Moghul

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[–] Moghul 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Have you checked out any other thinkpad? I'm not in Slovenia but my local price comparison website only shows upgrades for this one in stock, and the laptop itself only from a refurbishing place. Maybe this thing is just out of stock.

[–] Moghul 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Given enough time, everything changes. Society as it is now will go away eventually, but it's hard to say that society will 'collapse'. Things can get better or worse, and in either case there will be people who think it they've gotten better, and people who think they've gotten worse.

It's hard to stay optimistic with how perception is shaped nowadays. Let me try to slightly change that perspective. I don't have a link to the study, but a majority of interviewed Americans thought that crime was on the rise, and worse than ever, when in fact it has been decreasing steadily since the early 90s. Public perception was shaped by the broad popularity of televised police, detective, true crime documentaries, and fictional media. A good thing was happening, but that's not what people thought.

Climate change and pollution are bad, but renewables are on the rise on average, and being pushed hard by the public in general.

Increasingly divided and radical governments are bad, but people are getting sick of it, and governments will have to adapt or be replaced.

Economic woes are definitely a problem, but we're slowly making baby steps, doing things like banning airbnb here and there, etc. Economic woes have come and gone.

Misinformation and disinformation is everywhere, but we're more aware of it than ever. We're suspicious of intent, of sources, etc. Not all of us trust the right sources, but we're starting to implement fact checking, we're making platforms that show news on the political spectrum, we have ways to find blind spots, etc.

Dangerous health crises aren't the end of the world. The black plague and the 'spanish' flu killed a lot of people, and neither lead to the breakdown of society. We'll figure it out, we're tough SOBs.

Look, I'm not saying these things aren't happening, I'm just saying that for every bad thing that floods the airways and the internet, there is some degree of reaction. We're not laying down and taking it. And while it's certainly depressing and disheartening to see so many bad things happening, they can help to galvanize people against it, and not fall into complacency.

It's easy to be overwhelmed too, which is why it's not a bad idea to take the time to limit and filter exposure to this stuff. You know about it, you've looked into it, you've made a (hopefully educated) decision, you know what you're going to do. It's not healthy for you to come back and keep looking at the problem over and over again.

There's also the issue of being exposed to serious problems that you can't affect in a meaningful way. I'm not American, what the hell am I supposed to do about their presidential election? No reason for me to look at it all the time. When the time comes, I'll vote for someone on my end who says they're going to handle the situation in the way that I think is best.

Take a step back, consider your situation. Which things affect you? Which things affect the people in your life? Which things can you affect? What can you do, that matters? Focus your energy on that. You don't have to make a big change, you can start by clearing your head.

[–] Moghul 3 points 7 months ago

As someone who is currently trying to learn to paint metals in this style, I love stuff like this. It's not painted particularly realistically, and it's not reflecting the vase right next to it very well, but that cup is undoubtedly a high polish metal. The effect is sold really well.

[–] Moghul 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm genuinely shocked that people drink more wine than beer in Denmark. Considering Tuborg and Carlsberg both come from there, and the amount of beer I see people drink publicly, it seems genuinely doubtful to me.

[–] Moghul 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

NSFW has become code for porn, effectively. My friend and I use NSFO for 'not porn, maybe not even nudity, but not necessarily appropriate for the office'. Maybe that's what we need. A second filter.

[–] Moghul 2 points 7 months ago

It's a decent ui, some weirdness here and there, with new comment highlighting for example. It didn't play in its entirety but it did start and I closed the app anyway to save data.

[–] Moghul 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm using Boost with a proxy level ad blocker

[–] Moghul 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I like how I scrolled past a post and a whole ass movie started playing.

[–] Moghul 2 points 7 months ago

I assume so too because of his theme. A great shield was a good counter to him.

[–] Moghul 6 points 7 months ago

I'm certainly not a virtuous person but I don't think I'm categorically bad.

[–] Moghul 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Just did that last night for

spoilerMidra
Sometimes switching builds is just the way to go. I didn't even have to respec.

[–] Moghul 11 points 7 months ago

I pay about 8 euros for something similar, also in Denmark, but my employer covers it. It's not always great but it's way better than bringing anything myself.

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