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  1. Comment on Is the current war in Palestine the first time the victim wound up being seen as the aggressor? in ~humanities.history

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    Then by this same definition, there’s no discussion to even be had because that’s exactly what the OP question is asking about

    The word aggressor, especially within the context of warfighting and international law, is defined by being the first to use armed force against a sovereign state.

    Then by this same definition, there’s no discussion to even be had because that’s exactly what the OP question is asking about

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  2. Comment on What are your forgivable sins? in ~talk

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    I disagree, but mostly on a technicality. I live in the English-speaking world, so I could conceivably muster up all my resources to a) learn how to be effective and convincing, and b) abandon my...

    There is absolutely nothing we can do on a personal level that will make a difference in this.

    I disagree, but mostly on a technicality.

    I live in the English-speaking world, so I could conceivably muster up all my resources to a) learn how to be effective and convincing, and b) abandon my current life and career to become a lobbyist to push those in power to favour greener choices.

    But in principle, yeah there are not enough minor choices in my existing life trajectory available to me that could have a substantial impact on the world overall.

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  3. Comment on If our worst fears about Donald Trump play out, how will we know when it's time to leave? in ~society

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    Ah, right, living alone and/or with other responsible adults certainly makes a difference. I was thinking about if you don’t already have it on you at all times, or if there are children in the...

    Ah, right, living alone and/or with other responsible adults certainly makes a difference. I was thinking about if you don’t already have it on you at all times, or if there are children in the house, but completely forgot to write those considerations into my comment.

    That said, you’ve definitely helped cover some of my gaps in knowledge, so thank you!

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  4. Comment on Follow up on the username thread: What Tildes users do you recognize when browsing and, without being rude or inflammatory, what is your impression of them? in ~tildes

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    I completely agree about keeping the site free from embedded pictures of any kind. That said, at least to distinguish users with multiple comments/replies across a single post I’d love for...

    I completely agree about keeping the site free from embedded pictures of any kind.

    That said, at least to distinguish users with multiple comments/replies across a single post I’d love for comments to be colour coded. Keep the default if there are fewer than three comments by a single user in the thread, but if they’ve got four comments under the same post, change their text to blue, green for 4 comments, yellow for 5, orange for 6, red for 7, purple for 8+

    Sure, my idea wouldn’t carry across different threads, but sometimes I’m so oblivious of usernames that I don’t realise I’m replying to the same person across multiple different comment chains and end up repeating an idea unnecessarily.

    Edit to clarify: this whole post is an illustrative example, not a finalised suggestion, but something vaguely like this would be useful for sure

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  5. Comment on If our worst fears about Donald Trump play out, how will we know when it's time to leave? in ~society

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    For context I’m someone who has never fired or held a gun, and for my whole life guns have been “maybe a farmer might have one, probably a basic rifle” and never really a consideration. I grew up...

    For context I’m someone who has never fired or held a gun, and for my whole life guns have been “maybe a farmer might have one, probably a basic rifle” and never really a consideration. I grew up in Australia post Port Arthur Massacre so even if I was interested, availability is just very low.

    The thing I’m always unsure about is at what point having a gun is useful. My understanding is that having one at home is a risk, therefore it goes in a gun safe, but that takes time to access. Therefore, access to a gun is never quick and convenient, which means the choice to have access to the gun when you need it has to be done ahead of time (based on nothing, I’m guessing 30 seconds minimum).

    I genuinely can’t think of a situation where I’d have the certainty that a gun will be needed, and also the 30+ seconds forewarning to gain access to it, except if I was joining up with other people on some kind of attack (rather than defending myself).

    I’m sure that’s just a limitation of my imagination given the completely gun-sheltered life I’ve lived so far, so I’d love for people to chime in with what I’m missing.

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  6. Comment on How Donald Trump won, and how Kamala Harris lost in ~society

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    I think “weird little creep” is nowhere near visceral enough if that’s the angle you’re aiming for. Gotta make it punchy enough to be memorable, and also not something that resonates as a positive...

