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- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 2 weeks ago:
I was talking about meat replacements but I put tofu in that category as well because I don’t have a lot of experience with tofu outside of “we have this instead of meat”.
Vegan food is cheaper in America, for sure. Beans, veg (some) and rice are cheap. However fruit is expensive.
But the alternatives to meat are not cheap: tofu is like $5/lb compared to chicken which can be as low as $2.99/lb. Steak is expensive in America, but it can be close to the cost of tofu. It’s definitely cheaper than the steak-alternatives like beyond meat.
While you might find meat replacements to be unnecessary, most Americans (myself included) struggle. 90% of the meals I used to eat were some variation of: protein (meat/chicken/fish), plus a veggie, plus a carb (rice/bread). That was the basic dinner. It has a nice ratio of protein to carb. It was tasty (to me at least) and the cost wasn’t too bad.
I’m guessing I’m not alone, culturally. It’s not like you can fry up two slabs of tofu and just call it a day. Tofu is just different. It doesn’t cook the same and it doesn’t taste the same. I cook tofu at least once a week, but I treat it very differently.
It’s just not easy for Americans to justify going vegan. It’s culturally very different and - if you want to stay within the culture - it’s expensive.
But that’s why I always advocate for meat reduction, not replacement. Eat more vegetables. Try other dinners. Etc. But most Americans are remiss to be told what to do.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 2 weeks ago:
There in lies the rub, though. Most vegans are vegan for a moral reason that they believe applies to you:
- Animals deserve life / don’t deserve livestock conditions
- "Growing" meat is speeding up global warming compared to growing crop
There are more fringe reasons for veganism such as: diet, health, etc. But those aren’t relevant to the point I’m making.
“Live and let live” doesn’t apply to situations where we’re talking about global warming or the abuse of animals. Most vegans are trying to educate others and - yeah - they probably vote for things that would result in more expensive meat or less meat being available in your local markets. I believe most vegans are hoping their efforts will slow global warming and provide better living conditions for livestock.
I’m not trying to sit on a moral podium here and judge. I eat meat too. I’m not vegan. Though I’ve tried to reduce how much meat I eat in yet another small, feckless, civilian effort to slow global warming. All I’m saying is: I sympathize with people who want to improve the world and I understand why they spend time and effort talking about being vegan.
But meat in america is cheaper than the vegan stuff and definitely tastier. So it’s hard for us to meaningfully change.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 2 weeks ago:
Yeah the majority do it and I think it’s bad.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 2 weeks ago:
Thermostats are easy to change out. So this isn’t a huge deal. But I don’t love the idea that tech isn’t built to be self-hosted or maintained in any meaningful way. If you’re not shipping an open source version of your software when you close up, you’re an asshole.
Yeah, self hosting isn’t for most lay people if it’s just a GitHub repo. But GitHub repos quickly become adopted by nerds like me who build tooling around it that eventually let lay people self host software with the click of a button.
- Comment on I just heard about Brazilian Butt Lifts which is a procedure where they take fat deposits from somewhere on your body and place it in your butt? 2 weeks ago:
What about ketosis? Are ketones a legit way to remove fat?
- Comment on Mandelbrot 3 weeks ago:
Resolution limits
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
We’ll never know.
- Comment on space 5 weeks ago:
Yes and that’s how we ended up with American Football. In the original timeline, it never existed.
- Comment on What’s the most average skill in the world? 1 month ago:
Genuinely: anything that someone is born with. Like being able to stick large amounts of pencils in your mouth; you just have a big mouth. That’s not a skill. That’s a factoid.
- Comment on What’s your personal key to happiness? 1 month ago:
It was Zoloft but I’m trying Celexa now.
- Comment on How does this math work? 2 months ago:
Maybe 1, 1, 1 -> 49, 48, 47 is a better example though. But same thing.
- Comment on Why don't we have one timezone covering the whole earth? 2 months ago:
It’s not that different. But you’re mentally mapping a UTC offset to your local time as well? Doesn’t that mean you have to do something like:
- Does this time work for me? (Map offset to my time)
- Does this time work for them? (Map offset to their time)
Genuine question here. Seems like you’re doing twice the time-conversions when using UTC.
- Comment on Why don't we have one timezone covering the whole earth? 2 months ago:
Yeah but in your example, you wouldn’t need to look anything up either. You’re presumably very familiar with the offset of your time to their time? You’d also become familiar with their “universal time” versus your time. You’d just know what hours they’d be awake and asleep because you will have done the translation a few times.
