DrownedRats
@DrownedRats@lemmy.world
- Comment on event horizon 2 weeks ago:
Or eat less beetroot
- Comment on Anthropology 3 weeks ago:
The human race is often thought of as communicating primarily on a vocal basis. however, they also possess an extremely complex and sophisticated language based on gestures. For example, the simple gesture of raising the index and middle finger with the palm inwards conveys the complete sentence: “fuck you Frenchie, I still have all my fingers”
- Comment on NASA 4 weeks ago:
I was going to say, forget 400km, try 8.5 light minutes lol
- Comment on Still wondering why people from Alaska didn't post about the eclipse 5 weeks ago:
Wolf trigger is the name of my new metal band
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The fallacy fallacy
Just because an argument contains a logical fallacy doesn’t mean the argument is necessarily incorrect.
An example:
Person A: This food is better for you because it’s all natural
Person B: appeal to nature, therefore you’re wrong and it’s not better for you
The food may well be much better for you but person B has assumed that the opposite is true because person A has used a logical fallacy and has themselves fallen into a logical fallacy.
- Comment on How do CAPTCHAs work without giving you a challenge task? 2 months ago:
I just click one square thats wrong then unclick it. Seems to work almost every time!
- Comment on How do CAPTCHAs work without giving you a challenge task? 2 months ago:
Slight tangent, but if you want to pass the “click on all the images with traffic lights” first time, select one that’s obviously wrong then go back and “change your mind” computers don’t do that and 9/10 times it’ll pass you first time!
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- Comment on bonus if she's real 3 months ago:
Negotiable…
- Comment on Where are the good political songs? 3 months ago:
I’ve always liked “universal soldier” by Donovan
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
They say there’s no such thing as a stupid question. However…
- Comment on After 100ish years, Graffiti becomes noteworthy 4 months ago:
Give peas a chance is one piece that gained this status a few decades early. Never forget what they took from us…
- Comment on What happened to LineageOS? Has it been replaced by GrapheneOS? 5 months ago:
It’s still very much alive! Still getting regular updates on my S10 and even security updates for my OnePlus 3t.
- Comment on Honda's commercials saying they are going to be carbon neutral by 2050. What? 5 months ago:
It means they’re either holding out of a sudden breakthrough that will let them become carbon neutral overnight for free or they’re hoping no one will be around to call them out on their bullshit by then
- Comment on When do you think there will be an app for android that could identify and store objects on a database in real time from video capture? 7 months ago:
Not likely in the near future, probably not feasible in the long term either. It’s not just about recognising an object. You could write a program that recognises a screw but you’d need far more complicated sensors and algorithms to identify the dimensions, specific characteristics, material composition, design specifications, etc, then apply that to every screw, bolt, washer, small component and assembly, tubes, threaded rods, tyres, pistons, brake pads, resistors, capacitors, diodes, seals, consumables, etc.
For a long time, I think that kind of thing would be wildly inaccurate, hugely expensive, massively complicated, and much less efficient than asking a human to kindly go over there and check all those things manually.
- Comment on Comparable ? 7 months ago:
I mean it’s pretty surface level and shallow if you ask me and doesn’t really go beyond a very basic “phones are bad” narrative.
It’s pretty melodramatic too. Phones and the internet in general can and do have a negative effect on society but they can also have a massive positive effect too.
I get that to have a narrative you need to exaggerate a little but scenes like the one where people are all taking photos of their dinner don’t happen outside of the world of Instagram.
Other things like the scene of hundred of people just scrolling while on the train, sure, that happens, but it’s not like people didn’t do exactly the same thing with newspapers, and books, and novellas, and so on. It’s not indicative of social media addiction.
Then there’s the police brutality scene at 0:13. I take some issue with this scene in particular. I get that the message is that “too many people just stand by and watch and film for social media” but for a start, it’s incredibly important to document social injustice and shout it from the rooftops when oppressive systems are being used for violent ends. Granted, its another exaggeration from the storyteller but still not perhaps a fair one in my mind.
There are scenes I do like though, and I think they’re fairly poignant. For example 1:12 of the woman being filmed dancing which presumably goes viral and results in her being ostracised. Going internet famous without concent, willing, or participation is terrible and giving the general public a way to just force that on someone without their permission is terrible and I wish/hope there is something we can do to combat this.
The thing I take issue with really is that the film takes aim at the most basic and surface level issues, as well as several non-issues. While not a problem in itself, there’s a lot you can say about these issues which isn’t being said. The author seems more to lay the blame at the feet of the general public and not the massive media corporations and data farms for not only building the framework, but tuning the system for maximum engagement, maximum profits, and maximum retention at the cost of anything else.
On that note, a very obvious and serious issue that wasn’t touched upon is radicalisation through social media. Maybe it’s my syndical side firing here but that to me sounds like the writer going for the easy and safe issues to take aim at and deciding not to pick at that particular thread incase It causes a flame war. Ironically mirroring the people I mentioned in the restaurant scene who were so focused on their meal they didn’t even notice a slaughter truck going straight past.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s very well made, it’s clear the animator put in a lot of effort to make it look nice and flow well, and while the message isn’t necessarily wrong, it’s also not especially deep or impactful and leaves a lot unsaid.
- Comment on Why do we count sheep before bed? 7 months ago:
It’s the counting that matters, not the sheep. By giving your brain a simple, familiar, and repetitive task you help to disengage some of the more distracting functions of your brain letting you get to sleep.
By all means, count whatever animals, objects, or social constructs that tickles your fancy!
- Comment on Call for UK ban on single-use vapes as more than 5m discarded each week 8 months ago:
On top of that, lithium ion batteries aren’t designed as disposable batteries. In devices like vapes, they should be getting upwards of 400 charge cycles before being considered spent. Some get more, some get less, but in “disposable” vapes, they get one. It’s just horrifically wasteful!
- Comment on What are some alternatives to bars that stay open late for folks that don't drink alcohol? 8 months ago:
One of my absolute favourites is an arcade bar near me that stays open late. I don’t usually drink there but I’ll go and hang out with mates, get some chips and play some retro arcade. Super chill vibe and people there all seem way more chill than most pubs or bars I’ve been to!