greedytacothief

@greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably not helpful but when I was roofing and at work for 11-12 hours a day, getting home and going for a short run really helped out (~4 miles). Something about that cardio gave me more energy and would guarantee I’d at least take a shower after. I think I was only running 3-4 days a week then.

  It’s also a great time to decompress, just being alone with your thoughts a little. Then for a while after your heart rate is elevated and you’ve got some extra energy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3167: Car Size⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It would probably be quieter than any of the diesel pickup trucks on the road too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perfection⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the period that this book was illuminated in was from later when really fancy books was more of a business for the church. Usually the very early illuminated books were made by a single monk doing most steps of the process (prepping parchment, calligraphy, painting, binding, etc.) but the later books like this may have had different artists for the illuminated letters vs the borders. So there could have been one monk that just likes sea stuff and he was too good for the other brothers to tell him to stop.

  Source: mostly vibes, but I’ve dipped my toes into illumination and guilding

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plant Protection⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I just remembered that shaggy mane, another dung loving species, tends to grow on leech fields or wherever septic tanks live. So I think they will just grow anywhere there’s poop, no need to be eaten.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plant Protection⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe Psilocybin cubensis evolved with this in mind, where the spores get on grass, then they do their funky thing in the cow guts. Cow poops them out and the mushrooms come out of the cow pies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over the past ~20 years, Google became the de facto entry point for learning new skills and information. Google also sucks now. This is a really big problem.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm, I would assume most candles are vegan being made of either paraffin or soy wax. Bees wax tends to be more expensive since it takes a long time for bees to make wax. The flame from bees wax is also smaller and less bright. Am I wrong about this assumption?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC Master Race⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is liquid cooling even worth it these days? I’ve always used air cooling and just vacuumed my pc every once and a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where is modern Punk?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s quite a few good ones in the “Breakcore” genre like “machine girl” and “femtanyl”. I’m not sure they would consider themselves punk, but I have a pretty liberal definition of punk.

  I also came across “blednost.” A little while ago, they’re pretty small. I just click on music that YouTube recommends a lot and find lots of small artists

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where is modern Punk?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I listen to lots of punk music, especially in the electronic space. But I think people want to see another hardcore movement.

  Really I see most people who actually try to make their own art as punk. The techno-fascists just want you to be complacent and consume content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨card game shop⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk, humans have lots of different smells and some are more tolerable than others. Like if you don’t sweat much (not me unfortunately) you can definitely go a day without showering. The worst human smell might be a rotting tooth though, that’s really difficult to be around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨School pickup lines are wild⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I… I would not be brave enough to drive around in a “truck” like that. Like mad props for never out growing your edge lord phase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huge internet outage live blog: Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max and more experiencing issues⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no! Wait I don’t watch shows anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honestly Bizarre⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that just the normal ones you find at the grocery store, or have you tried other types? I think oyster mushrooms are really good when you fry them until they are crispy. Lion’s mane is really good too, I like to make vegan pulled pork with them. The flavor of some foraged ones are also amazing like chantarell and black trumpets. Chicken of the woods also tastes and kinda feels like lemony dry chicken. There’s soooo many great mushrooms

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World would be a better place⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Excuse me, but do you have a moment to talk about ZFS and tall socks? Maybe the benefits of a tiling window manager?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Beyond that sounding tedious as fuck, how much will that actually improve workflow? Or is this one of those features that sounds good to people with C level intelligence, and the rest of us just have to pretend we’re using.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hows keto working out for you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Trying to stay young forever over here. It’s working pretty well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hows keto working out for you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mention it because I really don’t feel like an outlier. Sure it took me a couple years to get where I am, but I’ve also had a lot of setbacks from when I started as well. Obviously someone 250-300lbs is going to have a hard time since exercise is murder on their joints. but most folks aren’t morbidly obese. If you enjoy it, getting up to 5 days a week of cardio won’t take that long (3-5 months?) then you can really get into the fun long workouts. But I think the problem is that most folks don’t have something they enjoy. If exercise wasn’t playing I’m not sure I would do it, but because it is I want to do it. If anything my enjoyment and not having debilitating injuries is what makes me an outlier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hows keto working out for you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eating in a deficit? Yes, counting calories? No. There’s times I lose weight just because of activity load. Hell I did a 3 hour bike ride on Sunday that burned around 2000 calories. When ski touring season hits I’ll probably lose a bunch of weight. I get that most folks can’t do activities like that, but there’s a lot more to fitness than just your body fat. If I loose weight due to exercise it’s usually 10 lbs but over the summer I went from 180 to 165 without thinking once about my calorie intake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a person who is a convicted felon/ rapist even get nominated for the Nobel Peace Price? Extra points if you can ELI5 that.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not an expert, but I believe he is part of the reason the Vietnam war continued. Lots of people died because the US has to win. I think he also okayed the indiscriminate bombing they did. Also he’s a slimy politician.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's true!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When dandelions pop up they let you know to start looking for morels in a week or so. Thank you dandelions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep forgetting that this stupid AI bubble hasn’t popped yet and I’m always surprised someone is trying to add it to their business

