Iconoclast
@Iconoclast@feddit.uk
- Submitted 18 hours ago to videos@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail? 5 days ago:
I’m not making any statements about universal truths here. I’ve simply followed the advice given to me and gotten good results with it, so I want to spread it forward. I’m just trying to be helpful. That seems to have been a mistake.
This is such a Lemmy moment again.
- Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail? 5 days ago:
I don’t think it’s luck. What probably explains more of it is that I was applying for a job that involves getting your hands dirty in a company with less than 10 employees.
- Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail? 5 days ago:
About two years ago and no, I didn’t know them (but I did have experience on the field) I just googled local companies. I got an interview in the second place I asked.
- Comment on Why do I almost never see people flying drones? 5 days ago:
That depends on the kind of drone you’re flying. For ones under 250 grams you only need to register as an operator. At least that’s the case where I live.
- Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail? 5 days ago:
Have you tried? Because I have.
- Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail? 5 days ago:
Sorry that I tried to be helpful.
- Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail? 5 days ago:
hasn’t worked in decades.
Not if you’re applying for Apple or Goldman Sachs. Different story with smaller local businesses.
- Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail? 5 days ago:
Go to a place that seems intetesting and ask for a job. Tell them that you have no experience but are willing to start by sweeping the floors and then learn as you go. The worst thing that can happen is that they say no.
Plenty of places aren’t actively hiring but that doesn’t mean they don’t have need for an extra pair of hands. Showing up in person gives a good impression.
- Comment on Why do I almost never see people flying drones? 5 days ago:
Depends on the drone of course, but for the most part the camera lens is so wide that you’re nothing more than a tiny speck on the screen. To actually recognize a person I’d need to fly so close that it’s obvious you’re being watched. The drones with cameras capable of that are loud enough that it won’t go unnoticed, and the people who invest that much in one generally have better things to do with it than being a creep.
I get your point and I don’t disagree. Just wanted to offer some perspective.
- Comment on Why do I almost never see people flying drones? 5 days ago:
All drone cameras are good in daylight. It’s mostly when you need a telephoto lens or better low-light performance that you need to be investings upwards of $1500 on it. Otherwise a $300 mini drone will do just fine.
- Comment on Why do I almost never see people flying drones? 5 days ago:
Yeah, EDC aerial reconnaissance is the other usecase besides photography. Nice to have something you can send to scout ahead before commiting to bushwhacking.
Doing stunts and tricks requires a different kind of drone though.
- Comment on Why do I almost never see people flying drones? 5 days ago:
Well yeah, it’s a camera that can fly so if one is not into photography then there’s not much use for drone either. However, I do see plenty of people carrying around cameras that often cost many times more than what a good entry-level drone costs so price shouldn’t be an issue there.
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- Comment on Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. 6 days ago:
What’s up with the word making a comeback tho?
Maybe people are just realizing that magic words don’t actually exist. There are infinite ways to be an asshole in the world without ever uttering a forbidden phrase.
- Comment on Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. 6 days ago:
If you pay the 2€, remember to unsubsribe from the monthly subsciption that those sneaky bastards sign you up for.
- Comment on Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. 6 days ago:
If the IQ test were a true indicator of intellect the score would be fixed each and every time it is taken regardless of outside influences.
This is the case with professional IQ tests. They’re among the most repeatable measures in the entire field of psychology.
- Comment on Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. 6 days ago:
They’re not bullshit - you just don’t like them or understand what they actually measure.
It’s a highly studied field with tests that produce repeatable results and correlate strongly with certain real-life success metrics.
- Comment on Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. 6 days ago:
You can say that, but it doesn’t make it true. I don’t think most of them are evil, and given their position they’re probably above average intelligence as well.
True evil is when causing harm (or suffering) is not merely a means to an end, but the end itself - the person derives pleasure or satisfaction from the act of harming others, independent of any larger goal. They don’t rationalize it as “necessary” or “for the greater good.” The suffering is the point.
- Comment on Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. 6 days ago:
People often say that psychopaths act like they do because they don’t know how it makes people feel but the opposite is actually true - they know exactly how other people feel which is why they’re so good at manipulating them. They simply just don’t feel bad about taking advantage of that.
- Comment on Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. 6 days ago:
I want to believe.
- Comment on did the Artemis crew really spend 10 days pooping in their diapers? 1 week ago:
No, they use the toilet.
- Comment on How should a news article website financially sustain itself? 1 week ago:
The Finnish version of Yle is the only news publisher I follow and it is tax payer fumded and ad free. It’s kind of a Finnish BBC. It’s not unbiased but broadly speaking their journalism is of quite high quality. It’s not of much use for people not from Finland but just an example that such thing can be done.
- Comment on How should a news article website financially sustain itself? 1 week ago:
This isn’t about how the consumer can get paid content for free but about how the creator can sustain the production of that content when hardly anyone is willing to pay for it.
- Comment on If I was in the market for a good used car, which car would be the best to outrun the cops? 1 week ago:
Yeah perfectly normal. Vatasen = Vatanen’s, Vataselle = to Vatanen, Vataselta = from Vatanen, Vatasessa = in Vatanen, and so on.
It’s a flexible language. I don’t envy the ones trying to learn it.
- Comment on How should a news article website financially sustain itself? 1 week ago:
Most people would prefer it to be both free and ad-free and just make it work somehow. Doesn’t matter how - use magic or whatever.
- Comment on If I was in the market for a good used car, which car would be the best to outrun the cops? 1 week ago:
No littering!
- Comment on If I was in the market for a good used car, which car would be the best to outrun the cops? 1 week ago:
It wasn’t designed to outrun the police and it didn’t. It got stuck and the driver killed himself. They did manage to destroy half of the town though.
- Comment on If I was in the market for a good used car, which car would be the best to outrun the cops? 1 week ago:
In Finland we have a saying that someone has “Vatasen jalat, mutta omat kädet” which translates to “Vatanen’s feet but your own hands.”
Ari Vatanen is a Finnish rally legend.
So in other words: it’s not the car, it’s the driver. Anyone can drive fast but that doesn’t matter if you can’t keep the car on the road.
- 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 week ago:
If you’re in an old car with no crumple zones, my intuition says it’s better to hit a modern car because then you also benefit from the other car’s crumple zones. Colliding with another rigid car would basically be like hitting a brick wall. I think the effect on the driver ends up the same in both cases.
If it’s two old cars with rigid bodies colliding, it’s exactly like hitting a brick wall. Even if the car itself is unharmed, the driver isn’t. It’s how quickly you stop that makes the impact dangerous, and in a car like that you stop almost instantly.
On the other hand, when two modern cars collide, there’s 2x the crumple zones, so the impact is the lowest there.
