netvor

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hope you don't have any plans this evening.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  RTFB

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people on the internet (and Lemmy) so quick to say someone "deserves to die"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Along with other things said here, people tend to “forget” that there’s a real person on the other end.

  I vaguely recall Nicholas Christakis talking about a study they made, where they created a bot which would simply remind people of the fact that there’s a real person on the other end, and they found that it would help. (That study was done in some university platform and is centuries old in internet time, though. I think he spoke about it about 6 years ago on podcast with Sam Harris.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Failed Migration of Academic Twitter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have experience with Twitter or Mastodon but it reminds me of time when I quit drinking.

  When I quit drinking and tried to stay around people I used to drink with, I realized really fast how pointless this “engagement” (really just two people speaking past each other, and feeling like they have deep conversation) is. It’s almost insulting what a waste of effort such an “engagement” can be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wrote a web front end for downloading Youtube videos, and i'd love some feedback⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people see “free stuff”, and assume that it’s now open season on wasting OP’s time.

  It’s a good way to kill any enthusiasm. Imagine your kid made a spaghetti portrait as a gift for you and instead of just accepting it you asked, “but what exactly did you do differently from all kids on the block?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wrote a web front end for downloading Youtube videos, and i'd love some feedback⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why? Why ask for this from the creator?

  If someone can create new software and offer it for free, they should not also be expected to also create a comprehensive analysis of what other people did and list of differences.

  Just take it or leave it, it’s that simple. No need to act as if you’re trying to waste some door-to-door salesman’s time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I have an account on Mastodon.Social, and another account on PieFed.Social are they technically on the same instance, since they're both on .Social?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When it comes to identifying the server, hostname the first thing that counts. lemmy.world or mastodon.social or google.com are three different hostnames. At this point you can basically treat the period as no special character, it’s just part of the funny world. This basically answers your question: those are two different domains, ie. for all purposes, different instances.

  However, your computer does not really connect to hostname but to IP address, so the next important thing is to translate the hostname to an IP address.

  Aside: a valid hostname does not even have to have period in it. For example, localhost is a valid hostname! But generally hostnames without periods don’t get translated to any useful IP addresses. localhost is probably the only one widely used hostname but your OS will translate it to a special IP address which marks your own device.)

  So to translate the hostname to IP address is done using so-called DNS. So before you can connect, your computer already knows an IP address of a DNS server, and asks it to translate the hostname to IP address. Technically, this is still not where the period is strictly important.

  Where the period does start to be meaningful is when you think about: so we have billions of IP addresses, billions of hostnames, how do we organize it all? Who is going to maintain the huge massive list?

  So it works like this: There are dozens of organizations, each of which is assigned one or more “top level domains” (TLD). Then they are responsible for maintaining lists of all hostnames ending with those domains. Many of these organizations are local to certain states. For example, in Czech Republic, where I live, we have organization called CZ.NIC which maintains all domains ending with .cz. So it’s up to CZ.NIC how it manages permissions and gives out the domains. In this case, basically anyone can register any free domain ending with .cz, and what this registration means is that now they can get a server with an IP address, run whatever they want and have the registered domain name point to that IP address.

  Note that other organizations may decide to add additional rules. For example .uk domains are managed with extra rules, where non-government (commercial) entities are normally allowed to register only .co.uk and other .uk names are not handed out easily. I don’t actually know the details about .uk but my point is that if you are going to think about a hostname and how to begin to understand who owns it, first thing that matters is the TLD, and from that point the rules might be slightly different. To be fair, I haven’t seen much variance between this; almost all public TLD’s I’ve seen were either “simple”, meaning myname.tld or this thing that UK does (also New Zealand, from the top of my head).

  One almost universal rule is, though, that if I, say, register seznam.cz with NIC.CZ, then I automatically get not only seznam.cz but also any address I can possibly come up which ends with .seznam.cz. foo.seznam.cz, bar.seznam.cz, www.seznam.cz, I can now start organizing my servers using this whole infinite space, with any number of extra periods. I could totally start a business and start promoting my server foo.bar.baz.whatever.cz on billboards, as long as NIC.CZ grants me whatever.cz.

  So back to your question: mastodon.social and piefed.social are two completely different domains. All we know that they have in common is that whoever registered them, had to deal with the same organization; that is whoever maintains .social.

  So TL;DR: there’s really nothing that suggests that they would be the same instance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The culinary opposite of ice cream is pepperoni.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  but no pepersplaining please

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm so sorry⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it AI though? I thought AI’s are blocked from using celebrity faces.

  I assumed someone made it with AI using unspecified faces and then photoshopped in the real ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are LLMs capable of writing *good* code?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also in my experience LLM can often propose solutions which are working but way too complex.

  Story time: just yesterday, in VueJS I was trying to iterate over a list of items and render .text of reach item as HTML, but I needed to process it first. Note that in VueJS this is done by adding eg. <span v-html=“item.text”></span> where content of the attribute is the JavaScript expression needed to get the text.

  First I asked ChatGPT to write the function for processing the text. That worked pretty well and even used part of the JavaScript API which I was not aware about.

