LesserAbe

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[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Even mass produced things require skill and sophistication. Pop music is more like a mass produced iphone than a mass produced frisbee.

Sure the lyrics aren't saying something important or the singer isn't the same person as the songwriter, but a lot of hours went into it. The average person on the street could not create a comparable song to what you hear on the radio without significant effort.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago

It's not exactly slop if the pigs eat it is it /s

I get what you're saying, if people don't detect ai music it must not be so bad. But in the original usage of slop, pigs don't care, but humans wouldn't eat the food. Same here, just because some people don't mind doesn't mean others can't easily discern the difference

You could also make the argument that pigs would prefer better food if it was an option, but they have no choice, they're only given access to slop.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I get not liking it, and there are some real clunkers, but I think you're dramatically underestimating the amount of craft and expertise that goes into some pop music.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What is "the cradle.co"? Does anyone have this news from another reputable site? I'm skeptical until then.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I pay attention to that stuff. Would it be better if more people shopped thoughtfully? Sure. But it's not "nobody" and if manufacturers know that such and such a metric impacts sales by even 5% then they'll probably try to improve it. Even if they don't try to improve it, it means I personally can buy in a more informed way.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's a shit show, but SpaceX is still doing great. They have more launches per year than any other company or country. While they've had multiple launches explode recently, that's their newer larger rocket where they're still working out kinks.

If they can't get that into shape eventually it could be a problem for the company, but their smaller rocket has a great record, reusable, a fraction of the cost of any other launch provider. Right now they're the only game in town for the U.S. getting to the ISS.

I'd love to see Musk ousted, and more importantly to see real competition from other private launch providers. But don't let Musk hate color your view of reality.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Wow, I didn't know posting a 4chan style "we are anonymous. expect us" letter was all it took to get credit for determining a presidential election.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even if you didn't read the article, the op helpfully included the first few lines, which say that although Honda had said they were studying rocket technology, they made no announcements about this launch until it had already occurred.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it pedantic when it means the difference between life and death?

I'm not saying I agree with someone open carrying at a protest. I'm saying if that's all they're doing it's not appropriate to charge them with murder, when if they were only open carrying it would be the security officer who overreacted and shot an innocent bystander to death.

A situation we could have avoided if there were stricter gun controls, but there aren't.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

I just posted elsewhere, but in short, there's no proof that Gamboa brandished a gun, and I've seen a video which looked like he was pointing the rifle downward. Not saying it can't go the other way once more info comes out, but just like when you shouldn't automatically take the police's word when they shoot someone, we shouldn't take the word of private security.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Helpful link, thank you

 

I'm interested in ways that people document, prioritize and execute items they need to do. What have you found useful?


For me: I don't particularly care about other Outlook functionality, but flagging emails and managing them in the sidebar has helped me a lot. I have it set to display only items due today, and then sorted into categories like "now," "soon," "pending." If I don't expect to get to an item today I change the due date to tomorrow or next week. Items don't have to be based on an email either, you can just type into the sidebar text field.

When I get emails I either immediately reply, flag it for later action, or ignore, and then I drop all emails into one giant folder. If I need to find something I do it all by search.

I've tried other systems like gmail's to do list, but it feels like way more friction to accomplish the same things, especially wanting to only view tasks due today, and categorizing tasks.

Likewise I've tried to-do-list apps, but not being able to instantly convert an email into a task, and not having documentation easily at hand when I go to perform the task makes them feel more burdensome.

 

Recently replaced the headlight bulbs for my car and saw the box indicated you shouldn't put them in the garbage because they contain mercury. I know that some retailers like home depot have a program to recycle florescent bulbs, but my understanding is that's specifically for residential bulbs (like the kind you might get at home depot). AutoZone will take back some parts but don't appear to have a program for bulbs. What's the easiest, responsible way to dispose of these?

 

No, not talking about their own shit or vomit, har de har. I mean how dogs can't have chocolate, can't eat grapes. Are there things it's no big deal for them but would be toxic for us.

 

Was thinking about how sometimes a therapist can give bad advice, and if you're not thinking about the situation clearly, how would you know? Clearly the solution is to see a bunch of them concurrently, like a therapist RAID setup

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