Nollij
@Nollij@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on Gemini can now personalize its answers based on your search history 1 week ago:
This might be interesting. I turned off all of my Google history years ago. I presume they still collected all of it.
This could reveal some of that.
- Comment on If I don't have my lunch my sugar crashes and I get sleepy 1 week ago:
It sounds like a daytime event. If it runs that late, it interferes with nighttime events, most notably drinking/getting laid.
- Comment on Prepare For Discord To Get Way Worse [Kotaku] 2 weeks ago:
It’s more like claiming to own a subreddit, or a Twitter hashtag.
- Comment on Prepare For Discord To Get Way Worse [Kotaku] 2 weeks ago:
“Having a Discord server” doesn’t mean what those words normally mean.
- Comment on Over 230,000 Canadians Want Elon Musk’s Citizenship Revoked 3 weeks ago:
For comparison, the total population of Canada is 40.1 million people, meaning that just over 0.5% signed this petition.
As much as I enjoy the sentiment, this petition was never going to go anywhere. As others have pointed out, revoking citizenship based on popular opinion just isn’t a thing.
- Comment on Do you find this compelling evidence to doubt the result of the election? 4 weeks ago:
In the very few cases where the trump campaign showed any evidence whatsoever, they actually did very well with the court rulings. Keep in mind that these were absolutely not cases of widespread fraud, but of localized errors that are common in every election.
The fact that most suits were filed with literally no evidence whatsoever was very telling, though.
- Comment on I’m planning to teach middle school Spanish, would casually mentioning having a girlfriend cause an uproar? 4 weeks ago:
Does Spanish have a super generic term like “significant other” or “partner” that doesn’t convey anything useful?
Side note, the types of parents you would be concerned about are probably also the type that get super racist about teaching Spanish in the first place.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Thank you- this is exactly the sort of critique I had been expecting/hoping to find
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I agree with you, and would go further.
A while back, there was a study (IIRC) from the UK that recommended against gender transitioning for children. No surprise, it created quite an uproar before it was retracted.
At no point in any of the media coverage or comments on Lemmy, etc, did I see any discussion of the study itself. To this day, I have no idea if there was an issue with the methodology. It seems that no one, neither supporters nor opponents, bothered to read past the headline. Many of them were very fervent in their beliefs, but that wasn’t enough to get them to look at the details.
This is also very bad for science - there are countless headline-grabbing “studies” that fail basic requirements. I’m sure you’ve seen things like “Is coffee/chocolate/etc good for you? A new 10-day study of 23 people suggests that…”. Which of course should get picked apart.
If we aren’t following the science, then what are we even trying to do?
(As an aside, I suspect that study was flawed, but I can’t confirm. It goes against the conclusions widely agreed upon, and would require significant rigor and evidence to support the claim)
- Comment on Liquid Death Quietly Adds Stevia to Tea Drinks 5 weeks ago:
This is exactly why, for many years, there was no percentage on the label. They were concerned that people would try to get it to 100%.
Fast forward a few decades, and it’s extremely rare to find Americans consuming that little sugar, so the concern was no longer valid.
- Comment on Your favourite YouTube channels might not survive this [Minute Earth] 5 weeks ago:
While I appreciate that rule in many communities, there’s nothing stopping them from posting a summary or even editorial in the body.
- Comment on Your favourite YouTube channels might not survive this [Minute Earth] 5 weeks ago:
TL;DW:
A lot of science-related YouTube channels get indirect funding from the US government.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I’m inferring that you are not in the US, so your local laws may differ. But in the US, your attorney is required to act in your best interests to the best of their ability. Working against their client is a quick way to be disbarred and paying a massive amount to their (now former) client.
That said, this whole thing seems like an exercise in creative writing. Your life savings would be too tempting to any attorney, and they would try to steal it? You need to make friends with someone powerful to find a good lawyer? You’ll need all of this in a few months, but not now? None of it makes any sense.
- Comment on It'll happen to you! 5 weeks ago:
What did those poor cables do to you to get the Liam Neeson treatment?
- Comment on It'll happen to you! 5 weeks ago:
But can it spy on users for marketing purposes? That’s the real question.
/s
- Comment on Jamie Dimon popped off at the 1,200+ JPMorgan employees fighting against full-time RTO: 'I don’t care how many people sign that petition' 5 weeks ago:
If you have a Chase account, the best time to close it was 20 years ago.
The second best time is right this very second.
Even ignoring this story, with the collapse of the CFPB, you are about to get screwed harder than you can even imagine.
- Comment on I would do this for just 1.99 5 weeks ago:
Counter point: Lemmy has always been more toxic.
I’ve never seen a group (as a whole) that’s less capable of accepting that there are things they don’t know, or other viewpoints.
