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3D Printer: I've spent an hour and a half on this print and ...

2026-10-22T09:23:26Z

3D Printer: I've spent an hour and a half on this print and I'm on layer 13 out of 15

Also 3D Printer: I'm 20% done

Me: I think you've calculated wrong.

#3DPrinting

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused pretty extensive ground ...

2026-10-20T16:19:54Z

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The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused pretty extensive ground liquefaction all over the Bay Area that I experienced as small quicksand volcanoes (or mounds) at the beach we'd been heading for when the quake hit (and other people experienced as the ground losing the ability to carry the weight of their houses). I had fun playing around with the quicksand while my mum was listening to the news on the radio.

Example: https://youtu.be/Yz2iyjjAUDM

I'll be honest, I'm not particularly familiar with ...

2026-10-16T17:19:17Z

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I'll be honest, I'm not particularly familiar with Liberace, so my internal representation of him is a slightly more medieval version of Elton John.

That sounds redundant.

2026-10-16T17:16:22Z

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That sounds redundant.

Isn't every day global cat day? Or is this a day honoring a ...

2026-10-16T16:10:30Z

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Isn't every day global cat day? Or is this a day honoring a specific global cat?

Front loaders are also a lot more economical with their water use ...

2026-10-07T00:59:37Z

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Front loaders are also a lot more economical with their water use since they don't have to fill the drum to submerge all the clothes.

I've been using a Haier HWF75AW2 since 2022 and it looks like they've moved on to new models since then so I can't give a direct recommendation. That said, their new models don't seem to have any silly apps, wifi connectivity, or even any claims to having "AI" embedded in it, which is nice.

I'm sorry that merely describing reality comes off as a ...

2026-10-02T13:16:10Z

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I'm sorry that merely describing reality comes off as a "negative attitude," but that's not in any way my fault. Holding Democrats accountable for their inaction shouldn't help conservatives, they *are* conservatives and *not* holding them accountable helps them.

Because that would require that the US constitution to still be ...

2026-10-02T07:36:55Z

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Because that would require that the US constitution to still be in effect and, for that matter, for the US to still exist as a legitimate entity. Democrats had control, had evidence of real crimes against the US government perpetrated by the outgoing President, and *chose* not to prosecute. What makes you think they'll do anything at all if they got the chance again? Democrats *always* maintain the status quo. Their motto may as well be "Don't Rock The Boat."

I was already planning on dropping Digital Ocean as my host, but ...

2026-10-01T10:09:57Z

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I was already planning on dropping Digital Ocean as my host, but that's just became one of my top priorities thanks to both of these developments.

Was this a stage play of My Neighbour Totoro? I hadn't heard ...

2026-10-01T06:46:55Z

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Was this a stage play of My Neighbour Totoro? I hadn't heard that was a thing.

I really think there needs to be an IDIC emoji. While the LLAP ...

2026-09-21T06:44:03Z

I really think there needs to be an IDIC emoji. While the LLAP hand sign 🖖 is more recognisable to the general public, IDIC is *far* more important. While the queer, trans, nonbinary, etc flags are good, IDIC, Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, is all-encompassing. Rather than saying "I'm like these people," it's saying "we're all different, and we all belong."

#StarTrek #Philosophy #IDIC

If we make the planet uninhabitable first, we won't need a ...

2026-09-17T08:15:08Z

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If we make the planet uninhabitable first, we won't need a plan to deal with the waste. A perfect solution. /s

There's no accounting for taste and there's no such thing ...

2026-09-16T05:51:20Z

There's no accounting for taste and there's no such thing as a wrong opinion (except where such opinion clashes with objective evidence, then it's not an opinion anymore). That said, people who don't think that The Princess Bride is one of the best movies ever made are as wrong as an opinion can be.

#DuckDuckFedi #3DPrinting #ScrewsOfMastodon Alright, my normal ...

2026-09-10T06:50:57Z

#DuckDuckFedi #3DPrinting #ScrewsOfMastodon

Alright, my normal search-fu has been thwarted by modern search "technology."

I've stripped the threads on one of these screws (and maybe damaged the others) that holds down the bed of my Qidi Plus 4, so I need replacements, but what even are these screws? Are they custom made or are they something I can actually get replacements for? Qidi doesn't have any for sale on their website and "oval head screw" is something else altogether.

Eew, I just found an "AI" generated drama podcast. Why ...

