DrownedRats @ DrownedRats @lemmy.world

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Throw rice, soy sauce, oyster sauce, onion, potato, chorizo, frozen peas, some spices and water into a rice cooker. Hit go, take 40 min nap, eat.

It's still very much alive! Still getting regular updates on my S10 and even security updates for my OnePlus 3t.

It means they're either holding out of a sudden breakthrough that will let them become carbon neutral overnight for free or they're hoping no one will be around to call them out on their bullshit by then

Ex-or makes much more sense considering it stands for EXclusive OR.

Slang for idiot

I've had a brother printer going on 10 years and it's never let me down. I've changed toner three times over that time and each cart has never cost me more than 20 ish quid. No DRM carts, no jamming, no subscriptions just a printer that does its job. Even when it's running low, it doesn't prevent me printing, it'll let me know it's low then keep on printing until you can't see the letters any more.

It's not dying. It's smaller for sure but a social network doesn't need to be big or have a ludicrous number of users to be healthy. Many of the posts I've made have gotten 10x more engagement than equivalent posts on Reddit simply because there's less for it to get lost among.

Personal opinion, but I think generally the users here are nicer and more chill than Reddit. Again, simply because the sheer number of trolls is lower and I don't think bother as much when there's less people to piss off

Not likely in the near future, probably not feasible in the long term either. It's not just about recognising an object. You could write a program that recognises a screw but you'd need far more complicated sensors and algorithms to identify the dimensions, specific characteristics, material composition, design specifications, etc, then apply that to every screw, bolt, washer, small component and assembly, tubes, threaded rods, tyres, pistons, brake pads, resistors, capacitors, diodes, seals, consumables, etc.

For a long time, I think that kind of thing would be wildly inaccurate, hugely expensive, massively complicated, and much less efficient than asking a human to kindly go over there and check all those things manually.

I mean it's pretty surface level and shallow if you ask me and doesn't really go beyond a very basic "phones are bad" narrative.

It's pretty melodramatic too. Phones and the internet in general can and do have a negative effect on society but they can also have a massive positive effect too.

I get that to have a narrative you need to exaggerate a little but scenes like the one where people are all taking photos of their dinner don't happen outside of the world of Instagram.

Other things like the scene of hundred of people just scrolling while on the train, sure, that happens, but it's not like people didn't do exactly the same thing with newspapers, and books, and novellas, and so on. It's not indicative of social media addiction.

0:30 aswell, drunken, abusive, insensitive and obnoxious people aren't a product of social media. I don't think there's even a rise because of it. It's also not as if people being distracted by their phones or apathetic as a result is an effect of social media either. I guarantee this has been going on for millions of years prior.

And 0:48 where the guy literally kicks a puppy is just absurd and has absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter. I'm pretty sure kicking a puppy is literally the oldest and laziest trick in the book to get an audience to side against the villain. It's just cheap.

Then there's the police brutality scene at 0:13. I take some issue with this scene in particular. I get that the message is that "too many people just stand by and watch and film for social media" but for a start, it's incredibly important to document social injustice and shout it from the rooftops when oppressive systems are being used for violent ends. Granted, its another exaggeration from the storyteller but still not perhaps a fair one in my mind.

There are scenes I do like though, and I think they're fairly poignant. For example 1:12 of the woman being filmed dancing which presumably goes viral and results in her being ostracised. Going internet famous without concent, willing, or participation is terrible and giving the general public a way to just force that on someone without their permission is terrible and I wish/hope there is something we can do to combat this.

Another is the rubbish dump scene at 0:55. I like that one because it is something that I think the average consumer doesn't consider as an effect of social media and media consumption in general as well as the sheer amount of WEEE waste that's generated by a chronically online society.

The thing I take issue with really is that the film takes aim at the most basic and surface level issues, as well as several non-issues. While not a problem in itself, there's a lot you can say about these issues which isn't being said. The author seems more to lay the blame at the feet of the general public and not the massive media corporations and data farms for not only building the framework, but tuning the system for maximum engagement, maximum profits, and maximum retention at the cost of anything else.

On that note, a very obvious and serious issue that wasn't touched upon is radicalisation through social media. Maybe it's my syndical side firing here but that to me sounds like the writer going for the easy and safe issues to take aim at and deciding not to pick at that particular thread incase It causes a flame war. Ironically mirroring the people I mentioned in the restaurant scene who were so focused on their meal they didn't even notice a slaughter truck going straight past.

Don't get me wrong, it's very well made, it's clear the animator put in a lot of effort to make it look nice and flow well, and while the message isn't necessarily wrong, it's also not especially deep or impactful and leaves a lot unsaid.

It's the counting that matters, not the sheep. By giving your brain a simple, familiar, and repetitive task you help to disengage some of the more distracting functions of your brain letting you get to sleep.

By all means, count whatever animals, objects, or social constructs that tickles your fancy!

It WAS a good cable about 6 years ago when even flagship phones still used micro USB. I would have killed for lightning on my old android phone. However, usb c just takes the cake, every cake. It has its own problems but the tradeoffs are miniscule compared to lightning.

Winston Churchill. It doesn't take a lot of digging to realise he was absolutely a racist and white supremacist little shit. Even "judged by the morals of the time" people recognised just how aweful he truly was.

Yes, his contributions to the defeat of the Nazis is undeniably great. He was a good wartime prime minister and that shouldn't be overlooked. This doesn't excuse some of the more heinous things he's said and done.

Shamefully, the British education system failed spectacularly on this point. I grew up believing he was some paragon of moral good and justice and the school system did nothing to counter this. We'd all rather believe he was a great man. If he is, as they say, "the greatest Briton", were fucked.

"I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." - Winston Churchill 1937

Plus, any maglev project has to be a new build and not outright replace existing lines. Replacing a line would require closing and removing the existing line, extensive reconstruction of the track bed, and probably delays or closure to tracks sharing the line. It's not an easy thing for the government to justify when it would be cheaper and easier to simply improve the existing rail infrastructure. Or..you know...ignore the problem which is what they seem to be doing anyways

On top of that, lithium ion batteries aren't designed as disposable batteries. In devices like vapes, they should be getting upwards of 400 charge cycles before being considered spent. Some get more, some get less, but in "disposable" vapes, they get one. It's just horrifically wasteful!

I used to think it was mostly the anti-perspirant I was using that caused me to smell worse when I used it but I found out later on that it's all about giving it time to dry before getting dressed. It made a noticeable difference just spraying about 3-4 mins before putting my shirt on and not spraying with my shirt already on. Turns out, anti-perspirants on fabric can provide places for bacteria to grow.

Also, making sure you apply it to dry skin helps a bunch. If you're already sweating when you apply it doesn't help a whole bunch.

One of my absolute favourites is an arcade bar near me that stays open late. I don't usually drink there but I'll go and hang out with mates, get some chips and play some retro arcade. Super chill vibe and people there all seem way more chill than most pubs or bars I've been to!

Do you know what goes on at drag shows or have you only been to the after hours nsfw shows?

You'll usually either get a pot of tea with a teabag or two in or a pot of hot water and some tea bags. Milk is usually served in a separate jug.

I think it's more than the counterfeit versions have gotten so good and/or cheap that the genuine manufacturers feel the need to compete by placing microchips in their cheese rather than improve their own or bring down the price.

You know, I'm starting to doubt he ever even had any irrefutable evidence that would prove his innocence that literally every one else seems to have missed!