AnarchistArtificer

@AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What strategy would you use to estimate the number of hazelnuts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I got it laughably wrong

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they use the same thing that web crawlers use. If Google’s crawler couldn’t access the content of the page (or could only access a limited amount of content), it would likely rank far lower in search results

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft fires two more employees for participating in Palestine protests on campus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good for the fired employees. It sucks that they were fired, but by resisting, they escaped the wrong side of history. Symbolic gestures like this matter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s the philosopher of choice for people like Peter Thiel and JD Vance. He advocates for moving to a neofeudalist system, arguing that democracy is a failed project. Beyond this, he holds some truly repugnant views that are woven throughout his ideology

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Messenger signals that cue plants to ‘eat’ and ‘breathe’ revealed for first time⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Very cool research. I was one of the few who seemed to like studying the plant module at university, so I’m having fun learning about this new development.

  Unrelated to that, I gotta give props to one of the researchers quoted heavily in the linked article, Sarah Assmann, for how well she’s playing the grant game:

  "We identified hundreds of metabolites in apoplastic fluid, which no one had analyzed to this extent before,” Assmann said. “That, on its own, is an important contribution to the field, independent of the research question that we specifically were addressing, because it gives a lot of leads on other potential signaling molecules for processes throughout the plant.”

  Like, that is an expertly crafted statement in terms of bigging up the significance of your research in a manner that is honest, but strategic in terms of future grant money. I feel like I’m surrounded by researchers who are either doing awesome research that they’re terrible at pitching, or people whose projects are meh, but they turn the bullshit up to 11. These guys are playing the game well though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I went to the UK last week. Nothing about my trip was legal.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Even beyond the recent proscription of Palestine Action, UK anti-terrorism laws are concerningly vague. For example, anti-capitalist views are described as extremist views

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🎶 picture this we we're both butt naked banging on the bathroom door 🎶⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I miss having a long term partner because I fucking loved having someone to give my back a proper scrub. I felt like a snake shedding my skin. I have a loofah on a stick now, but it’s not the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't you creating more workers??⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I directly know multiple people who had to get what were effectively late term abortions due to pregnancy complications that would’ve put their lives at risk otherwise. We don’t live in the US, so they were fortunate to be able to get the medical care they needed, but it underscores the scariness of the situation in the US; these risks mean that becoming pregnant in the wrong place could literally be a life or death matter. If treatment is received, even people who experience severe complications may be able to have a successful pregnancy in future. Not having access to these things risks breaking the biological clock anyway, so waiting is not unreasonable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's hear it, little lemmings.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In order to properly comment, I think I’d need to learn more about the differences between socialism and communism as understood when Einstein wrote his essay. I have a good sense of how we understand and use those terms nowadays, but a lot has changed since then in terms of the development of political theories, but also the wider cultural context.

  What is clear though is that the essay was a ballsy move, even if Socialism was regarded as less dangerous than communism

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prove your humanity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeast infections of the vulva/vagina spring to mind as an example of resident flora getting out of control

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's hear it, little lemmings.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, Socialism and Communism are different things. Regardless of one’s own personal perspective on the matter, it’s certainly plausible that someone could be in favour of socialism, but not communism (I can’t speak to Einstein’s views on communism specifically, given that much of what I know of his political views in this vein comes from his essay “Why Socialism?”. He may well have been a raging commie, but chose Socialism because he was aiming his piece at a particular audience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's hear it, little lemmings.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Seeing your answer made me go "oh damn, yeah, I can’t believe I didn’t say Turing in my answer (I chose Einstein), because he would definitely be my choice. I must’ve missed that he was on there. After going back up to check the image, I conclude that you cheated, because Turing wasn’t an option :P

  I’ll allow it though, because it’s a good answer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's hear it, little lemmings.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably Einstein, because he seems like an interesting dude beyond his physics. He liked philosophy, for example, and is one of the examples that I invoke when I argue that university level science education should involve more philosophy — Einstein wasn’t an anomaly in this respect, but a good symbol for discussing how the practice of scientists doing philosophy seems to have waned over the 20th century.

  He was also pro-socialism, and had sensible takes about how science isn’t a universal solution to stuff, but a specialised tool that is good for some problems but not for others.

  Related: those who enjoy long video essays may enjoy this one from an awesome ex-astrophysicist: Einstein Was a Socialist; Should We Care? (1h16m)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The internet kind of sucks right now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  See, this is why I love being here — random, delightful stuff like this makes me feel more connected to strangers who I will never meet, which genuinely helps to fuel my overall sense of purpose in fighting for a better world (and in many cases, in just fighting to continue existing throughout grimness). Thanks for the recommendation

  Another person who comes to mind in this vein is the wonderful person who posts lots of cool owl content on the superbowl community (their username starts with anon, I think. Someone who knows how to tag users on Lemmy, feel free to tag them if you know who I mean)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨human geography⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A friend of mine had a similar problem when he, a Brit, was studying in the States. He was in the smoking area of a gay bar, when he asked a friend “shall I chuck this cigarette in the bin, or what?” (I.e. “are you going to come over here to take a drag of this cigarette before it’s over, or should I throw it away?”). Unfortunately, a common British slang word for cigarette is also a slur for gay people (it is a slur in the UK too, but the cigarette slang word is common enough that if someone hears the F word, they are far less likely to assume it’s in a slur context)