2026-09-09T15:28:27Z

Eew, I just found an "AI" generated drama podcast. Why would anyone?

Flux really shouldn't be needed for through-hole soldering. ...

2026-09-09T10:22:01Z

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Flux really shouldn't be needed for through-hole soldering. It *can* help if you're having trouble getting the solder to wet, but if the board and pins are clean, the flux core should be plenty enough. It's definitely needed for desoldering and most surface mount devices, though.

Pointy soldering iron tips suck unless you're trying to do fine detail. I prefer a knife tip since that gives you large, flat contact surfaces but also gives a slight point if you need it.

Nice. The middle ones are a bit on the blobby side, but should be ...

2026-09-09T07:23:20Z

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Nice. The middle ones are a bit on the blobby side, but should be fine.

There is a place for lived experience, but it's way after ...

2026-08-21T10:55:43Z

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There is a place for lived experience, but it's *way* after actual evidence.

Are we human, or are we hamster? My sigh recital, Myans are ...

2026-08-10T16:55:13Z

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*Are* we human,
or are we hamster?
My sigh recital,
Myans are old,
Yam icing please,
Booking a rental blaster,
Are we human,
Or are we hamster?

Tell that to the centuries of travelers across the Sahara who ...

2026-08-10T07:42:37Z

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Tell that to the centuries of travelers across the Sahara who used the Tree of Ténéré as a guidepost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9

So, what happens if you simply write the code like a normal ...

2026-08-09T11:27:12Z

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So, what happens if you simply *write* the code like a normal person and then just *tell* them it was created by the LLM?

Well, at least there will be a lot of other gay frogs around.

2026-08-06T14:39:12Z

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Well, at least there will be a lot of other gay frogs around.

Am I going to turn into a gay frog now?

2026-08-06T14:19:55Z

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Am I going to turn into a gay frog now?

It's crazy how symbolic that hat is. It's part of his ...

2026-08-01T13:57:48Z

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It's crazy how symbolic that hat is. It's part of his costume, he's emulating an Earther cop. Like something from a detective novel. None of the actual Earthers wear hats, it's pointless.

But then later, and then later later, and what happens after that.

Image -> add drop shadow #CatsOfMastodon ...

2026-07-30T11:13:24Z

Image -> add drop shadow

#CatsOfMastodon

How is it that they just keep getting cuter? 🥺 #CatsOfMastodon ...

2026-07-29T12:05:48Z

How is it that they just keep getting cuter? 🥺

#CatsOfMastodon

Or it hatched and now you need to figure out which one of your ...

2026-07-28T05:26:06Z

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Or it hatched and now you need to figure out which one of your kids is the pod person.

Harley's still learning about being gentle and not making ...

2026-07-26T03:14:45Z

Harley's still learning about being gentle and not making quick movements, but at least one of the kitties (Ivy) isn't overly scared of her and even Lina (not pictured) is starting to be ok being in the same room with her and it hasn't even been 24 hours yet.

You can't hear it due to the picture not containing audio data, but Ivy is a heck of a purrer.

"employers with workers receiving aid" is a weird way of ...

2026-07-22T19:42:28Z

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"employers with workers receiving aid" is a weird way of saying "employers who don't pay their employees a living wage" but I guess that's too much truth for wapo.

As much as I do like the waffles, and don't think they're ...

2026-07-22T09:14:37Z

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As much as I do like the waffles, and don't think they're particularly brutalist (not sure about the building as a whole, mind you, just those), they are far from what you'll see in my favourite building, the Main County Civic Center by Frank Lloyd Wright. Seen in Gattaca and George Lucas's first create length movie, THX 1138 (though it's better represented by Gattaca).

https://inhabitat.com/frank-lloyd-wright-designed-marin-civic-center-in-san-rafael-turns-50/marin-civic-center-3/

To me, brutalist mainly means flat with minimal, if any, depth to ...

2026-07-22T09:04:10Z

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To me, brutalist mainly means flat with minimal, if any, depth to the building facade. Even external walkways break the flatness, making buildings with them less brutalist than they otherwise might be. Just being bare concrete isn't enough for me to consider it brutalist, even when the interior walls are also concrete, as there are plenty of examples of bare concrete buildings that are in no way brutalist, like concrete domes.

I like the concrete waffles. That doesn't seem very brutalist ...

