What was great about those days was that often, the ads were actually relevant to the page I was on and led me to more quality content.

I ran an adsense site, and I got great results hosting and running ads.

Now ads are fire-hose shit that has zero relevance to me, my life, or what I’m searching.

I’ve considered my participation, and I just give up

You need to understand that when nobody else contributes, there is literally no reason for me to be there

I can peacefully enjoy my music by myself and not bother sharing it with anyone. Because I literally get nothing out of it if I do

Most people are just lazy. They want to drink from the content fire hose that other people curate for them, but they don’t really want to add anything. That is just the sad reality of online media sharing… Most people are just useless sponges, and it’s not my job to wring out good content into their mouths.

People who don’t share meaningful stuff are garbage and are a net negative. And the people who share expired, tired, garbagey old shit are almost worse. And that represents the bulk of contributors. Ever been to a science community here? Seen the “fresh” meme that hit the front page - an email from The Pirate Bay like 20 fking years ago?

It’s just absolutely exhausting. And I’m not going to take up all the responsibility for a community, it’s not my job.

It’s super true.

There are some people who are huge contributors, but they don’t take the time to actually consider if their posts are worth a shit.

I see the same recycled trash that is literally 20 years old. It’s not a YOU problem.

I used to single-handedly keep the Jazz sub afloat, but I’ve given up, I’m not going to be the guy that posts 100 pieces of quality content, and nobody else even bothers… Or when they do, it’s the same tired, recycled shit that’s already been posted.

Your words are hollow bullshit get off your fucking high horse.

Bug off with this half-wit insipid trolling.

If you have something to say, say it. Don’t just ask stupid leading questions.

Why is it that I cannot find a science community that actually posts good science?

I mean it could be argued that discussing the myth of spontaneous combustion, is in a way pop science for a lot of people and that’s okay.

But I just can’t seem to find a place that isn’t saturated with either finger-puppet style posts, or completely overwhelmed with new “theories” that are actually just new, jobless phd grads who have to scramble to try to get funding and they’re publishing bullshit to do that.

Whyyyyyy

Individualism.

It has led to a massive amount of duplication of human effort. We could all live massively improved lives if we acted as a community organization instead of a bunch of individual little fuckers whose opinions matter.

I am actually so happy that you posted this information!

I have been a lifetime sufferer of really bad psoriasis… I’ve worked heavily with my dermatologist, who is wonderful!

We’ve had the very frank conversation that yes technically no sun exposure is the right move from a skin cancer standpoint… But that requires you to ignore all the deleterious effects of getting insufficient sun in other aspects of our body health.

That is to say, it’s being shown that humans need a shitload of sun to stay healthy! The whole “no amount of sun is healthy” concept is a massive lie at worst, and a phenomenally myopic view at best

Please, no more “I’m posting screenshots every day because I need attention”

Take your fking screenshots and go to hell already.

An incredibly popular opinion which is accepted to be common, expected, normal practice.

I feel like it’s been a decade already… I paid for this app called CalenGoo. It’s kind of clunky and reminiscent of older office software, but it is such a powerhouse under the hood.

It is insanely customizable, and it did the thing that I needed the most, which was to remind me in a way that I define!!!

(Edit the whole reason I purchased it at the time was because there simply was no option available where you could get an Android app to continually remind you. Back then it was one reminder and then fuck you if you miss it or didn’t hear it go off. CalenGoo was life-changing in this way and I’ve come to love all the other features)

Plus when it does have a reminder go off, I can set any kind of quick snooze or even a very customized snooze like remind me in 172 minutes. If I dismiss a reminder I can undo it, and I can go into the specific event at any time and I can change the snooze, it’s just… I don’t even know how to describe how good this thing is.

When I set an event I can link it to map coordinates, Contact Cards, attach objects, have it synced to multiple calendars. It integrates with other apps which can then add in reminders (eg a line music event on FB). Linked events will update in real time and you’ll get notifications for example if the venue changes.

