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Comment on Fairphone Gen 6+ now available in the US in ~tech
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Comment on Fairphone Gen 6+ now available in the US in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentAround these parts, people like their repairability, but their most compelling feature is that it wasn't made from human exploitation. They sacrificed lots of affordability for that and so won't...Around these parts, people like their repairability, but their most compelling feature is that it wasn't made from human exploitation.
They sacrificed lots of affordability for that and so won't ever be competitive with slave made phones.
But they have basically no competition in that niche.But agreed that they benefit from this absence of competition to allow themselves some very questionable choices, like no headphone jack, no wireless charging, and very expensive replacement part (it is usually more expensive to buy a replacement screen (100€) to replace yourself than it is to have a professional replace the screen of other phones (can be as low as 50€, usually around 80))
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Comment on Autistic/Neurodivergent/"just stubborn" members: how did you [happily] learn to do something you couldn't just instantly do? in ~life
Pepetto LinkDiagnosed ASD, high fonctionning thankfully. I mostly brute force it, inputing way too much effort to get some results. I have absolutely no inate script for socialising properly for exemple,...Diagnosed ASD, high fonctionning thankfully.
I mostly brute force it, inputing way too much effort to get some results.
I have absolutely no inate script for socialising properly for exemple, which sucks as I actually enjoy being accepted by peers, so I had to read explanation,and trial and error so much shit until I could semi reliably appear not too weird (I know everyone has a teen phase sort of similar to this, trust me I'm not exagerating when I say that wasn't it ). But what amounts to basically manually overriding my default behavior is draining even if it does works.
I don't think there is much I cannot do, the cognitive load of each action is just different than for most other people, sometime in my favor, sometime not. Some action are so expensive as to be near impossible, so i either don't do it, or go at it like a marathon chipping away at it until results come out.
I know this is similar to masking, which is somehow unpopular, but how do you draw the line between regular prosocial self-sacrifice and masking?
I don't allow myself too much slack for being ASD as I've met too many people using it as an excuse to be an asshole, and I'm allready one often enough as is.
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
Pepetto Link ParentI would find a 'oh fuck we're all dead' megathread hillarious, and probably over the top enough that it could gently remind us not to blow internet emotion out of proportion while allowing people...Maybe a 'oh fuck we're all dead' megathread
I would find a 'oh fuck we're all dead' megathread hillarious, and probably over the top enough that it could gently remind us not to blow internet emotion out of proportion while allowing people a place to vent.
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Comment on Elon Musk on tomatoes in ~food
Pepetto LinkI dislike Mr Musk deeply, but I sort of agree with him on tomatoes I guess? Growing tomatoes yourself has abismal cost effectiveness unless you're very good at it : I can buy quality tomatoes for...I dislike Mr Musk deeply, but I sort of agree with him on tomatoes I guess?
Growing tomatoes yourself has abismal cost effectiveness unless you're very good at it :
I can buy quality tomatoes for about 6-7 euro per kilogramme, if I considered gardenning a chore, the time i need to produce that myself is much higher.
And my homegrown tomatoes are usually worse than good varieties from the market (even I can do better than the regular supermarket tomatoes which only share the color red with actual tomatoes).
Now my grandpa could grow excellent tomatoes like I've never tasted anywhere else, but gardenning was his hobby for many decades.
So cost-effectiveness isn't the point, either gardeners derive joy from the process of gardenning their own tomatoes, or we intend to get good enough over time to make higher quality than what is available at cost effective scale...
Which is what Mr Musk is getting at I'd guess if I wanted to interpret this charitably and steelman his position. -
Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Pepetto Link ParentFair enough. That is a correct interpretation. Thank you so much for taking the time in explaining this. Trully. I can now sort of understand why some people like saying stuff like that without...but you can only control your own charity.
Fair enough.
I have interpreted your point as "it's important to point out that racism against white people is also something that we should remind people is bad". If that is not the correct interpretation of what you said.
That is a correct interpretation.
Some people use racism to mean mean systemic racism; this definition frequently does not consider specific cases of the prejudice, so you have people saying things like "it's impossible to be racist against white people." [...]
Thank you so much for taking the time in explaining this. Trully. I can now sort of understand why some people like saying stuff like that without being machiavelian comicbook villains...
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Pepetto (edited )Link ParentI'll think about it some more then. (Edit: aphoenix explained, we're good)I'll think about it some more then.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Pepetto Link ParentI think I need more unpacking of this (sorry). I'm all for extending maximal charity to the speaker's frustration, but being on the receiving end of such generalizations also deserves charity......I think I need more unpacking of this (sorry).
I'm all for extending maximal charity to the speaker's frustration, but being on the receiving end of such generalizations also deserves charity...
