hendrik

@hendrik@palaver.p3x.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool.⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You need an enemy who can't fight back... So it's never: The white male millionaires are coming for us [...]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is non-sexual masochism a thing?⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Fitness studio... Abstinence... Victim mentality...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's wrong with Bluesky App?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What should be wrong with it? Seems it's MIT licensed and has 1 tracking library according to Exodus... That's way better than their proprietary competition, and worse than a Free Software solution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doubts WW2 Germany⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a major part of getting "beat" is they fought the USSR in the east and simultaneously the USA and UK in the west. I mean the war against Stalin wasn't going great. But it went on since 1941 already. And it really went south for the nazis when the USA joined WW2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you go about evaluating sources of information for truth/credibility/etc.?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of them will have a front matter, a Wikipedia article. Be cited a lot. And you'll find them in a university library. You might even have access to a library's catalogue without being a student or member.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you go about evaluating sources of information for truth/credibility/etc.?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It's peer reviewed if it has the name of a peer-reviewed journal on it. If it's on arxiv (a pre-print server) it's not. (Or not yet, or published on several platforms/journals.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Empathy and respect for other people helps...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that's called bigotry and goes hand in hand with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm sorry for the being shunned part. I mean it's no surprise to me that some people know about this and some don't. That's kind of the point of telling people they're privileged and hence don't know other people's struggles. But once you're not 100% mainstream and live your life exactly like all the other people, you'll start to notice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That happens a lot. Read about cancel culture. Or people shunned by their relatives due to religious beliefs. Also happens to people who are LGBT+. I'd say it's a regular thing in western culture, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How screwed would one be if their email provider shuts down?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I've had that discussion before, here on Lemmy. From my experience, like >90% of people will tell you not to do mail yourself. And there is a reason to it.

  I mean don't do it if you don't know about DNS, all the added antispam like SPF, IP blocklists and how the big players handle that. And don't make any configuration mistakes and become an open relay for spam. It's doable, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't install app because it isn't "certified" by the government⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And I bet this process is going to add you to some list of people to keep an eye on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How screwed would one be if their email provider shuts down?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Write down all your accounts and hope they'll send you a warning in advance, once they decide to go out of business. Then you're going to have to change all the accounts to a new email.

  I'm pretty sure the big paid providers aren't going to fail you withoit a warning. And gmail etc are too big to fail. That's going to wreak havoc with a lot of other users... Though: If they decide to ban you or delete your account... You're going to be in big trouble. That regularly happens to people.

  Only alternative I can imagine is to run your own email service. If you own the domain and server, it's your call. But you have to pay attention to maintain it and not get hacked etc. That would be another way to lose email accounts. (Running a mailserver is more complicated than hosting a website.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How screwed would one be if their email provider shuts down?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The proper email programs have an option somewhere in the settings to either store a copy of the mailbox on the computer, or not do it. I'm pretty sure that's in Thunderbird, Evolution, etx. I'm not sure about Outlook.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it really possible to tax the rich?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Has that been tried since 1790 when the french decided to behead all the rich people?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Organize. And gather some people. Maybe start a new political party amd get Bernie Sanders as a consultant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I get over fear of cooking?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Take a cooking class. And/or maybe do it together wih some friens/relatives, so they can manage the responsibility and you can get familiar with the equipment.

  What exactly are you afraid of? And is there a specific cause to that? If there is,that probbly changes how to approach it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨my idiot friend printed parts of my 3d printed gun experiment with pla instead of abs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough. Take care. Glad you learned something. That's the most important bit. I was a bit wary at first. It's too easy (generally) to just blame someone else, not learn and repeat the same mistake. And I wasn't sure if you were doing this. The only correct approach is to instead have a good look at ourselves and ask: "What could I have done differently, to prevent a situation like that from happening (or escalating)."

  When doing experiments and handling dangerous stuff, it is of utmost importance to factor in mistakes and even unlikely scenarios. You always need more than one layer of protection/safety.

