Rexelpitlum
@Rexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on I try. 2 months ago:
l often think the same until I actually have a chance to talk to the people in question.
Most times it turns out they are quite similar to me.
You are probably better than you think you are!
- Comment on Curse of Knowledge 2 months ago:
You might be interested in this TED talk:
- Comment on These motivational messages on the computer screen in an emergency department hospital room 2 months ago:
ls this meant for the staff or for the patients?
Either way it is time to talk to the responsible person to make it clear that this is neither appropriate nor helpful (and perhaps suggest some alternatives).
- Comment on These motivational messages on the computer screen in an emergency department hospital room 2 months ago:
Does it have a plug?
- Comment on Conservation irl 2 months ago:
I don’t get the meme… They throw it all in the rectangular hole?
But the thing with the dying bees is just the marketing simplification, everyone involved knows that.
- Comment on Spotify update broke playing from another device... AGAIN 2 months ago:
Is there a way to install previous versions that doesn’t involve binary packages from ominous websites?
- Comment on Spotify update broke playing from another device... AGAIN 2 months ago:
Switched to Deezer lately after getting annoyed of features being removed or worsened.
Deezer is roughly comparable to Spotify. And at least I am not supporting the near-monopolist now.
- Comment on What fresh fuckery is this? 2 months ago:
Embedded Video worked for me in mobile browser.
Fennec with ublock und Noscript.
- Comment on A nightly Waymo robotaxi parking lot honkfest is waking San Francisco neighbors 3 months ago:
Doesn’t help in summer…
- Comment on A nightly Waymo robotaxi parking lot honkfest is waking San Francisco neighbors 3 months ago:
The article itself sounds a lot more relaxed than the heading suggests.
Nonetheless, this is still stuff for c/fuckcars
- Comment on 8 Minutes 3 months ago:
I thought the same after writing the gravity wave comment. Really not sure what the effects would be and the equations involved are far from intuitive…
Is Randall doing new What-If stuff? I have only seen old articles on his website recently.
- Comment on Why do people complain about multiple streaming platforms existing? 3 months ago:
Your description fits, though.
Back to the old, but still very true quote:
“Piracy is a service problem.”
- Comment on Why do people complain about multiple streaming platforms existing? 3 months ago:
No, they would put on a pirate hat and hit the seven seas again.
I mean, that is basically where we are coming from. And the record companies still remembering this is the reason we still have usable music streaming services. Might change again as time passes though…
- Comment on 8 Minutes 3 months ago:
I wonder if you had the opportunity to do so leisurely.
A suddenly vanishing sun would also mean a spectularly high energy gravity wave hitting the earth. You might be dead before even realizing that anything is off…
- Comment on 8 Minutes 3 months ago:
There is a really great short story by Larry Niven based on a similar topic:
“Inconstant Moon”
There is also an “Outer Limits” episode based on this. I watched that before knowing the short story and is one of only 2 or three OL episodes that I still have an active memory of…