    I think “weird little creep” is nowhere near visceral enough if that’s the angle you’re aiming for. Gotta make it punchy enough to be memorable, and also not something that resonates as a positive for toxic masculinity. I think the revelation of “Grab em by the pussy” having effectively no negative consequences to his popularity shows that.

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  7. Comment on My Leopold FC900R broke - Recommendation request in ~tech

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    The Ducky RGB isn’t just rainbow-vomit, you can fully customise it with the provided software — so if you’d like the keys to all be backlit with a constant warm white colour (without any other...

    The Ducky RGB isn’t just rainbow-vomit, you can fully customise it with the provided software — so if you’d like the keys to all be backlit with a constant warm white colour (without any other effects) you can totally do that too. And even dim it if you’d like it less bright than the default.

  8. Comment on My Leopold FC900R broke - Recommendation request in ~tech

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    Just personally, I avoid my computing being in a dark space when I’m using any kinds of backlit screens unless I can really crank the brightness way down. I’m one of those weirdos who much prefers...

    Just personally, I avoid my computing being in a dark space when I’m using any kinds of backlit screens unless I can really crank the brightness way down. I’m one of those weirdos who much prefers light mode, plenty bright monitors, and a fully lit room.

    When I last moved house, I even bought a bendy floor lamp that I can point at the wall behind my monitors, because the new house’s ceiling-mounted down lights didn’t create enough ambient background light and I was getting eye strain from the contrast between the monitors and the un-illuminated wall behind.

    That said: I completely agree, backlit keys are fantastic, RGB or not

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  9. Comment on Valorant is winning the war against PC gaming cheaters in ~games

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    I read that as less “how close to the bare metal is the cheat or anti-cheat running” and more “I built a robot with a video camera and mechanical arms, how can anticheat ever detect this” Visually...

    Hardware based cheats are becoming more prominent

    Hence why Riot is relying more on hardware level features to make the game client more impentrable.

    I read that as less “how close to the bare metal is the cheat or anti-cheat running” and more “I built a robot with a video camera and mechanical arms, how can anticheat ever detect this”

    Visually processing and identifying elements on the screen faster than a human is getting easier and easier these days, with response times of a few milliseconds (compared to human reaction time which is somewhere around 200 milliseconds, maybe a bit higher or lower depending on the person and circumstances)

    It’s not so far into the future that cheaters will be able to simply run their setup through a KVM switch (for example) that reads the screen output and augments the person’s keyboard and mouse movements from entirely off board hardware that never needs to directly connect to the computer (and therefore won’t be detected by even the most comprehensive anti-cheat software)

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  10. Comment on My Leopold FC900R broke - Recommendation request in ~tech

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    The only thing I’m not certain about is your threshold for “small frame” but do any of the Ducky keyboards fall into your requirements here? I’m currently using a Ducky Shine 7 which is a bit more...

    The only thing I’m not certain about is your threshold for “small frame” but do any of the Ducky keyboards fall into your requirements here?

    I’m currently using a Ducky Shine 7 which is a bit more of a chunky base to hold the keys, but I know they make a bunch of other options too so you might find one you like?

    Also, do you care about rgb backlighting at all? The Ducky software has a bunch of customisation options that I can set for the keyboard — currently, the backlights are all one colour, but every keypress sends out a ripple of another colour that flows from that keystroke across the rest of the board. Kinda pretty but not necessary at all.

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  11. Comment on Cooking with black plastic is particularly crucial to avoid in ~health

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    I think it’s worth noting that some oils can go rancid, even if it’s soaked into the wood, and if it soaks in before going bad then I don’t think there’s a way to clean it out again. I’m sure...

    I think it’s worth noting that some oils can go rancid, even if it’s soaked into the wood, and if it soaks in before going bad then I don’t think there’s a way to clean it out again.

    I’m sure there are some non-mineral oils which are also fine, but food-safe mineral oils is at least a safe enough category that it’s a good starting point for someone without experience of what to look for or what to avoid.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Why OpenAI is at war with an obscure idea man in ~tech

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    What a fascinating person, thanks for sharing this!

    What a fascinating person, thanks for sharing this!

