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Comment on Fedora moves towards Forgejo in ~comp
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Comment on The CEO of UnitedHealthcare (insurance company) has been assassinated in NYC in ~news
mordae (edited )Link ParentI did. I did. Unauthorized Bread is completely realistic and reflects actual trends and a lot of what's already here. Very well researched. My favorite short story in recent years. Might have...I did. I did.
Unauthorized Bread is completely realistic and reflects actual trends and a lot of what's already here. Very well researched. My favorite short story in recent years. Might have spurred me to learn more about electronics.
Walkaway is fun. And it has a point. Capitalism will leave many people behind. Billionaires will chase immortality and the system will slowly decay as robots and AI replace humans. So why not build something for ourselves?
Rest are interesting, but more like frozen moments, crystalized failures of contemporary society. Not as dynamic. Also, search for Billionaire Bunkers online for some extra hilarity when you finish.
Library Genesis has them both, so maybe try them out and see for yourself.
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Comment on The CEO of UnitedHealthcare (insurance company) has been assassinated in NYC in ~news
mordae LinkI would very much prefer to be living in Walkaway world rather than Radicalized one, but maybe I just have to wait a bit.I would very much prefer to be living in Walkaway world rather than Radicalized one, but maybe I just have to wait a bit.
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Comment on Mozilla begs courts to allow Google search deal for Firefox to continue in ~tech
mordae Link ParentI mean the for-profit wouldn't do any special reporting, but the non-profit obviously cannot just send them money. It has to order actual services or goods and authorities would not be very fond...I mean the for-profit wouldn't do any special reporting, but the non-profit obviously cannot just send them money. It has to order actual services or goods and authorities would not be very fond of them paying e.g. ten times market rate as that would clearly indicate tax evasion.
Also, I fail to see how sending money to a different company would actually defend against tax evasion. I mean, husband could chair a non-profit, wife own a for-profit, non-profit would order overpriced services from the non-profit...
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Comment on Mozilla begs courts to allow Google search deal for Firefox to continue in ~tech
mordae Link ParentThat's pretty alien legislation you got there. Foundation over here can do whatever it wants, is tax exampt as long as it's declared activities align with a list of public benefit activities and...That's pretty alien legislation you got there. Foundation over here can do whatever it wants, is tax exampt as long as it's declared activities align with a list of public benefit activities and is only forbidden to support political parties (there are different non profits for that).
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Comment on Mozilla begs courts to allow Google search deal for Firefox to continue in ~tech
mordae Link ParentI kind of fail to see how. Why not simply order "Firefox Development" from the for-profit and call it a day? Nonprofits can actually acquire services required to meet their goals. Well at least here.I kind of fail to see how. Why not simply order "Firefox Development" from the for-profit and call it a day? Nonprofits can actually acquire services required to meet their goals. Well at least here.
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Comment on Mozilla begs courts to allow Google search deal for Firefox to continue in ~tech
mordae Link ParentThis confuses me to no end. You can fund a non-profit in EU and have it do business, as long as it's to further the mission. And it can still receive donations tax-free.This confuses me to no end. You can fund a non-profit in EU and have it do business, as long as it's to further the mission. And it can still receive donations tax-free.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
mordae LinkI have recently wished to play a dungeon crawler, so I gave Operencia a try and I have loved the first level. It was super good and felt way better than both installments of Grimrock. Sadly it...I have recently wished to play a dungeon crawler, so I gave Operencia a try and I have loved the first level. It was super good and felt way better than both installments of Grimrock. Sadly it went downhill from there. Forest area was passable and if I returned to another dungeon, it would have been refreshing, but the authors decided to instead make levels increasingly more open air and less and less dungeon-like. I kinda lost interest as the levels started to expand in size and instead of exploring I found myself hauling quest items.
I still think the first area is super fresh and I highly recommend giving the game a try, if only to get a feeling of what can be done and for inspiration in your own game-making efforts.
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Comment on Private school - worthwhile/good idea for not rich people? in ~life
mordae (edited )LinkNot parent, but maybe consider for a while what do you actually want for your kids. If it's positive attitude towards knowledge in general, maybe some specific skills, it might be way easier to...Not parent, but maybe consider for a while what do you actually want for your kids. If it's positive attitude towards knowledge in general, maybe some specific skills, it might be way easier to just make time to show / teach them instead of staying at job and not being with them, just to pay other people for possibly unreliable results.
If you know of a good school, with teachers you feel you'd be able to discuss any issues with, then by all means go for it. Otherwise I'd just settle for best public school available and instead be there for them.
Also, saving the money means you can spend elsewhere. Specialized camps full of people who feel enthusiastic about the topic. Various extracurricular activities ranging from swimming to amateur rocketry, possibly scouting. Spare cooking ingredients that can be wasted during unsuccessful attempts / option to order when the food is not good. Actual, real life hardware to e.g. build together their furniture, bake their own bread. 3D printer.
Just don't buy them stuff only, make sure they are interested in it first, then shop for it together, then use it together.
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Comment on Private school - worthwhile/good idea for not rich people? in ~life
mordae Link ParentYour stories honestly read like horrors from my Central European perspective.Your stories honestly read like horrors from my Central European perspective.
