Based and rational
Sheesh guys, at least act like you've been there before. Bad look, but not unexpected considering the culprits
That shit was rough. Boone made some critical errors, he might be out of a job. Yankees definitely felt the pressure and didn't play their best ball.
But if Soto re-signs, they will be back in the World Series next year. Book it.
The set of environmental conditions is different in each country, and indeed for each individual human. The level of technological advancement only comprises a small piece of that picture.
Because of the recent rapid technological advances in the past century, essentially every society worldwide is struggling to adapt to the new technological landscape. But due to all of the other contributing factors, the struggle is slightly different for everyone.
Just looking at the average work hours is a miniscule people of the puzzle. How much money are people making in exchange for their time? Do they have to pay for Healthcare? What types of jobs are most common? What is the historical context of the population that has led them to this point? Were they working more or less 100 years ago? Did they have more wealth 100 years ago? What is the current rate of mental illness and disability? What is the historical and current prevalence of religion?
You could continue with questions in this vein more or less infinitely. And the answer to each question would vary substantially depending on the nation/community/individual that you chose to focus on. And each answer would potentially have an impact when trying to analyze how the current culture came about.
To answer your single hypothetical question, I think one of the primary contributing factors to the reduced working hours for many wealthy western European countries when compared to the US is the relative level of financial and social inequality along with the taxation rate. For France et all, the tax rate is significantly higher and the level of social support is correspondingly higher.
This reduces some of the necessity of working more hours, because the variability of income is reduced. If low-income people still make enough money and have enough benefits to make a decent life, they don't need to work so many hours just to survive. Also, high-income people will have a reduced incentive to work so many hours because the overall financial benefit is relatively smaller when compared to the US where you can avoid taxation to a much greater extent.
Yeah sure, I can get on board with that. I just wrote a great 500 word response that I canceled accidentally. Fml I'm too tired, I'll try to give a quick summary.
Basically, by framing it as a cultural issue that hinges on the decisions of individuals to reject the dominant culture, you're putting the focus in the wrong direction. You're essentially trying to change human nature, instead of trying to change the specific conditions that cause humans to behave this way at this specific point in time. Fighting aggressively against the entrenched cultural realities is brave but futile.
Instead of focusing on dismantling the culture that is already firmly in place, you need to change the conditions for future generations so they can have the opportunity to develop less problematic cultures. In order to do that, you need to analyze the dominant culture and understand it, but you don't necessarily need to waste all your energy fighting its manifestations. Instead, you simply try to create spaces where people can construct subcultures which are protected from the dominant culture. Eventually, if the newer cultures prove to be elegant solutions to universal human problems, they will inevitably take over.
But again, I understand and agree with what you're saying. It just only applies to a handful of people who are inherently revolutionary in mindset. For the vast majority of humans, they don't have the ability to consciously and independently reject and disentangle from the dominant culture. Thus, the ultimate solution lies in altering the material conditions of society such that the dominant culture begins to change from the inside out.
Have you considered that culture is merely the collective reaction of a group of humans to a given set of environmental conditions? I don't disagree with you, but you're needlessly simplifying the problem.
You’re willing to work a job that is an hour’s drive away because you choose to take the job.
Why did I choose to take the job? One major reason is that I have an automobile. If I didn't have the automobile, I wouldn't have been able to take the job. Culture comes about as a result of a series of incentives and motivations that shape human decisions. Change the access to technology, and you would change the culture.
You seem to believe that a solution will come from people simply choosing not to do certain things. This is partially true, but its more accurate to recognize that you need to first create the material conditions that enable people to actually have a viable choice.
It is not the technology that is the problem in this case.
It's the combination of the technology and the social structures that continually reproduce the culture that you're complaining about. If you think the culture is going to magically change without altering the material conditions first, you're gonna have a bad time.
You know what that means. Time to build a new rig 😅
Beyond All Reason is building some pretty good momentum. It's more of a TA/Supreme Commander style RTS, so a bit different compared to Warcraft. But it's a modern RTS in active development and growing userbase, which is pretty rare over the past decade.
It wasn't an issue with Lemmy system info. It's not a vector particular to Lemmy, it was something else.
And this goes on and on and back and forth for 90 or so minutes until the movie just sort of... ends.
It's just realistic. Koreans aren't having sex anymore, their TFR is down to 0.72. That's mind-bogglingly low.
Wow, that's a crazy experience. Somebody jumped in and saved you?
Freaking commie tumbleweeds rolling from town to town looking for handouts
That's gold Jerry! Gold!
Especially therapists. It's therapy all the way down
Yeah you totally should. I have had some of the most peaceful moments in my life when stargazing. Sometimes I feel like it connects me spiritually with every human that ever lived across time and space. We are all equally insignificant in the context of the universe, and yet equally blessed to witness its grandeur.
Also light pollution has mostly ruined it for large portions of the world population. The night sky on a remote island is absolutely incredible. People don't even know what they're missing.
throwing a pipe bomb into an art contest
incredibly good and based
This is what happens when you become consumed by hatred. The most insane statements seem entirely reasonable to them, because they are blinded by fear and hate.
