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Comment on We can’t stop checking our phones while watching TV or movies – and it’s affecting the quality of shows in ~tv
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Comment on We can’t stop checking our phones while watching TV or movies – and it’s affecting the quality of shows in ~tv
Carrie Link ParentThe challenge is easier to do if you watch the movie with at least one other person. Or pretend like you’re in a theater (of the olde times because I have seen people use their phones in theaters...The challenge is easier to do if you watch the movie with at least one other person. Or pretend like you’re in a theater (of the olde times because I have seen people use their phones in theaters too………..).
A friend of mine and I try to resist the urge to use our phones instead of our memories to figure something out:
“Is the voice of that character the guy from…the show ?”
“Do you want to look it up or continue guessing ?”
And then after some time, we decide if we want to look it up. Sometimes it will be days lol. Then finally, “omg it’s so and so from this show.”
It motivates me to retrain my brain both to retrieve information, but also “delay”the gratification, so to speak. Prolong is probably more accurate, because i enjoy figuring it out as much as the answer itself. Usually.
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Comment on My stay at a Swedish eco-retreat was blissful. What's emerged about it since points to a much darker truth. in ~travel
Carrie Link ParentMy interpretation of your bolder part was just that they left it that way while evading. Because the article does a poor job of reporting the context and lead up to the evasion, it’s hard to tell...My interpretation of your bolder part was just that they left it that way while evading. Because the article does a poor job of reporting the context and lead up to the evasion, it’s hard to tell if this was always built into the “business model”, so to speak.
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Comment on The masterful design of the two-liter plastic soda bottle in ~engineering
Carrie Link ParentI’m with you. A lot of things that go in the recycling bin go nowhere helpful. The idea of recycling a plastic bag, for example. Let’s be real. It gets re-used (as a trash bag), and that’s about...I’m with you. A lot of things that go in the recycling bin go nowhere helpful. The idea of recycling a plastic bag, for example. Let’s be real. It gets re-used (as a trash bag), and that’s about as far as we are gonna get with it.
You can find lots of videos showing warehouses full of stuff we are “recycling” but really it’s just a holding spot before we figure out what to do with it. Third world countries are rejecting our trash, aka recyclables, at this point because there is nothing to do with it…
Reduce. Re-use/re-purpose/repair………….then recycle.
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Comment on The masterful design of the two-liter plastic soda bottle in ~engineering
Carrie Link ParentI mean, this form of recycling, and almost any form of it being re-shaped just leads to generation of microplastics. Additionally, the fleece itself releases more microplastics when it’s washed...I mean, this form of recycling, and almost any form of it being re-shaped just leads to generation of microplastics. Additionally, the fleece itself releases more microplastics when it’s washed and dried(if using a machine dryer).
I’d rather people stop deluding themselves with recycling. Throw the plastic bottle away instead of trying to recycle it tbh, then hopefully people will stop using single use plastics and they will stop being produced.
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Comment on The masterful design of the two-liter plastic soda bottle in ~engineering
Carrie Link ParentWhat are some of your other favorite designed products or items ?What are some of your other favorite designed products or items ?
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 7 in ~society
Carrie Linkthe SAVE act - The U.S. House on Thursday approved legislation requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for anyone registering to vote. People have already pointed out how this would...the SAVE act - The U.S. House on Thursday approved legislation requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for anyone registering to vote. People have already pointed out how this would disenfranchise trans people (no one cares ofc), but also married women or anyone who changed their names for various reasons. Your maiden name is on your birth certificate, and your ID and birth certificate must match. So either you can change back to your maiden name or undergo the lengthy and costly process of getting your birth certificate amended (?) I’m not sure, since it makes no sense to amend your birth certificate in this manner. Basically it’s a poll tax, if you’re wondering. And anti-trans for good measure.
Sidenote. Is the USA the most egregious of naming things so stupidly you can’t have a normal conversation about it ? Pro-life, any of the save the children named acts, I know it’s intentional I just want to know if other countries do it like we do.
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Comment on Norway-EU ‘situationship’ blossoms – Norwegian PM has argued that Brussels and Oslo need each other now more than ever in ~society
Carrie Link ParentI chuckled at your phrase “far West” does this mean the USA is the furthest west ? When does it wrap itself back around (kidding) ;) I think you’re right to be— cautiously optimistic ? They say...I chuckled at your phrase “far West” does this mean the USA is the furthest west ? When does it wrap itself back around (kidding) ;)
I think you’re right to be— cautiously optimistic ? They say that the largest amount of grifting happens during times of uncertainty, so it is prudent to wait and see before we all so willfully welcome our new overlords.