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Comment on United States Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly in ~tech
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Comment on OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are struggling to build more advanced AI in ~tech
mordae Link ParentYesterday I've asked Claude to draw me an illustration of memory layout with various segments and use it to illustrate a pointer from stack to a vector on heap to a student. It did a very good job...Yesterday I've asked Claude to draw me an illustration of memory layout with various segments and use it to illustrate a pointer from stack to a vector on heap to a student.
It did a very good job producing correct ~1K SVG, except for small issues like text overlapping some border lines.
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Comment on Is empathizing by sharing experience not normal? in ~health.mental
mordae Link ParentI feel like this only works with ND people, though. I have this urge to try to "read the room" super hard, probably because being explicit is something I feel (after all those years of...by always asking if they want to "vent, commiserate, want advice, or want me to take down the patriarchy"
I feel like this only works with ND people, though. I have this urge to try to "read the room" super hard, probably because being explicit is something I feel (after all those years of conditioning) NT people frown upon a lot. Then I fail at it and start a monologue that bores everyone to death.
I am meeting an ADHD friend of mine this weekend and I am super stoked about that, since we'll just talk like 3 topics at once and won't get weirded out by our respective oddities and we'll share our experiences plenty, but usually like "Whoa, I can't trump that! I mean I had this similar thing happen to me, but that's like not even 20% as intense. That must have been crazy!" And when we get somewhere where we don't want to go to, we'll just tell each other. OMG, heaven!
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Is empathizing by sharing experience not normal?
So I've watched this If Neurodivergents Conducted Job Interviews Like Neurotypicals and one thing struck me as odd. Is it not like normal when somebody tells you they've been sick recently for you...
So I've watched this If Neurodivergents Conducted Job Interviews Like Neurotypicals and one thing struck me as odd. Is it not like normal when somebody tells you they've been sick recently for you to share your own experience with similar condition?
I do have ADHD and automatically share when this exact situation comes up, but is this like a no-no among neurotypical folks?
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Comment on I've added ~society for topics related to politics, law, policies, and similar societal-level subjects in ~tildes.official
mordae LinkYeah, I guess I'll filter politics from now on as well. I didn't want to go there, but we've had a situation locally where a party I've been with/in for 12 years recently turned internally pretty...Yeah, I guess I'll filter politics from now on as well.
I didn't want to go there, but we've had a situation locally where a party I've been with/in for 12 years recently turned internally pretty authoritarian and it got to me. I apologize. -
Comment on The destruction of the soft power of the United States in ~society
mordae LinkWow, you really read my mind. I was already wondering if that would be a viable platform to make European integration more popular. If EU was actually a federation, it would inherit the right to...There is no ally in the world that can fully trust the United States.
Complaining to NATO that they aren't paying their fair share makes them think "oh shit, the US won't protect us anymore. We better make more nukes".
Wow, you really read my mind. I was already wondering if that would be a viable platform to make European integration more popular. If EU was actually a federation, it would inherit the right to nuclear arms from France and we could happily get to building some more!
Only half joking. Putin is no joke, though. Better nukes than Russians, honestly.
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Comment on The man problem | “Why are men moving right?” in ~life.men
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Comment on The man problem | “Why are men moving right?” in ~life.men
mordae Link ParentYeah, not an American. I literally do not have these connotations. I see what you mean and I now agree that in a room where people do have these connotations, it's a pretty crappy thing to say...- Exemplary
Yeah, not an American. I literally do not have these connotations. I see what you mean and I now agree that in a room where people do have these connotations, it's a pretty crappy thing to say because it will be read into beyond the superficial and will in fact dehumanize the person.
Also, you guys have some serious issues. Like we did have Nazis saying Jews literally eat children during their dark rituals, but this is whole another level of messed up. Or maybe I am just not aware.
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Comment on The man problem | “Why are men moving right?” in ~life.men
mordae Link ParentI mean, from the limited context I have (haven't read the white-supremacist's tweets, I don't have account and found no screenshots on Kagi), I don't think saying that some female celebrity looks...I mean, from the limited context I have (haven't read the white-supremacist's tweets, I don't have account and found no screenshots on Kagi), I don't think saying that some female celebrity looks like a man - nor gorilla for that matter - would qualify as being worse than what John Oliver says about other celebrities and politicians occasionally. And I admit I sometimes chuckle at what he says.
Now obviously platforming white-supremacists will lead to wars and genocides, no arguments about that.
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Comment on Is ADHD really that debilitating? in ~health.mental
mordae Link ParentIt is a choice, though. Using a computer you do not control with an untrusted software vendor who will not hesitate to incriminate you and/or sell your personal data for their own gain is...It is a choice, though. Using a computer you do not control with an untrusted software vendor who will not hesitate to incriminate you and/or sell your personal data for their own gain is obviously problematic as your and mainstream morals depart. iOS users will learn this the hard way eventually.
I believe that the situation for privacy-conscious average user who wishes to venture outside the walled gardens is much better than it was 2 or 4 years ago.
As for healthcare privacy, the situation is pretty complex. It would be immensely beneficial for healthcare professionals, insurers and patients to have well-structured, accurate data. It would literally save not just time, but lives. The problem is that under our current economical/political regime the benefits would probably not outweigh the
riskscertainties associated withpotentialabuse of said data. I am not talking just about persecution, but also about insurers blaming poor health on patients without capacity to do better.
Both. Go for Forgejo. GitLab is huuuuuge.