  Stay safe, and a speedy recovery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨my idiot friend printed parts of my 3d printed gun experiment with pla instead of abs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I really can't tell if you're being serious. I strongly suspect this is some rage-bait or excercise in creative writing... In case it isn't: I'd advise you to re-watch the old Mythbusters episodes. See how they do experiments and treat safety and dangerous things. You generally also don't look down the barrel of a loaded gun. Sure, it isn't supposed to go off and blow your head off until someone also pulls the trigger... But: This is how accidents work. It's literally the definition of it.

  And you're constantly begging for more accidents to happen. Your friend wasn't supposed to print it in PLA... That ABS wasn't supposed to do more than crack... The design should have worked...

  And then you do the experiments and find out what happens in reality. That's the scientific approach. Your friend didn't use PLA, layer decoherence is a thing and ABS will exhibit catastrophic failire on first try and not just crackle. The whole design might be a failure. I applaud you for learning things... But don't have your fingers and limbs in-between you and that learning experience! Idk, clamp it down with a vise and use a rope to pull the trigger. Watch the Youtube videos of lots of other 3d printed guns explode... Hide behind the shed so the fragments won't hit your eyes.

  And in case this is some creative writing project: I'd recommend you to visit 4chan. That's more a place for people like you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨my idiot friend printed parts of my 3d printed gun experiment with pla instead of abs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And you're absolutely sure it had turned out differently with ABS? I've tried different filaments and to me it seems they're all just plastics... I tried some mechanical parts and they all broke. So I'd say it's likely an ABS gun will explode, too. Don't try that with your other hand!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whould everyone doing nothing be a viable option?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't think recognition by law is super important to that cause. I mean it's not like they're part of the system in that way. On contrary, they do illegal things like ask people not to come to their workplace. They threaten employers, demand change like workplace safety, ... And employers don't listen to them because they're required to by law, but because their production will grind to a halt if they don't. So ultimately a workers union just needs to be backed by the workers, or at least a good amount of them. That aside, we of course need some structure to things, so legistation might help. But it's not strictly necessary. And I don't think it even started like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨strange workplace, how should I proceed?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Use that learning opportinity for your future. And maybe a change of scenery won't hurt. I doubt you'll reconcile with your manager and coworkers, so you might as well take the other job offer, if it's alright.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not enough time? Biden withdrew. It was less than 4 months to election. No one had prepared and there wasn't many people prepared to step in and take over. She kinda was, so it was the obvious choice. If they had started a lengthy process or demonstrated to be weak and a t odds, that would have made them lose the electuon right then and there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Realistically... How fucked is the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it's a good escape plan you might help someone. I mean as long as it doesn't require secrecy to succeed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can I do to help?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably everything you can being to the table. That can be very different things, depending on the person. I'd say a good first step is to organize and gather people. And then you can brainstorm within the group. See what resources you have available and where they'd fit and yield the most return. Yeah, and maybe don't do what people did until now. That already failed. So try something new.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They're the political opposition now. They should do what good opposition work includes. Hold the government accountable, force them to deliver results. Make the people pay attention and realize if their bills become less or more expensive. And I'd say re-consider life-choices. And make some fundamental changes. Maybe start a new political party if the Democrats are beyond hope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whould everyone doing nothing be a viable option?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the word for workers self-organizing and advocating for their cause is... Union.

  I mean there might be some other connotation to the word in US politics. But I think that's pretty much the definition of the term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough. I always hope we'll move towards a better future... And not backwards. But you're right. You pick some random time in history and then make up some policies that supposedly get you back to that place. And an additional psychological factor is, most of us had our best time when we were young, life was easier, less work and less consequence. So we might want that back instead of our current, more complex life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Though this isn't about conservatism, is it? Trump doesn't like democracy and half of the things that shaped the USA. I mean there is some overlap but he should be opposed by any sane conservative. I think it's more a dip towards fascism or something else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't Lemmy have a system like Reddit's Karma?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  By choice. The main developers don't like that kind of gamification, karma farming and the negative aspects that come with such things.