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TootSweet

@ TootSweet @lemmy.world

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  • Why do people want to live long beyond 50 years old?

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  • I still haven't finished 100 percenting Spiderman 2 (2004) and I've only got 10 years to go before I'm 50.

  • Who Invited The Rat?

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  • Back when Hasbro didn't seem as evil. Simpler times.

  • What are some small, everyday ways to become a kinder person?

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  • Mindfulness. Note your behaviors. Note what leads to your behaviors. It'll give you insight into what in your life and in your mind leads to "kind" actions as well as what leads to "unkind" actions, which is a huge part of the effort to become more kind.

  • Deflation

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  • The longer the bubble continues to grow and the bigger it is when it pops, the worse the crash/deflation will be, which is why I say I hope it comes "soon".

    I guess that and so that I can stop having LLMs forced on me.

    Oh, and "deflation means you have less money" is a bit overly simplistic. If you're living hand-to-mouth and don't have a lot of debt, deflation can actually be a net good thing because a paycheck in the future can buy more than a paycheck of the same size today.

    I'm in the U.S. if you're curious.

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    Did I experience a firmware attack? What do I do?

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  • I have used vibe coding

    You really need to take what I'm about to say seriously and not dismiss it offhand.

    It's possible this is AI psychosis. Don't use AI any more. At all. It's fucking with your mind. Also recommended: seek help. This is not meant as an insult. I'm really concerned for your mental health. You need to reach out to a professional.

  • Deflation

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  • I hope it comes soon.

  • Missouri Supreme Court Delivers Win for Democrats in Redistricting Case

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  • It's the best Democrats can hope for in Missour-uh.

  • The White House releases new arcade games that run on the browser

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  • Expanding my laptops HDD capacity

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  • That's epic!

    Questions for you:

    • What material did you print it out of? (PLA, ABS, etc.)
    • And have you had any trouble with warping or softening due to the heat generated by the laptop and/or hard drives?
  • Removed

    Before people say "you can drown in an inch of water!" yeah, if you're unconscious, but this story's really pushing believability lol

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  • If you're trying to persuade people that your take is more reasonable than official stories in UK media, perhaps you'd have more luck by acting... you know... reasonable?

  • What do you think is a fair length of time for copyright?

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  • My first gut reaction is to say "zero. Not a god damned single solitary second. If you want to own a story or a song or whatever, keep it the fuck in your head you fucking moron what the fuck is wrong with you?"

    And my only hesitation to say that is: copyleft isn't so easy to accomplish without copyright. Particularly, without copyright, the way the GPL does the whole "source code provision" thing falls apart. Without said provision, OpenWRT wouldn't exist. And for the existence of the source code provision, with a little luck we'll have FOSS OS distributions for smart TVs sometime in the foreseeable future. And hopefully that same court case will spawn a proliferation of other "OpenWRT but for

    <kind of consumer smart device>

    " projects. That actually work.

    It might not actually be impossible to do a "source code provision" without copyright. It'd probably involve some kind of NDA with "source code provision" kind of conditions, though. And if you allow for NDAs on stuff in place of copyright and every game or book you buy forces you to agree to an NDA... is that actually better than copyright? It's probably worse.

    So, I think even given all the above, my answer is still "zero". But aside from that, I also hold the opinion that we should have legislation which makes for a "source code provision" on "all software" (for some definitions of "all". In practice I could see it being difficult for companies to comply with that with regard to software made well before the law was passed, for instance. For instance software for which the source code is now lost.)

    Beyond that, I'll say that I believe in a right to attribution, which feels a little more like a trademark-y kind of thing than copyright. Rather than artificial scarcity, let's "promote the progress of... useful arts" (quote from the U.S. Constitution) by helping creators cash in on their reputations. That plus physical products (collectors editions, swag, etc), unique experiences (live shows, theme parks, etc), authenticity (if you get it from the creator, you know you're getting the real canon and not someone's fanfic), quality... that sort of thing. Don't believe the big-copyright industries when they say they'll go out of business without the outdated and ruthlessly abused model of promoting culture that is copyright. They'll largely have to pivot into business models that don't depend on government-granted monopolies. But that's a good thing.

