chocobean's recent activity
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
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Comment on Thailand bans advertising for toddler milk in ~food
chocobean Link ParentWell good for them! Good job Thailand gov't. And shame on you 2017s US government. The pictured brand is called Hi-Q1 probably to take advantage of the link to "IQ". These kinds of marketing have...Well good for them! Good job Thailand gov't.
And shame on you 2017s US government.
The pictured brand is called Hi-Q1 probably to take advantage of the link to "IQ". These kinds of marketing have always been super aggressive and all encompassing, such that new parents feel like they're depriving their kids of an obvious and necessary good if they opt out. Or even if the parents did, extended family might put pressure on them to feed toddler milk. The advertising doesn't aim to convince people it's a good option: they're pushing for the fear of neglecting to give your child something central and necessary.
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Comment on Exposing the Honey influencer scam in ~tech
chocobean Link ParentMaybe not Mr Something channels that felt scammy to begin with. But maybe some of the better ones don't deserve to have their revenue scammed. I subscribe to a few channels that I wouldn't want...Maybe not Mr Something channels that felt scammy to begin with. But maybe some of the better ones don't deserve to have their revenue scammed.
I subscribe to a few channels that I wouldn't want hurt by malicious big corp. Eg:
(1) the Hong Kong diaspora news / activist's channels
(2) indie film maker / animators / songwriters
(3) Game / media reviewers
We don't seem to have publicly funded ways of paying to support niche/global-local news or the arts, so advertising seems like a last resort way of paying for good content. I agree it does get annoying to keep hearing about their sponsors, but the better channels make it obvious when you can start skipping and when you can come back
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Comment on Exposing the Honey influencer scam in ~tech
chocobean Link Parentseething with rage ooooh those dirty dirty scumbags! Surely there's a class action waiting to happen here, and the company is going to fold immediately right?seething with rage ooooh those dirty dirty scumbags!
Surely there's a class action waiting to happen here, and the company is going to fold immediately right?
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Comment on A Helicopter In My Cable Modem in ~comp
chocobean Link ParentQuick product search and holy moly are they really several hundred bucks? I just want a compressed air alternative that I can recharge or plug inESD safe blower
Quick product search and holy moly are they really several hundred bucks? I just want a compressed air alternative that I can recharge or plug in
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Comment on Exposing the Honey influencer scam in ~tech
chocobean (edited )LinkKinda don't want to watch a three parter video just yet until they're done. What I gathered from a quick search: Video content creators (influencers) make money by sending their viewers to buy...Kinda don't want to watch a three parter video just yet until they're done. What I gathered from a quick search:
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Video content creators (influencers) make money by sending their viewers to buy stuff using affiliate links.
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Honey is a browser extension, a subsidiary of PayPal. The "offer" is that it auto applies coupon codes.
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Honey intercepts affiliate link clicks and replace them with its own code
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Content creators' click through impressions sharply plummet, and their livelihoods are destroyed
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Comment on US Congress' age debate reignites over member living in retirement home in ~society
chocobean Link ParentMore so than age, I want minimal accountability for what my reps are doing, or not doing. I don't get paid if I don't show up for work . I don't care if it's extreme paragliding or dementia either.More so than age, I want minimal accountability for what my reps are doing, or not doing.
I don't get paid if I don't show up for work . I don't care if it's extreme paragliding or dementia either.
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Comment on German authorities find large chat groups focused on exchanging advice re how to effectively drug and rape women in ~news
chocobean Link ParentThen it means anything else they're saying to justify dismantling e2e really is just power grabbing charades? HmmmmmThen it means anything else they're saying to justify dismantling e2e really is just power grabbing charades? Hmmmmm
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Comment on German authorities find large chat groups focused on exchanging advice re how to effectively drug and rape women in ~news
chocobean Link ParentWhat if they put a TON of money into (entrapment?) sting operations? If the police has one end of an illegal conversation decrypted, is that enough to go to ISP and say hey I need this guy's IP?...What if they put a TON of money into (entrapment?) sting operations? If the police has one end of an illegal conversation decrypted, is that enough to go to ISP and say hey I need this guy's IP? I'm not saying they should, I'm asking on a technical level if e2e could be preserved by law enforcement doing stings
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Comment on Why I am pursuing a life, professionally and personally, of Christian Virtue in ~humanities
chocobean Link Parent(on Goodness of God. If I may interject on your conversation with /u/GenuinelyCrooked) I don't know this empirically, but I feel this way when I observe my interactions with the world. I don't...(on Goodness of God. If I may interject on your conversation with /u/GenuinelyCrooked)
I don't know this empirically, but I feel this way when I observe my interactions with the world. I don't know how I can know to be sure, but I hope so. A lot of the times, Lord have mercy is the only expression that makes any sense to express.
