AnarchistArtificer

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

To be fair, the ones that I often come across in my home are literally called "house spiders" (Eratigena atrica)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It's a particular shade of paint. It's widespread enough in the UK that multiple brands do their own version of Magnolia. It's often what's used when people don't want to have to decide what colour to paint, or in council housing, and it's increasingly common in private rentals.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Wasn't it a £50 note?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your enjoyment of this post caused me to share my own example https://slrpnk.net/post/17989360

 
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Definitely poppier than my usual tastes, which I was expecting"

This is also my experience. I can also see myself occasionally feeling like this style of music though. Not listening to pop can sometimes cause people like me to be assholes and look down on pop music and anyone who enjoys it. My respect for Chapell Roan's persona/politics and her showmanship caused me to listen to her stuff less judgmentally, allowing me to experience "pop music done well"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

People in this thread have made good suggestions about how you can be a tad more honest while also keeping things brief and polite. I found this surprisingly effective in making me feel less hollow, but something that really helped me was having friends who I could be completely honest with when they asked how I was doing.

You might not have friends like that. Certainly, I have found that when I'm tired and depressed is when I am most distant from would-be friends, and there have been times when I have effectively had to build up a support network from scratch (which is especially difficult when depressed). Or you may have friends who you hold at arm's length because you don't want to burden them with how you're feeling. I may be projecting here, but when I have been depressed in the past, I end up feeling like I'm almost "infectious", and I end up withdrawing. If you relate to this at all, try to resist the instinct to isolate. Try your best to put yourself in situations where you could meet people, such as if any hobbies you have had (or considered) have a social component to them. If you're starting from nothing (which I'm assuming you are, given your aforementioned loneliness), a large chunk of forcing yourself to engage with things will feel like a chore, but in my experience, that's the only way out (ideally paired with professional support, if available)

"Anyone else here feel like that? If so, how do y'all cope?"

My honest answer to that is either "I don't know if I am coping", or "solidarity". My above response may sound like I'm relatively coping, but in many ways I'm not. The times when I feel like I'm most achieving what I need to in life are often the times I feel most exhausted. In a way, it would be nice if I could think of myself as struggling due to some innate brokenness, but there are so many people struggling in the same way we are that it's abundantly clear that our material conditions are the problem. It's depressing to see how many people feel the same as I do. But it doesn't make me feel less alone, and that feeling is something I cling to. It's something, at least.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Congrats on your upcoming appointment. I hope it goes well. I also wish you a future that involves kissing boys, if that continues to be your wish

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

When I read DeepSeek's privacy policy, I was creeped out by the invasiveness of the keystrokes thing. Then I realised that ChatGPT is just as creepy, but less upfront about it, and DeepSeek's relative transparencyn caused me to see them in a more favourable light

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Based coverage from 404.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I haven't seen any tutorials that include the training data. As you highlight, these would make for poor tutorials. If you know where there are more complete tutorials, I'd appreciate it if you could share them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I bet you guys had far better parties

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A friend's boyfriend has a hot pink and glittery t-shirt that says "Alpha Male" on it, which I find hilarious

 
 

Taken from Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/restlesshush/762621892466294784/my-friend-made-me-this

Link to John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (the thing referenced in this meme): https://archive.org/details/JFSP56

 

Taken from Tumblr

Link to John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (the thing referenced in this meme): https://archive.org/details/JFSP56

 

Unpaywalled archive link: https://archive.ph/TDGsk Open Access link to the study mentioned: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/puh2.27

Posting because I saw another post on this community about Extinction Rebellion UK blocking a private jet airport today (June 2024) (https://extinctionrebellion.uk/2024/06/02/climate-activists-blockade-farnborough-private-jet-airports-three-main-gates/) and wondered how many people know that leaded fuel is still pretty common in planes, both in the UK and elsewhere; I was pretty shocked when I first learned this

 

This was a switch that got its wires pulled out. I learned how to desolder today in order to remove it from the little switch board and now there's three holes where this used to be. Does this component have a name, because I'm wondering whether I can just get a replacement one like this. There are lots of tools and supplies at the makerspace I used, but I need to know what I'd be looking for.

Alternatively, what else might I be able to use to do this? I suppose I could just trim and strip the wires and shove those through and solder, but that seems...crude? I don't know. I'd prefer something with pins because I practiced soldering and desoldering using some broken electronics I had, and I'm more confident with pins than something so freeform.

Thanks for your time.

 

I've seen a few communities where this question has led to some interesting discussion and figured this community might have some thoughts on it.

 
 

Over Christmas, I realised that I don't actually own any torches, and whilst I have no interest in throwing myself into yet another expensive, niche hobby, I wondered if the folk here could help suggest a possible flashlight.

I'm wondering what kind of options are for a headlamp style flashlight, ideally one that can be detached from the headlamp mounting, if that's a thing. In the most ideal world, the flashlight itself would be small enough I could fit it in my everyday carry tool pouch, which is a tool pouch that's around A5 size.

I used to have a basic headlamp which had three lights on it and a button which toggled between modes so it had some variable brightness. I liked that I could tilt it up and down. I used it mostly for digging in unlit storage units, or illuminating in and around my car when unloading at night. It wouldn't need to be too bright (the brightness aspect is one of the things I find most overwhelming about fancy flashlights, because there's a lot of in-group lingo to be learned which I haven't had the brain for.

One of the worst parts about my old headlamp was that its charging adaptor was specific and it'd often go uncharged if I couldn't find the specific charger for it. I don't know how fancy flashlights(TM) are generally powered, but I don't want to get a nice gadget I never use because it's awkward to charge. Proprietary connectors are a bit of a nightmare.

My budget would be up to £100 as a maximum, and only for something that ticked all my boxes. I have no idea how reasonably my goals are here, so thank you for reading this. I'd be glad to hear any suggestions anyone has, whether they be product suggestions, or questions that might be useful for me to consider in narrowing this down. You don't need to explain your recommendations too much — I can go away and research stuff once I have a place to start, but at the moment it just feels a bit big

Thanks

Edit: I feel like I've got plenty to go on now, thank you to everyone who answered, I love y'all, wonderful nerds

 

I'm a mathsy scientist, not a linguist, so I'm coming at this from a different angle, but I find this blog by a linguist gives a great informal overview of applied category theory in linguistics.

Similar concepts from a mathematician's angle is here: https://www.math3ma.com/blog/language-statistics-category-theory-part-1 I really enjoy how complementary these perspectives are

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