WeirdGoesPro
@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
Glad you’re happy. You do you, man.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
How does it play out in a sexual sense if you no longer have sex organs?
- Comment on Why is "I was born this way" and other "genetic predisposition" defenses almost common place? I get the physical stuff like loss of limbs but not the I was born to hate, or rape, and so forth? 1 week ago:
I have not had that experience.
Now, back to what we were talking about: do you have any evidence for the things you were saying earlier?
- Comment on Why is "I was born this way" and other "genetic predisposition" defenses almost common place? I get the physical stuff like loss of limbs but not the I was born to hate, or rape, and so forth? 1 week ago:
Yes. Usually with the phrase “where can I learn more about this?” or “what kind of evidence do they have for that?” I remember doing exactly that in my 5th grade history class and had fun reading the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin when the teacher directed me there for a primary source where I could learn more. They seemed excited that a student was engaging critical thinking and seeking additional learning. If you’re comparing yourself to a teacher, maybe you could find it in yourself to see it the same way.
So, I ask you…what kind of evidence do you have for your assertions, and where can I learn more about those events you say happened?
- Comment on Why is "I was born this way" and other "genetic predisposition" defenses almost common place? I get the physical stuff like loss of limbs but not the I was born to hate, or rape, and so forth? 1 week ago:
Actually, yes, I do. Teachers teach documents—usually primary sources if possible. If a teacher was telling me a bunch of stuff that they couldn’t show me any evidence of, I would be a little suspicious.
- Comment on Why is "I was born this way" and other "genetic predisposition" defenses almost common place? I get the physical stuff like loss of limbs but not the I was born to hate, or rape, and so forth? 1 week ago:
Got an article about this alleged event?
- Comment on Why is "I was born this way" and other "genetic predisposition" defenses almost common place? I get the physical stuff like loss of limbs but not the I was born to hate, or rape, and so forth? 1 week ago:
Is it common amongst your peers to say you were born a rapist? ‘Cause I’ve never heard a single person say that in my entire life.
- Comment on What was the internet like before Y2K happened ? 1 week ago:
I have no idea, but I don’t think so. It was originally aired on HBO, so I imagine it is on their streaming service.
Or just pirate it like the rest of us.
- Comment on What was the internet like before Y2K happened ? 1 week ago:
It’s pretty much the entire plot of Silicon Valley (TV show). It is complicated and fascinating.
- Comment on What was the internet like before Y2K happened ? 1 week ago:
Close. High bandwidth, low latency.
High amount of data able to stream, low time to communicate with the server.
- Comment on Aerosol 1 week ago:
Christmas is around us,
Come on and let it snow. - Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
It isn’t loading for me.
- Comment on What was the internet like before Y2K happened ? 1 week ago:
I’m going to use some descriptive metaphors to explain this as best I can. Apologies to my fellow Lemmy nerds for the small inaccuracies this might create, but I think I can get the basic point across in plain language.
Bandwidth is how much data can flow over a rate of time. It is similar to a water pipe—a bigger pipe can flow more water into your home, and a smaller one will flow less. If we’re comparing internet data to water, downloading a file is like filling up a bucket until the bucket is full and it is a complete bucket of water. Bigger files are like bigger buckets—you need more water (data) to fill them.
In the case of streaming a video, the bucket has a hole in the bottom because the playing of the video is the equivalent of the water being used and discarded. The flow of data needs to be faster than the play rate of the video (the drain rate of the hole in this case), otherwise the video will pause because it has not received the next section of data to play that video content (the bucket runs out of water). In the 90’s, we all had really small internet “pipes”, so sending data could not happen very quickly, and thus sending video that could be streamed was very difficult (or in many cases, impossible).
Now let’s talk about latency. Internet is unlike a water pipe in that not any old data will do—it has to be that specific data from that specific server.
In plain language, latency is the amount of time it takes to send a signal from a server to your computer and back.
Your computer has to contact that server and tell it “I need YOU to send me water.” The server has to react to that and start sending you the data, but the server has its own pipes to contend with, and it has other requests from other water users it needs to deliver too. If their pipes are slow, or they have too many requests, then the data will not flow to you quickly. If the data does not flow to you quickly, it will not outrun the play rate of the video, and the video will pause.
I hope that helped you gain a basic understanding of these concepts—I did my best. I welcome any other nerds out there to chime in if I misrepresented anything too much.
- Comment on I'm just better 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for posting this. That was an interesting read.
- Comment on How can I earn 100$ (before tax) in 24 hours? 2 weeks ago:
If you can convince people that your method is cheaper and better, you could be a billionaire overnight. Doubt meme from LA Noire
- Comment on How can I earn 100$ (before tax) in 24 hours? 2 weeks ago:
I also want to point out that a pawn shop will temporarily pawn an item without selling it and give you money, but that is reliant on the client paying you. If you are confident that they will, it is a good option, but don’t pawn anything you’ll miss.
