[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago

they dont know how to tell when someone is trans even though they’re convinced they do

The word you are looking for is "entitled" to know when someone is trans. The sight of a passing trans person causes them existential terror.

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 weeks ago

John Carmack

He's great indeed. Thanks for the reference.

Also what he says about LISP reminds me of The Bipolar LISP Programmer article.

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

I could sit down and explain transgender issues to a good faith person that is not up-to-date with the terminology or what is considered offensive, or intersex topics. But people being so sensitive to not being called bigoted when shouting their transphobia from the rooftops, it has pissed me off to the extent I can't assume good faith anymore.

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

Possibly the domain is visible with a traffic monitoring tool. Everything else is between you and the bank via HTTPS. Having said that, whatever is not over https is visible to whoever sits on the same network as yourself.

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

This is not just about the pressure put on academics to publish, but it is a whole systemic rot, that is not even remotely living up to the "peer reviewed evidence" myth.

The whole idea of an intermediary authority for scientific publishing is a scam, and it corrupts people who want/need to be in the pyramid. The whole thing is ill-conceived, needs to be abolished, and a new thing should be put in its place. At some point someone said, "I can ditch all this and just publish research on my blog, then people will criticize and build upon that". No publisher, no paywall, no problem. If we follow this example, all of these issues can disappear overnight. But the vast majority of professionals value their career more than anything else, including our tantamount tenets of what science communication should look like.

You might object that "intermediary authorities" and "peer review" are essential to prevent disinformation and conspiracy theories. Well, we are past this point aren't we? Did this system prevent conspiracy theories and disinformation, hoaxes, and fraudsters this far? No, so how exactly will it prevent all of these terrible things in the future? If anything, building arguments in the open without paywalls might deter at least some of the conspiracy theorists that brandish paywalls as further evidence of cover-ups and secrecy, and ditching the horrible jargon and high-brow style might actually help the common sense of scientific arguments just shine, and combat the rising anti-intellectualism of right-wing conspiracy theorists.

Like, if you explain Elsevier's etc business model to any lay person (Pay me money so that I let you publish to my super-selective journal and feed your vanity) they have the most funny reactions, because to anyone who is not conditioned to this absurdity, it just sounds like a pyramid scheme.

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

I share your sentiment. But from a technical point of view, I can't fathom interactive maps without javascript, which is typically blocked by hardened browsers. TBF I think their cause would be better served if they open sourced their data so that people could explore them with arbitrary clients.

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago

In Reddit, many subs sprouted out of successful AskReddit questions. Just saying. For people who want more traffic in Lemmy, everyone should feel welcome to suggest their interests, zero fucks given. Or what exactly, ban questions about ...fries?

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago

Wasn't this was the Ancient Greek version of gender?

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

Go suck your mo and find out sister

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

Some transphobes say that gender identity goes against not only biology but also physics. I don't think that the biology part is valid, and it has long been debunked. But people who think that physics dictates cisgenderism are on a whole other level of stupid. Alonso and Finn is a well established Physics textbook, which makes no reference to sex or gender in it. Because simply physics has nothing to say about gender, and in this context they using the term is just confused oonga-boonga to mean "science". In reality, transphobes are the science-deniers here and they are structural equivalents of conspiracy theorists. I hope that clears things up.

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

Intent is important I guess

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Sometimes we are bugged by some commonplace behavior, belief, or attitude, but bringing it up will come off as obnoxious and elitist. We all have those. I will tell you two of mine, in hope I am not unknowingly a snide weirdo.

1 - And/Or is redundant: Just use OR

At some point it was funny in context (like "the OP is stupid and/or crazy). I can hardly find a context that is not similar to this (arguably) ableist template.

In formal logic there is no use case for saying 'and' OR 'or', because simply OR entails AND.

If there was a valid case it should represent the logical structure of 'AND' OR 'XOR', but it is obvious that this is OR.

So, whenever we are tempted to say "and/or" it is kinda definitive that just OR should suffice.

2 - A 'steep' learning curve means the skill is quickly mastered : Just use 'learning curve'

Apparently stemming from an embodied metaphor between the steepness of a hill and the difficulty of climbing it, this misnomer is annoyingly common.

I have yet to find a single source that does not yield to this erroneous, ubiquitous misconception.

Same goes for the fancier alternative 'sharp' learning curve.

In fact, in a diagram where the vertical axis is the skill mastery and the horizontal is time, a steep curve would mean that the task is quick or easy to master, since it reaches the higher level quickly, hence the steepness.

Since the literal alternative ('Rust has a smooth learning curve') will be counter-intuitive and confusing, and I bet nobody will adopt it, I suggest the following solution.

Almost every time you feel the need to reach for this phrase, YSK that probably just using 'learning curve' should suffice. For example 'This language has a learning curve'. It gets the message across, without making others question your position in the graph interpretation learning curve.

What are your mundane grievances?

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The group’s president, Kevin D. Roberts, made the comments in an interview on “The War Room,” the Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon’s show on the network Real America’s Voice.

Mr. Roberts was discussing the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday that presidents have substantial immunity from prosecution for what they do in office, a ruling that upended the criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and that removes a potential barrier to the most radical elements of his second-term agenda if he is elected again.

“We ought to be really encouraged by what happened yesterday, and in spite of all of the injustice — which of course friends and audience of this show, of our friend Steve, know — we are going to prevail,” Mr. Roberts said, alluding to Mr. Bannon’s imprisonment.

He went on to say that “the radical left” was “apoplectic” because “our side is winning” and said, “And so I come full circle in this response and just want to encourage you with some substance that we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago

convince friends to switch to firefox from chrome

Ah yes, you reminded me of this gem https://contrachrome.com/ (It is Scott McCloud's Webcomic against Chrome's data mining)

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Mainstream platforms such as Meta and X have accumulated a near-universal audience that is the root of all their evil. From sentiment analysis mass experiments to propagandistic political advertising. Things are worse in third countries where they are even less moderated. So I was thinking that as long as FOSS/Privacy is just geeky and elitist they just keep doing business as usual, from enshitification to fascism. Additionally, people have moved their political posting, scheduling, discussion online, so this gives them more power. Like seeing anarchist groups on Facebook is cringe, but some insist that "that is where the mass is, perhaps we move to Instagram to get to more Zedders". Whaaaat? Questions: What tactics could be used to move people en masse away from mainstream platforms, and more generally, do you think there is a point in it?

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