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Comment on Behind the scenes at the Blackwing pencil factory in ~creative
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Comment on Deciding whether (or not) to have a child in ~life
Pepetto Link ParentWoah, I strongly disagree! Your rule of thumb would have noone have any kids. It's a massive decision and most sane people understandably have to carefully think about it.Woah, I strongly disagree!
Your rule of thumb would have noone have any kids.
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Comment on Homes on stilts built above parking lots ('Hope Rise', Bristol) in ~design
Pepetto LinkAh, the length we go to, trying not to reconsider our society's morbid car dependency...Ah, the length we go to, trying not to reconsider our society's morbid car dependency...
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Comment on Deciding whether (or not) to have a child in ~life
Pepetto (edited )LinkSocial media is promotting so hard this idea of "not having kids is sooo altruistic", " this world is dying". When you explore it a little bit, it is always a rationalisation for not tolerating...Social media is promotting so hard this idea of "not having kids is sooo altruistic", " this world is dying".
When you explore it a little bit, it is always a rationalisation for not tolerating any hit to personal comfort or change. Your kids would live better than most kings even if civilisation took a dip, (and it probably won't).
The curent world has challenges ahead, but overall I'd definitely rather stay in this period than any from the past. The medical advances alone! Fewer war, fewer famine, more education, more rights, better entertainment, more science.We'll need motivation to tackle our world's problems. I don't think not having kids and lamenting the state of the world is the best way to nurture that motivation.
Maybe don't view this from the perspective of your child inheriting a broken world, view your well brought up child as a gift to help do his part fixing the world.
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Comment on In search of the hypothetical iPhone Duo buyer in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentBe sure to post it on tildes if you ever find that (I will too)!a phone with dual e-ink screens on the inside, [...] a Mini-sized phone again .
Be sure to post it on tildes if you ever find that (I will too)!
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Comment on LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features in ~tech
Pepetto LinkSome might argue that for long term viability, donating is more effective than downloading, but it's a first step...Some might argue that for long term viability, donating is more effective than downloading, but it's a first step...
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Comment on Agnes Obel - Laymelli (2026) in ~music
Pepetto LinkThank you thank you! I'm not big on social media so I missed this. I'm a big fan of Agnes Obel, since I found her from the serie Dark. Went to IRL concert in Lorient last month where she did that...Thank you thank you!
I'm not big on social media so I missed this.
I'm a big fan of Agnes Obel, since I found her from the serie Dark.
Went to IRL concert in Lorient last month where she did that song (i can finally put it on repeat now)... She did a couple other song from her upcoming album and they were all absolute banger!
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Comment on French citizen's assembly being organised in anticipation of 2027 presidential election in ~society
Pepetto (edited )LinkSharing this because I find it shows a genuine attempt at forcing compromize and empathy back into the public debate. That and fighting demagoguery. It's called d'un commun accord (meaning "by...Sharing this because I find it shows a genuine attempt at forcing compromize and empathy back into the public debate. That and fighting demagoguery.
It's called d'un commun accord (meaning "by common agreement) and honestly, this is democracy at it's best. It's spearheaded by Jean-Marc Jancovici et al (that french engineer that came up with the concept of carbon footprint).
Here's the idea: they will select 150 people roughly at random, to be representative of the french population, stick them in a room for 6 weekend, teach them about the issues with help from experts, and then have them discuss about a question until a consensus emerges. You know, basically doing what our politicians should be doing...
Questions with no easy answer, like how do you arbitrate between maintaining purchasing power and manufacturing localy (cann't have both fully...).
Similar citizen's assembly have worked in the past, providing nuanced and often surprisingly selfless decisions (but they do tend to be ignored by politician, hence the timing and the symbolic 1€).
During the upcoming presidential debates, the assembly's conclusion will be a default reasonable point from which politicians will have to argue. Failing that, it will hopefully at least nudge the debate in a more productive direction, and provide a starting point for next try.And it's sort of working so far, crowdfunding launched on Ulule (french kickstarter) and pulled in already twice as many backers as a typical french political party. The 1€ donation is mainly symbolic, it's the number of people that gives this political weight, not the money.
Obviously don't donate if you aren't french, as that would kind of look like we're faking our numbers with outside help, but maybe you could do something similar in your country?
Politics is hard. If you try and you fail, again and again, then you only really fail when you stop trying.
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French citizen's assembly being organised in anticipation of 2027 presidential election
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Comment on Technology is over in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentBut not all kids used to read manuals... Only clever/obsessive kids did that. And those type of kids still do when given the opportunity (there are fewer technical documentation with appliance by...But not all kids used to read manuals... Only clever/obsessive kids did that. And those type of kids still do when given the opportunity (there are fewer technical documentation with appliance by default, but the info is still out there, probably even more accessible actually).
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Comment on Fairphone Gen 6+ now available in the US in ~tech
Pepetto (edited )Link ParentI 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...I think the degree to which anything is manufactured with "slave labor" is pretty exaggerated
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...
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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...
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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 [SOLVED] 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.
I do appreciate the links and the labor you put in.
Noted, try out tombow mono 100 next time i need a restock on pencil.
What qualifies as good paper and what am i missing out on?