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Comment on Any male victims from female abuse? in ~life.men
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Comment on Any male victims from female abuse? in ~life.men
post_below Link ParentI hope there are people you can talk to about it, that's a lot to carry.I hope there are people you can talk to about it, that's a lot to carry.
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Comment on Any male victims from female abuse? in ~life.men
post_below Link ParentThat sounds rough. What are your reasons for staying? Has she uncovered trauma that might be the source of her disregulation? Is there light at the end of the tunnel? Those are genuine questions...That sounds rough. What are your reasons for staying? Has she uncovered trauma that might be the source of her disregulation? Is there light at the end of the tunnel?
Those are genuine questions rather than veiled judgements. These things can be complicated and nuanced.
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Comment on That one study that proves developers using AI are deluded in ~tech
post_below Link ParentI don't, at one point I had script to automate the handoff (kickoff with a /command, generate summary with headless mode, launch cli in a new session with summary + instructions as initial prompt)...I don't, at one point I had script to automate the handoff (kickoff with a /command, generate summary with headless mode, launch cli in a new session with summary + instructions as initial prompt) but I never used it. If I had it I'd send it to you but it's long gone.
I didn't find it was any lower friction than typing a few /commands and most of my workflows are formalized into a command or skill and have already handled context files as part of the flow so it's essentially just /clear and then /dothing (where /dothing includes instructions about which files to read).
I've found that any time I want to do some local automation, agents make it really easy. A quick bash or powershell script is one of the areas where I have no problem letting the agent just do it. Error rate is pretty low since there's so much bash in the training, files are generally short and easy to review and the stakes are low.
Regarding having to activate skills manually, if that's a pain point I'd recommend looking into hooks, if you're in one of the frontier harnesses (Claude Code or Codex) hooks are pretty comprehensive now so you'll likely be able to find one that triggers when you need it to. The agent can fill you in on all the details if you don't want to read docs.
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Comment on An insight into looksmaxxxing/blackpill "ideology" in ~life
post_below LinkThis is tangential to your summary of looksmaxxing/blackpill (thanks it was informative). The gen Z's I know say that *maxxing is no longer trendy and people only use the terms ironically. I'm...This is tangential to your summary of looksmaxxing/blackpill (thanks it was informative).
The gen Z's I know say that *maxxing is no longer trendy and people only use the terms ironically. I'm sure that's not absolutely true, but it sounds like it's increasingly true outside of niche internet spaces.
I hope so! I'm cool with 12 year old emotional intelligence inspired trends going wide up to a point. I mean most trends pull from the shallow end of the emotional intelligence pool, doesn't necessarily make them bad. But *maxxing is extra dumb.
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Comment on Things that don't suck in ~talk
post_below Link ParentFun fact about caterpillar/butterfly memories... during metamorphosis, enzymes break down the caterpillar's body into something closer to formless goo than a body, then the butterfly is built from...Fun fact about caterpillar/butterfly memories... during metamorphosis, enzymes break down the caterpillar's body into something closer to formless goo than a body, then the butterfly is built from that goo. The memories survive this process!
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Comment on Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and stochastic analysis in ~comp
post_below Link ParentIt's smart not to start with a significant refactor. As you nudge the ball forward, have Claude map out and summarize architecture, features, practices and patterns you encounter, modularized and...It's smart not to start with a significant refactor. As you nudge the ball forward, have Claude map out and summarize architecture, features, practices and patterns you encounter, modularized and loosely organized in some way. Use those files as context for future experiments (or demonstrations). Opus can actually be really good with legacy systems if it has enough context to pattern match effectively.
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Comment on Things that don't suck in ~talk
post_below Link ParentAlso interesting: Their enormously ineffective mating process (even when they're not screwing people's heads). https://nokyotsu.github.io/parrots/ It's truly a miracle that they're still around.Sirocco, a famous kakapo who saw humans as his flock, specifically trying to mate with heads.
Also interesting: Their enormously ineffective mating process (even when they're not screwing people's heads).
https://nokyotsu.github.io/parrots/
It's truly a miracle that they're still around.
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Comment on Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and stochastic analysis in ~comp
post_below LinkHaha... it really is useful. Tip: have the model write to a file with notes about skipped/dismissed items so it doesn't re-surface them on the next run.stochastic analysis
Haha... it really is useful. Tip: have the model write to a file with notes about skipped/dismissed items so it doesn't re-surface them on the next run.
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Comment on Things that don't suck in ~talk
post_below (edited )LinkMore good news Call a Boomer/Zoomer: payphone connects seniors and youth Scotland rewilding: bird species up 261%, pollinators up tenfold Record kākāpō hatching season in New Zealand ^ I'm always...More good news
Call a Boomer/Zoomer: payphone connects seniors and youth
Scotland rewilding: bird species up 261%, pollinators up tenfold
Record kākāpō hatching season in New Zealand
^ I'm always especially excited about news related to animals featured in Douglas Adams lesser known book Last Chance to See
Reversible nonhormonal male contraception
China and India both reduce coal power generation for first time since 1973
Renewables hit nearly half of global power capacity 692 GW added in 2025
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Comment on Things that don't suck in ~talk
post_below Link ParentFinding positive stories isn't as easy as you'd hope. It's not that, in a world of 8 billion people, they aren't happening constantly. It's that they don't get as much engagement so there's less...I wish there were more stories under that tab
Finding positive stories isn't as easy as you'd hope. It's not that, in a world of 8 billion people, they aren't happening constantly. It's that they don't get as much engagement so there's less incentive to write about them.
That's why I sometimes go out of my way to remind myself that humanity is pretty awesome. It's really easy to forget when the bigger part of what gets published is some version of people sucking.
