently, especially if there are more than two users in the conversion.

I set up mine through docker and it works great. I’ve switched from other CalDAV / CardDAV hosts and it really is the most stable and reliable.

Honestly, the folks at Merriam Webster are pretty amazing and I don’t mind supporting them with a simple click.

Crowdsourced solutions are fine, but subject to armchair research and inaccuracy. If it really matters, I’d rather trust people who have studied and devoted their lives to being linguists.

I use a third party VPN without any issues (USA)

Unpopular opinion: Lemmy-UI is a bottom tier app. Use any one of the better options available

What would happen if you disabled all connections on a Tesla? Or put it in some kind of Faraday cage? Would it just shut itself down, or would it keep running in its current state?

Humans are just off-brand octopuses.

“Doctor, please help me! I have a terrible pain in my side.”

“It’s just gas. Trust me.”

Seeing inside empty containers is way more useful than it seems.

You’d have to make it with embroidery floss or something to get a thin knit.

I dunno, I guess we’d have to ask that crayfish that cloned itself a few million times and will likely never die.

Science is really the only objective system of truth. The origin of consciousness is at present beyond scientific understanding or any pathway towards understanding.

Unfortunately, that means that your question is unanswerable. There is no objectively true answer to this question. Any possible response would be speculation or belief.

This only seems to support the theory

The more interesting question is, who would you arrest? Just ignore the law. It’s unenforceable when it comes to the fediverse.