adespoton

@adespoton@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a more convenient way to do this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have an iPhone, it has a built in translation app too, that does voice to voice with written summaries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like switching from cigarettes to chickory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the use of a comma instead of the word "and" in English news headlines always been a thing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eats Shoots and Leaves

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨will i fit in more with china/japan or russia or their communities in terms of acceptance/blending in?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  East Asian people tend to be more racist than Russians; the Rus themselves tend to feel superior to other Russians, but aside from that superiority, they’re likely to not care much about race.

  Chinese and Japanese? Very insular.

  Of course, if you’re living outside China/Japan/Russia, you’re going to have different interactions with people from there, many of whom will have left because they rejected the culture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No lol about it. That’s either a thinly veiled death threat, or someone saying that they will keep bullying and harassing until the person goes away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The content is open to interpretation based on context, but the «» indicates that English is likely not the quoter’s primary language.

  So based on that, I have to ask: are you asking specifically about the nested idioms in the sentence?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(i feel really stupid asking, but what the hell!) could i be of french descent?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most likely you have ancestors who lived in what is now France. Either that, or you have ancestors whose descendants moved around, and some of them settled in what is now France.

  This could have happened before or after France became a nation.

  Then again, it’s pretty likely that you have ancestors who lived in Africa.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are roundabouts made?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where I live, it’s all planned out in CAD, and then the inner concrete curb is calculated and broken up into sections, according to the plan.

  Then the intersection being replaced (because that’s almost always the case) is dug up in the center and the concrete forms put in place and the center backfilled with gravel and dirt.

  After the concrete has set, the asphalt machines re-level and pave the surrounding area. After this, brick is often added inside the concrete to provide an extra driving surface for large vehicles. Then plants or statues are added to the centre.

  After all this, the lines and markings go on, and they’re just offset from the concrete curb, so nothing fancy needs to be done; the paint truck just has a little arm that stays over the concrete.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The guards and administration want him alive.

  People like Epstein die in prison because showing up in court runs the risk of taking down powerful people. People like Luigi always have their day to be dragged through the mud in court before they rot away forever in jail, with random reminders that they’re still alive and suffering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Versant is New Name for Comcast Spin-Off⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What exactly does “spun off” mean here? Doesn’t Comcast still have a stake in the new org? Isn’t this just changing the lipstick color on the pig?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why I Believe Printers Were Sent From Hell To Make Us Miserable - The Oatmeal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got an ancient laser printer. Toner is cheap and it just works. Anything more complex? I send it to a print shop and let THEM deal with the suffering. I just get the results I’m expecting when I expect them, without wasting time and money on printers and ink and all the things that can go wrong with them. Works for me….

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are people generally in prison? Usually because they’re violent, drug addicted or at odds with the status quo.

  Luigi is in prison accused of killing a man responsible for getting people hooked on drugs, marginalizing the already marginalized and poor, and ruining the lives of millions.

  I think the inmates would be more likely to treat him like a hero.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Disqualifying? No. However, he’d run up against similar prejudices that make it difficult for a woman to win the presidency.

  Remember that Pete Buttigieg was in the running at one point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is my community modding everyone who comments?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just so you know, I’m a fellow Voyager user on lemmy.ca and I don’t see that anywhere I’m not a mod.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you run a society?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t. I’d set up at least four groups and let them run autonomously from each other. I might not even let them know that there’s other groups on the planet.

  More chance of survival if there’s different groups trying different things. Strength in diversity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else hate knowing stuff and looking "smart"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You missed “make my computer work” and “get me movies for free”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else hate knowing stuff and looking "smart"?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Knowing stuff can be a curse, especially when you’re 10 steps ahead of everyone else in the room and you know they’re just going to need the time to figure it out on their own.

  But being smart means you know how and when to apply your knowledge. So you can provide the information when it’s actually useful and not when it just gets blank stares.

  And knowing stuff but NOT talking about it all the time, and not using “told you so” means that when you DO speak, anyone who matters will listen and take you seriously.

  I find that slipping useful knowledge into self-deprecating jokes is a useful way to get people to listen to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem like everyone is so good looking and beautiful nowadays?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course not. That would be wasteful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem like everyone is so good looking and beautiful nowadays?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Germans don’t smile with their mouths; they generally do smile with their eyes. People who only look at mouths generally miss that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem like everyone is so good looking and beautiful nowadays?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of what it points to is what you’re currently paying attention to. You don’t notice all the people who aren’t what you consider “good looking”.

  Later in life, you’ll notice how many people have children in strollers, or drive fancy cars, or can afford houses. You may start noticing how many people own dogs, run regularly outside, or never look up from their phones.

  It’s a form of selection bias; you tend to see the people that are most likely to catch your attention, and ignore the rest.

  Try an exercise: start checking to see how many people you see in public smile with their eyes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do I avoid becoming conformist, lazy and completely incapable of learning something new?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to note, it could also be other people’s lives.