Tuuktuuk
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- Comment on 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux 2 days ago:
It would make sense that developers would support their game as played through Proton, which is not really that different from just making a proper linux-native game. It should work just as fast both ways.
- Comment on Imagine there was a society in which blue eyed people are referred to with blee/bler pronouns, and green eyed people are referred to with glee/gler pronouns... 5 days ago:
If that was the case it would be a much more common feature. There are about 7000 languages in the world and only about a hundred of them have that feature.
But, cultures speaking languages with that feature tend to be much more likely to subjugate other cultures than other cultures are.
So, while if you take a random culture on this planet, it most likely won’t have the he/she distinction in their language. But if you take a random human on this planet, they most likely do have it.
- Comment on A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen 6 days ago:
Frome some people who are trying to defend flying. I’ve assumed their numbers make at least some semblance of sense for their argument.
But true, it’s too high. It’s more like, 10 to 15 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions from tranportation come from aviation. Which is still significant, but indeed more like 2-ish % of all greenhouse gas emissions. Still, it’s one of the sources easiest to mitigate. Agriculture causes over a quarter of all emissions, so that would be the most important thing to look into.
But also, it’s common to only look at the amount of carbon dioxide coming from the exhaust, while planes are problematic largely because they happen to travel at the altitude where their emissions hurt the most. As almost any sources I can find put the aviation’s share around 10 to 15 % of transportation’s emissions, and it has been so commonplace to ignore the altitude where planes travel, maybe the real number is more like 3 to 5 percent or so?
- Comment on A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen 6 days ago:
out of 8 billion people is 0.08 people. That does not compete. No, there maybe about 2 billion people who actively use airplanes for holiday trips. And almost all of the planes’ emissions come from them. So, take 0.000000003% of that blame.
But really: As much as I hate those private jets as a concept, their share of the total emissions of all flights are negligible. There is a website called FlightRadar24 where you can see airplanes currently in flight. You have very few private jets among the huge passenger planes. I’d say maybe one private plane to 50-ish large planes or so? And remember, a private jet is so much lighter than those big jets for hundreds of passengers that their fuel consumption is also a fraction.
Yes, also the rich should absolutely do their part. But in this case, because they are so very few, them doing or not doing their part won’t be visible under the line. Their effect on airplanes’ total emissions is so small that it gets eaten by the error margin. No, in this case other people being very very shitty does not mean that we 99.9 % can be shitty as well.
In any case, who is to blame is a stupid thing to concentrate on here. We know that billions of people are likely to die because of climate change. Reducing the emissions by 10 % can easily save the lives of several hundred million people. Possibly even over a billion. If I need to do something that is unfair towards me to keep my children alive, then I will do that. It’s a bit like if someone robs you and it’s clear that they will kill you if you don’t give the contents of your wallet – a 100 € note and a 20 € note – it is very clear that the robber’s behaviour is unethical. Will you burn your two banknotes and get killed by the robber just so that he couldn’t make it off with your money? Or will you give him the 120 €, stay alive and continue your life?
I hate it when people go “Yes, of course I can kill my own children and your children as well because most rich people are killing children as well, and they kill more than I do!” Someone being extremely shitty does not mean that you are allowed to be shitty. Not even if that someone is 5000 times as shitty as you.
To stay alive as a species, we must cut our emissions. If the only way to do so is unfair towards me, then so be it.
- Comment on A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen 6 days ago:
The oil lobbyists have been saying since the 70’s that they are responsible to the biggest share of greenhouse gas emissions?! Please show me even one place where they’ve made that claim.
- Comment on A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen 6 days ago:
Why do you think we shouldn’t? (Or, alternatively, how do you come to a conclusion that someone thinks we shouldn’t go after those responsible for the majority of emissions
Your thinking is extremely foreign to me and I would be interested in hearing your reasoning!
- Comment on A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen 6 days ago:
“A handful of people”?!
Come on, about 10% of greenhouse gas emissions come from flying. Amd that’s done almost exclusively by the common folks, not the tiny minority. A kilometre by train causes 99 % less (electric) or about 70 % less (diesel) emissions per kilometre than an airplane does, and is a viable way to travel, but people still fly. Because they prefer being assholes and kil their own children if not doing.so would inconvenience them evem just a little.
