kryptonianCodeMonkey

@kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Right? Feel bad for anyone that just had a system fry or have been saving up to upgrade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you misunderstood the intent of my comment. I wasn’t, in any way, attacking you. I was just providing commentary on one small part of your comment on the general summary of the cause of the issues. None of what I said was meant to be accusatory or even directed at you at all. Sorry that I wasn’t clear about that. It sounds like we are in more or less complete agreement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The communities want access to the huge social safety net

  As anyone would and as should be provided to them lest they be treated as second class citizens in their new country. You want tensions to rise, restricting the same benefits that are a right for everyone else is a good start.

  but not have to pay taxes

  Again, as anyone might. But then, of course, this is non-negotiable. Maybe some subsidy can be given to help people get started in a new country with next to no resources, connections or money, but the taxes come with the perks and the perks come with the taxes. That’s just the beginning and end of that.

  or assimilate/learn the native language

  You couldn’t pay me to give the slightest fuck that a 1st generation immigrant, let alone a refugee who was forced to leave their home, doesn’t assimilate into the local culture or learn the native language. They have to obey your laws and participate in and contribute to your society. But they do not need to fall in line with your culture. I get that that can be challenging and cause some conflict. American history is full of this stories. But immigrants bring their own culture, their own language, their own races and religions. Those are not things to erased, they are things to be remembered, honored, shared, and ultimately merged.

  And it won’t happen all at once. It will happen over generations. Their kids will assimilate a bit, and they’ll share their culture with their native peers. What’s strange and foreign now will become familiar ethnic diversity to your kids. A few generations from now, you’ll eventually have a shared culture that shares roots from distant places but comes together into one intertwined whole.

  There’s certainly a lot of problems with America, and there’s been and is no shortage of bigotry and struggle against new cultures coming in. But that amalgamation of cultures, languages, cuisines, styles, architectures, myths, histories, religions, etc. into American Culture while still honoring distinct cultural and national identities is still one of our greatest features (when the nazi racists aren’t in charge that is). That’s the nature of being a nation of immigrants. Welcome to the Melting Pot, baby.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Right I don’t know why everyone gets pissed off about language in particular with first generation immigrants. Particularly refugees. Learning a new language is a massive undertaking, and it’s a skill many never master even with years of practice. Plenty, I’m sure, feel that they can get by without it by living in their communities, so they’re not motivated. And I don’t think they should be. Far easier for their children to learn and assimilate, break down that language barrier and bridge that gap. It’s absurd to expect everyone to speak one language.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta cover up your war crimes and lies. Survivors could tell the world that they’re innocents, not ‘narco-terrorists’, and prove the US is attacking Venezuelan boats on bullshit supposed Intel to try and incite retaliation to justify their war they absolutely intend to start.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I generate bugs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*Yawn*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s that? You’re not tired and you haven’t seen anyone open their mouth big, but you read about a hypothetical person opening their mouth big? Bad news…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Screw your zodiac sign, tell me...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Herc and Megara went through college with me, moved back into my mom’s with me, through a couple apartments and into my first home before they finally split in half in the dishwasher.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Screw your zodiac sign, tell me...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  9, but we had some saucers with 8, I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bank Workers, Rejoice!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Headline: Save 200 dollars a month with a 50 year mortgage over a 30 year!

  Subtext: … and end up paying double the interest to us for the benefit, and die before your loan is paid off so we get to take the house back from your corpse, sell it on the cheap to a corporate real-estate investment firm (that we have stock in) for just enough to cover the remaining mortgage balance. They’ll turn your multi-generational family home into a shitty rental property or leave it empty to keep the rest of their rents high and your children get nothing cuz fuck em!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Confederacy (or whatever)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Skinny arms, skinny torso… neck thicker than his head. By anatomical proportionality, he might be the most redneck to ever exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate it when people use pictures showing the condiments only on top of a hot dog.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Never used honey mustard, but classic yellow mustard in a chili cheese dog is always great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean… if you want to clean up a bunch of salts you’re creating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I know. And to maintain homeostasis, it has means to make adjustments to changes, like pH. Which means you can change the pH of some fluid in the body, and it will correct this change. We are not saying anything different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok. Then they’re wrong. The human body’s overall pH can vary within to a small degree with little to no effect on your health, let alone kill you. Changing the pH in small amounts, particularly in different areas like the stomach, will not typically harm the body at all. The entire purpose of some medications like antacids is to do that specifically with the stomach, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You replied to me, dude. And I said me than one thing. Idk what the hell you’re claiming will kill you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm TIL

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It absolutely will not. If it did, it would kill you.

