chocobean's recent activity
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Comment on AI, automation, and inequality — how do we reach utopia? in ~talk
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Comment on The surprising reason few Americans are getting chips jobs now in ~tech
chocobean Link ParentNot if they can outsource the training to politicians (like "for gods sake learn to code" Biden) who will use a combo of public funds and pushing youth further into debt and unpaid internships to...Not if they can outsource the training to politicians (like "for gods sake learn to code" Biden) who will use a combo of public funds and pushing youth further into debt and unpaid internships to make it happen.
It's a shifting of the burden
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Comment on The surprising reason few Americans are getting chips jobs now in ~tech
chocobean Link ParentImagine that, people don't like living in poverty. The unwillingness to keep people during slower times and the unwillingness to teach people things you want them to know so they can make money...Imagine that, people don't like living in poverty.
The unwillingness to keep people during slower times and the unwillingness to teach people things you want them to know so they can make money for you is common, but isn't normal.
Human beings work for jobs, not robots. Human beings need to eat and sleep while they learn, and they need to eat and sleep whether or not the market is good. Having workers who know things, have homes, and are decently fed is part of having your profits be subsidized by society as common good. The fact that they have teams of people strategizing to minimize taxes and investments at every turn, and put as little of it into not just society but the humans who make them money.... It makes me angry
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Comment on What do I do if I don't have any clothes? in ~life.style
chocobean Link ParentOh I totally missed your message!! Did you have a good time in Beijing and HK? You're right we tend to be on the short side.....Oh I totally missed your message!! Did you have a good time in Beijing and HK? You're right we tend to be on the short side.....
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Comment on Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest US bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread in ~health
chocobean Link ParentYeah, I'm reading some older Tildes threads like this and going to research how to make tempeh and seitan. https://tildes.net/~food/19y1/vegans_of_tildes_what_are_your_favourite_sources_of_protein...Yeah,
I'm reading some older Tildes threads like this and going to research how to make tempeh and seitan.
https://tildes.net/~food/19y1/vegans_of_tildes_what_are_your_favourite_sources_of_protein
I've also tried making my own tofu and it's too time consuming + results not fool proof enough.
But for big lifestyle changes like this, it'll be a marathon not a sprint. We've sort of started, by reducing meat consumption twice a week for religious reasons (2/7 reduction), then only expecting it for dinner (further 2/3) reduction. The bigger change was when we moved out of the city, to where we could grow things and raise chickens. So....maybe we'll never be fully vegan, but I could hopefully see us one day going down to local beef and self raised chickens + foraged / hunted animals.
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Comment on Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest US bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread in ~health
chocobean Link ParentThanks, I could use some help. Half of it is habit: meals are centered around meat and thing around it are side dishes. This is fixable by introduction and habit building. Half of it is cost....Thanks, I could use some help.
Half of it is habit: meals are centered around meat and thing around it are side dishes. This is fixable by introduction and habit building.
Half of it is cost. Looking at flyers today, Chicken is $2.50/lb, cheaper if it's on sale. Basically any time I go into a store I can nearly guarantee some kind of meat will be $2/lb or cheaper. Tomatoes are $4/lb, oranges $3.50, fresh greens are always more etc, they rarely go on sale and the quality is compromised if so.
Beans rice peas are cheaper. So again it goes back to habit. Myself, I could survive on rice noodles and broth with frozen spinach in it probably indefinitely. It's harder to feed a family.
I've tried all kinds of tofu and veg based fake meat products, it doesn't get eaten by the family and I'm the only one finishing it up. Stews and curries and wet type foods with 2+ ingredients mixed in are out, even with meat they're barely tolerated.
While I'm not giving up, it's an uphill battle.
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Comment on Instagram's Nudify [non-consensual fake nude photo generator] ads in ~tech
chocobean Link ParentMy puritanical reflex would be "no", that easy gratification whets ones appetite and "inflames a passion" (ignites something that makes us passively bound by its appeal and subjugate us by our...My puritanical reflex would be "no", that easy gratification whets ones appetite and "inflames a passion" (ignites something that makes us passively bound by its appeal and subjugate us by our desire for more and more and more).
There's the dark side of repression, as you pointed out, a hellscape where victims can't even speak out without ruining their own lives. But I'm not sure that limitless indulgence is the answer either....that there isn't a middle ground where.....
