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Comment on What is wrong with our thoughts? A neo-positivist credo. in ~humanities
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Comment on Never forgive them - On digital platforms vs users in ~tech
paris Link ParentThe fact that you went through the process of insulating yourself says that something happened to you, some tripwire was set off, which indicated to you that you needed to get out while you still...The fact that you went through the process of insulating yourself says that something happened to you, some tripwire was set off, which indicated to you that you needed to get out while you still can. Canary in the coal mine, sort of thing.
The part that resonated with me was the early mention of feeling like the plotās been lost with what the internet is. I too went through the process of putting up barriers to keep the sick of the internet at bay, to the point of not really being able to understand what folks AFK were talking about with their experiences of being online.
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180bpm+ music recommendations?
Hey, yāall. Iāve been listening to basically the same song on repeat while I do my emails job, and have found that listening to something with a good tempo of 180bpm or higher really helps keep my...
Hey, yāall. Iāve been listening to basically the same song on repeat while I do my emails job, and have found that listening to something with a good tempo of 180bpm or higher really helps keep my energy high. Unfortunately finding music solely by bpm isnāt easy.
Any recommendations? Iām open to pretty much anything (though Iām not really a fan of āscreamyā metal). My usual playlist is basically just EDM and remixes. š
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? in ~tech
paris LinkI would be very interested! Itās out of my price zone, but Iād be interested to see if itās really as good as everyone says.I would be very interested! Itās out of my price zone, but Iād be interested to see if itās really as good as everyone says.
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Comment on Z-Library helps students to overcome academic poverty, study finds in ~life
paris LinkThereās an academic book I wanted to read recently, related to my graduate research. My university is incapable of getting it. It costs 120% of the minimum monthly salary to purchase it and have...āLiving in a 3rd world country, 1 book would cost like 50%- 80% already of my daily wage,ā one Redditor wrote.
Thereās an academic book I wanted to read recently, related to my graduate research. My university is incapable of getting it. It costs 120% of the minimum monthly salary to purchase it and have it shipped here. Or I could spend five minutes online and get a nice quality OCRed PDF.
When I was in undergrad, every single thing I needed to read for class, be it books, articles, essays, monographs, came to me from a xerox. There was a xerox station in the school where I would go, tell the xerox man what document for what professorās class, and he would xerox the document and hand it to me fresh for a small fee. This has been the case, as far as my understanding goes, since the arrival of xerox in the country. I donāt honestly know what was done before that.
The ānecessary evilā bit of this is exactly right. If there was regional (or even fair) pricing, the need for piracy would diminish.
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Comment on Are we all capable of being slaveowners or nazis? in ~humanities
paris Link ParentThank you for sharing this. What a fascinating man!Thank you for sharing this. What a fascinating man!
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Comment on Regarding ā and, well, against ā Substack in ~tech
paris LinkWhat an appallingly self-centered point of view. My god, he just said it out loud: it doesnāt matter to him what happens to anyone else, only himself and his comfort. If other people are...Iāve never once seen a whiff of anything even vaguely right-wing, let alone hateful. Not a whiff. If itās there, I never see it. If I never see it, I donāt care.
I feel the same way about social media platforms. Are there people I find objectionable on Mastodon, Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads? Definitely. On YouTube? Even more definitely. Do I care? No, because I tend never to see their posts, and when one pops up, I can block or mute them, and I never see them again. Thatās in contrast with X, the former Twitter, where the top replies to many posts are from first class shitbird trolls. More and more I simply find X an unpleasant place to devote any of my attention, and so I go there less and less. I donāt eat at restaurants whose food I dislike, and the food at X tastes bad and is only getting worse.What an appallingly self-centered point of view. My god, he just said it out loud: it doesnāt matter to him what happens to anyone else, only himself and his comfort. If other people are suffering, well, his burger is fine, so what does he care?
Often, on the corners of the Fediverse Iām on, there are discussions of the various failings of mastodon, the usual complaints about the responsibilities of moderation, and the burden this places primarily and disproportionately on moderators of POC or trans-centered servers. The discussion invariably breaks containment and white/cis people start chiming in with bewilderment: they donāt see racism/sexist/etc so it canāt be that bad or prevalent. So it goes.
āIf I donāt see it, I donāt care.ā For christsakes, man, take a look outside your own navel for a half a second.
