WhoRoger
@WhoRoger@lemmy.world
Everything on the Internet is public domain.
If I disappear for 3 weeks, assume I’m dead.
- Comment on Do other people ever have the experience of simulating yourself doing something in your head, and then doing it in real life exactly how you imagined it? 1 year ago:
That’s how I learned to tie my shoelaces as a kid. I was “taught” by a cousin iirc, who was barely older than me and couldn’t demonstrate it properly. I figured it out on my own by visualising it. It’s the bunny ears method that I use to this day.
- Comment on Recommendations for good YT channels exploring lore and stories 1 year ago:
Check out Like Stories of Old and Joseph Anderson, although the latter haven’t posted anything in a long time…
- Comment on Can’t create post in !theNetherlands@feddit.nl 1 year ago:
Ah okay
- Comment on Can’t create post in !theNetherlands@feddit.nl 1 year ago:
Isn’t feddit.nl defederated?
- Comment on Fun episodes 1 year ago:
How about outside Trek… Have you seen The Orville? At least the first season is more laugh than serious. Also Firefly.
- Comment on Why are batteries in phones always measured in mAh instead of Wh like for example notebooks? 1 year ago:
*customers, please. I don’t consume batteries.
- Comment on Why are batteries in phones always measured in mAh instead of Wh like for example notebooks? 1 year ago:
If you mean non-rechargeables, all batteries of the same technology are really the same in capacity. Doesn’t matter if you buy an expensive brand or the cheapest bulk store brand, the difference is a couple percent and depends more on the age of the cell and how it was handled.
Just get cheapest store-brand alkaline if you must, but really best avoid altogether and use rechargeable.
- Comment on For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories? 1 year ago:
I have a case with a ring/stand. I also often use one-handed mode in the keyboard or in the UI.
- Comment on if it turned out there was a sentient AI capable of running the world would you accept it or rebell against it? 1 year ago:
That’s why I’m saying we need new forms of government and new kinds of people, someone willing and able to question everything. It’s possible that eventually it will be moot as AI becomes too good at manipulation, but for the time being, we at least need people to read through AI-generated emails and articles before hitting send. And with more advanced features, people with enough expertise to critique the results AI is giving.
- Comment on if it turned out there was a sentient AI capable of running the world would you accept it or rebell against it? 1 year ago:
We already have AI running all the shit. If you’re looking for a job, AIs look through resumes, they can hire you and fire you and do everything else around it. AI determine if you can get a loan and with what interest rate.
I don’t feel like we’re better for it.
AI can design kickass cars and fusion reactors, but removing people from decisions about people doesn’t seem like a great idea.
Besides, even if AI was actually better at it, the fact that it’s not as fireable or held accountable like a human can (at least in theory) makes it an issue.
Basically I’m ok if AI gives suggestions, even at the top level, but there need to be people able to go “hol up, that’s not something we actually want” if it declares something stupid.
I do think we’ll need new forms of government and different kind of people to coexist with AI at those governments.
- Comment on Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds 1 year ago:
Sounds like another problem we have thanks to DRM and telemetry.
- Comment on How can I be less competitive about social media engagement? 1 year ago:
I think that’s pretty normal, honestly. Especially for an artist where praise is the only reward, having low engagement can be depressing. It’s just what it is.
I don’t have any advice, and I don’t think advices “think of…” or “take it as…” are any useful. Maybe I can say try to do the art primarily for yourself rather than for others?
Or if you feel like it, you can try doing more niche/different stuff. People who like very specific, oddball things, tend to bs more appreciative, and there’s less “competition”, if you will. And challenging yourself to do something different and new can be good for you too, but it depends on what you wanna do.
I can only guess it’ll eventually bump out, maybe you’ll post less, or find a small hardcore audience, or maybe stop caring about it. Or not. An artist’s life is weird.
- Comment on 1 year ago:
Lingo Deer is pretty much the same thing for Asian languages, iirc
- Comment on Can I keep fried eggs in fridge? 1 year ago:
You need to use lower power on the microwave.
- Comment on Can I keep fried eggs in fridge? 1 year ago:
I’m a poor person, I know a lot about how food lasts beyond expiry dates.
There’s being overly afraid of going past best-by date, and there’s being stupid by eating 2 weeks old leftovers from the fridge.
After 5 days I wouldn’t eat anything opened or already cooked from the fridge that isn’t naturally preserved (like cheese or sour cream). Things go bad in the fridge too.
