jpreston2005

@jpreston2005@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot chefs take over at South Korea’s highway restaurants, to mixed reviews⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally not a fantasy, but my and a lot of cooks reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot chefs take over at South Korea’s highway restaurants, to mixed reviews⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was a cook, even if I was just making something simple, I could still find creative satisfaction in a variety of ways. How you sprinkle on the garnish, plating, using a little more of this, a little less of that. Food to a chef is like art designed to be destroyed, so with the temporary nature of the medium, it really allows you to be creative in a multitude of ways. You’re not hung up on making it perfect, because it’s just about to be eaten, so it let’s you be more free with your design choices. It can be fun creating art while you’re supposed to be working.

  but if my job was suddenly just washing up after a machine… well. That will get old real quick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are we all suffering from "future shock" in 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The everything is already awful enough without us having to carry around a device that connects us to all the awful everywhere we go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are we all suffering from "future shock" in 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  nobody would care

  Information Overload. The march doesn’t matter. The people who did the upsetting thing have already gone on to do several more upsetting things by the time we’ve started marching against the first one. The people reporting about the upsetting thing miss the point but it doesn’t matter because nobodies actually paying attention, it’s just fluff on in the background. The white noise we need to go about our day maintaining some false sense of “staying up to date” when it’s impossible to do. The torrent of information comes from all over the globe and never stops growing. Even if everything is suddenly perfect in your neighborhood, city, state, or country, it doesn’t matter because there’s a genocide somewhere else, and the pope died, and there’s a famine and a new study that says the sweet treats you like are going to kill you and the stock market is down but it’s back up by the time you check and you should’ve bought the dip so you could actually retire but you were too busy ignoring a TV while looking at bad news on your phone and eating a sweet treat because nothing feels real anymore and you just need a hit of dopamine before you start panicking and reach for the gun in the nightstand to put a bullet in your brain because at least the bullet will be real and the silence afterwards won’t be temporary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is an insane thing to have to do. Having to manipulate your TV into not doing something you don’t want or require it to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Jean-Luc Picard so hot 🙏⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because he is so damned competent. A true leader that cares about his crew, and who respects life and people. He’s a student of history, an amateur archeologist, and he has his own damn saddle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of the most realistic fictional movies ever made?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Copland.

  Read this article and tell me you think these cops are all 100% clean

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of the most realistic fictional movies ever made?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This movie made me want to be an epidemiologist it was so good

• US Citizen, joined Army, Peace Corps, professional firefighter-spoke out against the tRump dictatorship while vacationing in Vietnam and may not be allowed back into the country.youtube.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Essentials only⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Back when I was an active alcoholic, I’d go through one of those a day. That was my version of moderation 🙃

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Vermont, an ultralocal social network is as popular as Facebook⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The site doesn’t even allow you to “like” posts. “It seemed to us to be a kind of high school popularity contest, a way of creating a dependency on the platform,” said the founder, holding a mug of tea.

  On Facebook, Instagram or X, likes are also used to help algorithms identify users. Here, there’s no need: There’s no algorithm. “On Front Porch Forum, content isn’t infinite, so we don’t have to choose what we show,” said Wood-Lewis. Doomscrolling – mindlessly consuming a flood of negative news – is impossible here: Browsing through the posts takes just 10 minutes.

  “Sometimes nothing much happens, just like in real life.”

  Sounds lovely!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love cats, but I also love my plants, and despise the odor of a used litter box. Therefore, I cannot have cats. It sucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When AI decides to destroy the human virus, it now knows exactly how to create a bug capable of it. Probably more likely than pumping out a bunch of humanoid robots with guns, just create a bug, spread it around, and mess with our ability to communicate in time to stop the spread. BAM. Easy-peasy, humans are now down to a manageable 1 billion or so individuals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I a bad friend/rude for not engaging with my friends and giving one-word responses?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know they will be there for me when I need it

  Here’s the thing, relationships take work. Not just marriages or romantic ones, they all take work. Effort needs to be made by both parties, or else the relationship will die. I had a friend that affectionately called it “friend work,” where they would spend a bit of time each day putting in the effort needed to maintain a healthy friendship, because if she didn’t, then the relationship would suffer for it.

