mlen

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[–] mlen@awful.systems 4 points 11 months ago

Oh, I only knew of some of it, thanks

[–] mlen@awful.systems 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Any idea why the flag reassembles the Swiss one (the proportions are wrong though)?

[–] mlen@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago

Can we get this thread pinned? I guess that this thread will keep on giving 🍿

[–] mlen@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone living in Switzerland for over 6 years, the labor laws aren't exactly like in the rest of Europe and people are sometimes a bit too much on the freedumb side of things. Also weird german or (possibly less weird, I don't speak it) french and high cost of living.

Then again, it's not anywhere as bad as what's happening in the us

[–] mlen@awful.systems 6 points 1 year ago

The lesswrong-tier post lengths aren't helping to get all the way through them

[–] mlen@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I agree. I think that this argument that is made there is a false. The logic error imo is claiming this statement is true: things get cheaper as they get used more, therefore if we make it used more, it will get cheaper.

[–] mlen@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Second observation is that when a thing gets cheaper it's used more, i.e. they'll be pushing even harded to shove it into everything.

Are they trying to imply that when they will make it cheaper by shoving it everywhere? I honestly can't see how that logic is holding together

[–] mlen@awful.systems 16 points 1 year ago

Polish commentary on Hitlergruß: https://bsky.app/profile/smutnehistorie.bsky.social/post/3lgaoyezhgc2c

Translation:

  • it’s just a Hindu symbol of prosperity
  • a normal Roman salute
  • regular rail car
  • wait a second
[–] mlen@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm surprised that alphabetical lists are included. Maybe my brain has completely rotten, but keeping the data sorted is pretty neat for efficient processing

[–] mlen@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure her surveys are immune to sampling bias and therefore perfectly represent the general population. /s

[–] mlen@awful.systems 2 points 1 year ago

Yet still exploiting it on 64-bit systems is impractical

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