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nickwitha_k (he/him)

@ nickwitha_k @lemmy.sdf.org

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    Pedophiles celebrate US government policy

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  • I'm against institutionalized violence

    As am I and I am also very opposed to dehumanization. However...

    deepest pit.

    No.

    Like slavers, they deserve shallow, unmarked graves so that the scavengers can help purge their stain from this world.

  • Him and Elon were cybering, calling it now...

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  • Both were less impressive than the beard of Edward Teach.

  • ChatGPT is pushing people towards mania, psychosis and death

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  • is it better to have an AI therapist than none at all?

    The evidence so far shows that the answer to that is a responding "no". LLM bots have suggested means of suicide to people in crisis and encouraged unhealthy behavior in people with reading disorders. They are dangerous in such roles and should never be used in place of a therapist.

    No therapy is better than a "therapist" that tries to murder you.

  • U.N.: Israel Has Killed 800 Palestinians Seeking Aid in Gaza, Many at U.S. “Aid” Operation GHF

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  • I really think that "killed" is the wrong term. It is far too neutral. The correct word here would be "murdered".

  • ‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends?

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  • You gotta meet some other straight men, maybe younger. But for your own sake don't settle on this way of thinking.

    Unfortunately, for myself, I've been burned nearly every time there. Not ruling out the possibility of friendship with cis/het men but, I've got too much of my own shit to deal with, making my patience for problematic behavior or taking on someone else's emotional load pretty low.

    This is a really unhealthy worldview to carry around about cis men.

    Unfortunately, it is in part a reality. Not that it's the fault of cis/het men that society has willfully and unconscionably failed them, but, in general, cis/het men need a lot of growth and personal development that they often are not aware of.

  • ‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends?

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  • board game nights

    My favorite events, so far. Getting to hang out with new-to-me nerds and play games that I've never heard of is a blast.

    I chose a therapist that worked with queer people and people who have alternative lifestyles. She was the one who made that suggestion to me

    Funnily enough, my therapist made similar recommendations. Having not ever fit in well with other cis/het guys, intentionally seeking out people in the queer space and those living alternate lifestyles has been a breath of fresh air.

  • ‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends?

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  • I'm in the same boat, undiagnosed AuDHD for most of my life until very recent

    We are in almost exactly the same boat. Didn't get diagnosed with ADHD until about 7 years ago. Then, once initial ADHD was a bit under control, the ASD side of things became more apparent.

    What spaces would that be?

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    I'd love to get in touch with LGBTQ folks but have no idea where to start (yeah sure, there are a lot of places online, but I'd prefer actual face-to-face activities)

    It really depends on your interests. I've had some good success with sex-positive/kink communities (still in an extended initial exploration of the latter). There's a surprising amount of neurodiverse and wonderfully nerdy presence there as well as extraordinary levels of inclusivity. Probably the best places to go looking are event-oriented sites and apps (probably give apps by dating companies a miss).

    Even if that isn't quite your thing, I might recommend trying out "Plura" (formerly Bloom, I think), if there's presence in your area. There are a lot of events that pop up that are not sexuality or kink related as well as, at least in my area, frequent free and reasonable cost seminars. These are often covering topics that are of potential use for neurodivergent people as well as more neurotypical people who have experienced trauma and/or, like many straight men, are not very knowledgeable/skilled with their emotions.

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  • Who's dying on what hill now?

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  • That would be wonderful. The current way that the world has been "working" for a good while now makes me think it unlikely, unfortunately. The vast majority of technological innovation in the last half-century has been used to extract wealth and replace options available to the non-ultra-wealthy with inferior substitutes that are cheaper to make, often for the same effective cost.

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  • I would say that I think it's weird because I think shaved pubes are weird (and experienced horrific razor burn when I tried it back in college).

    Sounds like you are a fucking rockstar dad though. That's a very vulnerable thing to think about asking your parent for a teenage boy. Lots of self-consciousness and trying to figure oneself out. That he felt comfortable asking you says a lot. That you stepped up to ensure that he knew how to do so safely says a lot too.

  • Project Diva

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  • I had to look it up a few months back. But then I remembered that there was this whole big thing that I thought was uninteresting and forgot about.

  • Project Diva

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  • Thank you for your diligence.

  • Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail.

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  • Life long windows user. I switched to Arch

    Fuck. That's like going straight from English breakfast tea to hash oil.

    I've been using Linux almost exclusively both in my personal and professional life for a decade and a half. I only installed Arch a month or two ago.

  • Some TODO app called Emacs?

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  • I'm more into (neo)vim but that is beautiful.

  • White House accuses Powell of mismanaging Federal Reserve, citing headquarters renovation

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  • When you realize that most extremely to ultra wealthy people are idiots propped up by their underlings, it makes more sense.

  • Brian.

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  • Technically correct (still the best kind of correct). However, the meaning has changed a but due to the word's falling into disuse. Colloquially, it is now used as a mid-point between overwhelmed and underwhelmed, describing a situation as a mundane experience. Not disappointing, too stimulating, or even satisfying; just neutral ("Tell my wife I said 'Hello'").

  • Ukraine Uncovers NVIDIA Chip in Russian Drone, Turning It Into a Digital Predator Capable of Autonomous Targeting and Engagement

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  • This is not how soldiers work for the most part though.

    Maybe modern professional soldiers. However, there was some research around WW2 with draftees and conscripts that suggested that in the case, a substantial number would not fire on the enemy or intentionally miss in close combat. There has been some debate over accuracy of the results but, the US military found them compelling enough to sink immense resources into attempting to address this through training.

    Anecdotally, my grandfather was a volunteer and gunner on a landing craft in the Pacific and would have died, if not for the armor plate in front of him. He admitted to intentionally not shooting at enemy soldiers, when laying down suppressing fire, primarily damaging empty sheds and the like. Despite choosing to be there, he didn't want to kill anyone.

    Compare that to conscripts and draftees fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war and you're a lot more likely to find people uncommitted to killing other human beings. Most human beings have a strong aversion to homicide, even in war.

  • "AI is going to replace you."

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  • I was also making a timezone joke :D

  • "AI is going to replace you."

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  • Spain is in UTC or UTC+1. I'm on UTC-8. 11AM for Spain is 3AM for me, making it easy for me to have a not-too-crazy evening and still be in bed before 11AM UTC.