Sergio
@Sergio@lemmy.world
This is the alt of @Sergio@slrpnk.net. I only really plan to use this to make posts where I want youtube video thumbnails to be seen by more people. Oops looks like this is my main until slrpnk.net comes back up. I’m also Terencio on mastodon.social btw.
- Comment on A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit 1 week ago:
Well let’s see… first we gotta figure out the analogy:
- carriers = posts promoting a product
- carrier escorts = posts commenting on and upvoting the “carrier” post
- torpedos/dive-bombs = bot-delivered replies that disparage “carrier” posts. They “hit” if they get highly upvoted
- fighters = bots that downvote carrier-fleet posts and upvote torpedo/dive-bomb replies
- carrier “screen” fighters = bots that post attacks on enemy fighters and munitions
- carrier AA fire = bots that downvote attacks by enemy fighter bots
The analogy is still a little clumsy… are “carriers” posts, or are they the bots that make the posts? etc. But a Midway-like battle would involve a modest but strategically-positioned product-promoting community that is about to be surprised-attacked by a rival, who will make several posts disparaging the product. But the attack is identified through corporate espionage. The posts are hard to find, so the “fighters” have to search for them but ultimately they do, and after fierce up- and down-voting, the attacking posts are deeply downvoted.
- Comment on Anon ups his fibre intake 1 week ago:
I read somewhere that there are actually two types of fiber, and they have different effects, but most food is only ever labelled “fiber” so idk.
- Comment on Anon ups his fibre intake 1 week ago:
something something bottled water left in the sun something microplastics.
- Comment on What the fuck 1 week ago:
ur gonna give birth to a meme.
- Comment on A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit 1 week ago:
Also elderly people. Me or other family buy groceries for an aunt, she has Amazon for emergencies.
- Comment on A Completely Natural Conversation in the NYC Reddit 1 week ago:
fleet of accounts
I like the use of the term “fleet” in this context, bc it brings to mind the Battle of Midway but re-done with bots online.
- Comment on "Sad thing to be, nonsensical thing to want to be" 💔🥀💔🥀 2 weeks ago:
Guatemala is awesome. The countryside is beautiful and the people are descended from one of humanity’s major civilizations, the Mayans.
I realize OP is only half-serious, but they still come off as really ignorant.
- Comment on *pat pat pat* 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I didn’t realize that when I first heard it. I guess that’s why it’s a punishment. If they just hung a tiny parakeet off his neck, it wouldn’t be much of a punishment.
- Comment on But but but 2 weeks ago:
If it’s not in a song by Sabaton or Iron Maiden, it ain’t real history.
- Comment on Anon predicts the future 2 weeks ago:
much more fun than a plain flawless mirror.
yeah agreed! Back in the day I used to generate text for fun with n-grams and I never went higher than bigrams bc it was boring without those unexpected disfluencies. I thought of it being like an electric guitar, you want it to sound a little raw.
- Comment on *pat pat pat* 2 weeks ago:
Original Illustration to Samuel Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, 1798 (not colorized).
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 2 weeks ago:
That’s what I was gonna say. It doesn’t even have to be a religious thing. To a lot of people church/mosque/temple is a cultural thing.
- Comment on How bad is it that Israel has attacked Iran? 2 weeks ago:
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”
History’s like that too. People took their best guesses, but nobody knew for sure.
- Comment on Is it normal that I have this inner conflict of not knowing where I belong? 3 weeks ago:
Check out youth hostels / Hostelling International. Basically they’re inexpensive dorm-like hotels mostly targetted at younger backpackers. The ones in LA and Boston are in great locations. About 12% of Americans are of German descent (cite) so ask around, you or a family friend probably have a distant relative who immigrated here at some point.
So: get a cheap plane ticket. Fly into a city with a youth hostel. Wander around for a while. Catch a Greyhound Bus to visit your distant relative in Iowa. Hang out with them for a while. Catch another Greyhound to another city with a youth hostel. Fly back. You will meet a lot of people in the hostels. You’ll meet a lot of people on the Greyhound. Look up stuff ahead of time, not just tourist stuff but concerts or clubs or sports events wherever you go to. Sure it costs money but it’s a hell of a lot more fun than a resort or a cruise or whatever. Wait, isn’t “wanderjahr” a German word? Anyway after you spend a month or two here you’ll know whether you still like us or not.
- Comment on "And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?" 3 weeks ago:
I think the really wealthy old-money people would never say such a thing. Because such a thing just wouldn’t occur to them. And if someone said that to them, they’d just kind of smile and nod the same way they would to a toddler. Maybe say “Ah, yes, very good.” So that’s probably the best response.
But if I were writing a screenplay and had to come up with a one-liner I’d probably go with, “Just goes to show you can’t buy class.”
- Comment on Why do I drag my feet when it's time to start a new task even if I know I'll enjoy it once I get started? 3 weeks ago:
A lot of people are saying ADHD, but I think in some cases it could also be anxiety or depression.
- Comment on Trending Communities for Friday 6th June 2025 3 weeks ago:
Active User Growth
!unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org, unix_surrealism, 146 => 613, 583 posts (4 this week)
One of the best things about the fediverse.