ted

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I love how sassy The Verge's coverage of reddit is.

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Inaction against intolerance is a form of action, is it not? "Bee kind" is not just a call to not be mean, it's a call to act in kindness.

I believe the poster is probably right in that it stirs more toward fostering acceptance rather than simply ignoring hate.

It's not compelled speech, per se—Beehaw users need to have an active role in order to make it the kind of place people want to bee.

This change is also bad news for America as a whole: Participation in a religious community generally correlates with better health outcomes and longer life, higher financial generosity, and more stable families—all of which are desperately needed in a nation with rising rates of loneliness, mental illness, and alcohol and drug dependency.

This is the problem statement of the article. Seems like we could push for systems that address these issues without the belief in a puppet master in the sky as a prerequisite.

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The article doesn't whiff on this, it lays out why it's too expensive.

  1. The strategy was to replace gas cars with EV 1-to-1 to solve the climate crisis and save the car industry.
  2. Gas cars have gotten bigger over the years because of marketing, bravado, "safety", and regulation-skirting.
  3. EV-makers have largely bought into that and made all these huge EVs.
  4. Huge EVs require bigger batteries which are more expensive in raw materials and manufacturing.
  5. Huge batteries are heavy and dangerous.
  6. Range anxiety has encouraged even more oversized batteries on already oversized cars.
  7. Huge batteries are the main source of cost, meaning EVs end up being a luxury.

So, yes--they are too damn expensive, however a vehicle that meets our actual needs wouldn't be, if it existed in North America.

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My hot take, I feel like federation is almost not worth it for beehaw. It's billed as a place where folks will be(e) kind with each other yet some rando can walk in from the street and start slinging garbage without care. I know mods could intervene but sometimes the line is not clear and there's nothing stopping that person from creating another account on limitless instances.

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I did not see the last sentence of your comment coming. Caught me by surprise.

The headline was the tip of the iceberg. What a fascinating article. Jumps from homosexuality is "unnatural" to it somehow eroding the foundations of our democracy!

Favorite unhinged quote:

Homosexual relationships are inherently unnatural… ultimately harmful and costly for everyone.

I want "ultimately harmful and costly for everyone" on a t-shirt.

I've had it at my job for a year and a half, it started after the Great Resignation took like half of our good staff.

The main problem is that it's used as a scapegoat against any other improvement, e.g. hiring more folks, paying more wages, better benefits. Granted, I'd choose 4dww above a lot of those things, but it doesn't feel nice that there's a threat to lose it.

And maybe an anticar community while we're at it 🙈

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You can edit the title. Maybe

Signal fights disinformation about fake zero-day vulnerability

It doesn't help that he talks nearly in allegory.

It's hard to point at one thing because often what he says is indirect and implied. When you call him out on it, he says "I didn't say that."

Assuming you're actually interested in his rhetorical techniques and not just a Stan trolling, the podcast "Decoding the Gurus" did a few episodes on him. In the first episode, I'd say they even came down with a positive assessment of him! But they talk about his ability to speak in pseudo-profound bullshit and how it shields him from direct criticism like you're asking for.

I love my bolt, but most other EVs are not its size. Only the i3 and the Mini come to mind.

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"Never got a straight answer" would have been perfect.

Yep. I was a keto "success" story, felt like I could maintain lazy keto forever.

Then it hit me that I was literally scared of pasta.

I have friends that eat when they are hungry and aren't guilty after having a milkshake. They never diet. They don't stress about food or think about calories or macronutrients. They seem fine and often are athletic!

I wanted to get more of that. It cost me my flat stomach, but honestly just being able to enjoy good food without binging + binge regret is worth it alone. There are other benefits, too, but going anti-diet does require a different king of mental hardiness and effectively makes you counter culture.

It's not easy telling people that I don't want to lose weight or that I'm not watching what I eat. I try to avoid it. If they press it, I end up having to defend the idea that people can do what they want? I dunno. It's a whole paradigm shift.