In addition, I - personally - would find it easier to memorize times in a single system: e.g. remembering that people in China are awake from 9pm to 8am is easier for me to remember. I typically already do this in my own head. I’ll convert times to my own local time and then memorize that. Do other people not do that? I find it much easier to look at my own clock and know if I can reach out to someone internationally.
- Comment on xkcd #2891: Log Cabin 3 months ago:
Base case when the smallest piece of wood can no longer be distinguished as a piece of furniture
- Comment on Starlink's Laser System is Beaming 42 Petabytes of Data Per Day 3 months ago:
I use Starlink because I only have one other satellite competitor in my area. It’s extremely effective. Previously, I had a 500GB limit and only 15-25mbps on any given day. Now, I have unlimited data and get 35mbps-70mpbs on any given day. Often above 50mbps.
It’s cheaper, it’s faster, and it’s easier to manage/setup/move/etc.
I think Elon is an idiot. I don’t even like that I have to use satellite internet. America used to have programs to build infrastructure like fiber optics across the nation for everyone. Our ability to service each other has diminished so greatly that it’s easier for me to connect to a satellite than it is to crowd source laying cables in my area.
It’s way faster, cheaper, and reliable to just dig trenches and lay cable. But Starlink provides me with something I can use for remote work, entertainment, and communication. It’s a decent product. I just think it’s like solving a drought by melting the ice caps.
- Comment on xkcd #221: Random Number (9 Nov 2007) 3 months ago:
maybe
- Comment on xkcd #221: Random Number (9 Nov 2007) 3 months ago:
I generate a random number and then use that number as a seed. I then generate a random number. Then I use that number as a seed. I then generate a random number. I divide that number by a random prime number picked in a similar fashion. I take the last n-digits of the remainder and that’s the random number I give to a user.
- Comment on ‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Scoffs at Young People Feeling ‘Left Behind by the Economy’: ‘Oh Please, Get a Job!’ 3 months ago:
- Comment on smellulator 4 months ago:
TL;DR it worked but was often considered a poor, synthetic, replacement for the real world scents. Some people liked it, but most seemed to dislike it.
- Comment on I need a lot to pictures like this 4 months ago:
- Comment on How many Star Trek fans will see red because they don't see red? 4 months ago:
Yeah I guess. Plus that one in the image seems precariously balanced on the speaker?
- Comment on How many Star Trek fans will see red because they don't see red? 4 months ago:
- Comment on Why do I do this? 4 months ago:
- Comment on 7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp 4 months ago:
This is absurd. I don’t understand how people can be so cruel. Though the “General + Dragon” succeeded in getting Mr. Lu out, it does feel like perhaps the ransom was just paid with a bit of negotiation. This is a very frustrating situation.
- Comment on It's a good thing they aren't in charge of adult toys... 5 months ago:
What parties are you attending that:
- Someone brings a dildo
- You describe that someone as just “a guy”
Having a dildo is questionable enough. Not knowing the guy who has a dildo at your Christmas party is extremely questionable.
- Comment on Please defederate from threads.net 5 months ago:
Yeah but you might have it in reverse. Meta would benefit from lemmy users providing original content. It would basically suck the life out of the smaller instances and people would have no incentive to stick with apps or instances made by the little guys. If Meta started serving ads and we pulled out, it wouldn’t mean much. By then, Meta might have adopted most users - all the whole stealing our content.
^ Super hypothetical. I’m not a federation expert. But it sounds like that could happen.
- Comment on Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported 5 months ago:
It’s pretty simple. Medical devices should have certain expectations for time and support. This happens in other industries all the time. Product support has to be guaranteed. And if you can’t guarantee product support, make your software open source. That’s not a law, just a “I’m not an asshole” placeholder. Open source schematics and software won’t fix everything, but it shows good faith effort to help people fucking not go blind.
- Comment on Tesla whistleblower calls cars with Autopilot “experiments in public roads” 5 months ago:
Yeah obstructions can be generalized to a road being blocked. Object recognition includes recognizing the shape of an object via curves, shadows, depth, etc. You don’t need to know it’s a boulder to know a large object is in the road.
- Comment on Appliances with an off light. 5 months ago:
Off lights let you know if it’s broken. If it’s on, it’s obviously working. If it’s off and the light is on, it’s getting power. If it’s off and plugged in, but not displaying the light - that indicates it’s broken or not getting power.
- Comment on isEven API 5 months ago:
Just divide that number by two until it’s small enough to make the request under the free version.