Waldelfe

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So, before you get the wrong impression, I'm 40. Last year I enrolled in a master program in IT to further my career. It is a special online master offered by a university near me and geared towards people who are in fulltime employement. Almost everybody is in their 30s or 40s. You actually need to show your employement contract as prove when you apply at the university.

Last semester I took a project management course. We had to find a partner and simulate a project: Basically write a project plan for an IT project, think about what problems could arise and plan how to solve them, describe what roles we'd need for the team etc. Basically do all the paperwork of a project without actually doing the project itself. My partner wrote EVERYTHING with ChatGPT. I kept having the same discussion with him over and over: Write the damn thing yourself. Don't trust ChatGPT. In the end, we'll need citations anyway, so it's faster to write it yourself and insert the citation than to retroactively figure them out for a chapter ChatGPT wrote. He didn't listen to me, had barely any citation in his part. I wrote my part myself. I got a good grade, he said he got one, too.

This semester turned out to be even more frustrating. I'm taking a database course. SQL and such. There is again a group project. We get access to a database of a fictional company and have to do certain operations on it. We decided in the group that each member will prepare the code by themselves before we get together, compare our homework and decide, what code to use on the actual database. So far whenever I checked the other group members' code it was way better than mine. A lot of things were incorporated that the script hadn't taught us at that point. I felt pretty stupid becauss they were obviously way ahead of me - until we had a videocall. One of the other girls shared her screen and was working in our database. Something didn't work. What did she do? Open a chatgpt tab and let the "AI" fix the code. She had also written a short python script to help fix some errors in the data and yes, of course that turned out to be written by chatgpt.

It's so frustrating. For me it's cheating, but a lot of professors see using ChatGPT as using the latest tools at our disposal. I would love to honestly learn how to do these things myself, but the majority of my classmates seem to see that differently.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago

And tomorrow they'll post a picture of a 10,000$ gaming setup with LEDs and shit and claim that women can't possibly understand spending a ton of money on furniture and decorations.

Not to mention that this joke has been done to death. For years pictures of empty rooms with a matress have been posted to claim that "this is what men want". (Until next week, when we'll post a picture of a gaming room full of expensive furniture and elaborate decorations and claim that THIS is what men want, actually, for real, I swear.)

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Just force everybody to interact. Obligatory meetings for the whole village/city district/city block (depending on size of population) every saturday morning with local news, coffee and cake and maybe games or time for chatting.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There's a street in my city with many major shops. Big clothing chains and such. A couple of years ago it was suggested to make it a pedestrian zone and the ones crying the loudest were the shop owners. Noone will buy anything if they can't stop their car directly in front of the shop! And all the old people with multiple hip surgeries, who CAN'T come if the taxi can't let them out right in front of the shop and who are the main customer base!!!

Well, anyway, it's been a pedestrian zone for two years now and I've never seen so many people in the shops before. You can't find a place to sit in the restaurants and cafés now on saturdays when before they were half full at best. Funnily enough after all the headlines and screaming on facebook about how the pedestrian zone will KILL all business, it's become pretty quiet. You won't read news headlines about the success of the pedestrian zone.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago

Those are the instructions for mine.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Ich vermute weil sie genau wissen, dass es klingt wie ein bockiges Kind. Jeder weiß, dass man als Erwachsener halt auch mal die unangenehmen Dinge tun muss: Ja, Jogginghose ist bequemer als Anzughose, aber man geht trotzdem im Anzug ins Büro. Dann kommt jemand daher und sagt dir "Ist zwar nicht das angenehmste, aber zum Wohle aller musst du eine Weile Maske tragen." Da wissen sie genau, wenn sie einfach "hab kein Bock weil unbequem" sagen, stehn sie dumm da. Also schwurbelt man sich einen Grund herbei.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I also feel like our generation doesn't really have such a strict ruleset anymore to break free from during a midlife crisis. I'm 40 and my friends have just always been doing their "weird hobbies" like biking, travelling etc. There's noone who suddenly realizes at 40 that they have missed out and always wanted to see the pyramids, ride a motorcycle or completely change their career. Those who want to ride a motorbike have owned one for years, those who want to travel have done so since their 20s. The expectations have changed. You don't have to conform to a strict ruleset anymore and give up a lot when you become an adult. So there are less people with major regrets and "I wish I had done XYZ" in their 40s. At least in my bubble

