WammKD

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[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

That's absolutely fair; I guess, more so, what I was trying to push against is the implication that eye contact is a necessary component of sharing interactions with people IRL (and, rather, it's perfectly possible to be IRL with others without eye contact), if that distinction makes more sense.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Some of us are autistic, Harold.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

Honestly, that's the best critique I've heard of this, so far; so much of us complaining about people's noise in public just reminds me of the adults in our youth and just…I dunno, rubs me the wrong way.

 

So I'd originaly created this because I looked for a Guix sublemmy and hadn't found one.

Turns out, I just hadn't looked hard enough. Turns out that there's a Guix sublemmy at lemmy.ml (https://lemmy.ml/c/guix) and already relatively active.

I don't think it makes sense to fragment things (especially when Guix is pretty small, as it currently is) so I'll probably delete this one in a week or two.

Just wanted to give a heads up.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

True but Lina Khan's been doing some great work in changing that agency's track record.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know if you've been following what Lina Khan's been doing with the FTC but there's some incredibly antitrust work which she's been putting into play. They've been really going after monopolization and Biden's been putting forth rules to make breaking subscriptions easier, which would help with OPs particular problem: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/us/us-government-unsubscribe-memberships.html.

 

NonGuix is holding a poll for a logo for themselves; the design has already been voted on but now a color for the design is being decided.

There are 4 colors being chosen from (red, blue, green, and purple) and voting will end Sept. 15^th^.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

But do you think he had no strong feelings one way or the other? He certainly put forth the image of him wanting the best for everyone but his hands were pretty firmly in the controls of most of his worst policy decisions.

I'd argue Bush, Jr. is a better example of a centrist with no strong opinions on anything (and, thus, enabling those around him to do truly awful things).

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

While I agree with you, it shouldn't be forgotten that Hilary still had the popular vote. I think the Dem.s will still win due to Harris not being as hated as Hilary, likely better campaigning than Hilary, Trump being an abysmally bad candidate (just in terms of general political competency, regardless of his beliefs/positions; I think them winning will continue people not taking that point seriously enough), and Harris actually being able to bring out black (and, I would wager, Indian) voters.

I don't think that black people were necessarily excited about Hilary but they absolutely are about Harris. I think they can likely win like this; it won't be a landslide but it'll be O. K.

I agree with what you think they ought to be doing (I want to push the Overton window leftward and going back to the center after it's been pushed so much leftward over the last 8 years is both frustrating and bad policy) but I think Kamala has a bunch more shoring up than Hilary did. I also think it's going to convince Dem.s that this is the way to win; if Kamala continues to govern from the center rather than like her voting record in the Senate, I think we get the same rush to neoliberalism Clinton ushered in. But I'm hoping otherwise.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

My spouse is like that; they're so anti-advertising that they'll close their mobile games once the ad. appears and re-open the game, just to not watch it.

And they're definitely the type to stop buying from a company because the ad.s were annoying.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's O. K. to admit you didn't understand something but it's pretty evidently not saying nothing; I can use smaller words, if that'd help.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Funny; probably the opposite of yours.

Facing the toilet paper outward increases the chance that the paper rips with the roll being in such a position that the loose portion of the roll is lying exactly against the roll: I don't want to have to spin the roll to be able to get to the loose bit. Having the loose bit closer to the wall – probably by virtue of being further away from the user – more often results in it being ripped such that a bit is hanging below the roll, making it easier to grab more often. It's, in total, a much more consistently enjoyable user experience.

Also, less being constrained only to countable objects is an artificial and unintuitive definition. It's not like further vs. farther, describing two distinct concepts which never overlap. Fewer is in reference to counting by individual elements so it wouldn't make sense to apply to things which aren't inherently segmented but it's entirely possibly to measure less of the total of a segmented collection. To say less milk is to take a reduction of the total amount of milk available; this is perfectly feasible with a segmented collection, like cookies. To say less cookies is to take a reduction of the total amount of cookies, something fully measurable and actionable. It is merely that fewer is applicable to a subset of the things which less is applicable.

To argue otherwise is to try and create an artificial construction against the intuitive logic inherent in the natural construction.

I had not realized the latter was a hill I'd die on but, boy, will I, now.

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

For whatever reason, I always remembered that being in the second film and not the first; I haven't seen either since childhood, though, so they both just kind of blend together.

 

Per the original toot:

Call for speakers for #GuixLondon #GuixSocial.

Anyone who's recently entered the world of #Guix and might be willing to share their impressions and ideas?

What have you been using Guix for? What the immediate wins of switching to Guix and what the challenges you had to overcome?

Speak to us!

All levels of "Guix seniority" welcome, including newcomers. Don't hesitate. If you like Guix, you could be our next speaker!

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