AnarchistArtificer

@AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They just couldn't say the word⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I love it when I stumble across incredibly human moments like this in textbooks in the wild. It really brightens my day because it reminds me that a person (or more usually, people) wrote this hefty tome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨same as it ever was⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not on Bluesky, so I’m not going to follow this person. However, I really appreciate how considerate it is to leave this link for people who would like to. Thank you; this is the kind of action that communities are built on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon asks out a friend⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m also glad you didn’t fall down the incel hole, because then it’s likely that we wouldn’t have you here with us

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨found an anti-vax book at my library⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Anti-vaxxers often do a lot of reading, ime. The stuff they read is often bullshit written by scammers or other people who drank the Kool-aid, but I think the “research” they do is a big part of the anti-vaxx culture. My view is that many who are drawn into conspiracy theories end up there due to a diminished sense of agency, and that the “research” is key to them feeling more in control — it gives them a false sense of understanding in which they can take all their bad feelings about how the world is, and construct a worldview in which they feel more oriented.

  It reminds me a lot of the line “antisemitism is the socialism of fools”, though I feel like this is more like “anti-vax is the antiauthoritarianism of fools”. It’s frustrating because in some ways, they’re so close to understanding the ways in which the world is super fucked up, but they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and hide in a fortress of ignorance instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fishnet stockings⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Those are more like whalenet tights. Fishnets have smaller holes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What strategy would you use to estimate the number of hazelnuts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I got it laughably wrong

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember way back when I was still intimidated by the command line, I was having issues with a video, and the only info I could find was on using ffmpeg to do some conversions directly. I laugh at the memory of me being nonplussed at trying to launch ffmpeg and expecting a GUI to pop up.

  I am glad that I spent some time getting to know ffmpeg directly. There’s been a few times where knowing that it was ffmpeg under the hood helped me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft fires two more employees for participating in Palestine protests on campus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good for the fired employees. It sucks that they were fired, but by resisting, they escaped the wrong side of history. Symbolic gestures like this matter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My writing laptop just died⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seconding that massgrave is legit. I remember that I was nervous when I first installed Windows through this method, but I used it for years, across multiple different devices and never had any problems

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My writing laptop just died⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Expressing admiration at other people’s achievements is good, but you don’t need to diminish your own through comparison. Writing is a bloody difficult endeavour, regardless of the specific context. OP has mentioned that in their view, it’s easier to write lots when you’re basing it off of an established work, but even beyond that, different styles of writing have different objectives.

  Completing the draft of a book in a year is an impressive achievement that you should feel proud of, and I think we should use our shared understanding of how difficult it is to make something to build up ourselves and other creators.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After More Layoffs, Unionized IGN Workers Are Done Picking Up The Slack: "We feel greatly understaffed and undervalued"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree.

  Unions aren’t enough to fix the fucked up system that benefits free at the expense of the many, but it’s a good place to start.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even beyond the recent proscription of Palestine Action, UK anti-terrorism laws are concerningly vague. For example, anti-capitalist views are described as extremist views

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🎶 picture this we we're both butt naked banging on the bathroom door 🎶⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I miss having a long term partner because I fucking loved having someone to give my back a proper scrub. I felt like a snake shedding my skin. I have a loofah on a stick now, but it’s not the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't you creating more workers??⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I directly know multiple people who had to get what were effectively late term abortions due to pregnancy complications that would’ve put their lives at risk otherwise. We don’t live in the US, so they were fortunate to be able to get the medical care they needed, but it underscores the scariness of the situation in the US; these risks mean that becoming pregnant in the wrong place could literally be a life or death matter. If treatment is received, even people who experience severe complications may be able to have a successful pregnancy in future. Not having access to these things risks breaking the biological clock anyway, so waiting is not unreasonable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's hear it, little lemmings.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In order to properly comment, I think I’d need to learn more about the differences between socialism and communism as understood when Einstein wrote his essay. I have a good sense of how we understand and use those terms nowadays, but a lot has changed since then in terms of the development of political theories, but also the wider cultural context.

  What is clear though is that the essay was a ballsy move, even if Socialism was regarded as less dangerous than communism

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prove your humanity.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeast infections of the vulva/vagina spring to mind as an example of resident flora getting out of control

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's hear it, little lemmings.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, Socialism and Communism are different things. Regardless of one’s own personal perspective on the matter, it’s certainly plausible that someone could be in favour of socialism, but not communism (I can’t speak to Einstein’s views on communism specifically, given that much of what I know of his political views in this vein comes from his essay “Why Socialism?”. He may well have been a raging commie, but chose Socialism because he was aiming his piece at a particular audience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's hear it, little lemmings.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seeing your answer made me go "oh damn, yeah, I can’t believe I didn’t say Turing in my answer (I chose Einstein), because he would definitely be my choice. I must’ve missed that he was on there. After going back up to check the image, I conclude that you cheated, because Turing wasn’t an option :P

  I’ll allow it though, because it’s a good answer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's hear it, little lemmings.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably Einstein, because he seems like an interesting dude beyond his physics. He liked philosophy, for example, and is one of the examples that I invoke when I argue that university level science education should involve more philosophy — Einstein wasn’t an anomaly in this respect, but a good symbol for discussing how the practice of scientists doing philosophy seems to have waned over the 20th century.

