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- Comment on Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’ 3 weeks ago:
I still do not understand how this guy is given so much power. Seriously, what the fuck? How does he keep winning? How does everyone keep bending the knee? How are there so few people telling him to go fuck himself? Is he scary in real life?
- Comment on Why isint lemmy more popular? 3 weeks ago:
This is a really good question, and I suppose the answer is the same as to why Mastodon is not more popular.
I think it is a combination of several factors:
- Not many people know about it. Really, reddit is one of the most well known websites on the internet. Very few people know lemmy/mastodon.
- UI/UX issues. The more friction there is, the smaller the probability of someone using something. And Lemmy has TONS of friction. And the lemmy devs are not welcome to suggestions. Seriously, every suggestion that is made is probably answered with “I am against this”. If the idea did not come from their heads, they are probably against it. This has been my experience with them, at least.
- Lack of content. On reddit, there is tons of content. On lemmy, not so much. And people are generally not very principled. They want to consume, and completely ignore the ethics/morality of whatever it is they are doing.
- Comment on Creating bots that show russian-like speech that are anti-US would be a good use of AI 4 weeks ago:
It is bad. Something can be bad and cure people. You see, you are just committing logical fallacies.
Chemotherapy IS poison. It is cytotoxic. The goal is to kill the cancer before it kills the patient, but it is toxic.
A similar argument can be made for the use of bots, as was my showerthought.
- Comment on Creating bots that show russian-like speech that are anti-US would be a good use of AI 4 weeks ago:
Chemo is like poison and you hope it kills more cancer than normal cells, that is not always the case. Not a great example for your argument.
That is the whole point lol
- Comment on Creating bots that show russian-like speech that are anti-US would be a good use of AI 4 weeks ago:
Perhaps so.
- Comment on Creating bots that show russian-like speech that are anti-US would be a good use of AI 4 weeks ago:
Chemotherapy is bad. A patient is dying from cancer. Patient receives chemotherapy and lives.
Chemotherapy is bad? More chemotherapy is good? What?
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 17 comments
- Comment on It's been a while, which Lemmy instances should I be on? 4 weeks ago:
Wait, why does lemmy.ml block infosec.pub, lemmy.cafe and programming.dev? All these seem innocuous?
- Comment on 2 months ago:
This just shows that the whole “muh, it is the corporations fault for the climate emergency, there is nothing I can do about it!” is a load of BS. You can vote with your wallet. Become anti-consumption.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 6 months ago:
It seems to be device specific. On my device, WhatsApp fits 2 more chats. I hate meta/insta/fb/etc, but WhatsApp just looks considerably better than Signal. Signal, as I said earlier, just has huge margins and padding. It looks ugly.
Like you, I also want my messenger app to show conversations. Sadly, Signal shows more empty space than conversations. It really needs a compact UI. I invited several friends to Signal and they all left because it looks bad. I know it sounds like nitpicking, but UI/UX IS extremely important. Making the claim “meh, it looks fine” and ignoring people’s perspective is not the way to run an app that is dependent on the number of users, like signal is. If I don’t have anyone with whom to chat, the app is useless. It needs userbase.
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 6 months ago:
WhatsApp getting ads is great news! WhatsApp, and any other meta/facebook/for-profit-social-network will never be a good product. Therefore, the second best alternative is for it to be as bad as possible, so people finally change to worthy alternatives.
What is the alternative here? Don’t know, perhaps Signal, though the devs are not welcoming at all. The UI is absolute shit. Looks like UI for old people, huge margins and empty space. My screen fits like 3 chats. A compact theme would take a few hours to create and vastly improve the product, but ya…
- Comment on Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast 6 months ago:
I know all about that. Trust me, I hate the guy. His podcast with Zelensky was pathetic. So were his remarks in the podcast episode next to that one.
Having said that: I dont have idols, but if I had, Terence Tao would be one of them. I will listen to the podcast regardless of Lex.
- Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcastwww.youtube.com ↗Submitted 6 months ago to science@mander.xyz | 5 comments
- Comment on “40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists” 6 months ago:
Absolutely agree. Maybe send them an e-mail? Though it shoudln’t be too hard to convert using Calibre. Hopefully the resulting file is properly formatted. Regardless, they should definitely provide an .epub version. Shoot them an e-mail!
- Comment on “40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists” 6 months ago:
I disagree. “street legal” IS anarchy. Anarchy may not be only street-legal, but it also is. Anarchy is anything whose goal is the abolition of hierarchies. Mutual Aid is anarchy. Is mutual aid not street legal? It is.
- Submitted 6 months ago to youshouldknow@lemmy.world | 11 comments