NeatNit

@NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the living dead⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  that seems to be the consensus, I’ve accepted it :P

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the living dead⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why “human”? Seems a weird way to phrase it but I can’t deny it works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the living dead⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  well “skill issue” was one of the options so it might be that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the living dead⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the human. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard's_syndrome

  Side note: I am furious that I wasn’t able to find the name of this syndrome without ChatGPT. Is this a skill issue or are traditional search engines (in this case DuckDuckGo) just completely useless now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨tchncs.de is powered by donations⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the reminder! I just set up a recurring donation on Liberapay. But since it’s yearly (to minimize fees) I don’t know if you can consider it regular.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird I don't typically answer how old I am anymore, because literally nobody besides my family believes me?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have much to say other than I once worked with someone in this exact situation. She was 30 but looked like she’s still in highschool. It’s surreal.

  What you do with it is up to you! Like most things, it’s a blessing and a curse. Try to look on the bright side. As I’m sure you’ve been told hundreds of times, when you’re way older you’re going to reap a lot of benefits of looking young.

  If it were me (for reference, I’m 31 male) I’d probably just keep giving straight answers and make the best of whatever reactions I get. Obviously in different contexts you’d prefer different reactions but in any case you get what you get.

  Please tell me most people, when they eventually believe you, say you look freaking amazing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird I don't typically answer how old I am anymore, because literally nobody besides my family believes me?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was about 25 I started adding10 years to my age when people asked, just to see the reaction.

  I love it. This is the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. When it’s required in order to access something then it’s no longer a donation, it’s a fee.

  I wasn’t aware of that instance and I can’t really advise. To me that’s a bit of a red flag (specifically the fact that it wasn’t mentioned upfront) but not necessarily a reason to count them out if you really think they stand out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨investment⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I love that factoid! It was also a question on Lateral podcast. I just spent a few minutes trying to find it on their highlights channel on YouTube, but no luck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨irresistable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll take it, and I stand corrected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Since we're doing magic eyes now...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Awesome! I cross-posted this to !crossview@lemmy.world :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UwU brat mathematician behavior⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My thoughts exactly lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the universe about to have a little minty b⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the second post in a row where I see Douglas Adams referenced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨irresistable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see the similarity but IMO this isn’t that close to Douglas Adams.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pretty woman stepping on you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We can all* agree that we want a person we find attractive to place some of their skin in contact with some of our skin. Beyond that, don’t sweat the details!

  * I phrased this as inclusively as I possibly could but sorry aromantic asexuals, you might not be included.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel dumb that I needed this explained to me. Thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get it… is there anything to get?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨think before you eat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. I couldn’t believe perspective alone could cause its head to look that narrow and elongated. Seems like it’s quite narrow and elongated from the get go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨think before you eat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  what the hell is the left picture

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perspective⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see no reason whatsoever to suspect this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perspective⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s going at an angle, not up. It’s 90° from the handrail itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perspective⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. I’ve now found a reason that makes me convinced the mattress is at the bottom. I made a top level comment about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perspective⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The biggest factor IMO is something no one mentioned yet: we can only see one face of each step (either the top or the wall). If a photo is taken from the bottom, we would almost always be able to see the tops of the first few steps, which isn’t visible here. If a photo is taken from the top, the walls would pretty much never be visible (if they were, you could also see the photographer’s feet).

  It is possible that this is an extremely long flight of stairs or that the photo was taken from a deliberately deceptive angle, but if that’s the case I have to say it was expertly done, because I am CERTAIN that we are looking from the top and the mattress is at the bottom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perspective⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not convinced. It’s a different set of stairs and a different carpet. I have had stairs with a carpet more similar to the OP that did not have a riser. See elsewhere in these comments for a photo of these stairs, now bare. In the distant past, they were carpeted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perspective⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting. My parents’ apartment had carpeted stairs when they bought it (when I was around 3). About a decade later they completely renovated the kitchen and naturally the renovations creeped into other parts of the home. One of the builders showed them that underneath the carpet were beautiful stone steps. They instantly decided to take out the carpet, and the stairs are bare to this day. Here’s a photo I took just now (obviously from the bottom looking up):

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perspective⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The handrail argument doesn’t make any sense. It would be at the same height regardless of direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perspective⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Back when I thought it was two mattresses, I thought it couldn’t be at the top because the right mattress probably wouldn’t be held up like that. But since it’s one mattress, it can relatively easily be held at that angle with most of its weight resting on the step.

  And that’s my main reason: it really seems like the mattress is being pushed towards that step, and I believe it’s being pushed by gravity. Doesn’t make as much sense for it to be pushed in that direction by someone.

  I’m not married to it though, it’s a really tricky picture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perspective⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s bottom too but I don’t agree with your reasoning, I’ve seen steps without that bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I require nothing more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love that you look at this and say “woah, that’s way too much, I prefer less”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true for a lot of people, but I truly believe a very significant number of people are being exposed to Linux this way and will stick with it long-term. It will be a while until we see that reflected in the desktop and laptop statistics.

  I haven’t used SteamOS (or even seen many videos of it), but from what I’ve heard it’s not shy about being a desktop operating system. Even the Steam Deck, which is marketed as a console like you said, lets you use it in desktop mode and run any Linux software without having to jump through any hoops. This isn’t like Android which is technically Linux deep under the hood but effectively completely detached from the Linux ecosystem. SteamOS is part of the Linux desktop ecosystem, and it’s proud of it.