hildegarde

@hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the color of the Sun was orange, wouldn't the clouds and everything white also be orange? My friend is adamant that 30 years ago the "real" Sun was orange but got replaced with a white LED.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The sun is white, but the atmosphere reflects and scatters blue, allowing red and yellow to pass through. You see this effect in mornings and evenings when the sun’s light passes a much further distance in the atmosphere due to its low inclination. Your logic is sound, the clouds do appear orange at that time.

  The only time you can safely look at the sun enough to determine its color normally is a sunset when it is tinted orange. I can see how he might have come to this conclusion but… wow…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK the four rules of firearm safety⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I practice safe handling with the handheld barcode scanners at the hardware store checkout.

  • Do not point the scanner at anything you do not intend to scan.

  • Keep your finger away from the trigger until you’re ready to scan.

  • Be aware of your surroundings including what is behind your target.

  I would extend it to any gunlike, or vaguely gun shaped object, even those that cannot cause harm. Don’t become complacent with safety practices even when it doesn’t matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that taking advice from youtubers and podcasters is a terrible idea. Only take advice from research universities⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its important to follow evidence based medicine rather than eminence based medicine. Respected organizations get it wrong sometimes, in fact being wrong is an important part of the research process.

  Cutting edge research is research into areas that are not well studied. Future studies will the confirm or refute those findings. It’s only when enough research has been done, and the field is no longer cutting edge, that we can really be certain of the results.

  The gold standard for evidence are meta analyses which look at the totality of research on the topic. They will look at every study and trial done and draw conclusions on that basis. If one of those says something, its probably true and you should trust it.

  I should remind you that the paper that started the modern anti-vaccine movement was published in The Lancet, one of the most respected British medical journals. A fraudstsr, con artist, and then licenced doctor tried to cash in on the reputation of his employer and status. The result is the persistent lie that vaccines cause autism that we are still dealing with today over 25 years later.

  You have to learn levels of evidence and analyse information on a case by case basis. Eminence counts for little. There are no shortcuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You probably mean the PineNote, the 10 inch rink tablet. Pinetab is a normal tablet with a lcd screen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After GOTY pull, Clair Obscur devs draw line in sand: 'Everything will be made by humans by us'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see no issues here. These AI tools came out during the game’s development. Its not unreasonable to try using new tools upon release. And its reasonable to be unaware of the harms of these new tools before the harms are widely reported on.

  If things were as described, this seems fine. They now have a clear policy against AI. People, even in groups can be mistaken and learn and change their was, which is what appears to have happened here. I can’t fault anyone for making the occasional misstep.

  So long as they stick to their commitment to not use AI.

  Not only is AI bad it is also bad —

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every time I bought a new phone, I considered it a downgrade. There is literally no phone I am in any way interested in purchasing.

  I want a phone small enough to fit in a normal pocket, and has physical buttons for basic navigation, that supports current wireless standards. No such thing seems to exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there supposed to be other options?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you ever have to use the oxygen masks and it smells like burning don’t worry that’s normal.

  The passenger masks use a chemical oxygen generator. Pulling on the mask starts the reaction. Deploying the masks would require the plane to be taken out of service to replace the generators and inspect the system.

  Sadly, no airline would ever let a pilot be that fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you "feel" gender?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can only feel what it feels like to be you, and since you’ve only ever been yourself you have no point of comparison.

  I don’t think gender feels like anything. I am trans, I have been both a man and a woman and in my experience they don’t feel different. In this moment I feel like myself, just as I did a decade ago.

  The things that have changed is that I no longer suffer from a crippling depression with an unclear cause. I have a range of emotions, and can feel emotions correctly. I consider my body to be part of myself.

  All the above are now clearly signs of gender dysphoria, but at the time were hard to identify. The depression always has a more plausible explanation. The other two, I barely noticed I had because I experienced that my entire life.

  It took me a very long time to discover that I am trans. It took a lot of self reflection to figure it out. Feelings were useless. I did think I would be happier as a woman, but that always seemed like a logical deduction than a feeling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Samuel Tunick, is described as a local Atlanta activist

  not a visitor

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ratioed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait is that a thing? Was a supposed to sign up for notifications somewhere? No one told me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, its a deliberate choice.

