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- Comment on deGoogle Your Life 2 days ago:
Ah yeah, I was looking at the mail/password manager/docs side instead… They’ve also got Proton Drive on there as well though
- Comment on deGoogle Your Life 2 days ago:
It’s interesting they haven’t recommended anything proton here when proton as a whole works very well in a bunch of these categories… I imagine it could be because they’re a competitor to Tuta
- Comment on If WWIII broke out tomorrow do you honestly believe america would win? 2 weeks ago:
Probably Switzerland.
- Comment on Big AI has PC users furious. Nvidia and Micron's weird emotional appeals make it worse 2 weeks ago:
All AI is good for is giving instructions on how to make bombs, and generating images of tits, but they caught on so now we just end up with search summaries saying it’s not physically possible to [xyz].
- Comment on Council removes almost 1,000 flags from Derby streets 2 weeks ago:
Flags on lampposts isn’t seen to be an issue anywhere else. There’s also (as far as I’m aware) no reported issues of flags flying down, regardless of whether it causes accidents. Even then, if it’s not well secured, remove it or tie it properly, otherwise leave it, it’s the same amount of effort if not less than removing it.
- Comment on Council removes almost 1,000 flags from Derby streets 2 weeks ago:
In almost every other country other than Germany it’s very normal to see national flags flying everywhere. People on the right are starting to realise that and use it to say “they’re trying to stop us being patriotic.”
Taking flags down is only going to make that worse and create an “us vs them” mentality. What would help, is flying more flags. Fly a pride flag next to a St George’s Cross. Fly a Union Jack with a dragon in the middle. Fly the same flag as the far right, but see it to represent all the people who work to make the country what it is, no matter who they are. That’s far better than creating unnecessary divisions over something that really isn’t an issue.
- Comment on YSK a US passport card costs $30 and is definitive proof of citizenship. It fits in your wallet like a credit card. 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, and if you have a green card or passport with a visa it’s “probably” fine, unless they’re having a bad day or whatever.
I’m not sure about a passport from a visa waiver country though, because no shot ICE agents know that Lithuanians and Singaporeans can be in the US without a visa.
- Comment on YSK a US passport card costs $30 and is definitive proof of citizenship. It fits in your wallet like a credit card. 2 weeks ago:
That’s from the videos that get widely shared.
95% of interactions are gonna be them being dicks but backing off when they realize you’re there legally. The other 5% are gonna be the ones you see.
- Comment on Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models 3 weeks ago:
The correct way, really
- Comment on Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraud 1 month ago:
In the UK we’re super lucky to have Scan, in-store if you’re in the North West or online otherwise, but for the US I guess it’s too big for a single good store to cover nationwide, then when you get too big you inevitably lose the quality that helped you grow
- Comment on Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not) 1 month ago:
Yeah, I agree with that, but if you’re really desperate to move and worked in a way where it’s you’re only goal, it should be possible for around half of people. That may mean living in a shared room in the cheapest part of the bad area of town, getting around on a shitty bike, eating rice and beans while you save up level of frugality, but at that point it’s probably worth evaluating if it’s worth living like that to be able to leave the country down the line, and in most cases, it’s probably not.
Essentially, not “git good,” just “it is possible, just probably not worth it.”
- Comment on Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not) 1 month ago:
Yes, I was referring to someone in the top 50% of earners, still half of all people in the US.
To get to most countries if you’re on that demographic, you just need to have a job.
To get to the US historically, you needed to either get a H1B visa, which last I heard had a 9% chance per year, enter the green card lottery, which has a 0.3% chance per year, or transfer within your company after getting promoted to a managerial role via an L1A visa, which is a slow process and very dependant on who you work for, and on your origin country for acceptance rates.
For people in the bottom 50%, I agree it’s historically been easier to go the US with the green card lottery, fairly accessible visas if you have immediate family living in the US, and even for illegal immigration with birthright citizenship, as then you can get a green card through your children.
I was basing my comment on the fact most people on Lemmy are going to be nerds working in IT/Sciences/Engineering, but even then, if you take a mean “ease for a random sample to move” then it’s still harder to move to the US than out of it.
- Comment on Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not) 1 month ago:
Immigration is very possible to a lot of countries via employer sponsored routes, generally for highly developed countries the requirement is “you have to be earning above average for your industry,” so essentially if you’re in the top 50% by skill/experience you should be allowed in. Others require certain levels of education, etc. but for US citizens those levels should generally be achievable.
Relatively, moving to the US has been so much harder than moving out for a long time now, which is why people are saying “just move out.”
- Comment on How does the private equity bubble compare to the AI bubble if at all? 1 month ago:
The thing with PE is they only invest what they’re willing to lose, which the vast majority of their investments do, but the tiny fraction that don’t make enough money to fund profits and cover losses.
If 95% of companies in the stock market lost money, that’d be the end of days, but that’s because generally once you graduate to an IPO you have to be pretty profitable.
- Comment on Is there a mechanism in the USA to undo presidential pardons years later if political corruption has been proven as motivation to give these pardons? 1 month ago:
The whole point of a pardon is “we know you did the crime, but don’t think you should be punished.” It can only come about if there’s an ulterior motive, like corruption or if you agree to work with the government towards their goals, initially working on dangerous projects etc. Allowing it to be overturned later would undermine that as it wouldn’t make the danger worth it.
