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Comment on What’s a point that you think many people missed? in ~talk
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Comment on Advice on avoiding the hedonic treadmill of endless content? in ~life
avirse Link ParentHow?? My almost-one-year-old just wants to destroy and eat books. So far three board books are completely done with another two damaged beyond being able to pass them on. Reading is a battle of...How?? My almost-one-year-old just wants to destroy and eat books. So far three board books are completely done with another two damaged beyond being able to pass them on. Reading is a battle of trying to keep her interested without her getting frustrated that she can't rip out the pages. About the only way we can manage it is if she's not even looking at the book, just climbing and playing nearby. Which doesn't feel any different to just monologuing at her, when all the talking advice is about engaging and leaving space for responses, so that doesn't seem like a good thing?
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Comment on YouTube is awful. Please use YouTube, though. in ~tech
avirse Link ParentI believe creators deserve payment, and am usually happy to watch their sponsorships. I don't believe that creators are entitled to pass their business expenses on to me in the form of ads from...I believe creators deserve payment, and am usually happy to watch their sponsorships. I don't believe that creators are entitled to pass their business expenses on to me in the form of ads from their platform of choice. If Youtube operated like any other infrastructure, it would be the creators paying to host their content, possibly with tiers based on audience size etc. Complaining that I'm not "paying for their infrastructure" (watching Youtube ads) as well as "paying their revenue" (watching sponsorships and/or paying a subscription) is a bit much.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
avirse Link ParentI was talking about both. Other examples being emails to nurseries that didn't arrive when sent from my address (cc'd to my husband so I know they sent and should have been received), same for...I was talking about both. Other examples being emails to nurseries that didn't arrive when sent from my address (cc'd to my husband so I know they sent and should have been received), same for multiple small companies (generally tradespeople) who are not technologically inclined nor motivated enough to give a shit about digging out my email or whitelisting my domain.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
avirse Link ParentI've used smaller-scale (reputable) email providers with and without custom domains for about 15 years now and it's been an ever-increasing problem. Several times a site or app wouldn't allow me...I've used smaller-scale (reputable) email providers with and without custom domains for about 15 years now and it's been an ever-increasing problem. Several times a site or app wouldn't allow me to create an account without using a large provider's domain like gmail or outlook, particularly those relating to job-hunting, claiming my email address wasn't valid.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
avirse Link ParentThe bigger risk in my experience is services not accepting custom domains or automatically flagging them as spam. There have been many businesses I just can't correspond with via email because...The bigger risk in my experience is services not accepting custom domains or automatically flagging them as spam. There have been many businesses I just can't correspond with via email because they won't receive what I send, but my partner's gmail address gets to them just fine.
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Comment on CONTROL Resonant | Announcement trailer in ~games
avirse Link ParentIt looks like it might be set in The Dark Place - I pretty sure that station is in Alan Wake 2.It looks like it might be
set in The Dark Place - I pretty sure that station is in Alan Wake 2. -
Comment on Meet Pebble Index 01 - External memory for your brain in ~tech
avirse Link ParentWhat's wrong with an old-fashioned dictaphone?What's wrong with an old-fashioned dictaphone?
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games
avirse LinkFreddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (5) Back in a Flash (5)Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (5)
Back in a Flash (5)
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Comment on Tildes' Colossal Game Adventure: Inauguration and nominations in ~games
avirse Link ParentI was going to suggest Freddy Pharkas! Never did play it myself, but the song is burned into my brain all the same, I think from when my dad was playing it.I was going to suggest Freddy Pharkas! Never did play it myself, but the song is burned into my brain all the same, I think from when my dad was playing it.
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Comment on Retro Video Game Club brainstorming and planning topic in ~games
avirse Link ParentRetro Gaming Bunch? Or VGA could be Video Game Archeology, "digging up" old classics.EDIT: Retro Game Club = RGC. We could change the last word to make RGB, which feels retro.
Retro Gaming Bunch? Or VGA could be Video Game Archeology, "digging up" old classics.
