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Comment on I almost got hit by a car in ~life
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Comment on I almost got hit by a car in ~life
Pepetto (edited )Link ParentAcknowledged, I got caries (damned typo, obviously meant carried) away. Edited my comment accordingly.Acknowledged, I got caries (damned typo, obviously meant carried) away. Edited my comment accordingly.
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Comment on I almost got hit by a car in ~life
Pepetto (edited )Link ParentYou sound like you've internalized car dominance.... Come on! The burden of making the world safe is on the person driving around at ludicrous speed in their 2 tonne climate controled sarcophagus,...You sound like you've internalized car dominance.... Come on! The burden of making the world safe is on the person driving around at ludicrous speed in their 2 tonne climate controled sarcophagus, while listening to the radio. Not on the pedestrian to not wear headphone... (Also, kids, who should be safe to walk outside unsupervised)
Of course do whatever you can to be safe, but remember that cars are FORCING (edited to remove proinflammatory component) you to abandon your freedom to walk carefree.
You even mentionned higher in the comment that you offered to pay part of the damages, and it seems needlessly submissive to me... (Edited to remove bullying) -
Comment on Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause. in ~health
Pepetto Link ParentThe thing is, i'm afraid once it's culturally appropriate for a majority to end their life at 80, it won't stay "100% personal choice". Those who prefer to live on will be withdrawn most support...The thing is, i'm afraid once it's culturally appropriate for a majority to end their life at 80, it won't stay "100% personal choice". Those who prefer to live on will be withdrawn most support and actively encouraged to leave "with dignity"...
Of course I don't have a crystal ball permitting me to know with certainty that's what will happen, but this is what I fear, and I feel it's a justified fear. -
Comment on Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause. in ~health
Pepetto Link ParentYou did go off on a tangent fairly quickly, but I am glad you did. My personal IRL echo chamber has started being very pro-China (I think i response to trump's anti Europe tendencies) (phrase like...You did go off on a tangent fairly quickly, but I am glad you did.
My personal IRL echo chamber has started being very pro-China (I think i response to trump's anti Europe tendencies) (phrase like "say what you want about china, they get results" or "living in china is actually good, don't believe occidental propaganda") , so I actually enjoy hearing back some facts about how bad authoritarianism can be. -
Comment on The "go fix a minor annoyance" togetherness topic in ~life
Pepetto LinkThanks for the nudge, fixed the toilet flush system which would get stuck leaking into the bowl ( very easy, just remove all the limescale deposits ) which had a very high wife approval factor!Thanks for the nudge,
fixed the toilet flush system which would get stuck leaking into the bowl ( very easy, just remove all the limescale deposits ) which had a very high wife approval factor! -
Comment on Are there any games that had their development abandoned that you followed where you wish that continued/completed development? in ~games
Pepetto Link ParentOk, if anyone is interested about this but not enough to do the research themselves, here is what I could get from 10 min of reading: Business model: created his own launcher/platform (ahwoo) to...read about Dean's... Interesting business model. He has some beef with Valve and Steam as a platform. Personally I think some of his beef is valid but some is clearly personal. And he's trying something new to make the game as easy to play and DRM free as possible. Which is a really cool idea, but there's been a lot of criticism around it.
Ok, if anyone is interested about this but not enough to do the research themselves, here is what I could get from 10 min of reading:
Business model:
created his own launcher/platform (ahwoo) to bypass Steam for KSA, the game is completely free with no DRM (and no online checks), funded by voluntary community contributions, native linux support.Beef with Valve:
He argues Valve "does not get anywhere near enough criticism" for popularizing loot boxes and skin gambling. and he's concerned about platform dependency "What happens when Gabe [Newell] steps down, and Valve inevitably becomes enshittified?"People are wary of him because:
- voluntary contributions is unproven at this scale. yet another launcher is more friction. Idealistic business model/experiment.
- track record: DayZ, Icarus and KSA have notorious performance issues, Hall seems to abandon a project before it's finished properly. I think that pattern is sort of there, but not as much as people seem to complain about?
Overall I don't see any real red flags, and most people here would probably somewhat resonate with his ideas. Just try out KSA and give however much it's worth to you after you're done.
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Comment on How much of Thermo Fisher’s antibody data has been manipulated? in ~science
Pepetto LinkAnyone serious in a lab settings does internal verification anyway before using any kind of new reactant. This is akin to the Ali-baba picture depicting a much better version of what you actually...Anyone serious in a lab settings does internal verification anyway before using any kind of new reactant.
