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- Comment on When it comes to saving, Gen Z asks: 'What’s the point?' That's dangerous, expert says 2 days ago:
The generation that lived through 3 “once in a lifetime” economic disasters doesn’t trust their money will be there when they need it. Gee I wonder why?
- Comment on Is it possible to basically not snore at all? 6 days ago:
To live an entire life and never snore? Probably not. You’ll probably get sick and stuffed up and snore at some point in your life. Is it possible to generally not snore? Yeah, maintaining healthy weight, good sleep hygiene, not being sick, avoiding allergens, and proper sleeping ergonomics will probably prevent 99.9% of snoring
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
As a former 22 year old, I should have absolutely been on a leash
- Comment on Did they already take the porn? 3 weeks ago:
It’s entirely possible there’s an issue with lemmynsfw.com that either has screwed up federation, or the majority of their content. I’m at work so I can’t investigate right now but I’d bet it’ll be fixed by the end of the day
- Comment on Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots 4 weeks ago:
I made a lemmy post about it but I theorize they’re crowdsourced AI training. Post something, post a couple of separate AI interpretations of it, then analyze the highest up voted AI and “organic” responses, and feed that back into the model. Rinse/repeat
- Comment on Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots 4 weeks ago:
I mean the bots don’t help. The sheer number of obviously AI subreddits and response farms is crazy. There’s like 6 prominent “Am I the Assholes”, a bunch of text message “screenshot” subreddits which have always been easy to fake, and a bunch of “explain the joke” ones too. I stop reading halfway through most text posts and comments because it’s obviously AI
- Comment on Nice place to shop but sometimes gets sticky 4 weeks ago:
Americans have a weird quirk with preferring “local” grocery stores but not bothering to look up who actually owns their grocery store. So the majority of “local” chains are just regional Kroger brands or in this case Food Lion is the southern equivalent of Dutch Delhaize
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Unironically, yes. If the “internet” were to disappear tomorrow civilized society would no longer exist. Too much had been built on an unstable jenga tower of technology. We put a lot of faith in the status quo existing despite the fact that little evidence suggests it will
- Comment on Instant rotten milk 5 weeks ago:
You jest but there’s a carbonated Persian drink called Doogh and Milkis is a Korean drink that they remove a lot of the lactose from. It’s not a crazy concept
- Comment on Instant rotten milk 5 weeks ago:
Carbonating water creates a small amount of carbonic acid in the water and makes the whole thing slightly acidic. Usually it’s not enough to instantly curdle milk but it would certainly give off the same smell/taste as almost expired milk. This would almost certainly be very gross, even ignoring the bubbly milk part
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
It’s kinda the same thing as “selling feet pics” and “stripping to pay for school”. There’s a common belief that since men are so desperate for sex that any woman willing to do sex work will make a decent amount of money. That’s simply not the case if you actually talk to any kind of sex worker. However, America is so puritanical that most people don’t even know a sex worker, let alone have the bravery to ask them about their work
- Comment on I have to hand it to this guy. I'm seriously confused about the format of this..?? Russian propaganda, I'd say? 1 month ago:
This doesn’t say anything. Neither of those statements are true. Nobody “allows” someone to enter the country “illegally” that’s what the laws mean. We also didn’t magically change the rules when Trump entered the office, he just chose to ignore them and is being reprimanded for it. Also illegal immigrants can’t vote so they don’t impact policy decisions. This is two vague statements that evoke feeling without actually saying anything associated to an attractive made up woman with no facts attached
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- Comment on Time to rewatch. Gurren Lagan 2 months ago:
Me firing up old Konosuba episodes
- Comment on One-handed games? 2 months ago:
The Final Fantasy pixel remasters are all old school turn based RPGs that can be played one handed on the steam deck. Certainly not all 50 games but UFO 50 has a bunch of games made for a non-existent console that are all pretty simple and I would bet a lot of them can be played one handed. Both Crypt of the Necrodancer and Cadence of Hyrule are rhythm dungeon delver games that probably work one handed too, technically so would the new game Rift of the Necrodancer but that requires more skill than I have
- Comment on Ultra Gullible 2 months ago:
A pre-built tower with a disk drive and windows 7. I think you better call the Loch Ness Monster cuz you’re only getting about three fitty for that
- Comment on fedi 4chan? 2 months ago:
How would you federate something ephemeral? I’ll admit I don’t understand the specific techinals of federation but what stops another platform from hosting your content locally after it has supposed to have been deleted? It seems like the two goals of the platforms are diametrically opposed
- Comment on Amid Trump crackdown, illegal border crossings plunge to levels not seen in decades 2 months ago:
Arresting more people and saying they’re crossing illegally doesn’t make it true. Here’s evidence of at least one German tourist being held for no reason. Also it’s easy to get record numbers when you blatantly ignore laws:
the Trump administration has empowered federal officials to swiftly deport migrants without hearing their asylum claims, under the premise that the country is facing an “invasion.”