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  13. Comment on Lefties of Tildes: what are some items where the left handed version is most necessary? in ~life

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    I’m right handed, and I only fill out the right hand side for pretty much all my notebooks unless they’re lay-flat binding. I never really thought much about it until this thread, but yeah all my...

    I’m right handed, and I only fill out the right hand side for pretty much all my notebooks unless they’re lay-flat binding. I never really thought much about it until this thread, but yeah all my spiral-bound notebooks tend to cap out at maybe 55% usage before they go on the shelf.

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  14. Comment on Lefties of Tildes: what are some items where the left handed version is most necessary? in ~life

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    I recently got a new MacBook (replacing my 2008 model — it had a good run, but was trying to melt through my hands just basic web browsing) and the one thing I dislike about it is the ... dead...

    I recently got a new MacBook (replacing my 2008 model — it had a good run, but was trying to melt through my hands just basic web browsing) and the one thing I dislike about it is the ... dead zone? type behaviour on the built in trackpad.

    (I’m used to a high DPI mouse on my windows gaming machine with zero mouse acceleration, so I’m quite used to a tiny movement and the ability to move the mouse one pixel at a time if I need it.)

    Sometimes I’ll want to move the cursor just a little bit, but need to swipe my finger across the trackpad quite a distance before the cursor starts moving. I’ve already noticed that I compensate by doing a little swirl every time I want to start moving the cursor, but I definitely want to break that habit before it sets in.

    I assume that completely removing this behaviour would make for a much worse experience, so I probably just want to reduce be sensitivity or something. Do you know if there’s a setting for it? The settings application these days is very different to what I’m used to on a Mac.

  15. Comment on Steam Deck shipping to Australia this November in ~games

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    As an Australian, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was somewhat true, but I also don’t think it’s coming from a place of pettiness or malice. I expect we’re just kinda not worth dealing with. As...

    As an Australian, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was somewhat true, but I also don’t think it’s coming from a place of pettiness or malice. I expect we’re just kinda not worth dealing with.

    As wealthy as Valve is, they’re also an incredibly small company for their value. Australia has some of the strongest consumer protections in the world, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they just decided it’s not worth all the headache of making sure they’re fully compliant, and therefore just don’t sell to this market.

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  16. Comment on I have a specific question about returning to your creative side after a long hiatus in ~creative

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    I believe there are also many voice memo style apps which could be even faster at recording your thoughts — for me at least, I can word vomit much faster with my voice than with any form of writing

    Or even just type a description of the piece in your phone notes app.

    I believe there are also many voice memo style apps which could be even faster at recording your thoughts — for me at least, I can word vomit much faster with my voice than with any form of writing

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  17. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    I noticed you used “them” and “niece” so wanted to leap to assumptions and teach you about the wonderful gender-neutral “nibling” and “niblings” to refer to children-of-siblings. That is all I...

    I've been watching my 1yr old niece grow up and explore the world around them

    I noticed you used “them” and “niece” so wanted to leap to assumptions and teach you about the wonderful gender-neutral “nibling” and “niblings” to refer to children-of-siblings.

    That is all I want to say.

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  18. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    A cool trick that a friend taught me for identifying if someone is a dick: if they have thoughts like “maybe I’m a dick” then they’re already more considerate than people who are actually a dick....

    so maybe I'm just a dick.

    A cool trick that a friend taught me for identifying if someone is a dick: if they have thoughts like “maybe I’m a dick” then they’re already more considerate than people who are actually a dick.

    If you’re genuinely a dick, then either you know you’re a dick, and you own that identity; or the idea that “you might be a dick” doesn’t even cross your mind, because that implies you care about other people enough to not be a dick.

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  19. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    …but your sinuses are all in your head...?!?

    being sick when cold is somehow all in my head

    …but your sinuses are all in your head...?!?

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    Anecdotally, during the height of the pandemic when I was wearing a mask all the time, I also noticed a warmer more humid nose helped reduce my snoring at nighttime too! I wasn’t wearing a mask to...

    Anecdotally, during the height of the pandemic when I was wearing a mask all the time, I also noticed a warmer more humid nose helped reduce my snoring at nighttime too! I wasn’t wearing a mask to bed, but wearing it during the day helped me sleep better at night.

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