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owenfromcanada

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  • What do you think of the expression "basic knowledge"?

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  • The left/right brain thing has never had any scientific backing. We use both hemispheres of our brain for art and logic.

    In addition, cursive is no more a form of drawing than block printing is. And it was historically used primarily to speed up writing and make quills last longer. It is often used in calligraphy, but that's not typically what boomers are ranting about (very few of them know the first thing about calligraphy).

    Taking notes by hand does have documented benefits, but I'm not aware of any evidence that cursive is better than block printing (unless speed is a significant concern). And as a millenial who grew up reading and writing both, I can say with certainty that block printing is typically more legible and more consistent across penmanship.

  • A woman is a woman, period. But what does that mean for sexuality? (Good faith)

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  • No problem! It's a valid question. There are labels for what gender you're attracted to, but they're less clear in the case of trans and intersex folks. And it's better to ask than assume!

  • A woman is a woman, period. But what does that mean for sexuality? (Good faith)

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  • It's perfectly valid to have preferences on both presented gender and genitalia. Some people only prefer masculine or feminine presentation but are good with whatever hardware; others care less about presentation but have strong preferences on what a partner is packing. Others care about both, others are good with whatever.

    Where someone might need to be tactful is if they prefer someone whose genetalia is opposite of that typically possessed by that gender. There's nothing inherently wrong with that preference, but trans folks have been fetishized and objectivized in the past, and anyone with those preferences would need to be particularly sensitive to that.

  • What's your most common fear? Not the greatest, but the one that you face most times in a day?

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  • Dropping phone in toilet

  • Trump says U.S. will hike Canada auto tariffs to 50% as trade war escalates

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  • "Trump fires a cannon directly through the hull of his own ship in an attempt to hit the Canadian's ship"

  • What are foods that a lot of people dislike but you like?

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  • foods that a lot of people dislike

    mayonnaise

    The entire state of Minnesota would like a word with you.

  • What are foods that a lot of people dislike but you like?

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  • You're right, they're much more palatable these days. But even decades ago, roasting them with a liberal amount of salt, and maybe a bit of lemon juice on top, they were still decent. Boiled to mush with a single-digit number of grains of salt tastes bad regardless of the decade.

    My theory is that back when most people smoked regularly, adults couldn't taste anything and were generally not great in the kitchen because of it.

  • What are foods that a lot of people dislike but you like?

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  • I still use a lot of frozen veggies--not as good as locally sourced fresh ones, but with decent seasoning and cooking them properly, they're still good. Not sure why people thought boiling everything was the answer for however many decades there...

  • Thanks a lot, Mr. Spock.

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  • Some real Tyson energy there.

  • What are foods that a lot of people dislike but you like?

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  • There are a lot of vegetables people don't like because they are often prepared poorly. Brocolli, brussel sprouts, etc - seasoned and roasted, they're great. Boiled to mush, not so much.

  • Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove

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  • Sorry, I couldn't make that out. Maybe you could remove Altman's cock from your mouth first?

  • Why nano gets used

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  • They're neat!

  • Why nano gets used

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  • Sure, Notepad transfers to other GUI programs better than Nano transfers to Vim or EMacs. But that has little to do with Notepad and more to do with GUIs typically supporting similar shortcuts. Like I said, it's an imperfect analogy.

    I think you missed my original point. Most people wouldn't describe themselves as "good" or "bad" at Notepad or Nano. They're simple programs designed for simple editing. The learning curve is very low for both. Advanced editors have differing learning curves, but they're all a lot more steep.

    And my original point was that, because many people do only simple editing in a CLI and more advanced editing in a GUI, it makes sense that Nano became the most popular for CLI due to its shallow learning curve.

  • Why nano gets used

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  • Nano is to EMacs/Vim as Notepad is to Notepad++ or VSCode (Nano has features Notepad doesn't, but you get the point).

    I don't do a ton of code editing directly on the CLI. I do things like change parameters in config files or open a file to read it quickly. If I'm doing more heavy editing, I'll use a GUI editor (with an SFTP extension if I'm working on a headless server). So programs like Vim and EMacs have never been useful for me.

    To each their own (and I have all the respect for anyone who knows how to exit Vim without looking it up) but I'm guessing the majority of people have a similar experience.

  • Needs some cobwebs to hide the plastic appearance

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  • Satan called and said that seems a little over the top.

  • Stare contest

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  • Worthy Ones [Extra Fabulous]

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  • They're right.

  • Shibari Chicken

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  • Taking the community name in a more literal direction, are we?

  • What the Entertainment Software Association did

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  • YoU wOuLdN't DoWnLoAd A kErNeL

  • Gender-Revealing Sword [Swordscomic]

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  • "No prison or gender can contain me!"

  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev
    owenfromcanada @lemmy.ca

    alias SimonSays="sudo"

  • memes @lemmy.world
    owenfromcanada @lemmy.ca

    Here I go lamping again