HexesofVexes
@HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
Why, a hexvex of course!
- Comment on Absolutely nothing 1 week ago:
[✓] Realised I understand nothing
[✓] Time for this planet to die
Definitely check out.
- Comment on Criminal court ditches American software giant– Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft? 2 weeks ago:
I think there is another alternative to plain government spending, and that’s inter-university cooperation.
It’s pushing FOSS options for education on the comp sci departments, and collaborating to make it work there.
It’s is then gating every advance behind a “non-commercial, education only” license a bunch of law departments glue together.
From there, it’s universities actively allocating staff workload to help maintain key FOSS infrastructure.
From there you’ve laid the foundation on which things can be built.
- Comment on People in the UK Watching the The world using the internet 2 weeks ago:
Yep, because it was never about protecting the children ;)
- Comment on People in the UK Watching the The world using the internet 2 weeks ago:
I COMPLETELY AGREE - THIS ALL MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
- Comment on Criminal court ditches American software giant– Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft? 2 weeks ago:
Yes and no; the main issues are:
initial disruption (e.g. ditching teams is harder than it looks, you also need to retrain all your IT staff)
User training (most staff can barely use Microsoft products - even light terminal use is seen as magic)
Industry demand (your average CEO conflates “computer competent” with “can you use ms office?”)
Functionality loss (mostly in easy document collab and cloud storage)
Existing 3rd party software contracts (yeah, DRM software hates Linux, also most are locked into azure)
Accountability (if OneDrive gets hacked, Microsoft pays out (i.e. no-one pays), if your cloud server gets hacked you pay out)
I’ve scratched the surface there, there are a lot more issues. The truth is that universities need to take this step, however the barriers are just too high during the perpetual crisis academia currently exists in - it would mean years of disruption they simply cannot afford.
- Comment on People in the UK Watching the The world using the internet 2 weeks ago:
Imgur blocking is a bit of a pain - half the mods in steam are missing images in their description.
The online safety act also means we get to submit ID to view anything construed as “adult”. Very “av you got a loiscencse for that” these days without a VPN.
- Comment on Labcoat! 3 weeks ago:
And here we see Professor Moonmoon about to espouse his latest theories on goodboi theory.
- Comment on Stupid sexy raft 3 weeks ago:
Scientific reproduction, as in reproduction of a study XD
- Comment on Stupid sexy raft 3 weeks ago:
Scientific reproduction, not sexual reproduction XD
- Comment on Stupid sexy raft 3 weeks ago:
So, hear me out here, there is a huge reproduction crisis out there. In theory, you could try to replicate this study without the researcher being an asshole and see if it still works out and this would be a valuable line of research that could technically get funded.
I’m going to need a decent ship, some volunteers, and a 101 day supply of daiquiris.
- Comment on UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’ 4 weeks ago:
The UK approach to illegal entry is already nuts - they isolate people, teach them helplessness, and pay a fortune to do it.
- Comment on And now I'm reminded I have two of these to repair. 4 weeks ago:
How GLaDOS would hurt us now: Portal 2 turns 15 next year.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Reply to edited chart - violence against adult was not as common. Violence against other kids however…
Also, 1995–2002 was peak chav ;)
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I’m not from the USA so I don’t really have a clear idea on what a redneck is.
However, going from media representations (dodgy ground) I’d say no. There isn’t the strong streak of racism, and the demographic is uniquely young for chavs (since most grow out of it).
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Chav is not a term to describe a working class person - it’s a term to describe a subset of youths who are pretty much feral.
By feral I mean aggressive and “antisocial” in the “are you looking at me pal” kind of response to eye contact. In essence, a youth whose primary strategy is to escalate to conflict by the shortest possible route in the hopes of winning status.
What that has to do with coming from an honest working family is beyond me!
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
No… that culture of violence was very very real. The stories may sound ridiculous, but that’s just because of how extreme that culture was.
- Comment on The age verification effect: adult site traffic plummets, VPN use soars 5 weeks ago:
All such laws fail to appreciate one key point - if little Timmy wants titties, little Timmy is going to move heaven and earth to get them.
Credit card for id? Sorry mum, the call of the boobies was too great.
Scanned photo id? Sorry dad, just borrowing your license - you understand.
