wervenyt's recent activity
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Comment on Britain and Canada join Australia in banning social media for children under 16 in ~tech
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Comment on Britain and Canada join Australia in banning social media for children under 16 in ~tech
wervenyt Link ParentYeah, things are bad, so doing anything must be good, right? Wouldn't want to have to dehumanize any more kids.Yeah, things are bad, so doing anything must be good, right? Wouldn't want to have to dehumanize any more kids.
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Comment on Commodore Callback flip phone in ~tech
wervenyt Link ParentSailfish is basically the oldest Linux phone OS, unless we count Android. It's different enough.Sailfish is basically the oldest Linux phone OS, unless we count Android. It's different enough.
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Comment on UK: Social media ban for under-16s to be introduced in 2027 in ~society
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Comment on Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing in ~health
wervenyt Link ParentYeah, on another read you may be right. If it's truly just narrow slices or isolated cells, then whatever, but that's so incredibly overkill for what'd amount to a basic toxicity check.Yeah, on another read you may be right. If it's truly just narrow slices or isolated cells, then whatever, but that's so incredibly overkill for what'd amount to a basic toxicity check.
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Comment on Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing in ~health
wervenyt (edited )Link ParentThis is, in fact, the scary part. All that is left of them is the meaning-making components, with a potential for memory. That sounds like man-made purgatory, at best. Testing drugs is important,...I think people fail to consider their bodies and brains as deeply intertwined entities that, when separated, become less than their sum.
This is, in fact, the scary part. All that is left of them is the meaning-making components, with a potential for memory. That sounds like man-made purgatory, at best. Testing drugs is important, but if this is so far from a "real" brain in function, why would this be expected to have any real methodological strength?
In fact, if the logic is that we don't have to hear their screams, so they don't exist, and these are resources going to waste, well, that's 90% of the way to testing on prisoners.
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Comment on Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing in ~health
wervenyt Link ParentI'm not one who's precious about our degraded forms, but anyone who just assumes this isn't morally questionable should be barred from power. A minority of biologists take issue with neuron...I'm not one who's precious about our degraded forms, but anyone who just assumes this isn't morally questionable should be barred from power. A minority of biologists take issue with neuron organoid research, and those are isolated cultures grown in petri dishes. This is only conscionable because we can't conceive of the likely pain and horror.
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Comment on "The therapeutic industry is platonic prostitution" in ~health.mental
wervenyt Link ParentI would like to apologize for my part in your feeling attacked, as the tone you read my comment in is not what I meant, but I see why it stung, and I'm sorry for that. The toxicity I was referring...I would like to apologize for my part in your feeling attacked, as the tone you read my comment in is not what I meant, but I see why it stung, and I'm sorry for that. The toxicity I was referring to goes deeper than therapy, and has nothing to do with whether or not psychiatric practices are helpful, so I hold nothing but gladness when people are helped through those structures, even if those of us on the margins are stranded by some of the same features.
I promise I was not presuming the shape of your or anyone else's pain, and had no intentions of dismissal. My only intent was to frame the conflict as something our OP might be able to situate apart from a comment on themselves, and any blame or ire was directed at the institutional elements, not anyone who couldn't be here today without the assistance of those institutions or the compassionate people who are trying their best to help in a terrible situation.
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Comment on "The therapeutic industry is platonic prostitution" in ~health.mental
wervenyt Link ParentI'm very much highlighting a difference in personal experience and did not in any way make a statement of universality, unless you mean the idea that people who aren't affected by things tend to...I'm very much highlighting a difference in personal experience and did not in any way make a statement of universality, unless you mean the idea that people who aren't affected by things tend to have blindspots for them. Most comments have not been sympathetic. They may have come from a place of such intent, but the words consist of gentle corrections and mild condescension. That's not some awful offense, it's just a difference of opinions.
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Comment on "The therapeutic industry is platonic prostitution" in ~health.mental
wervenyt LinkAs usual, those not trapped by the externalities of a toxic system aren't very sympathetic. I'm sorry to see your lucid analysis be sandbagged as though you have no concept of the excuses for the...As usual, those not trapped by the externalities of a toxic system aren't very sympathetic. I'm sorry to see your lucid analysis be sandbagged as though you have no concept of the excuses for the therapeutic complex. I have a lot I could say, but can't get into it all right now, might come by later and respond more deeply.
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Comment on The one-and-done pen? in ~hobbies
wervenyt Link ParentIt's actually one of the only fountain pens I've been able to hand to random people and have them figure out using without standing over their shoulder, funnily enough. I think some number of...It's actually one of the only fountain pens I've been able to hand to random people and have them figure out using without standing over their shoulder, funnily enough. I think some number of people (a large minority) genuinely dislike it, and there's so little QC that I don't doubt that most people's experiences with them are hard to compare, so those are great asterisks. I feel that, given their focus on buying for life, the former is going to be obvious off the bat, and the latter is remediable with some time and effort or money. I was mostly recommending against idealizing cheaper fountain pens, as it's all personal, I suppose.
But the Lamy rollerballs are excellent, no doubt about that. I haven't used the 2000, but I'll vouch that their non-fountain pens are as high quality as the messy ones.
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Comment on The one-and-done pen? in ~hobbies
wervenyt LinkI've spent years and uncomfortable amounts of money trying to answer this question. For myself, the answer is simple, albeit well above your budget: the Lamy 2000. As long as it's capped, I'd be...I've spent years and uncomfortable amounts of money trying to answer this question. For myself, the answer is simple, albeit well above your budget: the Lamy 2000. As long as it's capped, I'd be shocked to see it broken by something less imposing than a car tire, the way its texture wears in feels intensely personal, and unlike most fountain pens it can handle being left unused for a week or so, no problem. Unfortunately, at your pricepoint, every fountain pen has tradeoffs. Not to say I wouldn't be happy to use a Kaweco Sport or Pilot Metropolitan, a TWSBI (although I'd recommend care with them, physically), or any number of lower-priced options, but none of them are as generically good. You could get lucky with vintage pens, like the Parker 51 or an Esterbrook J, but not likely.
