Aldehyde's recent activity
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Comment on Which content-recommending algorithms are actually good? in ~tech
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Comment on Disney seeking dismissal of Raglan Road death lawsuit because victim was Disney+ subscriber in ~misc
Aldehyde Link ParentDoes negative press even affect a company the scale of Disney in the long term, though?Does negative press even affect a company the scale of Disney in the long term, though?
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Comment on Google Pixel 9 launch event live coverage: all the news in ~tech
Aldehyde Link ParentIsn’t Asus kinda bad at software support for its phones? At least not nearly as good as Google and Samsung. Out of curiosity, why do you recommend staying away from OnePlus?Isn’t Asus kinda bad at software support for its phones? At least not nearly as good as Google and Samsung.
Out of curiosity, why do you recommend staying away from OnePlus?
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Comment on Customers didn’t stop spending. Companies stopped serving. in ~finance
Aldehyde Link ParentI’m not sure about Starbucks but I believe there were boycott movements against McDonald’s in certain countries like Malaysia due to their stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict.I’m not sure about Starbucks but I believe there were boycott movements against McDonald’s in certain countries like Malaysia due to their stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Comment on Russians assaulted, threatened and abused in UK as hate crimes linked to Ukraine war surge in ~news
Aldehyde LinkHow do these people even know that the person they’re attacking is actually Russian and not Ukrainian (not that it’d be justified either way). Like, I seriously doubt the average Britisher would...How do these people even know that the person they’re attacking is actually Russian and not Ukrainian (not that it’d be justified either way).
Like, I seriously doubt the average Britisher would be informed enough to be able to distinguish between different Slavs based on accent / looks.
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Comment on Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative in ~tech
Aldehyde Link ParentDon’t most languages have C++ bindings, which would allow them to switch to another language whenever possible but still have the legacy code in C++?Don’t most languages have C++ bindings, which would allow them to switch to another language whenever possible but still have the legacy code in C++?
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Comment on 110 new languages are coming to Google Translate in ~humanities.languages
Aldehyde LinkSurprising that मारवाड़ी, छत्तीसगढ़ी, and अवधि are being added since the government just considers them dialects of Hindi, as ridiculous as that is, and so there is not much literary corpus...Surprising that मारवाड़ी, छत्तीसगढ़ी, and अवधि are being added since the government just considers them dialects of Hindi, as ridiculous as that is, and so there is not much literary corpus (except अवधि perhaps, since there was a time when it was the literary language of the Hindi belt).
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Comment on India moves to implement controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims in ~humanities
Aldehyde Link ParentThe OCI card is basically just India’s equivalent of a PR though.The OCI card is basically just India’s equivalent of a PR though.
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Comment on India moves to implement controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims in ~humanities
Aldehyde Link ParentYeah, “Political Instability” is not an excuse, it’s a major issue in Northeastern India, one which you would have known about if you actually bothered researching. Currently, there’s been a...Yeah, “Political Instability” is not an excuse, it’s a major issue in Northeastern India, one which you would have known about if you actually bothered researching.
Currently, there’s been a conflict going on between two ethnic groups of a state for months at this point, with even the armed forces involved to some extent.
Even before that, there’s been a lot of conflicts between Assamese and Bengalis.
There are entire states and regions in the Northeast that even non-local Indians require special permits to visit.
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Comment on India moves to implement controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims in ~humanities
Aldehyde Link ParentThe process is quite slow in India. I don’t know the process for refugees but for naturalisation you need to have lived in India the entire previous year and for 11 years in the thirteen years...The process is quite slow in India. I don’t know the process for refugees but for naturalisation you need to have lived in India the entire previous year and for 11 years in the thirteen years preceding that. So it would take 12 years if you entered India and never left. And that’s ignoring bureaucracy. It takes 7 years even for someone who marries an Indian citizen.
Not sure how much it matters in daily life though. There are many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants working in Mumbai for example but then they also don’t really have good office jobs but more like labourers.
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Comment on India moves to implement controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims in ~humanities
Aldehyde LinkPeople should note that it only applies to refugees that entered India before 2014. It is specifically for minorities fleeing persecution from the neighbouring Muslim countries, and thus Muslims...People should note that it only applies to refugees that entered India before 2014. It is specifically for minorities fleeing persecution from the neighbouring Muslim countries, and thus Muslims are excluded.
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Comment on Simple Mobile Tools bought by ZipoApps (company offering apps with ads and tracking) in ~tech
Aldehyde Link ParentAccording to the blog shared above by another user, one of the contributors is forking the code on github. There’s also probably older releases of the app over there.According to the blog shared above by another user, one of the contributors is forking the code on github. There’s also probably older releases of the app over there.
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Comment on It's very weird to have a skull full of poison in ~health.mental
Aldehyde Link ParentOut of curiosity, without medications, is the OCD constantly there or are there periods where it’s worse than normal and periods where it feels like it’s almost non-existent?Out of curiosity, without medications, is the OCD constantly there or are there periods where it’s worse than normal and periods where it feels like it’s almost non-existent?
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Comment on GitHub slated to mandate 2FA in ~comp
Aldehyde (edited )Link ParentYou could use bitwarden, but TOTP functionality is paid and you shouldn’t store passwords and TOTP together anyways since that’s a single point of failure.You could use bitwarden, but TOTP functionality is paid and you shouldn’t store passwords and TOTP together anyways since that’s a single point of failure.
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Comment on After two decades the dominance of Google Search comes into question in ~tech
Aldehyde (edited )Link ParentI don’t know if this results in better/worse results than using quotations but, when you search something, you can click on the tools button and select between ‘all results’ and ‘verbatim’.I don’t know if this results in better/worse results than using quotations but, when you search something, you can click on the tools button and select between ‘all results’ and ‘verbatim’.
The only annoying thing about Spotify is that there’s no way to indicate you’re not interested in a song/category.
I live in a multilingual country and keep receiving recommendations (like half the auto generated playlists) from a particular language despite not having that language selected.
And they don’t take ‘hide song’ into consideration for the recommendation algorithm!