  Next, I had a “dumb moment” when I did not realize that as I’m iterating through items I can just say <span v-html=“processHtml(item.text)”></span>, that’s all I really needed. Somehow I thought (or should I say, “hallucinated”, ba dum tsss) for a moment that v-html is special or something (it is used differently than the most abundant type of syntax). So I went ahead and asked ChatGPT how to render processed texts while iterating.

  It came with a rather contrived solution which involved creating another computed property containing a list of processed texts. I started to integrate it into the existing loop: I would have to add index and use that index to pull the code from the computed property, which already felt a little bit weird.

  That’s when it struck me: no, no, no, I can just f*ing use the function.

  TL; DR: The point is, while ChatGPT was helpful I still needed to babysit it. And if I didn’t snap from my lazy moment, or if I simply didn’t know better, I would end up with code which is more complex, more surprising, which means harder to reason about for both humans and LLM’s. (For humans because now it forces you to speculate about coder’s intent, and for LLM’s because it’s less likely to be reminiscent of surrounding code in its learning data.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK rice commonly contains arsenic, but most of it can be removed by boiling in water (4:1 ratio) for 5 minutes, and discarding that water before starting the regular cook cycle with fresh water.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you “discard” the water by… just letting it into the sink? How long before aresnic is everywhere?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"It's scary"- Scientists finding mounting evidence of plastic pollution in human organs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also knew them by the name Bodies like 10 years ago. I think “Body Worlds” is a different company now.

  (Not sure what happened to the old one, or if I’m even right on this. Should have done wikipedia research but don’t wanna fall into another rabbit hole :))

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have lots of music which I got basically for free, and a lots of music for which I paid.

  My general attitude towards music is that I’m in it to explore, learn and enjoy the indescribable human connection that I get through, and only through listening to someone’s little “message in a bottle”. Doing this for many years (I’m 44 so over 30 years now) I’ve learned that training my brain on multiple styles and genres, the connection can always get deeper and more rich.

  So I would not be able to ever say a purchase was not worth it, because I would always assume such decision to be rushed. I had too many experiences when I listened to something, didn’t quite like it, but later I somehow “grew into” it, and then I learned to love it for years and years.

  Different music ends up playing different roles in my life. Some albums end up teaching me a genre or a style, some end up acting like a gateway drug, some end up as a “stand in” for whole genre. Some end up as “holy relics” of who I was, and are re-visited from time to time to see whether I’ve changed and how. Some end up on a shelf and get re-discovered, some end up on a shelf forever.

  (That “stand in” part is kinda tongue-in-cheek, but it sometimes almost works; eg. I would never set out to get a Dub album, but Dub Guerilla is one of the 100 best things I’ve ever heard, and it’s just so darn satisfying that it satisfies all and any of my Dub needs.)

  Sometimes my brain can be just really petty about things, like completely disregarding an album because of a track or a section which I feel is a mistake. Sometimes I just know I will need much more time, sometimes I feel certain things might remain hard to get into maybe forever.

  Don’t get me wrong, somewhere among those piles, there are really things that I won’t ever care to pick up, and perhaps would not purchase them again, but it almost never has much to do with number of listens. It might be things that I just got with bad expectation (ie. not listening upfront) or things that I enjoyed because of content (eg. lyrics) but I have changed and moved on.

  Other times music is best experienced live, for some bands the “spirit” simply cannot be tamed, let alone reproduced. Sometimes I get album from band directly after a show and then end up never feeling it again from the CD, but then again, I would say it was not worth it, because it’s still a great way to “tip” the artist, and sometimes it will just work out.

  (A bit more related to the OP: Incidentally, just today I broke my all-time record by spending about 20 EUR for V​í​n by Janus Rasmussen, and for reasons completely unrelated to OP and the price (but related to a sub-thread) I also did something I would never do normally–put one of the tracks on repeat for several hours. That’s not to brag about money–it’s just funny how it ended up accidentally as “$ per listen” experiment, although )

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s ‘87’ by Janus Rasmussen, by the way

  Also by the way, I got the album and it was the most I spent per minute of track ever (and my collection is hundreds of albums) – the album was 18 EUR (plus tax!), but then again, Icelandic economy, and I love to support artists, and I do love that song.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  my music routine generally implies having a song or two on repeat for the day because they are a form of stimming for me

  I’m not on spectrum on anything (anything diagnosed, anyway) but your comment inspired me to try and have a favorite tune on repeat for several hours, just to see what effect it would have on my ability to focus & anxiety, both of which are things I tend to struggle (although in my case it’s more related to insomnia).

  Interesting experience, nicer than I would expect. Normally my music routine is to try and keep things diverse, but I do tend to get distracted by the need to choose what’s next (and radios can have own problems, alghough soma.fm is awesome.) This sort of removed the issue.