Anyway, I have mostly become one of the aforementioned people. I eat to my heart's content and some might think I moderate when watching from afar, but IE is truly "no food rules". When you don't restrict, food becomes more neutral and thus regulation can become internal instead of a mental game of willpower and calorie/carb math.

I truly think it's the best thing I've done for myself in years but I am always reluctant to spread the word because everyone's journey with their body is hyper personal. Being anti-diet doesn't mean you persecute people who do diet...that would be mean. Everyone is just doing their best.

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Range anxiety is what pushed me to buy a Bolt over other EVs, but I do find that practically I don't need as many kms as it offers, especially in the summer.

Opinion: 400km is overkill for city driving in warm climates. Half the battery/range would be fine for virtually all daily use. I know everyone will anecdotally state their use case on why 200km is insufficient, but that's basically what the article is saying is part of the problem.

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I switched from Nova/Pixel Launcher to KISS and it made my phone experience so much better.

Sorry to hear you're going through these things.

No advice, but I just want to say that life gets a lot better when you gain independence as you age. This article helped me get through some of those tumultuous years.

I think the real life version of this is moving away

Thank you Kris, you are a miller of bliss incredulity.

Curious whether the choice to use "we" and "us" lowercase is intentional. In French, if it's a group of women it's "elles" but 99 women and one man and it becomes "ils". I would have thought the inclusion of CPUs capitalizing "We" and "Us" would have made sense.

Practicing intuitive eating repaired my relationship with food after 8 years of (maybe disordered) keto dieting. Then, I had to challenge body image issues—ongoing—but I feel so much better in my body and my relationship to food and movement than when I strictly dieted and exercised.

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I love pickleball. Social, active, easy on the body, and loads of fun.

Good. Got my first piercings and started a project to convert a bakfiets to an ebike with a Bafang mid-drive motor.

I would probably recommend "Just JavaScript" as a way to develop mental models of JS, then the TypeScript handbook to learn the core principles behind typings.

Not what you asked for, sorry, but probably where I'd start.

Cheap Amazon bidet. $40 and it revolutionized my #2 experience.

Thank Netflix for pioneering another movement in streaming.

I don't really care to blame Netflix for Disney's actions.

Oh well, luckily the open seas won't turn me away.

Excellent. A solid foods tracker is the one feature that is missing and would let me switch from Huckleberry!

Beehaw! Ride 'em, cowbee!

I don't have any words of consolement, but I'd just like to say that you were one of the first lemmy users I found on beehaw and I've enjoyed your comments and posts.

The answer was in the comment you replied to.

your community can decide on what is allowed, like having rules about not tolerating intolerance.

I think those wanting to participate globally are in the minority.

All these years and I had no idea. Sid...duh!

Bright Eyes released the albums "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn" and "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" on the same day. They sort of answer this question where you can tell the artist was split on two different creative strands.

Ok, cut the end off my reply. We need funding and initiatives that apply to society at large, not only those involved in the church.

Had a baby this year and I have a twofer:

  1. I got a used prefold + covers lot for $100. Cloth diapers seem more comfortable for the baby and they are way easier on the wallet.
  2. Woven wraps can be found used for $20-$80. A woven wrap is a baby wrap you can use from birth till they stop wanting to be held (35+ lbs). They are cheaper and more versatile than many structured carriers.
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I'm ok with an article, but I much prefer it when someone accompanies it with a discussion in the body or comments.

Reminds me of Above Znoneofthe

Hell yes to transit and alternatives to car infrastructure, but I'd also still prefer small quiet electric cars where the driver is eye level to me over a sea of grills with tinted windows and diesel engines rumbling.

Coincidentally I just started playing Earthbound (Maternalbound Redux ROM hack) this month. I'm just past the monkey cave. It's charming, simple, fun. It's great for my dad brain as right now I'm doing a lot of parenting and my brain isn't able to handle something more complex.

I love the humor and the adult jokes.

Would love an invite. I have wanted to dip my toes into private trackers for years.