lurch

@lurch@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I was a multimillionaire, I had a beautiful girlfriend, I was unhappy’: the ups and downs of a supertrader⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i’m not saying it’s a problem btw… i gamble with stocks myself. it’s just silly fun if you have some spare change

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I was a multimillionaire, I had a beautiful girlfriend, I was unhappy’: the ups and downs of a supertrader⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  stocks are only sold after the company is up and running. it has nothing to do with building anything. the money raised by the IPO is usually blasted away in top manager fees in the following coupla years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I was a multimillionaire, I had a beautiful girlfriend, I was unhappy’: the ups and downs of a supertrader⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Then what’s the point of investing?

  It’s basically gambling, getting tiny dividends and getting votes in the shareholders’ meetings.

  That way you could only buy stocks and never sell them.

  No, you can sell them to other gamblers, like trading cards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I was a multimillionaire, I had a beautiful girlfriend, I was unhappy’: the ups and downs of a supertrader⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  no, the share price doesn’t reflect the worth of a company, but the worth of the shares. if all shares just suddenly vanished, the company would still be there and still be worth the same. the share price may just increase the money they can make by emitting more shares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I was a multimillionaire, I had a beautiful girlfriend, I was unhappy’: the ups and downs of a supertrader⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  IMO with stocks, one is only responsible when buying fron an IPO or other emissions directly from the company. otherwise the buyers money goes to another investor, not the company. at least unless onebuys enough that votes actually make a difference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pretty part of the week: Ruishen RSCM11548 3-winding common-mode choke⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  i would feed a hot metal stick into a U-shaped form, so it curls around the ring a few times, then cut it and let it cool and harden. they probably have a machine doing that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't know what to do with this information⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  if OP trusts their service, they can check the passwords they used with this email to find the compromised one and change it.

  also, a significant number of ppl use one email per service. for example, they add stuff to google mail addresses or use yahoo disposable emails. those would know it from the email address in the mail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I thought she was in a coma⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that prank is distasteful and went too far. It’s okay to switch a phone off, but not okay to pretend someone is in danger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t like Zuck, but he did not misunderstand humans. He’s just 2 steps ahead of you. Kids go on https://c.ai right now and playfully chat with AI posing as various pop culture characters or professions. While this generation grows up, Zuck will have a portfolio of made up characters ready and waiting for them on FB, where the humans can live their life without ever befriending another real human and sharing everything with Meta, to be monetized.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Biohybrid's Neural Implant Connects to the Brain With Living Neurons⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  do you guys use fuses, so a hacker or EMP can’t fry the users brain?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany hits 62.7% renewables in 2024 energy mix, with solar contributing 14%⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because Germany is not at 100% renewable yet. Soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it would solve world hunger, what would be the largest item you could fit in your ass?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your mom

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨heat your body, not your house -- using an infrared heat lamp⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  there is another thing you should keep in mind: moisture.

  if the room isn’t full of circulating, dried, heated air, the moisture humans expell may condense on the cold walls. then dust may stick on it and frugal organisms spreading via spores like fungus (eg. mold) or even moss may grow on it, digging into the walls. Some of those can become a health hazard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why does everyone i know treat me like a child or if i was a very childlike person??⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You probably don’t mention taxes and stocks enough.

  Also, phrases like “back in the day” and “in my youth days” help.

  When you are with people in person, try to sit straight and when standing/walking try to look like a superhero all times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  if he mined the coins at home, he basically traded electricity his parents paid for. idk where they mine on this platform tho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should South Korea launch a preemptive attack on North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on bomb type, but Ukraines and russias region is gigantic compared to the region affected by bomb fallout.

  If it wouldn’t be so bad for the wildlife, it would be a decent strategy for Ukraine to dirty bomb along the whole border to russia, so crossing it by land would mean cetain death within a week. It could even be on Ukraines side to demonstrate it’s a defensive measure. Dirty bombs are less difgicult to make and Ukraine has a lot of experience dealing with radioactive contamination, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — O.MG cable contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontroller⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope you’re not hacked and the attacker is blocking URLs that could help you find out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first animation I ever made in Blender⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looking forward to the movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Overdosing can be a suicide attempt. Sometimes however, the product is stronger than expected or takes longer than expected to have an effect and that causes accidental overdose.

  In both cases mentally healthy people feel sorry for the person, because they were either in a tough spot and saw suicide as the only solution or they tried to feel good and had an accident instead. Some mentally healthy people supress their sadness though, which is a coping mechanism to not be overwhelmed by sorrow. They still feel it a bit, but focus on distractions etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mood⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can make friends who are cool with it. Telling them may be important though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do the ultra-rich consume popular media?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but rules that allow bribing etc…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How screwed would one be if their email provider shuts down?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on how much you rely on it. If your contacts can’t phone or otherwise contact you for your new address, they’re gone.

  If the services you use don’t mail you OTP codes on every log in, you can still log in using your old email and update it.

  You can also contact customer support of some services and have them change it, using other ways to autheticate, e.g. physical letters with generated OTP codes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what can I use to cushion my knee when exercising with it on the floor so it doesn't hurt?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  you could get a cheap foam thermal mat and cut out the size you need. beware though, as it will roll up by itself when too small.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  they have to watch HBO shows to compensate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kamala Harris' 'Fortnite' map bans guns, has less than 400 people playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kamala famously is a gun owner tho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we all have mayonnaise in our fridges instead of béarnaise sauce?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It goes bad too quick, esoecially once opened; even the vegan mayos (most vegan stuff has longer storage life tho, even unrefridgerated)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  users will put something under the buuton, so pushing down the whole PC becomes the power button

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coming on Lemmy and complaining because there are too many Linux users is like going in to a brothel and complaining that there are too many hookers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, what did you just call me? 😄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If there are motherboards and daughterboards, are there fatherboards and sonboards?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right, there can be some, like the pins for power button and LEDs. But CPU, RAM, Power, SATA, the external ones on the backpane etc are all female.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It will have revolutionary rock star synergy