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LH0ezVT

@ LH0ezVT @sh.itjust.works

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A human on earth. Ask me about weird tech. Bonus points if it radiates.

  • What do people even mean by "If you don't use AI, you'll fall behind"?

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  • I believe LLMs are more dangerous in that regard than normal propaganda. You can convince someone that the left-handed people are to blame for someone, but that still requires that someone to think (wrongly). With dependence on LLMs, you don't think any more.

  • What is a psychological "cheat code" you use in everyday life that actually works?

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  • But do not ask questions only. Make remarks about your own experiences, or things you heard (within reason). It's small talk, not an interrogation.

  • What is a psychological "cheat code" you use in everyday life that actually works?

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  • There is this Yiddish joke I heard somewhere, it went like this:

    Guy is drafted to WW1, and is super scared. His best friend tried to console him:

    "Listen, when you get to the draft office, there are two options: unfit or able. Unfit is good! But let's say you get able.

    Then there are two options again: staff or troops. Staff is good! But let's say you get troops.

    Then there are two options: rear or front. Rear is good! But let's say you get front.

    Then there are two options: you make it through or you get hit. Making it through is good! But say you get hit.

    Then there are two options: you get wounded and go home, or you get a mortal hit. Wounded and going home is good!

    And to be frank, in the other case, you won't be able to worry anyway..."

  • What is a psychological "cheat code" you use in everyday life that actually works?

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  • The last two are just helping each other :D

    You probably couldn't call it friendship if you never hang out for the sake of it, but that is just the "I know someone" type of relationship

  • Is everybody just struggling financially right now?

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  • Ouch, that sucks. I am amazed how there is not a landslide majority in the US to fix the healthcare system, one way or another. Even if I didn't have insurance, paid everything out of pocket, it would still be cheaper than the US, for what I believe is a comparable standard.

    But then again, the average voter probably knows nothing about the world and is fed too much propaganda. I can see it starting here, too.

  • Is everybody just struggling financially right now?

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  • I mean, three choices there: move back to the city, give up on the job and get something that is likely worse but closer (while potentially spending more time on the farm), or leave that area altogether. All of them with a probability of working out fine.

  • Is everybody just struggling financially right now?

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  • If the fascists don't ruin the country too quickly, I should have almost-everything-paid-for health insurance and protection against unjust dismissal for the foreseeable future. As I said, not in the US.

    And I'm lucky enough to have enough savings to live a year or two without a job, even without welfare.

    I am more worrier about how they grind up what is left of the economy between the US, China and "we need 500000 tanks to fight Russia". And desperate people vote for easy answers, hence the fascists. If the US serves as an example, they will accelerate the decline, but at least they will shoot some brown people in the process, yay...

  • [Mimi] Revelation. [233]

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  • Pots and lids, my guy, somewhere out there are honey singles in your area with the inverse fantasy.

  • [Mimi] Revelation. [233]

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  • How dare he! Consensual hetero sex in a committed relationship, in a conservative society?! Pervert!

    Wasn't there a story about a president somewhere that the CIA tried to blackmail with a sex tape, and the guy basically said that he's flattered and he doesn't if mind his people see if he sleeps around?

  • “Tf???”

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  • On the internet, nobody knows you are a horse

  • Is everybody just struggling financially right now?

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  • Not in the US, and I myself am doing fine. I earn about 30k after taxes, job is quite chill and for the moment it is safe, rent is about 12k a year, and I have some savings to not worry about the immediate future. But I can feel it coming, one way or the other.

  • NSFW

    Beyond 2FA and Security Keys

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  • This. Virus scans only get you so far, and only detect well-known stuff. Format your drive(s), start over with a fresh install. Be careful about importing backups and usb sticks and the like, of course it is unavoidable if you want to keep your digital life, but it could be infected. If you are friends with some CS / IT security nerds, ask them for help in exchange for $consumables :)

  • Why is the US currently obsessed with protein?

