Limerance
@Limerance@piefed.social
- Comment on Docs used to be cool as hell 1 week ago:
Easier to dominate.
- Comment on Docs used to be cool as hell 1 week ago:
This is very bad advice for cold weather.
- Comment on Docs used to be cool as hell 1 week ago:
Washing hands is overrated. It only leads to a weaker immune system.
- Comment on Docs used to be cool as hell 1 week ago:
This opium-cannabis-arsenic tincture will make you feel much better in no time.
- Comment on I am an amateur propagandist. A hobbyist. Enthusiast, if you will. 1 week ago:
One of Netanyahu’s sons was a press officer behind the lines, but the other was with combat intelligence at the front.
Israel is different in this regard. Everybody serves in the army. It’s also a small country. The military Is closely woven into society. The IDF is not a professional army, but mostly made up of reservists who are called up as needed. That means the political leaders will know people personally who have to fight.
What unit you serve in can make a big difference for your later success in life. Combat units, special forces, Air Force, and intelligence have the highest prestige.
Politicians benefit immensely in their credibility, if they have a distinct military career.
- Comment on he forgor 2 weeks ago:
Valid. Employers want people they hire to do as they are told.
- Comment on Talking to new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty — "This team has brought it back before, and I'm here to help us do it again." 2 weeks ago:
Full on gamer brain take.
- Comment on he forgor 2 weeks ago:
The qualification is social proof, that you’re from at least middle class background. Meaning you have a little manners and know social codes.
- Comment on me btw 2 weeks ago:
There are many nice and FOSS GUIs for the tasks ffmpeg is usually used for.
Handbrake is a great example for macOS, windows, Linux.
For more advanced video compression Shutter Encoder is fantastic.
Good old AVIDemux has a few other cool features as well, like cutting without reencoding.
There are also a bunch of straight up ffmpeg front ends as well.
Why do people use those shitty websites?
They show up as a fast and easy option without having to research, download, install, and learn to use a more complicated application.
- Comment on Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake | Two minor AWS outages have reportedly occurred as a result of actions by Amazon’s AI tools 2 weeks ago:
Sure, that’s the theory. In practice code review often looks like this:
- a quick glance to see if the code plausibly does what it claims for longer patches
- A long argument about some stylistic choice for short patches
In other words – people were barely reading merge requests before. Code reviews have limited effects as well. You won’t catch all bugs or see if it actually works just by looking at the code. Code reviews mainly serve to spread knowledge about the code among the team. The more code exists in a project, the harder it is to understand. You don’t want huge areas of code, that only one person has ever seen.
- Comment on Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake | Two minor AWS outages have reportedly occurred as a result of actions by Amazon’s AI tools 2 weeks ago:
Realistically what happens is the code review is done under time pressure and not very thoroughly.
- Comment on Save as PDF 4 weeks ago:
Better for LibreOffice and other software to read and write.
- Comment on Save as PDF 4 weeks ago:
Docx is bloated XML, but much better than the binary formats before.
- Comment on Save as PDF 4 weeks ago:
Apple‘s AirPrint standard for wireless printing is pretty much sending a PDF over IPP.
- Comment on What's your preferred version to watch Deep Space Nine? Is AI upscale worth it? 4 weeks ago:
The LaserDisc version of DS9 is available on archive.org, seasons 1 to 3. The aspect ratio is wrong for me when watching it in the browser. Download the files directly and watch locally.
Live long and enjoy :)
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- Comment on congrats to Egypt 4 weeks ago:
Domestic abuse is funny apparently when the evil gender is the victim.
- Comment on no shit 5 weeks ago:
It is a art
- Comment on Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) 5 weeks ago:
It’s good enough for shovelware alredy.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 5 weeks ago:
The short and bloodless battle could have been sold better. In a TNG episode someone (Worf) would have mentioned some ancient Klingon marital ritual of ritual combat. Even better when it’s a story from Klingon mythology. Then they could call a P‘Qouth and duke it out for a symbolic minute.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 1 month ago:
Sensible post, besides the glorification of the Ottoman Empire. The brutality and corruption of the Ottomans are the reason the Middle East and to a lesser extent the Balkans are such a shitshow.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 1 month ago:
Ritual combat is a thing.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x04 "Vox in Excelso" 1 month ago:
Ritual combat is something Klingons have a lot of cultural understanding and respect for. This fits right in.
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- Comment on Need help choosing a NAS. 1 month ago:
Depending on the Pi, you will be limited to USB2 speeds.
- Comment on Just couples things 2 months ago:
Give that poor lady a straw.
- Comment on I’m not saying that I agree with right- or center-wing views, and I do condemn transphobia. However, do you think there should be a distinction between critiquing beliefs held by transgender people, and engaging in transphobia? 2 months ago:
Differential diagnosis for mental health issues is never easy. One mental health issue can easily cause others. The major difference is that gender and being trans can become a big part of one’s identity. You don’t get that to that extent with other disorders.
Especially the overlap with autism is interesting and not obviouS. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-psychiatry/article/crossing-boundaries-unraveling-the-link-between-gender-dysphoria-and-autism/DB33E9208EF32A46C4AE83D9B673F498
Preliminary findings indicate that individuals with ASD may experience higher rates of gender dysphoria compared to the general population. Factors such as social communication difficulties, rigid thinking patterns, and heightened sensitivity to social norms appear to influence the experience of gender identity. Qualitative data reveal that many individuals navigate significant challenges in accessing appropriate support and validation, often feeling marginalized within both the autistic and gender-diverse communities.
Seek out interviews with detransitioners and people who used to work in gender affirming care, if you want to learn about Trans issues from someone besides activists.
- Comment on I’m not saying that I agree with right- or center-wing views, and I do condemn transphobia. However, do you think there should be a distinction between critiquing beliefs held by transgender people, and engaging in transphobia? 2 months ago:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.2147/AHMT.S135432
Evidence from the 10 available
prospective follow-up studies from childhood to adolescence
(reviewed in the study by Ristori and Steensma28) indicates
that for \~80% of children who meet the criteria for GDC,
the GD recedes with puberty
Puberty blockers are a strong change in your life and a severe intrusion into the natural development of a body. Instead of going through puberty like most other kids, the child will be behind in their physical development by years. That can lead to social and psychological problems of course.
There’s generally not much quality research into the long term effects, as you can read repeatedly in [the Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty_blocker#Research].
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 2 months ago:
Watch the video.
- Comment on cr(ule)ime 2 months ago:
State has the monopoly on violence.