Facial age estimation? Time to buy a grandpa facerig and voice morph with my pocket money!
On the upside, the next generation is going to be very very very tech literate, for necessity is the mother of invention. Sadly, they’re also likely to be into some dark shit as only non-conforming sites are easily accessible.
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 1 month ago:
Erm…
I think there are errors on both parts here…
1.9/170 is about 1.1176%. 4 decimal places is still an unacceptable level of rounding here, but it’sa damn sight better than 0/1 decimal place. Both of you were off on this.
It is definitely right to split rape and sexual assault, they’re very different crimes - combining them is double counting which is a poor faith tactic used to inflate numbers.
1.1176% per year DEFINITELY does not translate directly to that for a lifetime. To put it into context, if you have a 1% chance of being shot each day (assuming BINS) you have a [(0.99)^365]*100% (or 2.6%) of not being shot at all that year - note binomial is not appropriate for rape odds calculations but it’s a nice example of how low odds per year DO NOT translate to low odds per lifetime.
Self report is absolute garbage - it’s the worst form of stat gathering and often leads to socially advantageous answers being given. Using self-report stats as a keystone to an argument is dangerous at best.
The “known rapist” is a tricky one, as it depends how you define rape. Sex under the influence of alcohol you later regret - tricky to place in the at home (you knew them enough to go home with) vs stranger (did you really know them). While it’s nice to give clear cut numbers, this isn’t a clear cut scenario.
/Statsrant
Seems to me you both care about this topic - sounds to me like you should both go data hunting and explore the topic together. Two opposing perspectives makes a great paper, and you generally learn more!
My two cents - being alone with someone is always risky. Trying to assign which is riskier (men or women) is foolish, it creates the dynamic of “men vs women” rather than the desired “everyone vs rapists”.
- Comment on Great to see some actual progress over there 1 month ago:
Tiny Truss Tower?
- Comment on Ok, boomer 1 month ago:
Managed this as a millennial - had absolutely nothing to do with my parents helping pay half my deposit. Nope, absolutely nothing to do with that whatsoever.
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 1 month ago:
Not so much in London, and usually you need to pay for the public ones.
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 1 month ago:
And during those billions of minutes, most of them are cursing the existence of the spyware experience that is teams.
- Comment on one bright second 1 month ago:
We live in but a bright second, yet are determined to fill it with darkness unending.
- Comment on 4chan faces UK ban after refusing to pay ‘stupid’ fine 1 month ago:
4chan is an extreme example of an unmoderated site - indeed it’s what the OSA was designed to combat. If this legislative test fails, it would undermine the acts legitimacy, and provoke questions as to it’s existence.
It’s a shit law - it’s not fit for purpose. Its sole reason for existence is to controle public speech, not protect the children.
- Comment on Mary E. Brunkow, one of this year's Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, has only 34 published papers and an H-index of 21. 2 months ago:
The three pathways for most academics
Option 1 - shit out a large pile of bad (either misleading, over-sensationalised, or just clearly partial work) papers, but get funding to do the same for another year.
Option 2 - work hard to create a quality paper, run out of time, no more funding, off you go to industry.
Option 3 - take a teaching intensive role and never have any time for research, oh and also get paid less than in industry.
- Comment on The Discord Breach Might Be Worse Than We Thought, As The Hacker Is Said To Have Two Million Age Verification Photos 2 months ago:
Neat summary and cleanup - editing original post to point at this.
- Comment on The Discord Breach Might Be Worse Than We Thought, As The Hacker Is Said To Have Two Million Age Verification Photos 2 months ago:
…discord.com/…/30326565624343-How-to-Complete-Age…
Check down on data security ;)
- Comment on The Discord Breach Might Be Worse Than We Thought, As The Hacker Is Said To Have Two Million Age Verification Photos 2 months ago:
So, I looked at age verification - it was made clear photos were on device only and never transmitted.
If this turns out to be false, then the legal fallout would be apocalyptic.
- Comment on Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs 2 months ago:
I was thinking that, you’d think they’d strike once the pot is a little larger.
- Comment on Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs 2 months ago:
This was kind of breach so predictable even surprisedpikachu.txt isn’t enough, but it must be done.
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