This is really truly the best advice.

I am a straight male. But by definition I’m gender fluid. I have endured through my life no end of abuse for this, and it’s nothing close to what my trans partners in the past have experienced.

But in the end, it comes down to having a spine and being able to assert yourself.

Especially in trades, there is no end of ball-breaking and risque dialogue. If you are not able to defend yourself or say okay dude the joking has gone far enough, you are not going to have a happy life and you need to find something else to do to make money.

If we live in the online reality where “ideal” behavior is constantly advocated and expected, we are never going to connect to the truth of life which is that bullshit is everywhere and we have to learn to stand up to it and flow with it.

My grandfather loved to collect old shit just for the fun of repairing it, that’s kind of how I got into my own hobby.

I remember fixing one of these with him, and actually we made a fuckload of toast because it was pretty cool.

There is only one thing to do if a dish is too spicy: add more oil

The reason is because capsaicin is an oil, and the way to dulute it is with another oil. People are very resistant to just adding oil, but we are talking teaspoons

Also if you ever eat something too hot, swish your mouth out with oil, not anything else you hear on the internet

Squarez Deluxe

Originally a paid DOS game and the developer is a cool dude who changed it to freeware. You can download it on myabandonware or archive org. Then grab a free copy of DOSBox.

In my view, it is the best shape packing game ever made, and it never really got its due, possibly in part to somewhat extra complexity, and partly from the time it came out.

You learn the ropes in the early modes, but you really need to play on EXTREME Mode. There are many different special pieces, and you decide how to move them in the playfield and rotate them.

There are mud traps and acid pits and missiles and bombs and traps. And you have to not only play the shape packing aspect, but you have to continually think about how to deploy these hazards, to your best advantage, or least disadvantage!

Over the years, I continually come back to this game, and I have probably sunk over a thousand hours since I was young.

It’s low-grade trolling, chill bro. They’re not serious.

I feel you, and AI tech has been completely squandered.

My phone knows everything about me and has for the last decade.

It is not able to do a single useful thing for me.

It knows where I go, when I go, what my schedule is, what I buy, what I don’t.

It has never been able to suggest anything useful, advise me of a sale on products that I buy, let me know about a vendor in my area that can deliver for cheaper.

It’s not able to notice that I’m trying to format text on my screen and I’m entering the same bullet at the front of things. It would never take over and say oh let me copy paste this very obvious task you’re doing that even a child could deduce from your primitive actions.

“Transfer all of my image files off of my phone into a folder on my computer, then reorganize all of the photos on my phone into sensible groupings instead of random folders all over the place that have piled up over the years”. Not going to happen, because that’s useful.

“Hey phone, I’m going out. Take a look at my shopping lists and let me know what stores have what on sale so I can save a few bucks. You know all the stores I go to, because you’re watching my every move.” Not going to happen, because that’s useful.

When AI is implemented into businesses, it’s qualified to direct you to an FAQ. Any opportunity to win new customers with high level service is squandered.

I do not hate ai, I detest the fact that the possibilities to improve the lives of people have been completely ignored, while it is primarily implemented as a cost saving measure. Completely short-sighted and fucking useless.

Every single one of these is an upgrade in my view.

I have been cynical about search integration with browsers, but I feel like it’s a necessity in life at this point; and search engines have become so unreliable that I think it’s important now to spread out and use more than one, for me anyways

I love that I can do quick toolbar searches with @history and @bookmarks and although I don’t think I would use it much, it’s nice to know that you can shortcut common browser commands instead of having to go through multiple menus.

You’re kind of just looking at an arbitrary resolution of life and getting hung up on categorizing.

At the end of the day, we are made up of complex chains of DNA and RNA and proteins and all of the building blocks of that came from rocks floating in space.

We know this to be true, weve found the precursors and building blocks of life in asteroid samples we’ve taken back to Earth.

Life begins way before what you consider to be a species.

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