BigMikeInAustin

@BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Short attention span⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m working on writing down lists on paper by hand, not typing into a device. I can copy over to a device, but the writing by hand is helpful.

  And sometimes I’ll write down tasks that I did finish already. For me, seeing the number of completed tasks doesn’t matter much, but just the break to reflect on what has been done is grounding.

  Sometimes even break the list into multiple lists, such as one where you move all the yard tasks to, and kitchen tasks, and cleaning tasks…, if the main list gets too long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Short attention span⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like you made changes to get better. The TDLR glosses over all that work and makes it seem like you are saying for OP to just sit and wait for it to resolve on its own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone recommend me a wireless headset?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol. Guess you’re just cursed. Lol. I have multiple styles, wired and wireless, and work perfectly on multiple computers. Lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone recommend me a wireless headset?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really like Steelseries. Pick whichever fits your budget for the features you want. I’ve even bought used ones and they’ve been great.

  I changed the foam ear pads to leatherette pads for a little better sound isolation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone recommend me a wireless headset?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like there was something wrong with your audio jack. I’ve had stellar comments about all of my Steelseries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I the only one who feels uncomfortable about many Americans constantly calling people "black" and "white" and making such a big thing about it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you ever see little kids with different skin tones playing together, they are clearly not bothered by skin color, and it has no bearing on their play. The racism in America is completely learned. It is not natural. Sometimes consciously, but many times unconsciously.

  Loosely similar is how men in most places are fine walking around alone at night. While women consciously try to move in groups, even during the daytime. Many men have no idea how different it is for many women.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I the only one who feels uncomfortable about many Americans constantly calling people "black" and "white" and making such a big thing about it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It happened for so long, at all levels of society, that it is still affecting us today. It has shaped the cities we currently live in. It has shaped our language. It has shaped our laws.

  The first girl Black girl to go to a school that was all white is only 71 years old. And that was barely the start of the end of segregation.

  A bad example, because I’m only American, but anyone in the European Union could move anywhere in the European Union. Some places just have depressing weather, or are very isolated. But it would still take a great effort for the people who even want to move to actually move.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At what point in the friendship does dating become awkward?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It gets awkward, almost always, about 2 longrows after the hippodust. Sometimes you can go an extra towelspot.

  /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can we find a Human Editor that Discloses their all Studies⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  AI can only respond with patterns based on what it has seen before. To AI, human language has even less sense than those math problems that draw some shapes and ask you what is the next shape in the pattern.

  AI can’t think. It only seem patterns and percentages.

  Ask it to tell a story about a dog, and it will because it has seen that before. Ask it to tell a story about the 6-legged beings on Pluto and it makes a super generic and short story and just pastes in “6-legged being,” because it has never seen any stories like that. It can’t imagine a new set of circumstances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can we find a Human Editor that Discloses their all Studies⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Because it’s been happening…” Is not even an argument. It’s a super lazy answer that shows a complete lack of effort.

  Was this same person sitting in a climate controlled building? Did this person eat food they gathered that morning? Does this person do something besides sleep after the sun sets?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When making a post that fits multiple communities, should I just pick the most relevant/popular one or repost to the other ones as well?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Readers are also looking in related communities.

  This also fragments any discussion.

  At that point, it feels more like you’re spam-pushing an opinion rather than trying to have a discussion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is OCR for handwritten content still that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So ideally there would be a way to train an AI on one’s own particular handwriting? (Not sarcasm or rudely)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is OCR for handwritten content still that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You took the time to spell your post correctly and use correct grammar.

  I used to have very sloppy handwriting. I’ve come to realize that if you want other people to understand you, you do need to make an effort to be understandable.

  Shortcuts in communication do not show superiority. Too many shortcuts devalue your communication, just like poor spelling and grammar would devalue your post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you like the smell of bookstores?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bookstores make me go to the bathroom. Libraries do not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could Trump's "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation" order defund vasectomies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Enjoy Thrilling Action in Funny Shooter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your quick posting of games so fast makes you seem like a bot that I will block.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is a Quest 3 really worth it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really trying to avoid all Meta products, but Quest 3 seems to have the best reviews and there are some good refurbished and used deals.

  I’m not sure what to pick instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is "oh boy" considered a gendered term?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Oh it” sounds like you are trying to sneakily say “Oh shit” by not pronouncing some syllables.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are thinking about what Trump publicly and repeatedly said he would do on his first day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because racism and sexism is still very prevalent in the US.

  She is a minority. And she is a woman.

  The news is a shit hole funded by the ultra wealthy who will benefit from Trump’s tax cuts for the ultra wealthy. Which explains the coverage.

  Many voters are still racist and sexist. Which explains the polls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I have an account on Mastodon.Social, and another account on PieFed.Social are they technically on the same instance, since they're both on .Social?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No. I see you making fun of someone for asking a question. They are trying to apply some of their knowledge to something new. What they have learned from some other good answers is useful going forward.

  Sadly, it seems you need to learn more to be able to understand where this person is coming from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I have an account on Mastodon.Social, and another account on PieFed.Social are they technically on the same instance, since they're both on .Social?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sorry about your confusion. Please start another thread, though, so people can focus on answering OP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's a polite way to reject a picture with a very thankful patient who was under your care?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If this only happens at work, then you can say, “Sorry, that’s against my department’s policy. We’ve had some incidents and my boss told us not to.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's a polite way to reject a picture with a very thankful patient who was under your care?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Sorry, I don’t get paid enough to afford a phone.” /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is Lemmy better than Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha ha!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is Lemmy better than Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you ask if people think Trump has been acting weird lately? Not an accusation, just asking a question.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is Lemmy better than Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s still pretty easy to get banned on Lemmy. It’s still just human mods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to people that have to wear black nitrile gloves all day keep from having sweaty hands?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You and a coworker do a strong, aggressive handshake every little while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to people that have to wear black nitrile gloves all day keep from having sweaty hands?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are a mechanic, you can blow some air from the compressor into your gloves every 10 minutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else feel like Trump has a much higher chance to win then Presidency than Kamala?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How did you refer to Hillary Clinton before you saw a campaign slogan?