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  • It can be so worth it. Sometimes I'm stressing about this great nebulous cloud of bullshit that just seems insurmountable and existential, but then when I explain it to someone, it's like... 3 things. And yeah, those things may legitimately be a source of stress, but knowing that they are finite and number, and probably solvable, makes daily life a lot less daunting.

  • hey sometimes your chest just feels like there's a great weight crushing you crushing you from above and the walls are closing in and you're scared and you just sit there stupidly not wanting to make a fuss but knowing absolutely knowing that this is it this is how it all ends--oh and then it kind of passes and you get back on shift and get in trouble for being slow, but it's alright at least you're alive

  • It is dumb as hell yeah. Well, probably smart in a business sense, because it's an excuse to collect more minute-by-minute user metrics for a seemingly innocent purpose (when really you know it's just going to be gamed to crank up engagement, and trick people into spending money - ie marketing)

  • I think you can disable taskbar notifications. Nice wallpaper :)

  • I'm fine with dynamic difficulty, if it's something that the designers bake into the game, which is already done in many cases.

  • I mean technically, but it's not like it's trying to be subtle about it. From the page:

    I believe that Facebook represents one of the gravest threats to democracies around the world [...]

    The point is to discourage instances from federating with threads.

  • How is that different from any other accident of birth that can't be changed? People really do discriminate based on when you were born:

    Not hard to extrapolate a case from this. Imagine a landlord refusing to rent because you're a "scorpio" or an employer turning you down because they're looking for a "dog" person.

  • Yeah yeah not protected, but same could be said for requiring blond hair or blue eyes. Still discrimination

    I am not a lawyer

  • What about star sign? That's got to be illegal, and it's p close to this

  • Rule

    Jump
  • I think your dog is cthulu, because that was horrifying and incomprehensible

  • Man I used to think there was no relation between what I ate and my wardrobe size, but eventually it really does catch up with you, especially if your day job is sedentary.

  • I'm assuming there's a downside, like you have to commit to whatever thing you were planning before the flip. So like I say I'm going to slap a cop, and then I flip the coin, hoping for the best.

    Maybe the effect only lasts until you look which side of the coin came up - so you won't know how it will go until you've tried it. :D

  • Penny. I like to live dangerously.

  • Software Engineers and UX/UI Designers need a code of ethics, like yesterday.

    Yes, business is ultimately to blame, but those folks are beyond saving - they will never ever ever put the brakes on an initiative that could make more money legally. Unless there's blowback from an ethics board / professionals in charge of implementing their dark patterns.

  • Software Engineers and UX/UI Designers need a code of ethics, like yesterday.

    Yes, business is ultimately to blame, but those folks are beyond saving - they will never ever ever put the brakes on an initiative that could make more money legally. Unless there's blowback from an ethics board / professionals in charge of implementing their dark patterns.

  • Imagine not kissing your OS goodnight before shutdown now smh

  • me irl: srwxrwxrwt sup 😘