Similarly, feeding one person with red mean causes about as much greenhouse gas emissions as feeding 10 vegetarians. No need to go full vegan, but decreasing consumption of meat would make another 10 to 20 %. And then there are the private cars, something in the ballpark of 5 %.
About a quarter of oyr greenhouse gas emissions are caused.by things that.are completely unnecessary. Yeah, at the moment all of those three would be inconveniences, but only because others don’t do the same. High-speed railways take less resources to operate per passenger and reach about half the speed of an airplane (if you take time spent at airports into account), but the service is unusably.bad because everyone flies. And all the nice ready-made food is meat-based, because the other stuff doesn’t have enough markets and is therefore too expensive, thus staying on the shelves And also, public transit is not comfortable because it isn’t used by the rich, so there’s no motivation to.keep it at the level it has in Switzerland, where even the richest typically commute by train.
The greenhouse gas emissions.don’t need to be brought to zero fot us to.survive. We common.folk have the capacity to lower them by almost a fifth, which makes a huge difference in pur future Yeah, the remaining 80-ish % is in the hands of the few, but in this case even our 20 % is relevant enough that your excuse is appalling.
- Comment on Mythological Plot Holes 🧜♀️🤔 1 week ago:
Hm… I’ll keep that in mind when I commit to the deedlet.
- Comment on Anyone else from Europe feels the same while browsing the "All" feed? 1 week ago:
That is of course true, but…
Americans habe a right to have their own things as well. Not everything they do needs to be global. If someone from there wants to ask other Americans or just other US residents a question and they prefix it with “Americans of Lemmy” or “US residents in Lemmy”, I think that’s fine.
And similarly, if an European person has a thought they know os connected to them living in Europe, it makes sense that they direct their questions to Europeans.
What I hate is.when people talk like “what do you think about”, but actually means for the question to be a answered by US residents only, or talk on an international forum as if there was a leftist party in US congress or senate. If you want to ask a US-centric or Japan-centric or Eurocentric question, then by all means, go for it, in my opinion – as long as the question is clearly marked as such.
And this one is.
- Comment on Anyone else from Europe feels the same while browsing the "All" feed? 1 week ago:
There are. There are also Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctic.
- Comment on Mythological Plot Holes 🧜♀️🤔 1 week ago:
Holes… Top or bottom?
Mermaids… Which hole? To be a top? Or maybe I feel more like a bottom to a mermaid indeed 🤔
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
That is definitely how they perceive it, that is true, absolutely!
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
Yup. And it’s interesting how different this pushback is in Finland when compared to other countries where I’ve complained about corruption!
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
Or, ro be precise, I’ve been trying to say that even though the corruption here could be much worse, it is a problem thait exists and Finns feel so super uncomfortable when you bring up the subject that they get very defensive, which inhibits their ability to work against corruption in their country.
One way this can be commonly seen is that someone assumes I must be an idiot having such a view and assumes I then don’t understand basics such as “being among the beat doesn’t equal being perfect.” You’ve been assuming I’ve been fighting a windmill while there hasn’t been anyone near the windmill. You’ve heard my sounds, bur somehow mislocated me. And then you’ve spent some time trying to get me away from a windmill without noticing you’re at a wrong place.
Maybe now, knowing that I hadn’t had the misunderstanding you thought I had, go read my comments again and you’ll see a different message in them. Please?
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
I’m glad you understood that at last.
Also, regarding Finland it’s showing incorrect numbers because our corruption is structured in a a very peculiar manner.
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
Heh, you’re doing a good job emphasizing what I’m worried about in Finland. Almost anyone you talk to about us not doing enough about corruption, you get a very defensive response. And arguments that include “Finns love to say”, followed by a strawman argument such as your “that we are very corrupt”.
When not being corrupted becomes such an important part of a national identity that suggesting we might be creeping towards more corruption is seen as an act against national cohesion, we are taking a dive into dangerous waters. In some decades we’ll run head-first into a rock wall with this. Corruption exists everywhere and if you ever manage to remove the last bit of corruption, more will simply appear. Once you get complacent and (even just mostly) stop fighting it, it will devour you.
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
I really would not say we have less corruption here than in at least some other countries.
