Cethin

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why BlueSky Isn’t the Alternative to X (Formerly Twitter) You’re Looking For — and Why Mastodon Is the Better Choice Over X, Threads, and BlueSky⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Oh yeah, I didn’t mind to imply it would. Just another activitypub platform.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why BlueSky Isn’t the Alternative to X (Formerly Twitter) You’re Looking For — and Why Mastodon Is the Better Choice Over X, Threads, and BlueSky⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
It’s not too hard to understand. Some people just like to pretend it’s complicated. It’s literally the same system email uses, and almost everyone has figured out how to use that. There’s no marketing for it though. It’s only word-of-mouth, and let’s be honest, us fediverse users often aren’t the best at communicating simply.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why BlueSky Isn’t the Alternative to X (Formerly Twitter) You’re Looking For — and Why Mastodon Is the Better Choice Over X, Threads, and BlueSky⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
There’s this weird one I’ve heard some crazy people use called Lemmy or something. I don’t know. They’re too niche for me to consider thinking about.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why?⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
It doesn’t have to be AGI, though it’d certainly help. It could be a Machine Learning algorithm (the stuff we call AI in marketing today). It just needs a lot of data to train on to recognize what we want to bring and what we don’t. It’s actually a particularly good application for ML.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Personally, I think 1 holds up better. 2 isn’t bad by any means, but it was one of the first games with physics and the physics puzzles get old fast. It was amazing at the time, but now it’s not as interesting because we’ve seen it a million times.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It ain't much, but it's a livin'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
So say we all!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I’m hoping something similar to what The Colbert Report used to be.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
One of the few good uses for generative AI I’ve seen.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Mid-terms are in 2 years!

NHTSA is part of the executive, so he would still have control over it, but we can at least hopefully place restrictions on his power (or impeach) in 2, assuming the election still happens and the results are accepted.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
That’s perfectly legal. Sharing them isn’t.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says he and Donald Trump 'see eye to eye' on Iran⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I saw a chart about a poll on this. Supposedly, if the data was correct, almost every swing state would have gone for Harris if people who said they didn’t vote because of this issue had voted. Pretty much every poll this cycle was not accurate, so I don’t put that much faith in that one either.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨aerodynamics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
At the speed cars move at, air behaves much like water. They’re both fluids. The faster you move the more resistance it has, but also the more dense the fluid is the more resistance it has. Moving quickly through the air is similar to moving slowly through water.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calcrelatable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Well, they’ve sold the same product for about the same price since 1970, so it makes sense. I have no idea how schools can require a specific device from a specific manufacturer. It’s just straight up market control by a public entity.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mushrooms⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
They can save your current progress without pausing. Isn’t that easy to understand?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Wasting Pumpkins!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Two things can be bad.

I hate the “this thing is worse so let’s not talk about that” mentality, as if you’ve never held two opinions at the same time.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Wasting Pumpkins!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Well, this is talking about food waste, not pollution. Even if it rots and doesn’t do anything, worst case it’s a pile of bio-matter. The land, and everything involved in growing them could be used for actual food though, which could decrease food prices potentially.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Wasting Pumpkins!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
What makes you think that. Is there something odd that people aren’t commenting on or something? Maybe calling the inside guts? That’s the only weird thing I recall seeing.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If it went to court at all, it’s not clearly legal. You saying “the courts” as a singular entity is misrepresenting the facts. Courts frequently come to different conclusions. Can you argue it’s legal? Sure. You can also argue it isn’t. A single court case is not consensus, it’s precedence (on the issues in that case specifically).

AG Garland, in a lawsuit by the US DOJ has this to say:

[“Monopolies like Apple’s threaten the free and fair markets upon which our economy is based. They stifle innovation. They hurt producers and workers and increase cost for consumers,” Garland said Thursday.

“If left unchallenged, Apple will only continue to strengthen its smartphone monopoly. But there’s a law for that,” he added. ](www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/tech/…/index.html)

Clearly the AG believes them to be a monopoly. I assume he knows more about that law than both of us combined.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It could absolutely be argued Apple is definitely doing illegal stuff too. Just because you don’t think so doesn’t mean that’s true. Apple is doing a lot of things to lock consumers onto their platform and not allowing competition.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Ah, OK. I don’t think I ever heard about that resolving, or if I did I didn’t care. That’s good that they were forced to allow that. It should probably go further still, like this Google case.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
IIRC they are doing things like requiring payments to go through them, and all kinds of other monopolistic stuff. Yeah, they aren’t doing all the same things, but they’re doing a lot of it, and it’s more restricted by default so it’s even more pervasive.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Who’s boot? Linus’s or Putin’s? I’m assuming you’re on Russia’s side by your instance. It’s weird how constituent you people are. Literally anything, you’re defending Russia. If the US was invading a sovereign nation to take it under its influence, I’m sure you’d be against that. As would I, because I’m morally consistent. You somehow justify Russia’s actions yet are against the west expanding and exerting their influence. Care to enlighten me to the difference?

