Seriously, Reddit has banned me several times for "breaking rules" but never tells me exactly what I did to deserve the ban, whereas I see that Lemmy will tell you in the modlog what you did.

Have there been any technological advances in ~~boucey~~ bouncy ball technology in the last decade or two? What is the most dangerous ~~boucey~~ bouncy ball I can buy?

Edit: I will admit 3 things.

1. I don't spell good
2. I def forgot about netwons 3rd law of motion and that bouncy balls aren't magic or something. They will always have less energy than I throw it with after the 1st bounce.
3. Gonna have to think of new way to commit murder. I could shoot bouncy balls out of potato cannon but that feels cheap.
4. I don't count good either

I remember someone shared a federated alternative to Wikipedia here and I don't remember the name of the project. Perplexity, Google and alternativeto.net are no good in finding it. Does anybody know its name?

For some images, there is dialog, so the test could be transferred directly (Manga, comic books, etc). But many many images don't have any text at all, and often only one character.

I think there's probably some version of 'the male gaze' that could be avoided. But maybe someone has a more canonical answer?

How an artificial intelligence (as in large language model based generative AI) could be better for information access and retrieval than an encyclopedia with a clean classification model and a search engine?

If we add a step of processing -- where a genAI "digests" perfectly structured data and tries, as bad as it can, to regurgitate things it doesn't understand -- aren't we just adding noise?

I'm talking about the specific use-case of "draw me a picture explaining how a pressure regulator works", or "can you explain to me how to code a recursive pattern matching algorithm, please".

I also understand how it can help people who do not want or cannot make the effort to learn an encyclopedia's classification plan, or how a search engine's syntax work.

But on a fundamental level, aren't we just adding an incontrolable step of noise injection in a decent time-tested information flow?

Anyone have any experience wearing one for a long period of time?

The first thing I ever touched was a Windows XP desktop, then Windows 7 laptop, then win8.

Then I got my first phone.

Curious about what kids these days have?

iPads? Phones?

Do kids just get used to a corporation being able to control what software they can install?

Because I feel like kids these days will get their first device and its either a phone or tablet and (regardless if its iOS or Android, sideloading restrictions begin in Android starting 2027 btw) are gonna get used to the cage that corporate has build and never venture out for freedom.

So this is it? Humans will get used to corporate digital cages?

https://engineering.fb.com/2024/03/06/security/whatsapp-messenger-messaging-interoperability-eu/

Last year The Digital Markets Act was all the rage! The Interoperability was coming! And now year later I know zero apps that interoperate^1^ with meta. Is there any app that implemented that?

[1] yes we are on the fediverse and all that entails.

or to keep the peace, maybe you think it's not a big deal but your partner, friend, coworker, parent feels otherwise.

Do you apologize just to validate him?

I always though if I don't feel bad about it, fuck it, I'm not apologizing, deal with it. It's not my fault you're so thin skinned. Grow up.

Now I'm thinking I should be more empathetic and apologize, just to make the aggravated person feel validated, even though I don't feel bad (or that bad).

This gets more complicated because many times coworkers feel offended because I don't share my personal life with them or I'm so concentrated on my job that I don't notice them. Do I apologize for not noticing them?

I am searching for the case of my first PC and can't find it. It's cursed, as if it never existed. The render is a recreation from memory, so it may slightly vary to the real thing, but I am sure I got the basic shapes and proportion right.

What I remember

• hp system
• was bought in a bundle (?) with an hp printer and a dell monitor
• bought in Germany around 2006
• ran windows vista
• mid tower (probably atx or micro-atx)
• one disk drive
• recessed i/o with SD-Card reader
• air intake at the front bottom (at least that's what I think it was in hindsight)

There are many hp cases of the mid 2000s that match the design language, but they are all different to my case. If you recognize it, let alone have any information on it, let me know :)

Edit: Thank you all for your guesses! I'll try to respond to you all, but I feel bad for responding "nope, sadly not it" to most of your suggestions. But you gave me some ideas what to check out next, hopefully it will help me identify the case after all :)

Edit 2: picture time :D -- it's just a different angle

Edit 3: randomblock1 found it. It's a Hyricane PCK01978. I formerly would like to issue an apology for claiming it was hp. xD Thank you all again for your help :3

As in: Which makes the most sense from their PoV, ethics aside.

I'm often disappointed with myself when I'm angry. It feels like, "a stronger person wouldn't be mad at this" or "I'm fragile/insecure". Anger has been the hardest emotion to live with; it just feels wrong.

I always need external validation from others during/after anger. And worse, I need an endless supply of it.

Learning to validate myself is the obvious solution but I don't have a clue where to start. A self-help book would just sit on a shelf. Do you have any tips?

I know Intel is dipping its toe into the GPU market, but let's be real, AMD and nVidia are the only options and have been for the last 20+ years. The manufacturers/assemblers of the complete graphics cards are varied and widespread, but the core tech comes from two companies only.

Why is this the case? Or am I mistaken and am just brainwashed by marketing, and there are in fact other viable options for GPUs?

Cheers!

