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Comment on Does anyone use Framework laptops? What has been your experience? in ~comp
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Comment on Why investing in new nuclear plants is bad for the climate in ~enviro
lucg Link ParentI don't agree with the statement of "can't", but we're not getting there so far. A few big generators power a country, seven mile boots it feels like It's more expensive and too late, but at the...I don't agree with the statement of "can't", but we're not getting there so far. A few big generators power a country, seven mile boots it feels like
It's more expensive and too late, but at the current rate that might still be a win :(
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Comment on How frequently do you shower? in ~life
lucg (edited )Link ParentIt's... not? Most people whose schedule I know shower every other day (Edit: and don't have odor issues.) Maybe the climate is different where you live? Dare I say that, instead, people smell bad...There is a reason showering daily is the social norm
It's... not? Most people whose schedule I know shower every other day (Edit: and don't have odor issues.)
Maybe the climate is different where you live?
people smell bad when they don't clean themselves
Dare I say that, instead, people smell bad when they get dirty? (Which can be one's own sweat, don't get me wrong.) Based on the reactions to my comment above, I'm not sure a rational conversation can be had on this topic ._.
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Comment on How frequently do you shower? in ~life
lucg (edited )Link ParentHow come nobody around me ever smells like that then? This is nonsense No it's not. Have you ever smelled underwear? It's very distinct from the sweat one does occasionally smell on hot days. But...At the end of the day, take off your underwear and give it a sniff. That's what you smell like.
How come nobody around me ever smells like that then? This is nonsense
That's what you smell like after not showering for like 40 hours
No it's not. Have you ever smelled underwear? It's very distinct from the sweat one does occasionally smell on hot days.
But also, most days aren't hot days or exercise days. If you don't have an excess sweating problem, you don't smell after you started off clean and used a normal amount of deodorant in the morning and then sat mostly still for 48 hours or more. Smell doesn't just magically appear, it has a cause.
I'm not saying that you can go without indefinitely, but daily is excessive (for your skin, for resource usage) if all you did is sit in an office. After sports or a hot car, yeah basically you can shower immediately, that would make sense
That people here are so noseblind is concerning.
My mom always smells this stuff way before anyone else. Nobody has noticed anything yet when she notices the neighbors dumped plastic into the hearth again (or whatever it is they burn) and it's time to close the windows, or perfumes she always complains are too strong and occasionally make her light-headed. She also thinks it beneficial to let me know when I smell (mainly when I was still growing up obviously, but it can still happen), which made me notice that, if I pay attention, yeah I can also smell it myself when she does. So now I know what level of smell there has to be for someone who, in my perception, has a good nose.
Public transport here in Germany and the Netherlands almost never smells that way on an average day. Dunno where you're from, maybe a country with a hot climate?
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Comment on How frequently do you shower? in ~life
lucg Link ParentSo just by the being told, not because of any actual visual/odor problems?I'm a little grossed out when I learn someone doesn't shower relatively frequently
So just by the being told, not because of any actual visual/odor problems?
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Comment on How frequently do you shower? in ~life
lucg Link ParentFor me it's the hot water that makes my skin crap, but I'm not about to shower cold so...traditional soap is terrible for skin, so you're definitely onto something. I took it to heart and stopped using it for a while and sure enough, my dry skin just resolved over a few months
For me it's the hot water that makes my skin crap, but I'm not about to shower cold so...
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Comment on Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in extreme isolation in ~news
lucg Link ParentThat's a good point. I wonder if that risk would materialise in practice, with the judges being so far removed from being affected by a person more or fewer imprisoned, but it's something to...For the state, it could create sentencing or other incentives to increase the likelihood that someone would "choose" that route.
That's a good point. I wonder if that risk would materialise in practice, with the judges being so far removed from being affected by a person more or fewer imprisoned, but it's something to consider.
I think you can't have that conversation without broadly including the basic right to die for everyone
I think we kind of have that in the Netherlands: if you can demonstrate that your life, for whatever reason, is eternal suffering, you can have euthanasia. Mental issues such as PTSD are considered valid. Other countries idk, I'm not from there and I find it weird that you can't choose that option when you're demonstrably suffering with no outlook on any kind of relief. Currently living in Germany where that is essentially the case. Weird place. But anyway, also in NL a prisoner-for-life cannot just choose to exchange the prison sentence for a death sentence. They'd have to prove that they're suffering somehow. What I imagine doesn't count, is that you don't like your prison sentence for life and therefore want to end it. That's the thing I think could be added—at the inmate's express own wish and with a waiting period and all the checks and balances that are due there.