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Comment on Firefox's new Terms of Use grants Mozilla complete data "processing" rights of all user interactions in ~tech
avirse Link ParentExcept all of those services are covered by separate Terms of Service, linked separately on their Legal page, so why would the browser's Terms of Use need to cover them as well?Except all of those services are covered by separate Terms of Service, linked separately on their Legal page, so why would the browser's Terms of Use need to cover them as well?
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Comment on Duty to Warn's John Gartner breaks down Donald Trump's cognitive decline in ~health.mental
avirse Link ParentI imagine it's missing from that quoted passage because the Macron/Mitterand mistake is explicitly mentioned earlier in the article:I imagine it's missing from that quoted passage because the Macron/Mitterand mistake is explicitly mentioned earlier in the article:
Joe Biden’s calling the current president of France by the old president of France’s name is like me calling my youngest daughter by my oldest daughter’s name
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Comment on Grand jury in the US state of Georgia returns indictments in Donald Trump 2020 election case in ~society
avirse Link ParentIgnoring for a moment that people don't always get their rights back after serving the sentence for their crime (and the existence of wrongful convictions). People who commit particularly bad...Ignoring for a moment that people don't always get their rights back after serving the sentence for their crime (and the existence of wrongful convictions).
People who commit particularly bad crimes are sentenced to a lifetime of imprisonment, people who violate their federal oath are effectively sentenced to a lifetime of not being able to take another. Sometimes that is the solution for public good.
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
avirse Link ParentWow, ok, I was just expanding on what I'd said above about how it's easy to use words of equivalent meaning, i.e. I was also agreeing with you.Wow, ok, I was just expanding on what I'd said above about how it's easy to use words of equivalent meaning, i.e. I was also agreeing with you.
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Comment on Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office. in ~life
avirse Link ParentThis can really cut both ways - I've found that going into the office most mornings makes me far more productive and generally happier because I'm escaping the endless chore list of being at home....it doesn't change the fact that someone not having to commute and constantly being in their personal environment is such a huge moral/productivity factor.
This can really cut both ways - I've found that going into the office most mornings makes me far more productive and generally happier because I'm escaping the endless chore list of being at home. It's great to be able to do housework in moments of downtime during the day, but it's also a huge, draining distraction to have thoughts like "I could be putting the laundry away right now" or "I could be prepping for dinner" or "I could just quickly run the hoover 'round" constantly running through your head.
Much like it's common to solve problems or have great ideas in the shower because of the lack of distraction, it can be much easier to focus on work when in a purely work-oriented environment.
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
avirse Link ParentThat's why I used "stupid" as my example, because its etymological roots have nothing to do with mental illness or developmental delay, and nor does its casual usage. An equivalent meaning also...That's why I used "stupid" as my example, because its etymological roots have nothing to do with mental illness or developmental delay, and nor does its casual usage.
An equivalent meaning also doesn't have to mean a synonym for the entire word, just the nuance you're getting at. E.g. the r-word strictly meant intellectual disability, but it has nuances of being literally slow, archaic, and backwards, etc. which would also work with a "fucking" prefix.
It's amusing that you're familiar with "gay" as the insult but not "queer", given gay originally meant happy before being adopted by the community, while queer means "strange in a negative way" and was the insult when I was at school.
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Comment on Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds in ~lgbt
avirse Link ParentNot even just appearance. I sleep best on my stomach. While I'm perfectly satisfied with the appearance of my boobs, it would be nice to have a nap that didn't make my lower ribs ache.Not even just appearance. I sleep best on my stomach. While I'm perfectly satisfied with the appearance of my boobs, it would be nice to have a nap that didn't make my lower ribs ache.
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
avirse Link ParentAnd leaving one social platform and joining another isn't literal reincarnation. There's a certain irony that you're making this point on the site that many people joined because they were sick of...And leaving one social platform and joining another isn't literal reincarnation. There's a certain irony that you're making this point on the site that many people joined because they were sick of Reddit.
There has been a lot of discourse on this around the new Devil Wears Prada sequel - same high-end fashion brands as the original movie, but even from the trailer you can see the decline in quality.