neidu3

@neidu3@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's say hypothetically I wanted to leave the US permanently;⁩ ⁨⁨53⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Most Americans I know who moved here (Norway) did so after landing a job that they moved here for. Moving here and then trying to find a job is a great method for going broke in a couple of weeks.

  Plus, lining up a job beforehand makes the visa ordeal easy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree in theory, but that makes journalism too dependent on state approval. There are too many journalists throughout time who were publicly discredited and shamed for not towing the line. Publishing something of which the state does not approve is scary enough without the news orgs funding being cut as a result.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F?⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The G in GPU stands for Giraffes. Hardware has gotten quite sophisticated over the years, and are no longer optimized for rendering triangles. If you can render a giraffe you can render anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sunglasses suggestions⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Good safety glasses are awesome. When heading home after a field-job, I always bring a pair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sunglasses suggestions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I got through a lot of these, as I tend to forget them in airports, but the gist of my strategy is this:

  • As dark as possible
  • I prefer non-polarized, as polarized sunglasses tend to interfere with plane cockpits and car HUDs
  • Big enough to cover most of my sight angles
  • I never liked those thick nose bridges, as I find them too hipster-y
  • Other than the above, IDGAF about how they look. I wear them for me, not for others.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I got in a collision with a car from the 70s with a car today, would not the 70s car win out since it would primarily be metal? If so why don't people buy more 70's cars?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Any impacted component that survives means that the force was transferred to the driver instead.

  Modern cars look worse after a collision for a reason: If it collapses/crumples, it means that it absorbed some of the forces applied to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨See you on the Dark Side of the Moon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  “We’re off to fix the shitter…
  This wonderful shitter of ours”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨See you on the Dark Side of the Moon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Love Dark Side of the Moon. Best Rush album ever. Plus, James Hetfields vocals on Stairway to Heaven remains unmatched today, 25 years later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't think they're alone on one⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think my sister asked this. But why can't we have a pirate community? Like not teaching how to pirate but just articles on streaming is raising prices, stuff from torrentfreak.com and other things?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s nothing preventing you from remaining friends with the same people while you’re on a different instance. Federation takes care of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can people tell sex of a dog just by looking at the dog?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Depending on the breed, males are often fluffier too.

  The famous Lassie is actually played by a male dog due to the thicker coat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is stack overflow so horrible?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If I was a mod I’d lock this post with “duplicate” as a parody.

  SO was good 10-15 years ago, but it has gotten bogged down in a combination of user elitism, mod incentives to do anything, and outdated answers remaining canonical.

  • User elitism: You see this anywhere else too. Older users hold power on the site, and this tends to result in walling out those with actual refreshing ideas.

  • Mod incentives: The system rewards mod actions, even if those actions aren’t the correct one. For example, closing a question as duplicate, even if it’s not, rewards the closer.

  • Due to the above, the “correct” answer to a question never gets updated, and it doesn’t take later versions into account. As such the site becomes a collection of outdated a swears to questions that may or may not still be relevant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the mod tools on Lemmy really as barren as they look?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. One of the reasons why pieced is so popular is because of improved mod tools.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When if ever did "Throw Money at The Problem:" actually work? Instead of being about 75 percent useless?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ot works when money can purchase what is actually needed in detail, and the people on the receiving end are competent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When is the last time you had actual conversations with friends?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Two days ago via discord. I don’t live anywhere near the few friends we have, so Mondays and Wednesdays are two days per week where we have the evenings schedules cleared of anything related to spouses, work, offspring, and general adulting.

  Those hours are usually spent gaming together, or just general chitchat. These days it’s usually Project Zomboid, and the dedicated server I’ve set up only runs on those days with a fixed set of hours (thanks, cron!), to ensure that we play together rather than someone soloing. And if someone were to miss the times lot, then they only missed a few hours total - Yhings will mostly remain as they were last time they played.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Basque, I’m guessing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure about other countries, but here in Norway, English lessons start in the 2nd grade. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s similar in the rest of Europe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do movie theaters work? Which seats in theaters are the best? (never done this before) Also is the IMAX thing actually any different?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually in the center. Any position that puts you in the middle of the “screen” so you won’t have to keep your head up or down. If I can’t sit in the center, I prefer further back over in the front, but that’s just my preference.

  IIRC, IMAX is a standard in terms of audio for cinemas. A cinema might be really good without being IMAX certified, but the imax certification does convey quality. As for difference, that can vary a lot. But I’d argue that a modern cinema with a proper audio setup won’t be that different than an IMAX cinema.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is hubris as an adjective?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s also a noun

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  These creatures, however, completely lack any form of chill. Lions and Tigers don’t even come close with how many people they kill. These panzercows, however, are extremely aggressive and would chomp your skull without hesitating uf you came too close. Why, you ask? They are primarily herbivores who also eat some fish. They just fucking hate you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does Finland have a lower recidivism rate than the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Punishment vs rehabilitation is often the focus cited, but it’s more accurate to evaluate it on a scale of public necessity vs profit generator. There’s a reason why US has the biggest proportion of incarceration: It’s a system that is working as intended, and the rehabilitation vs punishment aspect is an afterthought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember it very well. But once the encryption key for the region lock got onto the internet, fixing your drive was simple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What to do with a 10-year-old Macbook Air?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they still have x86_64 CPUs in 2015 apples?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people call Fiji and Voss Water “Rich People” Water?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Norwegian here, can confirm: It’s regular tap water. It’s bottled quute some distance away from Voss, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does importing goods from abroad alone really void sales tax?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Varies a lot based on country of origin and destination.

  Here in norwegialand we have VAT between 15 and 25% depending on the type of goods when buying domestically as a private person. When buying something from abroad instead, such as online shopping, this is replaced by a customs fee/tariff of about the same amount. There are exceptions and caveats, but that’s the gist of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s a thing that straight cis people are a dying breed, I haven’t noticed it. I am one myself, and acknowledging that people who are different from me should have the same rights does not make me feel threatened in any way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My immediate thought too. We have homeless people here in Norway too. Homeless does not mean without housing or shelter.

• If I were to throw a live flightless bird as hard as I can, would it be safe and unharmed provided I threw it forward or up, and I held it as gently as I could during the throw?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Chav in the UK, Gopnik in Russia

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOES ANYONE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m seriously interested. Where can I learn more about this?
  Is there somewhere online where I can play this?

  I like bith chess and variation…