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  1. Comment on Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s – PM Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration in ~tech

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    Excellent. I hope this spreads to rest of Europe. I would take it further: I don't think children should be allowed to have personal smart phones at all. Perhaps not even computers anymore these...

    Excellent. I hope this spreads to rest of Europe. I would take it further: I don't think children should be allowed to have personal smart phones at all. Perhaps not even computers anymore these days.

    There was a time when the harms were not that great, but those times are permanently over.

    8 votes

  2. Comment on The Oatmeal: A cartoonist's review of AI art in ~comics

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    If I could generate a virtuoso level rendition of some piece of classical music I really like, it would probably be interesting for a few times and I assume it would then be incredibly boring....

    If I could generate a virtuoso level rendition of some piece of classical music I really like, it would probably be interesting for a few times and I assume it would then be incredibly boring. That's not the kind of stuff I'd use AI for. I'd use it to help me do something.

    We should mostly use technology to create, not consume.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Bluesky melts down over Jesse Singal in ~tech

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    We used to say in Europe that the most leftist american politician is like center-right in Europe. I don't think that's at all true anymore.

    We used to say in Europe that the most leftist american politician is like center-right in Europe. I don't think that's at all true anymore.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on The country with Europe's most radical climate plan – an interview with Petteri Orpo, prime minister of Finland in ~enviro

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    This is a highly partisan response. Finland has been suffering from a combination of difficult things not only during this administration, but ever since Nokia crashed and burned: Demographics is...

    This is a highly partisan response.

    Finland has been suffering from a combination of difficult things not only during this administration, but ever since Nokia crashed and burned:

    1. Demographics is slowly getting worse (growing number of people on social security and/or retired)

    2. Economy not significantly growing for 20 years

    3. Russia is right there huffing and puffing, and we joined NATO to protect against that -- so military spending is rising steeply

    4. We handled Covid-19 ok but spent a lot of money on it

    5. Previous coalition -- that was about as left-wing as this one is right-wing -- increased spending (partly due to previous two items but also in other ways) which did not cause economy growth

    6. Current coalition is doing austerity. Whether they have to or are doing it malevolently is a matter of political opinion

    7. Credit rating is slowly going down (still pretty good though compared to countries like France) while government loans are going up => interests costs are rising

    There's some promise of growth in the horizon now, but remains to be seen if it gets realized. If Russia stopped being Russia, that would be a great thing for us.

    9 votes

  6. Comment on United Kingdom, Australia and Canada officially recognize a Palestinian state in ~society

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    Not currently, they don't. They fail 2/4 of the Montevideo Convention: they do not have properly defined territory nor do they have a properly functioning government. There's a country that has...

    Palestinians should already be entitled to statehood.

    Not currently, they don't. They fail 2/4 of the Montevideo Convention: they do not have properly defined territory nor do they have a properly functioning government.

    There's a country that has fulfilled 4/4 of these since 1949 and has been recognized by only 12 countries: Taiwan.

    9 votes

  9. Comment on Finland will remove swastikas from its air force flags to enhance integration with Western allies following NATO membership in ~society

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    As a Finn (and an air forces reservist) my opinion is that it should've been changed roughly 80 years ago. I guess we needed NATO to get there. This is a bit of a conspiracy theory, but I think...

    As a Finn (and an air forces reservist) my opinion is that it should've been changed roughly 80 years ago. I guess we needed NATO to get there.

    This is a bit of a conspiracy theory, but I think there might have been some bad consequences also to Finland not totally losing WW2. Actual nazi sympathism lingered in the military, I believe. The good consequences greatly outweigh the bad though, since Soviet Union would have been the occupier.

    17 votes

  10. Comment on Should C be mandatory learning for career developers? in ~comp

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    Might have been true over about 1970-2010, but these days Rust can and should replace it (along with C++) completely. Just like something will replace Rust in that space in the future. On the...

    Might have been true over about 1970-2010, but these days Rust can and should replace it (along with C++) completely. Just like something will replace Rust in that space in the future.

    On the other hand, there's always value in studying history and there's still plenty of legacy code out there.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    The single-player indie FPS HOLE was in sale. After playing it for some 20 hours I gotta say that the 5 euro normal price is a steal. The vibe is brilliant and this is the first extraction shooter...