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Comment on My stay at a Swedish eco-retreat was blissful. What's emerged about it since points to a much darker truth. in ~travel
Carrie LinkThis article is a bit light on any information. It’s basically like “ooo big dark secret !” And then it’s like “tax evasion”. Like, no shit Sherlock, people with everything to gain from committing...This article is a bit light on any information. It’s basically like “ooo big dark secret !” And then it’s like “tax evasion”.
Like, no shit Sherlock, people with everything to gain from committing tax evasion will commit tax evasion, when it is easy to do and lacks enforcement. There was nothing “dark” about this unless you are naive enough to think “eco conscious” people would not also commit tax fraud…
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Comment on Which challenging book was worth the effort for you? in ~books
Carrie Link ParentAre there any guides or supplements to reading this book ? Even if it’s just stuff like family trees or maps, some series like DARK (tv, not book), have this. I want to read it so badly. It’s on...Are there any guides or supplements to reading this book ?
Even if it’s just stuff like family trees or maps, some series like DARK (tv, not book), have this. I want to read it so badly. It’s on my bookshelf right now.
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Comment on Which challenging book was worth the effort for you? in ~books
Carrie Link ParentPerhaps with some of these books you have to just accept your brain won’t get it all on the first pass and you may have to go back to find something you didn’t find relevant at the time or...Perhaps with some of these books you have to just accept your brain won’t get it all on the first pass and you may have to go back to find something you didn’t find relevant at the time or couldn’t remember.
My stupid adhd brain doesn’t let me move on though lol so I get frustrated and quit.
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Comment on Fintech founder charged with fraud after ‘AI’ shopping app found to be powered by humans in the Philippines in ~tech
Carrie Link ParentOkay you described what I witnessed in Chile and tried to explain to other people, with no success lol. I’m still wondering how this works, because it was so accurate ! Clothes. Food. Etc. Your...Okay you described what I witnessed in Chile and tried to explain to other people, with no success lol.
I’m still wondering how this works, because it was so accurate ! Clothes. Food. Etc. Your explanation makes more sense than whatever my brain came up with, but I would still love to see a video or otherwise learn how these work.
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Comment on An algorithm deemed this nearly blind 70-year-old prisoner a “moderate risk.” Now he’s no longer eligible for parole. in ~society
Carrie Link ParentI have a question about this. It seems this exemption/exception is brought up often for penal labor, but I wanted to know if this carried over outside of that. Can you punish someone into slavery...I have a question about this.
It seems this exemption/exception is brought up often for penal labor, but I wanted to know if this carried over outside of that.
Can you punish someone into slavery on your own property ? I know that sounds psychotic, but in my hypothetical example, let’s say someone is caught vandalizing your property and fucking up your crops etc. if they were found guilty of this, can the punishment include slavery on your property (I.e. fixing the damages, but also working your fields) ?
I looked up which states have outlawed slavery including as punishment for a crime, and it’s only a handful: Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. Interestingly, Rhode Island had abolished slavery without exception in 1842. Colorado interestingly still allows for the practice to happen even though it is supposedly outlawed there.
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Comment on I'm tired of dismissive anti-AI bias in ~tech
Carrie LinkI think this article kind of neglects the downfalls of a lot of the technologies/progress it espouses. I would say that the advent of the calculator did reduce people's overall number/arithmetic...I think this article kind of neglects the downfalls of a lot of the technologies/progress it espouses.
I would say that the advent of the calculator did reduce people's overall number/arithmetic literacy in day to day life, lots of people cannot do mental math anymore (making change, comparing the cost of something if the unit price is not available, etc.) and while yes, now we have calculators everywhere so you can do this math to figure it out, it has reduced our intuition with numbers. I still love calculators and would not throw them into a pit of fire and bury my head deep into the sand and ignore their existence, but I wouldn't encourage over-reliance on them, or act like they had no negative impact on our lives.
From a copyright standpoint, I think people are willfully ignorant or purposefully ignoring that piracy has changed a lot with each iteration of technology. From people literally making physical copies of records to taping things off the radio, and eventually mp3s and beyond, copyright infringement has been around for a long time, but to ignore the changes in: ease, access, and scope, is a bit disingenuous, in my opinion. Saying a lot of these issues are really a parenting issue or other regulatory issue, while valid, is like saying, "if the poor would just save their money, they'd stop being poor", or more accurately, "guns don't kill people, people kill people". It just dismisses the problem by making it someone else's problem.
