v01dlight

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by v01dlight 3y ago
Except even just viewing a post leaves a trace, whether a the service chooses to display view counts or not. The webhost knows how much traffic they're getting, and those numbers help them set rates for advertisers.
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by v01dlight 4y ago
They're categorically different media, it's not just a matter of quantity. You could sum up 1000 pictures of bananas with the word "bananas", or you could spend 1000 different words describing nuances and context in just
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by v01dlight 4y ago
Toddler speaking gets impressive/surprising quite fast, whereas the drawing usually does not. The most surprising thing about most toddler drawings is listening to the kid describe it or tell you about making it.
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by v01dlight 4y ago
I think the point about productivity is less about people's 'burbs to downtown commute and more about say, the trucking industry. Trucks drive at or near the speed limit for much of their long highway routes, and over those distan
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by v01dlight 4y ago
Did you read the article? The first evidence it examines is roadway deaths vs speed limit, and the author concludes "there is little correlation". I'm not saying I agree with the article's conclusions, but it's easi
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by v01dlight 4y ago
Ouch. That last statement hits close to home.
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by v01dlight 5y ago
Agreed. I think the distinction being made here is that it is whether it is an "unwanted foreign substance" at all. Some of the prevailing wisdom this article is countering portrays alcohol like vitamins (desirable and beneficial
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by v01dlight 6y ago
If anyone wants to try something less fantasy themed, I strongly recommend hackmud ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/469920/hackmud/ ), in which you play as a recently sapient program in the ruins of a netwo
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by v01dlight 6y ago
That's a really cutting edge way to be incredibly rude.
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by v01dlight 6y ago
Because they are your public face online and the quickest route to your contacts. It is trivial to do immense reputation damage with access to that. Would you rather go through the hassle of getting money back after you were the victim of b
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by v01dlight 6y ago
Wisdom vs Intellect right there.
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by v01dlight 6y ago
I have actually heard of this group before, thanks to an obscure reference in a Twenty One Pilots song oddly enough: https://genius.com/15480382
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by v01dlight 6y ago
Oh, oh my... Why do I love and hate that so much.
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by v01dlight 6y ago
"According to Dr. Struck, chariot racer from Ancient Rome named Gaius Appuleius Diocles, amassed a fortune of 35,863,120 sesterces – the equivalent of $15 billion." ... “His total take home amounted to five times the earnings of t
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by v01dlight 6y ago
Great writeup, wish the screenshots were a bit higher resolution/more readable
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by v01dlight 7y ago
> The reality is that if you care about your craft a tiny bit more than average, you will most likely end up feeling that you are overpaid for trivial work, that you could do so much more for the company, that your coworkers and hierarch
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by v01dlight 7y ago
Not sure where you're at with philosophy, but "The Problem of Pain" by C.S. Lewis blew me away and changed a lot of my thinking about suffering and reality.
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by v01dlight 7y ago
I present, a single pixel on LSD: https://ehrenjn.github.io/LSystems/lsystems.html?FADE_TIME_M...
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by v01dlight 7y ago
There's no end of people making video games that are direct attempts to convert D&D to a digital format. Take the new Baldur's Gate for example[0]. All the same spells present, digital dice rolling, etc. Personally, I say let
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by v01dlight 7y ago
It's bad practice sure, but to say that it "completely negates the entire point of two factor authentication" is ignoring the main attack password managers are good at defending against: credential stuffing. Example: If Linke
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by v01dlight 7y ago
A huge part of the charm of TTRPGs is playing a non-digital game face to face with other humans. Even if we had AI that was as entertaining as a skilled human DM (unlikely to be possible IMHO), the human might end up being preferable since
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by v01dlight 7y ago
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by v01dlight 7y ago
Very thought provoking, and I agree to the idea that we have become overly partisan in nearly every aspect of our lives, even to the extent of pitting women against men in competing for needed support structures. The answer is likely a radi
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by v01dlight 7y ago
I thought the same since I read that right before! glances at URL eyes narrow "Not this time..."