[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 52 minutes ago

Maybe that's what makes millennials different. So many of the big scares ended up being big nothings.

AIDS was going to kill everyone... except it's a STI, and now can be almost fully managed with drugs.

Weed was going to kill everyone and make everyone else go crazy... except it's arguably less harmful than even caffeine, let alone tobacco or alcohol.

Y2K was going to end the world... except people put significant money and effort into solving it.

The hole in the ozone layer is growing... except we put regulations in place to stop it from growing and saved ourselves.

We managed to save ourselves, as a species, from all of these things. It wasn't until 9/11 when we didn't really know what to do and never really recovered from it as a society.

It makes sense that that's often where people say the 90s really ended. And it's a decent cut-off for when someone is Gen Z. If you don't really remember 9/11 (and especially nothing before it), you're not a millennial.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

Most people don't "get" poetry.

Did you channel your edgy 15 year old self for that? That's incredibly arrogant and self absorbed.

Lol, that was what the study implied.

If I'm remembering correctly, one of the reasons that participants of the study rated human-written poetry more poorly was because it was "more difficult to understand". Conversely, the AI-generated poetry was easier to understand.

And this is coming from someone who doesn't read poetry, lol

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

You're right; those were poor choices by the parents.

Really, the question is more about "When do we stop attributing bad choices to the parent and start attributing them to the child?"

Because babies and toddlers can make lots of stupid decisions.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

When was the last time the military used the guns against its population?

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

Like I said, I think we should still have money. I just think the basic necessities should be guaranteed.

Nobody should have to do a job that's horrible to them just because they need shelter and food.

If that horrible job needs someone, they need to offer enough money to be able to incentivize people to do it, and not just because the worker doesn't want to starve or be homeless.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 12 points 21 hours ago

There's a problem with TOO MANY GUNS.

Let's solve that problem by GETTING MORE GUNS

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I think the problem would be similar. The rich and powerful would be the only ones to profit off of inventions and innovations.

We still have indie game devs today. Imagine if any company could just copy an indie game and scale it up/polish a bit and get all the sales.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

It doesn't appeal to the masses.

Most people don't "get" poetry. That's why you don't see many people sitting around reading books of poetry.

Many people would probably also choose a short story written by AI over one written by a professional author.

Heck, I'm sure comments written by AI generally get more upvotes than comments written by humans.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

He could be the boss of the minor league. He doesn't have Tyson's status.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

How many people would even turn up to work if it made no material difference to their life?

Maybe not the same jobs, but most people would. Human beings are wired to want to feel productive.

I don't think we should be abolishing money or anything, and different jobs should pay different wages. Still, I think all people should have their basic needs met.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago

Being conceived by shitty people is more than enough to have a life arguably ruined permanently before it even began.

So much can happen to ruin a person's life at any stage, even pre-conception.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

Definitely. It's not even about defending Nintendo.

I hate people who try to profit off of privacy when piracy is available for free.

It reminds me of my university days when people would be selling PDFs of course textbooks...just email a copy of the file!

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by otp@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource.

It makes sense to downvote it in posts that have great discussion -- let the content rise up so people can have discussions with humans, sure.

But sometimes I see it getting downvoted when it's the only comment there. Which does nothing, unless a reader has rules that automatically hide downvoted comments (but a reader would be able to expand the comment anyways...so really no difference).

What's the point of downvoting? My only guess is that there's people who are salty about something it said about some source they like. Yet I don't see anyone providing an alternative to MediaBiasFactCheck...

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by otp@sh.itjust.works to c/googlepixel@lemmy.ml

I used to be able to press the microphone button on my home screen and say "Start 5-minute timer" and it would start the timer.

Now, when I do that, it does a Google search for "Start 5-minute timer".

How do I get that functionality back?

I don't want to open an app, and I don't want to use a number pad or anything to enter the number.

EDIT: Thank you! I went into the Gestures section of Settings, and now I can long-press the power button to get the desired behaviour. This might even be more convenient than tapping the mic icon!

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submitted 8 months ago by otp@sh.itjust.works to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world
  1. Tap search button on the bottom.

  2. Search like normal for communities with the search term. Results returned like normal.

  3. Clicking the unfilled heart (to subscribe) results in the error presented in the attached screenshot.

  4. The back button (Android) doesn't work. App must be force-closed.

  5. The subscribing action was successful; discovered on reboot.

  6. Repeating the steps, but instead of the unfilled heart, clicking on the community successfully navigates to the community.

  7. This didn't happen before.

  8. I might be one update behind current as of Mar 18

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submitted 10 months ago by otp@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Bananas are ridiculously cheap even up here in Canada, and they aren't grown anywhere near here. Yet a banana can grow, be harvested, be shipped, be stocked, and then be purchased by me for less than it'd cost to mail a letter across town. (Well, if I could buy a single banana maybe...or maybe that's not the best comparison, but I think you get my point)

Along the banana's journey, the farmer, the harvester, the shipper, the grocer, the clerk, and the cashier all (presumably) get paid. Yet a single banana is mere cents. If you didn't know any better, you might think a single banana should cost $10!

I'm presuming that this is because of some sort of exploitation somewhere down the line, or possibly loss-leading on the grocery store's side of things.

I'm wondering what other products like bananas are a lot cheaper than they "should" be (e.g., based on how far they have to travel, or how difficult they are to produce, or how much money we're saving "unethically").

I've heard that this applies to coffee and chocolate to varying extents, but I'm not certain.

Anyone know any others?

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by otp@sh.itjust.works to c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml

I've got a fairly new 14tb Seagate Expansion. It works fine, and I've been using it for a month and a bit.

I don't know how long it's been doing this, but the power supply is making a very faint alarm sound. The power supply is plugged into a Belkin surge protector powered on and with the "protected" status light lit, and it is plugged into an outlet. The HDD is currently not plugged in to a computer.

It's not a beep or electricity. It's a distinct weewooweewoo. I couldn't even determine the source until I pressed my ear against it.

Googling just points me towards typical "my HDD is making a sound, how long do I have until it dies", but nothing pointed me to the alarm sound from the power supply.

I'll check again if it makes the alarm in other conditions, but in the meanwhile, I was hoping someone here might know something.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: The sound only happens when...

  • Power adapter is plugged into the HDD, AND the outlet
  • HDD is NOT plugged into the computer.

Plugging it into the computer stops the noise from the power adapter.

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submitted 11 months ago by otp@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

I know money can't buy happiness blahblahblah.

Do they do gift exchanges at all?

Do they ask for anything?

They have enough money that they could get anything made or done for them at a moment's notice. Like having ChatGPT, but for services. Ridiculous things we couldn't imagine.

Anyone have any insight into general trends along those lines?

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