Copyright infringement and other IP "crimes" are difficult to parse, they are like porn, "I'll know it when I see it", but tbh, will we always know it when we see it? Something about technology has changed where it seems like we have more "photocopier" type things, direct replicas, or things good enough to trick us into being the real thing(or a disregard for whether something is the "real" thing or not), and this era or area of infringement is...interesting...to say the least. Something in society has changed where we have become over-reliant on external validation and vetting. These two things together make me afraid that we will not always be able to know it when we see "it".
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Comment on Fintech founder charged with fraud after ‘AI’ shopping app found to be powered by humans in the Philippines in ~tech
Carrie Link ParentAm I understanding you correctly that the resulting technology "developed" from attempting to have a fully transaction-less process, is "Dash Cart" which is actually an extremely old technology,...Am I understanding you correctly that the resulting technology "developed" from attempting to have a fully transaction-less process, is "Dash Cart" which is actually an extremely old technology, aka Scan and Go? These have been a thing since at least the early 2000's in normal grocery stores. I'm also curious, does Dash Cart use dedicated scanners or can the user use their phones? That would be the only level of "innovation", imo, but really that is not innovation it's really translation of an already existing idea/product.
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Comment on Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? in ~design
Carrie Link ParentI also could not tell if the whole article was a bit or not, because it really got too long and detailed (damn you ADHD). I suspect it is all a bit/comedy non-fiction. However, using my eyes, the...I also could not tell if the whole article was a bit or not, because it really got too long and detailed (damn you ADHD). I suspect it is all a bit/comedy non-fiction.
However, using my eyes, the only ones that resemble an anus are the asterisk adjacent ones, aka Claude and whatever the black on white asterisk one is. The other two which are just complete circles, come in close second, but only the double circle is somewhat similar to an anus/sphincter. I say that most of these do not pass the anus litmus test, because even with the power of suggestion and priming, only a handful of those icons standout as anus-like.
I feel the main thing they are observing is:
Design by committee
Another factor is how these logos are created. Important corporate decisions involve many stakeholders. The result is often the safest, most inoffensive option, the average of everyone's opinions. In design meetings at AI companies, conversations probably sound like:
* Can we make it more futuristic? * It needs to feel advanced but approachable. * Let's add a subtle gradient to convey intelligence.No single person suggests making a logo that resembles an anus, but when everyone's feedback gets incorporated, that's what often emerges. Risk aversion in corporate environments naturally pushes designs toward familiar, "safe" territory, which apparently means anatomical openings.
Copycat culture, dilution of authenticity, vanilla/beige/safety driven choices. This happens with everything though, for whatever reason, we(corporations) have become a culture of wanting to blend in, instead of stand apart. And we will see it happen again and again and again. Remember all the vowel-less start-up companies? The obsession with Arial and Helvetica aka the "minimalist" phase, or look at cars, literally every single major market vehicle in the USA looks like a "compact-SUV" whatever that means. Mainstream fashion and design are very boring right now, just cyclic low effort drivel, IMO.
PS. Hot take, maybe the author is directly criticizing that when you take such a blasé attitude towards design, you end up with shit.
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Comment on How do you navigate an imbalanced friendship? in ~life
Carrie LinkI think you've gotten a lot of good advice here, and I hope you are able to sift through it and take what you need and leave what you don't. Some other observations that may not have been...I think you've gotten a lot of good advice here, and I hope you are able to sift through it and take what you need and leave what you don't.
Some other observations that may not have been mentioned yet, and give you some direct advice(?):
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Have you asked or talked to this person directly, and clearly, like, "hey, I have been feeling like I want more of your attention/to talk to you more, but I don't know how to ask for that" - or something, I can't speak for you, but asking directly, while extremely vulnerable, can be the most...effective way to figure out whatever is bothering you/get what you want.
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You are not responsible for entertaining people/making sure people have a good time(unless you are a professional entertainer, or agreed to be the entertainer). I know this sounds blunt, but it seems like, from your analysis of your past chats, that you do feel responsible for "holding up your end of the chat". You are wondering, "did I do something wrong/not do something enough" to maintain the energy. This is not your responsibility. If I had to guess, this comes from your natural generosity and awareness/in-tuneness with other people, regardless of how shallow your relationships are with people. There's actually an author who talks about how exhausting he finds it to be around people because when you are kind of a "highly sensitive person" or otherwise, the sheepdog of the conversation, always rounding people up and keeping people on task, it is EXHAUSTING, so he too decided, "I just don't like people", but it was kind of the opposite, he loved people, but couldn't commit all of this energy to it all of the time.
