scarabic

@scarabic@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If there's a sort of "apocalyptic" event but there are still surviving communities, will people be able to make eyeglasses again, or are people with vision issues gonna be fucked?⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Our modern life involves a lot of reading and writing and sometimes very technical work. But the work of surviving on planet earth is a little less vision intensive: farming, cooking, childcare, handcrafts. Depending on how bad your vision is you might even be slow and shitty at these, but people can adapt to a lot and figure out how to perform tasks they’ve done before, even with poor vision. Look at the blind: they can be functional. Yes there are things like hunting which you could. not. do. with poor vision but that’s why we live in tribes. Someone younger with better eyes will do that while you shell nuts all day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why people say they have a "boy cat" or a "girl cat" but when the cat grows up, they don't call is a "man cat" or "woman cat"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think for most people the answer is that pets are not considered peers. They have gender but we will never consider them on a level with human adults - maybe on a level with human babies or young children. We love and prize them, but we don’t give them equal rights and respect. Just like with children.

  It probably doesn’t help that we also spay/neuter them at birth, which not only prevents them from ever becoming repressive viable adults, but also affects their hormones permanently.

  FWIW I personally have two human kids and I refer to our German shepherd as the 3rd grownup in the house. I do say “good boy” but I also say “hey man” and call him “old man.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why people say they have a "boy cat" or a "girl cat" but when the cat grows up, they don't call is a "man cat" or "woman cat"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Right but why is that your opinion of how those words work? Because the only strict differentiation between man/boy and woman/girl is age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seeing shit like this kills me. People are so ignorant.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ignoring them isn’t working out that great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California is debating whether or not to remove the bike lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. During the public hearing, a politician was driving his car⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re SO close to getting it!

  The thought drivers are supposed to have when glancing over at that nice clear lane is: “Hm it might even be faster if I biked.”

  Instead, you apparently think “we should throw that lane down the throat of car overload rather than allow anyone alternatives.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These shipping tape things⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It takes some practice, and you have to understand how the blade engages based on the angle you’re holding it at. If you can figure that out, these are awesome. It doesn’t even have to be a fancy one or more expensive tape.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Poll] What social media platforms do you know about?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Metafilter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have kids and wanted them when I had them in my early 30s. I did not feel that want at 22. But neither did I think “I never want kids.”

  A lot of people’s view on this eventually crystallizes based on who they choose to spend their life with. You could meet someone who changes you and changes your view and who definitely wants kids and with whom you feel good about doing it. You could change your mind and that’s what it would look like if you did.

  I have had a vasectomy and when you do it you’re supposed to tell them if you have any chance of ever changing your mind. If I were you I’d answer yes to that.

  There’s no guarantee a vasectomy can ever be reversed. However they can perform the procedure in a way that leaves as much of your tubes as possible in the event that you might someday want to reconnect them. In my experience they will also make damn sure you know that there’s no guarantee. However though people lean hard on emphasizing that lack of guarantee, the fact is that many vasectomies are successfully reversed, so it is possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think is the largest number a human can actually grasp / truly comprehend?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes I believe there’s an over-emphasis on the visual here. There’s a low limit on how many distinct objects we can perceive visually at once but that’s not entirely the same as what numbers we can grasp and comprehend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you reconcile staying sane while keeping yourself up-to-date with the news?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remind myself that news media have a vested interest in keeping me outraged and on the edge of my seat, addicted to consuming their every update.

  There are definitely things worth getting outraged over. But on top of that we have an outrage industry harvesting our attention and fear for ad dollars.

  So I remind myself not to spiral down the doomclick drain. If something is THAT important I’m going to hear about it. I don’t need to be checking a news app daily.

  On top of this I do what I can to support change. We donate to Ukraine and Gaza relief efforts. We vote. We make our political views known to those around us to support right action in them as well (not talking about politics is what Trumpers want - they want cover for their fascist hate and violence - I make damn sure that everyone I know is aware that there’s no room for that shit in my life).

  Conserve your strength. Do everything material that you can, and don’t spend yourself past that point.

  But that first part is important: DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nobody in webdev knows what graceful degradation is anymore⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Developers having a narrower list of browsers to support is not ONLY about greed. You say it is NOT about making something that works to improve people’s lives. And I disagree with that.

  You can’t build a good piece of software and try To support every client under the sun since the beginning of time. There is a reasonable point to draw some lines and prioritize.

  So while greed is ONE factor, you seem to be saying it’s the only factor, and that people are stupid and broken for doing this. That’s going too far.

  It’s unrealistic to expect perfection. Today people want comprehensive client support. Tomorrow they will be outraged at some bug. But few realize: you may have to pick between the two. Because having zero bugs is a lot more achievable if you can focus on a small list of current browser clients. That’s just a fact. The next day they will be upset that there are ads in the site, but it may be ad revenue that pays for developers to fix all the bugs for all browser clients under the sun.

  People love to rant online about how NO you should give me EVERYTHING and do it for FREE but this is childish tantruming and has no relationship to reality. Devs are not an endless resource that just gives and gives forever. They are regular people who need to go home at night like anyone else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nobody in webdev knows what graceful degradation is anymore⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the idiot desire to get more money

  Yes, but we don’t have to make a total caricature out if it. We all need to prioritize our time. That isn’t evil, or broken, or wrong. That’s just life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nobody in webdev knows what graceful degradation is anymore⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  enormous

  It isn’t though. Thats the exact point. It’s a moderate effort that would prevent infinitesimal damage. That’s just it good math. People have to prioritize their time. If you have a numbers case to make about why the damage is so enormous, make it. That’s what it will take to be convincing: numbers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nobody in webdev knows what graceful degradation is anymore⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re correct, and I’m going to explain how this happens. I’m not justifying that it happens, just explaining it.