If we are really made in the Christian God's image, then I hope that this aspect of my humanity is truly a reflection of what God is like. I hope that yes we are very small, **and** that we are loved *because* we're small (and hopefully cute)I have a little flock of geese. They're loud, they plortz everywhere, they fight, they're destructive, they've beaten me and bitten me, they're silly and they don't do anything to help out themselves or the home. (Objectively they kind of suck as pets.) But they're mine, and they're adorable and I love them.
Frankly, I don't really care when they're being dummies or wrong or dirty or disobedient or destructive too much: they're geese, and they're good because they are geese. When I do feel upset by them and intervene, it's when they're hurting themselves or each other, when I need to usher them somewhere they don't want to go, or when I'm inspecting them for health. They don't understand why I'm "so mean" to them and they sometimes hit and bite and scratch -- but I don't stay mad at them. Whatever intense feelings I have is because I'm sad about them being hurt and hurting each other.
I don't know for sure, but I feel that God is like that for us except way more patient and loving....hopefully He thinks we're cute and silly, and the harshness we experience here is for protection, healing, and preparation towards eternity.
The inverse though, the fear that this isn't true, shouldn't be discounted of course. But hopefully the fear exists because we so very much want the love to be real that we'd have our heart of hearts broken if it wasn't true.
You mentioned an Orthodox Church.....I grew up with sin being defined as wilful disobedience or a failing to be perfect at best....the Orthodox Church offers a different model: sin is a wound. We are beaten up by an enemy and left injured/dying in a hostile/indifferent world. The Church isn't a penal institution to pass sentence or monitor parole, but rather, a hospital.
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Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets
chocobean Linkhonk It's getting chilly. Even the dinosaurs are feeling a bit cold. I see them sitting more often than before, to conserve warmth. Today they all tried to pile into the barn while I was...It's getting chilly. Even the dinosaurs are feeling a bit cold. I see them sitting more often than before, to conserve warmth. Today they all tried to pile into the barn while I was rearranging the drum set XD had to shoo them out before the plorts all over the floor.
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Comment on Tildes End-of-Year 'Awards' 2024 in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentOh! What other apps do we have for the community? Or you mean others who contribute to Three Cheers? That would be important to name as well I thinkOh! What other apps do we have for the community? Or you mean others who contribute to Three Cheers? That would be important to name as well I think
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Comment on German authorities find large chat groups focused on exchanging advice re how to effectively drug and rape women in ~news
chocobean LinkI hope the courage of this lady resulted in many many women escaping from evil, to give strength to other survivors, and a lesson for law enforcement to take any future complaints/tips seriously...Ms Pelicot has been praised for insisting that the case took place in public in order to raise awareness about the issue.
I hope the courage of this lady resulted in many many women escaping from evil, to give strength to other survivors, and a lesson for law enforcement to take any future complaints/tips seriously immediately.
Telegram, set up by Russian tech billionaire Pavel Durov in 2013, has long been the go-to messaging platform for criminals due to the firm’s refusal to share any data with government agencies.
The platform's refusal to share has also been instrumental in many people escaping violence and oppression, though. More internal monitoring is needed, and more swift and decisive actions are needed to close groups for sure. But I don't want to see telegram being forced to give data to authorities either.
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Comment on After twelve years of writing about bitcoin, here's how my thinking has changed in ~finance
chocobean Link ParentVery interesting read. It's been 15 years, and it still hasn't crashed. It's lived far longer than Tulip Mania and South Sea Company. I think the writer is correct, that: I particularly enjoyed...Very interesting read.
It's been 15 years, and it still hasn't crashed. It's lived far longer than Tulip Mania and South Sea Company. I think the writer is correct, that:
This ponziness of bitcoin was actually a source of its strength, I suggested in 2023, because "it's tough to shut down a million imaginations."
I particularly enjoyed the comparison to millions of lotto tickets.