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It sounds like you have two extremes of friends/people in your life. 100% hardcore like your two besties, and then everyone else. I'm in no place to judge that, but as another user said (emphasis, mine):
i had a similar experience, would always say and think i was a very private person who just didn't want to have that kind of relationship with friends. but then when i did occasionally connect with someone like that, it was almost like a high, which then comes with its own problems, for you and the other person, both because you are leaning on them almost entirely for that kind of connection, and because you are inexperienced with it.
If you are used to basically those two types of relationships, you don't have a ton of practice with these greyzone relationships. Greyzones are further difficult to practice for you since you get glimpses of the "hardcore" kind, that you do, seem to like. You could use this current relationship to learn/practice being in the greyzone, and what that means to you. It's a low-stakes (I think) situation for you to play with the idea of having relationships in between those two states.
Lastly, if I could echo some of the advice here that I think most pertains to you, it would be, "realizing that no one person can fulfill all of your needs all the time(or rather, at the time you want them to)". And that things are "seasonal" or otherwise...unpredictable at times(?), but it's not like the winter being cold means anything about the summer being dry (that's probably a terrible analogy, tbh, meteorologists and such...). The seasonal thing has never made sense to me in a way I can explain, because I can't tell if it's just meant to discuss temporariness or arbitrariness or both.
Anyhow, I hope you find some relief from these conversations.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
Carrie Link ParentYour Buberty, as it were. Similar to what u/thereticent said, it is about "letting it all out". Whatever "it" may be. I read about it as an April Fool's thing a few years ago, and really thought...Your Buberty, as it were.
Similar to what u/thereticent said, it is about "letting it all out". Whatever "it" may be.
I read about it as an April Fool's thing a few years ago, and really thought it sounded like a fun idea. You just go and yell out your grievances, or just yell primally. Yearn. Groan, whatever feels right to you. Throw stones. Splash, etc. It's a great somatic experience.
For me I knew I would like it (or at least find meaning or value in doing it), because my college actually used to have a "primal scream" time period during finals lol. Let me tell you, hearing a collective group of people wail from their dorm rooms/campus in the middle of the night is spooky af (and yes, everyone had the thought, "wouldn't now be the best time to murder someone").
When I go to the Great Lakes, especially Lake Superior, my god, are they a sight to see. I would recommend anyone see Lake Superior or probably Lake Baikal (? never been, would like to see a Giant Lake outside of North America). When you yell at the Great Lakes, they are so huge, it's like yelling at a blanket. It's sound proofing, but it also feels like your voice travels a long distance. It hits a lot of the factors of the science of awe. For me it really feels like the Lake has accepted and "heard" my grievances. They are safely tucked away now, and I can move on. I will always know my words were heard somewhere. I let myself be known. And then I am reminded that I am tiny, when I see the waves crashing and look at all the rocks the Lake has spit out and tumbled, that are far older and resilient than I will ever be.
Thank you for asking, that helped me understand myself a bit more, and feel more connected to the practice.
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Comment on What is one of the coolest museums you've visited? in ~travel
Carrie Link ParentI went to this museum and I just couldn't get into it! Possibly because it was super crowded, but mostly, I wanted to get oh so much closer lol. How was your experience? What did you like?I went to this museum and I just couldn't get into it!
Possibly because it was super crowded, but mostly, I wanted to get oh so much closer lol.
How was your experience? What did you like?
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Comment on Help me understand the phrase, "Elbows up" in ~society
Carrie Link ParentFor me it is important to know if elbows up means defend yourself or elbows up means start some shit. Squaring up to me sounds like, you are agreeing to fight, so in that situation yes I guess you...For me it is important to know if elbows up means defend yourself or elbows up means start some shit.
In hockey, it means that when another player is squaring you up, you only have two choices: square up too, or get beaten up
Squaring up to me sounds like, you are agreeing to fight, so in that situation yes I guess you must fight somehow, there is no leaving the fight.
But from what I have been able to read or find, he was not some gentle player that chose not to fight and only when confronted with fighting, then he fought. That to me is the re-writing -- or willfully ignoring the whole history. He also started fights, and in my opinion, went too far at times, do you need to break someone's nose to win a fight?
This is probably a noise comment, but I’d love to know how far back the desire for “background” noise goes, especially given our current “understanding” that people can’t multitask efficiently.
I think we are learning a lot about the brain in boredom or “idle” states. I.e. that the brain is never really resting.
Lastly, yes, it’s one thing to put things on in the background, but a whole other beast for producers to make things with the intent of it going on in the background…what a time we live in. I feel that the incessant recaps and reminders of what just happened is partially to blame for this phenomenon—that you will be spoonfed and told everything, you don’t need to remember anything or do any thinking. I assume the recaps are due to ad breaks (frequency and duration), but also lack of good or usable material, so it’s also filler.