nialv7
@nialv7@lemmy.world
- Comment on anons brother has some strong opinions 13 hours ago:
I think people often describe brutalism as cold, souless, dehumanizing, etc. But the principle behind is actually very humanitarian. They forgo grandiose decorations, embellishments, and instead choose to rather gain their form from function, and to maximize their functions so they can serve their inhabitants better. Many, many brutalist buildings were built as affordable, social housing during the post war era, when wealth inequality was perhaps the lowest in Europe.
And additionally, to me, because of how laid bare they are, they become an embodiment of transparency, and honesty that I wish our society can have more of.
(Don’t listen to me, there are many good articles/videos explaining brutalism way better than I could. Maybe this video on Habitat 67?)
- Comment on anons brother has some strong opinions 15 hours ago:
Okay I am a big fan of brutalist architecture. Guess I am in the minority… I feel the philosophy behind it is just being wildly misunderstood.
- Comment on Time to refill the popcorn 🫢🍿 3 days ago:
If you gonna say it you gonna face the consequences.
- Comment on Codeberg: army of AI crawlers are extremely slowing us; AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges. 5 days ago:
We had a trust based system for so long. No one is forced to honor robots.txt, but most big players did. Almost restores my faith in humanity a little bit. And then AI companies came and destroyed everything. This is we can’t have nice things.
- Comment on Codeberg: army of AI crawlers are extremely slowing us; AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges. 6 days ago:
Oh I haven’t even considered the carbon aspect. Anubis is an even worse idea than I previously thought…
- Comment on We hate AI because it's everything we hate 1 week ago:
That’s pretty impressive. I can’t do without YouTube or Android unfortunately.
- Comment on We hate AI because it's everything we hate 1 week ago:
Not even Google maps
- Comment on this is exactly what copper would say 1 week ago:
Time to start an Internet equipment company.
- Comment on True art is polarizing 1 week ago:
Is it normal bad, or is it Birdemic bad?
- Comment on OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models 1 week ago:
Looks like he’s going to eat his microphone
- Comment on The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit 1 week ago:
EU isn’t much better.
- Comment on The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit 1 week ago:
Guess China was just ahead of the curve.
- Comment on xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem 2 weeks ago:
Randall forgot psychology, which has involved a ton of putting animals in boxes…
- Comment on Eh close enough 2 weeks ago:
I mean he just need to replace what he did…, right?
- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 2 weeks ago:
Yes, Green is a good choice too. They also have policies I disagree with, but there’s never going to be a perfect party. I’d like if they get more attention too but that’s just how the media works. People like seeing a shiny new party coming in to disrupt the system, so that’s what the media will report on.
Also I heavily disagree with your classification of Corbyn as a lizard. Come on now, you can disagree with his stances but he’s not a lizard. Just listen to what his constituents say about him.
- Comment on Half-a-million members sign up to new left-wing party founded in Britain 2 weeks ago:
First of all I disagree with Corbyn’s position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Corbyn is ideologically anti-war, and has a long history of that. He is wrong on this war but his position is at least respectable.
On the other hand, people are voting Farage in who is actively colluding with Russia. So 🤷
- Comment on 🐀🔥🔥🔥 2 weeks ago:
Ok but what about a soothing breeze anus chocolate bar?
- Comment on Honestly 2 weeks ago:
So you either get nothing or you cease to exist.
- Comment on Yeasty 3 weeks ago:
Really? Excuse my ignorance but I thought baker’s yeast doesn’t smell that bad?
- Comment on Collective Shout Purge Sees Horror Games In Crosshairs 3 weeks ago:
Pro life feminist is an oxymoron
- Comment on Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users. 3 weeks ago:
So this is more like source available rather than open source…
- Comment on [VIDEO] Japan Sanctions Visa after the Censorship of Anime and Manga 4 weeks ago:
Sounds like this has nothing to do with recent events?
- Comment on WrestleMania was running wild on you 4 weeks ago:
It’s called a meme format, grandpa.
- Comment on Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed 4 weeks ago:
Case in point, itch.io just wiped all adult games as well.
- Comment on The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia 4 weeks ago:
Lol you really think a CEO, of a billion dollar company no less, being recognized on camera is “emblematic” of anything.
Don’t pretend they are like us.
Yes surveillance capitalism is ruining the society, but this is not it. Surprising bad take from 404media.
- Comment on It's the truth 4 weeks ago:
Btw she’s a billionaire now.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 5 weeks ago:
What about parasols
- Comment on You'd need to calculate the compound interest 5 weeks ago:
If choosing the second option guarantees I would still be alive to receive that dollar, then hell yeah.
- Comment on Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed 5 weeks ago:
You raise good points. It’s great that other store fronts still exist where you can sell adult games. But I do worry if credit card companies will come for them too one day.
Re: crypto. Some of what you said is true. Transaction fee are comparatively expensive (but also note credit card companies charge transaction fees too, just not directly to the consumer). But other points aren’t necessarily true. Transaction times have improved a lot, there are networks designed for fast transaction times, and usually the payment can complete in seconds. The volatility problem is solved by stable coins, which have their values fixed relative a currency. (Of course stable coins can, and have failed in the past. But that only concerns you if you keep your money as stable coin. For one-off payments this shouldn’t matter). Retailers don’t have to hold cryptos if they don’t want to. Crypto markets have pretty good liquidity nowadays, it’s not hard to get rid of the coins immediately after you get them (well to be fair if you are getting Valve volumes it could be a problem, should be fine for smaller stores).
Crypto is a fast evolving field, so problems are being solved by the day.
- Comment on Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed 5 weeks ago:
Maybe time for some to start a adult only game store that uses crypto to settle payments?