jtrek

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Living in a walkable city is probably doing wonders for me. I walk about 3 miles several times a week without even thinking about it.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago

The "and" in the title is key. Humans can currently choose their gender expression, so that part can be stripped out with no changes to the world. Not assigning gender at birth is an interesting thought. Some people are really, from my view, weird about making sure their children perform gender correctly as early and often as possible.

Also I think it'd be neat if it was "genre" in English too. People understand there's more genres than horror and fantasy.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 22 points 1 month ago

Everyone who supported the Jan 6 insurrection should be ineligible to hold office per the existing amendments, for starters.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago

I like the idea. I don't want to use facebook or similar, but that's where stuff like "BuyNothing" is most active.

Unfortunately, I don't know much about self hosting (beyond what I've picked up working in software development) so I don't see myself running one of these myself. I'd probably use it if it came to my neck of the woods (NYC)

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 60 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Sort of a naive take but it seems like you could mandate objective measurements on clothing like we have ingredient lists on food.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

I walk a lot where I live and it's pretty great. I'm a little insufferably smug about it- "wow I walked 3 miles today. If I lived in the suburbs I probably would have walked 30 feet between car and parking"

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago

Not so brilliant for the people killed before the culture shifts, if it does at all.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 39 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Richardson remembers that whenever Ceccanti would emerge from the basement for some air, he would start having “philosophical” talks about “how his work with the AI was telling him he was breaking math and basically reinventing physics”. As she’d listen to him, Richardson would think about the fact that Ceccanti did not have any college or university experience. He had never even taken calculus.

Tangent, but I think this is another facet of why education is important: so people know what they don't know. I think it's harder to think you're reinventing physics when you've taken some classes and seen all the work people have already done.

On the other hand, delusions can just be whatever so education isn't a panacea.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago

Conservatives are stupid, basically. Given a set of facts they will draw back conclusions

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You all are real speedy on these. Took me 20 (albeit I was at work so there were interruptions)

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can also buy drm free music from sites like Bandcamp. I don't feel bad buying from smaller groups. Joyride! might actually notice the $10 from me buying their new album.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 22 points 1 month ago

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They really think we're stupid. Unfortunately, they may be mostly right.

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