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Comment on The lonely work of moderating Hacker News in ~tech
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Comment on Meryl Streep: it’s ‘hardest thing’ for men to see themselves in female characters in ~movies
ButteredToast Link ParentBocchi was interesting. The larger category of shows it belongs to (girls in a band doing band things) isn’t usually my cup of tea, but I found it enjoyable, and to some degree the main character...Bocchi was interesting. The larger category of shows it belongs to (girls in a band doing band things) isn’t usually my cup of tea, but I found it enjoyable, and to some degree the main character relatable despite my personal experiences with social anxiety not being anywhere near as intense.
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Comment on Meryl Streep: it’s ‘hardest thing’ for men to see themselves in female characters in ~movies
ButteredToast Link ParentTo piggyback, I also didn’t feel particularly award, clumsy, or emotional coming of age as a guy. That might’ve been a result of some lack of self consciousness on my part, but my feelings during...To piggyback, I also didn’t feel particularly award, clumsy, or emotional coming of age as a guy. That might’ve been a result of some lack of self consciousness on my part, but my feelings during that stage of life can mostly be summed up with, “Sweet, I can grow a mustache now!”.
There were some of those feelings in my early to mid twenties though, mostly centered around transitioning from an overgrown teenager into a functional adult, but that’s an entirely different situation that’s not likely to be the subject of movies or shows.
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Comment on Is Emacs or VIM worth learning in today's day and age? in ~comp
ButteredToast LinkIn the ~24 years I’ve been tinkering with programming in some capacity, I haven’t had much need for vim or emacs. This is something that I’m sure varies a lot depending on a person’s background,...In the ~24 years I’ve been tinkering with programming in some capacity, I haven’t had much need for vim or emacs.
This is something that I’m sure varies a lot depending on a person’s background, though — almost all code I’ve written has been under either Classic Mac OS or OS X/macOS, which has predisposed me toward GUI IDEs/editors. First REALBasic, then Project Builder (now known as Xcode), then SubEthaEdit (for writing HTML and PHP), then TextMate (for Ruby/Rails), and since 2015 or so a mix of Xcode and Sublime Text.
One big difference with OS X/macOS which may have kept me away from vim/emacs are its system wide text navigation hotkeys [0] [1], which are a mix of mac-unique and emacs-inspired and are supported in nearly every standard text field and most non-modal editors and IDEs. They allow for similarly keyboard-dominant text manipulation without requiring a particular editor or plugin. For example, I used the shortcuts when writing this post in a browser, and I make heavy use of them in messaging apps too.
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Comment on What’s your method for archiving bookmarked/liked social media posts? in ~comp
ButteredToast Link ParentI feel you on the disliking PDFs thing. It’d be nice if ePubs could be exported as easily and universally as PDFs can, since those are about as inclusive and self-contained while also being...I feel you on the disliking PDFs thing. It’d be nice if ePubs could be exported as easily and universally as PDFs can, since those are about as inclusive and self-contained while also being reflowable, restylable, etc. In particular it would be nice if browser reader modes could be rendered to ePub.
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Comment on Thoughts on the current state of discoverability and search in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentKagi is far from perfect but it’s better than what Google has become. The various knobs it gives you for tweaking your results and adjusting the site’s display/behavior to your liking are helpful.Kagi is far from perfect but it’s better than what Google has become. The various knobs it gives you for tweaking your results and adjusting the site’s display/behavior to your liking are helpful.
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Comment on What’s your method for archiving bookmarked/liked social media posts? in ~comp
ButteredToast Link ParentYep, this is one of my biggest reasons for bookmarking things. There’s a good chance that I’ll have a sudden want or even a need for the bookmarked content at some point, and I know this because...You'd be surprised what can look neat today but you wouldn't actually use for 5+ years but then the situation arises and you go "wait I read something abut that a while back".
Yep, this is one of my biggest reasons for bookmarking things. There’s a good chance that I’ll have a sudden want or even a need for the bookmarked content at some point, and I know this because these wants/need have struck for things that I know I didn’t bookmark (at which point, good luck finding it again).
