HexesofVexes @ HexesofVexes @lemmy.world

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That needed a trigger warning

Ah Windows 11, Vista 2.0.

"How do we stop the world's smartest people from realising what we're doing?"

"Let's make them fight among themselves and call it a meritocracy; we'll limit their funding and let them keep themselves busy with political infighting!"

Media praising bikes - “Bike brain goes brrring brrring!”

Media criticising bikes - “Car brain go vroom vroom vroom!”

Come now, let's be fair and open minded ;)

Oh the media often goes both ways - in this case it appears that there are some issues that need resolving. Not everyone appreciates dodging bikes mounting the sidewalk, or doing an emergency stop when cyclists dismount the pavements without clear signaling - this is a problem for everyone but the person on the bike. Cars have their own issues, and those are widely covered.

While I very much agree every media story has "spin" (be it unwarranted cynicism or blind optimism), I am fairly certain it is the same on both sides of this issue.

Your point seems to be "all good things on bikes are backed up by studies, all bad things about bikes are big oil", and that is quite simply the best validation of my post you could ever give. Thank you.

Media praising bikes - "Look see they work"

Media criticising bikes - "Huh, would you believe the media spin right?"

At this point, I can use Linux for most things except older fangames, reliable printing (seriously, cups is pain), and some mmorpgs.

Once I get a month without the university shitting its pants and changing policy overnight, I'll eat the learning curve and switch (actually learn to troubleshoot wine rather than relying on searches).

When I move, thinking mint with cinnamon because I love that desktop.

What is life but a lottery?

A lot of the drive towards AI is people thinking to save a quick buck, but longer term that places them in a very unsteady position themselves.

All products end up being for "shareholder value", and AI will be no different. Someone will find an enshittification vector and run with it.

Suddenly, that "quick buck" becomes a monthly subscription that costs more than the people fired. Company data is harvested and sold, customers are advertised out, the shittiness of the system becomes a company problem.

So we're either going to see a stark change away from the current shareholder value model (about as likely as world peace), or we're going to see a lot of CEO seppuku. Win win really.

Hah, jokes on them, my university is too poor to afford copilot.

Oh thank god... I thought he'd draw it out even longer.

Here's a fun thought - push a law through demanding a minimal level of service with forced nationalisation at the cost of the shareholders if it isn't met (government pays share price, but proceeds go towards settling company debt first rather than being paid out to shareholders).

Give them a way to fail that doesn't hurt the people who rely on the services, and punish running up unsustainable debt in one joyous law.

Hello fellow bear, I don't know why we're talking about women either. Since we're both fellow confused bears can you please direct me to the nearest top secret bear club, where we bears meet to eat berries and drink fermented honey while laughing at beaver related memes?

Definitely the wrong argument against bikes.

A lot of the best ones just come down to time - 30 mins commuting in traffic vs 70+ cycling. 1-2 grocery trips per week vs 4-6.

Good public transport can balance that out (though less so for shopping).

Huh, neat. Not what I was expecting.

Good short!

And, as a mathematician who has been coding a library to create scaled geometric graphics for his paper, I hate -0.0.

Seriously, I run every number where sign determines action through a function I call "fix_zero" just because tiny tiny rounding errors pile up in floats, even is numpy.

I think we don't give gradual acclimatisation enough credit here. Most of my students have never heard of Firefox and tools like ublock origin because they're acclimatised to the mobile ecosystem

"How do I install something? I use the app store."

"Oh, but I already have the internet on my phone, why would I want a 3rd party app to use the internet" (think old people who mix up AOL with the internet in reverse!)

As soon as I show them, they convert in seconds - they've forgotten web pages without adverts can exist.

Why would he hate the word "onthesameside-gender"?

I think the shutting down after such "incidents" is the final expression in this piece of art.

"A connected world is great, as long as that connection includes approved messages only."

So about 3150 pints of blood (10.5 being average for an adult).

Sounds doable XD

Edit: New ethical dilemma just dropped - kill 300 to forge the sword, or deny 3150 people blood in an emergency to forge the sword...

I have a rare medical condition that makes my coughs sound like "scihub" and "libgen" around undergrads.

I would like to investigate it further to seek a cure, but sadly the medical journals I'd need access to are paywalled. Oh well.