benjhm

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[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In the first thread (about the ATM) there should be six comments, I still see only three via Sopuli.
Also Syl's first comment shows as 5 days ago on original, and 4 days ago viewed from sopuli - a clue ?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Bonjour. I was native english but like to read in french, however for me it’s slower to write, so I'm less likely to reply. I think we should assume more tolerance of mixed languages within discussions, that way we would see how much diversity is out there.
Actually most kids in the world - not just in Europe - grow up multilingual - , as in most of India, Africa etc. there are different local and national languages, and often mixed parents. The anglosphere is the exception, not the rule. I think the biggest challenge for the fediverse is to break out beyond Europe + North-america (+Japan - but that community is also a separate bubble), to do that we have to solve this issue.
By the way it helps to select 'scaled' as default algorithm, to see more of the smaller communities. But it would be nice to be able to blend discussion from communities from different instances relating to same (or similar) news item.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

As another user on sopuli, I confirm I'm seeing more replies to these threads when looking directly, than when logged in via sopuli, so I'd like to understand this too. But is anybody here subscribed to those communities? I also wonder whether related to language settings ?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

This is an unprecedented situation - if a guy who's in prison (speaking via AI) and whose party is not allowed on electoral lists can nevertheless win an election , think which other countries might also be inspired by this ... ! (note - although I'm not so keen on Khan (populist), am even less keen on military rule). I suppose now it depends which way PPP and MQM will turn ?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Well if China's "collateral" is infrastructure in Maldives, most of it will be lost to sea-level rise anyway. Maldives political division is/was not just pro-China vs pro-India, it's deny vs understand climate change.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good!
Vector maps were always an obvious choice, and SVGs have been available for 25 yrs, what I don't get is why raster became the fashion? Is it related to evolution of client-side processing power?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hmm, surprised it's that much lower - wonder why? Maybe 1% in .be hide wealth in .lu , and fgov is not good at tracing it. Also chateaux in the south of belgium seem relatively cheap (wrt elsewhere).

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Similar issue can apply to many types of degrees. And even without AI there is already a massive oversupply of graduates on many topics, especially in China. So the whole pyramid scheme of universities needs a big rethink.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sure, I'm also far from being likely to submit PRs, but the potential is there.
About Lemmy UIs , I'm now using Alexandrite - for a better layout of columns etc, easily setup on a local docker.
I'd be surprised if Rust makes sense for UI, but we'll see what they come up with.
It is convenient to use the same language back and front. For my interactive climate model I use scala.js and am happy with that.
So here to learn what rust can do that scala can't (if anything, beyond not needing GC)?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Thanks, such experiment taught me a trick. And I see that a lemmy user - also followable from mastodon- also lacks those two fields. Maybe it's not so hard to add that info (with an option in settings), but devs have their own priorities, so I suppose the point of this community is that more people learn how to submit PRs for details in lemmy?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

What a surprise! - decades ago it was obvious these are toughest nuts to crack, which is why I avoided taking planes since 1990. Led me to discover many interesting places on the way, although became isolated from a society which treats jetting about as standard.
By the way, article a bit simple, agricultural sector also has challenges to reduce emissions.

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