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Comment on Brazil election: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beats Flavio Bolsonaro in shock upset in ~society
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Comment on Brazil election: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beats Flavio Bolsonaro in shock upset in ~society
paris Link ParentThe extension of hours was very important, but it needs to be said that both parties asked for the voting times to be extended. I really do believe the Army was the most influential. People who...The extension of hours was very important, but it needs to be said that both parties asked for the voting times to be extended. I really do believe the Army was the most influential. People who are not political learned how to talk to the undecided to convince them not only to vote but to vote for Lula, and also to convince the elderly (exempt from the obligation to vote) to vote anyway. My own mother-in-law convinced an elderly neighbor to go and vote and vote for Lula when they were already decided not to go.
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Comment on Brazil election: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beats Flavio Bolsonaro in shock upset in ~society
paris LinkI do not think this was a shock to anyone on the street here. The Army of Lula really rallied and rallied hard after the first turn.I do not think this was a shock to anyone on the street here. The Army of Lula really rallied and rallied hard after the first turn.
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Comment on late.sh - a cozy command-line clubhouse for computer people in ~tech
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Comment on If you use your computer in a dark environment, buy a monitor light! in ~tech
paris LinkI have a little desk lamp, the kind with an articulated arm, that I can use to finick with things on my desk, but 99% of its life is spent pointing directly at the wall, so if gives some nice...I have a little desk lamp, the kind with an articulated arm, that I can use to finick with things on my desk, but 99% of its life is spent pointing directly at the wall, so if gives some nice indirect warm light to my desk area. I really agree that a nice multipoint light, illuminating the area, is much much better for your eyes than just the light blasting (even dimmed light!) from the screen, and specifically had my eye doctor tell me to have a light setup similar to what I have to prevent eye strain when working in the evenings.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
paris (edited )LinkOrder of the Sinking Star is frankly incredible. Calling it a puzzle game is as descriptive as saying a whale is “kinda big” or Megan Thee Stallion is “kinda pretty.” It is an Ur-puzzle: it says...Order of the Sinking Star is frankly incredible. Calling it a puzzle game is as descriptive as saying a whale is “kinda big” or Megan Thee Stallion is “kinda pretty.” It is an Ur-puzzle: it says itself every puzzle is a revelation and it is right. (edit bc i couldn’t remember the name right)
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Comment on How cringe took over culture in ~arts
paris Link ParentI’m not sure if you misunderstood what I wrote or are attempting to make another point, but what I found “detestable" was her writing style, only to find a following passage to be charming in its...I’m not sure if you misunderstood what I wrote or are attempting to make another point, but what I found “detestable" was her writing style, only to find a following passage to be charming in its idiosyncratic phrasing. I found nothing about the argument of the essay to be detestable, and I also appreciated the citations.
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Comment on How cringe took over culture in ~arts
paris LinkI vascillated between utterly detesting this writing style and finding it charming, which seemed somewhat on point for the conversation. (At least it reads deeply human. Nothing more cringe than...I vascillated between utterly detesting this writing style and finding it charming, which seemed somewhat on point for the conversation. (At least it reads deeply human. Nothing more cringe than AI, né.)
The sympathetic shame of cringe is the price of sociality. We live among others and have the extraordinary capacity to sometimes suffer as they do. Who would want the callous world that successfully cloistered the feelings of others? Cringe may be excruciating, but post-cringe would be pure horror.
I do wonder if we are already there. For all this was posted, what, yesterday?, I missed the lack of discussion of camp-by-that-name, and the overt camp-and-cringe of the current US administration, Elom Musk, even the aesthetics of fascism. Is there something to be said about what cannot be held as ‘cringe’ because it is too powerful? I don’t know. But I want to.
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Comment on If duckweed doubles every day, why don't we eat it? in ~science
paris LinkPlease add “AI generated” or some other such indicator to the tags. for better filtering.Please add “AI generated” or some other such indicator to the tags. for better filtering.
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Comment on The imperial dilemma of Civilization V in ~games
paris Link ParentAh, I understand. I was really excited to watch a longform multihour video about SotE and colonialism.Ah, I understand. I was really excited to watch a longform multihour video about SotE and colonialism.
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Comment on The imperial dilemma of Civilization V in ~games
paris Link ParentAre you sure it was the same guy? He only has five videos, and none about Elden Ring.Are you sure it was the same guy? He only has five videos, and none about Elden Ring.
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Comment on Why do we find Tildes (and Lobsters) more interesting than the alternatives? in ~tech
paris Link ParentWe are not all, in fact, still here, unfortunately; the site is (at least to me) noticeably quieter. A few voices which I really enjoyed reading — usually those pushing back against a certain...We are not all, in fact, still here, unfortunately; the site is (at least to me) noticeably quieter. A few voices which I really enjoyed reading — usually those pushing back against a certain class of comments — have left for lack of blocking and muting options. This is what prompted my question for other sites.
