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AeonFelis

@ AeonFelis @lemmy.world

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  • LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash

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  • Since it can't be LG anymore - what's a good TV screen for gaming?

  • LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash

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  • You don't use it. It uses you.

  • Removed

    Seriously, why?

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  • You don't need the $in | in that last command. each { str upcase } will already pipe each item to the str upcase command.

  • Santa is working on those lists

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  • So... drows?

  • Linux is the reason Windows apps are bloated these days

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  • Probably, but only because at this point I'm fairly certain reality itself must be a parody of something.

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  • "Doctor! I'm bleeding right here and now!"

    writing down "last period: today"

  • Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect

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  • Also - these were my underwear. Also on loan.

  • Upwards mobility

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  • With a little effort, one can write bad code in any language.

  • Upwards mobility

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  • Not really. If that service costs x2 in compute, it also means it causes x2 pollution.

  • Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft's Embrace of AI Slop

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  • Aren't all these versions just the same product with different features locked behind payment options? It's very different from Linux, where every layer has multiple alternatives written by different authors that can behave very differently.

  • Mine are scarily accurate

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  • I see you purchased a washing machine. May I assume you are collecting washing machines? Of course I may. Let me offer you these excellent deals for washing machines!

  • Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice

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  • Maybe the real wasted time is the friends we made along the way?

  • Fair question

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  • No need for scanning. I have a binder where I neatly organize them, and currently they are all shoved under the binder so that the cats won't play with them.

  • Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice

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  • Most jobs are a pointless waste of time

    His journey, on the other hand, is a pointful waste of time.

  • Anon does a drug bust

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  • You should strive to be me because I'm better than you.

  • Trump DoJ ‘immediately’ stops enforcing prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, according to leaked memo

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  • There is no hell

    Sure there is. Just look around you!

  • Shut up science!!

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  • Science is totally right here, I have no doubt. It's just... that I have zero regard for my own health.

  • Don't fuck with the proletariat

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  • I don't remember where exactly, but I've encountered an hybrid approach that balances utilitarianism with deontology. It goes something like this:

    1. Generally do what brings the most utility. But...
    2. People have "deontological protections" - basic human rights that you are not allowed to infringe upon even if it is for the greater good. But...
    3. One's deontological protections can be bypassed if said "greater good" is solving a mess they are responsible for.

    Take, for example, the case of a mass shooter. Utilitarianism says you are allowed to take them down if that's the only way to save their victims. Naive deontology says you are not allowed to kill whatsoever. The approach I've just presented says that we can go with utilitarianism in this case - but only because the shooter is one responsible for this mess so it's okay to harm them for the greater good.

    Note that it does not say it's okay to kill them otherwise. If you manage to capture them, an other lives are no longer in risk, both deontology and utilitarianism will agree you are not allowed to kill them.

    Let's go back to the classic Trolley Problem. Is the person tied to the second track responsible for the situation? No - they are a victim. They are not stripped from their deontological protection, and therefore you are not allowed to sacrifice them in order to save the other five.

    Back to the case in hand. We need to ask the following questions:

    • Does the suffering of the employees outweigh the life of the CEO?
    • Does the death of the CEO stop the suffering of the employees?
    • Is the CEO responsible for the suffering of the employees?

    If the answer to all three questions is "yes" - then what's the problem?

  • Shout out to my engineering homies.

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  • Wouldn't they still be disappointed that you are an engineer and not a doctor?