This is akin to the Ali-baba picture depicting a much better version of what you actually get... it sucks but everyone already suspected it happens and checked accordingly.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Pepetto LinkNot you GOG, you were supposed to be the good guy. What could they possibly hope to gain from using those symbols, apparently knowingly? this was never gonna go unnoticed... I know there is a rise...Not you GOG, you were supposed to be the good guy.
What could they possibly hope to gain from using those symbols, apparently knowingly? this was never gonna go unnoticed...
I know there is a rise in far right rhetoric in public discourse, but last I checked nazism is very much still near universally disavowed.
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Comment on Has anyone else seen a LOT of dead birds on the side of the road this year? in ~enviro
Pepetto Link ParentFor what it's worth, I really don't think secretfire was trying to insult you. Now apparently we were wrong but the reason provided by secretfire for why multiple people assumed you were american...For what it's worth, I really don't think secretfire was trying to insult you.
Now apparently we were wrong but the reason provided by secretfire for why multiple people assumed you were american are still usefull, to understand why we assumed.
(I personally haven't noticed particularly many dead birds in northern france, but I did see 2 lately.)
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Comment on Your URL bar can be a CLI for searching websites in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentDoesn't it make sense to input where you'd like to be into your present location bar when you want to be elsewhere?UI-wise I lament that everything is shoved into a unique bar. I stubbornly refuse to fuse them because in my mind location bar == past and present (where I am, where I was) while search bar is where I want to go.
Doesn't it make sense to input where you'd like to be into your present location bar when you want to be elsewhere?
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Comment on Xteink X4 Developer Edition in ~tech
Pepetto LinkAny news on how repairable those are? It looks very glued in... Doesn't mean it's impossible to repair with a heatgun but is a bad sign. Ereaders can last decades so battery replacement is a must...Any news on how repairable those are? It looks very glued in... Doesn't mean it's impossible to repair with a heatgun but is a bad sign. Ereaders can last decades so battery replacement is a must (to me).
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Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance
Pepetto (edited )Link ParentI'm not denying that people can struggle, just that i've met plenty of people who struggle yet don't complain, and plenty of people who complain but don't struggle. (In the situation you suggest,...I'm not denying that people can struggle, just that i've met plenty of people who struggle yet don't complain, and plenty of people who complain but don't struggle.
(In the situation you suggest, without my spouse, yes I would start to struggle).As an exemple, hearing people being horrified of not eating beef anymore sounds like " my buttler's buttler had to fire his buttler! ".
Now obviously this was a cherrypicked exemple, i'm sure some people here do really struggle. I just wish the diva's would stop hogging the attention.In the end, inflation will help reduce consumption, which the planet needs. Voluntary degrowth doesn't seem very popular, inflation is the least bad alternative.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
Pepetto Link ParentObviously (or not, apparently) I wasn't saying you are a tyrant, just that the way he apologised too much for a minor thing (you don't agree that apologising 4 times, just for suggesting the use...Obviously (or not, apparently) I wasn't saying you are a tyrant, just that the way he apologised too much for a minor thing (you don't agree that apologising 4 times, just for suggesting the use of AI, is too much?) seemed like he percieved you (or the tildes community, i just singled you out because he was responding to you) like one.
It's like they're walking on eggshell, worried about being percieved as thinking "the wrong way".
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
Pepetto Link ParentThis profusion of apologies makes me uncomfortable. This makes definetlynotafae seem like some tyrant. I totally get making your intent clear and as many people as possible feel valued, which i...I'm going to stop saying anything now.
I totally get that this is a hot button issue, and I'm very sorry to have said anything.
I've made a mental note to never touch upon this subject again.
Sincere apologies to everyone
This profusion of apologies makes me uncomfortable. This makes definetlynotafae seem like some tyrant. I totally get making your intent clear and as many people as possible feel valued, which i think is the intent, but this is too much, i really think she can handle someone asking permission for using ML on her writting.
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Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance
Pepetto (edited )LinkI barely noticed the inflation concretely, I just save a bit less, but I know I have most things going my way: I was brought up very frugal, I live in europe (france) where we have high taxes but...I barely noticed the inflation concretely, I just save a bit less, but I know I have most things going my way: I was brought up very frugal, I live in europe (france) where we have high taxes but decent (excellent by american standards) public service (mass transit, healthcare, education) / cost of living is lower, and I earn much more than i need (I live comfortably with about 500 euros a month, which includes vacation, restaurant and home maintenance, i expect my expenses will dramatically increase when we have kids).