  He was also pro-socialism, and had sensible takes about how science isn’t a universal solution to stuff, but a specialised tool that is good for some problems but not for others.

  Related: those who enjoy long video essays may enjoy this one from an awesome ex-astrophysicist: Einstein Was a Socialist; Should We Care? (1h16m)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The internet kind of sucks right now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  See, this is why I love being here — random, delightful stuff like this makes me feel more connected to strangers who I will never meet, which genuinely helps to fuel my overall sense of purpose in fighting for a better world (and in many cases, in just fighting to continue existing throughout grimness). Thanks for the recommendation

  Another person who comes to mind in this vein is the wonderful person who posts lots of cool owl content on the superbowl community (their username starts with anon, I think. Someone who knows how to tag users on Lemmy, feel free to tag them if you know who I mean)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨human geography⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A friend of mine had a similar problem when he, a Brit, was studying in the States. He was in the smoking area of a gay bar, when he asked a friend “shall I chuck this cigarette in the bin, or what?” (I.e. “are you going to come over here to take a drag of this cigarette before it’s over, or should I throw it away?”). Unfortunately, a common British slang word for cigarette is also a slur for gay people (it is a slur in the UK too, but the cigarette slang word is common enough that if someone hears the F word, they are far less likely to assume it’s in a slur context)

  On the bright side, apparently my friend hooked up with the guy who punched him, after my friend admonished him for being so rude as to punch a person in a country without free healthcare. Apparently Southern English accent gets you far in the States

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨human geography⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mischief Night

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I smell fresh blood.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gosh, that’s so misguided and tragic. The North American continent has so many beautiful landscapes and cool wildlife that doesn’t exist in most of Europe — and this was even more the case back in 1871. It obviously makes sense that they thought this way, given that the USA is borne of a colonial mindset, but damn, it’s sad that this made them so ignorant to what is cool and unique about their home

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My school did that, but it didn’t make much difference to the affordability if we’re looking at the impact on the kinds of families who regularly have to skip meals

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS to trial AI tool that speeds up hospital discharges⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even when there’s only one doctor who is needed to make the decision for someone to go home, it can still lead to long delays. My dad had a pretty complex surgery some years back, and I remember he was in hospital for more than a week more than necessary because he was waiting for the doctor to do his rounds.

  You’re right also to highlight the problem of people being supported at home causing delays to discharge. A friend who is a healthcare assistant in a rehab ward says that he’s seen it happen way too often where patients will end up in hospital again because they had insufficient help at home and became injured or unwell. I’ve had similar issues with being stuck between healthcare and social care services.

  I hope you’re doing okay now that you’re back home. Managing one’s health post discharge can be difficult, but I imagine it must be a relief to be out of the limbo of waiting to hear back from docs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slay The Princess - Official Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought this game on a whim after reading that the devs had said they’d rather people pirate it than have it spoiled for them. I don’t usually buy games full price, so this was a rare thing for me, but I have no regrets; it was one of my favourite games of that year.

  I just love how ripe for thematic analysis it is. For example, I’m a woman who has read a bunch of feminist and queer theory, and some of my interpretations of the themes were drastically different to a friend’s. I found it really cool that I didn’t necessarily disagree with their takes, nor they mine, but we both resonated with the game is strong but different ways

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon shares a family moment⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It does work, but because the antibodies wear off over time, it’s necessary to regularly repeat the treatment. This is, in fact, a key driver of the success of Grindr

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the truth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s so good. I moved somewhere with a large Chinese community, so items like this are stocked in my local supermarket. I had heard about it and assumed it was overhyped, but after trying it, I see how versatile it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the living dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well damn. I wasn’t expecting to be adding a new book to my reading list as a result of this thread, but y’all’s enthusiasm is such that I feel I have to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thoughts??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is only tangentially related to your story, but you reminded me of an old maths teacher who had a PhD in maths and once upon a time, had applied to work at an accounting firm. As part of the interview, he was told that he would have to sit a numeracy assessment. He responded “you do know I have a PhD in maths, right?”. They sympathised with his point but told him that everyone had to sit the test, as a matter of course.

  So my maths teacher goes and sits their silly test, and he scores so well that they accuse him of cheating! I can only assume that this debacle broke him in some way, because it wasn’t long after this that he started teaching. It’s a particular kind of weirdo who has a PhD in a subject and decides to teach teenagers. He was probably one of the best teachers I ever had (I wonder if I can find contact information for him to tell him that)