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Comment on Raw milk easy to obtain despite bird flu warning, FDA interstate ban in ~food
ButteredToast Link ParentYeah none of the food safety practices and regulations developed in the past century or so should be taken lightly. They were put in place for a reason.Yeah none of the food safety practices and regulations developed in the past century or so should be taken lightly. They were put in place for a reason.
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What’s your method for archiving bookmarked/liked social media posts?
Following the recent upsets with both Twitter and Reddit, how have people here been exporting/archiving their bookmarked/favorited/liked/etc threads, posts, and the content within (images, links,...
Following the recent upsets with both Twitter and Reddit, how have people here been exporting/archiving their bookmarked/favorited/liked/etc threads, posts, and the content within (images, links, etc) for later reference?
It hit me not too long ago that there’s a lot of good stuff I’ve bookmarked over the years on both and it’d be unfortunate for viewing it to be locked behind keeping accounts active. Additionally, more and more of it’s disappearing over time not just due to link rot (which seems to have been accelerating dramatically in the past decade), but also as a result of users deleting their posts on the way out.
I’m particularly interested in solutions that saves content locally, because exporting these things to e.g. a cloud read it later service or bookmark manager really just shifts the problem around instead of solving it, but beggars can’t be choosers and all that.
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Comment on Raw milk easy to obtain despite bird flu warning, FDA interstate ban in ~food
ButteredToast Link ParentI don’t know how widespread it is/was among farmers, but according to my father, my great-grandmother who kept dairy cows was extremely strict when it came to sanitization, at least to the extent...I don’t know how widespread it is/was among farmers, but according to my father, my great-grandmother who kept dairy cows was extremely strict when it came to sanitization, at least to the extent that was practical to sustenance farmers in the early 1900s until some point in the 1970s. If so much as a single hair was found in a batch of milk for example, it was declared unsuitable for human consumption and fed to the hogs. The cows themselves were also very well cared for, occasionally even to the detriment of the humans caring for them, which also reduced danger of consuming their milk.
I would imagine that more of that was “common sense” back at that point in time, though, since a much larger portion of the population’s lives depended on these practices and had been for generations. These days raw milk is liable to come from a farm owned by someone who decided they wanted to try their hand at farming with zero prior experience from themselves, their parents, or grandparents to back it up.
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Comment on Raw milk easy to obtain despite bird flu warning, FDA interstate ban in ~food
ButteredToast Link ParentToday I learned a new word, thanks!orthorexia
Today I learned a new word, thanks!
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Comment on PPSSPP is approved for the [Apple] App Store in ~games
ButteredToast Link ParentSuper fast-forward isn’t really of interest, I just like having a lot of headroom between what the hardware is capable of and the demands of the software because that usually translates to better...Super fast-forward isn’t really of interest, I just like having a lot of headroom between what the hardware is capable of and the demands of the software because that usually translates to better battery life, less heat, etc.
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Comment on PPSSPP is approved for the [Apple] App Store in ~games
ButteredToast LinkI had been thinking about getting one of those dedicated Android emulation handhelds have been popular lately, but with the floodgates having for emulators been opened on iOS maybe a Backbone or...I had been thinking about getting one of those dedicated Android emulation handhelds have been popular lately, but with the floodgates having for emulators been opened on iOS maybe a Backbone or similar is the better play! Any recent iPhone should have a substantial performance advantage over even the higher end emulator handhelds.
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Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life
ButteredToast Link ParentLearning to cook well is one of the barriers for me as well (also an American). I’d actually like to learn all that, but it takes substantial time, energy, and planning which aren’t necessarily in...Learning to cook well is one of the barriers for me as well (also an American). I’d actually like to learn all that, but it takes substantial time, energy, and planning which aren’t necessarily in surplus.
This compounds with nutritional completeness concerns for fully vegan cooking (not so much for vegetarian), and fresh veggies don’t keep well which makes planning much more important if avoiding waste is a goal.
Aside from that, it’s just not very enticing to be faced with however many weeks of bad to mediocre dinners after workdays until I get things figured out.
So if I do it, I’ll probably start with low-meat or vegetarian cooking, and it’ll probably be when/if I’m in the midst of an extended break between jobs, because I don’t know how it’d fit in otherwise.