Where AI porn isn't outlawed, but one where responsible use satisfies people's desires without hurting each other, including ourselves.
If the desire is for fantasy, why isn't AI porn of fictitious women good enough? Why isn't imagination of public figures enough? The specific desire here is for specific public figures to satisfy one's sexual desire without the public figure's consent. When phrased like this, it really isn't that much of a debate is it?
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Comment on Instagram's Nudify [non-consensual fake nude photo generator] ads in ~tech
chocobean Link ParentOlder thread, additional perspective: Aside from social stigma, there is also the danger of encouraging sexual assault directly. To be perceived as sexually available is dangerous to many women:...Older thread, additional perspective:
Aside from social stigma, there is also the danger of encouraging sexual assault directly.
To be perceived as sexually available is dangerous to many women: the language used to describe women's bodies and acceptable behavior towards them differ base on how "deserving" or "open" the women are perceived to be.
We also know that people's opinions on stuff changes based on images seen, even when specifically told it's not real.
Some will choose to believe the women depicted are really consenting to violence and assault based on what they see, and pluck up their courage to attack women when they otherwise might not have.
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Comment on Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest US bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread in ~health
chocobean Link ParentI don't....I don't know what to do. For physical health reasons as well as morally I'm thinking I need to heavily step back participation in anything to do with the agricultural industrial...I don't....I don't know what to do. For physical health reasons as well as morally I'm thinking I need to heavily step back participation in anything to do with the agricultural industrial complex? Be vegan aside from the fish I catch myself and the chickens I'm willing to slaughter myself? Spiritually that's probably a good move to be stricter about veganism for half the year as well.
And I guess the acceptance that nothing I do will "save" me and my family, only lessen the moral implication of death and suffering.
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Comment on Canada bet big on immigration. Now it’s hitting the brakes. in ~misc
chocobean Link ParentRefuse is an interesting word here. The local seafood processing plant here put out an ad online to hire overnight (eg graveyard) labourers, 12 hour shifts, for $15/hr. They're offering that...they perform the low-paid or insecure work that already-naturalized Canadians refuse to do
Refuse is an interesting word here. The local seafood processing plant here put out an ad online to hire overnight (eg graveyard) labourers, 12 hour shifts, for $15/hr. They're offering that because they know locals will "refuse" and are applying for immigrants and short term foreign workers instead of raising wages.
If Canadians are refusing wages, employer should be forced to up wages not sneak around and import international labour.
Many locals are refusing this kind of wage because working graveyard for pennies won't even make rent.
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Comment on What do I do if I don't have any clothes? in ~life.style
chocobean Link ParentHow easy is it to travel from Russia to another country? I ask because I've flown within Europe for like, pennies, on cheap airline and wondering if russia has similar. It sounds stupid to travel...How easy is it to travel from Russia to another country? I ask because I've flown within Europe for like, pennies, on cheap airline and wondering if russia has similar. It sounds stupid to travel internationally for clothing but really it's not: especially if your esthetics are different from local offerings, if your body build just isn't catered to, or if a hop over is where they make a ton of stuff for cheap.
Us Hong Konger kids used to fly back and forth from Vancouver every year or so, and we stock up on fashion in HK because it's so much cheaper and there are so many more choices for our body builds.
It's entirely possible you just don't like anything on offer locally and need to travel a little bit. If you have a work trip coming up, try stretching it to give yourself an extra week just to browse and shop
Edit: just read that you're on the young side. Family holiday shopping? It'll also give you a chance to get away from noisy festivities if you ask to get dropped off at the mall for a day with cash.
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Comment on At least thirty protesters arrested during pro-Palestinian protest at UT Austin in ~news
chocobean Link ParentAgreed. We've been told not to judge police by their worst members, and not to judge government by its worst members etc. why we demand this of protests especially with police provocateur being a...Agreed.
We've been told not to judge police by their worst members, and not to judge government by its worst members etc. why we demand this of protests especially with police provocateur being a proven repeated reality is totally unreasonable.
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Comment on Happy 6th Birthday, Tildes! in ~tildes
chocobean Link ParentAnd to many many more! Thank you @Deimos for making and keeping this human optimized corner of an ever decaying Netscape. and thank you to @cfabbro for the other place invite last June when it...And to many many more!
