MimicSquid's recent activity
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Comment on Newcastle council is looking into restoring a ferry route between the UK city and Bergen in Norway – it last operated in 2008, when it was cancelled due to rising oil prices in ~transport
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Comment on Amazon is closing its Fresh grocery, Go convenience stores in the US in ~finance
MimicSquid Link ParentThat's always been the Whole Foods way; there's a reason why it had the derogatory nickname "Whole Paycheck" as far back as the early 2000's. It's a high-end grocery for high-end incomes.That's always been the Whole Foods way; there's a reason why it had the derogatory nickname "Whole Paycheck" as far back as the early 2000's. It's a high-end grocery for high-end incomes.
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Comment on UK Appeals court state RuneScape gold counts as property and can be stolen, in $700k bombshell case in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentFair enough. Perhaps I lean on "can't" as a shorthand for "in any world run by sensible people, it wouldn't happen that way, but with things as they are it's open season on any idiocy until...Fair enough. Perhaps I lean on "can't" as a shorthand for "in any world run by sensible people, it wouldn't happen that way, but with things as they are it's open season on any idiocy until someone gets murdered, and even then no one may fix it."
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Comment on UK Appeals court state RuneScape gold counts as property and can be stolen, in $700k bombshell case in ~games
MimicSquid LinkI do wonder what happens when a game gets shut down, then? How will this dovetail with Stop Killing Games? If you paid real money for something that can be exchanged with other people on the...I do wonder what happens when a game gets shut down, then? How will this dovetail with Stop Killing Games? If you paid real money for something that can be exchanged with other people on the server, and the devs shut down the game, they just deprived you of the goods you purchased. I can't imagine that they'd have to refund you, but how exactly that'll be managed legally will be interesting. They can't just toss a line about how everything is valueless into the EULA and leave it at that.
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Comment on Government payments drive US farm income surge in 2025 in ~finance
MimicSquid Link ParentI think this is probably the commentary?I think this is probably the commentary?
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Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport
MimicSquid Link ParentThat's awful. I'm sorry you lost so many people close to you. That said, my takeaway from what you're saying is that being in or near cars killed 6 people you know. Whether they were inside or...That's awful. I'm sorry you lost so many people close to you.
That said, my takeaway from what you're saying is that being in or near cars killed 6 people you know. Whether they were inside or outside, the commonalities are the car, and secondarily a lack of infrastructure for anyone not in a car. It's not bicycling that's the danger.
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Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport
MimicSquid Link ParentHere you go: From the Federal Highway Administration's 2022 transportation survey: 1,103,851 million miles driven, and 5,888 million miles cycled, so people traveled 0.00533 as far by bike as by...Here you go: From the Federal Highway Administration's 2022 transportation survey: 1,103,851 million miles driven, and 5,888 million miles cycled, so people traveled 0.00533 as far by bike as by car. By comparison, the deaths as a percentage of population show cycling deaths at .02202, or about 5 times as deadly per mile traveled. But as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety points out, essentially all cycling fatalities are from crashes involving a motor vehicle. This is not to say that cycling is without risk, but basically all of that lethality is because of cars.
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Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport
MimicSquid Link ParentThank you for your anecdotes. Those sound like they were scary events, and left a lasting impression on you. But the population-level data is clear that cars are more lethal. In 2020 (the last...Thank you for your anecdotes. Those sound like they were scary events, and left a lasting impression on you. But the population-level data is clear that cars are more lethal. In 2020 (the last year I can see comparable data) there were 0.257 cycling deaths per 100k people in the USA, and 11.67 motor vehicle deaths per 100k. Far more people die in car crashes than from bike crashes.
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Comment on US immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says in ~society
MimicSquid Link ParentYou're trying to talk about a narrow group of people, and for those people you're not wrong, but it would reinforce your point if you could show that ICE was restricting themselves to targeting...You're trying to talk about a narrow group of people, and for those people you're not wrong, but it would reinforce your point if you could show that ICE was restricting themselves to targeting those people. If you can't, you're not really having the same conversation anyone else is.
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Comment on US immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says in ~society
MimicSquid Link ParentThat would require that ICE target people who are ready to respond to violence with violence instead of lawsuits.That would require that ICE target people who are ready to respond to violence with violence instead of lawsuits.
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Comment on Nova Launcher: An update in ~tech
MimicSquid Link ParentNot to be cynical, but you know what they say: hope in one hand and crap in the other, and see which hand will be full. Their actions are already such that you should move past denial and into...Not to be cynical, but you know what they say: hope in one hand and crap in the other, and see which hand will be full. Their actions are already such that you should move past denial and into preparing for what comes next.
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Comment on What are your favorite home remedies or comforts when you're sick? in ~health
MimicSquid Link ParentWith a neti pot, a lot of the infection issues are due to people using unboiled tap water in areas with less than great water filtration. If you boil the water, keeping it at a full rolling boil...With a neti pot, a lot of the infection issues are due to people using unboiled tap water in areas with less than great water filtration. If you boil the water, keeping it at a full rolling boil for a minute plus and then let it cool in a clean, closed container you can be confident that anything that might have been living in that water is quite dead.