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Comment on Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in extreme isolation in ~news
lucg Link ParentI wondered about this since I was a child, because I tend to agree. As I've grown older and seen more wrongful convictions, I've started to figure this is why people say we shouldn't judge over...I find it less humane than simply executing him painlessly
I wondered about this since I was a child, because I tend to agree. As I've grown older and seen more wrongful convictions, I've started to figure this is why people say we shouldn't judge over life and death (even if they don't believe in a deity).
But I don't really know. If it becomes an option, it should at least have a waiting period (five years?), so the person doesn't make a rash decision based on the stress of the trial and the media and probably distancing of family and everyone you knew. Probably a lot of people would want to die then, who'd later rather sit out their life, and only one of the options can be undone so the permanent one should be unavailable until absolutely sure, and it should be the person's own choice.
We are surprisingly often wrong about who's guilty, but the person themselves can make that choice to continue or not. We were apparently prepared to pay for bread and board and supervision and healthcare for life. Them taking the shortcut doesn't really harm anyone on an individual level and has benefits on a societal level, why not make that option available?
Heck, why isn't it already available? I've not heard it spoken, but is a reason (which many people might not want to admit) that they want to see the perpetrator suffer as long as possible instead?
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Comment on Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in extreme isolation in ~news
lucg Link ParentGive the person a choice. It's their life. The chosen punishment is locking up, not torture by solitary confinement or living in fear of one's own life every day, so that's something he can choose...If the right to socialisation conflicts with the right to safely which takes precedent?
Give the person a choice. It's their life. The chosen punishment is locking up, not torture by solitary confinement or living in fear of one's own life every day, so that's something he can choose for himself imo
Others should also have a choice not to want to be around this dude for safety reasons, though
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Comment on Failures in accuracy, ethics and responsibility with Linus Tech Tips and LMG as a whole in ~tech
lucg Link ParentI can imagine LTT receives a constant stream of products for testing. When the default is that you get to keep it, I can understand why someone unrelated to the story (who doesn't know it's a one...That's not really relevant to the actual problem raised: they should not have been getting rid of a company's prototype without their explicit consent and a signed agreement.
I can imagine LTT receives a constant stream of products for testing. When the default is that you get to keep it, I can understand why someone unrelated to the story (who doesn't know it's a one of a kind prototype) threw it in with the rest of the "we don't need this anymore" hardware pile for raising money for charity. But anyway that's a lot of "can imagine"s, I don't know how this happened. It's just not inconceivable to me to make this mistake as a business in this position of churning through expensive hardware in general.
I'm not sure what this is referring to. What's the wilful misreading?
The main example is cutting out part of a sentence to make it appear as though Linus is splitting hair about "we didn't sell it, we auctioned it". And then bring that up on multiple separate occasions in the video, making it the most memorable line, at least to me.
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Comment on Madison Reeve explains why she quit Linus Tech Tips (CW: self harm, slurs, sexual harassment) in ~tech
lucg Link ParentThanks for the balanced reply! Yeah I noticed that omission :/ not looking good for LTTThanks for the balanced reply!
It doesn't address Madison's accusations at all even though it was posted after she tweeted.
Yeah I noticed that omission :/ not looking good for LTT
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Comment on Madison Reeve explains why she quit Linus Tech Tips (CW: self harm, slurs, sexual harassment) in ~tech
lucg Link ParentI'm not sure where I miscommunicated again. I don't think any of my comments were noised, it was only about the top-level comment by Pete (so at the top of the subthread we're talking in right...I'm not sure where I miscommunicated again. I don't think any of my comments were noised, it was only about the top-level comment by Pete (so at the top of the subthread we're talking in right now), and I've edited the original comment in which I alleged that to reflect that this was probably incorrect
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Comment on Madison Reeve explains why she quit Linus Tech Tips (CW: self harm, slurs, sexual harassment) in ~tech
lucg (edited )Link ParentI was honestly wondering about that part, too. If I'd feel that unsafe, I'd either get that 2€ mirror myself in between job interviews to get the hell out of there. Again, an odd thing in the...Why not give her a mirror so she can see creeps walking up behind her?
I was honestly wondering about that part, too. If I'd feel that unsafe, I'd either get that 2€ mirror myself in between job interviews to get the hell out of there. Again, an odd thing in the story to me, but I don't have the full story, context, and background...
almost every video you release has "Oh there's a 69... nice!" in it, where there are very few women employed
- I didn't have that context; I'm not a regular viewer
- I'm not saying she's making anything up, so more proof that it's real isn't the point. I explicitly said it's exceedingly unlikely that it's all made up, and any one of the things are bad enough. But as you say, things get colored by emotion and just human flaws. That's one of the reasons hearing two sides is better than one.