And before you answer: no, Ukraine is not part of Russia and did not start the invasion. Even under the USSR it wasn’t part of Russia. It was a member state of a union of states, as the name implies. Russia does not have any right to it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eat lead⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Also, the half life is when half of it decays. Some of it is constantly decaying. We don’t need to wait for the half life to see any of it. The ratios would be totally off if there was enough of it to get the amount of lead we have right now, but some would exist. When the math is that complex, it’s not going to change anyone’s mind who believes what a magic book (written by regular humans) says. Nothing will, be if you want a chance it has to be something simple and obvious.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, for sure I agree the quantities aren’t there to be a replacement, and it seems like we agree that harm is the thing to consider, not really the source.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I would say probably free-range goat milk is pretty harm free, where the goats just eat grasses that are already there natively. Probably some other milks too. The quantities that this exists in is much lower than factory cows milk, or even milk alternatives, but they can exist. I can’t think of any other animal food item that doesn’t require butchering, which I’m sure you wouldn’t consider regardless of how well the animal is treated before death, but I’d consider comparing it to other sources of food.

Bees are relevant because it’s what the thread is about. The conversation was about bees and honey. Sure, most other farmed livestock isn’t good. We aren’t in disagreement about that so I don’t know why you keep referencing that. My point was harm should be the consideration of vegans, not where it comes from. Who cares if it’s from an animal, plant, or fungus if the net harm is worse than other sources?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s not an argument. It was a consideration that should be weighed if you’re being consistent. Your response is not accurate though. You’re referring to most farmed animals. Bees do not require this and is what the post is about. There are many animal products that do less harm than plant products. Farming plants requires large areas of land to be cleared for farming and replaced with what is likely not a native species. This can’t be good for native animals. If you’re comparing the harm done by almonds and honey, honey is almost certainly better for harm reduction, yet it’s an animal product, not a plant product.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Fried apples are sliced into small pieces and cooked with butter, cinnamon, and stuff. They’re quite good. It’s not a battered and deep fried thing. Frying covers a large range of cooking styles.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I think “exploitation” is the wrong word to be used. I’m not vegan, so I really have no bearing on this, but exploitation doesn’t equal harm.

This post for example is about bees. They’re being exploited (in that we’re using them to get resources), but is it harmful? I have trouble saying yes. It seems somewhat ideal for them. They get to go about their lives like normal, though usually in a place with a lot of flowering plants, and they get taken care of. Occasionally honey is gathered from them, but this doesn’t actually harm any bees.

I think vegans follow dogma too much. They should consider their reasons for themselves, and consider what food sources fall into that. The dogma is useful for quick communication and sharing of information, but I would suspect honey farming is a lot better for the living things involved than even a lot of plant farming, which requires large swathes of land to be dedicated to farming, which certainly isn’t good for native species and arguably plants can feel too.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
As for the exploitation, all living things have their own lives. Even plants seem to be able to communicate to some degree and can be stressed and stuff. Either you’re OK exploiting living things to some degree or you die. The level of exploitation is what should be discussed. Is beekeeping harmful to bees? I don’t know, but it doesn’t seem like it.

As for it being sugar, sure. Sugar isn’t bad though. Sugar is bad when consumed in the quantities the average American consumes it. It also has other properties that make it pretty good for your health. For example, I think it’s good for preventing allergies because it contains pollen (I might be making this up, but it seems like I’ve read that somewhere).

Plus, it’s just weird to want to eat the vomit of other species anyway.

Do you realize that fruit is the ovary of a plant? Life is weird. Get over it. Weird is not a word that should come into a discussion of ethics.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Unknown 9: Awakening’ Arrives To 200 Steam Players, Poor Reviews⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Anything not about straight white men will have people complaining about DEI bullshit. It’s never a reason a game has failed. They fail because they’re bad games. They might also include DEI stuff, but it’s not the cause.