2026-07-22T08:44:00Z

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I like the concrete waffles. That doesn't seem very brutalist to me, it feels too frivolous. Yes, it's bare concrete, but they're adornments with primarily aesthetic purpose (if they're also on the external walls, not just in the corridors, it might reduce summer sunlight, but that's the most practical purpose I can imagine for them).

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? It came to me!

2026-07-21T14:59:30Z

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After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? It came to me!

Non-abstenance-only drug education. Most people realise that ...

2026-07-17T10:53:14Z

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Non-abstenance-only drug education. Most people realise that abstenance-only sex-education does nothing to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy, so why should we think that abstenance-only drug education could reduce the rate of teen drug use? Teach kids the dangers of drugs but also give some advice on how to *mitigate* those dangers. And how to recognise that something's going wrong, which means knowing what to expect from various drugs so they know when something's amiss.
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I think recreational reading could have been promoted a whole ...

2026-07-17T10:53:00Z

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I think recreational reading could have been promoted a *whole* lot better. As in, at all, assigned reading and summer reading lists don't cut it in my opinion. Fitness was promoted, but only in a way that would appeal to jocks and people who are naturally competitive. Those of us who are naturally cooperative are excluded from nearly every aspect of our society, which I find rather unfortunate.

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they definitely didn't shy away from slavery or segregation, ...

2026-07-17T10:52:51Z

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they definitely didn't shy away from slavery or segregation, we were even told about the CIA's execution of a coup d'état in Guatemale in 1954. I could easily have received the single *best* history and social studies education in the United States, yet I *still* came away from it with a pro-US bias. Having lived in the world for over two decades since leaving school, I *definitely* shouldn't have come away from my education with a pro-US bias, holy crap.

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History was taught really bad, and I'm pretty sure it's ...

2026-07-17T10:52:42Z

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History was taught really bad, and I'm pretty sure it's only gotten worse. I had a few social studies teachers that were either former or current members of the counterculture/hippie movement, so I consider my history education to have been pretty free of pro-American bias. We were taught about the Trail of Tears, Farewell to Manzanar was assigned reading,

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I did get taught beginning programming, but it was an elective ...

2026-07-17T10:52:33Z

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I *did* get taught beginning programming, but it was an elective and I really think it needed to be a requirement for the same reason basic knowledge of science and history are important for providing a baseline knowledge to the population. Given how many people are jumping on the vibecoding train, I think it's probably too late to start instructing youth on how computers work. Computers are magic now and AI are our new gods.

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This is gonna be a long 'un, so buckle in. In general, Maths ...

2026-07-17T10:52:20Z

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This is gonna be a long 'un, so buckle in.

In general, Maths is taught atrociously, though that really only became a problem for me once I got to the higher maths like calculus. I know that Home Economics was taught in schools in the 60s or whatever, but it wasn't by the time I got there. some basic instruction on how to live in this society would have been good (how to do taxes, how to put up a shelf, when it's good to parboil veggies before roasting, etc.).

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There's a lot of stuff I wish had been taught, and a lot of ...

2026-07-17T10:17:10Z

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There's a lot of stuff I wish had been taught, and a lot of stuff I wish had been taught differently, but I wouldn't say I missed out on schooling. I missed out on getting the weekly newsletter about all the current trends and whatever, something I still haven't been subscribed to, but I wouldn't consider that schooling, as such.

oh sweet, now you can have freshly grated parmesan!

2026-07-15T15:39:23Z

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oh sweet, now you can have freshly grated parmesan!

Australian English has the concept of a "good cunt." ...

2026-06-17T06:00:23Z

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Australian English has the concept of a "good cunt." She's not that, she's the worst cunt.

First time visiting a community wiki and they have a stupid LLM ...

2026-06-13T17:58:02Z

First time visiting a community wiki and they have a stupid LLM chatbot in a little subwindow at the bottom of the window hovering over the actual content. I look for a dismiss button, no dismiss button. I look for settings to turn it off, no settings. I type "disable [chatbot name]" it says "I can't be disabled." Right-click, ublock "block element."

Fuck you LLM, looks like you actually can be disabled after all.

#NoAI

The dark ages were only dark from a European standpoint. The Arab ...

2026-06-09T14:48:02Z

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The dark ages were only dark from a European standpoint. The Arab world continued making scientific and mathematical progress (it's why we have an entire branch of mathematics called Algebra, from "al jabr.") South and East asian civilisations also made substantial progress in that time. In fact, so did Europe (it's a pretty outdated term, it became popular because it made people of the 18th century feel superior to their 5th-15th-century ancestors).

