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Comment on Digg has shutdown (again) in ~tech
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Comment on Proton Mail helped US FBI unmask anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ protester in ~tech
slade Link ParentI don't get that at all... I wonder how often people are accusing people of being AI? Especially as AI gets better at acting like people, and people start accidentally acting like AI.I don't get that at all... I wonder how often people are accusing people of being AI? Especially as AI gets better at acting like people, and people start accidentally acting like AI.
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Comment on The Boys | Final season trailer in ~tv
slade Link ParentSame thougth. I enjoy the show a lot but am happy to see that this is the final season. I wanted two seasons ago to end it with the big fight between Homelander and his father.Same thougth. I enjoy the show a lot but am happy to see that this is the final season. I wanted two seasons ago to end it with the big fight between Homelander and his father.
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Comment on Lanterns | Official teaser in ~tv
slade LinkThis looks to me like it's trying not to be a superhero movie, which I think is a good thing. I'll probably watch this.This looks to me like it's trying not to be a superhero movie, which I think is a good thing. I'll probably watch this.
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Comment on The average US college student is illiterate in ~life
slade Link ParentI definitely think that multitasking has become a problem. We keep optimizing our lives for multitasking, and I don't know how many of us are cut out for it. Like we may think we are, but I just...I definitely think that multitasking has become a problem. We keep optimizing our lives for multitasking, and I don't know how many of us are cut out for it. Like we may think we are, but I just feel like so many people are stretched far beyond their thriving point and just don't know what it feels like to slow down and be present.
I think multitasking has something to do with attention erosion, too.
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Comment on UMD scientists create ‘smart underwear’ to measure human flatulence in ~science
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Comment on Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize a city on the moon instead of a colony on Mars in ~space
slade Link ParentSo many. The question is how many of them have the wealth where it matters?I really like that in someone, who else is dreaming big like this?
So many. The question is how many of them have the wealth where it matters?
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
slade Link ParentI have an old air filter I've been meaning to throw away, but I hate to waste food...I have an old air filter I've been meaning to throw away, but I hate to waste food...
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Comment on I'm back in ~talk
slade Link ParentProbably. I don't use discord. But I also didn't describe it very well... I was imagining something that grouped strangers together in contexts like comments on a news article or some other content.Probably. I don't use discord. But I also didn't describe it very well...
I was imagining something that grouped strangers together in contexts like comments on a news article or some other content.
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Comment on I'm back in ~talk
slade Link ParentIt would be an interesting experiment to see what would happen if people engaged in a social media platform that limits conversations to fixed groups of <= X people. Obviously it wouldn't work at...It would be an interesting experiment to see what would happen if people engaged in a social media platform that limits conversations to fixed groups of <= X people. Obviously it wouldn't work at all for the influencer industry, but I wonder how it would work for a news or content discussion platform. Would people behave in smaller groups where their immediate reputation is more important?
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Comment on Wired vs. wireless mouse and keyboard? in ~tech
slade Link ParentAdding that, anecdotally, I find that rechargeable batteries last a very long time. I have a Logitech MX Vertical that I've had for longer than I can remember, and it still charges fast and lasts...Adding that, anecdotally, I find that rechargeable batteries last a very long time. I have a Logitech MX Vertical that I've had for longer than I can remember, and it still charges fast and lasts for a very long time. I'm sure it varies from product to product, though.
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Comment on I'm back in ~talk
slade Link ParentI came when the 2024 US election results slammed home something I'd known for years: reddit was telling me what I wanted to hear, and was avoiding showing me things I didn't want to hear. I always...I came when the 2024 US election results slammed home something I'd known for years: reddit was telling me what I wanted to hear, and was avoiding showing me things I didn't want to hear.
I always wondered if others had a similar reaction to me or not. I'm not sure how rational mine was, but I certainly don't miss reddit at any rate.
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Comment on Most and least expensive US supermarkets in ~food
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Comment on What healthy habit has made a difference for you? in ~health
slade (edited )LinkWaking up early. Most of my life I was a very late sleeper and late riser, and I always felt like I was missing half of my life. I arguably was, since I'd wake up at noon on weekends and hear all...Waking up early. Most of my life I was a very late sleeper and late riser, and I always felt like I was missing half of my life. I arguably was, since I'd wake up at noon on weekends and hear all about what I missed while I was sleeping. And all I got in trade was staying up late playing video games, deliriously tired and in no way enriching myself.
I got into running when I was living in Florida, where I found it unbearable to run after very early morning. I started getting up about when I used to go to bed - 4:30 or 5:00 AM. For whatever reason, the pattern stuck and I suddenly became a morning person for the first time in my life.
