hypna

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[–] hypna 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well not quite that either. I don't know how to pack this up into a tidy analogy, but the issue is that some of these communication platforms have been designed in such a way that no record of the content can be accessed by a third party.

So maybe it's more like, "Please give me a transcript of the keynote speech at your murderer's convention," and replying, "Sorry I don't have a transcript." And then the government further saying, "Well then you need to let us install bugs in all your rooms," and you, the host of many different conventions reply, "No. Privacy is part of the service." I have now belabored this analogy to death. You're welcome.

[–] hypna 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

In case the post title makes anyone think that it is the title of the painting, Beksinski didn't title any of his drawings or paintings.

[–] hypna 1 points 1 month ago

I think in the context of legislation, interpreting "let pass" to mean "allow to be signed into law" is understandable. But I see you just meant it chronologically.

[–] hypna 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"let pass".. . is there some major confusion about how presidential vetoes work here, or what do you even mean?

[–] hypna 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Okay Lemmy, I wanna know if this is just a me thing or if anyone else has this experience.

Like the meme I don't generally remember my dreams for long after being awake. But! As I'm drifting off to sleep I start remembering things that feel like my previous dreams. Sometimes they seem to be dreams I had years ago.

Anyone else? Do you suppose I'm actually remembering recent or old dreams, or is this some kind of deja vu thing? Is there some separate memory space where all my dream memories are kept?

[–] hypna 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lmao what is this edge-lord shit?

[–] hypna 7 points 2 months ago

That's not my experience, and I'm an elder millennial. The only time tiering up has encouraged me to quit a game was when the higher ranked players were just more toxic. Being challenged can be part of the fun.

That's not to say I think matchmaking is simply better than persistent servers. Having a group of regulars and developing a bit of a server culture is good fun. I guess I like both options depending on the mood.

[–] hypna 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I never would have guessed other people had this dream. Psychology is wild.

[–] hypna -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Linux is a great server OS. It's an okay desktop OS.

[–] hypna 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

"Big" is not a negative adjective. "Truck" is not (mostly) an identity or demographic group. You'd have to make up some term like maybe "murder trucks" to get close to an analogy. Would you not suppose that someone who advocated against "murder trucks" thought trucks were bad?

"Crowded" - maybe mildly negative. "Places" - not an identity or demographic.

"Toxic" - Ok. "People" - This hardly seems like an identity or demographic. Maybe if martians start talking about "toxic humans" we'd have an analogy.

And that whole last paragraph is just a straw man.

Let's consider some real analogies.

"Poisonous Hinduism" "Virulent Femininity" "Malignant Jewishness" "Destructive Liberalism" "Pestilent Blackness" "Dangerous Queerness"

I literally just looked up synonyms for toxic and picked random identity groups. Could you imagine trying to make any of these phrases academic terms?

 

Pretty much title. I haven't had cable in a decade, and I'm not really a sports person, so I'd really rather not have to sign up for some sports streaming package, but I do kinda like watching Avs games. A friend asked me why I didn't just get an antenna to watch the games, but the broadcast TV page on the Denver Post doesn't look like they actually carry Avs games. Just wondering if I missed something.

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Conversations with Tyler (conversationswithtyler.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by hypna to c/[email protected]
 

First thing I need to do is say how much I love the interviews that Tyler Cowen does. The topics range widely, and yet the questions are always remarkably well-informed, unique, and interesting. Honestly the greatest interviewer I know of. Give it a listen.

Secondly I'm curious if anyone else has an interviewer (who does podcasts?) that they would recommend.

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