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  • Honestly, while probably annoying, that is not a bad first question. It shows concern for your wellbeing and (hopefully) willingness to learn.

  • Why are all services centralised?

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  • Sorry if I came across as condescending, I assumed you genuinely didn't know. Part of the reason why those services never caught on is precisely that barely anyone knows them.

    I disagree that more federalized always means better, because it has serious issues:

    1. What if you are offline? I'd like it if messages would eventually find me even when my computer is off, or I am in a remote area, a basement... even worse for file sharing.
    2. Power. Modern always-on devices like smartphones are so power efficient because they mostly are sleeping in a standby mode. Every now and then, they wake up, check if something important happened, and immediately go back to sleep. If you want to serve data from a phone, you need a way worse running / asleep ratio, meaning a lot more battery drain. A central-ish server can efficiently do the small bits of work from many people in a place with plenty of electricity and on hardware that is suited for it.
    3. Discovery is a hard problem. Having one or more central sources of information simplifies things a lot.
    4. Management/admin effort. Instead of hundreds of slightly different installations, you have one, maintained by a few people who know what they are doing. Much more efficient.

    But for example, all of the things I mentioned can be self-hosted. Granted, some like IRC are not federated in the modern sense of the word, but I would argue that "any single group of friends can set up their own server with a raspberry pi in someone's closet" is already pretty good. Especially if your goal is to avoid the corporate surveillance state or censorship.

  • People with pollen allergies, what do you do to deal with the symptoms?

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  • It is not perfect guaranteed 100% success for everyone, sadly. The doctor told me some people are practically cured, some have a mild improvement, and some none.

    I fall in the middle ground category. Exposure therapy for 1-2 years managed to get it from being a pain in the ass to manageable. Maybe getting older also played a role, on my father's side, people seem to get less allergic in their 20s and 30s. Also, if I take a little care of what I eat, I practically have zero issues with eczema any more, while as a kid I was an itching, bloody mess if I even thought of the wrong food. So maybe it is just growing up.

    Now, I can ignore most symptoms with one or even just a half ceterizine pill in summer. Generic versions are pretty cheap now.

    Loratidine somehow knocks me out and makes my mood go down for 1-2 days, so I avoid it.

  • NSFW

    Do you have any funny NSFW/sexual experiences?

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  • I'd say if you cannot open knots or cut the ropes safely, they were drunk drunk. And way too drunk to play with ropes.

  • Why are all services centralised?

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  • People do, and have done for a long time. Before Lemmy was Friendika/Diaspora, before Mastodon were WordPress blogs, before Matrix it was Xmpp and before that, IRC. File sharing happens a lot through many Nextcloud and Seafile instances. There are/were countless projects to simplify selfhosting for individuals and small businesses. Every month I hear of a new small social network, "old internet" style thing, federated platform or self-hosting project.

    It is all out there. It is not a technical problem.

    There is just one glaring issue: you have never heard of any of these instances, because they don't have billions of as budgets and don't crave paying customers.

    Why should a friends-only Nextcloud instance put ads in the newspaper of a foreign continent? And therefore, nobody hears of them outside the company / friend group / soccer club. Plus, with small networks there are no billionaire owners bribing officials to push out small competitiora and spreading propaganda that everyone without a WhatsApp account is weird and potentially suspicious.

  • Know the difference, as it may save your evening

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  • 1 was the best, but I have to admit my interest fizzled out a bit when the ideas were no longer fresh

  • Where my klitoris users at?

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  • Congrats on that btw, it's those things that give me a tiny shred of hope in humanity.

    But the "uneducated" part is not necessary, come on. Just because someone on the other side of the planet has probably not investigated the finer details of your domestic politics such as what social media platform was used to organise protests?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    LH0ezVT @sh.itjust.works

    What are your best dating stories?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    LH0ezVT @sh.itjust.works

    Is there a way to geht honest feedback on how you behave?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    LH0ezVT @sh.itjust.works

    What are some nice more social games?

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    Pick some unrelated lectures, they said.

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    Based on a true story