sandflavoured

@sandflavoured@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The audacity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  why they wearing crocs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do so many people delete their posts?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps Lemmy should offer an option to delete the OP and retain comments?

  I would also like to see some of the comments even after the original post is deleted if the post author is ok with leaving them up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is lemmy so political?!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed! There is more to a good life than politics.

  Keeping an ear out, talking to people when relevant, and remembering it when it comes time to vote is enough.

  I suppose the USA is having a particularly rough time of it lately, it’s understandable that many American users might have their situation front of mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is lemmy so political?!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey there, I too lived in one of the poorest and most densely populated regions in the world for half of my life.

  Politics is unfortunately not a topic like any other. Unlike other subjects, this one materially affects all people in the relevant country, and often other countries too.

  Governments work all the time to keep systems running, whether people think about them or not. But it is only by being aware of what is going on that people can make better choices when the time comes to choose new leaders.

  Without political awareness, a person gives up their right to a say in how their country should be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is lemmy so political?!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s difficult to see how it would be jarring, the guy is the very vocal President of the United States, materially affects quite a few people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey there, am an Australian from a Muslim family. I too have the same, yet opposite, relationship dynamic as you - though our families are both aware now.

  Formally, it is considered forbidden for Muslim women to marry outside the faith; her family won’t take it lightly. Perhaps in ways you haven’t considered.

  Talk to your girlfriend. Ask her what she is worried about, and she will tell you. That is the best thing you can do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikimedia Foundation's plans to introduce AI-generated summaries to Wikipedia⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My immediate thought is that the purpose of an encyclopaedia is to have a more-or-less comprehensive overview of some topic of interest. The reader should be able to look through the page index to find the section they care about and read that section.

  Its purpose is not to rapidly teach anyone anything in full.

  It seems like a poor fit as an application for LLMs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer the way Doom 2016 looks and sounds, but Eternal is the more fun game I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m playing Sekiro too! Such a fun game, so satisfying. And also kinda terrifying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I suspect many commenters are missing the point, the student’s response can only be the correct and expected answer to this question. Teacher has it wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Use at work is a secondary factor. If end stage customers refuse to use a service because of a certain trait, that trait becomes unprofitable.

  As an example, my friends and I will never play Valorant because of the invasive anti-cheat system; most people don’t care.

  We all have a choice, even if it means giving up some conveniences. It would seem that most people either don’t know or don’t now better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember that you, the reader, don’t have to take part in this. If you don’t like it, don’t use it - tell your friends and family not to use it, and why.

  The only way companies stop this trend is if they see it’s a losing bet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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