Rhaedas
@Rhaedas@fedia.io
- Comment on time of day 1 day ago:
There's some AI that have modes where it will start typing out a reply and then clear it out, like an electronic "noooo, that's not what I meant to say."
- Comment on Any advice appreciated 2 days ago:
I'll quote the original Twister:
"It's coming right for us!"
"It's already here."
- Comment on Any advice appreciated 2 days ago:
That's doomer talk. Look on the bright side...
- Comment on Trying to be young vs. actually being young 3 days ago:
They were already thinking on the next five stops, trying to make up time.
- Comment on How come Lemmy/Piefed users seem to have a consensus of like "green mario" is the solution to this and that, but simultaneously oppose death penalty? 5 days ago:
Plenty of people said both that murder is terrible and Kirk won't be missed. The two can co-exist. I seem to remember mods cracking down on humor about it. I guess that was a different instance... or something.
- Comment on Why is Mississippi taking so long to certify? The Democrat has 49 percent. The Republican 48.9 percent and the Independent has 2.1 percent. How hard is it to do simple math? 6 days ago:
I'd rather them take the time it needs to get it right, whoever wins, than to rush and have to do recounts over and over. Keep in mind that many doing this work are volunteers. Let them do the job.
- Comment on Not my day today 6 days ago:
Not to start it. For that you just need a lever. Handle of a fork or spoon works. Once it's punctured you can use your finger, carefully and slowly. Some people aren't good at that though, so use your best judgement. You can always use the same level to continue pushing it inwards.
So much better than the old pull tabs. They could be dangerous when they did work, they were a safety hazard if not disposed of, and a tab on those that came out? Now you have a problem, that was not an easy fix.
- Comment on Sir Patrick Stewart saved the universe 6 days ago:
The bad news - that mess was already being played out before 2016 started. Both the overall plan by the GOP laid out decades before, and the media's weird courting of Trump as a valid candidate. The GOP saw their chance and ran with it, and the obedient media followed their lead, just as they had been trained.
- Comment on Sir Patrick Stewart saved the universe 6 days ago:
Are you citing Last Tuesdayism? It's really hard to tell if that's true either.
- Comment on Sir Patrick Stewart saved the universe 1 week ago:
New Mayan cycle. Or something. They made a movie and everything.
- Comment on Sir Patrick Stewart saved the universe 1 week ago:
We have to go back and get Nader interested in growing flowers or something.
- Comment on Sir Patrick Stewart saved the universe 1 week ago:
The goal was to fix the oops in 2012, but something's better than nothing.
- Comment on MAGA waking up and seeing the election results 1 week ago:
Because people once in a while get together enough to make this happen, then ignore politics for two years. We have a representative government, but we can't assume they are doing their job well without checking on them from time to time and reminding them why they're there.
And part of it isn't their fault - the House has the same problem many classrooms have, too many kids per teacher to do an effective job with each one of them. So the loudest or the neediest get the attention, and the rest fend for themselves. We've got to find a way to reduce how many people each representative actually looks over. This also would more accurately split power in districts.
- Comment on Why would anyone downvote a question on No Stupid Questions? 1 week ago:
No question made in good faith and ignorant of possible answers is stupid.
The answer to the question posed is simply people have differing opinions on how a downvote in particular should be used. My thought is that it should be for a post that has no relevance in the thread. If I disagree, then I post a comment. An upvote should be used where you think more people should see it, not necessarily if you totally agree with it.
An up or downvote without more engagement just to agree or disagree is lazy, but at least the upvote is serving a little purpose.
- Comment on "cO₂ iS pLaNt FoOd" 1 week ago:
The simple science is that plants do grow in heavier CO2 environments, sometimes very well. But they grow differently, which is a problem for food plants, because they don't produce what we want from them as food unless we also add heavy nutrients and water. In a greenhouse environment, this can increase production. In the outside, it's far more difficult to get good results.
So they aren't wrong, they just don't understand the bigger picture. Change one thing, other things change too, not always in the direction you want.