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Comment on ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in ~society
paris Link ParentThe US is not a signatory on this agreement and has no obligation (even on paper) to comply. AFAIK only Argentina has so far declared it will not comply, to the surprise of no one.The US is not a signatory on this agreement and has no obligation (even on paper) to comply. AFAIK only Argentina has so far declared it will not comply, to the surprise of no one.
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Comment on Brazilian police arrest five officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Luiz InƔcio Lula da Silva following the 2022 elections in ~society
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Comment on Brazilian police arrest five officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Luiz InƔcio Lula da Silva following the 2022 elections in ~society
paris Link ParentCan we maybe change the headline to reflect these are arrests for older events? (I nearly had a heart attack thinking this was today. š )Can we maybe change the headline to reflect these are arrests for older events? (I nearly had a heart attack thinking this was today. š )
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Comment on Marius Borg HĆøiby, the 27-year-old son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in her 20s in ~news
paris LinkIt apparently isnāt the case in Norway that royals are exempt from prosecution, as they are in the UK.It apparently isnāt the case in Norway that royals are exempt from prosecution, as they are in the UK.
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Comment on US FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine, phenylephrine, from market in ~health
paris Link ParentOver the counter: they just give it to you, aka it might as well be on a shelf. No protections, freely accessible (think paracetamol). Behind the counter: a pharmacist is protecting this. It...Over the counter: they just give it to you, aka it might as well be on a shelf. No protections, freely accessible (think paracetamol).
Behind the counter: a pharmacist is protecting this. It requires either a prescription (higher tier; need doctor/insurance authorisation), or simply canāt be bought without them making sure youāre not buying enough of it to LARP Breaking Bad.
š¶~ idioms are fun ~ š¶
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Comment on Fossil fuels arenāt the biggest source of surging methane emissions in ~enviro
paris LinkThis article feels disingenuous in its mystified lack of conclusions. Bolding mine. š¤š¤š¤ Hm, somethingās missing from this second list of where these mysterious āmicrobesā might be coming fromā¦...This article feels disingenuous in its mystified lack of conclusions.
But microbial sourcesāsuch as wetlands, cattle, and landfillsā are an even more significant source of methane, accounting for more than half of global emissions.
Bolding mine.
It remains unclear whether the increased microbial emissions came from natural sources like wetlands or human-driven sources, such as landfills and agriculture.
š¤š¤š¤ Hm, somethingās missing from this second list of where these mysterious āmicrobesā might be coming fromā¦
Meanwhile every other science says, āHey, itās animal agriculture, itās cows, itās cattle, itās bovines.ā
What a mystery!
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays ā The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays ā The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
paris Link ParentI had to look up mandarin in this sense: Wow, thatās quite the term to be throwing about so casually! Does it not read as entirely racist????I had to look up
mandarinin this sense:a powerful official or senior bureaucrat, especially one perceived as reactionary and secretive
Wow, thatās quite the term to be throwing about so casually! Does it not read as entirely racist????
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Comment on Everything I built with Claude Artifacts this week in ~comp
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Comment on Epiousion in ~humanities.languages
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Comment on PimEyes says Meta glasses integration could have āirreversible consequencesā in ~tech
paris Link Parent(sigh)ā2016ā
āpervasive surveillance culture and the use of facial recognition in public spacesā(sigh)
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Architecture blog recommendations?
Morning, yāall! Iāve been a reader of Dezeen for years, but have lost touch with all the other architecture blogs I used to read via RSS (RIP Google Reader) pre-current internet. I like their...
Morning, yāall! Iāve been a reader of Dezeen for years, but have lost touch with all the other architecture blogs I used to read via RSS (RIP Google Reader) pre-current internet. I like their combination of showcases and architecture news, though I do wish there was more technical information given.
Anyone have any architecture blogs theyād love to recommend in a similar vein?
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Comment on Viossa and venting about Etymology Nerd in ~humanities.languages
paris LinkI like the āif you can understand it, itās correct,ā aspect. Thereās often significant focus on grammatical functions in conlangs that donāt really reflect how communication is achieved (which is...I like the āif you can understand it, itās correct,ā aspect. Thereās often significant focus on grammatical functions in conlangs that donāt really reflect how communication is achieved (which is fine: often itās in worldbuilding contexts).
š I hate sentences like this with a passion. This sort of Enlightenment-fixed thinkingā
Oh, hello! š¤
Thank you for the little excerpt. I will now read the whole thing. š