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lasta

@ lasta @piefed.world

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  • What’s the most tone-deaf advertisement or marketing campaign you’ve ever seen?

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  • What inspired the post: a cigarette lighter that was handed out as part of an election campaign with the slogan “FOR OUR CHILDREN” on it. The lighter is too bulky for children’s hands /s

  • What do you do simply for the love of it and not for validation?

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  • I enjoy seeing your photography and outfits in my feed. You’re a great contributor here :)

  • What do you do simply for the love of it and not for validation?

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  • Keep doing what you are passionate about ❤️ 

    Personally, I enjoy making neat, easy to follow step-by-step tutorials for my various interests and forwarding them to people who want to learn something I know about. Growing up, I didn’t have anyone to show me things and it was often overwhelming having to figure everything out on my own without a clear starting point, so I don’t want anyone else to feel the same way or to feel ashamed for not knowing something.

    I love languages so I would also offer free translation for people’s projects upon request and would also translate song lyrics when translation software was much worse than it is now.

    When I can, I donate anonymously to causes I support and donate blood too.

  • Good point

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  • Translucent Purple Casing

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  • It’s the nostalgia 💜

  • Mother-daughter quality time

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  • Absolutely adorable ❤️ I love dilute calico patterns on cats. Like the printer ran out of ink on a calico.

  • Why do I keep seeing 444 everywhere?

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  • Personally I would rather be alone than be on either end of such a relationship, but as long as everyone involved consents and understands their role in it, I don’t have moral objections to the concept of it either.

  • Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated | TechCrunch

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  • From Deezer’s website, the detection system tags songs that are either fully AI generated rather than produced or mastered with the help of AI tools. You can also appeal if you believe your music was falsely flagged.

    I strongly oppose the use of generative AI in art but if it has to be done, it should at least be labeled as AI (ideally by the “creator” themselves).

    I wonder how accurate the AI detection tools are though, considering how common are posts where AI detection tools used in schools falsely flagged student assignments.

    There was a song I quite liked which had several million views on YouTube which I was surprised to see was flagged as AI generated. No one I showed it to it could hear any obvious signs of AI. The main red flags were that the artists released several albums in a short time span and had no online presence on any platform you would expect to see musicians on (Bandcamp, Discogs, etc) besides YouTube and the streaming ones.

  • What's the most moving experience you've ever had?

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  • You have a way with words. There’s no way to precisely express the impact of that sound to someone who hasn’t heard it before but you came very close. Beautifully written.

  • Billionaire Trump hasn’t heard of a ‘corner store’ and laments poorer people ‘don’t think in terms of deductions’ at tax event

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  • Trump’s own tax policies both increased the standard deduction and restricted itemized deductions. Not only that, but most average to low income Americans don’t have enough of the kind of deductible expenses that would make itemized deductions the better choice over standard.

    The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)slightly increased the standard deduction…

    The The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) eliminated or restricted many itemized deductions for 2018 through 2025. This, together with a higher standard deduction, reduced the number of taxpayers who itemize deductions…

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    Are the subtitles in your language (other than English) bad when watching a movie?

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  • One of the benefits of speaking a less popular language is that subtitles (downloaded separately since they’re rarely offered as a built-in option) are usually pretty accurate since they are submitted by a handful of native speakers instead of run through translation software. It’s not perfect all the time, but certainly understandable.

    Semi-related, I used to translate song lyrics on lyricstranslate.com and would add context in a footnote for parts where a literal translation would not work well. It was annoying when users would submit translations that were obviously run through Google Translate and without any nuance or explanation.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    lasta @piefed.world

    What do you cook when you want to impress your guests?

  • Do you need an LinkedIn to get a job in 2026?

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  • It’s the beginning of the url to any real LinkedIn profile, which I guess is all the application form validates for. It wouldn’t allow me to submit the application when I tried to enter a written explanation that I don’t use LinkedIn.

  • Do you need an LinkedIn to get a job in 2026?

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  • For applications that have a required a LinkedIn url field, most of the time they will accept just “https://www.linkedin.com/%E2%80%9C as a valid url. I have never had a LinkedIn profile and have been called for an interview after doing that. Maybe it’s a standard template for some job application forms and/or the employer doesn’t care about it too much.

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  • There is decaffeinated coffee if you’re looking to reduce your caffeine intake but still miss the process of making and drinking it.

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  • One black coffee in the morning on most days. Coffee doesn’t seem to affect me but it’s a nice part of my morning routine. If I’m invited to a cafe or offered coffee at someone’s house I might have a second if it’s not too late in the day. Throughout the day, I might drink herbal and fruit teas that don’t contain caffeine (or minimal amounts of it).

  • What is your least favourite thing about the fediverse or lemmy?

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  • I would like there to be more activity in a greater variety of communities, which I think will happen in time as the Fediverse grows. The main thing preventing me from posting my own interests and creations is a (probably excessive) caution about sharing personal/identifying things online, so I’m not going to criticize others for choosing the same. More users also tends to bring with it lower quality content, which leads to the next point:

    As others like @tal@lemmy.today (who makes a lot of great comments in general) pointed out, there are a lot of political posts which seem more interested in venting their own frustrations and parroting popular opinions than having a constructive discussion and being receptive to different opinions. There is a lack of nuance. It’s possible to criticize the systems and people you do support without it meaning that you support the opposition, and it’s also possible you admit when someone you dislike makes a valid point without siding with them. You could even see a question like “how do I resolve this specific issue with Windows?” and one of the top responses will inevitably be something like “ew, you should be using Linux instead” and while I may not disagree, it does nothing to answer the question.

    I’m not bothered by the gender ratios since it’s not a factor in how I interact with others, and users here are pretty quick to shut down rare instances of hostility towards a specific gender.

  • TIL knocker uppers were people who went around knocking on windows to wake people up in pre-alarmclock times.

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  • Knocking up your entire neighborhood is an essential duty 🫡

  • TIL there's a Reeses flavoured toothpaste

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  • Mint flavoring was added to toothpaste as a strategy by Pepsodent to make their toothpaste more appealing because it masked the flavor of other ingredients and the cooling sensation became associated with freshness. It became the default toothpaste flavor, but really you can flavor it any way you want.

    I once got a gift set of these mini toothpastes in assorted flavors.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    lasta @piefed.world

    What is your funniest case of misheard song lyrics?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    lasta @piefed.world

    What are some online courses or tutorials that you found helpful and practical?