    The single-player indie FPS HOLE was in sale. After playing it for some 20 hours I gotta say that the 5 euro normal price is a steal. The vibe is brilliant and this is the first extraction shooter I really got into. It starts off pretty difficult due to both your lacking skills and somewhat different playing mechanics, but is pretty easy when you've received all the upgrades. Best game I have played in a while.

    Previously I also tried the hyped puzzle game Blue Prince and the Battlefield clone Heroes of Valor but wasn't really hooked by either so I refunded them.

    As for future Artis Impact looks like an interesting game. Also Tiny Combat Arena is on sale and seems like it might tickle the nostalgia bone (eugh) since I played a lot of flight sims in the 90s. Also considering Incursion Red River, which seems to be a PvE Tarkov from a German developer and on sale right now.

    edit Power of Ten, also on my wishlist is currently at -70%!

    1 vote

  12. Comment on How many remakes have ever actually lived up to or surpassed the original? in ~movies

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    Do we count series? Battlestar Galactica, obviously. Also Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood was way better than the first attempt.

    Do we count series? Battlestar Galactica, obviously. Also Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood was way better than the first attempt.

    17 votes

  13. Comment on BlackBerry Classic returns in 2025 as Zinwa Q25 with updated hardware and software, conversion kit available in ~tech

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    I'm certainly interested, but wondering how well do Android applications scale to non-standard size/ratios? Also, is degooglification an option for Unihertz phones?

    I'm certainly interested, but wondering how well do Android applications scale to non-standard size/ratios? Also, is degooglification an option for Unihertz phones?

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Modern masculinity and The Critical Drinker in ~life.men

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    Aw :-| Probably not quite my thing, then. Why does creator-owned imply skewing to the left, though? That's often the basis of entrepreneurship.

    It's creator-owned, so as such the political content skews very left.

    Aw :-| Probably not quite my thing, then. Why does creator-owned imply skewing to the left, though? That's often the basis of entrepreneurship.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Modern masculinity and The Critical Drinker in ~life.men

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    Huh, thanks. First time I think I heard of Nebula. Can you recommend any other channels there?

    Huh, thanks. First time I think I heard of Nebula.

    Can you recommend any other channels there?

    5 votes

  17. Comment on What were you right about? in ~talk

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    October 7 I guess? What kind of bets were these? Like betting on a number of deaths or something?

    January 7 attacks.

    October 7 I guess?

    I'm ashamed that I turned my understanding loose in a gambling market with people's lives at stake.

    What kind of bets were these? Like betting on a number of deaths or something?

    1 vote

  18. Comment on What were you right about? in ~talk

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    Got some crypto when it was cheap. I always regarded it as toy money -- and a bit later on, a way to fund a minor drug habit -- so I never really sold them even when they became relatively...

    Got some crypto when it was cheap. I always regarded it as toy money -- and a bit later on, a way to fund a minor drug habit -- so I never really sold them even when they became relatively expensive. Except these last few years. Hindsight is always perfect but now it seems a bit sad that on a couple of occasions, I spent the current equivalent of ten thousand euros on ~10ish g of weed.

    I guess I was somehow pro-NATO, anti-Putin before the war they started, but it's hard to remember after that happening. The switch was just so radical that it now feels like "obviously I was".

    I started by political life as somewhat leftist and very liberal, and in my mid 20s switched to somewhat right and quite liberal. That seemed to have been the correct choice in many ways, but I'm sure that's subjective and somewhat debatable. And yet to be decided fully.

    I got into Linux very early on, in mid 90s. That was obviously a great choice and one that not many people did back then. I also got into Rust pretty early, but didn't manage to cash that in as well so to speak. Never have gotten a chance to really use it yet, just to play with it.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on You can't outrun a bad diet in ~food

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    Ctrl-f sleep nothing okay Remember to sleep 7-10 hours every night if you're seeking weight reduction and/or muscle growth. It's extremely important for the process.

    Ctrl-f sleep

    nothing

    okay

    Remember to sleep 7-10 hours every night if you're seeking weight reduction and/or muscle growth. It's extremely important for the process.

    15 votes

  20. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Some youtuber suggested it so I went for it. Hard to describe what it is yet at 3 chapters in, but some kind of a gritty and violent, oddly told western.

    Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Some youtuber suggested it so I went for it. Hard to describe what it is yet at 3 chapters in, but some kind of a gritty and violent, oddly told western.

    7 votes