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LemmyLefty

@ Lemmylefty @lemmy.world

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  • I'd pick the person.

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  • How long could each of these options live off the other?

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  • Ah, it was inside, my bad.

  • What is a product you'll pay a little more for?

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  • Good comment! It’s a great rule of thumb.

    I’ll add: a good bike helmet, which is a single-use item. One knock to the head and the helmet’s dead: if you are okay it’s done its job.

  • Tupperware after you put spaghetti in it

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  • Would a waterproof boot work better?

    I’ve worked in similar jobs where you’re on your feet all day, so I understand focusing on comfort, though.

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  • I usually start off intending to only retie, then I walk around for a bit, get annoyed, and do the other one.

    Your strategy of accepting the inevitable makes more sense which is why I will promptly forget it.

  • Some far-right activists and conspiracy theories are advocating against card-payments and for cash, and it's pissing me off

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  • I don’t agree that the reaction to what rightwingers say is so thoughtlessly contrary. In my experience, the reaction is usually “…huh, not what I expected, but okay. Oh, wait, THAT’S the reason they hate it? Nevermind…”

  • Is America Really That Bad?

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  • Oh right, I had heard about that: there’s a filter. I’m not sure what instance it’s on and what words it filters, though.

    I was using the verb version of a word for a female dog.

  • Philosophy rule

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  • Is the Hilbert Hotel filled with cats en route to St. Ives who may or may not already be dead?

  • Could modern computers decipher hieroglyphics if we never found the Rosetta Stone?

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  • That’s a good point, and you’re right that I’m conflating them.

    What other elements of AI would you imagine would be useful here?

  • Is America Really That Bad?

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  • America is harder to live in the poorer you are, and it’s on a steeper scale than in other industrialized nations because there are fewer and less robust social services, especially health and child care, and declines in union membership have paired with a rapid increase in wealth inequality that is forcing the shrinking middle class downward and stomping on the poor even harder.

    You can live a comfortable life (for now…) if you are firmly middle class and up. Your higher salary than your counterparts in Europe is eaten away at by higher costs, and you deal with risks that they don’t in the form of transportation being car dominated (more accidents and less walking exercise) easy access to guns (the most dangerous being the one in your own home, to you) and less strict food safety laws. Compared to those in Eastern Europe, however, your likelihood of suffering from a foreign attack is drastically lower, not that it was ever very high to begin with.

    One thing that Americans take pride in (and rightly, mind you) and full advantage of is our First Amendment right to not have our speech be curtailed, so a large amount of the bitching about America, and especially in English, is Americans bitching about America(ns). So there’s a cultural element to it that may or may not exceed the truth.

  • Could modern computers decipher hieroglyphics if we never found the Rosetta Stone?

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  • Given that the AI we have is prone to making things up because it “fits” according to the models it trains on, how much faith would you have in a translation done by an AI on writings made by people who lived millennia before said language models were developed?

  • Pet owners with talkative pets, what will they talk about?

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  • My cat is deaf, so there have been a number of “Oh! It’s you!” startled “mrrrrAAAAAs” directed at me when I come around a corner.

    She’s quite talkative, with lots of greeting (and aforementioned startled) trills and meows that can range from normal level to “causes ear bleeds at close range” level.

  • Top or bottom?

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  • Everybody knows that when they get cold they just suck their necks back in.

  • Is there a way to have less "racial blindness" when consuming asian media?

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  • You improve at what you do often and with mindful intent. You’re already doing that; what’s tripping you up is the guilt you feel at getting things wrong because it feels like you’re being dismissive of people.

    But you’re not: you’re actively working on a problem you’ve identified you have, and for partially personal but also kind, interpersonal reasons. There’s no timeline or final grade to worry about, so just focus on enjoying your media and discernment will come to you.

  • Is this it? Is there anything more to life, am I missing something?

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  • This comment right here.

    With burnout and depressive states your ability to foresee the good in life, or even experiences outside of the grind, is severely curtailed: you essentially develop emotional tunnel vision. A psychiatrist can help you break the negative spiral.

  • For you, does "pretty good" mean something is better or worse than just "good"?

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  • A shrug and a “pretty good” = acceptable, not worth complaining about.

    A slow grin first or it being said loudly = better than good, great.

    Although this depends on how emotive the speaker is.

  • Anyone else feel that Lemmy just isn't addictive?

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  • Exactly. Places/communities like Lemmy can and should serve different functions for different people - newsfeed, forum, meme collection/dumping ground - but the fine line between value and addiction gets obliterated by moneyed interests.

  • Peer reviewed

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