Depends on how it's encoded. If it's text encoded, ...

2026-05-29T10:22:39Z

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Depends on how it's encoded. If it's text encoded, it'll just be an email filled with seemingly random characters. Anyone looking at it will know it's encrypted, but they won't be able to see what it is unless they break the encryption.

I assume it means that you're not using the Gmail interface ...

2026-05-29T10:07:58Z

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I assume it means that you're not using the Gmail interface to read the messages, meaning the messages will remain encrypted on google's side and only get decrypted by Proton.

Fibre optics generally use single wavelenths to transmit data, ...

2026-05-28T12:45:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…kvtd
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Fibre optics generally use single wavelenths to transmit data, not broad-spectrum light. I could see "white" fibre optics being able to transmit significantly more data over the same length of fibre.

Holy shit, how far was the car from Nebraska? And ...

2026-05-28T12:35:08Z

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Holy shit, how far was the car from Nebraska? And "accidentally"? Imagine what he could do if he actually aimed.

Oh definitely, and I think them playing with the thermals was ...

2026-05-21T13:31:37Z

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Oh definitely, and I think them playing with the thermals was actually practice, learning how to do it better.

I'm pretty sure they can actually see the thermals just with ...

2026-05-21T09:23:14Z

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I'm pretty sure they can actually see the thermals just with their eyes due to the polarization of light being affected by passing through the warmer air. You know how on really hot days the air can sometimes look like it's waving? It's related to that, but to birds eyes it's *way* more visible even at relatively low temperatures.

This was in the early evening, just after sunset, so the street ...

2026-05-21T09:08:57Z

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This was in the early evening, just after sunset, so the street would have been warm while the air would be getting cooler, this would result in a convection current over the street. In other words, a thermal, though this one would have been more like a wall rather than the more circular columns that tend to happen in nature. The buildings on either side of the street probably caused a downdraft at either side too. So look for those conditions and I'm sure you'll see it eventually.

Life in the wild is all about violent survival, you either kill ...

2026-05-21T02:17:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…906f
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Life in the wild is all about violent survival, you either kill or you find a way not to be killed. What makes humans different from most other life forms is that we have the ability to insert reason into our thought processes between observation and action. We can choose not to be violent even though our natural instincts tell us to be. Sadly, not enough people even care enough to consider the choices let alone make the right one.

Well, technology makes things more efficient, faster, easier, ...

2026-05-21T01:50:38Z

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Well, technology makes things more efficient, faster, easier, and/or more parallel, so yes, I would say that technology made war worse. It made keeping people alive and in comfort easier, but also made killing people and causing suffering easier and faster.

We're talking about war in general, not war in the middle ...

2026-05-21T00:22:07Z

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We're talking about war in general, not war in the middle ages. Warring tribes of chimpanzees have never needed swords or castles, thrown rocks and pointy sticks do plenty of damage, so it seems reasonable that humans didn't need those things for war either.

Wars existed before humans did, before hominids even, so ...

2026-05-21T00:12:20Z

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Wars existed before humans did, before hominids even, so wondering when war started is a bit silly. War started when the first creature was in competition with another for resources.

While waiting for a tram once I watched a line of pigeons sitting ...

2026-05-21T00:07:16Z

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While waiting for a tram once I watched a line of pigeons sitting on top of a building and periodically one of them would fall off, not jump, fall, maybe with a bit of a horizontal push, but they'd pretty much fall mostly straight down for about half a second, then spread their wings to glide across the street at about head-height, above most of the cars, then flap and swoop back to their perch to watch the next have a go. I guessed that they were playing with thermals.

Hold on, someone said that doing stuff with women was gay? They ...

2026-05-19T18:16:36Z

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Hold on, someone said that doing stuff with women was gay? They have desperately misunderstood what sexuality is. They probably think it's fishing or football or shooting things with guns you carry around in a rack in your truck.

Instant decaf is like alcohol free everclear.

2026-05-09T20:57:33Z

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Instant decaf is like alcohol free everclear.

"Taxing my means of extracting money from two-party ...

2026-04-20T07:19:35Z

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"Taxing my means of extracting money from two-party transactions will drive up the prices of the thing I'm not providing any value to!" declares third party leech whose actions have only ever driven prices up while actually reducing the value of what's being transacted.

