nimpnin
@nimpnin@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on proportional reaction 5 days ago:
I’ve survived 11 years of programming without ternary operators and prefer to keep it that way
- Comment on What is it called when you believe the U.S. political parties shouldn’t exist? 6 days ago:
New Zealand switched from first past the post to mixed-member proportional in 1992. Despite a two party system at the time.
- Comment on Did I used to be homophobic? Am I? 1 week ago:
Yeah, not wanting to see lesbians on tv is definitely homophobia of some sort. On the other hand, since you are conscious of it, it is a rather inconsequential, and you shouldn’t feel that bad about it. Just try to slowly be more comfortable seeing things that you would be comfortable if it was a straight couple.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 1 week ago:
It’s a gradient of more or less unethical things. You could also use the slavery analogy to less and less unethical investments, to reach the conclusion that you shouldn’t invest in anything that you have even the most miniscule ethical issues with.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 1 week ago:
Arguing for social change based on personal behavior is pretty stupid
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 1 week ago:
This is the same logic that fossil fuel companies do to shift blame from themselves onto consumers.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 2 weeks ago:
Don’t hate the player, hate the game
- Comment on better paying job dealing with egos vs peace of mind job that pays poorly. I'd be taking a 20% financial hit. Worth it? 4 weeks ago:
There are a lot of jobs that legitimately make you miserable and/or sick. Don’t know if that’s the case here though.
- Comment on better paying job dealing with egos vs peace of mind job that pays poorly. I'd be taking a 20% financial hit. Worth it? 4 weeks ago:
I would take a 20% pay cut in a hearbeat to have a nicer job. Then again, I know that the safety nets are a lot better in my country than in the US (?).
Have you made exact calulations on where you could save some money?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
My brother is 10cm / 4 inches taller than me. There is a random component to height too.
- Comment on How difficult would it be to live in a modern-day developed country without a smartphone? 5 weeks ago:
My bank and most others here require a smartphone authentication to log in, even if you use the website on the computer.
- Comment on How difficult would it be to live in a modern-day developed country without a smartphone? 5 weeks ago:
I’ve done no. 1 a few times for a month or so each. Some of the biggest problems with that are:
- Banking can be a bit rough without the app. You can sometimes get a separate device to log in from some banks
- Digital authentication to eg. government services, and some private services as well works via a smarthphone app. Depends on the country a bit how extensive this is, Sweden has been really bad considering this.
- Sometimes public transit only/mostly sells tickets through an app
- Digital maps and route planners are very convenient and not having them substantially increases the time and effort you need to put into finding places
What usually won’t be a big issue
- Messaging: Whatsapp, Signal and obviously Facebook Messenger work on the computer, so you won’t be fully missing out on anything. Also, SMSs and calling work well and are cheap/free
- Missing out on social media and digital entertainment like youtube on a device that you carry 100% of the time is probably just a good thing
- Photography, you can find all kinds of digital cameras, camcorders and DSLRs for a reasonable price
All in all, it’s feasible but quite inconvenient at times.
I find having a smartphone without a sim card at home to be a good compromise. It limits the time I spend on my phone, which in itself is nice, and subsequently decreases the amount of data that can be collected of me. Also, if you aren’t relying on your phone it doesn’t need to be nice and expensive.
- Comment on Why isn't Mbin more popular? 1 month ago:
Why would I want two different things in one?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Same question as, is 22 too young to have kids. Both are non-reversible and have consequences for the rest of your life.
- Comment on What is the difference between a platonic and a romantic relationship? 1 month ago:
As I see it, most long romantic relationships like that die out in terms of romance.
- Comment on What is the difference between a platonic and a romantic relationship? 1 month ago:
So there are no romantic relationships where you don’t have a ”shared life”? Sounds pretty implausible to me.
An affair at a workplace can definitely be a romantic relationship. As can be a short fling, and all kinds of polyamorous relationships, where your life doesn’t revolve around a certain partner.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
Now look at the standard umbrella and figure out if it is 25x30cm…
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
Why? You can carry your phone and charge it at the same time.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
That charges a phone just fine?
I use a smaller panel to charge a battery at a summer cottage. That keeps my and a few other people’s phones charged pretty alright.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
Oh in that picture. Yeah I didn’t even think about that, I’d imagine for the original use case you would charge a phone. Laptops need a lot of power, I didn’t even dream of charging one off of a portable solar panel lol :D
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
A computer?
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
Who said it would?
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
Yeah. Mass producing can be orders of magnitude cheaper.
It’s a ridiculous argument. Of course something like that could be manufactured, it’s just too niche of a market so nobody has made it a reality (yet).
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
Protects you from the sun while you walk. Umbrellas are used for that at least in Japan, as somebody already mentioned
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
Nah. You could DIY something like that for 30€ or something, let alone mass produce. The only problem is that the folding would be more clumsy and probably take a bit more space folded
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Asking ”what is tagalog” is really disrespectful waste of everybody’s time.
The phrase ”english and tagalog” clearly indicates that it’s a language.
Moreover, it is a single word, which is really, really easy to use a search engine for. Or wikipedia. You rarely see ”what is X” type of questions even here, on nostupidquestions.
Third, the person acknowledged themselves that it’s a stupid question.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Google is your friend…
- Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker? 2 months ago:
when the battery inevitably degrades, you’ll still have solid battery life.
We used to have user replaceable batteries. The companies stopped making them and few people cared
- Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker? 2 months ago:
I really don’t think the average person cares at all about improving the current picture quality of phone cameras. The pictures get posted on instagram or sent on a messaging app, and looked at once on a 6 inch screen. They are not getting printed. Most people wouldn’t even notice.
Battery life is a thing people would maybe appreciate, but then again, people seem to be fine with charging their phones overnight, and current phones seem to last one day on one charge.
- Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker? 2 months ago:
Most people don’t really care about cool tech, they want a phone that just works