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Comment on This site is fast in ~tildes
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Comment on This site is fast in ~tildes
Parou (edited )LinkIt's less that the modern web is complex, it's more that non hobby websites are running on unnecessary levels of frameworks (backend AND frontend). Every shit text that could be displayed...It's less that the modern web is complex, it's more that non hobby websites are running on unnecessary levels of frameworks (backend AND frontend). Every shit text that could be displayed blazingly fast with ease with a simple read on the backend and normal basic html + css has to go through multiple layers before your browser actually displays it instead.
We are talking:
- Entire backend frameworks that handle files, databases, often websocket servers that you don't even know are being connected to when you load many websites. Often it's not even just one big package, but multiple that are working together. Sometimes they barely are even made to work together, but employers want the team to make it happen.
- On the frontend you will have a fucking entire layout and style framework on top of often a fullass javascript based content related one that dynamically loads the content or parts of it via additional requests, further modifies and sanitizes it, etc, because fuck, why display content the normal way if we can make it overcomplicated and less performant the larger the service gets, right? All this javascript based ressource preloading adds to the felt delay because without it, you can already see most of the website before big ressources are finished loading in. With it, you are either greated with a loading screen and can't access any content until it's done loading the ressources fully, or you have to look through a half backed layout that shows you placeholders for images, not loaded content, etc.
- Then big sites also use external services or secondary servers to store their images at, often even parts of the before mentioned frameworks.
All of this can usually be done in simple and performant way, but the industry jumped on too many trains and now everything runs on this giant mess.
In the end, it dumbs down to complexity, yes, but the complexity is artificially forced for something that does not even need half this level of complexity.
In addition to all of this, some years ago, it became public that many dev teams are even forced to add completely made up delays and loading bars that take longer than the actual load that is happening, because customers (and employers) complained too much about "feeling like nothing actually happens" when something loads "too fast" without an indicator or an indicator that's gone in a blink.
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Comment on Why are so many pedestrians killed by cars in the US? in ~transport
Parou LinkI have a feeling the fact that americans complain about missing paths to get somewhere by foot all the time might be one part of the reason.I have a feeling the fact that americans complain about missing paths to get somewhere by foot all the time might be one part of the reason.
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Comment on Gimp Tutorial for Idiot? in ~comp
Parou LinkGIMP is what developers without graphic work experience think people with graphic work experience want, without understanding what actually makes the standards in the industries the standards. The...GIMP is what developers without graphic work experience think people with graphic work experience want, without understanding what actually makes the standards in the industries the standards. The end result is a graphics editing software for developers and those with similar minor editing needs or an inherent masochistic tendency (technically the same as being a developer). I heard they finally added non script basic drop shadows in the latest big version tho. Give them another 15 years.
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Comment on Elon Musk plans to take on Wikipedia with 'Grokipedia' in ~tech
Parou Link"Fuck Wikipedia, I'm gonna make a new platform TRAINED on Wikipedia!!!""Fuck Wikipedia, I'm gonna make a new platform TRAINED on Wikipedia!!!"
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Comment on My take on Apple's Liquid Glass in ~tech
Parou LinkI didn't read the article yet, but it's annoying that any load of the page flashbangs one before immediately going into dark mode.I didn't read the article yet, but it's annoying that any load of the page flashbangs one before immediately going into dark mode.
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Comment on US FBI readies new war on trans people in ~lgbt
Parou Link"The {t-slur} are making us shoot our own!!!""The {t-slur} are making us shoot our own!!!"
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Comment on A timeline of false “gender ideology” claims about the Charlie Kirk shooting in ~lgbt
Parou LinkThe way the first thing I ever heard about it was right wing news media spread the lie that the bullets had "transgender messaging" carved into them. I was like "the fuck does that even mean?"....The way the first thing I ever heard about it was right wing news media spread the lie that the bullets had "transgender messaging" carved into them. I was like "the fuck does that even mean?".
Turns out when your readers think that transgender people are a political hate group against your shit beliefs that everyone but you and your willing, silent trad wife, should not have the right to live an open life, you can just say any vague lie without further need to define what the fuck you mean and they will just eat it up and further spread it.
Not a single person of their target group asked for any clarification or even tried to define what that means themselves. "Transgender messaging". That was the whole thing. That was enough.
My face when it then turned out it was actually right wing online groups meme texts against the groups they tried to pin it on.
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Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games
Parou Link ParentI mean hey, we get a cool bike. Which is all I took from it. I don't understand how Nintendo frequently, without many misses, makes the stupidest advertising decisions they could do. Metroid isn't...I mean hey, we get a cool bike. Which is all I took from it. I don't understand how Nintendo frequently, without many misses, makes the stupidest advertising decisions they could do. Metroid isn't some 10 dollars cash grab bullshit, it's a highly acclaimed, long going game series. Yet they treat it repeatedly like we should be glad it isn't completely forgotten.
BUT HEY, shitass pseudo re-release of their worst ever flopping game console is TOTALLY what everyone wants and needs a fullass trailer with voice over and physical accessory.
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Comment on Nintendo adding Virtual Boy to Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, with Virtual Boy replica accessory to play games in 3D in ~games
Parou Link ParentLol no, it's a repeating sentiment in the whole community that they keep giving us stuff nobody asked for while the games literally everyone screams for get ignored.Lol no, it's a repeating sentiment in the whole community that they keep giving us stuff nobody asked for while the games literally everyone screams for get ignored.
