Ziggurat

@Ziggurat@jlai.lu

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  one more example showing how US standard are incredibly low regarding basic human rights…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is This Social Media?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I would consider fediverse and forums, including lemmy as a form of social media. So the answer is yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is it so common to be interested in true crime when at the same time you're disturbed by it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Full story, often quite awful (you never see true crime about a drunk driver, but when a chemistry student uses acid to get rid of his ex gf body it’s get in true crime show), and with a lot of technical and legal details all of that make it interesting provided you have a good narrator

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is "AI" the end of truth?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Like… do governments just get to shape the world as they see fit?

  This is not new, most likely in history class you’ve heard about Soviet propaganda and saw how Trotsky was removed from photography.

  The interesting part is now every stupid ass can forge photograph without complex techniques and a long training. IMO it’s great, people will finally understand that a photo/video is most likely fake.

  It will help them to use their critical thinking skills and check the context

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would one exit a black hole?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is why it would work with a small black hole, but not with a large one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t make-it a big deal, and your kid won’t make-it a big-deal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s pretty high on the scale of toxic parenting,

  Tell him that you’re already with someone, and not interested

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For some reason suicide is illegal. If someone is going or trying to commit suicide and get talked down are they still in trouble or get locked up or sent to a medical facility?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a gray area where assisted suicide/euthanasia isn’t legal. Shall you take 20 or 30 years of jail for helping your loved one to end their suffering or shall legally murderer get away with suspended sentence/probation.

  A clear legal context for assisted suicide suicide solves the debate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feeling insecure about going to a 'girlie pop' concert as a 30 year old man, am i overthinking it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Enjoy yourself, have fun with your wife, and don’t overhtink-it, your dick won’t fly away

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do AI data centers manage to *consume* water, but when I cool my house, my A/C *makes* water?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the complicated part with water consumption, saving water in the Netherlands won’t make rain in Morroco.

  However, there is only so many rain water stored in the ground at a given time and brought by the rivers. This water need to be used mostly for agriculture, then human consumption, and finally industry. Once it’s back in the cloud we don’t fully know where it will fall again, let alone if it’s polluted.

  Sure it’s a renewable ressource, the problem start when you the water faster than the rate at which it renews, especially during summer. In Europe the problem will be even worse with the global warming. The alpine glacier are disappearing meaning that we’ll loose a major water reserve for summer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whatever happened to the blockchain/smart contract 'revolution' we were told about?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s actively transforming global agriculture. While the USA failed to innovate Canada has integrated blockchain into it’s agricultural sector to facilitate unparalleled traceability.

  This example is a nice summary of the issue with block chain. Sure it can be done with block chain.

  However, is it really doing it better than SAP or whatever large corporate program used to do it? Is there an ecosystem of thousands of specialised consultant that will tailor a solution for your need? Most managers tends to be conservative with tech, they want a brand they know (Microsoft, SAP) wich can provide a support contract and be sued, and with sales-person wearing a tie. The cryptobros and theirs block chain based startup do not match.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whatever happened to the blockchain/smart contract 'revolution' we were told about?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Fediverse moderation, even more Draconian than Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even slightly right of center will get you banned and ostracized

  Sligthly right of center views are more saying that private sector may play a role in healthcare, or that private school are OK. Thinking that children shall not get healthcare or suporting war-crime isn’t slighthly off centered

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Entrapment⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was for memes, puns, and AI generated content

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  !pathfinder@ttrpg.network or at least the more generic !rpg@ttrpg.network would be specialised enough to know the answer.

  As usual, in case of doubt during game, find a ruling which works and look out the answer latter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did anyone else thought about cities with communist mayor when reading about red cities?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ice cream trucks still around?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s outdated about it?

  People like ice cream, and with global warming even more, , so a truck strategically parked (at the school exit, in the park, in front of that tourist hot spot) will drag an audience. It may be a bit harder for the ones going from neighborhood to neighbourhood but it’s still a thing. We even have one stopping at my work parking, which is the opportunity for informal discussion with coworkers I see less

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess Germans are rather privacy focused so they might

  3rd Reich then east Germany gave Germany a hard lesson about privacy, so indeed they’re very sensitive to that topic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come nobody does anything about North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We live in a sad world, western democracy with high standard regarding human right are the exception, not the norm.

