adespoton
@adespoton@lemmy.ca
- Comment on how do I avoid becoming conformist, lazy and completely incapable of learning something new? 2 days ago:
This is important. Learning involves change based on a balance of positive and negative feedback. Be comfortable making mistakes and learning not to repeat them in other contexts. Also learn how to use mistakes to improve on methods that didn’t seem like mistakes at the time.
- Comment on Couldn't someone living near a border just go over and buy stuff and skip the tariffs? 2 days ago:
“Oh yes, officer! This is my washer and dryer from home… I just felt like they needed a bit of fresh air!”
- Comment on What would the world look like if every worker got together and Unionized for a universale wage that helps everyone? Instead of one country trying to screw over another? 2 days ago:
Well, you could argue that China already has the structure being described here. How does it work out there?
I was assuming a union system similar to what is currently used in the US. If it’s not democratic, you’re going to have other issues.
Of course, ranked choice could mitigate some of the issues, but you can’t get away from the power imbalance problem.
- Comment on What would the world look like if every worker got together and Unionized for a universale wage that helps everyone? Instead of one country trying to screw over another? 2 days ago:
Yup.
- Comment on What would the world look like if every worker got together and Unionized for a universale wage that helps everyone? Instead of one country trying to screw over another? 2 days ago:
Those unions would have elected union reps. They’d gain an immense amount of power, and anyone on the edge of society not in a union would lose their voice — stay at home parents, small business owners, etc.
Eventually the unions would gravitate to a party system, those parties would become bipolar, and world governments would become figureheads. Unions would begin to clash, eventually forming new political bodies along union lines. Union members would question why non-union members don’t have to pay dues, and a requirement would come about that when old enough to work, it would be mandatory for everyone to pick a union.
You can see where this is going.
The only reason unions work is that they pit the power of production against the power of military strength and control. Give the unions too much power, and their leadership becomes the thing they’ve fought to resist.
- Comment on Are foxes more prone to rabies than other animals? 3 days ago:
Foxes in places where they’re the alpha scavenger; raccoons where they are. What other top scavengers are there globally?
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 1 week ago:
In India, they’re still useful; just make sure you use the horn too.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 1 week ago:
I’ve only been driving for 33 years, but I try to signal every turn.
Because the signals are for those situations where you don’t see something you should have AND those situations where someone else didn’t see something they should have.
Takes a flick of the pinky to do something that could save you thousands of dollars and wasted time, or even save someone’s life. So why not do it?
- Comment on What are the odds of a person getting poisoned by food delivery driver? How would the odds change if the person is a public figure (such as Twitch Streamers)? 1 week ago:
Except delivery people are registered and tracked. Someone would notice the first time someone died… or possibly even the first time someone got sick.
Unless it was a toxic buildup over time.
More likely to be the person bagging the delivery, because anyone on shift could do it there.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 1 week ago:
Just to note, it could also be other people’s lives.
- Comment on Straight people, do you know what the Grindr notification sound is? 1 week ago:
Video memes. Another place I keep the sound at 0.
- Comment on Is there a way to get a massive dump of memory stuff off my laptop by uploading it to a torrent? If so how and can I make it private just for my access? 1 week ago:
Keep it private by encrypting it.
But torrenting isn’t an appropriate tool, as it’s designed for one -> many distribution.
Are you wanting go transfer gigabytes of photos and documents from one computer to another, or back the stuff up to offsite storage?
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
…but some things don’t. “Locate Servia on a map?”
They can’t even blame that on autocorrect; obviously the text was originally written on a qwerty keyboard though.
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
This gets you “oh, I never got that email. It probably got blocked by the spam filter.”
- Comment on From a purely political perspective, if you oppose the US tariffs as a US resident, should you buy or avoid buying products subject to tariffs? 2 weeks ago:
If you buy products subject to tariffs, on the one hand that puts money into the hands of the federal government to mismanage. On the other hand, it helps out Americans and foreigners who are being negatively affected by the government’s antics.