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Comment on Why do we find Tildes (and Lobsters) more interesting than the alternatives? in ~tech
paris LinkDoes anyone have a recommendation for other sites like tildes? I’ve noticed a significant drop off since the “sunsetting” conversation, so I’d like to see what other smaller sites exist. (Lobsters...Does anyone have a recommendation for other sites like tildes? I’ve noticed a significant drop off since the “sunsetting” conversation, so I’d like to see what other smaller sites exist. (Lobsters seems to be tech-focused, so of less interest to me personally.)
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
paris LinkI saw a post (tweet?) on bluesky a couple weeks ago that said something along the lines of "don't give up on the OCs you made when you were twelve!" and, in need of a project while recovering from...I saw a post (tweet?) on bluesky a couple weeks ago that said something along the lines of "don't give up on the OCs you made when you were twelve!" and, in need of a project while recovering from minor surgery, i decided to make a short piece (15 pages) inspired by my childhood stories, House of Leaves, restrictive formats, and my desire to get better at photoshop. I finished it earlier in the week and am editing now. I learned a lot — I started this project not really sure what a mask was or how it worked — and am really pleased with my little project!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
paris LinkI played Goat Simulator 3, Untitled Goose Game, and am now nearly done with Chants of Sennaar. CoS is probably going to go on my "favourite games" list as I felt like it was made specifically for...I played Goat Simulator 3, Untitled Goose Game, and am now nearly done with Chants of Sennaar.
CoS is probably going to go on my "favourite games" list as I felt like it was made specifically for me, a person who used to do translation puzzles for fun, but the other two were phenomenal as well. GS3 (mind, there's no GS2) was just so stupid and fun and really engaging, especially the endgame which felt like such a labor of love; it was deeply relaxing to just fsck around doing legitimately nothing and happen upon some wild bullshit, as a goat. UGG was probably the tightest game I've played in years, not counting anything by Nintendo, and I really wish they had maybe 19± DLCs.
Small aside: I've been playing them all on the Mac via Crossover, while my partner has been playing Hyper Light Drifter. We have a pretty nice
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Comment on We already know what a world without work looks like in ~society
paris LinkI read this essay when it was linked elsewhere (kottke maybe?) and really enjoyed it. The comparisons were unexpected in how they overlapped, but the conclusions (tl;dr: sociality) made sense to me.I read this essay when it was linked elsewhere (kottke maybe?) and really enjoyed it. The comparisons were unexpected in how they overlapped, but the conclusions (tl;dr: sociality) made sense to me.
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Comment on I run a speculative fiction book club in ~books
paris LinkI haven’t even heard of most of these but would appreciate an invite when you reopen!I haven’t even heard of most of these but would appreciate an invite when you reopen!
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
paris Link ParentOh, hello! This is very exciting, I’ll check it out!Oh, hello! This is very exciting, I’ll check it out!
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
paris LinkHouse of Leaves, baby! I don’t know why Markie bothered publishing this when it was clearly written exactly and entirely for me, but i’m happy for him? Anyway it’s a blast. I hope it never ends....House of Leaves, baby! I don’t know why Markie bothered publishing this when it was clearly written exactly and entirely for me, but i’m happy for him? Anyway it’s a blast. I hope
like the houseit never ends.I’m also reading a small volume called “French Stories and Tales,” edited by a Mr Stanley Geist which is… not great. There’s some weird francisme in the introduction, some real invention of french literary culture which i find amusing but also a little disturbing, and his footnotes are so far inane. After this, ill go back to reading Greene’s Power and the glory, which i picked up after blasting through a half dozen of his works, Third man likely the most famous of them. (Better than the film, imho!)
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Comment on Gualliguaica - The drowning town in ~enviro
paris LinkThank you for sharing. I’m currently on a dam kick (Vajont my… beloved?) so this was an interesting discursion down an aspect of dam-building i hadn’t considered before!Thank you for sharing. I’m currently on a dam kick (Vajont my… beloved?) so this was an interesting discursion down an aspect of dam-building i hadn’t considered before!
There was a lot of education (esp coming from the Army of Lula) on how to work with the algorithms. Week before last, I started seeing a lot of videos not mentioning Lula, wearing the shirt of the national team (the quintessential yellow and green jersey) and talking about what Flávio’s policies would do for the retired, the lower middle class, the “self-employed”, etc, in order to game the algorithms. I don’t know that that worked, but I do know there was a lot of education going on in leftish spaces on how to work with the fucked-up systems we have.