Allero
@Allero@lemmy.today
- Comment on Finally a map to show me 2 days ago:
I know average≠median. But it would require some women to have completely massive breasts, which is not the case.
- Comment on Finally a map to show me 2 days ago:
I don’t think Russia primarily features DD’s. Mostly B’s here, it seems.
- Comment on The only way to be 3 days ago:
This is not quite genuine.
Anarcho-capitalists generally don’t like corporations, either, they just believe that the state plays a crucial role in keeping them afloat, through patents, bailouts, and corruption. They commonly believe that without the state, the markets will generally revert to many small individual actors.
This is unlikely to be true, however, as the economies of scale by themselves heavily reward massive corporations, and private police and military will likely allow them to stronghand their opponents.
If we are serious about promoting left-wing ideas, we should take our opponents as they are, and not build strawmen for ourselves to ridicule.
- Comment on Selling BTC or not..? 4 days ago:
Yes, by all means, it is time to sell. The upwards potential is unclear, while the downward movement can get you back to $30000. Most likely, you will not gain much more on this market at the moment, while potential loss is colossal.
- Comment on Want happier employees? Start with a 32-hour workweek – and 4 weeks vacation. 1 week ago:
Sad to know you have such a case. But yes, this has to be addressed alongside.
- Comment on You could get anything you wanted and it was FREE 1 week ago:
This! Also, I have never found a single incorrect naming there.
- Comment on Harassed by Assassin’s Creed gamers, a professor fought back with kindness 1 week ago:
This story is all you need to know about Internet negativity. People tend to forget that those on the other end are very real, with their own knowledge and feeling and everything. The second the discussion gets more personal, the second you remember human, it’s all gone.
- Comment on Game design question : how to make a "trapped" player character? 1 week ago:
Do both
- Comment on New to lemmy. Is there a version of /r/changemyview? 2 weeks ago:
Yep, called after a Blahaj, an IKEA shark and a trans mascot
- Comment on Ball for a ball 2 weeks ago:
Ladies, it’s your turn
- Comment on it's making the frickin frogs gay 2 weeks ago:
Let me be clear: I myself am not a big fan of “mock people and then pretend it’s about teaching them”. This is just being a scumbag.
But this is not meant to be that, or if it’s used by someone in this capacity, it’s a very poor laughing matter indeed.
It is good, however, as a conversation starter to bridge the gap. Meant not as mockery, but as an illustrative example to explain how we shouldn’t be afraid of “scary words chemists say”.
- Comment on it's making the frickin frogs gay 2 weeks ago:
It’s not meant to genuinely trick people into thinking that water is bad, that’s obviously ridiculous even for the dumbest of people.
It’s meant to be explained afterwards for those who got genuinely caught. Experiencing a fear of some dangerous chemical only to discover it’s simply water is an illustrative example of how people misunderstand chemistry and chemical industry, and for some it might be eye-opening.
- Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time. 2 weeks ago:
Only by the admin of your home instance, which is unlikely and normally comes after something very extreme.
Normally, you’ll get banned by the community/certain instance in very gruesome cases, but not your account.
- Comment on World’s First ‘Splashless’ Urinal keeps the Floor Clean and your Pants Pee-free - Yanko Design 2 weeks ago:
Yep, seen those for a while now
- Comment on Anon studies Buddhism 3 weeks ago:
Must be true indeed
- Comment on Anon always gets his man 3 weeks ago:
VacuCake ™
- Comment on Anon always gets his man 3 weeks ago:
No, because it will dissipate such heat.
- Comment on Transitioning in STEM 3 weeks ago:
On your question: I haven’t lived in USSR (born in Russia already), but from what I could gather from relatives and older acquaintances, it was quite similar.
Generally good on workplace equality, quite some everyday/domestic sexism going both ways. One negative change in the workplace since the fall of USSR and rise in private enterprises is reluctancy of some bosses to select female employees, as they are feared to take maternity leave and be on the company’s budget. I wouldn’t say this happens everywhere, but it’s common enough to be notable.
The positive shift in the domestic part started about 2010’s, as new wave of feminism has been accepted by many in the Russian youth. Still, there are some issues on that front, particularly outside big cities.