I no longer feel like I miss things. When my coworkers are starting their day, I'm already full swing into mine. I don't remember the last time I had to set an alarm clock because I can no longer sleep past 5:30 or 6.
I used to wake up DELIRIOUSLY tired on workdays, giving myself just enough time to throw on clothes and get to work on time. I started my days at my worst, grouchy and under pressure and behind. At times it was unhygienic because I would oversleep and not have time for a shower. And any event that started before 1 was "waking up early".
I'm grateful almost daily for having changed.
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Comment on Catherine O’Hara - legendary actress dead at 71 in ~movies
slade Link ParentIt manages to go uphill till the end (IMO).It manages to go uphill till the end (IMO).
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Comment on Catherine O’Hara - legendary actress dead at 71 in ~movies
slade Link ParentAlso fantastic in The Last of Us. She was remarkable and masterful in everything I ever saw her in. I always feel a little weird mourning sometime I've never met, but I'm sad to know that she's...Also fantastic in The Last of Us.
She was remarkable and masterful in everything I ever saw her in. I always feel a little weird mourning sometime I've never met, but I'm sad to know that she's gone. She always made me laugh.
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Comment on Tech Oversight Report: Unsealed court documents show teen addiction was Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok's top priority in ~tech
slade Link ParentSadly nodding along. I'm frustrated by findings like this because, as you say, they've seemed very obvious and broad daylight to me since the start. Like an open secret we just don't talk about. I...we've totally lost the ability as a species to plan beyond the next quarter,
Sadly nodding along. I'm frustrated by findings like this because, as you say, they've seemed very obvious and broad daylight to me since the start. Like an open secret we just don't talk about.
I talk about capitalism a lot, and here I go again. The rest of this post is cynical noise.
Based on how our economic system is designed, of course the most successful businesses will be the ones that target and exploit children as far as the law allows. Expecting anything else would be like expecting water to ignore an opening in a channel. As a system of pressures, capitalism guarantees that winners will emerge and buy all of the losers, and those winners will have gotten there by pushing the law to its maximum.
And now that monopolies are very cool and corporations are people, you can add erosion to the analogy, as mega corporations encroach on ethics and move the law to new maximums in the name of profit.
I don't think it's a cynical take to assume that every industry will pursue maximum profit by shedding any ethical obligations the law allows them to. So yeah, let's target children's developing brains with billions of dollars worth of psychological research on every single media and social platform. Why not? There's gold in them thar hills, and nobody is saying we can't dig. So if you don't have a conscience, grab a pickaxe and go get rich.
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Comment on Razzie Awards nominations: ‘Snow White,’ Ice Cube-starring ‘War of the Worlds’ lead with six nods each in ~movies
slade Link ParentThat's interesting. I'm using the DuckDuckGo browser on Android and I don't get a paywall. The ads are also blocked.That's interesting. I'm using the DuckDuckGo browser on Android and I don't get a paywall. The ads are also blocked.
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Comment on What small thing made a big impact on you? in ~talk
slade LinkThe one sermon that stuck with me from my young days as a church goer was one that I later learned wasn't religious in origin: the Tale of the Starfish Thrower (shorter, more direct adaptation)....The one sermon that stuck with me from my young days as a church goer was one that I later learned wasn't religious in origin: the Tale of the Starfish Thrower (shorter, more direct adaptation). I'm not sure how commonly known this one is, but it seems to get around.
I was young when I heard the story, and it helped me deal with some questions I had about how I treated living things. I'd always been very soft towards animals, but sometimes I felt too embarrassed to do something I wanted to do, like stop and move a worm off the sidewalk. Like someone would see and pick on me for it, or think it was foolish to save one when a hundred more were after it.
This story landed the first time I heard it. It didn't change how I felt living things should be treated, but it gave me conviction. It helped me see that it isn't foolish to help one in a million, and shaped a part of who I am now. And surely resulted in countless tiny critters being saved from certain doom.
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Comment on ‘Marty Supreme’ becomes A24’s highest-grossing film at domestic box office with $80 million in ~movies
slade Link ParentI used to be able to enjoy movies like that when I was younger and I believed they were fiction. I've since noticed that assholes making base decisions thrive in many corners of everyday life, so...I used to be able to enjoy movies like that when I was younger and I believed they were fiction. I've since noticed that assholes making base decisions thrive in many corners of everyday life, so watching fictionalized versions of them isn't cathartic in any way. (I haven't seen this movie, so my comment is likely off-topic)
If you don't know what digg "needs" to become, maybe it doesn't need to become anything? This reads like a mission statement of "we tried doing what we wanted and that didn't pan out, so next we'll try anything we can to survive". I'm curious to see what the next iteration looks like.