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- Comment on Which came first: the kidney bean or the kidney body part? 8 hours ago:
That’s a pretty solid answer from one perspective. However that still leaves me wondering what the answer would be from an evolutionary perspective. Did early sea creatures already have kidneys?
- Comment on best comment under a video about the new iphone 17 2 days ago:
Alternatively, upgrade every year, but always to a used phone. If you’re like 2-3 years behind, the headwater upgrades aren’t that expensive, but you still have the latest software.
- Comment on Google AI Mode To Become Default For Google Search Soon 5 days ago:
I’ve been using DDG for many years, and I haven’t looked back. Recently, I also set up Qwant on my laptop. So far, it’s been pretty smooth sailing.
Swapping Google Cancer to Apple Cancer one way to reduce your dependence on Google, but I’m not entirely sure that really solves the underlying problem. Either way, there are a few Google services that I could replace with alternatives, but I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. I guess, one day I just need to start paying for a NextCloud subscription or something.
- Comment on Google AI Mode To Become Default For Google Search Soon 5 days ago:
Just so you know, it’s totally fine to ignore Google and use something better.
- Comment on What is a federated alternative to Wikipedia? 5 days ago:
People tend to disagree about everything, even the shape of the earth and the effectiveness of vaccines, as mad as they may sound. As a result, a federated encyclopedia would probably diverge and fork numerous times, resulting in countless competing versions. How would you merge them back together?
- Comment on Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ~~ages~~ identities? 1 week ago:
Oh trust me, stuff you didn’t even imagine could exist can be found in that wretched hive of depravity and fornication. If you never click any of that, the algorithm won’t know how dirty your mind is. On the other hand, you could also do the exact opposite and click on everything horny. That will turn your whole feed into a 100% NSFW experience. Let’s just say that it’s a surprisingly versatile site.
- Comment on Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ~~ages~~ identities? 1 week ago:
We are witnessing the next step along the way to a completely fragmented web. Sort of like the DataKrash, but in slow motion.
- Comment on Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ~~ages~~ identities? 1 week ago:
That’s partially true. If you use the official mastodon app, you get the following feeds; following, local, lists and followed hashtags. If you use the web UI, you can also see the federated feed. A different client app, like Ice Cubes, gives you a trending feed as well.
- Comment on Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ~~ages~~ identities? 1 week ago:
Nah. Mastodon can handle that.
- Comment on Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ~~ages~~ identities? 1 week ago:
So, if you can’t even use Xitter for porn is there anything left? What even is the propose of that site any more?
- Comment on Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ~~ages~~ identities? 1 week ago:
I’ve only heard about UK Australia and certain states in America. If you live in Kazakhstan next to Borat, you should be fine.
As always, EU is complicated, so we’ll have to wait and see how that works out.
- Comment on Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ~~ages~~ identities? 1 week ago:
Compliance depends on the instance. Pick an instance where the admin doesn’t give a dingo’s kidney, or an instance located in a country where the local law doesn’t require age verification.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 1 week ago:
It’s a bit more complicated than that though. Most people can’t buy a property, because they don’t have enough money. In order to go around that problem, they either borrow money or rent the property. Either way, some extra money always goes somewhere.
Some of it is justified, because you need to go around the problem not having enough money to buy a house. However, there are many cases where that extra expense is absolute wild and rooted in greed.
Actually, if you happen to own the property, some extra money will go to periodic maintenance and miscellaneous expenses you never even think of if you just rent the place. You just don’t pay for those things every month a little bit at a time. Instead, you pay a large bill once a year or an enormous bill every 10 years.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
How is photography profitable now that AI can generate images, there’s no shortage of stock photo sites and there’s no shortage of willing photographers? How are you supposed to compete in a market with oversupply of photos and photographers?
If you really want to play this game in hard mode, you can also pick other arts like poetry or painting. Should lead to bankruptcy just as fast.
- Comment on what does it mean being nice to your coworkers to you? 1 week ago:
On top of that, knowing a bit about your colleagues makes it more comfortable to work with them. It will be easier to approach them and ask for help or advice when you need it.
Obviously, everyone isn’t quite that social, so you need to respect the boundaries — your own and theirs. If you can come to an understanding about what can be shared, how much, and when, then you start to see the benefits. The atmosphere becomes more chill, and you’ll have more energy to get stuff done.
Alternatively, you may find out that you don’t want to be around some people, and that’s valuable information too. Some people are toxic, and getting to know them a little bit will help you make more informed decisions in the future. If you never chat with anyone, those toxic people might end up hurting you later.