  Dishonored is a descendant of the looking glass studio, 0451 immersive sim games, such as Deus Ex. These are games have flexibility, they let you choose how you approach. You can fight, or you can sneak, or you can do both. The game succeeds on this goal, as you can have a very satisfying time with the combat or the stealth, and you can do both. You can fight your way out of failing to sneak.

  The morality system gives the game reactions to your actions, gives your choices an effect outside of the level you’re currently on. It does encourage a specific play style but that is deliberate. The outsider is a malevolent force, who doesn’t care for this world. He gives you these powers that come with a cost. Getting the good ending requires to resist the temptation. That’s the point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you buy something⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, at least not beyond a certain point.

  Entertainers increase guest happiness. Happiness is part of the rating, so entertainers do cause an increase. Most increases are capped, so you can only get so many points for happiness.

  Lost guests lowers the rating directly. As I recall the lost guest penalty is uncapped. Blocking the entrance usually results in a park rating of 0 in the fullness of time, regardless of the park.

  There are strange manipulations that allow guests to be trapped without the game realizing, which avoids the penalty. But as a normal player there’s no action that overcomes the lost guest penalty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you buy something⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doing so will cause a decrease in your park rating, When guests are trying to leave but unable to find the exit, it lowers the rating significantly. There’s a reason every guest goal scenario has a park rating requirement as well.

  It is effective up to a point. It takes time before the guests realize they’re trapped and kill your rating. You have to time it right. The guest spawn rate calculations include the rating, so a low rating also reduces the number of guests who spawn. Trap the guests too soon and you’ll never get enough.

  Trapping guests with no entry signs or removing the route to the exit will ruin your park in time. It can be effective in some specific circumstances but not many.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fact⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  i want to be a goth girl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the purpose of a CEO is wealth transfer. Controlling the company is purely incidental.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump posted this in Truth.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This looks like treason. Treason is fun because there are both federal and state versions of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news. :)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the old washington. We’ve had plenty of updates and fixed many of the issues for the new one. Good way to remember it is that the nation’s capital is called Washington DC. DC is an Italian abbreviation for Da Capo which means from the beginning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news. :)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably make us territories to start with full province status later. Joining Canada as provinces would be much more like Canada becoming the outer Pacific states. California alone has nearly the same population as the entirety of Canada.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news. :)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good first step. We can and should do more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good for plants⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  so all music is country now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good for plants⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Since when is Mozart’s 16th piano sonata country music?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet the AI vegans: They are choosing to abstain from using artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons. Maybe they have a point⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can ask it to turn off the summaries. It still shows them but you can ask.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would imagine they had more to go on than just the username. Its a small community, whenever someone joins for the first time the mods check their post history. I imagine they found something.

  It is what the community wants. Its a comfy little space for girls to talk about girl stuff! The mods do an effective job maintaining that atmosphere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I find it interesting that their objections are about the evidence used for bans, rather than claiming they were banned in error.

  It’s certainly not how I would respond if I were falsely accused of bring a man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t have to get bottom surgery, unless you want to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WomensStuff is also trans affirming so the solution is obvious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google AI Overview is just affiliate marketing spam now⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t much of a change. Before AI it was SEO slop. Search for product reviews and you get a bunch of pages “reviewing” products by copying the amazon description and images.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its the passport that also works for domestic air travel now that they banned drivers’ licenses.

  It does not have your address on it, so its a safer document to use to prove your age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am looking to broaden my youtube channels that I follow. What female channel are you following?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When learning a language, you don’t do literally everything by the book. In the real world you have to figure it out and extrapolate from incomplete information, and sometimes you get it a bit wrong.

  From a few minutes playing on an autotranslator, it appears that Norwegan uses the same word for male/man and female/woman. Like the noun and adjective versions are the same word with different conjugations. A Norwegan learning english as a second language can quite reasonably be unaware that there is a distinction there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am looking to broaden my youtube channels that I follow. What female channel are you following?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty normal to use male and female when specifying gender as an adjective. Man and woman are nouns. Calling a professional a female manager, or male teacher is normal english grammar. Using male or female as a noun is the red flag, which upon re-reading they also do… hmmmm

  But OP constantly genders the channel instead of the creator which feels more non-native english speaker to me. They post about european stuff and in norwegean. Don’t read too much into it.