- Comment on Please Let the Internet Die | Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over. 1 week ago:
"They" being people. It might be a feature of just having enough people in a group.
- Comment on Things you feel Star Trek handle poorly? (In general, political, technical, etc, share your opinion) 1 week ago:
4 - garden areas were shown in a few places, and any tech Trekkie can tell you that even schematics of early ships had such places.
Page seven showing the botany level
1701-D blueprints had a lot more, being a bigger ship.
- Comment on How was the US national debt created? Does the US have problem paying it's bills? Who are we in debt to? 1 week ago:
It's a complex topic, but national debt is not the same as debt a person or even company would have. It's by design. How it's managed is another thing and where things go wrong.
- Comment on Sir Patrick Stewart is the only Star Trek actor to appear as his character and with himself on screen at the same time 1 week ago:
Star Trek as well as other scifi shows are great at little easter eggs like this in the background as shout outs or filler, but this is fitting.
- Comment on AI-driven layoffs are creating a new class of boomerang employees—companies are realizing they 'pulled the plug too quickly' 1 week ago:
Will the companies cater to the many demands to get them back though? I was going to say especially more money, but actually a sincere apology and promise is the last thing a company would give.
This is like cases where someone sues their employer for something and wins, and then gets offered the job back. I don't know if I could go that far. Damage has been done.
- Comment on Claw machines are such a scam 1 week ago:
Ugh, that would mean 20 more years. Well, the good side of that is time for all the litigations and prison time.
- Comment on Claw machines are such a scam 1 week ago:
I'm sure many meme creators have a version where he's celebrating, just standing by.
- Comment on why i love my country 1 week ago:
Respect is earned, not deserved. When he starts fulfilling the duties of the office, he'll get the title.
- Comment on Relatable :( 1 week ago:
Just a thousandth of that would be fine with me. At this point I just want comfort and security. I'm okay where I'm at, but another million as a buffer would remove any concerns at all.
- Comment on Incredible letter written to someone who gave her a gift 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like a letter my grandmother would have written. In the politeness and eloquence, the use of "to-day", and then ending like that. Yep, she's say that, rarely, but when it was needed to be said.
- Comment on Please, for the love of sanity stop using Reddit 2 weeks ago:
Most people aren't very savvy with going outside normal areas, so they follow where others are. Unfortunately even after a few years Lemmy and the rest are still very niche and not mainstream at all. When Reddit first became ridiculous and the first people started looking for alternatives, Lemmy was just one of a number of potentials and ended up the bigger draw, maybe because it was the only one that could handle the sudden traffic. But this was a small part of the Reddit user base, the ones who knew enough to look around and find other places. Trying to spread the word to others on Reddit became a battle, otherwise I think we'd be a lot larger by now.
So why do people deal with how Reddit is now? I ask that a lot about other platforms, even hear it from family griping about how terrible places like Facebook or Instagram are, and yet they stay. People don't like change from familiar, even when it's difficult. And when they don't know of other places or how to transition, they'll hunker down even more and deal with it.
- Comment on Why does the microwave button have a "popcorn" button when every microwave popcorn brand says "DO NOT USE THE POPCORN BUTTON"? 2 weeks ago:
That video also taught me about the sensor button. If you're reheating and your microwave has a sensor button, use it. So much better than trying to guess a time.
- Comment on This is the new Apple Ad. It was designed by psychiatrists to encourage american to buy the Apple Homeview 2 weeks ago:
I think the oldest said it best. "Not cool." She also didn't use it? Clearly the smart one.
- Comment on Sean Connery in 1964 (on the set of Goldfinger) and Thomas Brodie-Sangster in 2024. Both age 34 in their respective photos. 2 weeks ago:
Gen-X at 34 (now 36)? I wish. Try Millennial.
- Comment on Ketamine addict Elon Musk believes puppets are attacking him 3 weeks ago:
That's not what Jesus meant, you dummy genius.