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  • I have absolutely done that in the past, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. I can slice off exactly how much I want, getting a good feeling for the portion size. The noodles stick together, there is no unfurling and subsequent mess when transferring them to a dish. They’ll loosen up a bit when heated, but stick together enough to offer a superior eating experience - just cut a piece off and consume.








  • You’re getting a lot of downvotes, which I think is related to the audience you’re talking to (computer and game affine) and the fact that Minecraft is generally considered a kid friendly game, so what’s the harm?

    That being said, it has zombies, creepers etc. and a 5yo can definitely get scared by it. I’ve seen it happen.

    However, I believe any unattended screen time at age 5 to be a much bigger issue in general. The AAP / AACAP recommends a maximum of 60 minutes a day of screen time at that age, and that includes the combined total including TV etc. Many European institutions advocate for a limit of 30 minutes (the AAP recently increased the limit in their recommendations).

    Minecraft is a game suitable for kids, but unsupervised media consumption is definitely not a thing at age 5.












  • I’m with you on more ethical solutions being available, but efficient? In turns of total energy usage required to go from (often unethically acquired) training data to a manifestation of a prompt as an image, maybe.

    But regarding the effort and efficiency when purely generating an image? I think not.

    There is a person on Lemmy running GenAI models locally (on their own machines) using solar power, and honestly, that’s totally fine by me. I’m also fine with a DM generating some art for their next hombrew game they run with a couple of friends.

    Acquisition of training data and the environmental impact of data centers (not only for AI usage) are still problems to be solved, though.