I’ve tried Soylent and Huel. I definitely prefer Soylent. Huel has a strong flaxseed flavor, which makes it taste strongly like a protein shake. In my experience, though, Soylent isn’t that good for chugging. It’s pretty thick and is better drank in sips over a long period of time

For anyone reading this who doesn’t understand, shikata ga nai is a common saying in Japanese that literally translates to “nothing can be done.” It’s used very similarly to the English saying “it is what it is.” It’s not a reference insofar as just speaking in another language isn’t really a reference to anything

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Updoot if you get the reference

Been liking keychron. Somewhat expensive but also nowhere near as expensive as it could be, especially given its quality

The algorithm remembers the things you’ve looked at. Based on what you’ve looked at, it guesses what type of person you are. You are now grouped with other people that it thinks is like you. Then it looks at other people in this group, and it sees what they’ve looked at. If it finds something that you haven’t looked at yet, it’ll show that to you.

Generally speaking, this works because if someone who has similar interests likes something, there’s a good chance you’ll like it too. The unintended side effect (or intended side effect, depending on your perspective) is that you’re likely to be only shown things that conform to your current perspective, which can amplify biases and skew your perception of what’s going on in the world

The n from “an” transferring to the other word is always amusing to me and what’s more amusing is that it’s not the only time this has happened (a napron -> an apron)

It’s not a matter of semantics, it’s a matter of drawing a distinction between 2 emotions that are often confused with each other. Call it whatever you want, but what OP calls love is clearly not what a regular person would consider to be love. This distinction, which has been made by several other people in this thread as well, is important because people will and often do justify being a creep as that they’re “in love.” See how already so much of OP’s argument hinges on the idea that he is in love? To be clear, he is very explicit that he is not just attracted to her - he is very clear that he believes he feels what a regular person would consider to be love.

Granted, in hindsight and given his responses so far, it seems unlikely that drawing this distinction would make a meaningful practical difference. But I fail to see how addressing one of the core parts of OP’s arguments can be considered as meaningless argument over semantics

Sewing/designing clothes really clicked for me. Haven’t tried woodworking, but I imagine it scratches the same itch and utilizes similar skills: 90% of sewing is just planning, calculation, and measuring. Then, watch everything just fit together into place

Not top brass, but I’ve been in/am in mentorship roles. Not leadership in the strictest sense of the word, but I might as well pitch in. I think a big factor in what makes or breaks a good mentor/mentee relationship is acknowledging that your mentees have different goals than you. You may want a project to finish on time, but not everyone does. You need to cater to your mentees to make sure they’re getting what they want out of the relationship - you’re kind of working for them just as much as they’re working for you. It’s a lot of work to be a mentor

Whatever you say, brother. We’re only here to provide advice. And so far, everyone’s advice seems to be on the same page. It’s your decision whether to take it.

I will however point out that, in fact, the modern consensus is that Romeo and Juliet were not in love and that it was, at best, a hormone-driven highschool crush that lasted less than a week

This person’s advice is comprehensive and correct. You need to accept it. What you’re feeling is not love. Love is something that is built up over years of being in a relationship. No relationship, no love. If what you’re feeling is as strong as you claim, then the correct word would be infatuation, or possibly obsession.

You’re going to come off as extremely creepy to her. Let it go.

I’m confused now. Do you genuinely think dogs are a natural species? Because… that might explain a lot about this entire post

Purple carrots have a better taste, in my opinion. Not perfectly interchangeable with the standard orange ones, so having the option for both would be nice

I’m not going to comment on whether it was right to be banned, but I will point out that there’s a certain irony in you using AI to write a post in which you say people are complaining about your AI usage

Humans will survive. Civilization will survive. That’s almost guaranteed. That was never really up for debate. The debate is whether civilization will survive in a form that we would consider to be dignified. Will we have political rights? Will we have privacy? Will we be in a democracy? Will we live as serfs in a technofeudal society? These are the questions that we need to ask.

And they are important to ask because these are things that we can do something about. In my opinion, the elite intentionally promote doomerism, because people are more unwilling to fight back if they feel like the fight has already been lost. I believe that things can get better. I believe it despite everything going on because I have to. The worst thing you can do is to cede the future to the enemy.

For the most part, yes. But also, I think if you dig into the details, it’s less that bacteria have the upper hand, and more that we’ve reached a truce with the bacteria.

A lot of bacterial species need us to provide the environment for them to live, and our immune systems are pretty paranoid with our gut bacteria, especially if they getting too close to the intestinal walls. Also, our bodies are pumping out bacterial-killing compounds constantly.

I would describe the situation as that our bodies can’t kill every bacteria, and bacteria can’t kill us (not easily, anyways), so we’ve reached an agreement that as long as the bacteria stay in their lane, they can stay, and we might consider doing some trading at a distance

I assume you mean to get a higher-clocked 64 gb? Personally, I’ve never really felt the difference between different memory speeds. I’ve seen the benchmarks, I know the numbers. But I’ve never had a moment where I’m using my computer and I can say that the memory speed is bottlenecking my PC.

So in my eyes, memory clocks are quite low priority for me - I put more weight in ensuring that you have the total memory capacity to do what you need to do. Which is to say, if you have the money to spare, then sure, you can get higher-clocked memory. But if not? I don’t see the problem in getting lower-clocked memory.

Additionally, if you get an X3D chip (which I assume is one of your considerations), those are known to be fairly resilient against memory clock speeds, in which case it extra does not matter what your memory clock is

It’s better to get whatever you need to be comfortable, and upgrade later when prices get more affordable. So, for instance, you can get a 64 gb now, then get a 64 gb later for a total of 128 gb. Though I think it’ll really depend on exactly what you’re doing - for me, I would consider even 64 gb to be insanely futureproof.

Morally: never. It’s built off stolen property and destroys the world with its ecological consequences.

Practically: as a placeholder. A real human will always outperform an AI, but if the intent is not quality but to just get the gist across, then it works in a pinch.

To be clear, it’s not just the quality of the final product that matters. An AI-generated product is unmaintainable and uneditable. You can’t make variations of a generated product. It’s technical debt at its most fundamental

I’m not saying that what you’ve said is intrinsically problematic. I’ve said variations of “baby [object]” as well, there’s nothing wrong with that. The issue is that context matters, and in this context it’s condescending in a way that prevents open discussion.

Any reasonable person would read what you wrote and interpret it as “do you think the show is bad, or are you inexperienced and like baby things?” In this specific case, I do happen to agree with your opinion on the material. But if there exists someone who does happen to like the show, they are now discouraged from commenting and sharing their opinions, because you have pre-emptively denigrated their views.

Starting a discussion (it’s a discussion community, after all) requires more care than usual to ensure that you are fostering a fair and open discussion. With the way that the post is currently structured, I don’t foresee a way that a fair and open discussion can be had.