Frankly, outside the realm of fountain pens, almost any body will fit a Schmidt, uni, or Pilot cartridge that will fit your preferences. Go to jetpens and buy a bunch of single ballpoint/rollerball/gel pens, and see how they write, then scour the web for a pen that takes that refill that you love. The thing that matters most is how you feel about it. I have pens over 80 years old that would snap if I got upet while using and will catch fire if I leave them in the sun, but they've gone in my jacket pocket to work and in bags on trips and I love using them despite that. Durability is great, but if it hurts your hand or you hate how it writes, then it may as well be a stick.
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Comment on Vaping DMT in ~talk
wervenyt Link ParentThis might be an issue of inflation of claimed dosage by dealers. Last time I dug around (~3+ years back), it seemed like in North America people attested to regularly purchasing 'hits' of 150-250...This might be an issue of inflation of claimed dosage by dealers. Last time I dug around (~3+ years back), it seemed like in North America people attested to regularly purchasing 'hits' of 150-250 ug, which was cast in doubt both by people who've had access to credible sources as well as lab testing, both cohorts attesting that most LSD on the market ran around 75-125 ug per hit, regardless of claims.
This would line their dosages up with more durable hearsay recommending "one hit for a first time, maybe half a tab if you're going to be around people". But I've also seen plenty of folks claiming that 4 g of psilocybe is a good first dose.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
wervenyt Link ParentAs far as I'm concerned, the only reason you appear to be right lies in your insistence to make it so. But I think we understand each other.As far as I'm concerned, the only reason you appear to be right lies in your insistence to make it so. But I think we understand each other.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
wervenyt Link ParentYou don't seem to grasp any of my deeper points, so I'll say this simply: institutional problem solving is a scourge in a world where every good and service could be manufactured near to its...You don't seem to grasp any of my deeper points, so I'll say this simply: institutional problem solving is a scourge in a world where every good and service could be manufactured near to its destination. Industrial logic is effective for manufacturing, and we manufactured hard enough that we don't need these petty ledgerline reasonings anymore except to distribute the future.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
wervenyt Link ParentYou are suggesting what the minds behind the Trump administration want. The problems of the internet are simple accelerations of normal processes of sociocultural drift and diffusion, as it...You are suggesting what the minds behind the Trump administration want. The problems of the internet are simple accelerations of normal processes of sociocultural drift and diffusion, as it affords US interests the ability to leverage their massive wealth to disrupt foreign nations from a position of safety.
The military didn't end war. The police didn't stop crime. Intelligence agencies didn't deescalate the cold war. The more we feel responsible for ills beyond our command, the more violently we invade. We have to accept our horizons and work to better what we see within it, anything else is wishful thinking based on hearsay at best, and someone else's agenda most frequently.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
wervenyt Link ParentI'm not willing to live my life insisting I know better than others' how to live their lives, nor am I foolish enough to think that blunt legislation will do anything but cause further traumas and...I'm not willing to live my life insisting I know better than others' how to live their lives, nor am I foolish enough to think that blunt legislation will do anything but cause further traumas and rifts in society. I believe you have the right intentions, just like every person who's ever wished to impose their will.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
wervenyt Link ParentThey are uncomfortable facets of reality. Kids get hurt and sometimes die. People steal. Enslavement for sex occurs. Do something. Help kids. Pay for someone's rent or help get them a job...They are uncomfortable facets of reality. Kids get hurt and sometimes die. People steal. Enslavement for sex occurs.
Do something. Help kids. Pay for someone's rent or help get them a job interview. Be someone people can reach out to. Just don't act like censorship, strangling free speech, and mass surveillance help. Every intelligence agency on the planet knew who went to Epstein's island and what for.
You are manufacturing consent for tyranny.
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Comment on Excerpts from actual one-star Amazon.com reviews of books from Time’s list of the 100 best novels from 1923 to the present in ~books
wervenyt Link ParentThere's definitely a cult against adverbs in English editing. The usual logic is that between English's breadth of hyperspecific vocabulary, the pretense of characterization, and Strunk/White...There's definitely a cult against adverbs in English editing. The usual logic is that between English's breadth of hyperspecific vocabulary, the pretense of characterization, and Strunk/White style 'it weakens rhetoric' criticism, you're just supposed to not need them. The great authors get away with it (because there's actually no issue with them), but they've been associated with unedited writing for so long that most readers recognize them as a heuristic for 'bad'.
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Comment on FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, wants "data in near real time" in ~society
It's like people don't care that within the past twenty years surveillance apparatuses have begun tracking literally everyone all the time.
They're too busy scrolling, brainwashing themselves into thinking that literally anything but working 8 hours per day and then shoveling engineered crap into their eyes, ears, and mouth until you pass out is lame, caring too much, and a waste of time.
They want you to read this and be angry, to vent and complain and then throw your hands up. They will do this until you are convinced you like the grinder and that you can't live without your comforts and luxuries. Keep compromising your values, keep feeding the beast, and stay "healthy", like the livestock we are supposed to be. Don't be offended or traumatized, stay indoors. Don't compromise, isolate, and find comfort in cold media. Go to Calm.com, be mindful for as long as it takes for you to get back on task. Medicate away your angst and your fear, medicate away your literal hunger, your dissatisfaction, medicate everything but your work ethic and your contempt.
Go ahead. Open tiktok. Open insta. You're bored, aren't you? Life is soooo boring. They can take that pain away too.