This probably seems really stupid but I'm not sure what to do at this point. The entirety of my summer break has been spent working on personal projects, I was supposed to have a great time but instead I burned myself out on art, programming and more to the point I kinda dread those things I liked before. Now, I'm not a complete idiot, so I saw that I needed to cool it a bit with everything going on, and focus on myself for a little while.
It didn't work though, because all the time I spent dedicated to myself instead of my personal projects was actually spent trying to relax while thinking of all the things I could be doing for instead, so I still feel tense after my supposed breaks.

I hope this doesn't come across as pathetic...

Internal recruiters only care about positions at their company. External recruiters really only care about an applicant if there’s a position that needs filled that they’ve been contracted out to fill (mainly because they get a cut, don’t fault them for that).

What I’m curious is if there is someone who is willing to work on your behalf and leverage connections they have in an industry to find a person a job regardless of where it is.

Im either using the wrong search terms or it doesn’t exist (for reference I’m looking for Director+ IT).

Ok, so ever since I started cross country my sophomore year of high school, my mom has made me feel like I won’t get anywhere in running. At first, it was kind of my fault because I went in with a lot of confidence, saying things like, “I’m going to make it to nationals!” I think at the time I was just really excited to be in a sport that I like. But my mom replied with, “Don’t say that to other girls on your team they’ve been doing this for way longer than you have.” After a few practices and races, I felt like I was doing really well and I said to my mom, “ I’m excited about the races this season I might even make it to state someday.” I didn’t mean this season exactly but maybe sometime in the future. But my mom was all negative and compared me to another girl on my team, saying, “You’re not going to state only girls like her make it to state.” She continued to compare me to this girl until I finished high school. My junior year I ended up getting injured, and as a result, ran slower. I still did a pretty good job with my training and racing though. I ran in the county meet that season and my coach was happy with me even though it wasn’t my best race. Later on, I told my mom, “I might make it to varsity this season.” I wasn’t the fastest, but thought I had a chance since I trained well and never quit.” My mom thought the opposite, as she compared me to another girl, saying, “If she can’t make varsity running 22 minutes, you’re not gonna make varsity running 29 minutes.” This was true, but it really upset me. I just wanted to have some hope, and it’s like everything she said was going against me. She always nagged me about what I could do to be a better runner, even though she was never a runner herself. Her worst comments were during my senior year. She treated me OK during cross country, and I ended up making varsity that year. However, when track season came, she went on about how slow I was. At first, I was doing really well and going fast. Around the same time we were planning to go on spring break. I was doing really well with my training, and my race times were improving, So I decided to mention state to my mom, since it was at the same time as we were planning to travel. I could not have been more stupid. She replied with, “ Well, to go to state, you have to beat X. You need to be fast, and actually outrun girls.” Somehow, she got my dad into agreeing with her, and he asked me if I have been keeping up with my teammates in practice. I was so frustrated. My mom even went to the level of texting my coach to ask her about my speed and chances for state. I don’t know why, but it made me so mad. However, During outdoor season, She never talked negative to me, And I ended up doing really well. I ran the 2 mile twice that season, and placed first and second. When I showed my mom, the medal, she cried. The race after that, My teammates were being , And I told him to be positive because we all had a chance of going to state. They told me they were being realistic, and they weren’t gonna make it. As a result, I didn’t run as well as I wanted to, and didn’t qualify for state. I was completely heartbroken and wished I could’ve done better. But thankfully, I Have a chance to do it in college. She didn’t believe I would make it to college running because I had to “be good” in order to run. But now I run for D3 school And I’m one of the faster girls on my team. I feel supported and loved there. My mom supports me much more now, and my dad is the one that fixates on my speed. When I was the first of my team across the finish line at one race last season, He asked if he could tell my high school coach about it, And that he remembers my first 5K that it wasn’t great, and come along way. Personally, this comment upset me. I don’t want to dwell on the past, but rather look forward to the future, being reasonable so I don’t get my hopes up. I’ve done really well since going to college, and have a lot more confidence. Has anyone else had their parents do this?

My style hasn't changed since I was maybe around ten. I'm well into adulthood now and wondering if I fit into any subculture since I have some American friends who are around my age and they know theirs and typically hang out with people of their subculture, so I feel like an odd one out here. I'm deeply into drawing weird art, like colourful monsters that are Mario inspired. I'm also into emulation, tattoo design, and making mods for games. I'm a tomboy and never wear makeup. Fashion, my wardrobe consists of tracksuits and trainers, sometimes a cap or fabric coats with a plaid pattern on them. I'll dress like this no matter where I am or what I'm doing. I'll sometimes wear gold jewellery like bracelets. I don't do anything with my hair besides keep it neck length and curly. I'm a big fan of music and that consists of UK garage, deep house and DnB. I'd love to go to music festivals and just go wild. I've been non conformist/rebellious since I was tiny

edit: am a woman for context lol

and how do you deflect prying questions about you and limit these rituals to 2 minutes instead of wasting 30 minutes?

asking as somebody who, if not on the spectrum, is socially awkward, likes solitude, boundaries and to be left alone (to do the job)

I still believe none of your answers is going to help me because neurotypical solutions don't work for me but I have nothing to lose with this question.