fiat_lux

@ fiat_lux @kbin.social

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3 yr. ago

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fiat_lux @kbin.social
2y ago

A bettong bewildered by bagging

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2y ago

Southern Hemisphere's first cryogenically frozen client at rest in regional New South Wales facility
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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago
Good news, everybody! Turning your cremation ashes into diamonds is pretty close to being mineralized? https://www.lonite.com/cremation-diamonds-from-ashes they claim close to 99.99% ash carbon, but who knows.

2y ago

Chinese scientists develop cure for diabetes, insulin patient becomes medicine-free in just 3 months

Hm, 5 year old journal, with the editor board, funding and half of the authors all from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but significant hospital contribution. I remain skeptical of the headline but hopeful of the science.

2y ago

Online bullying and playground taunts can lead to teen mental health issues. Here's how the experts recommend handling a bully

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

They really shoehorned the online aspect into that article. If you just add the phrase "including cyberbullying" to any reference to all bullying, you too can write an article about online trends that distances your target reader demographic from feeling culpable for a huge long-standing cultural problem.

2y ago

There's a baby drought in Australia. Maybe we should fund IVF?

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

I'm likely infertile, and no thanks. I'm having enough trouble existing and being employed with long covid on top of pre-existing medical issues for which i have long run out of medical options, certainly all that are available under Medicare. Maybe I would sort of want children if I weren't struggling to just eat, work and sleep? Or maybe the bleak future of humanity would still be enough to convince me not to condemn another person to it.

Falling birth rates might be a little more than just an IVF cost issue. Perhaps we should look into that instead of slapping on a subsidy bandaid and hoping it cures the symptoms.

2y ago

Are we cut off?

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Many of us are getting banned from other instances because there is a bug where kbin is sending way too much traffic per interaction. I know that was affecting federation (according to other instance admins) so It might have something to do with that. The content on kbin does seem to me like it's not in sync at all, but I haven't measured it.

All we can really do for now is hope for a fix and not interact with posts from other instances.

2y ago

If you're encountering the Subscribed 404 error, this is a good time to revisit Collections

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

If you're talking about the 404 when you try to go to kbin.social/sub , you can get around it with kbin.social/sub?p=1

2y ago

We compared the finances of 30-year-olds now, to 30-year-olds 30 years ago

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Good people are indeed dying now, which begs the question of why we would double down on it with accelerationism in the hope that the remaining humans have a change of heart somewhere along the way. That's the stuff of movie plot lines, not reality.

Some form of radical change is necessary, definitely. But doing more of the current system isn't going to lead to better outcomes. It leads to the same outcome, just faster.

What else do we have? There have been multiple revolutions and regime changes in human history of varying success and violence. We could learn from some of those what makes a revolution more helpful or harmful and attempt to replicate that. It's worth a shot before we just accept the sacrifice of society's most vulnerable in the hopes it somehow increases empathy among those who were always fine with those people suffering.

2y ago

We compared the finances of 30-year-olds now, to 30-year-olds 30 years ago

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Spoken like someone who is certain that they won't be the first to suffer and die.

Accelerationism leads to a bunch of good people dying, when we need all hands on deck to fix this broken mess. Especially the people who have the most experience with making something work from almost nothing, and experience in being part of a community. Accelerationism also only keeps around those who are willing to exploit others to get ahead. And then humanity starts the next dark age with neo-feudal warlords and the people who survived as their pawns.

Humans don't even have collectively long enough memory to not repeat the evils of the Holocaust within living memory of its victims, let alone maintain any theoretical level of post-collapse enlightenment. Good thing I'll be one of the first to die!

2y ago

Space One's Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Sounds like we had the same programmers. I feel you, Kairos.

2y ago

To those who got the Reddit/MorganStanley email... Are you gonna do it?

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Why would I give them a vote of confidence with my money so that they can use it to convince investors that they're popular and they should pony up a billion dollars for Spez's pay?

They're relying on gullible people who think either Reddit is legitimately a good investment or gullible people who think they can beat the market and won't be left holding the bag. I'm nobody's bag holder, let alone Spez's.

if I can quickly make a couple of bucks and then cash out, that might be worth it.

Said every gambler ever.

2y ago

What are your weird food rules?

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

My rule is that if you intend to touch the butter/spread/sticky stuff with a utensil, that utensil cannot touch the bread. You just drop the portion on the bread from a height until you think there's enough to cover it, and then you can spread it with that utensil, but if you need to revisit the jar, you need another fresh utensil.

You can't get crumbs in there if there's no cross contamination from the equipment to begin with!