I can think of two other social imagination games that become self fulfilling and self perpetuating, where others are forced to play: housing and work.
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Comment on Meeting a trans elder in ~lgbt
chocobean Link:) this story does make me smile and I'm happy for you and your industry + trans elder as well. I'm reminded of this site called It Gets Better ? I don't know much about it but I think it's a...:) this story does make me smile and I'm happy for you and your industry + trans elder as well.
I'm reminded of this site called It Gets Better ? I don't know much about it but I think it's a collection of autobiographical stories from LGBT+ folks who wanted their stories to encourage younger people, because often it must feel very lonely or scary to think about the future
:) I'm smiling a lot imagining the even younger folks in your industry meeting you and hearing encouragement from you next time. And how it'd blow their minds to hear you talk about someone even older hehehe
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Comment on Why I am pursuing a life, professionally and personally, of Christian Virtue in ~humanities
chocobean Link Parent:'( may you nor I ever be in a position where we could screw up this badly, no matter how right we'd think we were and how many people were kissing our butts to say so..... I've done some pretty...ordered a crusade that caused the deaths of between 300,000 and 1 million people
:'( may you nor I ever be in a position where we could screw up this badly, no matter how right we'd think we were and how many people were kissing our butts to say so..... I've done some pretty hurtful and self righteous things that I thought was oh so very important at the time....
:) I like St Paul's letters to the various Church communities. Without them we'd have fewer ideas of what folks were up to after Christ's resurrection. He speaks of himself as one "abnormally born" (I Cor 15:8) so he too might have a chuckle at your description. I'm also reminded of Chronicles of Naria, where Edmund didn't get any gifts from Father Christmas because he was busy betraying his siblings to the ice witch. St Paul didn't get to hang out with Jesus because he was too busy being the perfect religious zealot at the time.
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Comment on You make friends *HERE*?! in ~tildes
chocobean Link ParentIt's the most neighbourly one for sureIt's the most neighbourly one for sure
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Comment on You make friends *HERE*?! in ~tildes
chocobean Link Parent'>..< but I'm shy and I always feel like PM-ing people is taking up their time Rebuttal: so instead I post here publicly taking up everyone's time Request: would Tildes members' like to be my...'>..< but I'm shy and I always feel like PM-ing people is taking up their time
Rebuttal: so instead I post here publicly taking up everyone's time
Request: would Tildes members' like to be my friend and PM me?
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Comment on Why I am pursuing a life, professionally and personally, of Christian Virtue in ~humanities
chocobean Link ParentI hear you, I understand completely, and I want to personally apologize to you and /u/shamedSalmon and /u/definitelyNotAFae and /u/NoblePath and everyone else who may had been upset and offended...I hear you, I understand completely, and I want to personally apologize to you and /u/shamedSalmon and /u/definitelyNotAFae and /u/NoblePath and everyone else who may had been upset and offended for my carelessness.
Christianity is a loaded weapon, aimed at a wide variety of people within our society, and we have probably all been hurt by people proudly and remorselessly doing it in God's name. I had been very excited for NoblePath's personal journey and gotten carried away, without considering what divisiveness my words would have brought. (I mean, you fine folks on Tildes already know I stream of consciousness but this is different)
I just threw out a few words and went to bed, and woke up to this thread having been derailed.
For that, I want to ask for your forgiveness.
Members of Tildes, forgive me.
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Comment on Why I am pursuing a life, professionally and personally, of Christian Virtue in ~humanities
chocobean (edited )Link ParentWe are guests on a platform as clear minorities, and many of us carry wounds from the church (or other religious institutions) so I understand why so many have expressed a clear no. Perhaps even...We are guests on a platform as clear minorities, and many of us carry wounds from the church (or other religious institutions) so I understand why so many have expressed a clear no. Perhaps even being filterable would be inappropriate alas. I'm interested, as is /u/updawg, but it would feel selfish for me to benefit at others' loss.
Maybe just one (this?) thread that is kept 'live', that people would only have to ignore once forever?
Are there any Digimon fans on Tildes?
The free to play, Gacha oriented game Puzzle and Dragons is now 12 years old, and on Dec 26 they're releasing a Digimon collab. All your old childhood favorites are here in one epoch resetting collab. Apparently, the stuff that roll out of the Gacha from this collab is game breakingly good.
Anyway if there are othr Puzzle and Dragons people gimme a shout :)