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Comment on Experimental real property tax basis-set rate based on usable area per person in ~finance
ButteredToast Link ParentOne potential issue with taxing per bedroom is that a lot of independent contractors and now salaried remote workers use a spare bedroom in their dwelling as an office, and I’m not sure it’d make...One potential issue with taxing per bedroom is that a lot of independent contractors and now salaried remote workers use a spare bedroom in their dwelling as an office, and I’m not sure it’d make since to tax them extra for not renting it out to somebody instead, especially if considering the benefit brought by someone doing this (reduced traffic, potentially reduced demand for local office space incentivizing conversion of office complexes into residences).
There are fixes for this, though, like tax credits to make small allowances.
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Comment on Recommendations for leakproof, TSA-approved (100ml / 3.4oz) toiletry bottles in ~travel
ButteredToast LinkI got some cheap silicone bottles off of Amazon that can probably be found on AliExpress for cheaper, which have worked well for me. I place them in a sandwich sized ziplock bag for disaster...I got some cheap silicone bottles off of Amazon that can probably be found on AliExpress for cheaper, which have worked well for me. I place them in a sandwich sized ziplock bag for disaster prevention. Been on three or four trips since I got them, a couple of which were trans-pacific, and have had no problems.
Will note that I only carry fairly viscous shampoo/body wash, though. Your mileage may vary with thinner substances.
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Comment on What is a value or belief you have that is extremely outside the norm? in ~talk
ButteredToast Link ParentI think I’m in a similar boat. Non-obtrusive text ads in both print and on the web are fine. Static graphical ads can be ok too — in fact, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to call good graphical...I think I’m in a similar boat. Non-obtrusive text ads in both print and on the web are fine. Static graphical ads can be ok too — in fact, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to call good graphical print ads something of a lost art, with how clever and creative they used to have to be in order to be effective.
Billboards I’m more iffy on. I don’t mind them if they’re relatively few in number but I’m not as keen on them if density is high.
As soon as audio, motion, captive audiences, etc are involved I dislike them greatly.
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Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentThe primary risk of adding downvotes is the potential creation of echo chambers, which are not good regardless of the way they’re biased. That’s not to say that leaving them out can’t perpetuate...The primary risk of adding downvotes is the potential creation of echo chambers, which are not good regardless of the way they’re biased. That’s not to say that leaving them out can’t perpetuate harm, but if a site is to add the feature, a much deeper level of design consideration than is typically afforded is warranted.
For example, perhaps users have only a limited number of downvotes for a given period of time or when downvoting, a reason for the downvote must be given (which is then surfaced to readers), or maybe downvotes can’t bury posts — the precise design is up for debate, but hopefully this conveys the idea, which is to offer a negative signal without recreating one of Reddit’s biggest problems in the process.
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Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes
ButteredToast Link ParentThis reminds me of a pattern I saw frequently when I still used Reddit a lot, particularly on polarizing topics, where it wasn’t uncommon for the veracity of information being spread around to be...This reminds me of a pattern I saw frequently when I still used Reddit a lot, particularly on polarizing topics, where it wasn’t uncommon for the veracity of information being spread around to be treated as having little to no relevance — all that mattered is that it supported the poster’s arguments or end goals.
What was perhaps the most surprising was the inconsistency of those engaging in this behavior. The same people who’d take only verified information from proven legitimate sources on one topic seriously would be perfectly happy to repeat badly grounded hearsay on another.
In fairness, this is an easy trap to fall into but it’s something I’m conscious of and actively try to avoid.
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Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life
ButteredToast Link ParentYes, I think many could see themselves going vegetarian (which is a considerably easier change than going vegan) at some point, but by the standards of some this isn’t going far enough even though...Yes, I think many could see themselves going vegetarian (which is a considerably easier change than going vegan) at some point, but by the standards of some this isn’t going far enough even though it’s still a dramatic improvement. This is the sort of thing where making the perfect the enemy of the good may be doing a lot of harm.
In addition to this, the impression I get from being in the industry (though I could be wrong, it doesn’t come up in discussion a ton) is that that the majority of devs will never achieve total comp this high, with most instead getting stuck somewhere significantly below that mark or moving into management or changing professions first.