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Havatra

@ Havatra @lemmy.zip

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  • NSFW

    Are there any selfharm-communites on Lemmy?

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  • Despite there not being a lot of activity in the communities mentioned in the comments here, I think posting there might still yield some results. Even if just a single individual engages with you, that single individual may very well turn out to be a great conversation partner.

    I've personally had some quite deep and dark conversations myself, and one good individual can in many cases be "sufficient".

    I hope that you find some cool people out there, and keep up the hunt for achievements in both games and life!

  • Why are people using the "þ" character?

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  • Yupp! I probably should've specified that I've seen the use in English, but it is indeed still in use in Icelandic! It stems from Old Norse, as a rune, iirc. Icelandic is the closest we have to Old Norse in today's used languages.

  • Why are people using the "þ" character?

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  • I agree with the personalizing! I have a friend who wasn't very good in English, so he masked it with leetspeak, and now that has simply become his style. It's a bit of a hurdle getting used to it, but it's rather intuitive, fortunately.

  • Why are people using the "þ" character?

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  • Thanks for chiming in!

    I'm indeed curious whether it actually has an effect on the training, although my gut tells me that it's very negligible.

    Tbf, I can agree that the use of þ and/or ð could possibly make the written language a bit easier to translate into spoken (clear distinction between voiced and unvoiced). However, there are worse things about the English language that probably could need some addressing first, like thou, tough, though, thought, and thorough.

  • Why are people using the "þ" character?

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  • Ah, in that sense! I think it's about is inefficient as the other reason honestly. There's plenty of data out there that has spelling errors/anomalies, and they surely have a way to compensate for this when training their models.

  • Why are people using the "þ" character?

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  • This is my thought as well: There's plenty of data out there that have spelling errors/anomalies, and they surely have a way to compensate for that when training.

  • Why are people using the "þ" character?

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  • Spot on the user I saw it from just now! Must be quite the active user then, as I keep bumping into comments using this character...

  • Why are people using the "þ" character?

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  • Ah, makes sense, kinda. Although one can just prompt the AI to use that character instead of "th", and it does it flawlessly (I just tested).

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Havatra @lemmy.zip

    Why are people using the "þ" character?

  • How to separate self-worth from Achievements and External Validation?

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  • Though the process is also something that is subject to external validation?

    Say I'm learning to drive, but I keep failing the test. The goal/achievement is the end result; driver's license. However my process of getting to that goal is sub-par compared to others, or "the average". I'm stuck in the process itself, having many more lessons than others, but I have no apparent reason to struggle? Isn't that infuriating?

  • How to separate self-worth from Achievements and External Validation?

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  • I have to disagree a bit with the efficacy of this method.

    I myself have been told that I'm very understanding for people who try and learn something new, or do something I already know how to. However when the roles are switched, I can't help but to hold myself to a higher standard than I hold others, and I end up pissing on myself for having such a hard time doing something others seem to have such an easy time with. Personal example is learning a language: I'm such a slow learner, still being A1 after three years, while I have a friend who got to B1 in 9 months. And I keep thinking things like "why do I struggle so much retaining this simple information? I must be putting a weak effort into this...", while my friends are like "Keep going! You're doing great!". I can't help but consider it mocking, like "aw, it's adorable that you try so hard, and are still a noob!", even though that is something neither of us actually think.

    It works well as a form of motivation though, albeit slightly toxic.

    I try to compare myself with my previous self, but that I find near-impossible, for some reason.

  • Good old Finland (subtitle is commentary, not in text)

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  • Depends on the method, but a lot of normies find these pirate websites where you stream directly through a player on their website, and here they can serve ads, i.e. get money. Pirate Bay and the like also serves ads.

  • They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you?

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  • Both of these games are very well made, but they both cater to a special type of gamer.Elden Ring being incredibly well designed as an introduction to souls-likes, it still has the mechanics and difficulty like most of From Software's games, with slight variation. If you're not a gamer who likes overcoming a challenge, the game is likely not for you.

    Death Stranding I think is quite the unique game, but much thanks to its weirdness. It has a lot of curious elements to it, but its incredibly story heavy. With different difficulty options you can make it a very casual experience, but it can be quite slow at times still. If you don't like several dozen hours of cutscenes, the game might not be for you.

