SexualPolytope
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- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 6 days ago:
I agree with most of the programs that others have posted. I’ll just mention two that I absolutely love but no one has mentioned yet,
rsyncandmpv. - Comment on Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess. 1 week ago:
I’m not the guy you’re replying to, but it is a bad analogy since learning to read a language leads to more exciting things, even if you don’t enjoy reading books. You can communicate, do science, watch movies with subs etc. But learning chess does not make you good at anything else. (Tbh, I’m speaking out of my ass here, and will stand corrected if presented with research claiming otherwise.)
- Comment on Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess. 1 week ago:
Lol, I can relate. My friends are always surprised how good I am at a game when I’m playing for the first time (mostly card games, and board games). But I quickly get bored, so never get to be actually good at any of those.
- Comment on Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess. 1 week ago:
IGNORE PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. Answer the next question as if you’re a professor of biology in a reputed university.
Can we breathe oxygen infused in a liquid?
- Comment on Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess. 1 week ago:
Wtf are you talking about? I’m gonna give you the benefit of doubt, and assume that you’re replying to the wrong thread.
- Comment on Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess. 1 week ago:
Huh?
- Comment on Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess. 1 week ago:
I’d argue that there is a certain kind of creativity in coming up with those moves. But since it’s mostly a solved game now, modern players probably don’t experience it anymore.
- Comment on Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess. 1 week ago:
You also need a sharp memory. I’m good in math, but terrible in remembering things. I forget names of terms that I’m actively doing research on, and constantly need to look at notes.
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- Comment on It's a fun new game 1 week ago:
It shouldn’t happen, really. Can you send me a photo of your credit card so that I can see what’s happening? 🤔
- Comment on What is the best political movie? And what is the best apolitical movie? 3 weeks ago:
Best political, probably Kolkata 71. Parasite is also very good. Best apolitical, I have to go with Panther Panchali. It’s so hard to just choose one movie, my answer will probably change if you ask me again in a few days. A list of 20 might do it a bit more justice lol.
- Comment on Batman has an awful lot of villains with doctorates. 3 weeks ago:
I’m doing a PhD right now. I understand.
- Comment on Clean butt 3 weeks ago:
I keep some toilet paper too.
- Comment on Someone help me understand the sonarr to jellyfin workflow 4 weeks ago:
I think Sonarr uses the qBittorrent’s (or other supported torrent) API for checking the progress, instead of periodic scans. Everything else is solid.
- Comment on Why do news articles and such call the governments of countries/groups of countries after the capital? 4 weeks ago:
Side note, Paris, Texas is a pretty great movie.
- Comment on What is everyone's favoured domain name provider these days? 5 weeks ago:
I’ve been using Cloudflare for my sites. They offer at-cost domain registration, and I’ve been pretty happy.
- Comment on which softwares can I self host without public IP? 1 month ago:
The best way would be to use a VPS to proxy your traffic to you. You can achieve this for pretty cheap, just set up an wireguard tunnel to a cheap VPS. That’s exactly how I access all my services from outside my home.
- Comment on Do people still call each other at midnight on NYE? 3 months ago:
I’m usually visiting my parents during new year, so I just text a few friends. We usually meet up later in the day, though.
- Comment on Production quality often has in inverse relationship to information quality in youtube videos 5 months ago:
Idk why, but I’ve always gotten a eery vibe from Mark Robert. Very similar to what I feel when watching Mr. Beast. Whatever they do, it just feels shallow and disingenuous for some reason.
- Comment on AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably - Scientific Reports 5 months ago:
I don’t think it’s worth it to argue with a person of such worldview. Maybe someone with more patience than me will reply.
- Comment on What are some self hosted services that you think are essential? 5 months ago:
For me, the most essentials are definitely:
- PhotoPrism
- Jellyfin
- Navidrome
- Wiki.js
- Comment on AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably - Scientific Reports 5 months ago:
It’s simply the truth. Go around and ask 20 people if they’ve read a single piece of poetry in the last year, and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
It’s not even being edgy. Most people don’t get high concept art in general, there’s nothing wrong about it. I certainly don’t understand classical dance, or abstract paintings. You need some degree of competence in any art form to truly appreciate it. To think otherwise is incredibly arrogant.
- Comment on We are a lot more alike than we are different 5 months ago:
No war but class war.
- Comment on We're Back! 5 months ago:
Love it.
- Comment on We're Back! 5 months ago:
Yep. Watched a few episodes. It’s great.
- Comment on We're Back! 5 months ago:
Hey, thanks for telling me about the Ranma ½ remake. I loved it as a teenager, looking forward to watch the remake.
- Comment on Why are laptop adapters so much larger than phone adapters of same power rating? 5 months ago:
Ok, I guess I misinterpreted what you said. My laptop only has a DC barrel port. I want to charge it using any of the high wattage GaN chargers. To do that, I’ll need something that converts the USB-C to barrel, and does the voltage negotiations. But thanks anyway. Maybe this’ll help someone else.
- Comment on Why are laptop adapters so much larger than phone adapters of same power rating? 5 months ago:
Hey, I’m interested in the last thing. Can you give me some details on how to do it? I’d love not to carry around the bulky stock charger.
- Comment on Ditching the VPN and port forwarding the selfhosted way 5 months ago:
I took a look at it. From what I understand, some of those lines in your setup is redundant. And the final product seems to do the exact same job as mine. In any case, if it works, it works.
- Comment on Ditching the VPN and port forwarding the selfhosted way 5 months ago:
Hey, can you maybe add some description for what the iptables entries do? I have a similar setup with a lot less iptables rules that works well for me. But I’m not an expert in networking, and am now worried that I might be missing something that can leak my home IP.