  Not wanting to engage in the world right now is very common, and downright reasonable considering the general state of things. If a relationship you have with someone is mentally stressing you, or sapping your energy, consider whether or not that relationship is valuable to you, and act accordingly. If the relationship is important to you, and you want it to continue or grow, then you have to put effort into it. If the relationship is one-sided, and feels draining, and you want it to end, then put forth zero effort into it, and it will naturally go away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨my version is better⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I cannot hear this song without thinking that the background singers are repeatedly saying “cut your balls off” during the refrain

  Billy Idol - Mony Mony

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Speaking honestly, what has to happen for you personally to take to the street in protest of the current administration.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  protesting is where you meet these communities and working groups.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Speaking honestly, what has to happen for you personally to take to the street in protest of the current administration.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I was there for the Women’s march, there for BLM, after George Floyd, and most recently for the 50501 (which was surprisingly well attended despite it’s quick set-up). Let me know if there’s another one, and I’ll be there too. All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Between this and the asteroid scheduled to (maybe) hit Earth in 2032, I’m beginning to think that we’re in for a rough time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi-Rez Studios is laying off further employees and ending development on Smite, Paladins, and Rogue Company⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  the graphics seem worse somehow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This really is the only right answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a metaphor you like in your language?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was young, myself and a group of friends were being accosted by a disheveled man on our walk home from the bar. We didn’t really understand what he was saying, but we were able to discern one phrase, as he told us to “Put the pussy on a chain wax”

  We had no idea what it meant, and thought it was hilarious, so we’d oft repeat it at random.

  Thinking about it now, I suddenly realize what he meant. He was referring to the woman in our group, telling us to pimp her out, by putting her up against a chain-link fence that were so plentiful in rough neighborhoods where we grew up.

  So now I’m telling you, so that if you ever encounter this gentleman, you’ll know what he’s talking about 😶‍👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite 1000+ hour games?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DOTA 2 is my primary time waster, have over 3000+ hours on it. It’s endlessly entertaining, because there is so much variability in the games. You have 4-8 spells depending on the hero, with 6 active item slots, which means once your team has leveled up, team fights can be a burst of seconds, or a 5+ minute long affair, with each tank employing different survival strategies to block damage, heal, or escape, just to heal and get right back in it. There are multiple different game modes, but are a little challenging to find and play. Still, it is the one game I play with the steepest learning curve. I don’t think I saw myself as “good at the game” until I was around 1000 hours in 😶‍

  Smite is the only other game I have 1000+ hours in. I started playing it as a break from DOTA 2, and as a way to connect with my little brother. It’s a lot like DOTA 2, but far more simplistic. Each god has 4 spells, with no active items. Instead of left-clicking for movement on a map, you use WASD to maneuver your god. It’s fun, and you can pick it up after like 30 hours. The different game modes are a lot easier to navigate than in DOTA, but it’s also a lot less engaging. The updates and quests are all very simplistic. I was going to try out the new Smite 2, but after watching some game play, it looks… exactly the same as Smite 1.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make sure he is a real Bear⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, if it was any other kind of car, I would have been impressed at their ingenuity and railed against the wildlife expert who outed them. But people who waste money on expensive luxury cars don’t get sympathy from me. A fuckin Rolls Royce? You thought you could get an insurance company to write off a fuckin rolls royce? If you already have the money to obtain that kind of car, you get no sympathy from me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the price of real estate rising so dramatically?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s the nested article, i.e. the article your article is talking about: October 23, 2024, By Blair Fix; The American Housing Crisis: A Theft, Not a Shortage

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does the article keep referring to Google as “The Chocolate Factory?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that there's a better index than the BMI to measure obesity called the Body Roundness Index⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  yeah, been weightlifting for years, and the only time the BMI chart says I’m “healthy” is when I’m at my absolute shreddiest. Looking like I’m starving myself to shoot a nude scene in a movie. And I hate that. I know that when I’m at that weight, I may look great, but I’m also at my weakest. So I hate that this chart subconsciously bullies me into trying to maintain some ridiculous 9-12% body fat range, when that’s more of a body building competition range.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump cosplaying⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, someone has actually died as a result of this McDiddles E. Coli outbreak? Imagine living your whole ass life, doing regular shit, being a regular ass person, and then dying to a mcdouble. WTF. Just another reason I rarely let other people cook my food.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2 in 3 People Often Encounter Hate Speech Online.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ounce of prevention worth a pound of not being subjected to an endless stream of racist hate-filled trolls!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2 in 3 People Often Encounter Hate Speech Online.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Great list of websites to never visit 👍

  I get enough hate-speech during on-line video games. By not using any of those apps, I successfully save myself from multitudes more, while also foregoing any potentially addictive status-seeking site-based-compulsions. I used to play Clash of Clans on my phone because it was a good way to waste a couple minutes while taking a shit. I quit when I began to play too much. I feel like Facebook, twitter, instagram, they’re all just sites to waste time on. Which begs the question, why waste time on them at all? Why waste time?

  I know not every moment can be spent fruitfully, but when something you do to waste a bit of time in between/during mundane tasks becomes something that now demands attention outside of that, then it’s time to stop wasting time on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The worst feeling of my life:My vacation is ending tomorrow⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. Tonight is the last evening I could conceivably go out. I tried to get myself to go out last night, but after my workout I just wanted to put on my warm comfy house clothes and overeat while watching science fiction.

  Now I have a new decision. Do I force myself to go out tonight? I’d love to go out dancing, but driving into the city in the dark (and having to drive back) is such a bummer.