U.S. law says migrants on American soil generally have the right to claim asylum to delay or halt their deportation
- Comment on What's easier to shoot, a bow or a firearm? 3 months ago:
A firearm, easily. I’ve fired both and bows require much more strength even if it’s a compound bow. On top of that aiming an arrow is much less intuitive than using even iron sights on a gun. Not to mention you can get rounds off much faster on a bolt action gun than a bow. Additionally I think you’re probably more likely to hurt yourself with a bow by smacking your arm than with a gun, assuming you get basic training for both
- Submitted 3 months ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 5 comments
- Comment on YSK about Jury Nullification, if you're an American and you don't, look it up. 3 months ago:
You’d be surprised at how stupid people can be. Obviously we’re all dancing around one case and I assure the members of that jury will be pestered about it for a long time after
- Comment on YSK about Jury Nullification, if you're an American and you don't, look it up. 3 months ago:
I will also warn that you are likely committing perjury when they ask at the jury if they have an inability or refusal to follow the instructions or the law of the judge. Now this is difficult to prove, but it’s not something risk free
- Comment on HELP! How do I help educate my son about his body when I know nothing about boys?? 3 months ago:
Have you seen young men without good role models in their life? I have, they break things and hurt people. There are exceptions to every rule obviously, but especially in the growing toxic male culture that we have right now young men are in precarious positions. I’m a huge fucking nerd, I built my own computer in high school and was captain of the quiz bowl team. It’s still important to find positive and healthy outlets for the energy young men have. This poster specifically pointed out that they do have toxic male influences in their life already. Keeping active is never bad advice and while I may have been over emphasizing some things, it’s important to address behavior now before he starts driving, working, going out on his own, etcetera etcetera
- Comment on HELP! How do I help educate my son about his body when I know nothing about boys?? 3 months ago:
First things first, I’d suggest looking into Big Brothers, Big Sisters if you’re in America. I’ve been a part of their program and it’s a great organization dedicated to helping kids exactly like this
OK, onto real advice: it sounds like you’re a woman and one of the things you need to address early with young men is respect. He will become significantly stronger than you very soon. He will have a ton of hormones pumping through his body. He is going to become dangerous to himself and others. He will be curious about how strong he is. You have to make sure he explores that safety. This is something all men go through and it’s important to have a good foundation or he can start spiraling down bad paths. You need to police his internet usage, his friends, and his role models or he could very easily start sliding into anti-women and abusive views
If he’s not enrolled in any sort of physical activity I would encourage you to find one. He’s going to have basically unlimited energy and channeling that into sports is usually better than the alternatives. That’s also tricky because you need to pay attention to the leadership of those activities to ensure that they are good influences
Now the fun stuff: he is going to be hungry for the next 5 years. If you haven’t grown up with boys it’s hard to understand but he can eat 6000 calories in a day and barely notice. My family used to order 2 pizzas when I was a teen, I would eat an entire one and they would eat the other. I’m not exaggerating when I say my average food in a day was a full continental breakfast, 2 deli sandwiches, chips, a dessert and a soda for lunch, an after school snack (usually leftovers), a large dinner, and dessert. I’m not a fat guy, nor was I in school. You will likely think at some point “he can’t possibly be eating that much food” and I assure you that he can
Ultimately what is important is that you have to build a good moral foundation for him. You will lose the ability to control him and when that happens all of the work you’ve done raising him will reflect in the way he acts
- Comment on How did people end-up agreeing on the name of rivers/mountains and seas ? 3 months ago:
This video talks about a US agency that’s responsible for doing exactly that
- Comment on Plot devices IRL 3 months ago:
- Comment on AI Generated X 5 months ago:
I get what you’re saying but so far in my experience here the vast majority of AI content is at least identified as such. AI content is here to stay and in my opinion attempts to remove/ban it will just make it more insidious. If you go back to Reddit AI posts/comments are everywhere and absolutely none of it is labeled. On lemmy people get to choose to interact with it which I think is probably way better
- Comment on Republicans Have the Slimmest House Majority Since 1931, What It Means – MishTalk 5 months ago:
If there’s one thing we’ve seen it’s the Republican party’s ability to run a government on a slim majority effectively. Oh wait, you’re saying that doesn’t happen? We’re just going to watch a bunch of in fighting for months? Awesome.
- Comment on is feeling disrespected reason good enough to change jobs? 5 months ago:
I’m glad you’re happy but I got similar results in half the time. I went from 40k, to 70, then 80, then 120, and finally 135 now in about 6 years. Of those each time I got a new job, except for 70 to 80 which was when I went from contracting to full time at the same job. Hell, I asked my manager at that job how I could get a raise and he said my best bet was to quit, go work somewhere else and come back in a few years. My number one piece of career advice I give everyone is “quit your job” especially if you work corporate
- Comment on is feeling disrespected reason good enough to change jobs? 5 months ago:
Every significant “raise” I have had in my life has been getting a new job. Do it. Quit. You’ll be better off with a new job and be happy you left