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Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games
Parou LinkVery disappointed how Metroid always seems to get the silent treatment. Absolute minimal, no news, no voice over announcement inbetween some random games as if it's a third party eshop cash grab game.Very disappointed how Metroid always seems to get the silent treatment. Absolute minimal, no news, no voice over announcement inbetween some random games as if it's a third party eshop cash grab game.
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Comment on Nintendo adding Virtual Boy to Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, with Virtual Boy replica accessory to play games in 3D in ~games
Parou Link"Hey, you know what people would really like?" - "Older Pokémo-" - "That's right, a pseudo re-release of our worst failing gaming console that haunts our company history to this very day! Brilliant!""Hey, you know what people would really like?" - "Older Pokémo-" - "That's right, a pseudo re-release of our worst failing gaming console that haunts our company history to this very day! Brilliant!"
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Comment on Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by Newcastle University in ~health.mental
Parou LinkAs an autistic person: Robots don't emotionally hurt me just because I didn't follow the socially acceptable script that I never got handed and then shutdown for any further communication or label...As an autistic person: Robots don't emotionally hurt me just because I didn't follow the socially acceptable script that I never got handed and then shutdown for any further communication or label me weird and uncanny.
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Comment on Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT in ~health.mental
Parou LinkI wouldn't be surprised if especially the therapists who know nothing about their profession for some reason and diagnose people (or better said: withhold diagnoses) purely based on your vibes in...I wouldn't be surprised if especially the therapists who know nothing about their profession for some reason and diagnose people (or better said: withhold diagnoses) purely based on your vibes in the first 2 minutes of meeting them instead of actual diagnostic criteria and tests, are overrepresented in the demographic of therapists depending on ChatGPT.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
Parou (edited )LinkI finally watched Summer Time Rendering and tbh, it was one of the, if not the one, best anime I watched in a decade. I was missing higurashi-y anime. I kept avoiding it because Disney+'s...I finally watched Summer Time Rendering and tbh, it was one of the, if not the one, best anime I watched in a decade. I was missing higurashi-y anime. I kept avoiding it because Disney+'s description sounded like a fucking summertime slice of life anime about grieving in a friend group.
The whole theme of the anime kept me at it. A lot happened in a single episode, but to a very satisfying level - and there are 25 of them.
At one point, I was so excited about the anime that I thought "I hope they don't fumble it in the finale then." They did not. At all. It was a very satisfying watch with multiple plottwists per episode and a nicely written ending.
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Comment on Spotify is adding direct messaging to their music streaming app in ~tech
Parou LinkThe only thing I have to say to this, is a big fat: "why?"The only thing I have to say to this, is a big fat: "why?"
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Comment on What's your current PC wallpaper? in ~tech
Parou LinkOne of my Dungeons & Dragons characters I painted last year. I don't see my desktop often, as my webbrowser is my go-to application on an idle screen, but when I do I appreciate looking at...One of my Dungeons & Dragons characters I painted last year.
I don't see my desktop often, as my webbrowser is my go-to application on an idle screen, but when I do I appreciate looking at something simple. -
Comment on When is the last time you made a new friend? That lasted. in ~life
Parou Link ParentThank you, I wish you the best as well. Thank you for interacting with me.Thank you, I wish you the best as well. Thank you for interacting with me.
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Comment on When is the last time you made a new friend? That lasted. in ~life
Parou Link ParentSome people definitely notice when you are autistic. They don't directly know that you are autistic, but many people feel that something is different about you. A lot of autistic people tell...and autistic
Some people definitely notice when you are autistic. They don't directly know that you are autistic, but many people feel that something is different about you. A lot of autistic people tell stories related to this. Especially about bullying and worse.
It's especially hard to get around this because of issues with communication and picking up such things.
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Comment on When is the last time you made a new friend? That lasted. in ~life
Parou Link ParentI had this problem before I outed myself as trans back in the days as well, just not as frequently because previously, I simply didn't really speak with people IRL. A lot of these situations also...I had this problem before I outed myself as trans back in the days as well, just not as frequently because previously, I simply didn't really speak with people IRL.
A lot of these situations also happened with other trans people, too.
I do get where your view is coming from, because no matter if it's because I'm trans or because I'm autistic or anything else, it's clearly the same behavior typical trans chasers show. But I'm assuming that's simply because it's standard predatory behavior by nature, no matter the target of "attraction", starting with the fact that those people keep doing it repeatedly, with more direct attempts every time until they straight out say it - despite, or even in response to???, my desinterest in it.
Thank you for taking your time writing that reply!
Off topic to the general post, but:
I call this "chasing the buffy era". Buffy significantly shaped how TV shows were written going forward. No other TV show had such an influence on writers and producers as Buffy the Vampire Slayer had. Virtually every headwriter with a successfull TV show that features big season specific arcs from the early 2000s till around 2015 either was very obviously inspired by it in many key aspects or even openly talked about it in interviews.
When the buffy era shows ended, it became very obvious that companies like Netflix started to mass produce series in hope to land a similar success as those shows had. For many of those, they even straight up hired the writers of them.
There is one giant issue: The successfull buffy era shows were successfull because they spent their entire first season with character development, very slowly from "I fight my fated role, someone else should take it, why is it me?" and a majorly inconvenient threat (mind you, not world ending, unbeatable, just majorly inconvenient, we don't want to fire our big shot of literally fighting satan or something in season 1) to "I accept my role, there is no one else who can do it but me".
These new shows throw out a first season of like 8 episodes in hope to land something big. The entire character development is literally done in a single first episode and this episode already ends with the major threat, the main villain, the big boi being introduced and often times already having a shot at the protagonist. Then they spend 7 more episodes of getting back at them and the season ends with them defeating them already. Bam, there is literally nothing to be done in a second season, messed it up.