grysbok

@grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging its bots accessed Reddit more than 100,000 times since last July⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if I can get Facebook to give me some of that sweet, sweet cash for the inconvenience of telling them to bugger off…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging its bots accessed Reddit more than 100,000 times since last July⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s hardly anything. Facebook has a bot accessing my server’s robots.txt multiple times a second. (My robots.txt used to say “Facebook bot go away” but now I just respond 404 to any requests from the Facebook bot. Pretend I said that all technical and stuff, it’s 2 am and I ought to go to sleep.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slrpnk.net outage⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol. Yeah, sdf.org feels pretty hands-off. They have longevity going for them–I’ve had an sdf account of some sort since 2009 at the latest. The system has been around since the 80s. The name comes from the anime “Super Dimension Fortress”, which I’ve never seen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slrpnk.net outage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is making me want to create an alt on slrpnk.net , since you’re so chill and communicative about issues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemm.we actually shutting down?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Flashback to when the creator of lemmy.world/c/the_pack was looking for mods. I volunteered with

  I’m also a shitty mod and will disappear for weeks at a time. I only have experience modding a small subreddit and have no familiarity with Lemmy’s mod tools. Feel free to hit me up.

  I passed the vibe check and now I’m exactly as crap a mod as I said I’d be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one use an electric toothbrush?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Some/most electric toothbrushes have built-in timers to help you give each quarter of your mouth equal time, so you don’t rush. Some will vibrate in a different/angrier way if you brush too hard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Border Patrol detained a nursing mother and separated her from her infant daughter to the point that she needed medical attention as a result of not being able to nurse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  B.F. Skinner had a paper called “‘Superstition’ in the Pigeon”. This page gives a summary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Give Hey Japan a look. I’m a noob, but it seems friendly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve taught literal toddlers that my dog needs his alone time when he’s in his crate.

  A 10 year old should be able to understand that sometimes people just don’t want to play/talk. Maybe wear headphones or some other very visible indicator that you’re not social right then?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can US citizens do to fight/prevent their country enabling genocide?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  True! Let’s encourage them to work towards goals that seem attainable and worthwhile.

  Sometimes, just small changes can make a big difference to the individual. I used to take the elevator to my 5th-floor office. Now I take the stairs. The only conscious change to my routine was converting from carrying a bag/purse to carrying a backpack–I carry the same amount of stuff more comfortably, and so the stairs don’t seem daunting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can US citizens do to fight/prevent their country enabling genocide?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And “fit” doesn’t have to mean “able to run a marathon”. That might not be achievable for you. Even minor improvements can be big, though. For example, I have lower back pain. It sucks and I do not recommend it.

  I’ve started physical therapy. It’s two 30-minute sessions a week, plus 10 minutes of homework stretches every day. My pain is much less than when I started.

  I feel much more able to do things like long trips to the grocery store. Before, I’d sometimes have to beg off and lie down in the car and let my partner finish the trip.

  Anyways, fitness. It’s good. YMMV, PT might not work for you, I am not a doctor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you read and understand this passage?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but it was a slog. My summary:

  the weather was dreadful, some high muckety muck is back from Michaelmas break. The scene is in London. All the people and critters in the street are covered in mud. The ground is slippery with mud (and probably horse crap, but we’re too polite to mention it). OMG the weather sucks, very wet and dreary. Everyone’s in a bad mood. Did I mention it’s wet and icky and muddy and the weather is bad?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A VPN Company Canceled All Lifetime Subscriptions, Claiming It Didn’t Know About Them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d say it depends on how much the license costs vs how the service costs.

  The analogy that comes to mind is old cemeteries (YMMV, this is from a New England perspective). People buy a grave and expect to occupy it forever. This is a problem for cemeteries because a cemetery will eventually run out of graves to sell. The sales of graves goes towards the upkeep of the cemetery. Once there’s no more space, there’s no more sales, and there’s no more income for upkeep.

