TheRealKuni @ TheRealKuni @lemmy.world

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Being kind is its own reward. Life is generally better if you try to make life better for others. Not like life will be perfect, but better than it would be otherwise.

Like, when I used to work shitty part-time jobs, if I went in with a good attitude and was as kind to those around me as I could be, I had a better day than if I was grumpy and did the bare minimum. Got paid the same shitty wage either way, but my life was better when I was kinder. Sure some people take advantage of that kindness, but most will reflect it back to you.

There can be ways that hard work and kindness lead to material rewards. But in general it is worth being kind simply because you’ll enjoy life more.

(Also, I wouldn’t have married my wife if I hadn’t been kind and befriended someone a lot of other people thought was frustrating or annoying. I had met my wife previously, but only knew her in passing. Years later, we re-met at that friend’s birthday party. Started dating a few months later, and now we’re married! That mutual friend can still sometimes be frustrating or annoying, but we always try to be kind to her because that’s what brought us together.)

He already did, IIRC. I may be mistaken.

Remember, Red Bull is first and foremost a marketing company that sells stuff.

I suspect he’s there because Red Bull sells a lot of cans and merch in Latin America with him on the team, and also because Carlos Slim sponsorship is worth a lot.

I think they also know the Drivers’ Championship is more important than the Constructors’ Championship for marketing purposes.

I suspect they’ve done the math and know that he’s worth more to them on the team than someone who would be a better driver.

(Also it means they don’t have to worry about the number 2 driver challenging the number 1 driver ever. The cost is that they also can’t use him to defend against rival teams, but that hasn’t been a meaningful problem for them yet.)

I remember being able to run a private World of Warcraft server on my computer back in like, 2009. Surely if WoW can be reverse-engineered, so can many other titles.

But yes, it would obviously be better if they’d just open-source it.

Cause I kept putting it off through October and November and I want to mulch the leaves while I have a chance so it doesn’t kill all my grass like a couple years ago.

I appreciate your concern but I'm not looking to hear some kind of abstinence lecture.

Not that I have any horse in this race, but for the record there’s a profound difference between abstinence and moderation, and if you don’t think there are gradations between “alcoholic levels of ethanol consumption” and “no alcohol consumption,” then perhaps they have a point.

Be good to yourself, my friend.

I’ve seen a setup like this where it made sense. Not nearly a long enough run for proper steps, but alternating half-steps allow you to get height faster. But this just seems like they did it for fun.

There was at least one care bear on Lemmy saying 'think of his family', etc.

Nah, I will think about the families of the tens of thousands of private insurance victims instead.

I don’t think empathy is a zero-sum game.

Fuck the CEO and his company’s practices. Sic semper leeches-who-profit-from-making-healthcare-worse.

But I still feel for his kids who lost their dad, and his parents who lost their son. Just like I feel bad for the families who lost people because they were denied healthcare.

Callousness toward the pain of other people isn’t a trait I want to nurture in myself, personally.

Only 4 inches? Look at mister monster cock over here.

A footlong sub can be a meal, if you put enough stuff on it. And the veggies don’t make it cost more. Just load it up with everything and get your money’s worth.

Poo-casso

This got me.

Unplug the computer, set it on fire, and never come back.

Traditional bits only have to be 0 or 1. Not a coherent superposition.

Managing to maintain a stable qubit for a meaningful amount of time is an important step. The final output from quantum computation is likely going to end up being traditional bits, stored traditionally, but superpositions allow qubits to be much more powerful during computation.

Being able to maintain a cached superposition seems like it would be an important step.

(Note: I am not even a quantum computer novice.)

Thus far a rather uninspiring thing.

the thing is, most people don't. Movie buffs are a minority, the casual viewers flock to what they know, which is exactly why there are only sequels and reboots. It wouldn't be like that if it wasn't making them tons of money.

False. Star Wars viewing drove off a cliff when their sequels sucked.

There is a 1-2 sequel movies buffer until the drop off starts when the quality is consistently bad.

That doesn’t make anything they said false. What you said just means that quality still matters, eventually.

I’m okay with this. I like Zandvoort, but there are better circuits for the modern-day cars.

So perhaps “A cup of Jim” for tea?

Jamme, jamme, 'ncoppa, jamme jà
\ Jamme, jamme, 'ncoppa, jamme jà
\ Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà
\ 'Ncoppa jamme jà, funiculì, funiculà!

Me every time I get on an elevator from now on.

Hey man, maybe it was on purpose to get the toys on the news!

David Hahn? What are you doing on Lemmy? I thought you died!