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i_am_not_a_robot, in Anyone know what's happened to Feddit.uk?
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It was upgraded - it is up but looks like it isn’t if you were logged on previously. If you clear cookies it should work again.

TIN,

I had the same coming through the Connect app - lots of API errors and not responding issues.

In classic style, logging out and logging in has fixed it!

Shepy,

This sorted it, thanks very much. I had tried it with both direct and alexandrite so i thought it something more serious than a simple cookie clear so didnt even try that

AcesFullOfKings,

urgh, great. Thanks! I’ve not been able to get in for days but this sorted it. I assumed it was just another extended outage of that instance.

i_am_not_a_robot,
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Yeah, it’s a bit odd how it looks like it’s broken, it was working for me randomly and then I worked out I needed to clear cookies.

BilboBargains, in What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?

High quality tentacle porn.

Artyom,

Wait a second, you’re telling me tentacle porn isn’t drawn at 360p?

Vanth, in How was Rudy Guiliani as mayor of NYC?
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Better than as a presidential candidate and now Trump acolyte.

He got credit for navigating the city post-9/11. Which, ok, I think just about any semi-talented politician with a PR team would come out of that wrapped in a patriotic halo effect.

He discouraged going after undocumented immigrant students in schools, but pushed broken window policing tactics that disproportionally affected the same undocumented immigrants and people of color.

He seemed ok with protections and benefits for domestic partnerships (this was before gay marriage was legal) but also pushed for a school voucher system that would build up private and religious schools that were very clear and open about discriminating against LGBT people.

He was undoubtedly corrupt. But no more corrupt than any predecessor. So mixed bag compared to his peers and bad compared to the sort of politician I wish could be elected in a place like NYC.

RubberElectrons, (edited )
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Nah bro, him and Ed Koch were very deep into the mafia’s patronage system, which is important because it’s also how he so effectively sued the mafia out of control.

Terrible, lackluster mayor, but he slam dunked the mafiosos pretty good. Too handily, in my opinion, like he knew of key people at different points in the system he used to personally navigate.

Did bugging and tracking techniques just get that much better? Possibly. But what if a guy who used the system decided to get a halo for destruction of that system?

Nemo, in What's your best idea for a date centered around the library?

My local library does craft nights, open mics, movie screenings, tax help…

So any of those except tax help. Unless that’s your kink, I guess.

slazer2au,

Tax at the library would work for my wife. 😏Thanks for the idea mate.

Revan343, in Why do Germans have no sense of humour?

How many Germans does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

One. They are efficient and not very funny.

paddirn, (edited ) in What's your favorite piece of bullshit advice?

“Undercover Cops have to tell you if they’re a cop,” or other variations I remember hearing all throughout high school.

Somehow though, organized crime hasn’t figured out this one simple trick to ferreting out undercover cops in their midst, just ask them.

Also: “Don’t trust anything that bleeds for 5 days and doesn’t die.”

cheese_greater,

Its the Criminal Bro Code

Caboose12000,

that second one seems way outta left field to me, what kinda contexts is that used in?

paddirn,

It was from an episode of South Park:

youtu.be/ZTuzDt-dGxA?si=QO4zlPuue0QHp3c0

surewhynotlem,

Vaginas

Dagwood222,

A one word answer that covers so many questions.

KingJalopy,
@KingJalopy@lemm.ee avatar

Like, “I don’t get it.”

Guest_User,

Hahaha burn

KingJalopy,
@KingJalopy@lemm.ee avatar

Not if you wrap it before you tap it

moosetwin,
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you can’t go wrong if you shield your dong

neidu2, in What's your favorite piece of bullshit advice?

"Don’t believe everything you read on the internet"

  • Benjamin Franklin
cheese_greater,

I thought Wayne Gretsky said that…🤔

surewhynotlem,

“Nope, it was Franklin” -Abraham Lincoln

cheese_greater, (edited )

— Aretha “Benjamin[s]” Franklin

cone_zombie, (edited )

"Fuck Spez"

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JusticeForPorygon, in What made up movie title would make it hard to sell it to the public?
@JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world avatar

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Except it isn’t made up, and it’s a phenomenal movie.

