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  1. Comment on Apple announces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone in ~tech

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    The lack of telephoto would kill it for me. I like my folding phone with a telephoto lens.

    The lack of telephoto would kill it for me. I like my folding phone with a telephoto lens.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Apple announces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone in ~tech

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    It's roughly passport size, and those are pretty reasonable.

    It's roughly passport size, and those are pretty reasonable.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Apple announces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone in ~tech

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    The mobile processors are basically equivalent to the m series, so they're increasingly technically equivalent to their laptops.

    The mobile processors are basically equivalent to the m series, so they're increasingly technically equivalent to their laptops.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Apple announces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone in ~tech

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    So what's your preference? They just don't make things?

    So what's your preference? They just don't make things?

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Summer US box office hits all-time $4.76B record: how audiences surrendered to moviegoing in ~movies

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    My family got a good home theatre system, and we've hardly been to a theatre since then. We'll wait till a movie has a home release. If I see movies in theatre, they're events where I'm going for...

    My family got a good home theatre system, and we've hardly been to a theatre since then. We'll wait till a movie has a home release. If I see movies in theatre, they're events where I'm going for the social experience of an anime film's Western showing.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? in ~tech

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    I'm curious what you mean by "AI" in that case; the word's meaning has evolved a lot. Do you mean to say you hate machine learning methods? Or all generative models that could replace a human?

    I'm no poser—I've hated it since the mid-2010s

    I'm curious what you mean by "AI" in that case; the word's meaning has evolved a lot. Do you mean to say you hate machine learning methods? Or all generative models that could replace a human?

  7. Comment on What are your "how on earth did I not learn this sooner" tech moments? in ~tech

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    There are variations with command+control+shift and 4 or 5 to get a selection or the whole display to go to your clipboard.

    Press cmd+shift+5 to open up the screenshot toolbar, then when clicking options you can decide to store the screenshot to clipboard, preview, desktop, etc.

    There are variations with command+control+shift and 4 or 5 to get a selection or the whole display to go to your clipboard.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Want some advice on how to escape my current situation - I [34M] am fed up of my [68F/81M] parents and want out in ~life

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    Crazy suggestion, have you tried having combative conversations with him? While it might not do much with his age and declining mental faculties, conflict is an important part of relationships....

    which i've bottled up because I havent wanted to piss him off and have been non-confrontional about everything in life.

    Crazy suggestion, have you tried having combative conversations with him? While it might not do much with his age and declining mental faculties, conflict is an important part of relationships. Toxic conflict is bad and unlikely to lead anywhere good, but never addressing the elephant in the room is terrible too.

    Have you talked to your brother?

    2 votes

  9. Comment on EU packaging regulations land another blow to an already precarious tabletop industry in ~games.tabletop

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    Yes, you're right about the primary motivation. There was a secondary intent too. The other intent was a "green tax" on packaging which is a decent idea. They'd be better served by a broad carbon...

    Yes, you're right about the primary motivation. There was a secondary intent too.

    The other intent was a "green tax" on packaging which is a decent idea. They'd be better served by a broad carbon tax though.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way in ~finance

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    I read this as a proposal to get away from markets in general, and I don't see how that'd be viable. There's a balance between government intervention and free markets that limit some of this, but...

    That's not an inherent property of an economic system, but a political choice. When access to economic resources is governed by financial investment driven by less than perfect information and financial gain as the goal rather than real need, bubbles and financial contagions are inevitable.

    I read this as a proposal to get away from markets in general, and I don't see how that'd be viable. There's a balance between government intervention and free markets that limit some of this, but I don't know of any perfect systems that completely avoid misallocation of resources.

  11. Comment on The impact of suicide hotlines on health: evidence from 988 implementation in ~health.mental

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    The rollout substantially improved crisis line operations in states with larger baseline capacity gaps: these states answered more calls in-state and increased their in-state answer rates. However, these operational gains did not translate into detectable reductions in suicide mortality. The mortality estimates are precise enough to rule out even modest short-run reductions. We also find no statistically significant improvements in broader population mental health outcomes. These findings suggest that expanding crisis line capacity alone may be insufficient to reduce suicide deaths.

    9 votes

  13. Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official

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    Well we were on an off-road trail, so it was necessary to eventually get the child back to civilization and their parents lol. As you're well aware, sometimes adults have to set priorities and...

