It’s mind boggling how different the modern concept of work is from how it was for 99.9% of human existence.
I’m sure the hyper-optimization, hyper-specialization, the alienation, and the constant flux of modern work contributes greatly to the problems we are experiencing.
Even when there was no “adventurous alternative”, work was a lot more grounded in society and had a lot more downtime at pretty much any point in history.
I recently played Curse of Strahd and that dude had food that had been sitting out since before he was a vampire and entire rooms full of cobwebs.
Never found even harvesting to require more than the occasional puff of smoke. But we had Buckfast, and made sure to replace the queen of any aggressive colony. Maybe you have more aggressive breeds.
Looking around there does seem to be people who use tobacco. I guess poisoning the bees probably makes them more docile 😅 Still a bad idea though
This sounds strange. You really don’t want to make them abandon the hive. You want to disrupt the hive as little as possible.
I don’t believe they’d use tobacco, as nicotine is especially toxic to insects (and has a long history of being used as an insecticide).
Beekeepers burn paper, woodchips, or really anything that burns well that they have on hand (that isn’t toxic). Source: Have used smoker while handling beehives.
It’s not necessarily true. There are other interpretations that are equally valid as far as we currently know. They are just less famous.
I’ve yet to see any that are of any use.
A pet peeve of mine is documentation that describes how the code works. If I want to know that, I can just read it (perhaps assisted by an IDE or debugger).*
What I need documented is why the code works like that. How is it intended to be used? What quirks and gotchas are there?
*If the code is not readable it needs to be refactored, not documented.
Good thing the US doesn’t recognize the authority of the International Criminal Court, so there’s no risk of them having to face consequences for their war crimes.
They even have a law that makes it illegal to cooperate with the ICC in bringing US personnel to justice, and that allows the president to use any force necessary to prevent it from happening.
Money does not equal capitalism. Money existed a thousand years before the invention of capitalism.
It’s against Stalinism, so both?
I dream that the reason AMD delayed their launch and are being so cryptic, is because they saw how underwhelming the 5080 was and decided to make a card (perhaps a 9070 XT) that matches its performance at the price of a 5070 or something.
Now I don’t think that will happen. Their previous market strategies have been very uninspired. But there’s certainly an opening here to make a play for market share and make Nvidia look like greedy fools.
Why upgrade from a 4080 to a 5080?
Even if the actions really do nothing, they get people active and organized, so that they can take more effective actions later on.
I honestly think a lot of this criticism is people’s internalized rationalization for why they themselves don’t take action.
Who? Who is selling you out? Ocasio Cortez? Really?
What are some of the outstanding issues that haven’t been addressed? I feel like there are genuinely good ways of doing everything these days
They’ve done amazing work trying to turn the clusterfuck they started with into a good language
What do those NGOs have to say about Julian Assange or Steven Donziger
“RSF defends Assange because of his contributions to journalism” https://rsf.org/en/rsf-dispels-common-misconceptions-case-against-julian-assange
“CPJ welcomes reports that Assange will be released in plea deal” https://cpj.org/2024/06/cpj-welcomes-reports-that-assange-will-be-released-in-plea-deal/
“USA must drop charges against Julian Assange” https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/julian-assange-usa-justice/
“Biden Should Pardon Steven Donziger” https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/01/biden-should-pardon-steven-donziger-before-leaving-office/
I’m getting the distinct impression you have no idea wtf you are talking about
the stories that come out first tend to be most biased
I honestly think the concept of news is actually harmful, because it’s about reporting what happened, not about making the audience understand the subject. It puts a premium on getting the report out as quickly as possible, and favours the most shocking events and interpretations that draw people’s attention.
Ultimately most news are “empty calories” of information that mostly give an illusion of knowledge. “Explosion in Herptown, dozens wounded” does not meaningfully increase your understanding of the world, it mostly just makes you scared. It will take weeks until the cause and consequences of the explosion can be fully understood, and a lot of research to put that into perspective.
Here’s a trick that works for me (who mainly have trouble getting started with things).
Decide that you only need to do the thing for 10 minutes. Set a timer for 10 minutes and get started. Then when the timer rings you’ve gotten going and will likely want to continue (forever).