Nibodhika,

Is it a continuation of Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter? (Also not made up, but this one is actually bad)

JusticeForPorygon,
@JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world avatar

No but that movie actually sounds interesting enough to look at.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was based on a book of the same name, released in 2012, and actually had a hollywood-level budget.

Burninator05,

FDR - American Badass is a pretty good movie as well as long as you go in without super high expectations.

astanix,

The only thing I remember from this movie are the crazy segways. I don’t even remember them just that they were memorable.

CaptainBlagbird, (edited )
@CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world avatar

Even the 3D was good. I’m still amazed by this:

In the images for the left and right eye, they gave the vampires slightly different pupil colours. That means when you watch it in 3D, the eyes of the vampires kind of shimmer ominously. It works great because it’s only such a small detail. A larger area would be unpleasant to watch.

I’ve never seen another movie doing something innovative like that with 3D.

Edit: Here I found an example that can be viewed via crossy-eye method.

spoilerhttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0f720d03-c12d-4b9e-9fef-7b207c6ad9dd.png

SadSadSatellite, in How to cope with existing right now?

Stop paying attention to the media and do something rewarding. Build stuff, draw, read books, learn to cook, play an instrument, raise chickens, start camping. Do anything other than dwell in your misery. The world will continue regardless of you watching it. If you think everything is terrible, you already know which side of politics is evil, so just vote against them when the the me comes and don’t bother following what’s happening. You can’t effect it and it will only drive you crazy. It’s all just a distraction feeding a dopamine addiction you’ll never be ready to let go of. Social media especially. Play some slick jams and do the dishes, it’s very therapeutic.

wellee,

Well thats not true. You can volunteer, get involved in rallies and local elections, petition, protest. Those are great hobbies too ;)

solomon42069,

Yeah I think I need to get more involved in my local progressive political groups… I can’t complain about the world sucking if I’m not committing to being part of the better change myself.

KpntAutismus,

i have actually started reading books, watching actual shows/movies and playing more video games, instead of arguing with tankies online and watching shitty youtube videos.

SadSadSatellite,

While those are better than your alternative, they’re still sedentary activities that feed your dopamine addiction. Try doing things outside of screens and media. It will help.

HurlingDurling, in What are some tech predictions for 2024 that actually could happen?
@HurlingDurling@lemmy.world avatar

The iPhone 16 will be the most powerful iPhone ever created

mriormro,
@mriormro@lemmy.world avatar

God damn you.

JayleneSlide, in What are some of your cheap eats hacks?

Sous vide cooking. It’s easy to buy a bulk quantity of food, vac-pack and cook it, then freeze it. This saves time and money both on purchase, initial prep, and mealtime prep.

For example, we buy a whole, locally-grown, grass-fed chuck flap. We trim, bag, and cook the entire flap in one day. This provides my partner and me about six weeks of meals with high quality protein. Added bonus: the juice and gelatin in the bag after cooking makes excellent soup stock or cooking liquid for beans. Double added bonus: a sous vide chuck steak is just as good as the best ribeye fillet.

Also learn to use an entire chicken. For example, spatchcock and roast the chicken for dinner. Break down the carcass to get every scrap of meat. Make chicken salad the next day. Roast the bones, make a mirepoix, and make chicken stock. Use that to make chicken and dumplings or chicken soup. The two of us eat for a week from one chicken.

Learn about food preservation and safety: reusable containers, dangerous food conditions, fermentation, canning, making stocks… A huge part of saving money on food is not wasting any of it. Being able to buy in-season food when it’s cheaper and more nutritive is a big deal.

And on that note: avoid cheap, low-nutrition food. Sure, that industrial, NPK produce and ultra-processed box meal might be “affordable.” But those tend to be empty calories; you have to eat more of it to feel sated and get the nutrition you need. Locally grown, in-season foods tend to be better food values since you need to eat less of them to get the same micronutrients. See: “The Doritos Effect,” by Mark Schatzker.

triclops6,

This is quite the rabbit hole!

Any resources for someone starting off?