    To me it still reads like you wanted to get back to the parents. And thus you approached the situation with an agenda from the start.

    Well we were on an off-road trail, so it was necessary to eventually get the child back to civilization and their parents lol. As you're well aware, sometimes adults have to set priorities and make decisions. Teaching children how and why to make decisions or approach various situations is part of helping them grow up!

    I didn't explicitly say that it is good to stay calm and curious when children express strong emotions, but that is - to me - obviously true

    You're obviously better with kids than many adults I've met! How to deal with a crying child is an ancient problem that people still struggle with. Probably in part because there isn't one right answer for every situation.

    I think we mostly agree here and just hadn't shared full context on everything. Thanks for helping me clarify things; you raise good points.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way in ~finance

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    Financial markets are a cornerstone of every major economy. Governments intervene to varying degrees, but there is near universal consensus on the long-run efficiency of markets.

    Financial markets are a cornerstone of every major economy. Governments intervene to varying degrees, but there is near universal consensus on the long-run efficiency of markets.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way in ~finance

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    You're right. The global economic consensus on trade is a policy of liberalism and free markets, not necessarily capitalism versus socialism. Centrally planned economies pretty much all failed or...

    You're right. The global economic consensus on trade is a policy of liberalism and free markets, not necessarily capitalism versus socialism. Centrally planned economies pretty much all failed or stalled out. Most countries' economic system looks more like capitalism than traditional socialism though.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way in ~finance

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    This was historically controversial amongst heterodox economists. There were historically a lot of debates over the viability of "socialism in one country". Since the collapse of the Soviet Union,...

    The USA or allies issue trade sanctions or other unreasonable tarrifs.

    This was historically controversial amongst heterodox economists. There were historically a lot of debates over the viability of "socialism in one country". Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Deng Xiaoping's liberalization, India's opening up, and the rise of the Four Asian Tigers, consensus has further consolidated around the benefits of free trade and market economies.

    Part of the issue is how many different systems get clubbed together under the label of socialism.

    Edit: grammar.

    9 votes

  17. Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official

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    I can understand where you're coming from. Giving children a space to safely express their emotions is important. Depending on the time and place, it can be the right way to handle a crying child....

    I can understand where you're coming from. Giving children a space to safely express their emotions is important. Depending on the time and place, it can be the right way to handle a crying child.

    That example actually wasn't a hypothetical. I recently went biking with some children, and one of them fell and skinned their knee. The kid is usually brave but falls to bits if even mildly injured. After verifying nothing was seriously injured, we needed to bike back to the parents.

    Children reflect the emotions of those around them. All the child psychology I've read says that calmly reassuring children is the best way to handle scary situations and soothe them. If the adult acts scared or starts crying a bunch, the child will learn that's the correct response. Sometimes it is but not usually.

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  18. Comment on D6 TTRPG suggestions in ~games.tabletop

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    No, but it was likely inspired by Savage Worlds since that was the first system to use bigger die for better skills. Savage Worlds can be a very tactical game with minis and combat and character...

    No, but it was likely inspired by Savage Worlds since that was the first system to use bigger die for better skills. Savage Worlds can be a very tactical game with minis and combat and character builds if you want it to be. I think Kids on Bikes is more focused on the narrative and simplicity.

  19. Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official

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    Putting it into practice requires changing your thinking to think first of the other person and what would make them happy. Once you've figured out what the other person wants, you can start...

    Putting it into practice requires changing your thinking to think first of the other person and what would make them happy. Once you've figured out what the other person wants, you can start sprinkling in the things you need out of the social interaction, or, even better, you can convince the person to act in a way that benefits both of you.

    You're more likely to get good service at a restaurant if you're polite and complimentary. To soothe a crying child after they fell, you'd talk to the kid about how strong and brave they are, not share anecdotes about how you remember falling and crying too.

  20. Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official

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    If you want to understand how to better interact with people broadly, I'd recommend reading How to Win Friends and Influence People. It's simple and effective. People with mild autism can be...

    If you want to understand how to better interact with people broadly, I'd recommend reading How to Win Friends and Influence People. It's simple and effective. People with mild autism can be extremely socially successful if they learn the language and communication tools.