I will admit to being skeptical of most people claiming to struggle, as most I met IRL who did so were being financially irresponsible or had unreasonable expectation. I find it more satisfaction inducing to compare my life to the average life even just 100 years ago (regular people, not nobility) instead of the american billionaire (I have running hot water, functionally infinite free quality entertainment, and a banana for 10 minutes of minimum wage FFS).
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Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance
Pepetto Link ParentPlease please please take some picture of some of your mendings to show us whats possible for us noobs! (I could definetly look it up online, but seing yours would feel much more relatable.)Please please please take some picture of some of your mendings to show us whats possible for us noobs!
(I could definetly look it up online, but seing yours would feel much more relatable.) -
Comment on How I feel about LLM (AI) writing in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentSounds good. not a shadow ban, just a noise tag which autocollapses the comment (IIRC), so it disincentivize growing that branch of the comment tree... I like that it doesn't require any new tool...Sounds good.
not a shadow ban, just a noise tag which autocollapses the comment (IIRC), so it disincentivize growing that branch of the comment tree...
I like that it doesn't require any new tool to be develloped, just uses what we allready have. -
Comment on How I feel about LLM (AI) writing in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentHard agree on that. Maybe an "needlessly inflammatory" tag which auto-minimizes the comment? I know I'm part of this problem, but I'd enjoy a feed-back mechanism and reminder to adapt my tone...recently I've seen a rise in .... discourse temperature?
Hard agree on that.
I thought about saying something like "this sounds like the kind of thing that just gets us all upset at each other so I'm going to opt out and encourage everyone to do the same". But that's counterproductive isn't it.
Maybe an "needlessly inflammatory" tag which auto-minimizes the comment?
I know I'm part of this problem, but I'd enjoy a feed-back mechanism and reminder to adapt my tone properly to the local culture. Then again, some inflammatory comment can be justified in some situation?
maybe we could make do with a culture of being extracareful to answer very calmly and call it out (in a spoiler?) when a comment is inflammatory, so we don't get a runaway flame war. I'm not holding my breath. -
Comment on When Richard Dawkins met Claude in ~health.mental
Pepetto Link ParentFor sure. (In its defense, i did instruct it to argue for "my side") I disagree, the thing we understand better should be the reference, not the more complex less well understood thing just...Claude will say anything the person operating it is more inclined to, eheh.
For sure. (In its defense, i did instruct it to argue for "my side")
In my opinion, the burden is on you, @Pepetto, and for a simple reason: the brain is the reference, as it's more complex and (much) older than computers.
I disagree, the thing we understand better should be the reference, not the more complex less well understood thing just because it's older.
It's probably not your case, but usually those who thinks of the brain as a kind of computer tend to level everything in computer terms, in numbers, such as Silicon Valley sociopaths that believe all our society issues (socializing, poverty, injustice, crimes) are math problems that can be solved with code. When they are able to impose this distorted vision, what we see is an impoverishing of the human experience they tackled. See social networking, probably the most recent successful endeavor, which replaced in-person interaction with likes and followings and a
It is indeed not my case (i think). I'm convinced rationality help a lot to understand the world and guide toward a solution, but one should always keep in mind that models are imperfect and going all in on yout assumption without care is a recipe for pain (and unfortunately not just your own).
But I'm not sure what you are getting at... The human brain cann't be some form of organic computer, because that's a world view also held by evil people?
Many Silicon Valley Sociopath also use suncream, yet there is nothing wrong with that...
I'm confident i could easely find some horrible groupe of people who believe in an immaterial soul, would you like me to?
I've probably picked up some stuff from there then. They are sometime over the top. But it is a breath of fresh air to have a space where you can finaly mention how bad cars (and also many drivers) are, and not get someone reminding us how accident happen and are acceptable, and really who hasn't answered the phone while speeding a little?
I really think the waterline for sane driving is way too low. Even normal driver consider a little speeding acceptable, or parking for "short" time on the bike lane... It's not just a few driver, it's somewhere around 50% of drivers.
When everyone around you tries to gaslight you into thinking driver's behavior is acceptable, the apropriate level of aggression can seem too high to those who identify as drivers.