stemlord

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by stemlord 3y ago
Or our social relationships cease to be predicated by social media platforms altogether
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by stemlord 3y ago
But we are philistines not pro photographers
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by stemlord 3y ago
I could understand so many employees for seemingly simple-ish tech services like this if 9000 of them are working in the customer support / tech support department. Wishful thinking though I guess.
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by stemlord 3y ago
Your emotional response to the ways things look and feel is a "function" as valid as a button or a slider. Actually, it's more functional in the digital ecosystsm where everything is a symbolic abstraction of light except
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by stemlord 3y ago
I would suggest that beginners not lead with "which tools should I capitalize on" and instead, take a step back and ask "what do I want to make"? Don't lose focus on the final output as you make your first steps. In
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by stemlord 3y ago
>stop complaining when companies try to do something about it Why are companies trying so hard to do something that their customers hate? We all know the answer, we know we aren't "the customer", it's this perversion
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by stemlord 3y ago
Not only will going back to get the degree help OP be considered for jobs but there are also a few other benefits I can think of: - Networking. Much easier to meet people when you belong to the school's institution and get feet in door
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by stemlord 3y ago
Yes the entirety of web2.0 has been a bait & switch scheme. No one can actually afford to just serve the platform, ads don't generate enough leads to make up for the cost of running them, and the average person can't afford to
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by stemlord 3y ago
I don't disagree that US politicians are corrupt and stupid but as an American citizen I want to be able to access the world's information in order to establish an accurate perspective for myself. Banning media from certain countr
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by stemlord 3y ago
1. Not tipping in the aforementioned scenario is so far away from qualifying as "fucking with" anyone 2. Not only would spitting in food get you fired but it's also a crime. Do you really think it's common for people to
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by stemlord 3y ago
I've had doctors who automatically refile the claim multiple times in a row because of this. I'd get a letter from insurance saying it's denied then 2 weeks later another saying it's approved.
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by stemlord 3y ago
What does this even mean? Aren't all "labels" in the DSM made up?
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by stemlord 3y ago
I would suppose by the effort the author makes to make the reader feel it could be possible rather than the actual possibility of it (scifi) versus the author not caring to give the reader an impression that it could be possible by any me
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by stemlord 3y ago
Yeah for sure, I'm not denying that condom use is now dropping. But it requires that the daily pill gets taken or do whatever else it is that needs to be done that constitutes safe sex today.
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by stemlord 3y ago
>how are websites supposed to stay afloat? They're not. If no one wants to pay for it then it's not supposed to exist, speaking in terms of how the capitalist system is supposed to work
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by stemlord 3y ago
I am a millennial but my understanding is that many gay men scoffed at condom use pre-AIDS, in the 70s, the same way many today scoff at mask use. This is the way it's generally been described by older gay men I know and documentaries
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by stemlord 3y ago
Probably also has to do with the fact that the large companies in question are effectively too big to fail and no longer rely on fleeting public opinion in order to retain power
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by stemlord 3y ago
I'm ultimately glad this happened because it very effectively helps illustrate how we are assigning a centralized gatekeeper to the internet at the infrastructure level and why it's a bad thing.
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by stemlord 3y ago
Interesting if true, I hadn't noticed that.
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by stemlord 3y ago
Seems you're completely missing the point. The baseline experience is much worse for the same or more cost. Of course spending (a lot) more money gets you a better experience. That's probably part of why they make the baseline exp
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by stemlord 3y ago
Isn't SW the airline that completely fucked almost all of its customers nationwide last holiday season because they don't have a hub and spoke network? That is probably a good enough reason not to rely on them at this point.
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by stemlord 3y ago
I found the ability for experienced colleagues to achieve the "clock in clock out" mentality so relieving, liberating. It tells me that A) their life doesn't revolve around work, and B) they have the emotional fortitude to me
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by stemlord 3y ago
Weird. As an American I feel like it's common knowledge that we have shit food options. The 70s-90s were basically the golden era of processed foods and generations of Americans have learned the hard way how detrimental this was for pu
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by stemlord 3y ago
American cities are poorly legislated and suffer from a tragedy of the commons when it comes to basic public needs like restrooms. We have deep seated issues that keep us from being able to have nice things like that.
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by stemlord 3y ago
No need to quote the entire parent message
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by stemlord 3y ago
Thanks. Extremely obnoxiously written article-- the excessive use of emojis and gratuitous jokes to describe what must have been a nightmare for the victims is icing on the trashy cake.
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by stemlord 3y ago
Just went back to sublime from Obsidian for note taking. Nothing beats the speed of sublime (aside from CLI text editors). Obsidian is cool but too slow and filled with micro-annoyances that I just dont experience with sublime.
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by stemlord 3y ago
Is unreal any better on linux or do you expect foss platforms like godot to significantly increase in useage?
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by stemlord 3y ago
I would say the person is not necessarily a bastard until they put on the uniform. Always exceptions, but we all have to work and unfortunately most honest people's professions today are ethically dubious to varying degrees. Especially
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by stemlord 3y ago
You just described what is known as "user testing". They can happen in person, like a focus group, or remotely. Companies reach out to the public for "random" users that fit the given criteria and are paid for their time

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