You get better at estimating over time, but having one extra piece of cutlery to wash occasionally is less infuriating than unexpected stale crumbs and food that spoils more quickly from the contaminating yeasts and other organisms.

2y ago

Veterans Burn Their Uniforms at Vigil for US Airman Aaron Bushnell

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

I feel ashamed of how I used to think and act.

Hey friend, I would like to offer you a reframing of this situation. Despite being exposed to some of the strongest cultural indoctrination into warmongering and the military, you made it out and embraced empathy and learning. That's huge. I'm proud of you, that's a positive change most people never make. You should be proud of it.

I just hope that is makes it’s way down the ranks

You have a powerful and important story. Sharing it like you did just now helps more than hopes can. Keep sharing it, you never know who might be reading it and encouraged to question the lessons they were taught.

2y ago

What's your opinion of inclusive language?

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

It's very easy to cast ableist accusations at imaginary scenarios.

Nobody is suggesting the word is erased from the dictionary or existing literature be modified. We're suggesting that it is more efficient communication to choose words which communicate our intended meaning instead of incorporating unintended additional anachronistic connotations. There are plenty of existing choices that are just as easily understood, we don't even need to invent new ones.

It's the same reason I no longer call cigarettes "fags" - and that actually has a different etymology to the slur, whereas "mankind" is inherently based on the gendered word "man". It's just not worth it to have to actively disambiguate the meaning, especially to someone who has some associated memories of being bullied for their sexuality.

People may not say a word with negative intentions, but when you are excluded for irrelevant historical reasons that imply you're not worth considering, it's noticeable. If you think that's not the case, walk into your next work meeting and greet them only with "Hello, ladies."

Intention and perceived intention are conveyed by the words we choose, it makes sense to be intentionally unambiguous.

2y ago

Curiosity

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Apex predator, so majestic

2y ago

What's your opinion of inclusive language?

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Traditional homonyms reinforce ingrained cultural stereotypes.

Nobody in the right mind would argue that the word "mankind" means only male part of humanity.

Perhaps not, but it does support the outdated tradition of considering the male gender to be the "default person". This has had many lasting negative consequences, in areas ranging from scientific research to product design.

2y ago

Main daily meal that works with my disability

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Oof. I have a different musculoskeletal problem with a far less interesting story behind it, but functionally a quite similar limitation that also prevents much... verticality. I completely hear you on the mindless zombie complications too, it's fucking awful. I'm sorry we have both found ourselves in this shitty boat!

The meal makes good sense. 30 mins is a fair bit though, so I can see why you space it our that far.

If you ever feel like something a little different, maybe one of my tricks might help you. I order delivery... but I extend it out by nuking potatoes and frozen vegetables. A potato the size of my fist takes 3 mins 30 in my microwave, broccoli and spinach similar from frozen. The tinned tomatoes I buy are also a "heat up and add flavors" quick option because they're not watery.

One curry from my local Indian place that has way too much sauce turns into 3 meals with a much better nutritional balance when I dump any or all of those in. They're done before the food even arrives, i don't have to watch an appliance with a flame, or clean much, and the cost per portion reduces to something sensible.

opioids made me intolerant to dairy,

TIL that's a thing. I just have to ration mine to a ridiculous degree at a low dosage or i get the more common peristalsis problems in a very unpleasant way.

I’m managing the rollercoaster ride to make the ups and downs as tolerable as I can.

Amen. And I wish you the best of luck in doing so.

2y ago

Main daily meal that works with my disability

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Can I ask how this particular meal works with your limitations? I have strategies I've had to implement too, so I'm always interested in how others manage.

2y ago

AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

That is not a level of power I officially possess, but it is a level of power that I am able to unofficially implement for the people who solely report to me. I am also able to tailor their roles and responsibilities to whatever causes them the least pain because their job titles are extremely non-specific, which is very helpful for both of us.

Both manager and non-managers are economically coerced into providing our time and energy. I try my best to reduce that burden for as many people as I can without being noticed by the people who are willing to suck the life out of others for personal gain.

2y ago

AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

The people who are marginalised by the process are the ones who will be doing the real suffering.

2y ago

AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants

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fiat_lux @kbin.social 2y ago

Hobbies indicate interest and aptitude. Someone who collects things might enjoy jobs and tasks related to organisation but not necessarily enjoy highly collaborative work that requires many meetings, whereas someone who enjoys team sports might enjoy the more collaborative social meeting type work instead of solo detailed organisation etc.

It is far from the first thing I would use as a hiring choice, but it does give me an idea of questions I might ask someone to figure out what would make them happiest.