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Comment on Why London’s chimney sweeps are enjoying a resurgence in ~life
MimicSquid Link ParentSome wood stoves actually do have the ability to be regulated with a rheostat. I've not clear on all of how it works, but they control a fan's speed to manage airflow based on the temperature of...Some wood stoves actually do have the ability to be regulated with a rheostat. I've not clear on all of how it works, but they control a fan's speed to manage airflow based on the temperature of the stove. It doesn't replace keeping the fire fueled, but does allow for more granularity in the room's temperature.
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Comment on So I started a clothing brand in ~design
MimicSquid LinkI think it's got a certain sad and defensive energy to it. "Not crazy" "Misunderstood" and "Jesus wept" as your keystone statements about the brand strike me as inherently framing your posture as...I think it's got a certain sad and defensive energy to it. "Not crazy" "Misunderstood" and "Jesus wept" as your keystone statements about the brand strike me as inherently framing your posture as one of fighting a rear action against forces that are both antagonistic towards and ignorant of Christianity. Is that the vibes you feel like your target market will want to be wearing?
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Comment on Poland preparing changes after EU same-sex marriage ruling in ~society
MimicSquid LinkSpecifically, those changes are to administrative documents, allowing for them to properly record marriages from other member states, but does not include legal recognition of that marriage....Specifically, those changes are to administrative documents, allowing for them to properly record marriages from other member states, but does not include legal recognition of that marriage.
To comply with the decision, the centrist coalition government in Warsaw announced on Friday that it is planning to make changes to civil paperwork—documents such as marriage certificates—so that they can be used for homosexual couples.
It does not mean that such marriages will be legalized in Poland.
“Current document templates use the terms ‘woman’ and ‘man’, which makes it impossible to correctly enter same-sex marriages [into the registry],” the digital ministry said on its website.
Whether this will smooth the way for some later change to recognize the marriages is outside of my knowledge to speculate, but no legal recognition comes along with these changes.
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Comment on Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk in ~tech
MimicSquid Link ParentThem outsourcing basic medical answer Q&A to the media is not an acceptable baseline. Just because X is actively antagonistic doesn't make it better. It's like X is actively putting poison into...Them outsourcing basic medical answer Q&A to the media is not an acceptable baseline. Just because X is actively antagonistic doesn't make it better. It's like X is actively putting poison into people's glasses of water, and Google just has a series of factories poisoning the groundwater. When the issue is pointed out Google will address the specific wastewater pipe out of thousands and leave the others. In both cases people are getting poisoned. That Google looks more considerate on the surface doesn't change that people are being poisoned.
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Comment on Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk in ~tech
MimicSquid LinkBlocking the specific search that might cause legal liability if they left it up after being informed amd ignoring all the other searches shows exactly how much they actually care.Blocking the specific search that might cause legal liability if they left it up after being informed amd ignoring all the other searches shows exactly how much they actually care.
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Comment on US households using Ozempic spend less on groceries in ~health
MimicSquid Link ParentBecause $150 a month and taking a pill is much cheaper, easier, and faster than attending the support groups and therapy needed to achieve the same thing? I'm doing it the way you suggest, but...Because $150 a month and taking a pill is much cheaper, easier, and faster than attending the support groups and therapy needed to achieve the same thing? I'm doing it the way you suggest, but it's definitely not cheaper, faster, or easier.
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Comment on We are officially cooked in ~society
MimicSquid LinkI think longer time between cuts is going to be a marker of authenticity, at least for a while. If it can't go more than a few seconds without a cut, the chances of it being AI go up. In general,...I think longer time between cuts is going to be a marker of authenticity, at least for a while. If it can't go more than a few seconds without a cut, the chances of it being AI go up. In general, at least for now, the main challenge of completely AI video is its ability to stay on track and continue to show the same thing without drastic variations. It's a problem that short form video content in general is prone to that choppy editing to get things across quickly, as it plays well with AI's strengths. I don't hold out much hope that people in general will learn, but at least for a while experienced people will be able to see the tells. As people once said: "This looks 'shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels, and from seeing quite a few 'shops in my time."
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Comment on UK Conservative party would ban under-16s from social media in ~society
MimicSquid LinkHonestly, a complete social media ban for anyone sub-99 seems reasonable to me. But when you move from broad goal to implementation, it all gets very messy. How do you know the age of the person...Honestly, a complete social media ban for anyone sub-99 seems reasonable to me. But when you move from broad goal to implementation, it all gets very messy. How do you know the age of the person behind the device? What information do you need to gather to make that happen? How do you regulate new phones to ensure the age of their user is tracked? What about a VPN? What if a site in a foreign country doesn't track people the way you want them to? I'm not going to say that the goal isn't worthy, but I will say there'll be a lot of side-effects corrosive to any degree of personal anonymity on the internet.
The UK always had border checks for entering the island even when they were part of the Schengen zone. It's a bit of bureaucracy they're used to implementing.