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- Comment on Mirror all data on NAS A to NAS B 4 hours ago:
Finding the right solution will depend entirely on what kind of load you’re balancing.
- Comment on ‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services 4 hours ago:
I’m finding it hard to feel any kind of sympathy for someone who thinks they have rights to permanent access on any sort of streaming service.
I say that fully cognisant normies don’t spend much time thinking about where there data is and who has the right to it. I just don’t think many people would think of movies they’ve watched on their “telstra TV Box Office” as being in "their’ library.
That said, self hosting movies isn’t for me. For many people it might be. In my case it just doesn’t make any sense to have a server with all the tb. I was catch & release torrenting for several years but more recently stremio. Without any doubt stremio has been the most convenient.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 2 days ago:
You’re dramatically overestimating how much I care what people on Lemmy care about arranged marriage.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 2 days ago:
Sorry mate. You don’t seem very bright. If you look back through this comment thread you’re the only one talking about dating and whatever. I said it’s subjective several comments ago.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 2 days ago:
that doesn’t make it an arranged marriage IMO
Amazing.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 2 days ago:
Obviously because parents behave differently to dating apps.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 2 days ago:
Family assisting with attracting and selecting a suitor.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 3 days ago:
Not really. It depends on what is meant by “arranged marriage”.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 3 days ago:
aomeone being forced
That’s the thing though. An arranged marriage is not necessarily a forced marriage. If everyone is an enthusiastic participant then where’s the harm?
- Comment on What is the General Consensus of Web3? 3 days ago:
This question is unanswerable without a concise definition of what is meant by Web3 ?
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 3 days ago:
Sheesh. There’s a lot of weird ideas in this thread.
I made a lot of mistakes in my teens and 20s, including but not limited to my poor choices in romantic partners.
If it was culturally appropriate, it would’ve been great to have some help.
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 3 days ago:
This is really narrow minded.
The term “arranged marriage” does not imply that the participants are not willing and eager. It’s not a disney story.
- Comment on American wanting to move abroad, what's the best bet for an registered nurse? 3 days ago:
I think it’s more tangible in the US.
- Comment on American wanting to move abroad, what's the best bet for an registered nurse? 3 days ago:
This isn’t the impression that I get about the US at all.
The conservative movement is stronger than ever. Half the country wants to install a conservative dictator?
Youth have always been left leaning. For every Gen Z vegan pouting about climate change there’s a thirty something that just bought their own home and decided that things are “ok just as they are”.
Since the advent of social media politics across the globe has been sliding to the right and I don’t see that trajectory changing in the imminent future.
- Comment on If somebody spends the whole day watching fox or religious propaganda, gets worked up and all he can think of is owning a liberal or converting an unbeliever, is this person a victim or just gullible? 4 days ago:
This is the answer.
In many ways people are the product of their surroundings. Even if these people are “just gullible”, that’s because they don’t know any better, which makes them victims also.
- Comment on Honeypot 4 days ago:
Not that kind of bear.
- Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless 6 days ago:
Meh. Maybe I am a bit out of touch, but honestly you might be too.
There’s a whole cohort of people, I daresay most people, who wouldn’t bother looking at reviews to purchase this type of item.
If today is the day I’m going to buy a washing machine, then I go to a shop that sells them, I select one based on price vs features, arrange delivery, and leave.
- Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless 6 days ago:
Sorry this just isn’t my experience. I’ve never encountered a microwave which doesn’t start when you press start. If I had one that was faulty I would discard it and buy another one for $20.
- Comment on How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals 6 days ago:
This is my take also. I try not to think they’re all idiots but more and more I’m just agog at the stupidity required to be conservative.
Conservatives seem to perpetually vote against their own interests.
Like my parents are pensioners, but will always vote for conservatives who will never increase their pension. They’ve been on this trajectory their entire lives.
I like the phrase “temporarily embarrassed millionaires”. As in they think of themselves as wealthy and vote that way because it makes them feel like part of the club.
- Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless 6 days ago:
I can see that your microwave is important to you, but to me “I don’t care” doesn’t really capture how little I care about my microwave.
I think the one we have is probably the cheapest available when we bought it 8 years ago. The buying decision probably took less than 1 minute, without hyperbole. I only ever use one button, I just press start n times until the timer says something reasonable.
When buying this stuff I don’t really see a risk of being locked into any bullshit because all microwaves can perform their basic function of heating food.
- Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless 6 days ago:
I think you’re over thinking these things.
There’s just no way I would “research” washing machines. They all work in the same way. They all have the same features. The last time I bought one the deciding factor was a 10 year factory guarantee.
- Comment on Mullvad VPN: Introducing Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA) 6 days ago:
So it’s like a VPN-busta-busta?
What if they have a VPN-busta-busta-busta though?
- Comment on How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money 6 days ago:
That’s true, but there’s plenty of people like myself who buy heaps of tools with the intention of building all the things but just never get around to it.
- Comment on How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money 1 week ago:
“Honey there’s no way I’m letting you pay $200 for that bookshelf I could build myself, once I buy $150 in materials and $700 in tools”
- Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless 1 week ago:
I don’t really follow you sorry.
I can’t think of a time I’ve needed to buy an appliance I didn’t know existed nor how it works ?
Even if I didn’t really know anything that doesn’t really matter. Usually purchases are heavily influenced by my budget. It’s not a question of what features I need, it’s a question of which product is the most reliable given the amount I want to pay.
- Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless 1 week ago:
I just evaluate the available products based on price and features.
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 1 week ago:
effects on the serum lipoprotein profile of reducing SFA intake by replacing a mixture of SFA with cis-PUFA […] or cis-MUFA […] were more favourable than replacing SFA with a mixture of carbohydrates.
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 1 week ago:
Forgive me, because I’m struggling to understand the linked information, but as someone with atherosclerosis this is an issue close to my heart (ha!).
I just want to make sure I understand you.
Your link to the european heart journal says that the causal link between LDL and ASCVD is “unequivocal”.
I think the WHO study says (amongst a lot of other complicated stuff) that replacing SFAs with PUFAs and MUFAs is more favourable than replacing SFAs with complex carbohydrates? The strong implication being (although I couldn’t see this exactly) that higher SFA intake contributes to heart disease.
- Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless 1 week ago:
Well yeah I do have appliances, but I don’t think I’ve ever searched for product reviews for household appliances.
I just don’t find reviews for this stuff very helpful I guess.
- Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless 1 week ago:
Do any of us still use Google in this way though?
Sure maybe nanna still talks to google like an Oracle… “oh Google what is the best printer of 2024”