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Sehr interessant. Ich habe bei den Coronaleugnern in meinem Umfeld während der Pandemie definitiv ein abdrifzen in esoterische Denkweisen bemerkt: Von "Ich mag die Maske nicht." "Die Maske behindert mein Atmen." "Ich glaub, ich fühl mich öfter krank, seit ich Masken tragen muss." zu "Ich hab gehört, die Impfung macht was mit dem Körper. Die haben das nicht erforscht, wer weiß, welche Einflüsse das alles auf uns hat, wenn wir uns das Spritzen lassen." Und als dann schon quasi alles angezweifelt wurde, weil irgendwelche verborgenen Prozesse durch Maske und/oder Impfung ausgelöst wurden, die die Wissenschaft nicht erklären kann, hieß es immer öfter "die Wissenschaftler sind auch nur normale Menschen, die wissen nicht mehr als du oder ich." Und schon waren alternative Heilmethoden, über die ein paar Videos geschaut wurden, genauso gut und sicher wie wissenschaftlich belegte.

Tja, und als sie dann schon so weit waren, war der Schritt zu "Alle Politiker wollen uns 'die Wissenschaft' andrehen und ignorieren 'Erkenntnisse aus anderen Quellen'. Nur die AfD steht dagegen auf und lässt Andersdenkende wie mich zu!" nicht mehr weit.

Wenn man schon glaubt, dass die ganze "Wissenschaft" einen anlügt, ist der Schritt zu "Politiker, die diese Wissenschaft fördern, sind verlogen" halt nicht mehr weit.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago

Use your expensive/show-off devices everywhere, even if it's extremely unpractical: drive the car/take the horse to go to a place next door. Have the most expensive, top-notch devices to do the easiest and most mundane tasks.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

That reminds me of a former job I had. I had a male coworker who refused to make coffee. It was a small company with only 10 employees and we had this really cheap machine where you just put coffee in the upper part and then let the water run through. Don't know what it's called. Anyway, that coffee machine had ONE (1!) button: on/off. He'd always try to make me or the only other woman in the office make the coffee because "You women know better how to do those things. I never make coffee". The best part: he was one of the engineers in charge of repairing the power tools that the company sells!

So, what happened if we refused or weren't there? There just wasn't any coffee! Those guys would rather not have their coffee than make it themselves!

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

A lot of brands have special barista oat milk, usually with pea protein I think or rapeseed oil to make the froth stable. Here in Germany they are often labeled "Barista oat milk".

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have one always in my pocket, too, but I'd argue it's not "unexpectedly useful".

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 44 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You also had decent profiles where you could write more texts about you. That could give you an idea of who that person is. There is a difference between "Tea or Coffee? - Tea." and "Tea or Coffee? - I like green teas but also some black teas like assam. I sometimes bake scones to eat with the tea." A lit of modern apps don't even give you the option to show your personality more.

 

So, this is a very complicated story and actually I feel like I'd have to write a book to explain it all. I'll keep it short and leave out a ton. I was severely bullied in school since grade one due to a skin condition. It doesn't matter which, it was very visible, all over my body. Teachers did nothing. It was the nineties in a small little village in the middle of nowhere. In third grade one teacher ask me why I don't take medicine or cover up with make-up so I wouldn't get bullied. My parents didn't do anything either, not even take me to a doctor.

In 7th grade my condition had gotten better, but now I was bullied for my clothes. My parents were horrible and didn't allow me to buy my own clothes, if I did I'd find it cut to pieces shortly after. My skin was also still not good, though not as severe. So I was bullied for dressing weirdly and for having bad skin. However in 7th grade I became part of a friendship group of 4. All outsiders for various reasons. And life was Ok. I still got bullied the most out of us four because of my skin. I was told to hide it with makeup and when I said I can't wear makeup due to allergic reactions the bullies said to "tough it out", because "noone wants to see that". I just stuck to our group and tried to ignore them. However in hindsight I feel like the other three never took the bullying seriously, since they were never the target. They were just more or less outsiders because they weren't interested in fashion, party etc.

One of the four was Lydia. Lydia didn't fit in because she was from an ultraconservative family and wasn't allowed to do many things. However, during our last two years of school her parents became less strict after her oldest brother moved out and cut contact at 18. She started hanging out with the others, going to parties etc. During our last few weeks I was repeatedly the butt of jokes. And she started defending my bullies, saying it's not that serious.