- Comment on Be The Sunshine ☀️ 2 weeks ago:
*Lemmy
- Comment on Bought my kid a picture quiz book about animals. Neither of us can figure out what animal this is. 2 weeks ago:
They are padded for protection against the hot and rocky ground.
- Comment on Here's hoping he calls again 3 weeks ago:
It’d be gay to stick something in there before you stick something in there. /s
- Comment on The Prime Minister of Canada having his usual $45,000 morning breakfast 3 weeks ago:
Everyone else is downvoting for AI slop, but I’m downvoting for the fact that it is nowhere near a $45,000 breakfast. Unless that wine is the actual blood of Christ, I’d be surprised if this breaks $2000. Do better. /s
- Comment on The Matrix 3 weeks ago:
N’wah!
- Comment on Do some rich people date "poor" people? 3 weeks ago:
She has several conditions, but since she doesn’t have a job, her insurance sucks, which has made it a lot more difficult to get government assistance. She declined quickly over the last several years, so she went from having a stable job that paid much more than mine to suddenly being completely unable to manage her daily life. For the first year of unemployment, a lot of time was wasted with medical professionals who thought she just needed to work out her legs more and get back to work. It has been an adjustment, but we’re working on it.
It is somewhat of a long process of seeing loads of doctors, trying to get things on paper that qualify for disability, and then applying and seeing if it sticks. Because many of her problems are exceedingly rare and poorly understood, it has not been easy to get definitive diagnoses that can easily be used to get long term disability.
She also got bamboozled by some medical credit companies before she met me, so we’re dealing with a few lawsuits trying to resolve that. Plus, she was in a car accident recently which has set her back. I guess my point is that we’ve been working on getting her government assistance, but there has been an overwhelming amount of things going on, and the process is slow.
I say she’s bendy and elegant because those are the positives. She is also in constant pain, suffers from mental issues, and we’re currently finding out if she will have a short lifespan from the toll on her internal organs. Within all that suffering though are also unique opportunities for trust and connection that I’ve never experienced in an able bodied relationship—there is a beautiful intimacy in the act of carrying someone up a flight of stairs or feeding them when their hands won’t work. The way she looks at me, I never have to feel insecure—that lady loves me and lets me know it every moment of the day.
There is a lot of suffering that comes with chronic genetic conditions, and it has completely reframed how I see life. That said, under all that disability is a really unique, intelligent, and talented person who I have fallen in love with. She is the kind of person who is 100% worthy of help, and though I don’t know how we’ll end up getting there, we are focused on finding the right support so we can live a life together and so that she can reach her potential despite her setbacks.
- Comment on Do some rich people date "poor" people? 3 weeks ago:
Connective tissue disorder: very bendy with long and elegant features. The rest is our business, lol.
- Comment on Do some rich people date "poor" people? 3 weeks ago:
If 65k is poor, I need to reassess my opinion of myself as lower middle class.
- Comment on Do some rich people date "poor" people? 3 weeks ago:
I am lower middle class and my girlfriend is disabled and indigent. Our relationship is unbalanced and will probably never be financially fair, but there is just something special about her that keeps me coming back, and she rocks my world in the sack.
Compared to my able bodied millionaire ex wife, she is a significant upgrade. Poor and irresistible beats rich and malicious every time.
- Comment on Know Yourself! 3 weeks ago:
From the CKY leadership seminar. It was a real ball breaker.
- Comment on How come assassinations went away for the most part? Why send a bunch of god fearing young kids into a battle the upper class started or wanted when clipping one leader would stop it? 3 weeks ago:
Fresh off the Reddit boat?
- Comment on What do you think goes through an animal’s mind and POV? 3 weeks ago:
It’s not really something you succeed at, it’s something you practice. I think a lot of people shy away from it because they feel like they fail if an intrusive thought works its way in, but that is literally all part of it. Even the masters out there are having a random thought or fall asleep from time to time.
The key, in my opinion, is acceptance that there is no real victory or loss in meditation, just a continual practice that is likely to improve at times and get harder at others.
Focus on just your breath. If another thought comes in, allow it, and then return to your breath. If you can get little windows of singular focus, then you suddenly find yourself separated from the stories we tell ourselves to build our mental realities. Of course, even realizing that you’ve succeeded in that means that you failed step one: focus on just your breath.
- Comment on What do you think goes through an animal’s mind and POV? 3 weeks ago:
Meditate, man.
- Comment on I will kill you 4 weeks ago:
As your friendly neighborhood cigarette representative, I would also like to ELY5 and say: have you seen our cool animated camel and did you know that menthol tastes like candy? Also, your older brother has a pack in his drawer that you definitely shouldn’t steal from. Good luck, kid! /s