  It isn’t that nominee knows what graceful degradation is anymore. It’s that they don’t try to serve every browser that’s existed since the beginning of time.

  When you develop software, you have to make some choices about what clients you’re going to support, because you then need to test for all those clients to ensure you haven’t broken their experience.

  With ever-I creasing demands for more and more software delivery to drive ever greater business results, developers want to serve as few clients as possible. And they know exactly what clients their audience use - this is easy to see and log.

  This leads to conversations like: can we drop browser version X? It represents 0.4% of our audience but takes the same 10% of our testing effort as the top browser.”

  And of course the business heads making the demands on their time say yes, because they don’t want to slow down new projects by 10% over 0.4% of TAM. The developers are happy because it’s less work for them and fewer bizarre bugs to deal with from antiquated software.

  Not one person in this picture will fight for your right to turn off JavaScript just because you have some philosophy against it. It’s really no longer the “scripting language for animations and interactivity” on top of HTML like it used to be. It’s the entire application now. 🤷‍♂️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who have been in meetings to determine back to in office policy. What was the discussion like?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s for sure. But this is where their egos go big. They aren’t about optimizing just their job and leaving others alone. No, if it’s their way, it must be the best way. After all, how could anyone want or need anything other than they do? Unless something’s wrong with them! /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who have been in meetings to determine back to in office policy. What was the discussion like?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess they don’t, I was just thinking of how their job is essentially meeting and talking with lots of people, including inside and outside the company, and this benefits from in-person interactions moreso than, say, a programmer’s job does. It would have been more accurate if I’d said a CEO’s job is easier to do well and more enjoyable when everyone is in the office.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who have been in meetings to determine back to in office policy. What was the discussion like?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  CEOs basically have to do it, and most want to. And they think “hey I’m the CEO so I must be doing something right - my way is clearly the best way.” And that’s that in their minds. Hustle culture goes all the way to the top CEOs in the world. They just use different language, like “you must be driven, you need to want it more, if you don’t move aggressively to succeed then your competitors will…” they truly believe it’s the correct and virtuous life. To force it on others, in their mind, is doing them a favor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You don’t see articles like this about moms with three two jobs who still manage to take care of their kids.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes I understand that for some people out there, being a tech executive is their highest passion and true calling. But I hate it when those people turn around and expect everybody to act that way, and act like they’re just more virtuous for doing so. I have a very successful tech career but it’s a job, not my whole life. This society values money, so we keep asking rich people for life advice, as if they have tapped into something deeply human and universal. They haven’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How half the US lost part of their minds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “GenX was hit the hardest” is a direct quote from the video, timecode 17:02

  Yes there is more than just that one quote to consider, but what are you doing saying it wasn’t in the video?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best single episodes to show people new to Trek?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s got some good hooks too because once you watch it with someone you can run around saying “Shaka, when the walls fell,” and they will feel like they are now in on the joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best single episodes to show people new to Trek?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have shown this to people as their first. It works. It’s a highly unusual story so some people may or may not “get it” but there isn’t any issue with it being a first entree into the franchise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks like you just heard a swipe at Christianity out of the blue and took offense to it, but there is actually a significant amount of context here. OP’s conflict is framed very much as a Christian struggle between “being a spiritual person” according to the bible and “lusting after women.”

  I don’t think we need more information from OP to label Christianity’s attitudes toward sex and even women generally, and absolutely sex workers, as toxic. You don’t have to agree with that but it’s not exactly out of the blue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Personal Responsibility⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta be fake, right? This is beyond.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Trans need to be safe. RWNJ’s need to feel safe

  Being safe outweighs feeling safe, so this whole analogy is void.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not necessarily zero-sum to say that occasionally people’s interests come into conflict.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come nobody does anything about North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The US has invested a lot in its capacity to police the world (just look at how many bases we have around the world). So it’s logical to ask why the US would or wouldn’t police something. And usually before the US polices something with force, they start talking about it publicly.

  Benin has no such capacity or intentions and so neither polices anything nor telegraphs its opinions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come nobody does anything about North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  NK could not defeat the US or China militarily but it could do quite a bit of damage to SK before anyone could stop them. This is a big reason the US doesn’t intervene.

  China is concerned about the population of NK suddenly becoming millions of refugees they’ll need to recuse and deal with. So they would rather the regime not collapse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Turning the question around, too, it is clear why small manufacturers MUST use all the top spec parts: they don’t have Apple or Google’s brand and ecosystem of services to fall back on. Who’s going to buy a phone from a nobody brand with no services or ecosystem that also has crappy specs? Apple and Google can get away with it, and cheaper parts are cheaper which helps their profit margins. Small brands have to try hard to wow the world and get noticed. One way to do that is to compete on specs. In my opinion it’s a crappy way. But it’s a way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you had any idea the kind of info that mothers and daughters have to talk about, you wouldn’t worry about helping your son trim the verge :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have a source but I’ve read that young children can learn up to 4 languages at once, without mixing them up, before they show any sign of strain.