cynar
@cynar@lemmy.world
- Comment on Can I stop unwanted shit like this being posted through my door? 14 hours ago:
Why not both?
- Comment on Can I stop unwanted shit like this being posted through my door? 14 hours ago:
A big bit of their campaign was how we got screwed over on our fisheries. We weren’t completely screwed, but the UK representative didn’t turn up to the meetings. Accounting for that, they were actually quite accommodating to our needs.
Guess who the representative was?
(Farage, for those out of the loop)
- Comment on Can I stop unwanted shit like this being posted through my door? 14 hours ago:
Can this be applied to house bricks too? Failing that, a bubble wrap envelope filled with rocks?
Unfortunately mailing a glitter bomb, or actual bullshit, could get you in trouble
- Comment on Things you feel Star Trek handle poorly? (In general, political, technical, etc, share your opinion) 16 hours ago:
It’s worth mentioning they also had a battle bridge, that was buried away inside the ship. I accept them not using it much as a conceit to television (and set costs).
Given that enterprise was foremost a ship of exploration and diplomacy, and how many aliens ended up visiting the bridge. Having a “public” bridge and a battle bridge would make sense.
- Comment on Anon tries being social 1 week ago:
Those all fall under the “jump straight in” category. If you can read the situation well, e.g. who is up for being approached, and who isn’t, then they work well for making new friends. Unfortunately, if you don’t yet have those basic social reading skills, it’s a minefield.
Incidentally, I’m fully past that set of issues. I used the fact that no one has any idea what’s going on at the start of university to practice and build skills.
I also help out with a nerd related social group. Neurodiversity is the heavy majority there. We often have people come along that are accidental shut-ins and want to meet people. I now make a point when showing them around to both make it clear that everyone there at that time is there to socialise and show stuff off. I also introduce them to a few people to break the ice. Watching people come out of their shell and realise they will be celebrated for their weirdness, not punished for it feels very good to me.
I’ve been on the receiving end of social punishment more than enough to call anyone risking it brave.
- Comment on Anon tries being social 1 week ago:
One of the biggest problems is that, outside of early school, there’s no real way to practice social interactions in a safe setting. The only real option is jumping straight in. If you’re already slightly socially stunted, it can be very easy to mess it up. It only takes a couple of negative reactions to put someone off for a long time.
I almost fell into the same hole when I was younger. Thankfully I realised what was likely happening and worked on it. I’m still not good at cold approach social interactions, but I can at least now do it without screwing up catastrophically.
- Comment on Have any of you experienced that "snake detection" instinct? Do you think it's real? 2 weeks ago:
Our subconscious contains a huge number of reflex loops, some hardwired, others soft. By the time your conscious mind is aware of the situation, it’s often over. Martial arts (and other forms of fast competition) aim to significantly rewire these responses e.g. the instinct to protect the face becomes a structured rising block.
As for the snake one. I’ve had a few occasions where it, or something related has triggered. Mostly it’s a false positive, but not every time. I’ve had it go off for a grass snake (harmless) and a mouse before. I was well clear before my conscious brain caught up and could assess and react.
- Comment on What happened to NFTs and what where they in retro spec? 1 month ago:
NFTs were (is?) to copyright what Cryptocurrency is to money. A decentralised system, without requiring a central organiser.
With cryptocurrency, the token was the money, and inseparable from the Blockchain. With NFTs it was the equivalent of a recept, not the item.
Basically, NFTs tried to replace copyright etc. However, they have no enforcement ability beyond that of local copyright enforcement. At that point, you might as well just use local copyright directly. No need for a middle man.
- Comment on Former shoplifter ran 'steal-to-order' Whatsapp group 1 month ago:
Just make sure it’s from the wealthy, not a fellow poor, who happens to own a shop.
- Comment on Train from Warsaw to Chelm costs £9. In UK this 250 km journey would probably cost at least 10 times more. 2 months ago:
She was an incredibly skilled and capable politician. However, I would also happily piss on her grave for what she did with that skill and capability.
- Comment on Train from Warsaw to Chelm costs £9. In UK this 250 km journey would probably cost at least 10 times more. 2 months ago:
The conservatives closed and sold most of the branch lines. They also privatised the trains.
Basically, they completely fucked us, long term, for short term gains.
