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  1. Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food

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    Half of these posts are about ketchup and meanwhile I’m feeling guilty about eating raw lardons.

    Half of these posts are about ketchup and meanwhile I’m feeling guilty about eating raw lardons.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on I don't take the threat of US annexing Canada seriously in ~society

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    Trump is dismantling the west’s trust in the US. It doesn’t matter whether the threats are serious: his goal is to foster distrust, hatred, division and have a fractured west and a US that stands...

    Trump is dismantling the west’s trust in the US. It doesn’t matter whether the threats are serious: his goal is to foster distrust, hatred, division and have a fractured west and a US that stands alone.

    It makes more sense when you understand this is Russia’s goal.

    51 votes

  4. Comment on The six villains of language learning in ~humanities.languages

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    Duolingo no longer has this mechanic I believe, but when I did it, you could take tests to jump large amounts of levels at once. By "reverse-engineering" words, I mean using etymology and looking...

    Duolingo no longer has this mechanic I believe, but when I did it, you could take tests to jump large amounts of levels at once.

    By "reverse-engineering" words, I mean using etymology and looking at a complex sentence as a problem to solve, using logic and language skills to do so, rather than solving it by rote.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on From beginner to conversational in three months of learning Russian: My takeaways in ~humanities.languages

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    Yes the weekly thread didn't catch on, so I stopped doing it. But I'm still here and glad it's helping people out :)

    Yes the weekly thread didn't catch on, so I stopped doing it. But I'm still here and glad it's helping people out :)

    2 votes

  6. You have 1.000.000 EUR to spend on protecting European democracy. What do you spend it on?

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    I would like to hear your opinions. 1MM eur is not a lot; how do you spend it most efficiently? Do you use it as a lever to raise more money? Do you tackle grassroots efforts? This is a “how do we...

    I would like to hear your opinions. 1MM eur is not a lot; how do you spend it most efficiently? Do you use it as a lever to raise more money? Do you tackle grassroots efforts?

    This is a “how do we fight back” question.

    My requirement is that the suggestions are practical and relevant for today’s world, not an idealised version of it. But nothing is off limits, be creative.

    If you have suggestions for different amounts I’ll also hear them.

    24 votes

  7. Comment on From beginner to conversational in three months of learning Russian: My takeaways in ~humanities.languages

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    Привет… One of the biggest assets since I learned has been the fact I’m surrounded by Russian speaking colleagues and I get to spy on them a lot haha. I would say the lesson I’ve gotten out of it...

    Привет…

    One of the biggest assets since I learned has been the fact I’m surrounded by Russian speaking colleagues and I get to spy on them a lot haha.
    I would say the lesson I’ve gotten out of it is that it’s well worth cramming and pushing hard early on, and then passively maintaining the level over time.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on From beginner to conversational in three months of learning Russian: My takeaways in ~humanities.languages

  9. Comment on Donald Trump directs US Treasury to stop making pennies in ~society

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    Related not exactly but the cost of manufacturing should definitely not be higher than the value. You end up with a net loss of value in the world if you do: the only value currency has is for the...

    Related not exactly but the cost of manufacturing should definitely not be higher than the value. You end up with a net loss of value in the world if you do: the only value currency has is for the simplicity of exchange of value; otherwise it’s pure waste. So if its value in exchange is lower than its cost of manufacture and storage, it ends up being a net negative.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Antiqua et nova - Note on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence in ~humanities

  12. Comment on USA: What happened in the American 2024 Presidential election? in ~society

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    Obama was absolutely fantastic and is by far the most politically savvy president the US has had in recent history. This is a good example of that. But he was nuanced, and social media has since...

    Obama was absolutely fantastic and is by far the most politically savvy president the US has had in recent history. This is a good example of that.

    But he was nuanced, and social media has since trained Americans to hate nuance on both sides of the aisle. So now we have only extremes. Obama would lose today if he ran on the same platforms or even with the same attitude as before.

    The US isn’t the only place this is the case. And it’s no accident that there is a far right movement across the world: nuance is dead so it’s open field for populists. It’s the same here in Europe, but thankfully less pronounced because we have a few more checks and balances (and a less capitalistic-by-default society).

    Blergh. I honestly think the US has embodied this “racist emo teen you don’t want to hang out with” phase, and my gut feeling is it’s best to just .. leave for a while, let it blow over and be far from the blast. Come back in ten years.

    The UK had that phase too and is starting to recover from it now. Slowly.

    11 votes

  13. Comment on Proton CEO tweets support for Donald Trump's Department of Justice pick and the US Republican Party in ~society

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    Yes of course. But they’re shutting up because they want to remain in their positions. Or they’re sucking up to Trump while pinching their nose. The American masses have shown that anyway truth...

    At this point, is anyone in a position of influence not competing in brown-nosing up to this guy?

    Yes of course. But they’re shutting up because they want to remain in their positions. Or they’re sucking up to Trump while pinching their nose.

    The American masses have shown that anyway truth doesn’t matter, decorum is useless and civil society is pointless.

    So might as well lie.

    11 votes

  14. Comment on The Second | Short film in ~movies

  15. Comment on The sustained two-shot in ~movies

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    Why did nobody tell me EFAP is back! Oh gosh. The latest short popped up on my feed today and I did a double take. Then I look at the history and it’s actually four videos! It’s really back.

    Why did nobody tell me EFAP is back!

    Oh gosh. The latest short popped up on my feed today and I did a double take. Then I look at the history and it’s actually four videos! It’s really back.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers in ~tech

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    .... yes? Isn't that the point of paying people to do a thing? That they do the thing?

    .... yes?

    Isn't that the point of paying people to do a thing? That they do the thing?

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers in ~tech

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    Why do you assume "free labor" when it says "fund" right there?

    Why do you assume "free labor" when it says "fund" right there?

    7 votes

  19. Comment on Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms in ~tech

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    Sure I understand this meaning. To this point Zuck thinks the moral ground is inauthentic— because of course, if he’s leader at Meta he’s not going to think they’re doing something unethical, so...

    Sure I understand this meaning. To this point Zuck thinks the moral ground is inauthentic— because of course, if he’s leader at Meta he’s not going to think they’re doing something unethical, so if people think they are, they must be wrong.
    He’s also diminishing the amount of people involved.

    It’s leader/yes man brain. I didn’t question the actual definition of virtue signaling, just the interpretation of the overall meaning of the post.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tv