I think that, without a specifier, it'll be beef or chicken ...

2026-04-16T04:47:13Z

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I think that, without a specifier, it'll be beef or chicken gravy. Also it's not actual gravy, it's gravy-flavoured, which means that they chose a subset of the flavour chemicals that make gravy taste like it does. Much like "citrus-flavoured" it no longer matters what variety it is.

"It helps non-creative people be creative." You have ...

2026-03-23T16:00:16Z

"It helps non-creative people be creative."

You have entirely missed the point of creativity.

Remember, no matter what the repercussions are for disobeying ...

2026-03-11T10:49:17Z

Remember, no matter what the repercussions are for disobeying fascists, the reprcussions for capitulating to them will always be worse.

I want to see a live action Batman Beyond with whichever old ...

2026-03-02T03:23:51Z

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I want to see a live action Batman Beyond with whichever old Batman actor is available as old Bruce Wayne (ideally Michael Keaton, but I'd also accepted George Clooney).

Alternately, Sylvester Stallone as old, decrepit Bruce Wayne could be fun, too.

Word-on-the-street interviews were so much easier before people ...

2026-02-24T04:16:42Z

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Word-on-the-street interviews were so much easier before people gave a shit about important social issues.

I just found out today that this war criminal is here because ...

2026-02-09T07:46:13Z

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I just found out today that this war criminal is here because Spineless Albanese invited him. Someone should probably tell Albanese that Israel and Judaism are separate entities. I'm purposefully making the assumption he's just an idiot rather than being malicious, even though he probably is.

They're really just not even trying to sell ICE as ...

2026-02-05T07:06:53Z

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They're really just not even trying to sell ICE as "Immigration and Customs Enforcement" anymore, it's just Intimidation by Cowardly Eunuchs.

1. I agree with having to show up to get changes made. I brought ...

2026-02-03T07:06:43Z

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1. I agree with having to show up to get changes made. I brought it up because I'm not saying that we shouldn't vote for Democrats because they suck, a lot of non-voters (or third-party voters) think that way.

2. I mean, for a start, by not calling them left wing. You can't vote people out, you can only vote people in, and the people running as Democrats are usually centrists. I literally can't tell them through voting because the people who represent my ideals aren't in the race.

Ooh, I'll disagree with "imagining something better is ...

2026-02-03T06:51:53Z

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Ooh, I'll disagree with "imagining something better is easy" it seems like it *should* be, but it doesn't seem to be in practice, especially if we say that Democrats are as left wing as we can hope for. We settle for the Democrats because that's the best of what's currently available, but we need to be telling them that we're not happy with them as they currently stand. I want to vote for actually progressive candidates, not just for the people who aren't literally evil.

It's a bit like that, sure, but it would take a long time of ...

2026-02-03T06:34:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…mc58
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It's a bit like that, sure, but it would take a long time of everyone showing up to vote to actually make a difference. I can't imagine the DNC as it exists now, allowing candidates more left wing than AOC or Omar. There's only so much voters can do with the system that exists, and that turns people off voting. Personally, I'm a strong proponent of compulsory voting. Don't just make it easier to vote, make it harder not to.

The Democrats are an organisation with a small (9 members) ...

2026-02-03T06:20:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…mwue
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The Democrats are an organisation with a small (9 members) committee that determines the policies and direction of the party and a second, slightly larger (65 members) committee that runs things day-to-day. When was the last time you voted in a Democratic National Committee election? Or an Executive Committee one? They set the rules for how primaries and caucuses are run, they run the fundraisers. Average, everyday Americans get effectively zero say in the makeup of those committees.

Oh, absolutely, I'm definitely not suggesting voting for ...

2026-02-03T05:41:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…pd8a
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Oh, absolutely, I'm definitely not suggesting voting for third party candidates, at least not at a federal level. There is *some* benefit, sometimes, to voting for a third party at a state level, and there's usually benefit to third party votes at a county and city level. As long as the system is plurality, Democrats will continue to get my endorsement, but I'll be damned if I let them off the hook for being centrists.

I think I see what you're getting at. I think, though, that ...

2026-02-03T05:06:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…3g9j
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I think I see what you're getting at. I think, though, that letting Democrats be called "left" lets them off the hook to be better. It makes it seem like someone having an opinion between the Democrats and Republicans is a reasonable position when, really, that just makes them a less extreme extremist. Democrats should be seen as the compromise, the centric position (even though they're more like slightly right-wing).

