Cool Random Internet Stuff

ohnonot · 2020-06-06 07:56:38

eight.bit.al wrote:

This conversation is veering too close to objectifying women, so I'll have to back out, IMHO.

Yep.
Certainly wasn't my intention.

glittersloth · 2020-06-06 08:11:11

I've never worn a beard or grown a bra before, so I can't provide a fair assessment.

deleted0 · 2020-06-22 21:49:23

If I had a compatible phone, I'd be all over this:
https://e.foundation/products/

8bit

ohnonot · 2020-06-24 06:22:17

^ I did, and I was.

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Sector11 · 2020-06-24 14:22:06

ohnonot wrote:

^ I did, and I was: https://dt.iki.fi/e.foundation-uninstall-bloat

maybe that: com.android.stk that was scary to uninstall is:

com.android.stk. = com.android.stalking

__________________
Just kidding of course.

Personally I'd go back to my dumb phone is a second. But my kids use in-yur-face_FaceBook
So finally I am comprised and one of the sheep.

ohnonot · 2020-06-25 05:32:21

^ Hey, I'm not dissing /e/, quite the opposite. It's definitely better than stock Android, and more stable than LineageOS. If it wasn't for Maemo & Sailfish, I'd still be using it.

johnraff · 2020-06-25 07:44:38

Somewhat interesting:
Anil Seth: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | TED Talk

Also, you can help with conciousness research:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sackler/research/participants

cloverskull · 2020-07-01 15:53:01

https://www.serpentos.com/about/

Not sure if anyone has seen this, from the Solus creator. Seems like a pretty cool and novel approach to building a distro.

ratcheer · 2020-07-02 14:18:41

Ikey? He grew weary of supporting Solus and gave it up. I guess he got the itch, again.

deleted0 · 2020-07-02 16:04:05

^ freenode #serpentOS 32 in channel after just a couple of days. Right now - the never ending systemd debate.

8bit

Martin · 2020-07-02 16:58:36

johnraff wrote:

Somewhat interesting:
Anil Seth: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | TED Talk

Good, IMHO.

/Martin

johnraff · 2020-07-06 07:52:08

damo wrote:

I am in awe of non-native speakers of English on these forums. They put us to shame with their ability to join in with colloquial banter.
For language nerds, there is a great series of podcasts about language here: https://lingthusiasm.com/. The psychology, anatomy and culture that affects the meaning of collections of sounds, and strings of symbols. is fascinating.

Here's another language video which I enjoyed. Haven't checked out any of that poster's other stuff yet:
The Tribe That Cursed Too Much - the linguistics behind Oceanic taboos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knv1OSMW2rU

hhh · 2020-07-08 01:44:57

re: Ikey, serpentos. I get it. Lispy Snake, Ltd.

https://itsfoss.com/ikey-doherty-serpent-interview/

https://lispysnake.com/

"Listhpy Sthnake". My apologies to those with a speech impediment. Hey, I make fun of my own faults all the time, lighten up.

deleted0 · 2020-07-09 18:13:22

Stunning collection of images.

https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs

8bit

ratcheer · 2020-07-09 18:32:35

Very interesting, indeed, 8bit.

hhh · 2020-07-09 21:31:15

eight.bit.al wrote:

Stunning collection of images.
https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs
8bit

I saw this image for the first time a few years ago...

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/cont … 96_big.jpg

Great photography.

ohnonot · 2020-07-26 10:37:47

Since I found it last night, I keep returning to this blog, esp. this article (it was a true random find btw, not connected to any existing discussion).

I am weirdly fascinated. It's partly some sort of freakshow fascination, I must admit.
But more importantly, this blog of a random LGBT+ (*) person gives me insight into the mindset of "gender activists" (not sure that's a thing, I mean a fairly defined group of people who are very active online, calling everyone "out" to be "transphobic" etc. at the slightest transgression of a set of rules that they themselves set up).

So, about the article. First of all I must say it's absurd right from the start. Rambling. The actual topic of the article ("What is the tipping point of one's crimes to allow their death to be celebrated?") is of little interest to me, I find it childish; but it gives the article a morbid quality right from the start. Possibly that is why the blogger wrote it. I also find the term "celebration" is poorly chosen - it is normal to celebrate death across most cultures. What the blogger really means here is "to rejoice at someone's death".

Be that as it may, here's what I found interesting:

They say that something is a crime, not because of law but simply because they perceive it so, or because it disagrees with their moral values.
They compare three very different people with very different "crimes" - all of them were probably arseholes, but their "crimes" are very different in extent and quality, they are held together solely by the fact that they're dead and/or said moral values. To put it shortly: two US politicians that clearly made the rich richer and the poor poorer, one person who opposed a Gender Recognition Act in Scotland.
Their first conclusion is: if a person has done "sufficiently bad things" it's OK to rejoice at their death.
Next, the blogger proposes how one should be punished for these "crimes". Again, I find they have rather naive ideas about "healing" these "criminals". They also propose that one should take the law in one's own hand if "victims can not receive proper justice through the state".
Here's something that should sound familiar to many internet dwellers: "One way I see to erase the crimes is to point them out." - so, if you're being constantly called out and/or doxxed it just might be because somebody is convinced that you committed a crime by their own definition!

Esp. the last two points gave me a better understanding of the overly agressive stance of some "gender activists".
First they define a new set of moral values, raise them to the status of law because a few people agree, then they blame anyone who "does wrong" for their own confusion and suffering.

(*) I decided to let the + stand for all the "rest", as wikipedia suggests - something this blogger would probably disagree with.

cog · 2020-08-12 19:06:13

I’ve seen this theme @addy made before but just now realized the “diary” was the frickin’ terminal and the tabs are window decoration buttons. Blew my mind.

https://youtu.be/kprN88rmk_Y

Last edited by cog (2020-08-12 19:07:55)

johnraff · 2020-08-13 02:39:46

^That's amazing work. Addy's a genius!

beaker · 2020-08-13 04:34:32

^^ ^
https://github.com/addy-dclxvi?tab=repositories

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