  So are we gonna start war against every dictatorship? Look at the results in Afghanistan instead of freeing them, they now rank worse than North Korea in the economist democracy index not only they got a 20 year long war, but in the end stayed one one of the worst dictatorship in the planet, not really a success

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with the sudden increase in AI slop?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lemmy is a mix between technology geeks and leftists, and many of us are both. The geek tend to be at least somehow interested in gen “AI” and often know the technical words behind it (if not what they mean). The leftists are more worried by the socio economic impact of AI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can an American go to Europe just for cheaper healthcare?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes but

  Full healthcare coverage is typically limited to fiscal resident, so you’ll have to pay out of pocket. That said to my understanding the US price are so absurd, that we’re like 10 times cheaper than you before insurance like a GP visit costing let’s say 30 EUR, while in the US you’d pay 300 US$ (Giving a doctor seeing 6 patient per hour revenue in the 1800 US$ per hour that’s just ridiculous, even when deducing taxes/rent/insurance and more). This is also why medical tourism is a thing.

  That said, a big limit, is do you want to be away from your loved ones, in a country you don’t speak the language post surgery ?

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, even non profit clubs need a constant influx of newcomers, whose member due will pay the rent when the ancient will leave. And for game shop it’s even worse. It’s a hobby where a 50 € book can entertain 4 adults for year, so you need new comer to keep selling.

  My local rpg club runs monthly discovery session and many GM gladly take beginners at their table. (most) RPG have relatively straightforward basic rules, any semi decent GM can give you a 30 minutes briefing with enough information to play. Most of these hugs books aren’t rules but story, and special abilities (e.g. Magic spells and potions) so you don’t need to read them before playing.

  Usually, I advise to look for one shots session to start it allows to discover a game and test the alchemy with other players without signing up for a 2 years campaign.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I woald advise other RPG than D&D, too many beginner look for D&D and nothing else, while tons of GM struggle to find player for non D&D games

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New community for free flight - paragliding, hang gliding, wing suits, etc.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty cool, subscribed

  However, not sure we are enough pilots to bring much discussion here.

  Well, the X alps is starting, so we’ll have for the week

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The French education system require to study two foreign language among a long list, so why most people take English + German/Spanish/Italian some people take rare language like Chinese.

  To my understanding rare and hard language like Chinese (or Russian) are also a way to be admitted to a better school/class than your local school, so it’s often used by rich kids who want to bypass their local public school and be affected to a good school/class

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨where are worker rights parades? why are we focusing on very limited issues?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is tons of worker right protests/riots, it as a thing long before pride, and untilcapitalist culture turned pried from riot to business friendly music festival. The worker protest were way more popular. I know that US are an outlier, but I am sure that even American do protest.

  Most “Minority rights” aren’t specific rights for minority but basic rights for everyone. If you can’t dress as you like or be rejected for a job due to ryour private life it impacts more than just LGBTQ+

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not complicated, they know there is first time and non frequent flyers who get lost easily. Here is a form of routine.

  • Do as much as possible in advance if you can self-check-in online and just go to the bag drop, do-it

  • Try to drop your bag and clear security as quickly as possible, you’ll get some “peace of mind” once done, as these are the parts where you can loose a lot of time. To do so check information panel at the airport entrance.

  • Before clearing security, remove shoes, belt, put laptop/phone on the tray bins. While it’s not requested, remove your jewels/piercing they might trigger a metal detector.

  • Another pro-tip for security, while in theory it changes nothing, but dress properly, give the image of someone who travels internationally and can afford business class.

  • You fly business, so you most likely have access to lounge, it’s way better than the standard waiting room, so enjoy. If you’re a bit stress a glass of wine in the lounge way help you to relax and sleep better during the long flight

  • roughly 30 minutes before departure, try to be at your gate, usually, I try to locate the gate before the rest.

  • You have a connection, when dropping the bag, ask whether it comes directly to your final destination. I expect that you’ll clear custom in München (assuming you fly from the EU), this is not a big deal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we replace most plastic with a non plastic alternative and would that really be better?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A big issue is the single use. Why do you need a plastic wrapping in the cookies ? if you get cookies at your local bakery, and give them your own bag, they’ll put-it inside, no problem.

  Note also, that a lot of things are already ongoing to ban single-use plastic. I am old enough to remember the late 90’s early 00’s when you would get a plastic bag from any shop, these have been outlawed a while ago and nobody miss them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do so many piece of Hardware come with windows only software requiring admin right for installation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, we do have now an approved way to get admin privileges through a dedicated application. However, on my experience if you run one installer it works, but if the installer calls for a second installer (let’s say one for the driver and a ne for the software). So I end up having to still bother IT.