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  1. Comment on Make new friends here! in ~life

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    IT pronouns? Like IP/V4? In a groan inducing joke way, not a making fun of pronouns way

    IT pronouns?
    Like IP/V4? In a groan inducing joke way, not a making fun of pronouns way

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Why are there so many rationalist cults? in ~life

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    My reasoning is that if you believe that you're good at everything just because of your race instead of effort on your part then you didn't really do anything to earn those achievements, similar...

    My reasoning is that if you believe that you're good at everything just because of your race instead of effort on your part then you didn't really do anything to earn those achievements, similar to being successful at business because of your own hard work and skill vs getting where you are because of nepotism and access to vast amounts of interest free money.

    It's informed by the inverse. My mom grew up during Apartheid and she has told me how inadequate that made her feel. If she was supposed to be one of god's favourite people and she was just average then comparatively she must actually be below average.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Why are there so many rationalist cults? in ~life

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    I don't think we actually disagree about anything, we're just using words differently. I don't really have a criteria for intelligence because I don't care about intelligence, basing my self worth...

    I don't think we actually disagree about anything, we're just using words differently.
    I don't really have a criteria for intelligence because I don't care about intelligence, basing my self worth on how intelligent teachers thought I was made me a worse person because I didn't do any introspection. If I was already good then I didn't need to consider how bullying and demeaning my friends made me bad.
    I do however have a criteria for being stupid: doing or believing stupid (and harmful) things.

    And I don't really know to convince eugenicists and white supremacists that they're wrong, that was just a personal observation.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Why are there so many rationalist cults? in ~life

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    Yea, I've heard about that. It's scary that there's actual money behind it. I still maintain that the scientists accepting that money aren't smart, no matter how intelligent you are, if you...

    Yea, I've heard about that.
    It's scary that there's actual money behind it.
    I still maintain that the scientists accepting that money aren't smart, no matter how intelligent you are, if you demonstrate that you're stupid then you're stupid.
    As an aside I don't really get why people would want to be a member of the 'master race' in the first place, doesn't that devalue all your own achievements?

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Why are there so many rationalist cults? in ~life

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    Quite a bit of time has passed since them, if you still believe the same thing as biased scientists believed the better part of a century ago then I'd say you're either intellectually lazy or just...

    Quite a bit of time has passed since them, if you still believe the same thing as biased scientists believed the better part of a century ago then I'd say you're either intellectually lazy or just stupid.
    And if you believe that intelligence is a measure of your worth then I also think you're stupid, as a former 'gifted kid' I had to learn that intelligence doesn't matter and the way to be a good person is to actually be a good person; to treat others with respect and compassion. If I could learn that as a kid then I don't have much respect for people who still haven't learned it as adults.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Why are there so many rationalist cults? in ~life

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    The only card carrying MENSA member I've ever personally met is a Nazi, so evidently you don't need to actually be smart to join. Really robs it of any and all prestige in my eyes

    The only card carrying MENSA member I've ever personally met is a Nazi, so evidently you don't need to actually be smart to join.
    Really robs it of any and all prestige in my eyes

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Reddit will block the Internet Archive in ~tech

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    Really makes you appreciate the fact that Tildes is a non profit

    Really makes you appreciate the fact that Tildes is a non profit

    4 votes

  8. Comment on How to not build the Torment Nexus in ~tech

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    Oh look out, it's the fun police. I help build the torment nexus by being on the offshore team for a company contracted by Dell to work on their ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics 356 for Finance &...

    Oh look out, it's the fun police.
    I help build the torment nexus by being on the offshore team for a company contracted by Dell to work on their ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics 356 for Finance & Operations), so we subject people to owning Dell computers.
    On a more serious note I do genuinely wonder sometimes if working for the benefit of megacorporations goes against my politics and my morals, but working on the report that tells them if they don't have enough components on hand to fulfill some orders even after considering substitutes (damn you Order Shortage Report) probably doesn't do much harm.
    Then again the people working on actual torment nexuses probably also tell themselves that their individual contributions aren't that bad

    2 votes

  9. Comment on If you're a programmer, are you ever going to believe an AGI is actually 'I'? in ~tech

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    Could I consider an artificial being 'real'? Yes, regardless of the medium or if I could inspect its inner workings I'd err on the side of caution once it starts expressing arbitrary 'wants'. If...

    Could I consider an artificial being 'real'?
    Yes, regardless of the medium or if I could inspect its inner workings I'd err on the side of caution once it starts expressing arbitrary 'wants'.
    If my lab grown house companion asks for a treat I'd give it to them.
    If my security android wants to watch The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon I'd torrent it for them.
    I don't wanna be mean.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Victories and challenges: An A[u]DHD community and support fortnightly thread #3 in ~health.mental

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    The supplement is an "Immune Support Supplement" called Viravance by AnaStellar, which seems to be a local South African brand. It's just some vitamins and minerals (and L-Lysine) supposedly...