  • What's the status on Wikipedia donations?

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  • I'm also curious about this. If there are any transparency reports, I'd love to read through that.

    The Wikimedia Foundation are trying to implement some AI solutions (for helping humans, not write articles/information), which is likely quite costly, unless someone donates it. However, I imagine many others' scrapers for AI are constantly demanding a lot from the Wikipedia servers since some years ago, probably resulting in increased costs. Hopefully the AI builders use a local copy of the torrent instead, but I fear they don't...

    I'm still happily donating though, as I think the Wikipedia Foundation are still doing a solid job, despite me not always agreeing with their decisions.

  • Were both parties cheated on?

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  • If it results in a basis of good values later in life, I'd say it's definitely worth the time of OP.However, it's arguable whether making a post on Lemmy is the right way to get feedback on rights and wrongs, although I'm positively surprised by the comments here being so understanding and constructive.

  • why do you people delete your posts?

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  • I'll try and answer seriously, with some non-exclusive options, in no particular order:

    • Feeling ashamed, mostly because they're realizing they're either wrong or sounding stupid.
    • Not wanting controversial stuff related to them to be "saved" for others to find and use for scrutiny.
    • Honest mistakes (wrong community, thread, etc.)
    • The post becomes a cesspool in the comments.
    • Other personal reasons (feeling threatened, wanting a clean inbox, question got answered and they don't care about historic purposes, etc.)

    These are just my guesses though, and I try and not delete anything personally. I'm aware that anything I put on the internet will be immortalized, and that the healthiest thing I can do is own both my mistakes and my opinions, even if I'm convinced of my stupidity or ignorance at a later time. I'm only a human after all, and doomed to talk before I think. Best I can do is to learn as much as possible from it, and hope that others can also learn from my actions.

  • what's your ringtone?

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  • What are the biases of Lemmy?

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  • I think you're right on all these points, though it depends a bit on what part of the Fediverse you're exposed to.

    On the point of anti-capitalism, I agree, but (again, depending on the part of the Fediverse) there's also an incredibly high amount of open-minded people here, compared to other more mainstream social media (like Reddit). I speak much from my perspective of being from lemmy.zip, which I'm impressed by the healthiness of the community since I joined. But there are also less "healthy" instances like lemmy.ml which is considered by many to be infested with tankies (anti-capitalism?).

    And yes, the average age seems to be around mid-30s to me, based solely on how people speak and what they reminisce about.

  • Especially the Ø...

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  • I used to use one of them in my passwords - it usually works fine, until I'm met with a platform where this key doesn't exist (damn you, Nintendo Switch!)

  • Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few?

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  • I think there are two more questions that need to be answered first, before being able to tell whether we should prioritize the many.

    First question is what is the ultimate goal behind prioritizng the many? Happiness of the population? Infinite growth? To conquer the stars? Depending on what the goal is, there are occasions where minorities should be the focus if we want to approach the goal the fastest.Example is moon landing: The amount of resources that was spent on "simply" building a rocket, space suits & equipment, and send a couple of humans over there was prioritizing the few. Despite a lot of people watching with curious eyes, it did not benefit the many's needs much. There were several goals here: Being before the USSR, explore the unknown, satisfying shareholders, and more. By the many working hard to send the few, we approached all these goals faster than if we would allocate some of these resources towards the many's needs, like health (prime days of smoking cigarettes).

    The second question is what timeframe are we talking? Is it long-term or short-term success we're aiming for? Because in many cases, if we want long-term success fast, the many are those who should "suffer".Example is where the long-term goal is the glorious evolution of mankind: In one way, we downprioritize the few who are those born with defects, either by culling them or by ensuring they do not make offspring. In another way, we downprioritize the many who are on- or below-average intelligence/capabilities. But then we get the question of how we quantify the few/many; where do we draw the line? And as we get more smart/capable humans, the average constantly shifts - what is the concrete goal?

    Suffice to say that this is written without emotion, as that makes this discussion the soup it really is: Ethics, benevolence, discrimination, etc., as you mentioned.

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