  Then what does that mean?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was more of a physics nerd. Can’t say I’ve heard of such a thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How would a negligible change in your stomach acidity kill you? What do you think tums do?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didnt say it would make a significant or even measurable difference. But it will technically drop your overall pH. If I drop any mass basic material in any volume of acidic material with which it can react, there will be some net change in acidity, even if negligible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe the purpose is to reduce the overall acidity of your body, which it will do. Your stomach acid will compensate, but it loses acidic compounds in the process to do so. But mixing in other acids does negate at least some of the effectiveness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's OK to just like lemon water.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but it does reveal a distinct lack of understanding on her her part as to what these pseudoscientific health products even are that are supposedly doing things for her. Like saying “I always drink decaf coffee and pop a shot of 5 hour energy in the morning.” “I drink skim milk with a splash of double cream.” “I love honey on my keto toast.” Like, even if it’s not enough acidity to completely negate the alkalinity, it’s literally antithetical to the supposed goal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They even do Price Discrimination on video games now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not exactly correct. So first, in order to recieve SNAP payments as a seller, you have to be authorized. This provides limits and oversight on government money, making sure it is going to certified retailers, or farmers markets, not just anyone. That means that everyone who is authorized must meet and continue to uphold certain requirements of the law or else lose their authorization. One such requirement is the equal treatment provision which prevents that seller from treating SNAP buyers any differently, whether positively or negatively.

  So, A) there is not an actual law preventing anyone from giving a SNAP recipient a special discount. 1) If I were an authorized seller, I might lose that status and no longer be allowed to take SNAP payments. But I would only have broken a requirement for that privilege, not the law. 2) If I am not a SNAP authorized seller, there are zero reasons I couldn’t give out discounts to SNAP recipients. There would be no consequences at all.

  B) The reason I can’t charge SNAP recipients more should be obvious, becuase it would mean the government is getting charged more for their beneficiaries to receive less. But it might seem counter-intuitive that they can’t then charge less to them. I think there are two (threeish) major reasons for that. 1) part of the reason that the current system works, where SNAP recipients have a preloaded card that they charge, rather than stamps or other currency used to be used, is that it maintains some level of anonymity so that even that cashier doesn’t necessarily know that anything is different between their transaction and the next guy’s in line. 1.5) This anonymity and the lack of special treatment for the entire process means that people who need it are more likely to participate in the program because they can maintain dignity and not be embarrassed for their need, as plenty would be. 2) People are already attacking SNAP recipients for getting a handout. Can you imagine how much anger SNAP targetted discounts would make those people? To protect a much needed program, they want to make sure that there is as little reason as possible to attack it. So treat them as close to equal as humanly possible.

  Also, there are allowances for exceptions to this rule already, such as discounts on fresh produce and whole foods to promote healthier purchases with SNAP dollars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They even do Price Discrimination on video games now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, if they generally advertise a specific price or discount, then bait and switch on you, it isn’t. But they can always give different discounts to people on whatever conditions they want. Like stores giving employee discounts, senior discounts, military discounts, student discounts, repeat customer discounts, partnership discounts, new customer discounts, etc. You can even get a discount on an individual basis by haggling. The slimy part here isn’t the different pricing as a promo to entice a new customer, or even that two people in the same household would be treated differently (military husband, civilian wife; senior parent, non-senior caregiving child, etc.), but in the lack of transparency as to why they are priced different or even that they are unless both go to look specifically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With how shitty some Christians are, you really have to wonder if Lucifer or Satan is truly "evil"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean the god that prioritizes fealty and “love” for him alone over virtue, righteousness and good works? One who will give entrance to heaven to a life long sadistic, violent, and self-centered man who repents in his death bed, but will eternally condemn a man who has fed and clothed millions, who saved lives, who reformed bigots and criminals but questioned the existence of God or worshipped another. Compared to Satan, an angel that wished to overthrow this selfish god. Who values knowledge and choice in humanity. Who rewards ambition and creative joy. Who is stuck in hell with the rest of those condemned by the Almighty. I mean, is really no wonder many Christians are how they are.

  If you haven’t, read Horns by Joe Hill (skip the movie, it’s not the same). It plays a lot with this dynamic. The protagonist isn’t a hero, isn’t “the good guy”, but has a righteous cause and when God fails him, the Devil steps up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She is making a GREAT point⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Okay, yea, my nose is always bleeding, my heart is on the verge of exploding, and I am at constant risk of having a seizure at any time. But my dick is rock hard and I can cum like 10 times before I start bleeding from the chafing. Wanna fuck?”

  Who recommends coke to help your sex life? What is this? 1988? My guy, no one needs that much sex. If you do, and you use coke to help you, you might have two addictions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She is making a GREAT point⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  9!? You think I can cum 9 times a day!? And apparently hit the egg every fucking time too? I don’t mean to question the conclusion because I think birth control should be both parties’ responsibility, but I think your premise reveals a distinct lack of grasp on biological reality. Why stop at 9? Why not 900? Really drive your point home! My dick is going to be useless after number 2 or 3 anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨monumentale⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Concise readability is usually my goal. Like if I have 12 lines of code with a loop and some nested conditionals that takes a bit of thought to parse, it probably is better to move that to a function with a descriptive name like, “size, depth = get_directory_size_and_depth(filepath)”, that way the function name itself functions as it’s own comment/documentation, and, if you don’t really care about how the size and depth is aggregated, it abstracts that process onto one line of code that the reader can instantly understand without parsing anything. That goes doubly so when the function is generic like get_directory_size_and_depth(filepath) would be, and can be put in its own shared utilities file.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨monumentale⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I said function, not file. You can have 40 functions in one file.