That pattern "not all ___ , but always a ___ " is a barelly nuanced generalisation and pretty indistinguishable from racism depending how you fill the blank.
Maybe we should actually , gently, after some cool down time, give a reminder that racism is bad reguardless of the power dynamics? -
Comment on PC upgrade vs replacement in ~tech
Pepetto LinkWhenever a friend comes to me about a slowing pc, I just upgrade them to a combo SSD + ram upgrade + lightweight linux distro (I really like bunsenlab, but linux mint xfce edition is easier for...Whenever a friend comes to me about a slowing pc, I just upgrade them to a combo SSD + ram upgrade + lightweight linux distro (I really like bunsenlab, but linux mint xfce edition is easier for users intimidated by linux).
It has so far worked 100% of the time to make them happily keep their rig for at least 2 more years, which seams worth it for 60 bucks and 2 hours, and the rig ends up handed down later instead of trashed. -
Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women
Pepetto Link ParentI’m sorry that landed as patronizing. That wasn’t my intent, but intent doesn’t change how it reads. I do appreciate the links and the labor you put in.I’m sorry that landed as patronizing.
That wasn’t my intent, but intent doesn’t change how it reads.
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Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women
Pepetto Link ParentYou're not doing this for the ones who don't care, you're doing it for those who do (or will, once they see it laid out one more time). Shifting mainstream opinion is hard and slow. sometimes so...I'm going to do all that labor for someone who probably won't read this or care. [...] We're tired. And it feels like we're trapped in an absurdist play.
You're not doing this for the ones who don't care, you're doing it for those who do (or will, once they see it laid out one more time).
Shifting mainstream opinion is hard and slow. sometimes so slow that it feels like nothing changes at all. but just a few years back: car crash dummies now include female bodies, research now includes more and more female subject, "shrink it and pink it" is at least getting called out.
it's not enough or fast, but the direction is correct.
As unfair as it is, it is unrealistic to expect people to change their minds spontaneously. most humans don't work this way. contradictions have to stare us in the face before we'll consider updating our beliefs.
So, just repeat and explains, ad nauseam.Universal design should make things more accessible for everyone, not for the "average man."
I wholeheartedly agree.
But here are a bunch of things people can read. I've even summarized and pulled links out of it to click more easily than having to click into two articles.
Thank you, I'll personally read all of them over next week, so at least one person will and it wasn't completely for nothing.
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Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women
Pepetto (edited )Link ParentIs this really the purpose of tags? I always though they were just there to categorise the topic and filter (edit: also mods sometime change the tags after creation), not to create some kind of...Is this really the purpose of tags? I always though they were just there to categorise the topic and filter (edit: also mods sometime change the tags after creation), not to create some kind of safe space free from any conflicting views, or reserved for some demographics...
It's not like a subreddit with dedicated mods and everything.
I don't see many people restraining from posting strong anti AI sentiment in ~tech. -
Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women
Pepetto Link ParentShould he just keep his objection to himself because he's a man? As tired as you may be, I'd wager a substantial portion of other people share his objections, and you may be better served by...Should he just keep his objection to himself because he's a man?
As tired as you may be, I'd wager a substantial portion of other people share his objections, and you may be better served by adressing why you think those objection don't track (which is the point if having a conversation on tildes) rather than trying to bully him into silence. -
Comment on There is no reason to buy another PlayStation or Xbox in ~games
Pepetto Link ParentThose hundreds of thousands of professional hours spent designing the game should be divided by the number of people playing the game. You can't copy paste a burger thousands of times, you have to...I find it personally offensive that people would value a luxury good that represents the work of hundreds or thousands of professionals over a multiple year period as less than a dinner.
Those hundreds of thousands of professional hours spent designing the game should be divided by the number of people playing the game. You can't copy paste a burger thousands of times, you have to start again from scratch every time.
Per consumer hours of enjoyment, a dinner is much more work intensive than video games, and much more of a luxury item.Bargain bin mentality does real harm to the industry, which is already among the poorest paying and layoff-prone in the software field.
You have my sympathies, I love video games and usually think they are worth every penny, but I'm reticent to just send more money to the game industry indiscriminately... that rarely improves working condition in any industries, it just provides more return for investors.
Wouldn't you say condition are bad because a lot of people enter into the industry by passion, regardless of work condition, providing a large pool of expandable labor surplus. That and also the winner-takes-all unpredictability of game development.
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Comment on Could I travel back in time? How physics tackles the paradoxes – with Jim Al-Khalili in ~science
Pepetto Link ParentWelp, you sound much smarter than me and clearly more knowledgable on physics and stuff, I'll see myself out.Welp, you sound much smarter than me and clearly more knowledgable on physics and stuff, I'll see myself out.
