SkyeStarfall
@SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
she/they
- Comment on Why is kindness often viewed as a sign of naïveté? 14 hours ago:
With a slight addendum, tit for tat is best, while also allowing for an appropriate amount of forgiveness
Also this short game showcases the concept well ncase.me/trust/
- Comment on Apart, low in cholesterine 1 day ago:
Relieving dehydration does increase athletic performance, however
Now, sure, this might not have any difference compared to plain old water, but the marketing never claimed that!
And yes this sort of shitty trickery is exactly what they’re doing
- Comment on And I'm bored 6 days ago:
Yeah it’s like, I’m not gonna watch a movie when I’m sitting on the toilet or taking a short break on the couch. Same reason for why I go on here when I’m on the tram or similar
It’s intentionally meant to just be a low effort break activity. You very much can watch or read short-term media with intention
- Comment on Payment Processors Are Pressuring Major Gaming Vendors to Pull LGBTQ+ and NSFW Titles 6 days ago:
I keep people repeating this, but where are you getting this information from? I’ve never seen this claim before, and I’ve not noticed this happening when I’ve used itch in the past either?
- Comment on data transfer 1 week ago:
You have a 1.6 petabyte SSD?
- Comment on well? 2 weeks ago:
Yes I know what vacuum decay is, and the thing I referenced, the inflaton field, is a hypothetized false vacuum near the very start of the universe, that went through this exact process, giving rise to our current vacuum and ending the hypothetized inflation era
I know there’s a hypothesis that our current vacuum could be metastable as well, but that’s a seperate thing
- Comment on well? 2 weeks ago:
Astronomy is critical towards understanding the foundational principles of reality. Observing the universe around us is the guide for where physics should follow
And I think most people would agree that understanding how our world works, the physics of it all, is very very useful in unforeseen ways. Cannot hope to make a circuit if you don’t know how electricity works, right?
- Comment on well? 2 weeks ago:
That is literally what the current big bang theory says! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflationary_epoch?wprov=sf…
- Comment on Sabine Hossenfelder Has Started Openly Defending Proven Grifters 2 weeks ago:
She always gave me off vibes. I didn’t really understand why she got the recognition she did
- Comment on You'd need to calculate the compound interest 2 weeks ago:
Exactly why it’d be a curse
- Comment on investment 2 weeks ago:
While I get this sentiment, to me it still feels pointless, because it all just seems… boring?
Because what’s the thrill? That you might win money? But then if you intentionally go in with your sentiment, there is no money to be won. The thrill is gone.
Why not just play a video game instead?
- Comment on It's just loss. 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think it’s disingenuous. It represents the total share of resource consumption. If something has 2x the biomass, it consumed 2x the materials needed to produce that biomass (purely in terms of the makeup of the body, that is)
I don’t think count by itself is very relevant. There’s more bacteria in a glass of water than there are humans in a country, but what does that tell you, exactly?
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 4 weeks ago:
And it’s not just pets either, wildlife also gets affected by firework
- Comment on Cursed 5 weeks ago:
That’s because when you just type “source?” and nothing else people perceive it as you challenging/denying the claim in a slightly hostile manner
- Comment on Chemistry is weird 1 month ago:
I know you wrote H and O, and not H2 and O2, but I’m going to assume the gas forms because those two substances pretty much cannot exist in their pure forms
And for those, O2 is necessary for our life, and H2 is non-toxic, it’s just very flammable. So I don’t know if the comparison fully works
Of course, you’re right if you mean pure H and pure O, but, again, they will immediately combine to form a new substance
- 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? 1 month ago:
Frankly at this point self-diagnosis shouldn’t be as demonized as it is. Because getting a diagnosis is, 1. Expensive, 2. Involved as all hell sometimes, 3. Not all professionals being great, and 4. In certain countries cough the US cough, it gets you literally put on a list
I say this as someone who is diagnosed. Just preface any statements you make with you not being professionally diagnosed and that you think you might likely have it and such, and you should be fine. Ultimately the point of the diagnosis is to help you. If you feel like the autistic framework is useful to understanding yourself, use it.
- Comment on Hit it and quit it 2 months ago:
Hell yeah. Being a slut is great
- Comment on Hit it and quit it 2 months ago:
I mean, it is unironically a good question though. There’s no biological reason for why that can’t happen, and in fact, it would be more efficient! You’d be less exposed to predators etc
The actual answer is, of course, that there are other reasons for why it’s a longer activity. Such as, for example, it being about social bonding
- Comment on The solution to many problems 2 months ago:
I never can get anyone to give me a proper definition of processed food that doesn’t include obviously okay stuff like bread or yoghurt. As I wouldn’t call those foods prepared, they’ve been through multiple chemical and biological processes.
Ultra processes foods is something that tends to be more appropriate I think. That’s stuff like chips or fast food. Though even that I consider fine to eat in moderation, and I, personally, do. Though I agree it would be better if I completely cut those out. I just tend to eat a lot of pre-made foods due to disability reasons (frozen pizzas, pastas, and the like)
But yeah, I do know that the US has some very lax food laws unfortunately. So maybe that is a big part of the difference
- Comment on The solution to many problems 2 months ago:
I feel like this is you fighting phantoms. I highly doubt anyone would want to actively help someone die instead like, referring them to a psychologist or therapist or something
- Comment on The solution to many problems 2 months ago:
I guess it still leaves store-bought bread out I guess. Or yoghurt. Or milk
But nah, I really do think it’s extreme. Pre-made food isn’t bad for you
Either that or I’m just being European, idk
- Comment on It's bad man 2 months ago:
And nobody forces you to have kids, you know? If anything that’s just saying to make sure to make choices that you will be happy with in your life
- Comment on It's bad man 2 months ago:
As you grow you will keep appreciating the growing amounts of personal development
Eventually you think back to when you were worried about turning 25 and you’ll think “why would I ever wanna be 25 again? I had so much less knowledge and experience back then”
- Comment on A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I. 2 months ago:
Externalizing all of the difficult thinking to an LLM won’t exactly make you a skilled individual
So, yeah, if you plan to go to uni to just use LLMs because it’s less challenging to you, then there indeed is no point
But there’s never no point in actually learning those skills yourself. Just as there’s not no point in learning how arithmetics work, even though you can just use a calculator
- Comment on The only way to be 2 months ago:
Lmaoo building the Bob Semple tank, now that’s something
- Comment on The only way to be 2 months ago:
And herein lies the core of the issue of “business is a warzone/you need to be ruthless”
It’s in the business’ best interest to treat their employees well
If you have no allies, who are you left with?
- Comment on Onion be onioning again 2 months ago:
Yeah but like, the water is just going to clean everything off. Especially turbulent water like a hot tub
- Comment on French culture 2 months ago:
Actually, you’re right, I didn’t even think about it
If I wrote “I love to read, I read an interesting book every day”, then the way you say the latter ‘read’ shifts from my original example, and it depends on context that comes later in the sentence
Wack
- Comment on French culture 2 months ago:
“I love to read, I read an interesting book yesterday”
Seriously, who came up with this shit 😭
- Comment on I don't know who The Rizzler is and Im not interested. 2 months ago:
Why would that be a sign of wikipedia’s decline?
Should they not document a famous figure? It doesn’t matter whether it’s ridiculous or not, value judgement is not an encyclopedia’s place to do