I’ve not tried 2 weeks old rice, and I don’t want to. You want to keep something edible more than a few days, that’s what the freezer is for.
- Comment on Can I keep fried eggs in fridge? 1 year ago:
Right, salmonella isn’t the thing to worry about cooked food. But other things are if you keep leftovers for a week or two.
- Comment on Can I keep fried eggs in fridge? 1 year ago:
I agree with day or two tops, but the microwave/pan thing I see completely the opposite way. Microwave is ok to heat up eggs, while refrying in a pan you are likely to dry them up and it just can’t be the same the 2nd time.
- Comment on Can I keep fried eggs in fridge? 1 year ago:
A week or two for leftovers? How are you not dead of salmonella. Eggs are good for maybe 2 days in a fridge.
- Comment on ‘I just assumed it would happen’: the unspoken grief of childless men 1 year ago:
I’m two minds about it - on one hand, I have the feeling of missing out on this whole thing; on the other hand, I do believe it’s very unwise to bring new kids into this world.
I get to babysit my friends’ kids sometimes tho, and maybe that’s the best of both worlds. Still get to engage with kids and have fun with them, but also don’t need to deal with worries, especially about their futures.
I’ve been wondering how realistic it would be for a single guy to adopt, or be a foster parent or something. But considering how stupidly difficult it can be for even well-adjusted, middle class couples to adopt, I’m quite sure it’s unrealistic. Never mind the suspicion and prejudice men face when it comes to caring for kids. I won’t even get into that…
- Comment on what is RSS? 1 year ago:
I’ll add the important bit, that it’s this icon:
If you see this icon, click it. If you have a program/app that can read the feed, it will open and you’ll see what it does.
Even Lemmy communities have their own RSS feeds, tho it’s limited to last 10 or 50? Idk, posts.
- Comment on Who’s the eyepatch guy, and why is he a meme? 1 year ago:
I dunno why he’s wearing the patch, but that’s the German Chancellor, and yesterday he posted that photo with an eyepatch and basically dared the whole internet to make memes of him.
- Comment on What are some alternatives to bars that stay open late for folks that don't drink alcohol? 1 year ago:
Yea I had the same feeling like what you’re describing.
- Comment on What are some alternatives to bars that stay open late for folks that don't drink alcohol? 1 year ago:
Book clubs. When I was driving a night taxi, the latest customers on workdays were book club people.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I have a feeling all of your sorts are just reading of a script. Some C-grade armchair psychologist has made some half-assed observation 20 years ago and now the likes of you have nothing else to argue with when someone calls out your insecurities.
Anyway, you’re no fun, bye
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Female as a noun sounds more formal, distant and depersonalizing than woman. Language is all about nuance.
Well, we’re talking about some random anonymous person on the internet. I think not being personal is quite valid, especially since nowadays you never know how they identify.
In fact, I do find it odd how first people were being offended by others assuming their identity, so some circles just began to use more general and broad terms, and now that’s offensive too.
I tend to refer to singular people on the internet as “person”, and I have been corrected by them or.others, i.e. “I’m a woman!” Like, geez, I don’t care or need to know, to me you’re just a bunch of words, you may be a chatbot for what I know.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Haha now that you put it like that, you make them seem even worse. Indeed, people who are so sensitive that they can’t stand anything, are also aggravating enough that other people don’t want to be around them.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I still don’t see how one is offensive and one isn’t, when they describe the exact same thing.
It’s as if programmers (noun) were offended when someome says they program (verb) or vice versa.
Yea I see how you may not want to be reduced to just a word describing some quality of yours, but come on, going to war over it is really stupid.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
TIL all doctors, military, police etc. are incels.
Are you ok with calling men “males”?
People forget that there are also girls, teenagers and possibly other variants you may want to specify (plus all the male ones etc.).
By using female/male you cover those bases.
Besides, have you never seen internet posts like in AITA or such using F/M?
Never mind all the professional language (e.g. “military age male”).
Just, come on. Getting insulted over bullshit.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Are you ok with calling men “males”?
People forget that there are also girls, teenagers and possibly other variants you may want to specify (plus all the male ones etc.).
By using female/male you cover those bases.
Besides, have you never seen internet posts like in AITA or such using F/M?
Never mind all the professional language (e.g. “military age male”).
Just, come on. Getting insulted over bullshit.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I’m just gonna pile on that snowflakes are stupid and deserve the same kind of treatment - blocks and bans.
