nimpnin
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- Comment on Are dating apps really as bad as people say? 2 days ago:
I would say no. While they make the process more superficial and gamify it to the gain of the companies rather than the users, lots of people find partners on dating apps. A quick google reveals that already in 2017 dating apps were the leading way couples originally met.
So I would at least try them, just keep in mind how they work and what the incentives are. And don’t take it personally if you don’t get a lot of matches - that happens to a lot of people. Also I would definitely not pay for a subscription, that’s the scam part.
- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 5 days ago:
Kindle Paperwhite 2
- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 6 days ago:
I just bought a used kindle and jailbroke it a few weeks ago for a similar use case
- Comment on Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments? 1 week ago:
Either way, there is a lot of things where a book, with illustrations or not, is an inefficient way to convey information.
- Comment on Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments? 1 week ago:
This is one of my all-time least favorite takes.
For a lot of stuff, text is a good way to present information. For a lot of other things, information is best processed visually, often in the form of a video. Think repair, building stuff, 3D software, complicated GUI software in general, sports and gym technique, physiotherapy, anything that involves spatial motor skills really.
Imagine if IKEA instructions were text-only?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
What interests you and what do you value? There are no universal answers to a question like this.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
22:00 bedtime / 06:00 wake-up time daily is what you do in the army in my country. No smartphone too. This seems excessive for a normal 15 year old.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
If you pick 4 random words, the attacker would still need to brute force through (hundreds of?) billions of word combinations. That’s the point.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
but iirc the bottom half has been sort-of half debunked
Any source for this? It’s literally just random words. Just pick from a large enough list and you’re good.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
The new BMI, which is more accurate for very tall and very short people, gives you 28 instead of 30.6. Which is overweight and not obese. people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi_calc.html
- Comment on Are people blind on PeerTube? 1 month ago:
Hosting video requires a lot more resources than hosting text, hyperlinks, or even pictures. It might be too much for individuals to self host video on a scale that could even distantly resemble how we use youtube today.
Then again, maybe there are ways to make that burden smaller. IIRC Peertube does do some p2p stuff to try and share the burden a bit but I’ve also heard that it’s not really feasible to rely on that to scale.
- Comment on Why does it seem like every other post on here is deleted shortly after being posted? 1 month ago:
I truly do not understand this… it’s a niche QA forum
- Comment on Why does it seem like every other post on here is deleted shortly after being posted? 1 month ago:
What’s their motivation to do this?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Do you still have native-level pronunciation and grammar skills in Cantonese? Forgetting words is one thing, that happens, and words can be relearned. I’ve lived abroad for 5 years now in my 20s, and even I’ve lost some vocabulary in my native language.
If you no longer know the grammar or the pronunciation well, then it’s a more legitimate question if it is your native language anymore.
Either way, you are some sort of bilingual. In fact, some people grow up like that where I come from: with two native languages, one of which is oftentimes stronger / more eloquent due to education, social life, etc.
- Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately? 2 months ago:
This made me look up “whole word reading”, and it just made me irrationally angry. To be fair, English isn’t my native language and I don’t have a recollection of learning how to read, but “whole word learning” sounds insane. But like… Why would you do that if you are using an alphabet?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
What the hell
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 months ago:
Yes but this clearly wasn’t about that. If it had been he’d just screenshotted that part and focused on that. But he’s a weirdo so he screenshotted 5 years of content, anything that could remotely offend anybody, to make the maximum amount people mad.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 months ago:
How do you know that?
- Comment on How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now? 2 months ago:
Humans in general are very hesitant to admit that they were wrong. Cult members doubly so.
- Comment on Not that I would. But could I go up to the capital building and do the exact same thing Jan 6th morons did down to a T? Since Trump pardoned them, or does it apply for a few while the rest are screwed 3 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
It’s kind of a fashion trend, and internet porn made such a fashion trend possible by making it visible to more people. At least if you look at it that way, stark differences in behavior and opinion between generations seem completely normal.
- Comment on What is the name of the sexuality of being into the opposite gender and willing to date the same gender but not finding anyone of the same gender attractive? 3 months ago:
That’s called being straight
- Comment on What’s the difference between pansexuality and bisexuality? 3 months ago:
I think most people use them interchangably, I call myself bi due to it being a more well-known term and the flag being prettier
- Comment on Can I consider myself bi or should I just say straight if I want to date women but just can’t find any that attract me? 3 months ago:
Why would you want to date a group of people that you´ve never found attractive? This is really confusing to me
- Comment on why do people say annoying/rude stuff and then tell you “it was a joke!” 4 months ago:
Over time, you start seeing a pattern. If the (superficially) rude things mostly make you laugh, it’s the former, if they mostly make you feel bad, it’s the latter.
- Comment on Sounds like a fun place to work 4 months ago:
If you work from home, all breaks can be masturbation breaks
- Comment on Tough question 4 months ago:
Yeah I’d rather not have allergy-denying magical thinkers poisoning me with peanuts
- Comment on Tough question 4 months ago:
You ruined my day by reminding me that a third of people believe in astrology
- Comment on Why do AI bros and other staunch AI defenders seem happy about the potential of killing off the creative industries? 5 months ago:
You’re basically saying AI can’t be used in any other way than it’s being used right now. I think you are the one who’s taking the current state of things as inevitable and inescapable.
- Comment on Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't? 7 months ago:
as cheap as it gets in my area
That’s not a very good approach to assess prices
