adespoton

@adespoton@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The Germans are good at ending things, aren’t they?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In the US, doctors were prescribing opioids for pain medication for decades, ignoring the addictiveness and decreased effectiveness over time.

  So someone who went in for surgery or had an injury could end up hooked on their pain meds… except the meds would become less and less effective over time, requiring larger and larger doses. Until the dose passed the “legal” threshold, at which point these people switched to illegal suppliers to survive. And eventually the doses got to be so large that their bodies couldn’t handle it, and they died.

  And then there’s people who got hooked on methamphetamines because they were a cheap but effective way to stay up all night and study for an exam when they were a teenager— and eventually they couldn’t function without them.

  And that’s just two common examples from two drug families, ignoring things like e-cigs (person gets hooked on something they didn’t even know they were consuming), regular cigarettes, or alcohol, all of which are legal but can also be addictive and deadly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did "Party time! Excellent!" come from Wayne's World or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Did one copy the other?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It all came from SNL and the characters they played on there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If trump appointments someone that doesn't last as long as Anthony Scaramucci do we measure that in fractional moochies or do we abandon the mooch system because it failed us?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this a follow-up to my observation about appointments potentially terminating well before Trump is even sworn in?

  I think we landed on using negative mooches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do you combine stair climbing with running when working out?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Any drawback doing too much stair climbing?

  If you do it before running, your muscles can be over-stressed at the start of a run, increasing risk of impact injuries. So make sure to give yourself recovery time after stairs before you do a hard run again.

  Done in this way, you can build up your support muscles which will actually decrease the risk of running injuries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do you combine stair climbing with running when working out?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what I do… my running route has flights of stairs in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is stopping a scammer from HTTPS certificating a "nonsense.ReputableBank.com"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The way DNS works, each dot is authoritative.

  So if you want the IPv4 for scam.legitco.com, your computer contacts the authoritative DNS for “com” and asks it for the address for legitco’s DNS. You then contact legitco.com and ask it for scam’s IP. Which it won’t have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a leftist ran for president, would liberals support him?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  To throw one more into the mix:

  “Left” and “Right” came from the UK parliamentary system where the representatives of the two major parties sat on the left and right side of the speaker of the house in the House of Commons.

  It just so happened that the ones on the right had conservative values (keep things as they are, don’t spend what we don’t have, local economy first, preserve traditional values) while those seated on the left had liberal values (let’s make things even better, spend for the future, improve the global economy, make life better for all our constituents).

  That was the starting point for what it’s all morphed into today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do the ultra-rich consume popular media?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe they watch it as a comedy or an instructional video?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What has Critical Theory actually achieved?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So… you’re telling him not to communicate? Are you the embodiment of critical theory?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My mind keeps coming up with tag lines for X….

  X:

  … where the fruits of piracy can be found

  … - rated best for quirky images

  … where you’ll find that special someone you realized you DON’T want to spend the rest of your life with.

  Anyone got more?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Until the public short message service no longer exists?

  This could happen in a number of ways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we all have mayonnaise in our fridges instead of béarnaise sauce?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the rare cases where mayo is the correct answer… it’s not that difficult to just whip up a small amount and use it. No need to have a big jar of it going rancid in your fridge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I tell Pennsylvania I no longer live there?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If they’re sending political messages, the number is already confirmed as matching a PA voter. Testing STOP is the way to go. If that doesn’t work, THEN mark as spam. If it gets too annoying, set up a wall of shame on Twitter. (Almost) No politician wants bad publicity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you like/dislike about lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But what do you dislike?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I moved to Telus when Rogers bought Shaw and screwed up my billing plan, and were unwilling to be competitive.

  Both Rogers and Telus have capped plans and more expensive “unlimited” plans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where does a man get a proper shoe horn that will not break⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you ever worn a pair of Florsheims or a pair of riding boots? You can totally remove the laces and you’ll still have the same difficulty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where does a man get a proper shoe horn that will not break⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a shoe horn. It’s stainless steel. It’s never broken and I’ve had it for over 20 years.

  I don’t use it often, but for those times when your feet are wet/swollen or the shoes are leather dress shoes, it’s the only way to go.

  Plus, anyone with high arches will need that extra assist. It’s not a nationality thing, it’s a foot and shoe type thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do PhDs HAVE to use Dr?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Generally, getting certifications/memberships gives you more options for honorifics, not fewer; you get to use any that are appropriate.

  And for instance, if someone has a PhD and an MDiv, they can go by Reverend, Doctor, Reverend Doctor or Mx, and they’re all appropriate; it all depends on context and what you’re trying to communicate.

  So Doctor Drag (he/him) is appropriate, as is Mx Drag, PhD.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people seemingly against AI chatbots aiding in writing code?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Spot-on.

  I spend a lot of time training people how to properly review code, and the only real way to get good at it is by writing and reviewing a lot of code.

  With an LLM, it trains on a lot of code, but it does no review per-se… unlike other ML systems, there’s no negative and positive feedback systems in place to improve quality.

  Unfortunately, AI is now equated with LLM and diffusion models instead of machine learning in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do I accept that a doctor earns more than double what I do?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doctors go to school for seven years racking up debt, and then usually have to shoulder the burden of liability and operational costs. It’s expensive to become a medical doctor, and expensive to be a medical doctor.

  These costs are part of what keeps both doctors and patients safe. Doctors end up with both the power and the risk.

  Nurses by comparison have only basic training before on the job training kicks in; it’s relatively easy to become a nurse, and if you mess up, the worst that’s going to happen is that you get fired and have to go work somewhere else.

  But even as a nurse, if you’re quick to pick things up, you can move up the ranks and find a specialty that has more power and pays better than a standard RN. Without the seven years of debt.

  And life’s not just about pay; quality of life is generally more important, and that sucks for most doctors, who have relatively short life expectancies and limited time to spend their money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many squirrels do you think you could take in a fight to the death?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on how many ants and lions were present.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've got some dank memes ready to go⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vegan pets are being denied food?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does dying from all causes mean?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If your body is dealing with the effects of decades of smoking, it will be less effective at healing you from all ailments (including being hit by a bus), not just diseases.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does dying from all causes mean?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do whatever you can to prevent forest fires and you have nothing to fear from Smoky the Bear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are LLMs capable of writing *good* code?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The other thing is, an LLM generally knows about all the existing libraries and what they contain. I don’t. So while I could code a pretty good program in a few days from first principles, an LLM is often able to stitch together some elegant glue code using a collection of existing library functions in seconds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are LLMs capable of writing *good* code?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would not trust the current batch of LLMs to write proper docstrings and comments, as the code it is trained on does not have proper docstrings and comments.

  And this means that it isn’t writing professional code.

  It’s great for quickly generating useful and testable code snippets though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do people in this day in age become nazis/neonazies sexist or even incels when there is so much knowledge against it? Do they get anything out of being that way?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of it is education and critical thinking. People don’t know what to trust because they don’t know how to test information for truthfulness and can’t reliably fact check. So they depend on an authority figure to tell them what and how to think, with expected results.

  Note this isn’t limited to these people; some people just pick better authority figures than others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not a good liar but need to pretend I like my current job and not rant about how much I dislike it till I find a job I like more. How do I make my coworkers and supervisors believe this lie?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I survived a PiP - new manager who totally misunderstood the situation. I worked with them to help them understand the context, and still have the job (but not the manager).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social Engineering⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Except for places with access cards and pin pads. You need to have both hands fully occupied and some sort of a clipped on badge for those.