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droopyEyelids

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Trying to balance discrimination with positivity on planet e
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droopyEyelids··on Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram
OK, doom scrolling is “scrolling compulsively” without intention, and with the vague feeling that time would be better spent elsewhere.

It doesn’t have to do with the content.

droopyEyelids··on Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram
I want to answer your question, but i don’t know what “negative-emotion-producing-material” means, nor how to look up definitions.

Could you type out an explanation by hand for me?

droopyEyelids··on Does iOS have sideloading yet?
What are some good apps you side loaded?
droopyEyelids··on Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
I take your point, and that (i think you would agree) loose anti-socialism definition you explained is a big part of it. But i think the subtext in modern usage is also “the right to operate a private toll on the economy” especially when its Bezos advocating it.
droopyEyelids··on Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
The actual original meaning (and the one that still makes sense) of free markets was “free from economic rent” as sections of the economy were monopolies granted by the king.

Those free markets really did benefit the people and the country. And they were compatible with taxes and tariffs.

Bezos is using the corrupted modern meaning, “free to charge economic rent” because he wants amazon to capture a greater share of global economic activity

droopyEyelids··on Minuteman III test showcases readiness of U.S. nuclear force's deterrent
Hey if you want to sell them id like to try them
droopyEyelids··on US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago
Except for their donors
droopyEyelids··on Advanced Magnet Manufacturing Begins in the United States
Its easy to throw around words like “stupid” on the internet, especially with hindsight, but how could it have been anything but a complex decision estimating values for many variables?

Would they have been able to hit a competitive price while maintaining environmental regs and paying a domestic workforce, would china end up the only other supplier in the world? Can government subsidies be counted on to last multiple administrations?

droopyEyelids··on How to turn off Apple Intelligence
Can you trade money for software quality and complexity forever?
droopyEyelids··on Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan airport
What kind of ai are you talking about? The non deterministic black box LLMs we have now?
droopyEyelids··on U.S. Anti-Piracy Symposium Emphazises Need for Site Blocking
"Site blocking" here seems to be an rightsholder term that covers every technical way they can think of to block access to a service, from DNS/IP blocks to DPI.

The sort of meat of this article is that they're pushing for it again in the USA, and they want it to be responsive enough that it can be instantly updated by the rights holder to cover services that quickly switch domains.

droopyEyelids··on Master the Art of the Product Manager 'No'
As an aside, there is a bit of a disconnect in how the west interpret's China as "not caring" whenever China doesn't make a lot of noise about publicly fixing something. The party can care, but decide something gets less priority, and put it in their backlog, the same way a project manager can!

Air quality and industrial pollutants are a good example. Right now, China is prioritizing industrial expansion and energy stability until they hit whatever targets they have in mind. They'll be talking about carbon and pollution publicly once they can shut down their coal plants without destabilizing the grid.

droopyEyelids··on Master the Art of the Product Manager 'No'
If more than one team could reasonably be the owner of something, -and- the ownership isn't going to get a manager promoted, there needs to be a showdown to see what team takes the impact to their roadmap
droopyEyelids··on The accidental invention of the snow globe (2024)
Someone in the future might see it
droopyEyelids··on Why OpenAI's Structure Must Evolve to Advance Our Mission
None of your examples are legally profit though.
droopyEyelids··on Hardware Security Exploit Research – Xbox 360
There was a period of time when this was true but at least with nintendo, the eshop is full of shovelware now
droopyEyelids··on Will even the most advanced subs have nowhere to hide?
My god the tone in this article is flippant for talking about the scariest part of our “eliminate all human life” deterrence system.

And stupidly jingoistic in how it scaremongers that the five chinese subs could hit the USA while being smug about how the USA deploys five times as many of them.

droopyEyelids··on Dumb TVs deserve a comeback
This is actually the smart question in a dumb discussion.

None of these TV show ads unless you connect them to the Internet. If it’s a big deal to avoid ads, plug them into a media center PC or an Apple TV.

droopyEyelids··on GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in house
I’m one of the people that did not renew BlueCruise and the reason is kind of weird

BlueCruise vehicles were updated with the most sophisticated driver attention system ive ever seen. It will complain in less time than it takes me to change a radio station.

Before that update, I was enjoying the automated driving a little bit too much, and using it to take liberties with my attention in the car. That was awesome as a user experience.

After the update, I am paying more attention to the road than I did when I was driving a manual. There is no benefit to being able to take my hands off the steering wheel. That’s a good thing for safety, but it means that “level 2.5” driving (or whatever) adds zero marginal utility.

droopyEyelids··on The Salvadoran government has 5,940 bitcoins worth $582M
Hard to imagine 1.7% of the population is in prison. In the USA we only have .5% in prison and .2% in jail.
droopyEyelids··on The Rise of Malört, an Unexpected Midwest princess
This is where it gets tricky.

Malort is bottom shelf example of a “Bäsk” liquor.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bäsk

There are much finer versions of it, and if you’re in Chicago Binnies carries one by Letherbee “Bësk” and if you like that bitter grapefruit/wormwood flavor, it is mana from heaven

https://www.letherbee.com/products

droopyEyelids··on Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess
The point was such a question could not be used to tell whether the llm was calling a chess engine
droopyEyelids··on Our Boundless Love for Big Sur May Be Killing It
I'm talking about certain states, like Idaho, Wyoming, and east Oregon being racist meccas, where they have encouraged migration of like minded individuals, and have become a politically dominant force in their regions. That is a lot different than the universal background racism.
droopyEyelids··on Google Drive Blackout in Italy After Another Major Anti-Piracy Blunder
This thread is meandering into Russian examples of government malfeasance which is cool but does everyone know about Operation Gladio in Italy itself?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio

droopyEyelids··on Our Boundless Love for Big Sur May Be Killing It
Oregon can be genuinely unfriendly to people of color though right?
droopyEyelids··on Foraging for America's Forgotten Fruit
Rain on the parade: pawpaws have a narrow ripeness window when they’re really superb, and squirrels can spot it easier than us and ruin them all.

Its a frustrating fruit to try and enjoy.

droopyEyelids··on When Insurers Exit (2023) [pdf]
Its malicious not stupid. The florida politicians and businessmen are all getting what they want while externalizing all the risk
droopyEyelids··on Who is Marcellus Williams: Execution in Missouri despite evidence of innocence
This is true, but circumstantial evidence is seldom enough to have the DA bring a case to trial because it is weak evidence.

At least, thats my impression im not a lawyer.

droopyEyelids··on Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts
#1 has to be elon himself
droopyEyelids··on Is Tor still safe to use?
This would help negate that interference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
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