I’m not advocating for ignorance. We should still be as informed as we can be. Optimism and pessimism show up when there are unknowns.
It’s ultimately best to be correct and happy, which is achievable, just not if you’re pessimistic.
I’m not advocating for ignorance. We should still be as informed as we can be. Optimism and pessimism show up when there are unknowns.
It’s ultimately best to be correct and happy, which is achievable, just not if you’re pessimistic.
Because it’s all for you. You’re protecting yourself from disappointment.
Time almost always proves you correct, and very occasionally, you’re pleasantly surprised!
But what about everyone else around you that you care about? Being pessimistic tends to wear on them and simply for personal gain.
I’d rather be wrong than unpleasant.
Pretty selfish outlook, wouldn’t you say?
Yeah, the ISP cartels sucks. I’ve been stuck paying $170/mo for uncapped 1000/35mbps connection.
Thankfully, before the end of the year, a local ISP is moving into my area. They offer uncapped symmetrical gigabit, for $75/mo… I’ll be saving $95/mo for BETTER service.
The longstanding ISP cartels should seriously be punished for the abuse of their market positions and failure to appropriately use government funding they’ve been given.
I like video games, goofy stuff, and tech. So lately, it’s been:
Hey, I thought your post lent itself well to using img2img stable diffusion to create a more detailed version of your 7yo’s drawing and story.
By far, the best result came when I cranked the de-noising level up, but it’s further removed from the original drawing. I used the story as the prompt to give the model (Dreamshaper XL, a brand new SDXL checkpoint) more information.
Here’s an album including the ones with lower denoising values to line up more with the original sketch: https://imgur.com/a/hH9pYE5
Relay. And I still miss it. Better than any of the other apps I’ve tried for reddit or lemmy. Very smart design and UX that made it far more usable and enjoyable.
The $160 is a lifetime pass… I pay $20/mo for Netflix. That’s $240/year. So, if you think it’s worth it for even one year, compared to something like Netflix, then it’s a pretty solid value proposition.
I bought the lifetime pass in 2014 when it was $75. Been more than happy with that decision.
Light roasted coffee has more caffeine than dark roasted coffee.
Technically, per bean, more of the caffeine is cooked out of the dark roast. However, other things are also roasted out of a dark roast to the point that the individual beans are also lighter and smaller. When brewing coffee, usually you either weigh your dose of beans out, or you use a scoop for some consistency. Either method will result in more dark roast beans ultimately making it into the brew than would with a (larger, heavier) light roast.
Typically, this more than cancels out the reduced caffeine content per bean, so a brew of dark roast coffee still typically has more caffeine in it.
Any reason to use PiHole over something like Adguard DNS?
The default can also be set from your profile settings page.
I think most of the issues we’re all running into are just growing pains. The sorting algorithms will be improved, performance and other bugs will be addressed. Most of us have been here for a day or so. 😅 I’m going to stick with it for a while longer and see what happens. If another service springs up that seems better, I’ll check that out too.
Just can’t really support Reddit right now…
I think it was well executed for what it was, but that ultimately it was a real world location in a post-apocalyptic/collapsed state. Not particularly novel, and being grounded in reality, it’s all very same-y for lack of a better term.
Still loved the game for the time myself and my buddies got into it, but at some point, it just didn’t hold our interest. The game mechanics were very well designed, though, albeit somewhat overwhelming at times.
It looks like there’s a little jank to work out still (physics and animation rate especially). I think the team behind The Division is very talented, but their setting and weapons have been relatively boring. Having them build a Star Wars game makes a lot of sense to me since those aspects are already well established and adored and they can just make a fun game with strong mechanics.
I originally signed up with sh.itjust.works, but I wanted to be on the instance with the majority of migrants.
Also, it sounds dumb, but I think the sh.itjust.works domain is just kinda weird, technically has a “curse word” in it (not that I personally care), and they don’t support NSFW content (which isn’t just used for porn). So, it didn’t make sense to have that as my home instance. 🤷♂️
Edit: Also, this is my first comment on here! Hello world! 👋
Based on my research, the first season of the Netflix live action show (8 episodes) covers the first 61 anime episodes. At this rate, the live action show could still continue for 17 more seasons.
In all seriousness, the more I think about it, the more perfect this anime was for adaptation. There’s a ton of filler in the anime, but otherwise good story beats and character development. When you condense that down, you get all the good and leave out the cruft.
I watched all of the live action show this weekend, and really enjoyed it. I figured the anime tone and goofiness that they clearly baked right into it would work against it like all the other live action anime adaptations, but it feels like it’s a lot less of a quick cash grab than the others. Some real love and attention went into it and it’s a lot of fun.