tmyakal

@tmyakal@infosec.pub

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rich ppl live longer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Alcohol on its own does not cause social occasions or reduce loneliness. Plenty of people drink alone, and plenty of people gather socially without drinking.

  That said, while the advice from a health standpoint is that no amount of alcohol is completely safe to drink, humans do risky shit all the time for fun or convenience. More people get hurt in car accidents than develop alcohol-related diseases, but no one is stopping driving. The difference in outcomes between people who have zero drinks per day versus 1-2 drinks per day is much less than the difference between 1-2 and 5+ drinks. So occasional/light drinking is still relatively low-risk. It’s just not actively good for you as previously thought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rich ppl live longer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  OP is referring to the j-curve historically seen in studies about drinking. Because researchers didn’t control for people who stopped drinking after years of abuse or people who couldn’t drink because of other health issues, it looked like having 0 drinks per day led to worse health outcomes than 1-2 drinks per day. Because of that, many health organizations spent decades telling people that 1-2 drinks per day was better for you than 0 drinks per day.

  Someone finally controlled for those variables a few years ago, and the j-curve vanished. Most health organizations now say they’re is no amount of alcohol that is safe to consume.

  So it’s got nothing to do with Gen Z drinking habit specifically, and the science has been corrected since. But a lot of people still internalized and parrot the “1-2 drinks is healthy” thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assmold fans being moldy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to be buddies with a retired NYPD patrolman. One of the most funded and well-trained municipal police forces in the US. With regular range testing, they were expected to hit their targets 40% of the time.

  I’ll say that again: in a controlled environment, against unmoving targets, an NYPD officer can usually miss, and that’s fine. Does anyone think they suddenly get more accurate once adrenalin is pumping and a teenager is running away from them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is strong⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It is either that or one of the scariest and most confounding things. Different strokes for different folks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brilliant‼️⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Big difference between serving alcohol and selling alcohol. When I was doing 3rd shift, we’d get out at 5AM, head straight for the gas station, and pour tallboys into paper cups and drink in front of the store.

  First bus home came by at 6:30. I was usually pretty buzzed by then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Price of this Candy Bar⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even red meat. I’ve basically given up on beef and pork because it’s so expensive. Just tofu or poultry these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh no⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just not the case.

  That’s literally the point of the meme: that there’s a point where it’s gotten good enough that you can’t tell. And some models are at that point. That’s why legitimate artists are now getting accused of using AI and finding it very hard to prove to people that they’re not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, caloric measurement is always an approximation. No two servings will ever have the exact same number of calories. Even if they did, different gut biomes will also feed on those macronutrients to different extents. Couple that with everyone having different metabolic rates, and 2 calories is indistinguishable from a rounding error.

  And the guidance from the FDA reinforces this. The reason this panel shows 0 instead of 2 is not because anyone screwed up or is trying to mislead; it’s because any serving that provides less than 5 calories is supposed to be rounded to 0 per FDA regulation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need to restart my morning jog⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Both bodies are valid

  Actually, I think that first guy really needs to drink some water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disc drive needed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got a similarly older vehicle. I ended up buying a little Bluetooth dongle that plugs into the aux jack for, like, $10.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One on the left line line Mike Bloomberg.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always have at least one good picture of yourself for display at your funeral memorial⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m down to three living relatives: my father, a sister, and a brother. I can tell you the most recent photo each of those people has of me:

  • My father - 7th grade yearbook photo from the '90s.
  • My sister - When I was an usher at her wedding 15 years ago.
  • My brother - A selfie I posed with him for on his first day of college 18 years ago.

  I’ve occasionally been caught in candids or group photos with friends since then, but it’s very rare because I usually offer to shoot the photos for everyone else. And it’s not like my family know who my friends are or how to contact them.

  So, yeah, if I died tomorrow, I literally don’t think they could have a photo of me at the funeral.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pikachu⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dr. King’s policy was, if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That’s very good. He only made one fallacious assumption. In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.

  Stokely Carmichael

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love when someone has already answered my question in the comments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t you lie to me⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The case would be thrown out if it made it to a judge with that evidence. But the stings were often a pretense to initiate a stop-and-frisk where additional charges are going to get trumped up. Then they’ll lock you in a room where they just need to convince you that any one of those charges might stick, you’ll have a criminal record, and your life is over. Now you’re plea-bargaining down to a misdemeanor because the cops lied and intimidated you into avoiding a trial where your evidence would be presented.

  The obvious answer is “lawyer up immediately,” but many people can’t afford lawyers. So now you’re getting an overworked, underpaid public defender who wants to spend as little time on your case as possible. You know what they’ll tell you? “Take the deal.”

  The system as it is right now is designed to favor the state. Judges and prosecutors have been trying to reduce the number of jury trials for decades, often arguing that they’re cumbersome and time consuming. Fewer and fewer people get their day in court. Around 95% of US criminal convictions these days come from plea deals where no one had to present evidence. Instead of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury, the police and the DA just need to convince the accused that the state is too tough to fight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t you lie to me⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The article is from a site called “Police Mag” and quotes NYPD representatives. I would take what they say about how successful, fair, and justly enforced these stings were with a grain of salt.

  It literally says they stop-and-frisk if the “perpetrator” didn’t immediately return the wallet to the officer. On a crowded street or subway, it’s very possible to see a wallet on the ground and not see who dropped it, and now you’re getting pulled into one of the most bullshit warrantless search practices of modern policing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t you lie to me⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …what? Where do you live that cops get fired? Certainly not the US.

