silasmariner

joined 2 years ago
[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

You're doing the lord's work

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Handwriting of a child; broke. Handwriting of a doctor; bespoke

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Some of them, sometimes. But some are adulated and free and contribute vast swathes to our culture and understanding.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, I think this a more compelling take

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 22 points 2 months ago

Yeah, jeez, that sort of mechanophic language should be illegal

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

I like that song. Perhaps a perfect encapsulation of some specific part of the 60s mythos. I can only speculate.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

As the father of a recently-diagnosed ADHD daughter... Stay strong 😅 it's still rewarding but there may be times where you're tempted to question your resolve

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

A new London bus costs around £300k, so whilst is plausible that the watch cost more than my 'car', it's a pretty stupid way of spending that amount of money...

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ignoring capitalisation you can add as many buffalos as you like and still be parsable. I've only ever heard buffalo used as a verb in this one context, though, so seems a bit forced to me

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

There's a study on this... I o py remember it pretty vaguely, but the tl;dr was that if people win at gambling it doesn't hold much appeal -- the initial drive to continue gambling only comes after losses. Something about 'making up for' anything you lost drives the addiction behaviour far more. This struck me initially as kinda counter-intuitive (you'd think that people were more motivated by behaviours with positive outcomes, right?) so it always stuck in my head...

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Legal authorities operating in the host country will not be thrilled if you have an instance filled with csam, and all sane users will also want to be heavily distanced from it. The latter applies to any content widely deemed objectionable, not just to illegal material - which makes the motive for moderation pretty reasonable IMO. If the moderation for a instance doesn't suit the users, users and communities are free to move to an instance that better suits them, and this does happen. It's a strength of the fediverse.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The guy on the beach, or the fat guy who got his eyes spat out? I could look this up but I'd rather not play the game that way

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