JayleneSlide,

My goto for all things savory is Serious Eats, and specifically J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s work on the topic: www.seriouseats.com/search?q=sous+vide

Dozzi92,
@Dozzi92@lemmy.world avatar

I see J. Kenji, I upvote. My best recipes come from him. Makes me want to start sous vid’g.

ace_garp,
@ace_garp@lemmy.world avatar

I did not know it was safe to freeze after the sous vide water-bath.

Thanks for that!

Decoy321,

Just gotta watch out for freezer burn and avoid the food being in the temperature danger zone for a significant time. The real issue here is that you’re essentially applying three separate transformations to your food (cooking, then freezing, then cooking again), which compounds the amount of possible error in your finished result.

JayleneSlide,

Freezer burn is a function of air reaching the food while frozen. Use a chamber vacuum sealer that can pull vacuum into single-digits mmHg. We live on a sailboat, and our freezer is set at 22F/-5.5C for energy conservation. Never had freezer burn.

Here’s some more info on food safety with sous vide cooking: americastestkitchen.com/…/1131-is-sous-vide-safe

Decoy321,

Huh, I did not know that. Thanks for the info!

akrot, (edited )

My only worry are EDCs. They are heavily present in plastic, and sous-vide bags are no exception.

EDIT: EDC refers to Endochrine Disrupting Chemicals, proven to be a big problem for reproduction.

JayleneSlide,

Well, goddammit, I just had a huge reply typed out, and the website deleted it when the text window lost focus. Okay, super short version: /u/akrot raises a good point, and we would all do well to apply harm reduction and awareness of EDCs in our lives. They are ubiquitous and insidious. In my case, sous vide cooking is one of the very few explicit uses I concede to single-use plastic in my life. It is also one of the few points in my kitchen that food touches plastics.

We must all pick our own battles, and everyday EDCs demand some awareness-raising.

HerbalGamer,
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Every Day Carries? Like a bunch of knives and flashlights?

Treefox, in What are some small things we should change about the human body?

No more cancer please.

KpntAutismus,

there’s almost a vaccine for that

HerrBeter,

“is curing patients a viable business model?”

TheInsane42,
@TheInsane42@lemmy.world avatar

Nop, preventing them from dying is though.

Bakachu,

This is so fucked up but yeah I can see them settling for research on a drug or treatment that just keeps you from reaching Stage 4 to where you become a lifelong consumer of said medical company.

DrRatso,

You can not have a cure for cancer, but a cancer. I promise I am not trying to be pedantic here. Cancers are so different from one another, that a single cure for breast cancer might not even work on all breast cancer.

SocialMediaRefugee, in Why was Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan so bad for the American people?

He pushed the whole “the government is the enemy” mentality which has made it almost impossible to have national healthcare among other things. The republicans also jumped into bed with Christian fundamentalists at this point and the NRA went from being for gun regulations to no regulations. It was a continuation of the backlash against the 60s that started with Nixon.

FlashMobOfOne, in Court documents naming Epstein associates are to be made public this week? Who do you think will come out the worst?
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It doesn’t matter.

We know Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were very involved, and the partisans of this country would vote for both again at the drop of a hat.

SkybreakerEngineer,

Both are constitutionally ineligible, but only one is trying

Jackthelad, in When/how do you think capitalism will be defeated?

Why would you want it defeated?

The most successful and happiest countries in the world are the Nordic countries, which are capitalist economies.

themurphy,

I think it’s because people see capitalism as one thing, while in reality they are implemented very differently.

The nordics are not successful only on their capitalism. It’s because it is regulated, and because the money is distributed more fair than in other countries.

ultranaut,

It’s probably not sustainable for one.

theluddite,
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The Nordic countries are also on Earth, which we are destroying. Some of their wealth comes directly from that destruction. Norway is the 5th and 3rd largest oil and natural gas exporter, respectively, making their happiness the result of good social policy that makes up for capitalist inequality which is directly funded by destroying the Earth and fueling capitalism elsewhere.