Practically all our grocery stores belong to only two companies, known as the S-Group and the K-Group(Now Lidl is growing big enough to kind of be a third player, but it doesn’t really have that much effect yet). Those two chains agree about the prices four times per year. That is legal in Finland, and therefore does not appear in statistics on illegal corruption. But it is corruption, even though it’s legal. And of course, continuing on the theme of those two chains: there’s the political system where one of the most efficient ways of getting into communal politics is to be voted into the chair of one regional subdivisions of the S-Group, which is a cooperative company and showing your skills there first. This means that in zoning, the S-Group largely tells the municipalities what to do because such a large share of politicians have connections to it, that a huge swath of people appointed to work in zoning are loyal to that company. That is legal in Finland, and therefore does not appear in statistics on illegal corruption. But it is corruption, even though it’s legal.
And then… Around year 2011 or so it was declared by the Ministry of domestic affairs that because our railway company is an Ltd., the old rule that policemen can use trains for free was considered bribery from that point on, and therefore illegal. I think it was a stupid decision, because policemen using the trains and the conductor knowing where they are is a useful safety feature that can save human lives. But, now that the decision had been made, and everybody working for the police knew it is bribery now, it really was a problem indeed. The policemen knew they are now getting the free rides only because the railway company believes it will gain something from it. And yes, there were investigations into really shady behaviour that never really lead anywhere. The police has been incredibly unable to find clues when it comes to anything the bosses of our railway company do, and nobody can understand why. I saw a few times between 2012 and 2015 how a passenger shows their badge, tells their destination, gets surprised when it turns out that they (gasp!) must buy a ticket! And then they look really embarrassed, because they absolutely knew they were taking a bribe there. And even a sitting place can cost over 100 €, so if you want to go for a holiday to Lapland and back, we’re not talking about pennies… Image
It was around year 2018 or 2021 or so (I don’t remember precisely if it was a bit before COVID-19 or a bit after it), when the Finnish railway company declared that “the free rides for policemen are no longer allowed”. During that time, about a decade, every single person working for the Finnish police knew about the bribery scheme between our railway company and the police. And nothing. No court process, no investigation. Maybe something happened back those five-ish years ago in the police that caused the railway company, VR, to end the bribery. I don’t know. But still, there were so many years where nothing, NOTHING happened about it. Every single policeman in this country devoid of any corruption whatsoever knew about a bribery scheme and using those free rides – taking a bribe to not see whatever illegal the company might do, or at least not see it very well – was commonplace. I’m not sure if even in Bulgaria or Romania there are bribery cases that everyone among their police forces know about and choose not to act on.
Argh, now the text is getting a bit long. Still, it is really difficult for me to believe that this is really the least corrupt country in the world. I’m quite sure that at least all other Nordic countries are doing better, probably also the Benelux countries and Germany.
But, to finish this: We also know we have no corruption, which is nice because that means we don’t need the heavy anti-corruption structures we still had in the 1980’s. We simply don’t need to make such an effort looking for corruption, because our people doesn’t do it. And of course, since we’re not looking very much for corruption, we also don’t find very much of it. Which proves that there’s basically no corruption, which proves that we don’t really need to waste money trying to uncover it. You wouldn’t spend money for finding unicorns, so why spend money finding other things that also don’t exist? I do agree that many forms of corruption that are common elsewhere don’t exist here. And that’s a good thing. But also, at the same time we have forms of corruption that other countries don’t have. And in international statistics they don’t appear because they are internationally not a relevant phenomenon. What I really don’t like is that this nation thinks it’s free of corruption. Even though our corruption levels are lower than in many other places, corruption is a problem that exists here and our complacency regarding our corruption situation is very dangerous in the longer term. I’ve spend long times in countries with a lot more corruption than Finland, where people also know there is corruption. I find it better for there to be a lot of corruption and people knowing about it than there being relatively little corruption and people assuming it doesn’t exist at all. When people take the existence of corruption into account, the field is leveled to an extent.
(And of course, I have friends here and there who sometimes help me take some shortcuts in my everyday life. Other people have other friends who help them with other shortcuts. But meh, I’m not going to talk more about them, as they are not such a huge thing all in all. This country works so that even if we were to catch the small players, the big ones would be completely unaffected.)
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
Absolutely! And somehow it’s a part of the same modesty.
