gedaliyah
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world
- Comment on Hey Microsoft, How's it going? 2 hours ago:
I had the same reaction! I had to log into the screwy web portal and test it to realize it was something else entirely.
- Submitted 5 hours ago to [deleted] | 21 comments
- Comment on Have anyone here actually published a memoir or know of someone IRL (as in, you've met them face to face) that published a memoir? Do people actually read these? 3 days ago:
People don’t read them but I think that’s not usually the point. The people I know who have written them usually end up with boxes in their garage that they eventually give at to friends and family.
It’s still a nice accomplishment and a good personal growth thing.
- Comment on Many guess that it's some type of religious symbol 3 days ago:
I actually have no recollection of why some records had the big holes in the first place. Were there players with a chonky spindle in the middle?
- Comment on Huh? 1 week ago:
It’s called a jazz bar and they’re not that great.
- Comment on If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop? 1 week ago:
Unpopular opinion: I have a second phone logged into my kid’s YT account. I train the algorithm while he’s sleeping.
It takes a significant time, and YouTube doesn’t have good options for blocking content, but it helps keep out the worst of the brainrot.
- Comment on I've got a fever... 1 week ago:
But have you tried more cowbell?
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to [deleted] | 76 comments
- Comment on Is ice heavier than water? 2 weeks ago:
Water is weirdly one of the only materials that is lighter (less dense) in its solid form. That’s why ice cubes float.
When a mass expands, it ALWAYS becomes less dense.
Water does not “trap” air molecules as is freezes, although water may contain dissolved gasses.
- Comment on [REDACTED] 2 weeks ago:
One of the weirdest facts I know is that “pter” means wing and “helico” means spiral, so a wing that moves in a helix is a helico-pter. That’s the root, not heli-copter.
- Comment on [Serious] If a human is trained by AI slop and then they make something with their own hands, is it still art? 2 weeks ago:
I think it’s fair to say not all AI is AI slop.
- Comment on People like this 2 weeks ago:
This is a user, not a community. They are downvoting across communities, including stalking people across communities to downvote all of their posts and comments, following communities just to downvote every post and comment, etc.
They downvote over 99% of the posts they see. Why seek out content you don’t like? It’s mildly infuriating. To me at least.
- Comment on People like this 2 weeks ago:
How you have voted for others
- Comment on Check mate, atheists. 2 weeks ago:
I’ve shared several peer reviewed papers that show the opposite.
- Comment on Check mate, atheists. 2 weeks ago:
Science doesn’t take anecdotes.
Most food pantries and beds for the homeless in the USA are faith based. Here are the scientific papers that show it.
Assessing the Faith-Based Response to Homelessness in America: Findings from Eleven Cities
- Comment on Check mate, atheists. 3 weeks ago:
People claim money actually exists, too. It’s not an inherent property of human existence. It’s just an organizing principle that helps us coordinate resources.
It would be stupid if the main argument we had about money was whether on not it “exists.” By “stupid” I mean that it is counterproductive to the goals of bettering humanity. We don’t get anywhere with that discussion. Instead, we talk about how we should use use money as a tool to better organize our society. We talk about equity and advancement and poverty.
It’s the same with religion. It’s been well studied that religion offers social benefits:
Association between spirituality/religiousness and quality of life 2021
Assessing the Faith-Based Response to Homelessness in America Image
63.2% food pantries are identified as being faith-based food pantries
With this being Lemmy, I don’t have to highlight the negative consequences of religion.
The point is that we should be advancing beyond the kindergarten level discussion about what’s real and what’s make-believe. Intelligent people should instead be engaging on how we can ensure religious beliefs are fostering social trust, or how to recognize and combat religious extremism.
- Comment on People like this 3 weeks ago:
On other people’s stuff
- Comment on People like this 3 weeks ago:
Personally, I agree (we would never do this in a large community for the record). But yes, there are people who think that they can “kill” a small community with downvotes because they don’t like the topic.
The sad thing is, it’s true. In a community where most posts have under 5 or so votes, one person coming in and systematically downvoting every post will keep people from seeing it who may be interested. If someone doesn’t like a topic, they can block the community, but when they take steps to prevent others from seeing it, that’s toxic. It’s bad for the health of the platform.
- Comment on People like this 3 weeks ago:
Nothing against downvoting in general, but some people are extremely toxic about it. I don’t get the point.
Please don’t do a witch hunt - it was censored for a reason. Sorry I didn’t do it thoroughly enough.
- Comment on People like this 3 weeks ago:
Oh weird
- Comment on People like this 3 weeks ago:
You have to select “user” and enter the format exactly as shown. There are some servers that don’t work though. Yours should.
- Comment on Check mate, atheists. 3 weeks ago:
Why make an ideological argument against ideologies?
Science also led to eugenics and atom bombs. Religion also builds food pantries, wells, and hospitals. It is not about the tool but how we choose to use it.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world | 144 comments
- Comment on Check mate, atheists. 3 weeks ago:
What a stupid premise to begin with. God is at least as real as money, love, or America.
All of these are useful ideas to describe things that cannot be “proven” with objective evidence, but still have a meaningful impact on the reality of our lives.
Arguing about the objective existence of God is a red herring. I wish we spent as much time talking about the very well studied social benefits and harms of religion. Then we could start talking about meaningful reforms.
- Comment on who was the aggressor in cold war? 3 weeks ago:
Two powers wanted to build a politically favorable buffer zone, but it was the same buffer zone.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to [deleted] | 73 comments
- Comment on The ghost farms choking Greece’s coastline 3 weeks ago:
“The entré this evening features an artisinal spook imported from the Grecian coastal region.”
- Comment on Can someone ELI5 RSS/Atom feeds? 3 weeks ago:
It can absolutely be local.
For podcasts I use AntennaPod, for news I use Feeder. Whatever your use case, there is probably a local, well-made FOSS option.
Nonlocal uses have additional capabilities, such as syncing across multiple devices. I also use gpodder.net for podcast syncing, although there are self-hosted options for this as well.
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 3 weeks ago:
Yep. It’s the same reason everyone has to pay more for RAM now, even though consumers didn’t cause the shortage.
- Comment on AI Electric Bills 3 weeks ago:
Naw, they’ll just declare bankruptcy and the municipalities will foot the bills for the infrastructure debt.
Basically, have you even seen the Simpsons monorail episode? It’s that.