  Some cemeteries get around this by reusing graves. You rent a grave for, say, 20 years and after 20 years of occupancy your next of kin is asked if they’d like to renew your subscription.

  Other places charge a much higher upfront fee and invest it, using the interest to pay for ongoing maintenance.

  Other places just abandon the cemetery and let it grow over with weeds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do children address a non-binary parent?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. I had to carefully word my dad’s obituary to not gender me–I wasn’t out yet, but it would have added more pain to the event if I’d been misgendered in it. Luckily, I have a sibling, so I able to rework the first draft from “survived by his son ___ and daughter ___” to be “survived by his children __ and __”.

  Anyways, if I had a kid I think I’d just go by my name, or any nickname they came up with. I called my binary parents by their names so it doesn’t feel weird to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK if you have a library card or are a student, there's a free streaming service called Kanopy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think lots of libraries do that. It’s awesome! (Source: my last 3 libraries in New England did that.)

  Be sure to return the pass on time, though. You might screw up someone else’s trip to the museum if you return it late :( (that’s also why they tend to have higher late fees)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF why my filament exploded?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t fool me, that’s clearly a pile of Twizzlers around an empty filament spool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously. We don’t even know how old the poster is, just that their dad is 48.

  I was 20 when my dad was 48. I was in college and was only ‘home’ over the summers and winter break (when the dorms closed). My brother was 15. I don’t think it’d be reasonable to tell either of us to move out just because the adults in our lives were a tad indiscrete.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. I wouldn’t interrupt their fun, but I’d mention it to my dad some time when the girlfriend wasn’t around. I’d send an email or text if I felt too embarrassed/shy to say anything face-to-face. “Hey, Dad. Just FYI the walls are really thin in this apartment and I can hear what you two get up to.”

  I’d also look into earplugs. Earplugs + bone conductive headphones could be a good work around. I’m a fan of Shokz, but other brands exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is this called?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My partner almost always has a shawl tied around his waist, like a sash or belt. For him it’s a comfort object that can convert to shield him from the sun or cold. For me it’s a warm thing I can borrow that smells like him.

  Anyways, he’s genderqueer sometimes, if that helps. And no one’s ever given him guff about it that I know of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t blame you for wanting to move. My partner and I are straight-passing, cis-passing, white folk in a blue state. We’re thinking of leaving the country. (Well, I am. My partner’s kind of like yours–not convinced we’re in danger.)

  You’re much more visibly “other” than we are. One thought I’ve seen floated around is that options are good. If you can claim an international citizenship/passport (through, I dunno, Irish parents or something) it’s worth doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is this called?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It reminds me of what’s often sold as a “pashmina” around me (USA), but it looks much wider along the tasseled edge than the pashminas I have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Light switches should be glow in the dark⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I installed one of these in a hallway. It was nice to know exactly where the light switch was, since it was not near a doorway or other nighttime landmark. I’d hate it in my bedroom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And the Wii can be Linuxed, if you get creative enough. Source: former roommate did it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bots lie about who they are, ignore robots.txt, and come from a gazillion different IPs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Last I checked, cloudflare requires the user to have JavaScript and cookies enabled. My institution doesn’t want to require those because it would likely impact legitimate users as well as bots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also a huge problem for library/archive/museum websites. We try so hard to make data available to everyone, then some rude bots come along and bring the site down. Adding more resources just uses more resources–the bots expand to fill the container.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What car stickers say about you⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hitachi also makes a very popular and effective personal massage device that they’re adamant is not a sex toy. In some circles the name “Hitachi” is synonymous with the device.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What car stickers say about you⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We were talking about power tools at work and I said I’m happy with my Hitachi corded drill. I was disappointed no one even blinked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Last time I went to a new-to-me grocery store that I didn’t have a loyalty card for, I just used [local area code]-867-5309. Jenny hasn’t failed me yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: There's a protest today at noon at your state capitol.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Online glasses places are pretty cheap and good quality, if you know your pupillary distance and your prescription isn’t complicated. ⭐Encouragement⭐