I don't understand the problem with asking for that (this was written while I was under the impression that the top-level comment with that request was moderated away as noise)
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Comment on Madison Reeve explains why she quit Linus Tech Tips (CW: self harm, slurs, sexual harassment) in ~tech
lucg (edited )Link ParentOh crap, me shuffling paragraphs around to make more sense introduced a mistake about which comment that refers to. I meant the person above, in this thread. ... that may very well be it. Possibly...Your comment in the other thread does not appear to be collapsed
Oh crap, me shuffling paragraphs around to make more sense introduced a mistake about which comment that refers to. I meant the person above, in this thread.
you may have revisited the thread with the "collapse read comments" setting enabled.
... that may very well be it. Possibly I tapped something by accident and had to hit the back button, and noticed a couple collapsed ones at the bottom, while trying to scroll to where I had left off.
Is there a way to undo that collapsing based on what I've already read, without expanding literally all comments?
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Comment on Failures in accuracy, ethics and responsibility with Linus Tech Tips and LMG as a whole in ~tech
lucg Link ParentI think this person missed the part where Nexus said that it's about (accidentally) misleading millions of consumers, not to "satisfy" (shut up) some nitpickers that are posting these pesky...... so that our content's correctness satisfies even our most discerning community members.
(7:12)I think this person missed the part where Nexus said that it's about (accidentally) misleading millions of consumers, not to "satisfy" (shut up) some nitpickers that are posting these pesky comments.
Anyway that's just my nitpick on the video, most of it does seem to show they're taking this seriously. I've seen before how it just works for a corporation to sweep things under the rug and continue business as usual. Many customers/viewers never learn of it, and most of the others aren't personally affected or bothered enough. Even if sweeping it under the rug means losing 5% of viewers, now they're risking a lot more by putting a lot of focus on the issues. I have to see that as positive, even if the proof will be in the results that come out of this
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Comment on Failures in accuracy, ethics and responsibility with Linus Tech Tips and LMG as a whole in ~tech
lucg (edited )Link ParentYeah I expect the same there. Even without potential lawyers, I understand both sides: if I were Linus, I'd have wanted to correct any mistakes and prepare a response, even if I only have good...if they had let on about this video, LTT and their lawyers would have gone full damage control before it launched
Yeah I expect the same there. Even without potential lawyers, I understand both sides:
- if I were Linus, I'd have wanted to correct any mistakes and prepare a response, even if I only have good intentions and am not only pushing more views more ads more moneys
- if I were Linus, I'd also call out that no opportunity was given for providing comment beforehand, regardless of whether I'd have abused it. The community will agree with this statement, so it makes business sense to say it, even if I-as-Linus also know why Nexus did it this way
- Nexus I understand because they say their criticism is objective and factual and shouldn't need input, plus that Linus' fanbase is large enough that if they do successful narrative steering, all the taken risk and done effort will have been for nothing (a bit like trying to say Apple is in any way flawed)
Neither side had an incentive to say something other than what they did, afaict
Lawyers for defamation or libel is a risk for Nexus regardless, not sure that really changed due to the non-notice. Rule enforcement through legal or illegal means always becomes a higher risk if you pissed someone off.
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Comment on Madison Reeve explains why she quit Linus Tech Tips (CW: self harm, slurs, sexual harassment) in ~tech
lucg (edited )Link ParentThat it's one side of a story? I don't expect there can be any exhonorating omissions unless things are literally made up (even if that seems exceedingly unlikely), but like the person you're...What's not black and white about it?
That it's one side of a story? I don't expect there can be any exhonorating omissions unless things are literally made up (even if that seems exceedingly unlikely), but like the person you're responding to, I would like to hear what they have to say to this.
For instance, the computer crashing because of not enough RAM and then denying her the RAM, doesn't that sound odd? They're paying her, why not want her to be physically able to do the work she's (t)asked to do? Did LTT maybe dispute that RAM was the issue in the first place? Or did they want her to quit and for some reason didn't just terminate the contract from their side? Also seems odd, given it's the wild west of employment protection over there. Idk, just a minor point anyway but that's the sort of thing I'd expect from a response.
Similar to my comment last night about the Gamer Nexus video, where I agree with Nexus on most points, but there are also mistakes on Nexus' side.