There was a kind of yearbook where everybody wrote comments about the classmates. The ones about me were all along the lines of "doesn't know what a shower is" "Someone please teach her about soap" and some nasty nicknames mocking my hobby I didn't even know they had for me. I've tried so often to defend myself and explain my skin condition and that it's genetic, yet up to the very last day everybody kept bullying me saying I'm dirty and disgusting.

I talked about it with my three friends and said I wanted to protest and have it taken out before the yearbook gets printed. (The list with everybodies comments had circled before printing.) Lydia told me I'm sensitive, that I shouldn't take it so serious and I shouldn't censor all critism of me. I was so shocked by her saying that. She used to be on my side.

Shortly after we graduated she moved away and didn't stay in contact. I tried a few times, said I could come visit her one day, but at first I only got one-sentence-answers, later nothing. I sent her a small gift and card on her first birthday after graduation, she replied with a short thanks, sent me a generic textmessage on my birthday and we never spoke again.

Now someone wants to organize the 20 year reunion of our highschool class. I was added to a whatsapp group - not sure where they got my number from - and Lydia contacted me. The usual small talk. How's life been, how many kids, yadada. I way shocked enough to be suddenly added to that group. It brought back so many bad memories, I wanted to cry, I wanted to write into the group how I wish they'd all die the most horrible, painful death. I didn't, I just left the group without any comment. I did answer Lydia and am doing the small talk, but inside all I want to ask is "how could you betray me like that? Why did you do that to me?"

I mean I guess I know the answer. I stayed losely in contact with another member of our group. A few month after graduation the topic came up and she said she didn't think I was bullied, because I "could have just covered up with makeup like they said I should and worn more fashionable clothes". Since I didn't, I chose to be ridiculed. I guess that would be the answer if I asked Lydia.

I don't know what kind of answer I'm expecting here, I'm just very confused and hurt and don't know how to behave. Ignore her? Block her? Ask her about it? Would that change anything? It would hurt so much if she just told me I was never bullied and I'm sensitive or asked for it. I don't know has anyone got advise? Has anyone who was bullied been in a similar position? What would you do?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Waldelfe@feddit.org to c/spiele_analog@feddit.org
 

Ich habe eine Freundin, die Brettspiele mag und gerade Deutsch lernt. Ich würde ihr gerne ein Brettspiel zum Geburtstag schenken, mit dem wir auch zusammen Deutsch üben können. Sie macht gerade eine A1-Kurs, sie ist also noch ganz am Anfang. Hat jemand eine Idee für ein Spiel, dass sich nicht nur an Kleinkinder richtet? Vielleicht etwas mit repetitiven Sätzen, die man schnell lernen kann. Wir haben schon Black Stories versucht, aber das war noch etwas zu schwierig.

 

Ich suche einen kleinen, günstigen Fotodrucker. Er muss nicht viel können, ich möchte nur Fotos vom Handy oder Computer ausdrucken, um sie an Brieffreunde zu schicken oder ins Tagebuch zu kleben. Ich brauche also nur kleine Fotos, kein A4 oder so. Mir reicht qualitativ das, was man bei Rossmann am Automaten kriegt, wenn man dort ausdruckt.

Ich habe gesehen, dass es auch portable Minidrucker gibt, hat jemand damit Erfahrungen?

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Waldelfe@feddit.org to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
 

For those among us who are menstruating: drip. is a very neat little period tracking app that offers basic tracking functions and fertility planning. All data is only stored locally.

It is open source and was developed in Germany. It's available on Android and iOS.

More information in https://dripapp.org/

 

You know those euphemistic words like "muck up" for "fuck up", "shite" for "shit", or "unalive" for "suicide" that people use to circumvent the rules of major platforms like YouTube and Tiktok? I just thought about how people are starting to use them on other platforms and in real live out of habit. But they only make sense in this very specific context, that a majority of communication takes place on privately owned, strictly regulated internet platforms that ban certain words.

If for whatever reason the details of how the platforms worked get lost (and they might, because it's so centralised that all it takes is for a handful of major companies to go under and take all the content they host with them), it'll be difficult to retroactively figure out what the culture of the 2020s looked like and where all those weird words suddenly came from.