Things are what they are. They are not awesome, because there’s always place to make things better. So, if someone says that things are awesome, they are wrong. At the same time, people are constantly trying to make things better and better, and you trust that they are. (Or: at least you trust they are) So, if someone says things are bad, that’s unfair because things are as well as they can be. And yet, they are not awesome, because they can always be better.
(And then I’m trying to avoid not going for a tirade about the surprisingly high level corruption in Finland and how that’s fed by us being so proud of not having almost any corruption at all…)
- Comment on Think about it 2 weeks ago:
The article “the” in “the solar system” means that we are talking about one specific solar system. It’s left for the reader to decide which one should be assumed, but in this case it’s actually clear that ours is meant.
That means, it’s clear that the meme is talking about our solar system, not some other solar system somewhere nor some bunch of solar systems.
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
“Älä valita!” and “Ei pidä turhasta valittaa!” are things you hear a lot more in Finland than in other European countries. In English those would be “Don’t complain” and “Don’t complain if there’s no good reason!”
At least when living in Germany, Ukraine, Spain and the Russia, I heard a lot less of that kind of stuff than what I had gotten used to in Finland. And people also seemed more happy in their everyday lives than what was familiar to me from Finland.
You’ve probably also seen the advertisements by the Helsinki public transportation authority, HSL, telling how we have the best-functioning public transportation in Europe, based on locals in Helsinki giving better ratings for their public transportation than locals in other European cities do. And yet, most of the HSL network is based on bus lines, with only 1½ metro lines and three metro-like local train lines. Anybody who’s been to other European capitals knows that our public transportation is indeed good, but other cities have it a lot better.
If you have 43 units of serotonin per 1 unit of volume in your blood, you’ll say you’re on rung 8 on the ladder of happiness if you’re a Finn, but with the same amount of serotonin in your blood you’ll say you’re on rung 6 or 7 of that same ladder if you’re, say, German. This causes us to score very well in any poll where they ask “how okay are you with how things are going around you?”
- Comment on Expand North! So much room up there. 2 weeks ago:
Don’t worry, I did already understand this :)
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
A depressed Finn would probably say that “this is the best possible life for me under these circumstances I live within.”
Or, I could phrase the thought this way: “Things are shit, but no can do, so this is the best possible situation currently available for me.”
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
Okay, thanks for the correction. Then it’s a bit funny the result has ended up the way it is.
Probably the reason is then that we are taught not to complain about what we get. If you are asked whether you are happy with how things are not, you are supposed to assume that things are already done as well as reasonably possible and, therefore, as well as they can reasonably be. Therefore, you are happy with things. Of course, you might be exceptionally depressed, but you will still be happy about your how your country is run, because you know it’s, by defintion, run as well as it can be.
But, maybe I’m still wrong. I now tried finding that one question in their report, but couldn’t find it in a reasonable time. What has the question been?
- Comment on Lifehack 2 weeks ago:
Congratulations. You’re going to get to wear whatever pants or skirt she has at home that will fit you!
- Comment on Lifehack 2 weeks ago:
It is, though. You wouldn’t make fun of people wanting to take your shoes off if you didn’t think it’s moronic to keep your shoes on when inside.
- Comment on Expand North! So much room up there. 2 weeks ago:
Awesome trivia! Thanks! :)
- Comment on Expand North! So much room up there. 2 weeks ago:
Could it be that one source referred only to places with an actual border, while the rest included anything within 160 km of any coast?
- Comment on Expand North! So much room up there. 2 weeks ago:
If I understand correctly based on a map and Wikipedia, the concept of “a lot of people” does not exist in North Dakota, though.
I had never heard of the city of Bismarck, their state capital of more than 70 thousand inhabitants, a bit over 10% of the state’s population. But, now I do. I also had not thought there can be a state capital with that little population. (And then this made me curious and I learned that in Germany the smallest state capital is Schwerin, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and it has about 98 000 inhabitants in a state of 1½ million inhabitants.)
- Comment on If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world" 2 weeks ago:
They didn’t really ask us about our happiness, but rather just analyzed a bunch of facts. It looks like dor them “the ability leas a safe family life” is what is most important for happiness.
But if you.don’t have a family, this place is worse than, well, almost anything in Europe.
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 3 weeks ago:
We’ll see. Bedouins might be able to survive, indeed.
Though, I’d wish for my children and grandchildren to be among the ones who will keep thriving. It’s not the easiest thing to organize.