- Comment on Why do narcissists have such fragile egos? 1 week ago:
Just a random coworker, nothing more important than that. We’re not even on any projects together, and I think I would rather keep it that way.
Having thought about this case a bit more, the risks are definitely uncomfortably high. Avoiding him seems like the best option. Besides, he rambles on an on about some drama that isn’t really helpful in my job anyway. Not really the kind of person I need around me.
- Comment on Why do narcissists have such fragile egos? 1 week ago:
There’s this guy who talks way too much about himself and how he is right about something and how other people don’t get it and so on. I was just wondering if I should start avoiding him like the plague.
- Comment on Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself? 2 weeks ago:
I know they definitely are into rubber and strapping though.
- Comment on Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, it gets ridiculous at times. If you’re in a niche community, you can expect to see some “professional jargon”, but in general communities like asklemmy and nostupidquestions using those types of niche acronyms just don’t make much sense.
If you’re in a car specific community, you can throw your acronyms around, but outside it you shouldn’t expect people to know what a BSM is. Be considerate and call it a blind spot monitor instead.
- Comment on Why do narcissists have such fragile egos? 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for the advice. I better be cautious with this one.
- Comment on Why do narcissists have such fragile egos? 2 weeks ago:
Hmm… That is a good point. Seems like a risky experiment.
The idea with this test setup is based on the idea that the result could potentially provide new information instead of just confirming what I already believe to be true. An inferior experiment would just involve mild flattery, but that can only result in confirmation bias instead of rejecting a hypothesis. Not my favorite type of experiment.
I guess and observational approach is the way to go in this case.
- Comment on Why do narcissists have such fragile egos? 2 weeks ago:
Hmmm… That gives me an idea.
I know someone who might be a narcissist. Maybe I could exploit this vulnerability to expose him. You know, just to test my suspicions. Could just say something that mildly challenges his ego and see how he responds. If he menages to keep his cool like a normal person, then my hypothesis was wrong and I don’t have to be so suspicious of him any more.
- Comment on Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself? 2 weeks ago:
Doctors call it “pharyngitis”, because they need to be specific in their documents. Normal people just call it “sore throat”, because that’s close enough and easy to understand. Same thing should apply to various brain disorders too.
If you aren’t writing to medical professionals, go with whatever description you understand better. It’s going to be easier for everyone involved.
If you’re in America, you should look up the relevant TLA and use that instead. Every American seems to be born with the innate ability to know all of them, so it’s just as good as using the easily understandable two word description.
- Comment on What's going on with imgur right now? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah…… and that’s exactly why I’m still here.
- Comment on What's going on with imgur right now? 2 weeks ago:
The old web is dead. The fediverse lives.
- Comment on Do farts at least nominally increase the overall temperature of the room in which they are extruded? 2 weeks ago:
Expelling gas removes that bit of thermal energy (heat) from your system, but it shouldn’t alter your temperature in any way. Next, the warm gas mixes with air. The new gas mixture will have more heat than it had before, which will increase its average temperature a little bit. Probably not an easily measurable effect.
- Comment on I’m Fighting for My Freedom Using Outdated Technology 2 weeks ago:
The corruption problem could be solved with RAID 1. You just need to have two floppy dives, and mount both disks at the same time.
- Comment on Is This Social Media? 2 weeks ago:
One of the broadest definitions I’ve seen included email in the list. People don’t really think of it as a social media, but it fits the description.
This highlights the problem with binary definitions — they rarely fit in the real world. Like, where you draw the line between religion and way of life/philosophy/etc. Same thing here. If you look at the list of things that are commonly considered social medias, you can derive some rules from them. As usual, applying the rules leads to some bizarre classifications where email gets labeled as a social media or Lemmy gets excluded or whatever.
Real life is messy, and doesn’t fit neatly into a binary box. Sone tentacle will always peak out from some of the corners, holes or cracks.
- Comment on If copyright on a work expired immediately after death, would be that a bad or good idea? 2 weeks ago:
I was just thinking about that. If the copyright is tied to the author being alive, that’s essentially putting a huge target on your back. People have mysteriously died for much less than that.
- Comment on Is it better to: [A] watch videos content on a flagship/midrange smartphone that you already have, OR [B] get a cheap tablet (say, around $200 USD) to watch videos? 3 weeks ago:
On top of that, location matters. Not that many people carry a tablet with them when sitting in a tram, or waiting at a subway station. A phone would be so much nicer in that case. If you’re just chilling at home, a tablet will be more convenient.