Thanks for the story, those are the sorts of smallish things that profoundly change the world.
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Comment on No-stack web development in ~tech
post_below Link ParentI don't think the definition has changed, the author is just ignorant. I mean that in a literal rather than insulting way. OS/web server/server side language/javascript/HTML/CSS is definitely...I don't think the definition has changed, the author is just ignorant. I mean that in a literal rather than insulting way. OS/web server/server side language/javascript/HTML/CSS is definitely still a stack.
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Comment on Things that don't suck in ~talk
post_below Link ParentUsername checks out? Agreed, the mission has been a breath of fresh air, and if the amount of coverage is any indication, support for space exploration is as strong as ever.Username checks out?
Agreed, the mission has been a breath of fresh air, and if the amount of coverage is any indication, support for space exploration is as strong as ever.
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Comment on Things that don't suck in ~talk
post_below Link ParentYes, definitely penguinsYes, definitely penguins
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Things that don't suck
So much of what the algorithms surface is negative. For all of the reasons that mostly everyone's aware of at this point. It's easy to get the general impression that times are dark without...
So much of what the algorithms surface is negative. For all of the reasons that mostly everyone's aware of at this point.
It's easy to get the general impression that times are dark without realizing it. I think sometimes it's good to intentionally offset algorithmic (and general human) negativity bias.
Lets do a positive news thread, I'll start:
Hungary votes out Orbán after 16 years
Perovskite solar cells hit 34.85%
Portugal hits 80.7% renewable electricity
Hidden drainage system found in human brain
First lab-grown oesophagus using hosts own cells (fully incorporated with muscles, nerves, arteries within 6 months)
And of course Artemis II! Why is space exploration somehow more positive than the sum of its parts?
Please post anything, it doesn't have to be "news". The full range of the humanities works too
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Comment on US begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz in ~society
post_below Link ParentDo they? I mean eventually, entropy being what it is, everything collapses. But in actual practice the last time a major world power collapsed it wasn't complete and it was 25 years ago. Before...All civilizations collapse
Do they? I mean eventually, entropy being what it is, everything collapses. But in actual practice the last time a major world power collapsed it wasn't complete and it was 25 years ago. Before that what, the Qing dynasty? Except China didn't really collapse. The Spanish empire? Except really they just contracted back to their original civilization but bigger.
In actual practice I don't think "all civilizations collapse" is very useful. There's a long way to go before actual collapse is even on the table for the US. Not to say that the current admin won't do more dumb things to get there faster... but in the meantime the world has figure out what to do about the reality we're in now.
Or to put it another way, there's a whole lot of human life between where we are now and a theoretical "everyone's starving to death" future, with a lot of important decisions to be made along the way, any of which could change the outcome.
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Comment on Half-baked idea for metered inline image allowances in ~tildes
post_below Link ParentThere's no denying it's technically less wrongThere's no denying it's technically less wrong
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Comment on Half-baked idea for metered inline image allowances in ~tildes
post_below Link ParentThis is not ok. Young Tildans seeing this could get a warped idea about anatomy. The only solution now that you've done it is to allow real images to set the record straight about cat tits.This is not ok. Young Tildans seeing this could get a warped idea about anatomy.
The only solution now that you've done it is to allow real images to set the record straight about cat tits.
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Comment on Half-baked idea for metered inline image allowances in ~tildes
post_below LinkI don't expect images on Tildes to happen anytime soon given that they were intentionally not included at the start. And I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other. I guess I lean...I don't expect images on Tildes to happen anytime soon given that they were intentionally not included at the start. And I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other. I guess I lean pro-image.
But if they were to happen I don't think complicated schemes would be the best way to go. Just quick and easy moderation by superusers and the ability for people to turn them off for their account, maybe with some sort of visual indicator or "show" option where an image would otherwise be.
I don't think images would hurt the quality of conversation, a little more irreverance would probably be a good thing. It would probably be annoying sometimes but we'd all survive. And also I don't think the lack of images takes away anything important from what Tildes wants to be.
It would be really interesting, though, to see what Tildanians would do with more expression options. I guess in 2026 we'd see a lot of AI generated images.
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Comment on Why Microsoft’s war on Windows’ Control Panel is taking so long in ~tech
post_below LinkIt's a strange choice that MS is making. Rapid enshittification only works if you have a high level of lock in. Social media apps rely on the network effect, Google relies on market dominance....It's a strange choice that MS is making. Rapid enshittification only works if you have a high level of lock in. Social media apps rely on the network effect, Google relies on market dominance. Microsoft relies on enterprise inertia and OEM deals.
But I don't think that's going to be enough in the long term. They'll likely hold onto their enterprise dominance for quite a while longer but if they start to bleed consumers the whole empire could come, slowly, crashing down. They've been losing the tech crowd for a long time already.
Their strategy seems to be to capture the LLM agent market in both enterprise and development but I don't see any indication this is working. At best they're positioning themselves as middleware, which is a tenuous place to be for a company their size. Even if they're successful they won't have any kind of moat. They don't have a modern equivalent to the Office suite on the horizon and things are changing too fast for anyone to have a safe bet on what that would even look like. It's unlikely to look like Copilot! And very likely to come from the model providers, which MS has so far failed to become.
They have their cloud and datacenters, where they're second place. If they start to lose their enterprise pipeline into that ecosystem, Google is well prepared to take their spot.
It's not shocking anymore to see big successful companies make dumb moves, but MS seems particularly out of touch with reality at the moment. It's too bad because Bing is the only realistic competitor to Google search. DuckDuckGo you say? That's essentially Bing in privacy mode.
It really sounds like you need support, at the least people who know what you're going through. Have you thought about getting a device she doesn't know about? Maybe keep it at work.