 

Mascha Kaléko was born in 1907 as the daughter of a Russian father and an Austrian mother. The family fled from the persecution of Jews in Galicia to Germany in 1918. Mascha spend her teenage years in Berlin. In 1928 she marries the philologist Saul Kaléko. In 1934 she meets and falls in love with the Jewish composer Chemjo Vinaver and starts a four year long affair until her divorce from Saul in 1938.

Chemjo and Mascha flee to New York where she continues to write poetry in German, her mother language. By the time she wrote this poem she already lived in New York, where she suffered from loneliness and the fact that she could not get her German poetry published.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Waldelfe@feddit.org to c/poetry@lemmy.world
 

Ein Mensch wird "Pessimist" geschmäht,

Der düster in die Zukunft späht.

Doch scheint dies Urteil wohl zu hart:

Die Zukunft ist's, die düster starrt!

A man as "Pessimist" is flouted

Who sees the future gloom'ly clouded.

However this judgement too harsh appears:

It is the future that bleakly stares.

(I tried to translate it in a way that makes it rhyme in English. )

 

So I am currently rewatching Stargate SG1 and thinking about certain things that always rub me the wrong way when watching or reading SciFi. Now, I know that Stargate in particular doesn't really take itself too seriously and shouldn't be scrutinized too much. It's also a bit older. But there are still some things that even modern SciFi-Worlds featuring outer space and aliens have or lack, that always slightly rub me the wrong way. I would love to hear your opinion.

  1. Lack of any form of camera surveillance technology

I mean, come on, the Goa'uld couldn't figure out a way to install their equivalent of cameras all over their battle ships in order to monitor it? They have forms of video/picture transmitting technology. Star Trek also seems to lack any form of video surveillance. (I'm not up to date with the newest series.) Yes, I get that having a crew member physically go to a cargo bay and check out the situation is better for dramatic purposes. But it always rubs me the wrong way that they have to do that. I would just love to see a SciFi-Series set in space where all space ships are equipped with proper camera technology. Not just some vague "sensor" that tells the crew "something is wrong, but you will still have to physically go there and see it for yourself". I want the captain of a space ship to have access to the 200,000 cameras strategically placed all over the ship to monitor it.

  1. Languages

I have studied linguistics, learned several foreign languages and lived in a foreign country for a while, so my perspective is influenced by that. I always find it weird when everybody "just talks English". Yes, I get that it's easier to write stories in which all characters can just freely interact with each other. But it's always so weird to me when an explorer comes to a foreign planet and everybody just talks their language. At least make up an explanation for it! "We found this translator device in the space ship that crashed on earth". There you go. I love the Stargate Movie where Daniel Jackson figures out how to communicate with the people on Abydos. During the series most worlds will just speak English, with some random words in other languages thrown in. As someone interested in linguistics I love Stargate for how much it features deciphering languages, though I still find it weird when they go to another world and everybody just speaks English.

  1. Humanoid aliens

Especially with modern CGI I would just love to shows get more creative when it comes to alien races. We don't need a person in a costume anymore. Every once in a while you will have that weird alien pop up, but all in all I feel like there's still a lot of potential. Also changes in Human physiology due to different environmental conditions on foreign planets.

That being said, I would also like to mention some SciFi-titles that in my mind stand out for being very creative in this regard:

  • The writing of Julie Czerneda is very creative when it comes to alien species. She was a biologist and uses her knowledge to create a wide variety of alien life forms
  • The forever war (Without spoiling the end, so I'll leave it at that. Just liked it as a creative take on an alien race so different it's incomprehensible to us)
  • I very much appreciate Douglas Adams for the babel fish.
  • I also liked The expanse for including the development of a Belter language and changes in human physiology due to different gravity.

What do you think? Do you know any good examples of SciFi-Worldbuilding, that solve some common inconsistencies?

(Edited because it looked weird :P) Also, I rembered one more thing: I have two serious food allergies and I always cringe when I see characters take some random food from an alien civilisation and eat. It's especially bad right now while rewatching Stargate. SG1 just keeps happily eating and drinking anything that is offered and there are so many scenes of them eating without asking much. Maybe it's just because I can't even do that in my own society and am so used to always asking "What is in it? Can I eat it?" Although some shows have good solutions like standard nutrient packs in a military context or food replicators that create any food you want.

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