- Comment on Waiting and getting treated is better than waiting and going bankrupt 2 months ago:
They have been trying to starve the NHS for a while. Thankfully the staff that make the NHS what it is are pushing back as best they can.
As for the “accident” in A&E. It caters for situations that aren’t to the level of emergencies, but need dealing with. E.g. I had an accident during a martial arts spar. I injured my wrist, and needed to know if it was broken or just bruised. A&E gave it an x-ray, it wasn’t broken. I successfully competed in a competition a day later. It definitely wasn’t an emergency, but I needed the results of an accident taken care of.
- Comment on Waiting and getting treated is better than waiting and going bankrupt 2 months ago:
UK here.
If you’re waiting 12 hours in a&e, your condition almost certainly is not life threatening. Sprained arm, or a bad cold? You’re potentially waiting a while. Head injury, or heart issues? You’re not touching a waiting room seat.
The NHS can be slow as sin for non-acute issues. It took almost a year to get a benign, but disruptive lump removed. Major complications while giving birth? Instant, full blown, treatment.
We still have some private medicine. The existence of the NHS keeps their prices and practices in check. It’s no longer “pay or die” instead its “pay for convenience”.
- Comment on How would you safely and privately child-proof a PC? 2 months ago:
It’s also worth adding, if your child comes to you, having fucked up, don’t berate them, they already know. E.g. sent nudes to someone who is now trying to blackmail them. It’s so easy to do, under the pressure, but you must resist.
Instead thank them for coming to you, and let them know you can fix it together, they are not alone. You can discuss what they should have done, and what to do in the future once you’re both thoroughly past emotional reactions to it. Till then you’re in protection mode, not teaching mode.
- Comment on How would you safely and privately child-proof a PC? 2 months ago:
Social guard rails over software.
My setup has basic protections to stop them stumbling into things they shouldn’t be looking at. It’s intended as a bumper, not a barrier. I know I won’t be able to make it impenetrable without also making it almost unusable. Even then, that doesn’t solve things, if they are around a friend’s etc.
Instead, I talk through things with them, in an age appropriate manner. If you can get a continuous conversation going then you don’t need to lock things down hard. It might get awkward and embarrassing for you, but it’s far more effective in the long run.
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- Comment on People who get "happy ending" massages, is there like a common keyword or process? 2 months ago:
Depending what you want it for, but a sports massage is possibly a good option.
I’ve had a few for work related muscle tension issues. It’s a different mentality to the massage parlours. It’s also a lot more effective at problem solving, rather than feel good relaxing.
- Comment on Mama didn't raise no quitter 2 months ago:
Most of the cost is production and taxes. If demand falls, production resources (land etc) are diverted to more profitable crops. This makes supply fall until prices reach a new equilibrium.
Taxes then add a fixed offset to that.
- Comment on In Open Carry states, is it also allowed to openly carry bladed weapons like Swords? Bow and arrow? 2 months ago:
Could you use a long rifle as a stick for a protest sign?
- Comment on How can people know what they want at a given moment? 2 months ago:
I’ve noticed there seems to be a divide between deep thinking and wide thinking.
Deep thinking tends to be directed and has a tight focus. It covers a lot of intellectual thinking.
Wide thinking is a lot more integrated, it’s how we instinctively know how a particular action will affect others, both directly and indirectly. It integrates a lot of topics, but at a far shallower level.
As an aspie, I’m good at deep thinking. I struggle with wide thinking. I suspect I am fairly blind to a lot of wide thinking effects. Whether their more intuitive thinking is better or worse than my logical deep thinking is a different matter.
- Comment on Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards |Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits 2 months ago:
I believe they try and shift the phase slightly. If the mains in present, it will overwhelm the inverter and keep it locked, or at least show up as a distorted waveform. If it can swing the phase freely, then there is no mains power, so it shuts down.
E.g. (in Europe) an oscillator with a frequency of 49.95 will be dragged to the mains 50.00. By measuring the frequency it will read 50.00, if it drifts low, then it is not phased locked, and so will shut itself down till 50hz reappears.
Think of it like how metronomes come into harmony. Only 1 is a little desktop unit (your inverter) and the other is building sized (the grid).
- Comment on Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards |Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits 2 months ago:
The European systems definitely have line sensing. They need to, to stay in phase. If the power goes, so does your solar.
