lemmy_outta_here
@lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world
- Comment on I still haven't figured out how to do this 1 day ago:
The last piece of documentation I wrote was in Jupyter notebook. It looked a bit basic, but it felt wonderful to be in control of my software.
- Comment on If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be? 4 days ago:
Because I already have enough U.S. politics from the internet
I feel you. I wish i could turn it off.
The egg thing was inspired by an old movie (maybe woody allen). But if the USA were such a vibrating egg, i would call it “Shekky shekky brekky,” or SSB for short.
- Comment on If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be? 5 days ago:
Please assume that stale carrot man isn’t in office and that the U.S. is currently being a reasonable and humane country that actually stands for democracy, liberty, and freedom.
How absurd. Why not choose a name for the USA that is timely and appropriate? Why not choose a name for the US that assumes it’s not a country but in fact some variety of small vibrating egg?
- Comment on If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be? 5 days ago:
Donald Trump’s Personal Toilet
- Comment on I have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothers 2 weeks ago:
in my country, corporal punishment in school was abolished by law in 2004. i did elementary in the 80s, but the strap was not used that i can recall. kids were threatened with it, but i don’t think anyone got smacked. however, many people of my parents’ generation have told me that the strap was extremely common. my father in law used to get strapped for speaking german at school, among other things (saskatchewan, 50s / 60s).
- Comment on Good deal 4 weeks ago:
So it will work on a pig. what about them ICE cunts?
- Comment on Attitudes 1 month ago:
No, the pink sign is right. I am also here for the benefits.
- Comment on Word. 1 month ago:
$150 a year, you mean
- Comment on This bedroom game is weird 1 month ago:
10/10, would knot-engage again
- Comment on Do you cheat in video games? 1 month ago:
I was getting ready to rant until you mentioned Terraria. Then I read the last line of your post.
Shoot, if I’m playing against the computer I use the game the way I want. It’s not cheating if your opponent is non-sentient.
I especially feel that way in games where ridiculous stuff happens at random (e.g. Rimworld). If I’m 2h into building a new colony and somehow get wiped out by 1 rabid squirrel, I curse, laugh my ass off for a minute, then load an autosave.
- Comment on What happened to bathroom doors? 2 months ago:
i like where this is going. make it two rows, facing each other to facilitate conversation
- Comment on Why do some people make such a big deal over ages of someone's account on here? 2 months ago:
it’s a heuristic. evaluating every one-day-old account on its own merits is a lot of mental load, so people take shortcuts. if you’re an active poster, people can look back through your comment history to get context on your perspective. it’s hard to do that with someone using a brand-new account. in a month, nobody will be saying that to you any more.
- Comment on Um, actually, Neville Chamberlain didn't "cave" to Hitler, he actually got a lot out of the deal. 2 months ago:
You can’t write satire this subtle on Lemmy. People in the comments think you are actually defending Chamberlain.
- Comment on What's the best way to ease getting back in shape after years of little to no exercise? 2 months ago:
I have a weird suggestion: work out high. Nothing intense - a walk or some floor exercises would be good. Go very easy for a couple of weeks at least.
When i was super depressed it was so hard to get started that working out high was just easier. Eventually, the exercise became more important and i even started to play some sports. Pretty quickly i was exercising more than getting high. These days, i refrain from smoking weed so that i can do better in the leagues i eventually joined.
Bonus: through the leagues i met some nice people.
- Comment on what country would you never go to again? 3 months ago:
Like you, my boycott started in the first Trump term. There are places in the US that i have dreamt of visiting since i was a child - but i have decided to never realize those dreams because every dollar i would spend in the US would help prop up a racist authoritarian regime.
- Comment on Red balloon 3 months ago:
Mmmmm Pennythighs
- Comment on Richest American to FAFO? 3 months ago:
Maybe the highest profile cases have yet to occur. Here’s hoping.
- Comment on Aight. Let's be honest. How many of you dress for yourselves, and how many dress for others? 3 months ago:
You just saved me a bunch of typing.
Ditto, and thanks.
- Comment on Do you think he knows? He's gotta know. 3 months ago:
True. I retract my statement. He should be watching through the slats of a closet door.
- Comment on Do you think he knows? He's gotta know. 3 months ago:
Give the cow a strap-on and reverse their positions and i might believe it.
- Comment on New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed 3 months ago:
Fortunately, thou hast not even come close
- Comment on save the planet 🌎 3 months ago:
I get what you’re saying and it is probably true from a macro standpoint, but don’t be too hasty to minimize the role of malevolence. If a rich person were so inclined, they could read the same articles and books as me and conclude that systemic problems are already pervasive and still growing. They could then withdraw their support for politicians like Trump (or even most democrats, to be fair) who do anything and everything to amplify those problems for the simple reason that rich people stand to gain from them. I am so furious with people like Thiel because i think they DO know what they’re doing, but they care more about the gains than the people they hurt.
- Comment on save the planet 🌎 4 months ago:
That’s why the billionaires have decided to hoard all the wealth among a smaller and smaller proportion of the population. They’re trying to save the planet! When 10 people have everything and the rest are all dead - boom, planet saved.
- Comment on Trump posted this in Truth. 4 months ago:
This imbecile knows the US lost the war in Vietnam, right?
- Comment on Do you read analog clocks to the exact minute? How do you do this quickly? 5 months ago:
GenX here. I wanted to reassure you that it didn’t come naturally to me and i grew up when this was still taught in school. The real answer is practice. Read a clock several times a day for a few weeks. Take a moment to think about the mintue hand. Is it about 2/5 of the way to the next digit? 3/5? After a while, you won’t have to think. You will just recognize.
- Comment on How do you reconcile staying sane while keeping yourself up-to-date with the news? 5 months ago:
This is crazy, but i read the news on paper. I have a couple of subscriptions to magazines with good reporting, but you could also hit up your library to read for free. For one thing, print journalism is a lot more in-depth and balanced than the outrage-mill crap i find online.
On Lemmy i read headlines only in case something happens that i stay current, but i rarely read a whole article. This contains my news consumption to a small portion of my day.
Plus, Trump says 64 stupid lthings a week. I read all 64 in 1 hour each week and get it over with, instead of poisoning myself with it several times a day.
- Comment on When will we have reached enough productivity? 6 months ago:
There is a hole in the heart of every rich person. They try to fill that hole with money, but the hole is never full.
When Elon Musk and every person like him says, “I have enough money”: that is when the people who actually produce value will have reached enough productivity. Not before.
- Comment on Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China’s Controversial ‘996’ Work Schedule 6 months ago:
It’s going to hurt these companies. There is a special vibe when your workplace is entirely staffed by people who hate their lives. It is not an environment conducive to creativity or dedication. Long hours don’t make you more productive.
When I think my employer is mistreating me, I drag my feet, I engage in malicious compliance, I always decline to make the extra effort. If I see a problem somewhere that needs to be reported, actually no I didn’t. I’m the opposite when I feel rested, respected, and autonomous.
- Comment on Everything is a problem 6 months ago:
My experience is pretty limited and I might just be lucky in that everything worked for me, but installing linux was exactly as hard as installing windows. If anything, I found it less annoying because with Windows I tend to decline a lot of their services (no cloud, no office, etc) and I profoundly resent being nagged by MS to use services that don’t interest me.
If I bought my laptop with linux preinstalled, I wouldn’t say that it has been less usable than a windows machine. there is some missing support, but I had similar issues with switching from mac to windows and back.
- Comment on Everything is a problem 6 months ago:
My poor tv is like, “connect to the internet? I need to call home! Help, i’ve been abducted by a luddite!”
Tv, you are never getting my wifi password.