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Lovable Sidekick

@ LovableSidekick @lemmy.world

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  • What's a regional pronunciation of a word that seems normal to you but is weird to people from other parts of the country?

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  • I pronounce Kraken phonetically - "krayken" - but the world seems to prefer "cracken".

  • Does anyone truly think times are better now than 30 years ago? (US)

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  • Yeah a lot of people in this thread seem to be comparing their personal good ol' days with now, rather than thinking broader.

  • Does anyone truly think times are better now than 30 years ago? (US)

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  • Without elaboration all you're saying is smart phones are poopy.

  • Does anyone truly think times are better now than 30 years ago? (US)

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  • A few technological aspects of life are incredibly easier and more accessible. We have instant access to any form of information, from porn to encyclopedia articles. Comparing prices and ordering things - commonly called "mail order" 30 years ago - took weeks compared to a couple days now. Communication is far easier and cheaper - talking between San Francisco and Stockholm or Singapore would have cost several dollars per minute 30 years ago, and now it's a built-in feature of network access. Most of us have in our pockets a telephone, photo/video camera, advanced computer, entertainment and game console. There have also been some notable medical advances - my friend died from leukemia in the 90s, and it's very treatable now, along with various kinds of tumors.

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  • Fair enough, good luck with that.

  • "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to".

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  • People are always saying English is weird. Being willing to die on a hill for eccentric word use is one reason lol.

  • Why doesn't the Trump administration simply edit the Epstein files and release them?

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  • You're not the only one wondering why the Trump administration has its head completely up its ass.

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  • I'm just curious how she's your "girlfriend" if you're only able to have "basic interactions". Being brutally honest it sounds like she needs a lot of professional help before she can have a truly meaningful relationship. Especially since your communication always turns into negative emotions, crying, anger, depression, and her being constantly overwhelmed. That's not healthy, like at all. As a nonprofessional internet rando I think it would be more responsible of you to back off on the "my new girlfriend" thing and be more of a concerned friend.

  • It's a proud family name

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  • In high school my friend's lawyer dad once had a client named Harry Organ. Sounds like a match made in heaven!

  • Lemmy, what's the meaning, or point if you prefer, of life? I know 42, but I'm serious. Nothing lasts, everything is meaningless - are we just amusing ourselves until death?

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  • Essentially I think you're right, we are amusing ourselves. The point is that we seem to be built to do that - we come with a nice set of compulsions that give us happy feelings when we do certain things, and if those feelings are an illusion so what? They feel real.

  • "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to".

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  • "used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible"

  • "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to".

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  • I don't think he spoke enough English to understand what "literally" means, so I'd guess not.

  • What's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?

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  • What's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?

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  • I srsly doubt that the Pillsbury box design is still under patent, because it's been used in hundreds or even thousands of products I've opened over a span of decades - for example, pretty much every breakfast cereal box works that way. Two main flaps, two little tabs under them at the ends. The store-brand box is something I've never even seen before. Could be that it's designed to be opened along one side, with the "front" of the box opening as a lid. Then the structure would actually make sense. I dunno, next time I make pie I'll have a closer look.

  • I self hosted a World of Warcraft server.

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  • Not gonna go back and search for "AI" but when I read the thread hours ago there were multiple back and forth comments criticizing/defending use of ChatGPT (which is what I meant by "AI" in this case), and this was not at all the point of OP's post.

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    Which git branch are you on?

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  • No, I said I don't think the word "master" is inherently offensive - after all, my wife has a master's degree. But to answer OP's question, I've switched to "main" as my git branch because that seems to be the new convention.

  • What's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?

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  • Pillsbury pie crusts - the kind that come rolled up, 2 in a box, come in a very standard box with the typical two big flaps at the end, one glued over the other, with two little side flaps inside. Safeway store brand pie crusts seem identical but have a slightly more complicated box. One flap peels open easily but the other flap is sort of latched into the little side tabs with little slots, making it hard to peel open. You have to rip the corners apart. It's totally unnecessary. The simpler Pillsbury box works fine.

    Until just now my low-stakes conspiracy theory was that the store brand box was deliberately designed to create the disadvantage of being a slight pain in the ass to open. I figured Safeway pie crusts, like most store-brand products, are made by a major manufacturer - probably Pillsbury - and that Pillsbury probably made them under the condition that the package be harder to open, to create a tangible difference between the products.

    However, when I started typing this I casually googled and found that Safeway buys their OEM pie crusts from Albertsons. This blows my conspiracy theory but now I wonder even more why the box design is so stupid.

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    Which git branch are you on?

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  • I personally don't think the word "master" should be considered offensive - my wife has a master's degree in deaf education - but I've switched to "main" because that seems to be the convention now and it really doesn't have to be an issue.

  • "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to".

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  • Yes, something that's like something else is also literally like it, because literally emphasizes that it's really true. But "I literally died laughing" is wrong unless you're actually dead.