Even setting the climate aside (a ridiculous thing to do, really), the Nordic model isn’t possible to sustainably replicate elsewhere on Earth on capitalism’s own term, because we can’t make every country a net exporter of the most desired commodities for obvious reasons, or the beneficiary of complex historical circumstances, like neutrality during ww2 (Sweden), or a long-time colonial power (Denmark).

Put another way, there is no Nordic model available for Bangladesh, whose workers work six days a week in factories to make the cheap clothing that happy Norwegians wear. Norways needs Bangladeshes to keep their standard of living.

In a previous job, I spent a good amount of time in a Bangladeshi garment factory. That specific factory in which I worked had been on strike a few years prior, requesting a raise to dozens of dollars per month. That’s not a typo – per month!. The police fired into their picket line, killing and wounding hundreds. This fall, Bangladeshi garment workers went on strike again, demanding a tripling of the minimum wage from its current ~75USD per month.

The urban poverty that makes my life possible, so far away, out of sight and out of mind, is an absolute fucking disgrace. We should talk about it daily. When they go on strike, as those garment workers are now, every single westerner ought to strike in solidarity, even if motivated by nothing but shame. Instead, we don’t even know that it’s happening, at least in the anglosphere.

I’ve since become convinced that there’'s only one path to a just and verdant world – international solidarity. Communists and anarchists have filled libraries with ideas for what that might look like. I’ve read some tiny sliver of that corpus. If you actually want to know why some of us want capitalism defeated (beyond the anecdote that I just relayed), or if you’re curious how much better some of us think the world could be, I’d be happy to point you towards books that spoke to me.

ultra, (edited )

What books spoke to you?

theluddite, (edited )
@theluddite@lemmy.ml avatar

Going to give a wide range of answers based on topic, so you can pick up what interests you. Happy to give more if none of these appeal to you.

If you work in tech, Stafford Beer’s Designing Freedom. It’s very short, accessible, and full of so many big ideas about what computers are for that it exposes the tech industry’s absolute fucking poverty of vision.

If you’re interested in deep dives on more technical topics, David Graeber’s Debt. It’s a fucking tome, but it’s also amazing. So much of what we take for granted in our world is completely arbitrary and made up, but no less powerful, and there’s nothing quite as arbitrary and powerful as the concept of debt.

If reading a cinder block based on an internet stranger’s recommendation is too much for you, maybe try Graeber’s Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology, or his The Utopia of Rules instead, depending on which topic interests you more. Graeber is a great place to start because he’s accessible but also his mind isn’t limited by the confines of capitalist realism in a very special way. He was truly one of our best.

If you want something that’s extremely light and fiction, I recommend William Morris’s News from Nowhere. It’s extremely cringe in a way that only 100-year-old socialist utopian fiction could be. It’s excessively sincere, even naive, in a way that rings hollow to our cynical modern selves, but it’s such a short read, and it’s so adorable. I like the way that he challenges the concept of work. I think that the modern left should revive that line of criticism. I also enjoyed that you can see early versions of things that we associate with more modern movements in his utopian vision, especially degrowth and reforestation/environmentalism, not just for “the environment,” but with nature as a part of and inseparable from the human experience.

Finally, if you like philosophy, and you want in depth analyses of capitalism, and don’t mind something that’s maybe less accessible, I recommend Adorno and Horkheimer’s essay The Culture Industry. It was written in the 1940s, and it reads prescient today. They saw the rise of capitalist mass media as more than just a threat to independent thought, but a pacifying, homogenizing, almost all-consuming force. If you want something longer than The Culture Industry, and probably slightly less accessible, I recommend their Frankfurt School colleague Herbert Marcuse’s One Dimensional Man. He basically argues that capitalism, and more specifically what he calls “technical rationality,” has conquered our culture and our very ability to reason, at scales big and small.

ultra, (edited )

Do you own theluddite.org?

theluddite,
@theluddite@lemmy.ml avatar

Yup!

ultra,

Cool! I love your site!

theluddite,
@theluddite@lemmy.ml avatar

Aww thanks so much friend 💖 I’m so glad to hear that!!

aldalire,

This answer right here chief 👆

moon,

Cuz rich gets richer and they steal my wages. Fuck em.

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