It’s the toughest problem for this very reason but thats why freedom of competition is critical here. We can allow systems to self correct through incentives and protections and thats exactly what most western democracies are doing!

Diversity has been hijacked as a ideological word but its literally the best and most sustainable long term strategy even in rigid markets like investment (I.e. hedging, index funds etc). So diversifying power, despite blocking, is really powerful despite what current autocrat wannabes want us to believe.

Will it though? Looking at China, Russia or Iran I’m not so certain. In fact it seems to be regressing without anyone actively working for progress.

Someone was asking about “vignette glasses” on /c/asklemmy

Im a philosophical Idealist so 100% the viewer. That viewer can be the artist themselves but the point stands - only observer can view art.

The process of creating art can be an art in itself and so does the meta societal situation of art culture but all of that still only matter in the pov of the viewer. So, the creation, creator or any context itself is not important for definiting art unless that’s the meta subject.

Thats why AI generated art is fundamentally art because if the viewer doesn’t know the context the effect of art upon their conciousness is exactly the same.

You’re overthining. There aren’t enough billionaires for abstracts like this. Just create specific teams fir evaluating each individual billionaire’s due.

Dude if they’re close friends they definitely talked about your dick many times before so you shouldn’t worry too much.

As a fix maybe you can discuss this with your girl so she can clarify to her friends in some form that she’s getting plenty of dick despite the pic. Clearly she cares and seems like she’d go through with it. Just be open about it - your partner should be able to support you through this even if its silly, especially if its silly actually.

Camera and accelerometer can let you do a lot of really creative things! I’ve tried a few projects but the main bottle neck is battery so it has to be some inside use that can be wired with power. I saw some guy stick it to a dryer with an app that notifies when dryer is done.

A lot but here are the most recent ones (all non fiction)

Immense World : How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Essential for understanding how other creatures live in our world and insight on how ours evolved to what it is right now.

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Chur
Really great intro to practical ethics that is incredibly accessible as far as ethics books go. Everyone should at least skim this.

A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
Best introduction to in my opinion the most important philosophy branch of western culture - Stoicism!

Can’t stand corn fructose and palm sugar based snacks. Terrible everything - engironmental impact, texture, health impact, flavor. It’s just the cheapest possible option that ruins everything it touches.

Im pretty sure one of the richest cities in the world can afford couple of blocks of riots.

Can we just finally have rocket skates on bigger rinks? Put some ramps in it and you’ve got full rocket league.

I wouldn’t go with “mandatory” but no doping tests would be quite something!

I’ve stopped contributing on Reddit a long time ago and only visit niche communities as a news feeds mostly.

I’ve actually been working on scraping powered rss feed generator of my own to avoid visiting reddit all together but turns out its a bit more than a weekend project to put all of the pieces together.

There’s a big difference between nationalism and patriotism though both can be displayed in similar manner. For example if you take a look at small european countries like the baltic states they are very patriotic and have flags on their cars etc. but they are not nationalistic at all.

So I think it’s unfair to equate them in this context even if reviewing vanity like flags and mascots.

Been obsessed with Galaxy Tab A9 recently which is around 75-100$. You can root it and turn it into a lot of general purpose devices for automation or just an e-reader. The only problem is battery so you need a plug for it full time if used in automation environment.

Honestly all political discussions here are so cursed. Its just people yelling. Fuck that.

What really triggers me is that digital products that are significantly cheaper, easier and safer (environment etc) than physical counterparts have significantly worse rights and protections.

Even if I agreed with the idea of copyright the economical implementation is so absurd.

Yeah isn’t that crazy?

Copyright by itself only protects distribution but then laws like DMCA (US) and EUCA (EU) make drm removal illegal. Its hard to believe that these laws exist and should be opposed at every possible opportunity.

Can you imagine buying an ebook and being told you can’t remove malware from some strings of text or you’ll go to prison? Also you have no consumer protections like refunds or ability to pass down the license so you’re literally have worse consumer rights than a physical product and digital data costs nothing!

The current copyright framework is so broken and so toxic it needs to be completely destroyed.

And people say LLMs will degrade our collective knowledge lol