- Comment on Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs 5 weeks ago:
Unsurprisingly, fitness is always more complicated than it seems.
You are certainly correct that runners don’t burn (much) more calories than a couch potato. But weightlifters do, vs a couch potato of the same weight.
The thing about cardio is that the calories go directly into effort. The calories burned are roughly proportional to the effort (distance). But the moment you stop, the calories stop getting burned.
If you are doing weightlifting, the calories spent at the time to lift a heavy object are minimal. But it instructs your body to add muscle to better handle all the heavy lifting you do. Once you have that muscle, you burn a ton of calories 24 hours per day just keeping it alive. It becomes part of your base metabolic rate. It burns nearly the same calories whether you’re at the gym, or sitting on the couch. And it will continue to burn those calories until your body decides you no longer need that extra muscle mass and it atrophies.
- Comment on people who drink, how long do your hangovers last? 1 month ago:
The potassium levels are very low, to the point where it doesn’t make a difference. While there are different varieties, most only have 45mg. For comparison, a banana has 400+, and a cup of apple juice has 250. The human body requires 3400 per day for men, meaning 8oz of Gatorade only provides 1.3% of what you would need in a normal day, even less if you’re deficient.
Sodium is a bit higher, from 160-310mg of the daily recommended 2300. Even if we ignore the fact that most people have more than enough sodium, particularly the type that are drinking enough for a hangover, a cup of chicken broth has 950mg. In fact, some varieties also have more potassium than Gatorade.
IOW, you’d be far better off drinking some chicken broth and eating a banana than drinking Gatorade.
- Comment on Looks legit, but can it actually be a real thing? 1 month ago:
The text explicitly says the program is for the lieutenant governor’s office.
The question is, would the lieutenant governor of Texas’ office be involved in something like this? I’m certain they want to, but would they have the authority? It’s my understanding that international airports are exclusively under federal control, not state.
- Comment on people who drink, how long do your hangovers last? 1 month ago:
I know people will argue with me, but it really depends on what I drank, and not just how much. Even within the same type of alcohol, different brands or varieties give me very different results. For instance, Tullamore Dew (although it is delicious) gives me very nasty hangovers, far more than other Irish whiskeys.
But of course, there are other factors that are far more important. Obviously drink water, but you also need electrolytes (and no, Gatorade does not do this). Drinking on a full stomach and drinking slowly/steadily will also reduce your hangover the next day. And it probably doesn’t need to be said, but when it stops feeling enjoyable, stop drinking. Whether it’s because the party is winding down or because the smell makes you gag, you don’t always need to have the next drink.
- Comment on The Chilling Consequences of Going Along With Trump 1 month ago:
Add in a bit of their self-interest. Every dollar you earned but don’t have, is a dollar stolen by your freeloading bosses/shareholders. Because they certainly didn’t earn it. Why do they have a mansion and a Ferrari? You should at least be able to afford rent.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
There are certainly some exceptions, but 90+% are not.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Most wildlife isn’t capable of that level of thought or empathy.
For most animals that hunt, the thought process is “I’m hungry. This looks like something I can eat. Now I’m not hungry”
- Comment on Can I lose a beer belly working out one day a week? 1 month ago:
The fact that you describe yourself as skinny and low weight suggests that this is not about calories. Do you have a high carb diet? That tends to cause fat to collect in the midsection. If you’ve ever seen starving children in Africa, you may have noticed that a lot of them have a similar stomach bulge, despite being clearly malnourished. It’s from their diet that’s high in grains.
- Comment on imagine 1 month ago:
Yes, they will.
You’re taking the approach of an independent farmer that didn’t sign a contract with Monsanto. What you said mostly aligns with that scenario.
For the farmer that did sign a contract with Monsanto, that is a standard and required clause, and they do enforce it.
- Comment on I Was an Incarcerated Firefighter. Here’s What I Want People to Know. 1 month ago:
In all seriousness, I remember Teen Vogue doing a remarkably skilled level of coverage during Trump’s first term.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Your employer will not be there at Thanksgiving.
If you dedicate your life to work, neither will your family.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
It’s risky. There have been a number of recent actions at a national level that are being applied retroactively. You also have to be sure that it ONLY is being discussed within a blue state. You cannot have a red or purple state involved at all, nor is it safe to cross state lines.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Unfortunately, the landscape has gotten very hostile for your situation. You need to be careful about where you ask questions, and what sort of paper trail you might be leaving. It may limit your choices down the road.
Tragically, this might mean that you cannot discuss it with your family, friends, or even a doctor. You might also want to put effort into disguising your searches, lest they become evidence against you.
Of course, if you’re from a more civilized country than the US, you can disregard all of the above.