In any case, the Soviet legacy clearly shows, and it sure has helped immensely, especially in the workplace.
- Comment on Transitioning in STEM 3 weeks ago:
One observation I made is that when women get to comprise a significant part of workforce in science, those things seem to be flatten out.
Working in the place and field (Russia, food technology) where women are about 50% of the workforce, I’ve never witnessed anything talked about here. Women are taken just as seriously on the position, they are promoted on par with men, they are in charge of many high-profile projects, and actively taking male and female students under scientific supervision. Any sort of workplace harassment will not just contribute to your potential termination, but will earn you very bad reputation - you’ll be seen as a dangerous weirdo no one wants to deal with.
One other observation I made is that international scientists often come from the position of entitlement, which is also weird to me. Male scientists tend to flaunt their position any time they can, and many of the female scientists tend to sort of mimic this behavior, but it feels different, like if they try to claw the attention they were consistently denied.
For me, it is weird and unnatural. Where I live and work, some baseline respect towards your more experienced superiors, male or female, is to be expected, is taught since school, and doesn’t require such performances. Students are not afraid to contact their superiors, but do it respectfully and with full understanding they take valuable time of a high-profile scientist. Why do people have to constantly fight for attention and respect in many other cultures is beyond me.
- Comment on Anon studies Buddhism 3 weeks ago:
I’m not super good at remembering things I don’t need or accept, so I’ll speak a bit generally, but, for example, the cosmology and all the quasi-gods are extremely intertwined, excessively overcomplicated, but actually simple and repetitive;
Also the pretentious way it poses as a way to direct you in life (monks went so far as to say Buddhism goes far beyond modern philosophy and psychology and is at the forefront of knowledge in life of dignity and happiness), while really it can be condensed to “endure pain and man up, feelings don’t matter, just do what needs to be done”, which is super toxic and not really effective (and I wonder ifit’s also contributing to the toxic work culture in the Far East).
Also, as in many religions, it’s full of stories about miracles happening every day (like, the man who was terminally ill, was set to die within a month and barely walked, but then decided to go 8000km by foot through entire Eurasia to the main temple, and he lived, and succeeded, and lived as a monk ever after).
Etc. etc.
- Comment on Anon studies Buddhism 3 weeks ago:
Tibetan, it’s a mix of Mahayana and Vajrayana
- Comment on Anon studies Buddhism 3 weeks ago:
Fair point!
- Comment on Anon studies Buddhism 3 weeks ago:
I felt a bit sympathetic to Buddhism up to the point when I actually visited a Buddhist temple and listened to the speeches of monks.
The amount of brain rot disguised as wisdom has made me feel Christianity ain’t that bad after all.
Sorry in advance to any Buddhist out there, but it struck me how the common perception of it differs from the actual thing.
- Comment on 4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere 3 weeks ago:
A typical 4chan user is very concerned about privacy, because it’s a place they do stuff they wouldn’t do elsewhere.
Once a trust is broken, it is very hard to regain. Technically, nothing stops it from appearing again. But will the userbase follow?
- Comment on In heat 3 weeks ago:
Google correction
- Comment on My Steam Community Content bingo card: appreciative screenshot, endearing fan art, random Russian post, how to sex, and an in-depth guide. 3 weeks ago:
For those interested, the Russian description just reads “Cold lake Arrius and Cheydinhal”
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 4 weeks ago:
As an alternative to Obsidian, there is Trilium. Much the same stuff, but actually open-source
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 4 weeks ago:
OBS, Portmaster, Trilium, FlightGear
+all the minimalist Adwaita apps on the Flathub. Love 'em.
- Comment on Skyblivion fan project lead reacts to Oblivion remake news with "all love and no hate" 4 weeks ago:
Yep, but that’s just a small piece of it. But it was nice.
- Comment on Skyblivion fan project lead reacts to Oblivion remake news with "all love and no hate" 4 weeks ago:
Nah, I started with Skyrim, and I played Oblivion without mods. It’s not great, problematic in many places, but it is playable if you want to discover the story.