I think some systems can be turned on from an app, but default to off, without mains as a reference.
- Comment on New clean energy comes out. *look inside* It’s just boiling water again… 2 months ago:
Very true. It unfortunately doesn’t include the delays from bureaucracies throwing excessive red tape at the project, with the goal of, if not killing it, kicking the decision down the road till it’s someone else’s problem. The UK government has been problematic on that front.
I might be an optimistic pessimist.
- Comment on New clean energy comes out. *look inside* It’s just boiling water again… 2 months ago:
Fusion has been 10 years away, with proper funding. It never got that funding. It struggled to maintain the break even funding to keep skilled people employed, and the lights on.
The difference is that over unity has been achieved, in a normally sustainable manner. The funding is such that it’s 5-10 years at current funding. Most of that is building the actual test plants.
I fully agree that renewables are currently the best cost option. The catch is that they are not viable everywhere. They are also inherently low density, so can get expensive in certain areas.
Basically, we want a mix of options, to fit local requirements. Nuclear (and later fusion) should be part of the plan.
In practice, I’m of the take what we can get. We need to crash CO2 output, and we need to do it yesterday. Anything speeding that up is a win, as far as I’m concerned.
- Comment on New clean energy comes out. *look inside* It’s just boiling water again… 2 months ago:
Fully agreed, though it’s also something you really don’t want done on too much of an accelerated timeline. Rushing the construction, when the fail-safes rely on it, and it will be an absolute bitch to fix later, is a poor plan.
Unfortunately the red tape has become far too risk adverse. E.g. the reactors china is now building were designed in the UK. The UK government killed 5 attempts to get them built through red tape and time killing. Eventually a Chinese scientist found out about the plans. (With permission) he contacted the Chinese government. Sufficient to say, those plans formed the basis for the newer Chinese reactors they are building out now. They are also exporting the expertise, since most western countries have had their skilled engineers reach retirement, before passing on their skills and knowledge.
In practice, you are looking at 5-10 years minimum, from site selection to power on.
- Comment on New clean energy comes out. *look inside* It’s just boiling water again… 2 months ago:
It’s relative harm. New nuclear is far cleaner than coal, and can slot into it’s place in the grid. We should have done this decades ago, but the plans languished till china found out about them. (Much to the designers joy)
It’s also not an either/or situation. As china is demonstrating, there is a limit to how quickly you can roll out renewables. Doing other, pollution reduction in parallel makes sense.
Taking nuclear off the table was the biggest win the oil barrons pulled off.
On a plus side, we will finally find out if fusion is viable in the next 5-10 years. The first over-unity test reactors, designed for sustained operation are being built.
- Comment on New clean energy comes out. *look inside* It’s just boiling water again… 2 months ago:
Coal plants put out more radioactive material than even the bomb factories they call nuclear power plants. Newer plant designs are FAR more fail safe too, and some can actually ‘eat’ the waste from older plants.
New nuclear is right up there with renewables, with the added bonus of being great for baseloads. The only problem is we needed to be building it 20 years ago, since it takes a long time to design, permit and build them properly. If we try to rely on them now, it will be too late.
- Comment on Why don’t Gen Z buy rounds in the pub? 2 months ago:
If I’m going to the bar, and it’s busy, I’ll grab drinks for the people I’m explicitly with. I also keep a vague mental track of if I’m in a deficit with someone (I owe them a drink to balance out).
I don’t do it with the expectation that they will buy my next drink however.
- Comment on Why don’t Gen Z buy rounds in the pub? 2 months ago:
As I read it, it basically comes off as the author being grumpy that it’s harder to sponge off people who drink less, or slower.
I will do reciprocal drink buying, but hate formalising into “rounds”. My drinking rate can vary wildly. I don’t want to be forced to drink faster, to keep up with others.
Gen Z is the most financially squeezed age group in my memory. The fact they want to be more discerning in how much they drink and pay makes complete sense.
It’s also worth noting that contactless card machines also remove a major bottleneck in going to the bar.
- Comment on Labour overtakes Reform in voter poll for first time since March 2025 3 months ago:
I just get an urge for a large, sticky milkshake when I see him. I’ve no idea why…
- Comment on Labour overtakes Reform in voter poll for first time since March 2025 3 months ago:
It’s unlikely, but I’m still hoping his encounter with count binface throws him in the trash.