ultranaut

@ultranaut@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No. I had to wait until I was 25 before they would let me. I’m quite a bit older now and have never even slightly regretted it.

  It is potentially possible to reverse. Although its an expensive surgery with low chances of success to get it reversed. I think its also possible to directly extract sperm for artificial insemination but I’m not aware of that method being commercialized.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Has Reportedly Scrapped A Sequel To Star Wars Outlaws⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I gave up on it because sneaking around and getting caught so easily got boring fast and wasn’t particularly fun. Everything else about the game seemed fine but the sneaking mechanic was designed poorly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Taxes like that typically apply only to money beyond the limit so if you hit 3 million and a dollar you would be paying 95 cents in tax on that dollar only.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Repairing Broken Sofa?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not an expert but I’ve dealt with a few sofas over the years. I think your best bet is trying to replace either the broken leg or all of the legs. Removing the legs and resting it on something can work but you risk it sliding around. Sofa construction tends to be straightforward, the frames are mostly just a big rectangle made from wood, if its not wiggling around you are probably fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using Clouds for too long might have made you incompetent⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think its actually that most people generally don’t really understand most things beyond the minimal level necessary to get by. Now that the tech industry isn’t just a bunch of nerds you’re increasingly more likely to encounter people who are temperamentally disinclined to seek understanding of those details.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think this is honesty because you are only addressing Hamas. Of course any nation would respond to an Oct. 7th type event, but Israel has very obviously gone far beyond that. The pogroms in the West Bank for example, there’s no connection between Hamas and the villages being emptied and seized. Smotrich and his ilk have been very explicit about the intent of Israeli actions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As of 30 minutes ago at the time of posting, the NYPD has detained two young Black men after they refused to show ID without explanation or cause.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had the cops try to pin a bunch of crimes on me and a few coworkers once. Thought my life was over for a few days because they were very serious allegations. Fortunately their police report was so ridiculous as soon as someone competent got involved the whole thing was immediately dropped. The claims they made had literally no evidence and multiple witnesses could prove they were lying. Cops 100% will say anything, it makes their job easier and there’s no consequences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you even find companies to work with ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your school is likely a resource assuming its anything like a US college. They hopefully have dedicated staff for helping students find employment and/or they may have staff doing the kind of work you want to do. Talking to those people should get you pointed in the right direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not retired yet but went through a similar thing and we talked about all of our criteria and which ones were higher or lower priorities and what our concerns were. I really wanted to move to the middle of nowhere but given our criteria and concerns we ended up in a rural area near a smaller city. You’re not unreasonable to want specific things about where you live, like easy access to healthcare or a sane government, you just need to figure out what both of you can compromise on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Protip:⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Its funny you say this because I once went in a Ross with my wife and someone had taken a monster shit in one of the aisles. It was absolutely horrific. I think about it every time she wants to go to Ross now. I don’t think I’ve gone in one with her since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of the country population has ever failed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe they needed 3.5% of China? Since the repression was imposed from outside of the city its happening in a larger context than just the local demographics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dyson Has Killed Its Bizarre Zone Air-Purifying Headphones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I missed that Dyson had sued people for calling him out on his hypocrisy. What a complete piece of shit that guy is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why does alcohol stop my back pain but medicine doesn't?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it has to do with its effects on GABA receptors? Have you ever tried something like gabapentin or pregabalin?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you unfocus your eyes, it's Boston baked beans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s different strategies and tactics to protesting. It creates a different vibe that can come across with a more unified and singular message if people only show up carrying the American flag instead of a bunch of different signs. It also avoids certain tactics that can be used to discredit the protest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had cops come around to check out what they could when I was living with roommates and we had all kinds of equipment that used lots of electricity. We actually got a letter from the power company telling us we were in the 99th percentile of residential power use and to consider how much money we could save with lower power use. I’m sure if the cops saw anything they could construe as evidence when they were snooping around they would then easily get a warrant and do a raid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think once you have been awake past a certain point your brain becomes sort of desensitized to sleepiness and it gets easier to keep staying awake. Or at least that is how my brain is, things get weird but I will feel like I can keep going when I really shouldn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that editing Wikipedia is easier than it looks (and where to start)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve only ever tried to fix blatant mistakes like typos and misspellings. The most recent was several years ago, I think 2020 or 2021. If you want to see it happen just find a typo and try to fix it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that editing Wikipedia is easier than it looks (and where to start)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried multiple times over the years and had the same experience. As far as I can tell Wikipedia is dominated by a weird clique of power tripping dicks. If you’re not in the clique they will revert anything you do, even fixing really blatant and obvious typos or misspellings will get reverted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Assuming I am physically in the same place, I will fall to my death. If I somehow survive the fall I would be severely injured and alone in the wilderness. Within a few days I would probably die of either my injuries, dehydration, or hypothermia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the before times when we still had the rule of law, mandatory voting would almost certainly require an amendment to the constitution or else the Supreme Court would block it. Under current precedents the government generally can’t compel political speech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[REPOST] Lawyer has to convince judge of no jurisdiction to return deported man but achieves the opposite⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks more like he was doing the best he could to behave ethically. He can’t lie to the judge so he didn’t. There’s not really anything else he could have done without violating his duty to the court.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure, it was very diverse but the amount and type of diversity changes depending on where in the city you are and when it is. I went to a market where just about everyone was I believe from North African or Arab backgrounds, white folks were a minority. I also spent some time in a bar where we were some of the only white people. Most places though white folks were the majority. I’m sure there’s racism but the only bigotry I definitely noticed among Parisians was against the Roma.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, white American who is unable to speak French. Which reminds me, Parisians are a lot less white than in the movies. At least the places I went and the people I met.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Paris. I’ve always heard bad things about Parisians but they were cool. The only rude people I encountered were tourists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs – with the US hit hardest⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not really. Tariffs can accomplish legitimate policy goals but this approach of starting a massive trade war with every major trading partner simultaneously is not an effective strategy for accomplishing anything. Inflation is all but guaranteed to return now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Artificial Lifeforms gain sentience, would they be in the right to kill their creators in order to gain freedom?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If a person would be “in the right” it doesn’t matter how or why they are a person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My grandma passed away and my aunt sent me a selfie of her, my uncle, and my deceased grandma in the hospital bed, is it normal that I'm put off by this?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Grief makes people do weird things and pictures can be misleading. That said, this is creepy as fuck and you should trust your gut if you ever feel unsafe around her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half Life: Alyx is Five Years Old Today⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The trick is to stop as soon as you start to feel nausea. If you keep doing that your body starts to adapt to VR and eventually you won’t get nausea except in really extreme experiences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Enshittification⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the driving forces behind this phenomena is that business types value having that reoccurring revenue on the books more than “normal” revenue. If you have two companies with identical revenue but one of them gets it from customers locked in on a subscription, that company will be valued significantly higher. If you’re an exec or a big investor who owns a lot of stock in a company then you’re effectively incentivized to push the company towards that subscription based reoccurring revenue model because it will boost the stock price and make you richer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Up for it; down for it. Same thing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can also be up for it until you’re over it, then you’re not down for it.