    The supplement is an "Immune Support Supplement" called Viravance by AnaStellar, which seems to be a local South African brand. It's just some vitamins and minerals (and L-Lysine) supposedly formulated to just in general support your immune system. It seems to be marketed towards women, but I can't see why since the packaging doesn't actually mention women other than "Support Her, Support Local" on the one narrow side. It's what the doctor prescribed and if I stop taking it for too long my muscles start aching (which I think might be the postviral fatigue syndrome I was diagnosed with at the same time, I know it's chronic but I'm not quite clear on if that means up to 3 years or forever, or if it's different for different people).
    I do keep allergex around because sometimes I wake up at night with a scratchy throat and it's just enough of a nuisance to keep me from falling asleep again, I also take it before drinking some (usually cheaper) red wines otherwise I get a migraine within a few minutes. Red wine has between 20% and 200% more histamine than white wine, but I'm not sure if that's the only factor since it seems to be a thing that some people get headaches or migraines from red wine, might be tannin as well).
    I might try just taking allergex to see if it makes a difference, but luckily I seem to be getting better, I didn't feel particularly sick yesterday and I'm not feeling any actual discomfort today either.
    I am on ADHD meds (Mefedinel at the moment because I haven't been able to get hold of Radd for quite a while) and lamotrigine, but I haven't noticed a real difference histamine wise with or without them (I tend to skip weekends, and there were times this past year where I just couldn't afford to fill my prescription until payday).

    Mostly it doesn't really bother me, I don't particularly have to avoid high histamine foods and except for milk stout recently I can drink alcohol without issue, it's just when I otherwise get sick where I have to avoid everything for a week or two and then I'm typically back to normal.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Victories and challenges: An A[u]DHD community and support fortnightly thread #3 in ~health.mental

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    It's not that my doctor doesn't believe me or isn't willing to help, she's the one who diagnosed me in the first place, it's just that there is nothing more to do it seems. I can avoid alcohol and...

    It's not that my doctor doesn't believe me or isn't willing to help, she's the one who diagnosed me in the first place, it's just that there is nothing more to do it seems. I can avoid alcohol and foods high in histamine, and take a supplement that helps your immune system, but I'm still going to have this and it's going to make me sicker every time I get sick because of the extra strain on my immune system.
    I'm still going to book an appointment about whatever the other sickness is, but last time it was just flu and a mouth sore. Healthcare isn't too expensive in my country, but it still sucked paying for an appointment and not getting anything the pharmacist hadn't already given me the day before.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Victories and challenges: An A[u]DHD community and support fortnightly thread #3 in ~health.mental

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    I've been sick for a while now, but mostly not really sick enough to go to the doctor and I'm afraid she's just going to say it's related to my histamine intolerance which I already take...

    I've been sick for a while now, but mostly not really sick enough to go to the doctor and I'm afraid she's just going to say it's related to my histamine intolerance which I already take supplements for and I'll just have to wait for it get better.
    Being sick doesn't bother me overly much (except when it results in migraines), but my concentration really goes down the drain when I'm sick. I didn't do any actual work yesterday and I'm struggling to get those short bursts of productivity going at least often enough to not fall behind too much

    6 votes

  13. Comment on Possible site bug: Cannot send PM with moose emoji as the subject in ~tildes

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    Why don't I ever get bugs like this? Why don't the people who pay us to customize Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations ever save things with just an emoji in the title field? Have they...

    Why don't I ever get bugs like this?
    Why don't the people who pay us to customize Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations ever save things with just an emoji in the title field?
    Have they no whimsy?

    7 votes

  14. Comment on Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway. in ~tech

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    I'm protected by Just World Fallacy™ antivirus

    I'm protected by Just World Fallacy™ antivirus

    6 votes

  15. Comment on Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman's iris-scanning Orb to verify users in ~tech

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    There might not be an ideal solution, or even a very good one. I'm no expert, but I think verification in general is a difficult problem.

    There might not be an ideal solution, or even a very good one.
    I'm no expert, but I think verification in general is a difficult problem.

  16. Comment on Do you like being thrifty? in ~talk

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    I buy new when I'm not reasonably sure I could fix it myself, or when even the second hand value is more than I'm willing to risk without a warranty. Dishwashers can be gotten for free and...

    I buy new when I'm not reasonably sure I could fix it myself, or when even the second hand value is more than I'm willing to risk without a warranty.
    Dishwashers can be gotten for free and sometimes the only issue is a faulty limit switch on the overflow mechanism.
    We have 3 working dishwashers. The plan was to fix at least one and sell the rest again, I fixed them all, but the market is pretty saturated so now we're just stuck with 2 backups

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman's iris-scanning Orb to verify users in ~tech

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    And have every online account link back directly to your face? I don't even particularly distrust my government and that makes me uncomfortable

    And have every online account link back directly to your face?
    I don't even particularly distrust my government and that makes me uncomfortable

    11 votes

  18. Comment on Tariffs do not in general help trade deficits in ~finance

  19. Comment on Texas officials report that an unvaccinated child has died of measles in ~health

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    You know my dad?

    Many people genuinely hold a belief they aren't meaningfully impaired

    You know my dad?

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11billion investor-state dispute settlement. in ~enviro

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    How long before drug dealers start suing for not being allowed to deal drugs?

    How long before drug dealers start suing for not being allowed to deal drugs?

    2 votes