SuperSleuth @ SuperSleuth @lemm.ee

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Remember on September 10th, 2001 when Donald Rumsfeld publicly announced the Pentagon couldn't account for $2.3 trillion in transaction?

Or again in 2015 (2016?) when that number grew to $6.5 trillion with just the army alone? Yeah, no one does.

All-day use when plugged in is the stupidest marketing I've seen from apple.

When looking at data on causes of death, adjusting for population size provides important context and allows us to make fairer comparisons over time. The raw number of deaths increasing could be due to a number of factors not directly related to topic. While that isn't the case here, it necessary to factor this in.

However, you raise a fair point - we should not lose sight of the real human impacts and absolute number of lives lost. Behind every statistic is an individual tragedy. We should have compassion for those suffering while also trying to objectively understand the data.

Perhaps there is room for nuance - we can acknowledge that adjusting for population provides useful perspective, while also recognizing that any preventable loss of life to extreme heat is highly concerning and worthy of solution-oriented discussion. If we aim for intellectual honesty and keep our shared goals of truth and human welfare in mind, we are more likely to have productive dialogues on complex issues like this. You'd call out opposing groups if they were to do this, but it's fine if it supports a narrative you agree with? We know the climate's changing we've all stepped outside. It's not necessary to use tactics like this to gain public favor.

I love it. My only gripes are the inside screen not continuing on the outside when you close it, but that could be changed with android 14 or another update. And it does get a decently warm sometimes.

Still a 4x population increase since 1970. The point is op's graph is misleading not climate change doesn't exist. Even then you still have to account for demographics and such. Here's a more dramatic graph for you:

I see a 2.9, Southern U.S. with Pixel Fold.

I'm not saying the climate isn't changing but you have to account for population.

Playing devil's advocate here, but there's spillters for that.

I don't see how that's any different than what we have now. I'm donating to the Lemmy devs, lemmy.world, and lemm.ee through their individual donation pages.

Unless your saying there should be a centralized option, but I don't see a reason for that.

Where's the funny?

Oddly, I can tell exactly how an apple will taste just by touching it. Shiny smooth apples are usually soft/mushy and have no taste. You want a rough texture with a little grip.

I've looked at comments I didn't feel like reading, looked at the score then voted based on that. This is a bias we're all subject to, knowingly or not.

You see a comment had -20 downvotes your interpretation of the contents is immediately swayed to side with the majority. Removing downvotes looking at you beehaw also doesn't solve this problem. Less likes than the person who responded to you? You must be wrong.

So I'm glad Lemmy, at least the browser version, shows both up and downvotes by default and the total score is hidden away in the top right. Helps remove a little bit of bias.

The novelty has worn off. I jumped on board and tried out every bot when they were first released: Bard, Bind, Snapchat, GPT—I've given them all a go.

It was a fun experience, asking them to write poems or delve into the mysteries of consciousness, as I got to know their individual personalities. But now, I mainly use them for searching niche topics or checking grammar, maybe the occasional writing.

In fact, this very comment was reformated in Bard for instance. Though, since Google integrated their LLM into search (via Labs), I use them even less.

Same for me. Last time I posted there was eight years ago. I only keep it installed for the occasional message from an old friend.

I'm quite happy finding bugs. It's the not finding bugs and my code not working that scares me.