Thank you @Deimos for making and keeping this human optimized corner of an ever decaying Netscape.
and thank you to @cfabbro for the other place invite last June when it blew up (for me)
and a perpetual @mycketforvirrad for the tireless tagging that happens
And to all the regulars and to all the CD-ROMS, thank you.
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Comment on Can friendships be forced? in ~talk
chocobean LinkWar buddies can be friends for a life time. Arranged marriages sometimes end up with life long friendship even where romance doesn't happen Childhood friendships are basically forced interactions...War buddies can be friends for a life time.
Arranged marriages sometimes end up with life long friendship even where romance doesn't happen
Childhood friendships are basically forced interactions that eventually turn mutual
High school buddies are in my opinion some of the very very best that life can offer
Meeting romantic partners at hobby classes that run long enough for the shy introverted people to shine
I could go on. In fact friendship don't happen for me unless they are repeatedly scheduled. ADHD and introversion and face blindness going on here: I need the same content same people and scheduled to even be able to link interactions to the same person.
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Comment on Arizona grand jury indicts eleven Republicans who falsely declared Donald Trump won the state in 2020 in ~misc
chocobean LinkWhat does it mean in American law to be indicted? Does it mean these people can still walk free and campaign for Trump and repeat the lies? Does this have any affect on a campaign that doesn't...What does it mean in American law to be indicted? Does it mean these people can still walk free and campaign for Trump and repeat the lies? Does this have any affect on a campaign that doesn't live in reality anyway?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
chocobean Link ParentThat makes me super happy to hear :) The switch handheld has a cracked screen and maybe the iFixit site has a guide....very intimidated though, one time I opened up an old stopped working NDS and...That makes me super happy to hear :)
The switch handheld has a cracked screen and maybe the iFixit site has a guide....very intimidated though, one time I opened up an old stopped working NDS and immediately ripped a ribbon
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Comment on Earth Day 2024 megathread in ~enviro
chocobean Link ParentI come from a culture where darn near anything foraged that doesn't outright kill you will be consumed. Even stuff that isn't tasty is probably good for you and we try to boil it to heck and drink...I come from a culture where darn near anything foraged that doesn't outright kill you will be consumed. Even stuff that isn't tasty is probably good for you and we try to boil it to heck and drink the broth. So foraging something not only edible but downright delicious is just amazing
Last year we found so much chanterelles that we joked the favored habitat for them is "by the side of the logging road"
Really hope the weather holds out this weekend and we'll find some spring buddies. Saw some hedgehog mushrooms at the end of their season last year but there were only three so we left them alone
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
chocobean Link ParentThank you that's most kind of you :) I'll save this comment for the eventuality when i inadvertently muck up somehow Would it be advisable for one to backup an image or do some kind of regular...Thank you that's most kind of you :) I'll save this comment for the eventuality when i inadvertently muck up somehow
Would it be advisable for one to backup an image or do some kind of regular maintenance?
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Comment on Earth Day 2024 megathread in ~enviro
chocobean LinkI missed this yesterday. The company paid to have someone come and talk about forest bathing and fungi. Always love fungi. Being Monday, my appreciation of the earth was limited somewhat to...I missed this yesterday.
The company paid to have someone come and talk about forest bathing and fungi. Always love fungi.
Being Monday, my appreciation of the earth was limited somewhat to feeding the domesticated and wild birds in the yard
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
chocobean Link ParentOh I didn't know it'll take micro SD!! Hurrah! Thanks for the tip :)Oh I didn't know it'll take micro SD!! Hurrah! Thanks for the tip :)
I dont think efficiencies is what's stopping people from being able to have the necessities met, and that's why I think tech improvements in efficiencies will never get us there.
The economic engine is a meat grinding machine that takes inputs of small critters and grinding them into meat. Let's imagine some of the critters don't want to be ground down and have been working hard to come up with ways to make the machine better, more efficient, more autonomous, more interactive and predictive and blah blah blah. We'll have a faster churn of little critter slurry.
We can make sure there is better distribution of currently already existing gains and resources by voting for politicians who talk about "radical" and aggressively caring for the last, the lost and the least among us as their main platform. Remember, if their platform focus on advancements and wealth instead of the poor, they're talking about how to shove you faster into the meat grinder queue.