I mostly disagree. By any definition, the Democrats are ...

2026-02-03T04:41:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…ayr3
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I mostly disagree. By any definition, the Democrats are conservative, they maintain the status quo, only doing the minimum to show that they're better than Republicans, and they *definitely* are, don't get me wrong. Now, it's entirely reasonable to argue that conservative and right-wing don't mean the same thing, but they usually do. The closest the US has to a left wing, the Green party, is a joke, something to make the Democrats' centric stance more reasonable.

"Spread very thin and with butter" I say as I scoop some ...

2026-02-03T04:26:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…k48y
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"Spread very thin and with butter" I say as I scoop some out with my finger and lick it off.

When you say "the right" do you mean "the American ...

2026-02-03T04:24:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…5mhu
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When you say "the right" do you mean "the American right" or "the right everywhere except the US"? Because *normal* moderate right are only slightly bigoted. The Democrats are moderate right (which hasn't really changed for their very long history, significantly longer than the party that calls themselves old), the Republicans are literal extremists, though they weren't always.

I'm pretty sure the definition of "Class M" would ...

2026-01-05T16:50:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…us0e
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I'm pretty sure the definition of "Class M" would necessitate it being almost the same as Earth, if it's too different then it'd be a different class. Maybe N or L. Or maybe there are subclasses, like M₂ or Mₕ₄ or something. I know they've made mention of planets that "barely qualify as Class M" and even a few that were definitely other classes but were still marginally habitable for humans. Ok, just looked it up, the planet in Voyager's Muse (the Greek Thespian planet) is Class L.

So, when you said that you weren't defending the use of AI, ...

2025-12-27T06:24:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…hduj
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So, when you said that you weren't defending the use of AI, that was a lie, as that's exactly what you're trying to do. You're using one example that is potentially ethically trained and claiming that invalidates the argument about how *most* models are trained, certainly all the ones that most people are using. You're also ignoring all the energy required to do the training when using a pre-trained model. Since your intention is not to make sound arguments, this conversation is done

Yes, it can be trained with ethically sourced material, but it ...

2025-12-27T05:43:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…z5pp
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Yes, it *can* be trained with ethically sourced material, but it *isn't*. And it doesn't matter what hardware is used, it'll require similar amounts of energy. If you use low-powered hardware, it'll use less power (energy per unit time), but take longer.

There definitely is a difference. He presumably didn't steal ...

2025-12-27T05:09:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…grpu
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There definitely is a difference. He presumably didn't steal the work of others to make it, he paid them. Nor did it require unconscionable amounts of power and municipal water to produce.

In order for there not to be a difference, he'd have needed to use slave labour and burn several tonnes of coal.

Someone who was significantly smarter wouldn't have recorded ...

2025-12-24T18:14:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…4zxt
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Someone who was significantly smarter wouldn't have recorded himself plotting a conspiracy and ordering crimes. Someone who was significantly smarter wouldn't have even needed to commit those crimes in the first place, he'd have been able to win on his own merits. (Or, at least, using the great number of allowed unethical practices politicians use all the time) So, yeah, slightly smarter.

Yeah, I think Nixon was probably a narcissist, which Trump ...

2025-12-24T17:13:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…cpmn
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Yeah, I think Nixon was probably a narcissist, which Trump definitely is, but he was slightly smarter and probably not a psychopath. The groundwork hadn't yet been laid for a full fascist takeover, and a lot of voters actually remembered fighting fascism. Had Nixon thought it was possible, he might have gone down the same road, but he did what he could in the cultural environment available to him.

Apparently it was his idea, though. Or, at least, his staff's ...

2025-12-24T16:09:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…skq0
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Apparently it was his idea, though. Or, at least, his staff's or party's idea, and he agreed with it enough to be the one to make the proposal. It wasn't entirely a new idea, though, similar ideas had been proposed earlier, they just didn't pass.

Nixon established the EPA, Trump fired a mortar into it.

2025-12-24T14:38:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…speq
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Nixon established the EPA, Trump fired a mortar into it.

In a future with synthetic people (artificial intelligences) that ...

