A concussion despite a helmet. Surely that foam and plastic saved a life.
Readit NewsWaterluvian commented on What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you? louplummer.lol/nice-stran... · Posted by u/speckx
Oh god. It knows that I google for UUIDs.
Lot of arrogant people here who think they are safe and better than anybody and blame OP.
It is totally normal in today’s world to depend on cloud services and reasonably difficult to do without it. In China: no WeChat you are practically dead. Here try to join meetings without account, try to send a message on WhatsApp without account, etc… a lot can go wrong very fast. What if you used your Apple account as SSO to other services ?
I’ve interpreted it as a sort of head-in-sand coping mechanism for those low-likelihood, high-consequence events people feel powerless over. It’s less distressing to be powerless if you decide that the real issue was a fault by the victim and not a powerlessness you have in common with the victim.
It’s not just about limiting - why don’t these people make it easier on the apps themselves to do it? We know why.
YouTube Kids itself has a parental locked section where you can set a timer. The rest just don’t feel like they’re meant for kids at all. And that leaves adolescents in such a vulnerable spot.
Waterluvian commented on macOS 26.2 enables fast AI clusters with RDMA over Thunderbolt developer.apple.com/docum... · Posted by u/guiand
I'm neither and have 2. 24/7 async inference against github issues. Free. (once you buy the macs that is)
I wonder what the actual lifetime amortized cost will be.
There have been many, many stories over the millenia that try to empart the wisdom that mortality is necessary. Some present it as being a gift.
I don't think any one source made it click for me, but I think some combination of watching The Good Place, Sandman, and a lot of Black Mirror got me really stretching my imagination of what it would feel like to be truly immortal. I had a moment that felt like my horizons had been expanded very slightly when I felt this severe dread for maybe half a second. A feeling of being inescapably trapped.
There's also this PC game called The Coin Game that's just a solo-dev making lots of arcade games. They exist on an island where you have a home and some hobbies and a few arcades and I think even a mall. But the entire island is devoid of humanity. There's just a bunch of robots. I don't know if the game has a backstory, but the one my brain filled in is that this is a sort of playground for you to live in forever... and it's got a San Junipero feel, but far more bleak. Gave me the chills. I'm happy to be mortal.
Waterluvian commented on Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
Why is car a luxury? A clunker car worth $2000 will still work fine for years with minor maintenance that can be done by yourself.
Oh, yeah. Cities. Cars are expensive when you live in a 100 sq. ft. box.
Perhaps that's what is causing problems?
A competently planned city makes car ownership unnecessary.
Waterluvian commented on Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
And this is exactly why I only shop at Costco. While other retailers try to get me to buy more stuffs, Costco try to make sure I'm satisfied enough that I'll renew my yearly membership (their main profit source). The incentive structure aligns very well.
Buying in bulk is about having the ability to both afford next week’s food this week and have the means to store it. Not to mention the annual subscription.
Responding to a comment about dollar stores preying on the poor with, “that’s why I shop at Costco” is… a choice.
Waterluvian commented on Building a Toast Component emilkowal.ski/ui/building... · Posted by u/FragrantRiver
Despite being the first point made, i feel that it’s likely the name didn’t contribute to its success, and possibly worked against it. It’s not discoverable and it doesn’t tell the reader much of anything. It’s the kind of name you get away with when your product is established by other means.
Waterluvian commented on Principles of Slack Maximalism aelerinya.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
Slack would be good tool if it would let me just stream and filter straight from the CLI.
Since IRC allows to do this with almost zero setup I'd rather see it used in my fantasies where non-technical people aren't considered for choice of tooling ;)
I think the API makes this possible for anyone who wants it enough.