Personally, I’d recommend just ignoring them where possible and avoiding them where necessary.
For people outside the US: find alternatives, especially to products produced in Republican states.
- Comment on What vacuum should I buy for 66% carpets in 140sqft condo? Sub $500 2 weeks ago:
I had a c3 and it was great on hardwood but bad for carpets. Eventually switched to a stick vacuum with beater bar attachment and it works great.
- Comment on gross either way, but do friends actually talk like this or would this be from people who are dating or something? 2 weeks ago:
Not always true; sometimes teens do it to get a rise out of some third party or because they want to but aren’t.
- Comment on What are people from Moscow and Versailles called? 2 weeks ago:
Something in Russian and French :)
(Actual answers already in another comment)
Foreign language names for where people are from are usually limited to region and country.
- Comment on Other than Canada and Australia, which countries are best alternatives to traveling to the USA? 2 weeks ago:
Essentially, get a list of commonwealth nations from Wikipedia and select what sort of thing you want to experience.
India for example also has all the climates and almost everyone speaks English. And they have more cultural backgrounds than the US, while being more affordable to visit. And everything is packed closer together but still plenty large enough to never see it all.
Or the Bahamas is great when it’s not hurricane season.
- Comment on Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too) 2 weeks ago:
West… there’s a lot more sprawl here AND rush hour traffic that lasts half the day, even on weekends.
- Comment on Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too) 3 weeks ago:
I live in a city of over 100,000 people and my grocery store is 25 minutes away. About an hour if I walk.
I grew up in a small town and had two grocery stores within 8 minutes. Everything was a lot more expensive and there was less selection.
Moved because of the lack of services (no hospital, volunteer FD and ambulance, no high school, no college nearby, no taxi service, no bus service, everything shut down at 6 PM).
- Comment on Are color palettes subject to copyright protection? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Is there a non leftist version of this website? 3 weeks ago:
To add to this, whatever “website” the OP is on has no ideology. Different instances of Lemmy do moderate in different manners, so depending on the “website”/instance he visits, the content available and moderation may skew towards a specific ideology. For example, I don’t go to the news community on lemmy.ml anymore, because I got tired of the pro-Russia stance there.
So if the OP ran their own instance where race hate and misogyny were acceptable, that would fit their definition. But good luck getting anyone to federate with them.
The problem is that their definition of “left” lines up pretty well with people who are willing to cooperate with others that are different from themselves — which is the basis for any non-autocratic community.
- Comment on Does not having a (mainstream) social media account make you look suspicious to the authorities? Is it a good idea to have an innocent looking social media account just to look "normal"? 3 weeks ago:
My “social media account” is my LinkedIn account, which shows my record of employment and links to coworkers.
It’s all information a government could find elsewhere, and seems to generally meet the requirements.
- Comment on Microsoft is killing OneNote for Windows 10 3 weeks ago:
Exactly.
- Comment on Microsoft is killing OneNote for Windows 10 3 weeks ago:
About time. Can they do it retroactively, or does this just mean no more security updates?
- Comment on Why is Lemmy only popular in the western World? 3 weeks ago:
… just the most SouthEastern part of it :D
- Comment on Why is it sometimes difficult to start doing what one enjoys? 4 weeks ago:
Often, guilt. Sometimes, distraction or the inability to prioritize.
And sometimes, not being honest with yourself that you find something else more enjoyable.
- Comment on Google changes Chrome extension policies following the Honey link scandal 4 weeks ago:
Indeed. And that goes for various social media apps too.
- Comment on What do you do if you encounter a skunk? 4 weeks ago:
The only worrying experience I’ve ever had with skunks was when I was walking along a path and saw these two little faces pop out from some brush at the side of the trail— baby skunks. I backed away slowly, and took a different route. Last thing I wanted was their mother getting defensive because they were too forward with a human.