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If I’m remembering correctly vision is movement based, but animals have lots of ways to deal with it. Humans and other species that can move their eyeballs just like vibrate their eyes. But birds like chickens rely more on head bob I think. Couldn’t tell you what kind of muscles a tyranasaur has in its eyes.

  Also being wrong on the Internet is the best way to find the right answer. So tell me how I’m wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't argue that.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you mean stop damaging it? What makes it sound like I’m not working with my brain? What makes it sound like I’m not exercising my brain?

  No I’m not going to stop doing sports. I’m doing a lot to work with my brain, and I’m always learning something new.

  I’m learning sumi-e painting to go with my calligraphy, I’m taking the time to get back into programming. This is my second year mountain biking and I’ve gotten pretty good at it over the summer. I journal every day and reflect, I’ve been making a lot of progress being less critical of myself. In doing all those things I’ve felt my social skills slip, so now I’m putting in the effort to be around people more and be vulnerable around them.

  And yet I can feel places where my brain isn’t as strong as it used to be. I’m accepting of that and trying to love myself in spite of my shortcomings. I don’t need to optimize for everything, I can just focus on what’s important to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't argue that.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My friend is going through concussion rehabilitation right now and is working with one of the best doctors in the field. She has not been prescribed any medication at all. It’s been 9 months maybe? Right now she’s onto the stage where she need to get her heart rate up with exercise. Though it took a long time for doctors to actually start taking her symptoms seriously and she bounced around between a lot of them before she got where she is now.

  We’ve had lots of talks about the recovery process, how you can train your brain to get better at certain things. And I’ve been doing lots of stuff to train my brain. But still friends will bring up symptoms they have and I’ll be like, oh shit I didn’t know that was concussion related!

  But I think some of my symptoms are just going to be there for life. Language processing, memory (some memory has improved with training but sometimes I just get stuck and can’t think of a word or name or whatever), visual artifacts, sound sensitivity, and I don’t know if it’s related but I definitely get depressed.

  I think with training you can improve your life experience, but I’m not sure you’ll ever get back to what it would be like without a concussion. Also I’m sure the 4-7 years of binge drinking didn’t help either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't argue that.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Currently 29. Noticed mental decline after concussions in my youth and a few years of heavy drinking. I don’t fall on my head as much and I don’t really drink anymore, but I’m not sure how much of what I’ve lost I’m going to get back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I find it can be useful in some stages of writing or researching. But by the time I’ve got a finished product there’s really no AI left in there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure how people can use AI to code, granted I’m just trying to get back into coding. Most of the times I’ve asked it for code it’s either been confusing or wrong. If I go through the trouble to write out docstrings, and then fix what the AI has written it becomes more doable. But don’t you hate the feeling of not understanding what you’ve written does or more importantly why it’s been done that way?

  AI is only useful if you don’t care about what the output is. It’s only good at making content, not art.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit, I’ve disabled developer mode and still can’t access my bank app

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All while the skeletal, crumbling, dusty bones of an econ major pulls business backwards into hell.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think we have different definitions of what passing knowledge, and familiarity. I think what OP is saying is that folks should leave college knowing how to think and reason mathmatically, philosophically, and scientifically. Everyone knows you don’t actually learn anything in undergrad, but you should at least know how to problem solve in your field. OP is just saying that maybe that problem solving should cast a wider net, I think.

  Why should they? Everything is multidisciplinary. Even a pure mathematician needs to know how to communicate their ideas within their field.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shamelessly stolen from Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah I get it now, yup that is shitty. I have some compassion for someone who was stupid enough as a kid to enlist. But only for active members? Love how in America we all get fucked over, unless you win the wealth lottery.