2025-12-23T16:31:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…ne02
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In a future with synthetic people (artificial intelligences) that we've just spent a chapter discussing their less than ideal social standing, and you walk into a bar called "Machina Libre" thinking it might be a Mexican restaurant? Then get confused when they don't have much of a food selection for natural humans? Then don't understand why they're annoyed at your presence? You've got to be the stupidest time traveller ever.

I find it hard to finish books with particularly stupid ...

2025-12-23T16:26:10Z

I find it hard to finish books with particularly stupid protagonists. It's one thing to know something they don't, I know some people get frustrated with that, but it's *really* annoying when they don't see the obvious when it's placed directly in front of them with a siren and a neon sign telling them what it is and why it's important and they just step around it and wander past, oblivious or even annoyed at having a noisy obstacle put in their way. #Bookstodon

While I do like Bashir, he always came off as the kind of guy ...

2025-12-16T03:22:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…s2ly
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While I do like Bashir, he always came off as the kind of guy who'd creep around the promenade taking upskirt pics.

As someone who hates mushrooms, I can confirm that it is, indeed, ...

2025-12-12T17:13:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…3eqp
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As someone who hates mushrooms, I can confirm that it is, indeed, the texture. Mushrooms have barely any flavour for me, so they inevitably just feel like I'm eating boiled neoprene.

The only liver I've had was in pâté form and I was not impressed. I'd be willing to try it in another form, but I can't guarantee I'd like it any better.

Pro-tip: telling me that my well-founded concerns aren't ...

2025-12-11T23:58:58Z

Pro-tip: telling me that my well-founded concerns aren't worth being concerned about does not help in the slightest.

Oh good, the trekbot just picked it up. Perhaps I should have ...

2025-12-11T03:26:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…93xx
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Oh good, the trekbot just picked it up. Perhaps I should have removed that. Oh well, too late now.

Not individually, no, but altogether? Massive, way bigger than a ...

2025-12-11T03:24:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…crl4
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Not individually, no, but altogether? Massive, way bigger than a softball. I think it's reasonable to claim that they make up a considerable portion of the total mass of your intestines.

Is it too far off topic to mention the existence of gut flora?

2025-12-11T03:21:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…uauw
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Is it too far off topic to mention the existence of gut flora?

I think OpenAI wants to make Skynet, but they're just ...

2025-12-09T12:05:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…pnzc
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I think OpenAI *wants* to make Skynet, but they're just pouring all their money and effort into making a really complicated and inefficient dictionary.

It's like having a drunkenness pill, but all it does is knock ...

2025-12-08T15:56:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…scr7
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It's like having a drunkenness pill, but all it does is knock you out and you wake up with a hangover and a bad tattoo.

Oh, it's worse than that. Most of them are incels who made ...

2025-12-03T17:17:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…6pxy
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Oh, it's worse than that. Most of them are incels who made good and discovered that there are women who are turned on by someone wealthy. Consent, to them, is just another thing you can buy. Besides, even if you can't, you can buy off the fallout, which, I imagine, is much the same thing to them. What's $250k to someone who makes a billion every month?

You can keep that weather, but maybe we could average it out ...

2025-12-02T06:13:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…88e3
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You can keep *that* weather, but maybe we could average it out with a few really big fans?

Someone should check on Summer, she seems to be running late. ...

2025-12-01T12:14:48Z

Someone should check on Summer, she seems to be running late. It's December and I'm cold. This is the *southern* hemisphere we're not supposed to have to do cold in December.

Stealth Defiant.

2025-11-02T06:14:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…wueh
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Stealth Defiant.

I know I've said this before, but the common autistic trait ...

2025-10-27T03:19:56Z

I know I've said this before, but the common autistic trait of an overdeveloped sense of justice is looking at it from the wrong direction. It's not that autistics are overly sensitive to injustice, it's that allistics are overly callous to it. The world would be a significantly better place if more people gave more of a shit about what others are going through.

Actually Autistics (npub1pce…geep)

Also, "young Spock"? It's something like two years ...

2025-10-18T10:37:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…rx8n
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Also, "young Spock"? It's something like two years after The Cage and somewhere around a decade before the rest of TOS. Compared to "old Spock", he's practically the same age he is for most of the times we see him. He's not young Spock, he's just Peck Spock.

It wasn't for Bashir, though. His childhood kinda sucked ...

2025-10-18T02:47:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…7d2u
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It wasn't for Bashir, though. His childhood kinda sucked which is why his parents killed that version and created a new one out of his remains.