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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're having difficulty figuring out how to pronounce "data," say database.⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Instructions unclear, day-tay-boss

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is their any evolutionary benefit to the sneezing reflex when looking at a bright light source, or is it just an evolutionary glitch with no purpose?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting! I’ll update my post, it makes sense there would likely be variability in how it presents due to biology. My experience isn’t necessarily the default.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is their any evolutionary benefit to the sneezing reflex when looking at a bright light source, or is it just an evolutionary glitch with no purpose?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the prevailing theory, yes, but as far as I’ve found there’s not empirical evidence to back it up. The theory does make perfect sense to me, though!

  Also, as a sufferer, I’ve noticed it almost always requires sunlight or something with close to the same frequencies. Most artificial lights don’t trigger it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is their any evolutionary benefit to the sneezing reflex when looking at a bright light source, or is it just an evolutionary glitch with no purpose?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Contrived acronym. I much prefer Photic Sneeze Reflex, it’s easier to remember and doesn’t sound like bullshit 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackRock is Suing UnitedHealth for Giving “Too Much Care” to Patients After the CEO was Murdered⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm, I was there too. It was an early one and we had to get him up, I remember; that guy could sleep through like fifteen alarms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is about the shittiest argument you could make. Good luck in your search, maybe you’ll find some self-awareness along the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh, of course those people would point to any source that supports their current claim, without vetting the source itself. They’ll even tell you that of course they don’t support antisemitism, while spouting that antisemitic Irving shit all day, and that’s okay because they pick and choose only what they agree with out of the rhetoric. As though they couldn’t find sources that support their point without the concomitant antisemitism.

  First and foremost, then, I’d go about this by not denying the genocide in Gaza and not saying stuff such as “I bet you love Palestine” like it’s a pejorative, spacecadet@lemm.ee.

  My second point would be to recognise that there is no moral or ethical reason not to pirate Irving’s works. If you were able to find it at a library, it would be there because someone paid a publisher for the copy and likely some kind of library license. Some of that goes to Irving. There is no way to deny him profit and acquire his work legally. So, pirate it. Fuck that guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A “victim blaming” row has broken out on social media, after a cyclist uploaded footage of what he described as the “closest pass I’ve ever seen”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Learn to share the road, mate. England’s not that big, you can slow down and get where you’re going with plenty of time to spare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cold Callers phoning during work hours and then not accepting your at work and can't spend 30 mins listening to their script.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I take the view of the social contract: if they won’t respect the rules and are impolite to you, they forfeit their right to politeness back. You’re perfectly justified in hanging up on someone if they’re so rude as that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FYI, You Can Totally Repair an Extruder with Junk.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Junk” really just means “I haven’t found a use for it yet” 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] My Girlfriend Is Big & Cute! / Boku no Kanojo wa Dekkawaii - Ch. 7⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But where will the writers get a full series of content from then?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Hiding Spot⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had gone some length of time without remembering that story, thanks so much for the spike of anxiety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yikes. How do you handle it - try not to think about it, stay out of the house? Dark humour and fucked up jokes? Do you interact with her much? Any opinions on her?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Delicately seasoned and pairs perfectly with this tall glass of crisp, refreshing schadenfreude. Delicious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure they mean this upswept point at the end: Image

  Which I’m also pretty sure means the ones you have are targeted by this law and it’s a good idea to surrender them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I stand corrected, this speaks to my robot soul

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Polished” is a generous word for it. I think you might be mistaking generic plastic gloss for polish, though. AI writing is so formulaic, it’s like looking at a repeating texture in a video game. It writes lyrics like a five year old, too - very simple, entirely conventional, no creativity. Nothing new.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE Plan to Push AI Across the US Federal Government is Wildly Dangerous⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s how you know it’s not ready: AI hasn’t replaced a single CEO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand, I was in exactly the same position. Then my battery swelled and wouldn’t hold a charge at all, so I couldn’t restore anything anyway, and my last backup was inaccessible (I know I know, test your backups, but like I started this post with I’m in the same boat of all work and no time for me).

  Losing everything was remarkably freeing. Just switch all your 2FA to Aegis as has been suggested, and save anything you want to back up over the wire, then take the plunge. You won’t regret the switch 😊

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Generative AI Con.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  antithetical to the spirit of silicon valley

  Tell me you haven’t been paying attention without telling me you haven’t been paying attention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't phones numbers have a "DNS" servet so we can just type in words like we do with the internet?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I laughed out loud when I read the title of this post. When I’m helping my customers with their domain DNS records, I always analogise DNS to “a phone book for the internet”. I love that we’ve come full circle and phone books are “DNS for the phone system” 😂 (also goddamn does this make me feel old 😭)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is basically it. The stunlock intensifies⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If only conservatives gave as much of a shit about the constitution or the rule of law as they claim. Fucking hypocrites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“That’s what I thought until I met my boyfriend!”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that sort of statement is really reductive, as though your experience conforms to theirs. Not cool, I’d hope for better.

  Objectively speaking it’s possible that you could meet the perfect man for you, fall in love, and be perfectly content with him for the rest of your life. The likelihood is vanishingly small even if you were looking for a male partner though, and it sounds like it’s a lot more probable this would happen with a woman instead, so at least you probably won’t have to put up with those people being smug about it.

  But even if you did end up meeting this mythical dude, even if you fell in love and yadda yadda - it wouldn’t change your preferences. You wouldn’t suddenly find attractive a man you found unattractive before, just because you got some dick. That’s just dumb.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia doesnt exsist⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know you said it’s the ice cream mate but I’m still pretty sure this is a trick question

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate you explaining - could have been a poor-taste reference to Jared in Silicon Valley, or worse. I understand why you say you’re disappointed they found meaning in commerce, as well. If it helps to think of it like this, being able to sell the things one makes does impart a sense of purpose and meaning. People thinking your products are worthwhile enough to trade valuable resources for them is very validating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is a pretty fucked sentiment to post here, bud, with the history behind those words. If it’s a joke, I get it, but it’s fucked up and not particularly funny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨brains!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  EFTPOS is the fastest payment system in the world for identifying Australians on the internet. If you need to camouflage, you can use “card reader” instead. I don’t know when you’d need to camouflage like that, but these are interesting times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How far away are we from someone using AI to create an animated TV show by themselves.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not too far, or its possible right now depending on jow you want to define “animated”. I feel like there uses to be really low-budget cartoons on air which were really just still frames with some shake added, couple soumd effects, and voice acting. A lot like SolidJJ on YouTube now. Those wouldn’t even be too hard to do, if the AI were just one tool in the set - could probably crank out a few a week, anyway.

  If you’re looking for twenty minutes of animation that doesn’t shift around like a fever dream while you’re watching it, maybe six to eighteen months. I do think human voice actors would be required, but you could do the music with Suno.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where to start?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll throw my hat in for DS9. I’m just finishing the final season with my partner now - her first watch - and it’s really cemented why its my favourite Trek. It holds up incredibly well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows Recall is secretly installed on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare)⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s funny you say that, because in my experience what you’re describing is Arch. Mint, meanwhile, was the first time I’d used Linux and had it “just work”. What distro are you using that you don’t have to “fiddle-fuck around” with it at all?