  And, yes, people have sued the NYPD. Often and repeatedly. That has only changed how they define their practices, not what those practices are. For example, NYPD officially stopped having quotas for stop-and-frisks after the lawsuit ~15 years ago, but everyone inside the department knows that if you have the fewest stops, you’ll get worse assignments and are more likely to be passed over for promotion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t you lie to me⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. I should just stop using lemmy on my phone. Autocorrect continues to make me look stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t you lie to me⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Theft. Pickpocketing. You’ve got a wallet that isn’t yours, so you must have stolen it. Nevermind that the office arresting you put it there and watched you pick it up, because it’s your word against there’s.

  It was a quick and easy way for cops to hit their quota, even if the DA didn’t end up prosecuting. Although usually they’d at least try to threaten you into a plea just to help their conviction rate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t you lie to me⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely this. NYPD used to set up “stings” where they’d place a wallet like this down and then arrest the first person to pick it up. Doesn’t matter if you were going to take it to the police station to turn it in or not, they just arrest you on the spot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hi neighbor! I love seeing other locals on lemmy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a hell of a lot better than it used to be. I remember being scared to be there in the '90s. They’ve put a lot of money into cleaning up downtown and the waterfront. Crime has plummeted through the floor. New construction and new restaurants have moved in. These days, it’s nearly the hipster Brooklyn scene of the Capital Region.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure you can still take Rt 13 and Rt 20 most of the way. Going through each town and hitting lights will add some time, sure, but we’re talking an hour, maybe 90 minutes. Odysseus has no excuse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon orders food⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  sales tax would be less than a dollar

  Entirely locality dependent. Where I live, tax on a $20 tab would be a little under $2. I know there’s some municipalities where it’d be as high as $2.40.

  So, sure, technically still not $25, but once you need more than a $20 bill, it’s not obscene to round up to the nearest $5.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*landbastard intensifies at the right of replacing a 2 dollar light switch".⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … did you even read the thread your responding to? The whole premise is a landlord making a value judgement on the additional 8 hours per day that may incur wear and tear on the property.

  And to be clear, I’m not arguing the validity of that position. I’m arguing the legality of that clause. It’s difficult to prove and likely prohibitively expensive to enforce, but not fundamentally illegal in much of the US. If the landlord puts it in the lease, and the tenant signs that lease, then the tenant better be prepared for argumentative bullshit from their landlord.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three developers' different philosophies on difficulty for their games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone told me they didn’t like the Soulslike aspects of Expedition 33. I was baffled, could not understand what they meant. The entirety of E33’s gameplay is practically stolen wholesale from Super Mario RPG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*landbastard intensifies at the right of replacing a 2 dollar light switch".⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not exclusively. There are plenty that are run privately and/or partner with rehab clinics as the next step after in-patient detox.

  Yes, a lot of people can end up there as part of a sentencing agreement, but not all. I would be surprised if it was even most. And regardless of inciting circumstances, it’s still a living situation that is contingent on strict rules and guidelines that the tenant must agree to or face eviction. Which is exactly what we’re talking about: can a landlord dictate the conditions under which you’re allowed to stay? Yes, as long as it’s in writing, agreed to by both parties, and doesn’t violate any local, state, or federal laws.

  If you want a less extreme example, we can talk about a lease that stipulates no smoking inside. That’s a pretty standard clause these days in localities that allow it. Would we give it the same scrutiny and pushback? Probably not, because most people don’t smoke these days and that expectation has been normalized. Just because landlords haven’t gotten to normalize limited usage hours for a property yet doesn’t mean it’s illegal for them to try.

  TL;DR: If it’s not illegal, a lease can require anything both parties agree to. Not saying that is right, common, or economical to enforce, but it’s a thing that is true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s a reasonable tip for a barber? (America)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  workers will finally ask for livable wages from their employers

  Most states allow booth renting, which means that the barber or stylist is paying the salon/shop owner for the privilege of working there. They can be expected to help keep the place clean, only sell products the shop owner authorizes, be available for walk-ins a certain number of hours per week, and keep pricing in line with that shop’s policies, but otherwise they’re “their own boss.” Whatever that means at that point.

  So many barbers and stylists are not making wages. They’ve effectively got a landlord who sets their prices for them. The only power they have is to change shops and hope for a less abusive landlord, but that also risks alienating reliable and repeating customers.

  It’s an absolutely fucked and predatory system. It requires a legislative fix, but just like the other big tip-dependent sector of food service, the people in these jobs are overwhelmingly overworked women struggling to make ends meet. Many people find it difficult to engage in political advocacy when they’re struggling to survive.

  Basically, I hate this “ask for livable wages” rhetoric because at-risk people have the hardest time self-advocating. Don’t blame poor people for being poor. See that there’s a problem and advocate on for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*landbastard intensifies at the right of replacing a 2 dollar light switch".⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed, I said exactly as much:

  enforceable as long as they don’t explicitly conflict with local laws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*landbastard intensifies at the right of replacing a 2 dollar light switch".⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, as I said, it’s a very difficult thing to prove and absolutely not worth the money wasted trying to enforce it. But there’s no rule saying dogs can’t play basketball. If a landlord wants to put it in, and a tenant knowingly signs it, the tenant needs to be prepared for the possibility of this turning into a huge pain in the ass.