    Plus, consider your favorite individual creators. Most of them don't make money really on what they do at all. And for the ones that do, would you really put less money toward their creative efforts if copyright didn't exist than you do now? I support my favorite small creator on Patreon. (Don't get me wrong. I'm concerned about the chokepoint that Patreon has at the moment, but I like the "patron" model for supporting artists better than copyright.)

    Anyway. Go watch "Steal This Film" or "Good Copy Bad Copy" or something.

  • Punishing your intestines

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  • I just love a cool refreshing glass of glowstick on a hot summer day.

  • I am developing a file system for my OS (D.eSystem 6.1.0.5)

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  • I hate that these days I have to go dig through people's history to see whether something is slop or whether I should upvote it, but I'm delighted to say it appears this project doesn't use LLMs. Cheers, OP.

  • A Hegseth Employee Created a Database to Track Americans Based on Their Political Affiliation

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  • Oh look. They did another fascism.

    thisisfine.jpg

  • Last week I had zero 3d printers, now I've got 3

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  • If you don't have a CR touch on one or both of those, you desperately need to get one (or you're unlikely to be able to use more than a tiny little spot in the middle of the bed without massive adhesion issues). And getting a CR touch will probably require upgrading the motherboard on your v1.

  • just robot stuff

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  • USB A extension cables exist and work very well, so I'm not saying this is justified, but...

    My guess for the rationale behind the explicit ban on female USB A cables in the spec is that signals degrade over distance and they didn't want to try to go to the extra work to make USB host and guest devices hardy enough against noise in the signal to work reliably even in the presence of extension cables.

    Apparently USB host/guest devices are hardy enough against noise to handle extension cables just fine. But I'm thinking that wasn't planned to be the case by the authors of the spec. Perhaps most USB host/guest devices exceed the spec in at least that particular regard.

    Clearly not all female USB A ports are banned by the spec. Female ports on USB host devices, of course, would have to be allowed or USB would be useless. Given that, I'm guessing an active (powered) extension could be strictly compliant with the spec. (Think of it as a one-port USB hub.)

  • just robot stuff

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  • I've got a webcam plugged into a daisy chain of USB A extension cables 15 feet (4.5 meters) long across a room. Works fine, surprisingly.

  • Debian AI policy vote results: LLM usage is neither endorsed nor prohibited. Humans are kept accountable for any code they submit.

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  • Too bad, but at least it didn't go as poorly as it could have.

    We can hope that moving forward, they'll be strict about reviewing code and won't let lots of hallucinations and such end up ruining the distro entirely.

    And for that matter, that they realize their mistake quickly and change their policy to entirely ban slop.

  • Now that's what I call a level-five transporter accident

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  • But how many beagle bodies with seagull heads did you end up with?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Why does lemvotes.org only work on some posts/comments?

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    Good way to see all of your votes in a given community?

  • Programming @programming.dev
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    The Compiler Is Your Best Friend, Stop Lying to It - Daniel Beskin's Blog

    blog.daniel-beskin.com /2025-12-22-the-compiler-is-your-best-friend-stop-lying-to-it
  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    Any idea what might be going on with this print?

  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    YSK about the ongoing court case: "Software Freedom Conservancy v. Vizio Inc."

    sfconservancy.org /copyleft-compliance/vizio.html
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Would eating a 3.75Oz tin of sardines a day raise concerns about consuming too much mercury or lead?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What organizations/causes/people/whatever are most worthwhile to donate to?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What good communities are blocked by some instances that I might be missing out on?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What are some things a conspiracy theorist has told you?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What piece(s) of pop media have you not consumed that people would think you weird for not having consumed yet?

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Hulu appears to be having a major outage right now.

    downdetector.com /status/hulu/
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Have you ever made a strategic play in a game so good it made you feel kindof bad?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What linguistic constructions do you hate that no one else seems to mind?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Is it safe to take a second pill a few hours after the first if the directions say "1 to 2 tablets?"