Interesting that people on Tildes moderated away the comment that asked for a balanced story (edit: this was supposed to refer to this comment; the grandparent of what you're reading). At least, for me it was default collapsed and afaik that means it was voted to be noise.This appears to have been my mistake, see replies below.Even if Linus says nothing about Madison besides "yup I hate her mom that's why" and confirms everything she wrote, I'd still want to have heard that before believing everything verbatim without question
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
lucg (edited )Link Parent62 tweets, 2979 words?! I'm probably out of touch with modern life but at that point, writing an article with headings and paragraphs might be recommendable Edit: okay but that was worth reading,...62 tweets, 2979 words?! I'm probably out of touch with modern life but at that point, writing an article with headings and paragraphs might be recommendable
Edit: okay but that was worth reading, I do have to say, holy crap
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Comment on Failures in accuracy, ethics and responsibility with Linus Tech Tips and LMG as a whole in ~tech
lucg LinkTwo things I want to say: Gamers Nexus isn't entirely fair here either. I'm on Nexus' side I'm not a regular viewer (and never even heard of Gamers Nexus before) but I remember watching a video of...- Exemplary
Two things I want to say:
- Gamers Nexus isn't entirely fair here either.
- I'm on Nexus' side
I'm not a regular viewer (and never even heard of Gamers Nexus before) but I remember watching a video of LTT's, looking for an objective blind test, and seeing some methodological flaws.
I wrote this in 2019 to a friend:I thought they wanted to test whether monitor refresh rate makes a difference
what do they do? Put in different graphics cards that are a lot less powerful and will get 80fps instead of 250¹
then, these guys [the guinea pigs] are clearly used to 240fps. I feel like "being used to" helps a ton. Some of the used-to->60 are worse than the worse players when they're on the 60fps machine. And after the first test, everyone knows which machine is which...
that said, the 17:02 results I mentioned, they are pretty convincing [that higher than 60 fps monitors aren't pure snake oil]¹ The reason I call this out, and my friend will know this, is that a card reaching allegedly 80 fps is not going to maintain that stably. You'll have moments of 110 and moments of 50 fps, not making the monitor refresh deadline at 60 fps on occasion. I've only ever played with low frame rates so idk what high fps is even like, but I know that performance drops are the worst. Better play a shooter at 30 fps stable than a variable 45-55 for example.
Video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX31kZbAXsA
I'm going into this not really knowing either side besides an impression of LTT being fast and loose with a self-proclaimed "final answer".
I've paused at many of the claims Nexus makes and considered whether Linus' actions or data can be interpreted differently based on the shown evidence, and whether Nexus' claim is correct in general. In the original video, I agreed with Nexus on almost everything. To be fair, I also only watched Nexus' side of the story here. I didn't open the original videos.
But the response from Nexus has some wilful misreading. They laugh at Linus differentiating between selling and auctioning off. I laughed, too. Later in the video, they show the original comment and it actually says "we auctioned it for charity". Which Nexus then says is extra bad because it makes the charity potentially look bad. Disagree. The charity obviously isn't involved in a scheme to get money from a cooler manufacturer by stealing their prototype. Nobody is going to think that. More on point, Nexus cut out of context the statement "we didn't sell, we auctioned" when the full statement includes "for charity". I don't believe Linus was nitpicking as Nexus claims (duplicate writing is boring to read; probably "sold" was changed, rather than redundated, out of habit). Instead, I believe Linus was pointing out that his business didn't benefit from it, which does change the matter slightly because that means there was no motive and it corroborates that it was really just a mistake. On top of the mistake, even weirder is to imply that you've already agreed to pay the manufacturer when you, instead, sent a one-sided general offer simultaneously with the public statement. So Linus appears solidly in the wrong, but Nexus is doing wilful misreading also to stoke the fire some more.
There were also things which Nexus claimed Linus ignored when they actually addressed it in the post shown on screen just seconds before, but that's like one of five items mentioned iirc so by and large it doesn't change much. I'm just a bit disappointed nobody called any of this out in the comments of the video. Nexus clearly has a fanbase of their own to count on which will post comments and upvote what they agree with. I wonder if that's why they dared make the video, because otherwise they'd risk a lot of brigading.
At any rate, interesting stuff. I did consider LTT a solid brand name and would probably have trusted it for reviews or benchmarks.
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Comment on One car per green: Why the lights on US freeway onramps can’t end traffic jams in ~transport
lucg Link ParentI've seen them in NL also, fwiwWhat an LA issue. I swear I've never seen one of those lights but I've mostly been in the bay area, only as far south as Bakersfield.
I've seen them in NL also, fwiw
I've seen at least five comments saying something about the battery, but not one gives a number of hours. Of course it depends on what precisely you do, but to have some idea of whether it's in the vicinity of 2 hours (bad), 4 hours (average linux laptop when new), or 8 hours (ARM territory).
One person mentioned it lasted a working day for them, which sounds futuristic to me, allegedly the M1 can do that (and obviously phones and oversized phones) but I've not seen one in the wild. If Framework does that, that'd be wild, so I don't expect it but if people could just mention some number.. xD