davidgro

@davidgro@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Dress like Ellen Feiss?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American former tech executive explains how to make users more addicted⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s basically newsletters, forum digests, podcasts, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American former tech executive explains how to make users more addicted⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American former tech executive explains how to make users more addicted⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, you too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American former tech executive explains how to make users more addicted⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course Lemmy and such inherit some of that design even without the money behind it - there’s certainly a little dopamine hit when I see that one of my comments has gotten a reply, or when I check and see that it’s been upvoted.

  Not having the incentive to enshittify is good though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Goddammit, what now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Name and shame?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dont want to enter a contract when consuming your product..⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Obvious solution is to not only return that one, but then go to a different brand of store, buy a bunch, then return them the next day. Repeat for each kind of store you can reach that sells them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vsauce — All The Ghosts You Will Be⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Given the content, “linger” is an incredible typo to have there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I lick it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  …then they built the super collider.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scifi question about time travel:⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d say that the one that’s written is the ‘true’ timeline in the story the same way that the reality we experience is the only one that matters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scifi question about time travel:⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What would happen is entirely your responsibility as the author of the scenario.

  Some options may be more “realistic” than others, but since the existence of a working time machine is already beyond what seems to be feasible physics (requiring ridiculous amounts and density of negative energy for example, where not even any has been shown to be possible to make) the scenario becomes soft sci-fi, or in other words magic, and that means it’s up to the writer to make up the rules.

  Here is a post I found with many of the options you can choose from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scifi question about time travel:⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Even knowing that everything happens every way in some other branch of the wave function (other universes) doesn’t really affect our own little section of it. There’s no communications or travel, so other universes if they exist have the same meaning to us as if they don’t. Except in time travel stories like this.

  Besides, the same “irrelevance” of decisions and events comes free with even one single universe given that it’s deterministic - as physics seems to be. (Yeah there’s quantum randomness, but random doesn’t help either)

  That said I still believe in free will and the importance of decisions. I just think it has to be defined so weakly that it still works in a deterministic universe. (So I have free will, but so do dice and pocket calculators.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Invincible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well yeah, he’s not John Cena.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨rude.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What about the swamp, island, and mountain bison?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32, f. Are there any dating sites that are actually free and don't suddenly force me to pay to actually use the site?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Messaging used to be free on OKC too. Paid stuff was only better search placement, maybe seeing your matches immediately, etc. No idea about now, I was also found by my wife there over a decade ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cursed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I see it now. That makes sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Glitter Bats!!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I seriously thought my parents made that up and nobody else called them that. I still don’t know if they have any particular affinity for potatoes or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Excel having a stab at dates⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Easy. Just be 64-bit. (Or unsigned, but that’s not as good.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Converting numbers is easy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, I’m confused, is the blank actually used in the middle of large row or column labels? Like is “A A” a number? how about "A ", " A ", or even " "? (All are three characters) If not then it seems like the base is 26, so I’m not seeing where the 27 multiplier is coming from, except that it’s also a case where there’s no 0 (like music?) and that might throw things off

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cursed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are there gaps on either side of the upper-right square? Seems like shoving those closed (like the OP image) would allow a little more twist on the center squares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a gamer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I had over 800 in the library and an unknown number in the wishlist… Then I saw that a bunch in the wishlist were on sale and now it’s probably closer to 900 in the library than 800.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's too hot to think of why or how⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just start with the second mode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨cure to male loneliless⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just people I know to be trans and working in tech. I didn’t guess about loneliness. Actually I would guess about 1/3 of those who come to mind are trans men. Also not especially antisocial compared to the rest of us, but then the joke is that the whole region is antisocial.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨cure to male loneliless⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh come on, I only have met like 1 - wait, 2, oh yeah, 3. No, 4… You know what nevermind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well it is Friday ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Heihei?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fake time strategy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah basically. You aren’t directly controlling the characters - setting tasks and stuff, but they act semi-independently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fake time strategy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently “The Sims” is an example of a 4th person (not shooter) game.

  So just being a school principal in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hertz, showing the difference between science and engineering⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like Faraday understood the… potential.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A true horror⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then it would be even spookier!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is true. I had to force myself to develop a tolerance to plain water, but of course I’m really glad I did.

  I still can’t stand unsweetened flavored water (including tea*), or especially unsweetened and carbonated. Those are all very bitter to me, and therefore undrinkable - particularly given plain water exists.

  *But I do like some tea in my sugar.