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Nemo, to asklemmy in People who work in food service or customer service: What’s the dumbest thing a customer ever insisted was “the law” or “illegal”?

No, I don’t have to accept a digital photo of your license as ID. No, your birth certificate is not proof of identity; it doesn’t have your picture.

But the absolute worst one: Not only is this a beat-up photocopy of a foreign ID card with no photo; it also clearly states that you are 19 and even if I accepted this document as valid identification, which I can’t, I still could not legally serve you alcohol.

Nemo, to asklemmy in Why does lemmy seem better for engagement and conversation then (I meant than) Mastodon

Because microblogging is about shouting into the void and threaded fora are about conversation.

Nemo, to asklemmy in So all that brutalist architecture, what if we just painted it? Not one colour, patterns to break it up.

Brutality architecture, done well, already looks amazing!

That said, yes, their tendency towards large unbroken planes of material make them prime candidates for murals, and you see a lot of that in places like Chicago that had a big Brutalist phase.

Nemo, to asklemmy in Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI?

AI isn’t reserved for a human-level general intelligence. The computer-controlled avatars in some videogames are AI. My phone’s text-to-speech is AI. And yes, LLMs, like the smaller Markov-chain models before them, are AI.

Nemo, to asklemmy in You have a magic pill, which de-ages you by 20 years. You can take it once in your life only, so long as you are at least 20. What age — past, current or future — do you reckon is best to take it?

No earlier than 45. Otherwise you’re headed back into territory where your body and brain are still developing – fuck with that and you might not feel right in your own body.

Nemo, to asklemmy in How much does the original book have to change to be considered fanfiction?

Fanfictions are original works using the setting or characters of another work.

If you change some things and republish, that’s an adaptation.

For example, the recent film Fire Island was an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Nemo, to asklemmy in what are your fun, low stakes new year resolutions?

Oops, thought you meant “a break from being tolerant” and I was like, yeah, stop putting up with bullshit!

Nemo, to asklemmy in People with Disney+, how's the movie selection?
  • Every MCU movie
  • Every Pixar Movie
  • Every Star Wars movie (and series)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
  • All the early seasons of The Simpsons
Nemo, to asklemmy 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.

Nemo, to asklemmy in What exercises can I do to strengthen my willpower?

90% of willpower is preparation. Arrange your life to make the things you should do easier and the things you should avoid less convenient.

Example: To avoid sleeping in, or worse, dicking around on my phone instead of sleeping or getting up, I put my phone to charge on the other side of the bedroom.

Another: I put a speaker in my kitchen to listen to music when I wash dishes. A lot easier to wash just those last few pots, even if I feel like I’m ready for a break, if I want to finish the song.

Nemo, to asklemmy in What are some productive things to do when you wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep for a few hours?

Read a book!

Nemo, to fuck_cars in Go ahead.

Hey man, it’s fuck cars, not fuck bikes.

Nemo, to asklemmy in What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?

I still have the T-shirt that came with the box set!

It was a weird game, honestly.

I think the other two games in that series (Terranigma) didn’t get official English versions, but there are fanslations if you want to play them.

Nemo, to asklemmy in What are Lemmy's unwritten rules?

Are there other people enforcing Rule 3 or am I just aggressive enough about it that it made such an impression?

Either way, I’m pleased.

Nemo, to asklemmy in What do I put on my resume when the contract owner of my job changes?

I had this happen in a different industry. I put both companies on the same line, separated by a slash. The position is the more important part anyway.

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