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Sindisil commented on Surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking   lighthousereports.com/inv... · Posted by u/_tk_
1718627440 · 2 months ago
> caffeine

Not all drugs are created equal, withdrawal symptoms are different.

> Homosexuality and sodomy

They do affect the future population count and this will affect the pension of everyone. They also will result in persons not being born. You can say that this is way less of importance then the right to do whatever you want, but it is not without effect to others.

Sindisil · 2 months ago
> They do affect the future population count and this will affect the pension of everyone. They also will result in persons not being born.

So does abstention.

By your logic, then, if sodomy and homosexuality were illegal, then adults of child bearing age would be legally required to have sex.

Likewise, those unable to participate in conception would be prohibited from having sex.

Sindisil commented on Not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it's stealing my em dashes too   theguardian.com/lifeandst... · Posted by u/Freak_NL
echelon · 2 months ago
> Em dashes—often used to connect explanatory phrases, and so named because they’re the width of your average lowercase ‘m’

I did not know that. I just memorized en dash was shorter in length than em dash. If it also corresponds to an "n" length, I'll be delighted.

Sindisil · 2 months ago
Sindisil commented on Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order   cpb.org/pressroom/Corpora... · Posted by u/coloneltcb
SpicyLemonZest · 7 months ago
This was all widely reported, I'm not sure why you're criticizing the news media.
Sindisil · 7 months ago
What was widely reported was that he disavowed Project 2025. Those denials were seldom challenged, nor were the many Heritage Foundation related people that were also in Trump's inner circles reported upon in any critical way.
Sindisil commented on Ask HN: Why do we celebrate AI-Copilots but reject AI–Generated art?    · Posted by u/praveeninpublic
Sindisil · 8 months ago
Who is "we", Kimosabe?

Personally, I have no time for gen-AI in pretty much any context, at least given the current landscape.

And plenty of people seem to accept, if not love, gen-AI art. I don't get it, but it's true.

> While browsing YouTube, an AI-generated video appeared and I reflexively told my wife, “That’s AI—skip it.”

My reflex whenever I encounter gen-AI output in any form: text, code, image, music, video, what have you. I find all off it mid in the best of cases, and usually think it's quite terrible. I regularly see posts of the form "you'll never believe this amazing AI generated picture/video/paper/program, and when I check it out I feel like I'm taking crazy pills because I just don't see the magic.

Just my $.02, not inflation adjusted. You (and many others) may well feel differently.

Sindisil commented on Trump's orders, officals released water from two California dams   latimes.com/environment/s... · Posted by u/DocFeind
Sindisil · 10 months ago
This is going to be hell for the farmers in the region this growing season, not to mention for those buying groceries.
Sindisil commented on Older adults disproportionately hindered by touch screen interfaces (2023)   journals.sagepub.com/doi/... · Posted by u/annapowellsmith
iwanttocomment · 10 months ago
This seems to be an real and important problem with capacitive touch screens. My elderly mother is often unable to make a touch register on recent Apple devices when a touch appears to have clearly happened and with reasonable force. She blames it on her fingers being "numb" but there genuinely seems to be a problem unrelated to her actions. (I've used the devices in question, and they appear to be fine. This is not an issue where she is not touching the device with her skin or a situation where the device is dirty.)
Sindisil · 10 months ago
I'm not yet "elderly " -- contrary to what a troublingly large fraction of younger software developers seem to believe -- but I do have occasional issues with touch screens, for several reasons.

They behave unreliability when I use the fingers on my left hand. I play guitar, so I assume that callouses are the issue. Older folks often have calloused finger tips; it's somewhat inevitable.

I often make or repair things, as well as work in my yard. At the very least, this often renders fingerprint recognition useless for days or sometimes weeks at a time. Sometimes my finger tips get scuffed enough that it affects touch screen use, too. I wear gloves when I can, but that is its own issue. "Screen friendly" work gloves don't stay that way for long, and aren't great anyway.

I also live in a northern area, so for about half the year humidity is very low. Even drinking plenty, and using moisturizer, my skin gets dry enough sometimes to make screens unresponsive.

Of course, we also get actual winter here. Even the best "screen friendly" gloves I've tried have been mid at best, just as with work gloves. Certainly not good enough to rely on.

Sindisil commented on What we know about CEO shooting suspect   bbc.com/news/articles/cp9... · Posted by u/1vuio0pswjnm7
MisterTea · a year ago
> Probably fail to do so, then eventually get convicted on all charges and end up in a supermax penitentiary for life.

Where he will finally get decent health care for free.

Sindisil · a year ago
Decent health care? In prison? Are you serious?

u/Sindisil

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