  On the bright side, apparently my friend hooked up with the guy who punched him, after my friend admonished him for being so rude as to punch a person in a country without free healthcare. Apparently Southern English accent gets you far in the States

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨human geography⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Mischief Night

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I smell fresh blood.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Gosh, that’s so misguided and tragic. The North American continent has so many beautiful landscapes and cool wildlife that doesn’t exist in most of Europe — and this was even more the case back in 1871. It obviously makes sense that they thought this way, given that the USA is borne of a colonial mindset, but damn, it’s sad that this made them so ignorant to what is cool and unique about their home

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coding students whose jobs were taken by AI forced to find work at Chipotle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The ladder that starts at Chipotle is not one that leads to work in the field you studied for. College graduates who are struggling to find jobs would relish the opportunity to work up the ladder in their field, but there are insufficient entry level jobs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My school did that, but it didn’t make much difference to the affordability if we’re looking at the impact on the kinds of families who regularly have to skip meals

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS to trial AI tool that speeds up hospital discharges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even when there’s only one doctor who is needed to make the decision for someone to go home, it can still lead to long delays. My dad had a pretty complex surgery some years back, and I remember he was in hospital for more than a week more than necessary because he was waiting for the doctor to do his rounds.

  You’re right also to highlight the problem of people being supported at home causing delays to discharge. A friend who is a healthcare assistant in a rehab ward says that he’s seen it happen way too often where patients will end up in hospital again because they had insufficient help at home and became injured or unwell. I’ve had similar issues with being stuck between healthcare and social care services.

  I hope you’re doing okay now that you’re back home. Managing one’s health post discharge can be difficult, but I imagine it must be a relief to be out of the limbo of waiting to hear back from docs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slay The Princess - Official Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought this game on a whim after reading that the devs had said they’d rather people pirate it than have it spoiled for them. I don’t usually buy games full price, so this was a rare thing for me, but I have no regrets; it was one of my favourite games of that year.

  I just love how ripe for thematic analysis it is. For example, I’m a woman who has read a bunch of feminist and queer theory, and some of my interpretations of the themes were drastically different to a friend’s. I found it really cool that I didn’t necessarily disagree with their takes, nor they mine, but we both resonated with the game is strong but different ways

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This website is for humans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Something I love about this piece is that it being written by a person who cares deeply about stuff means that I now have a positive opinion towards the two places linked as being good places for recipes ([www.theguardian.com/profile/meera-sodha](www.meera.com Sodha) and Smitten Kitchen). I’m going to promptly forget about them, because I’m not the kind of cook who uses recipes, but still, it’s striking to me how transferable caring about stuff is. I don’t know the author of this blog, but based on this post (and the zippity-fast speed that their website loads), I’m positively inclined towards them, because I am a silly human, and that means I am a deeply social creature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the AI industry is a bubble that exists to sell more GPUs and drive fossil fuel demand

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the truth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s so good. I moved somewhere with a large Chinese community, so items like this are stocked in my local supermarket. I had heard about it and assumed it was overhyped, but after trying it, I see how versatile it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the living dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well damn. I wasn’t expecting to be adding a new book to my reading list as a result of this thread, but y’all’s enthusiasm is such that I feel I have to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thoughts??⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is only tangentially related to your story, but you reminded me of an old maths teacher who had a PhD in maths and once upon a time, had applied to work at an accounting firm. As part of the interview, he was told that he would have to sit a numeracy assessment. He responded “you do know I have a PhD in maths, right?”. They sympathised with his point but told him that everyone had to sit the test, as a matter of course.

  So my maths teacher goes and sits their silly test, and he scores so well that they accuse him of cheating! I can only assume that this debacle broke him in some way, because it wasn’t long after this that he started teaching. It’s a particular kind of weirdo who has a PhD in a subject and decides to teach teenagers. He was probably one of the best teachers I ever had (I wonder if I can find contact information for him to tell him that)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thoughts??⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. I learned a lot of bioinformatics stuff from the ground up, because I was learning python at the time, and found it super useful as practice. Years later, I discovered rosalind.info and cursed the fact that I hadn’t had access to that when I was learning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deserved? Poll inside⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “I became sexually active at 26 after folks from the kink community noticed my nerdy vibe, and they schooled me in some basic human interaction.”

  Solidarity fist bump. My own experience was somewhat different, but there is the common ground of learning communication skills on a lag, and learning from a niche community of lovely weirdos

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No sexy man companions? Psh. And they call us man haters

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk Promises Grok in Tesla Vehicles By Next Week… as the New Grok 4 Blames “Anti-White Hate” on “Jews”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The most fucked up thing is that Grok does seem to have guardrails — except they’re geared towards preventing it from being “too woke”