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medem

@ medem @lemmy.wtf

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  • Techno-feudalism: We own nothing and just pay rent to billionaires

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  • Am I the only one around here that notices the irony and inconsistency of publishing this kind of stuff on Substack?

  • The purpose of many company emails is not to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.

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  • 'Bureaucracy is a construct designed to maximise the distance between a decision maker and the consequences of his actions'

    N.N. Taleb

  • At one time, a man seeing a female's naked knee was equivalent to a man seeing a female's breast today.

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  • Interesting !

    Reminds me of the Islamic concept of the Aura, which basically denotes body parts that should be covered in public. There's the so-called greater and the so-called lesser Aura. The greater Aura (= the body parts for which you commit a greater sin should you uncover yours in public or look at someone else's), goes from the navel to the knees. Thus, for a Muslim woman, it is less of a sin to go topless (as long as her pants cover all the way up to the navel) as it is to run around in a miniskirt or shorts.

  • As a Turkish citizen, I cannot stand this. Wake up! Turn to FOSS and Decentralized applications. The new pandemic is "identity verification" and every country is about to fall into this trap.

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  • 'Fall into this trap'? I'd love to be wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure they know what they're doing and why.

  • GitHub Is Down

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  • Replace code written by humans with AI-generated code! They said. It will be fun! They said.

  • There's still life left in them!

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  • That's a feature, not a bug.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    medem @lemmy.wtf

    Are there any cultures where kissing is taboo?

  • I'm ready to study theory now

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  • I can't remember the last time a meme made me laugh so hard. What's the template called / where do I get it??

  • What's the laziest way to create a website that looks really nice and is maintainable?

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  • This, and don't forget to use W3's HTML and CSS validators.

  • Can you use Linux today without the terminal?

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  • I know at least two people who have been using Ubuntu as a daily driver for years and have never (as in, ever) touched the terminal.

  • So do all who live in such times...

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  • The very second I found out that Disney had bought the rights, I swore I would never watch any material they might produce. First, because it's Disney. Second, well, you know, Palpatine exploded in E VI, so there really was no story to tell after that.

    On a weird kind of metaphysical level, I feel that, at the end of the day, it's up to the fans, and not necessarily the producers, to decide what's canon and what's not. And I've declared for myself that there is no such thing as a canon sequel trilogy. Normally, I would simply pirate stuff from companies I don't like, but Disney doesn't even deserve that treatment. I'm not watching the stuff, and that's final.

  • In most cases the simplest explanation is the correct one

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  • This really happened to someone I know. Her child is indeed an asshole, so when she got the test results all negative and basically saying that the boy is nothing but a spoiled brat, it was a surprise for no-one but her.

  • The lyrics to "if you're happy and you know it" imply you can be happy and not know it

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  • Best (and most existential) one I've seen in quite a while.

  • Are there any headphones produced in Europe/EU?

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  • Orosound Tilde Pro. Made in France. Pretty good sound and microphone quality.

  • Are there any headphones produced in Europe/EU?

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  • Austrian Audio used to produce in Austria, not anymore.

  • shit

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  • For those who haven't had the joy of killing Barney, I've got you covered.

  • Bootlickers

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  • 'If powerful assholes don't find you 'arrogant', it means you're doing something wrong.' - N.N. Taleb.

  • I'm not racist BUT... some ethnostates are ok (depending on ethnicity)

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  • This used to be one of my favourite phrases, until I realised that, actually, it is written by the one side that has better PR/marketing. It is mostly, but not always, the same as the winners.

  • The EU laws reining in big tech and fighting disinformation – but angering Trump

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  • Did you mean and angering the Orange Maggot?

  • Only a fool would trust the USA

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  • Not necessarily 'lying', but always 'defending their own interests'. If your country's interests align with them, that's little more than a nice side effect. If not, well, that's that.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    medem @lemmy.wtf

    Knowing how to do many things while not specialising at anything is the perfect way to be replaceable at work.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    medem @lemmy.wtf

    Do you know of a dating app which caters primarily to heterosexuals, respects your privacy, doesn't use analytics and doesn't require G00g13 services to function properly?

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    medem @lemmy.wtf

    The number of times a person mentions ChatGPT in a random real-world conversation might work as a rule of thumb to measure her intelligence (inverse proportion, of course)

  • Today I learned @lemmy.ml
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    TiL that only seven countries make up more than half of the world's human population

    en.m.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    medem @lemmy.wtf

    Does noise from different nearby sources 'add up'? Or do the different sources cancel each other out? In any case, please provide a formula and an example