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 1 month ago:
Essentially: it’s not designed as a change from North/East/South/West, it’s designed as a from-scratch way to refer to those directions.
The sun rises in the East and sets in the West, so let’s say East is “Sun” and West is “Setting-Sun.”
Polaris/The North Star is in the North, so let’s call that direction “Star” and the other direction “No-Star.”
When you say “Setting-Sun-Sun-Star,” you’re saying the direction is more similar to the path the sun takes through the sky than it is to the North Star, and in the direction the sun sets.
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 1 month ago:
I was assuming a conlang situation where “north” referred more to the axis, rather than the direction.
Anti-north-north would be more “reversed-vertical-vertical” meaning it’s reversed vertical (south), and closer to the vertical axis than the horizontal axis. North would just be “vertical” without being reversed.
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 1 month ago:
In all cases, 2 at most.
North North-north-east North-east North-east-east East Anti-north-east-east Anti-north-east Anti-north-north-east (south-north-east is impossible so the second anti would be redundant) Anti-north anti-east-anti-north-north (reversed word order to distinguish it further) Anti-east-anti-north Anti-east-east-anti-north Anti-east Anti-east-east-north Anti-east-north Anti-east-north-north
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 1 month ago:
anti-north-northeast doesn’t sound unreasonable, but that’s being logical instead of just thinking about two directions, as written in text, as OP is
- Comment on There should be a "last used combination" faucet handle for sinks so you don't have to balance hot and cold everytime during winter 2 months ago:
That’s not even Japan, any European country has that as standard on showers
- Comment on If God was real (just go with it), then how he's portrayed in the Bible might not even be how he actually is. 2 months ago:
“Inspired word of God” differs by denomination though right?
I could be wrong, but I thought some viewed it as the exact word of God, others as the word of God as interpreted by the prophets
- Comment on From what I've seen, public transit is either expensive and terrible or cheap and good. 2 months ago:
Counterpoint: London.
It’s easy to complain, with it being £2.80/$3.70 for a single zone cheap peak single, the frequent strikes, the noise, etc. but the trains are at worst every 5 minutes or so, they have the most frequent rail service in the world (Victoria Line), they’re constantly making improvements (Elizabeth Line, Battersea extension), it has fairly good coverage (when including national rail for south London), overnight service, and the busses are absolutely amazing.
Is it on par with Seoul & Singapore? No. But it’s certainly significantly better than most cities worldwide.
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 2 months ago:
Or they just don’t know if they’ll want to raise children later…
Sure you could say they should adopt, but they may see some value in the experience of supporting their partner as they go through childbirth in forming a bond to the child.
- Comment on Germany 2 months ago:
The flags are the nationalities, he gave germany as an answer
- Comment on 4chan faces UK ban after refusing to pay ‘stupid’ fine 3 months ago:
I don’t think it’s ok.
I think it’s not the state’s job to dictate whether people can do it. I have the exact same opinion for cheating.
- Comment on 4chan faces UK ban after refusing to pay ‘stupid’ fine 3 months ago:
It depends how you define “racial hate” and how you define mental or social harm. I also do mean social harm, not societal, meaning to catch things like sunset communities (ie restricting where people can live, or where they can go), rather than “society is worse off because of people’s opinions.”
Again, in my opinion, it depends on intent. If you make a post on your blog with 200 followers saying “I’m tired of X race moving to my city,” I don’t think that should be illegal, even if it is disgusting behaviour. If you post it to (eg) a community group for those people, I’d say it should be illegal. That said, I’m very liberal on policing, so believe that the state shouldn’t be responsible for policing morality, which people may not like when they realise it involves making things that are pretty much objectively immoral legal, regardless of what they are.
- Comment on 4chan faces UK ban after refusing to pay ‘stupid’ fine 3 months ago:
I would say intent matters and while it’s impossible to truly determine it, we still have a distinction for murder/manslaughter and negligence.
If a politician lies or hides something for personal gain, that should be illegal, but there’s so much stuff the state does where it’s best if the general public don’t know, public order would probably break down pretty quickly otherwise.
Same with racial hate. If it’s just stating an opinion, fine, I probably don’t agree but go ahead. If you’re actively trying to harm (mentally, economically, socially or physically) that group, or inciting others to do the same, then that’s not fine.
- Comment on 4chan faces UK ban after refusing to pay ‘stupid’ fine 3 months ago:
Everyone has a different definition, but yeah generally free speech in an ideal sense extends to just before you start causing what a reasonable person would concern harm to someone.
- Comment on kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel 3 months ago:
Eh, there’s a lot of blending of conjecture, opinion and fact all presented as truth, and their handling of mistakes could be better - they’ve openly said if they consider a mistake to be minor then they don’t issue a correction or update.
I personally think that attitude towards production pushes it towards slop, as it means you don’t actually care about what you’re talking about, just entertainment and getting views, so why does it matter if it was created by an AI or a human, but everyone has a different bar for this and is entitled to opinions on it.
- Comment on Asking for a chocaholic friend 3 months ago:
Germanic speakers moment