  I do wonder how I will feel like when I turn it off, then in dreams, and then tomorrow. 😁

  (It’s ‘87’ by Janus Rasmussen, by the way, and even after hours I’m still loving it!).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  $10/hour entertainment budget

  So… worst case you spend $87,600 per year? (assuming you want to be entertained during sleep as well…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Close call⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  panel 3 is useless, he was clearly wasted and fell asleep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sign of the times?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  trying to keep up with the vaping industry?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone speak hairdresser? I need help communicating.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  forget the hair, but the questions must be precise and well-formed :D

  seriously (ish), if the hairdresser holds my hair 2cm away from the skin and asks if this length is ok, and their finger is like 2cm thick, i don’t know if they mean 2 or 4.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you are on a videocall do you also keep looking at your own thumbnail video?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  bonus points if they think that your connection is lagging

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you are on a videocall do you also keep looking at your own thumbnail video?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  but that just opens the worrying space more: what if you turned the camera back on and there it was? isn’t it better to not know? 🙃

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone speak hairdresser? I need help communicating.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oddly specific example, but I believe you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you are on a videocall do you also keep looking at your own thumbnail video?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  who knows if it makes me look better or like a weirdo…

  both. I’ve recently realized that during our 1on1 calls my boss is “looking at me”, which always made me feel more listened, overall better.

  I mentioned that on a different, informal call, like, “are you using some tricks…” and he told us he’s doing no tricks, it’s just that the camera happens to be close enough to the screen where he places the call window, and that’s a laptop which is far enough that the angular difference is negligent. So that made him look better.

  (And I think it’s even better than looking at the camera; he was kinda looking at both, me & the camera.)

  But I suspect that this can bite back quickly if you’re in a meeting with several people and say, for a minute you (say, Alex) are exchanging ideas with one person, say, Bob while others (Cathy, Dan) are listening. The weird part is that in Bob, Cathy and Dan’s visual experience you’re directly looking at them, which will seem natural to Bob, but strange to to Cathy and Dan since they know you’re talking to Bob right now so why the heck you keep peeking at them for so long, as if you want them to jump in to the convo or something…

  If the situation was similar as I’ve described for my boss (smaller screen, further away), then it can even be affected by the way Cathy and Dan’s videos are arranged on your screen. Not all are going to be closest to the camera, only the closest one to the camera could feel an eye contact, but that’s not going to change according to who you are talking to. (There could be some technology or call UI design to help with that…)

  Overall, I think with some video-calling experience people will generally adapt for the situation over time, but it may differ individually…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you are on a videocall do you also keep looking at your own thumbnail video?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From where their eyes are pointing I can only tell whether or not they’re looking at the camera, but if they are looking elsewhere, I have no way of knowing if that other place is my face or theirs or anything else (even outside scope of the talk – it could be a bug crawling on their desk for all I know).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did breasts become a thing that needed to be concealed in public and why?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay this is gonna be the last thing I say on this - a lot of the struggle that women today face comes from the idea that women only exist in relation to something or someone else, like children or a partner.

  The thing is, in so many ways we all only exist in relation to each other. So you’re on to something, not necessarily exclusive to sex or gender, but yes that part is hard. And much worse because it also means that others are going to try and shape that relation and the power is barely ever balanced. It does help to realize that not all people are like that, but these things are really knowable, and everyone’s situation is unique.

  Eg, your role is to start a family, wear makeup and take care of your appearance so that you are perceived as attractive and therefore valued

  Honestly, that part is infuriating to me as well. and I hate what it does to women. My personal feelings about what makes a woman attractive / free are my own, but I find it somewhat offensive how boldly people make assumptions about it and even start to normalize or ostracize others for following standards.

  Not sure if we can do about it in general, but I do appreciate people who don’t just bow down to the masses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did breasts become a thing that needed to be concealed in public and why?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  the work hasn’t been done to show this is the sole cause

  sure but why is it relevant? OP isn’t saying that it is the sole cause.

  careful with the straw, you might accidently build a straw man out of it :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone speak hairdresser? I need help communicating.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  maybe I’m too much of an engineering brain, but I just want to cry when they put fingers in my hair and ask “about this long”?

  Like, I know it’s not a rocket science but come on, that’s like 800% error bar.

  Once, a lady had enough emotional intelligence to explain herself whether she meant “cut above the finger” or “leave below the finger”. I will never go to any other hairdresser (luckily she’s much younger than me so we could actually pull it off). I ain’t got time for these axe throwers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone speak hairdresser? I need help communicating.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  that should be the price of two visits and two mirrors.

  …and a few drops of your own blood, I assume, but nothing more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone speak hairdresser? I need help communicating.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  you can just say “shorter than the top”.

  does this mean anything, though?

  I mean, could someone even possibly say “longer than the top” and be taken seriously?

  (And no, no no, stop right there----don’t even think of reminding me that mullets exist.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone speak hairdresser? I need help communicating.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically a cigar butt with eyes, shut up it works for me.

  I was not planning to comment (i am no better) but even if I was, this line pretty much disabled me for straight 5 minutes.

  I’m a ROFLcopter now…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you are on a videocall do you also keep looking at your own thumbnail video?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  funny how lot of comments are saying “i also look at my face while other person is talking”

  what I meant when I was writing this post: looking at my face while I was talking.

  …on second thought, I’m not sure, I might as well just be looking at myself 100% time.