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Comment on Could I travel back in time? How physics tackles the paradoxes – with Jim Al-Khalili in ~science
Pepetto Link ParentSince FTL means time travel is possible, I'd assume teleportation to be a prerequisite for time travel... Also, plenty of science fiction solve this by traveling in time by going in or through a... -
Comment on Giving Green in ~enviro
Pepetto LinkMhmm, A cursory glance picks up lots of technosolutionist talking point. In eco friendly circles, technosolutionisme is considered not great because it usually focuses on unprooven hypothetical...Mhmm, A cursory glance picks up lots of technosolutionist talking point. In eco friendly circles, technosolutionisme is considered not great because it usually focuses on unprooven hypothetical tech and ignores curent tech actual solution (but which would require adapting our lifestyle). It usually feels like an excuse to not make any sacrifice to our way of life.
For exemple, we see funding for decarbonizing air travel (it's a very long shot, for something hardly vital, i wouldn't call this a data driven good target for our limited dollars), or develloping tastier "alternative proteins" so plant based meat substitute (we allready have tasty and balanced vegetarian diets, it's called indian cuisine).
Now that was just failing the vibe check for me, but probably not so bad as to be disqualified (no large org is 100% aligned with everyone's preference, and purity competition suck)... I'd have to do more research.
Did anybody allready do the homework of looking into the guys behind this, what they did before, ect?
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Comment on Power consumption of LLM's in ~tech
Pepetto LinkI've attempted to calculate the energy cost of LLM last year. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I ended up with about 2 to 8 kWh per user per year (about the same as running an oven to cook...I've attempted to calculate the energy cost of LLM last year.
I don't remember the exact numbers, but I ended up with about 2 to 8 kWh per user per year (about the same as running an oven to cook 5 cakes). I used to think that's not so bad, but it's likely underestimated, and seems like it's going to grow a lot more before it stops.
I calculated that by calculating how much electricity is consummed by all AI specialised GPU (since barely anyone else than AI datacentre buy significant amount, and I assume they run them close to 24/7 either for inference or for training) and ignored the consumption of other datacenter's component (I probably shouldn't).
and then divided that by the number of ChatGPT user (since I expect all user of AI to have had a chatGPT account at one point). I'd like to have a better metrics because I expect a lot of those chatGPT account are just people trying it out as a one of for fun, so not real regular users.
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Comment on Apple announces significant price increases for MacBooks, iPads, more in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentOh yeah. M1 MBA is also expected to be my forever laptop. I got a 16gb one second hand and it does absolutely everything I could hope for (and more), and it does it in style (and quiet)! And I...Oh yeah.
M1 MBA is also expected to be my forever laptop. I got a 16gb one second hand and it does absolutely everything I could hope for (and more), and it does it in style (and quiet)!
And I find the wedge design looks thinner than the redesign (even if it isn't). This is going to be a classic!I've got this >10 year plan for it, where I get a new batterie installed right before they stop providing that service for this model, and I allready donate monthly to the Asahi linux project for when mac drops support.
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Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro
Pepetto Link ParentACs pacify the masses and lowers the urgency of climate action. Funny, barely relevant comic Also, an AC makes some home design choice acceptable (floor to ceiling windows, ignoring sun...ACs pacify the masses and lowers the urgency of climate action. Funny, barely relevant comic
Also, an AC makes some home design choice acceptable (floor to ceiling windows, ignoring sun orientation, bad natural ventilation) which then get used as a justification to use AC.Rereading my post, I did mention consumption which is a mistake on my part, as i agree it's not a very strong argument. Even decarbonated energy has an environmental cost, but ACs in a single room are well worth the cost for the comfort provided... A small AC's energy consumption over the summer is only x2-x4 times more than heavy AI use.
I was using "slave" as a short for "modern slave"... No chains, still a slave.
I'll admit to having no particular expertise as to the "typical" work condition of a chinese worker, I just watched a few youtube documentary and news article which may have given me a biased opinion... Could you share with me the insight that makes you say most talk of slavery is exagerated?
We cann't ever be 100% certain of anything, but don't make perfect the enemy of good.
Sourcing rare earth elsewhere won't do much to help people in DRC, whereas setting up better supply chains can show it's possible.
Fairphone undeniably goes to much further lengh than any other company, they publish report of everything they do if you want. Approxinating their work to nothing just because the "made in ___ " label didn't change ... seems overly cynical.
Now if you ever get serious about being prepared to pay for manufacturing locally (assuming you're in the US), there is the liberty phone, but it'll cost you about 1800$. It has low specs but other than that ticks every boxes. It's repairable, has mic and camera off switch, and even the headphone jack!
So I can understand why FP went with a middle ground to keep the phones quite affordable by contrast...