Las Meninas (Spanish for 'The Ladies-in-waiting') is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Baroque. It has become one of the most widely analyzed works in Western painting for the way its complex and enigmatic composition raises questions about reality and illusion, and for the uncertain relationship it creates between the viewer and the figures depicted.
The painting is believed by F. J. Sánchez Cantón to depict a room in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid during the reign of King Philip IV of Spain, and presents several figures, most identifiable from the Spanish court, captured in a particular moment as if in a snapshot. Some of the figures look out of the canvas towards the viewer, while others interact among themselves. The five-year-old Infanta Margaret Theresa is surrounded by her entourage of maids of honour, chaperone, bodyguard, two dwarfs and a dog. Just behind them, Velázquez portrays himself working at a large canvas. Velázquez looks outwards beyond the pictorial space to where a viewer of the painting would stand. In the background there is a mirror that reflects the upper bodies of the king and queen. They appear to be placed outside the picture space in a position similar to that of the viewer, although some scholars have speculated that their image is a reflection from the painting Velázquez is shown working on.
The man called police to confess to a crime and then killed himself before authorities arrived at the scene
cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/4031774
> ROCKY START > > WE'RE LIVE > > place pixels, yeah
If anyone wants to do a little sh.itjust.works pixel art, now is your chance. I'll contribute to anything that people come up with. Still have >48 hours remaining.
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This track is such a vibe. Always gets me into that Lain mentality.
A Distant Shout
Vocals/Lyrics/Composition: Nakaido 'Chabo' Reichi
lyrics
``` Even though I shouldn’t have any sins I’m accepting some sort of punishment Even though they aren’t seeds that I sown I’m made to pluck the flowers that bloomed prolifically
I can’t say that I don’t know about it But I don’t recall having been an accomplice-in-crime I feel that my freedom was costly bought But I don’t recall having my heart sold cheaply
Hey Hey, until I die and bid farewell Hey Hey, I won’t be caught by anyone I wonder if you don’t know about the eternal ruffians Who are prowling the distant night
It’s not even an unforgivable act But wounds can’t be healed On nights when I feel like crying, I make love to a woman And take flight from this petty and corrupt world
Hey Hey, until I die and bid farewell Hey Hey, I won’t be caught by anyone I wonder if you don’t know about the eternal ruffians Who are prowling the distant night
Even though I shouldn’t have any sins I’m accepting some sort of punishment I feel that my freedom was costly bought But I don’t have the guts to sell my heart cheaply… ```
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Cute animation of SCP-999, seemed appropriate for this community.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13087351
> SCP-999 > > > !
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/7026921
> This sounds like something Lemmy would also really benefit from.
Threads will be implementing federation in the near future and many instances have been discussing whether they should be pre-emptively defederated to protect the fediverse. See below for our local discussion thread, which will remain active until this vote is complete.
Given that this is a time-sensitive issue and it's the holiday season, we decided to initiate the vote a few days early to make sure everyone gets a chance to vote. The vote will be tallied on Friday, December 29th.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/11011288
Only sh.itjust.works accounts may cast a vote
Vote by commenting either yes/aye/oui or nay/no/non
Any further discussion should be posted in the thread linked above
Additional Context/Discussions
41% of instances have blocked Threads
Extensive discussion at Fediverse@lemmy.world
For the hard of hearing
IF YOU ARE NOT A SH.ITJUST.WORKS USER, YOU CANNOT VOTE IN THIS THREAD
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VOTE RESULT
In favor (aye/oui/yes) : 200 votes
Against (nay/non/no) : 55 votes
Sh.itjust.works has voted in favor of preemptively defederating Threads.
Thank you for your participation, and happy holidays to everyone!
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Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4658537
> Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted::Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”
I didn't want to make an announcement about this but since there seems to be some confusion (to say the least), I feel that I must.
You have almost certainly started seeing posts and comments from hexbear.net users in the past day or so. Long story short, when hexbear originally federated into Lemmy a few weeks ago, they left SJW off the list of instances they wanted to federate. A few days ago, hexbear users had a vote where they agreed to add SJW to their list of federated instances.
Myself and TheDude were informed of this vote by the hexbear admins while it was in progress. We agreed that if hexbear voted in the affirmative, we would be amenable to federation and seeing how it turns out. Now, here we are.
Hexbear is a Lemmy server that was created about 3 years ago as a new home for the former users of r/chapotraphouse. CTH was banned from reddit because they were openly calling for the deaths of slave owners, which reddit considered hate speech 🙄
Hexbear is composed of leftists of all shapes and sizes, and they also have a special sensitivity to the struggles of marginalized groups, including but not limited to LGBTQ folk, the disabled, and gingers.
Some things to know about hexbear: they removed downvotes from their platform. Therefore, they tend to make a lot of comments, because the only way to respond to something you disagree with is by commenting. This can give the impression of being brigaded, but that's not necessarily the case. Also, their custom emojis are displayed very large on other instances. This is a technical issue that will eventually be fixed.
Of the major instances, Lemmy.world, lemmy.ca, feddit.de, and beehaw.org have defederated hexbear.
SJW, Lemm.ee, and lemmy.ml are still federated with hexbear.
I hope we can all get along, but obviously that's not going to be the case. I recommend that users from either server make use of the block function as necessary. More importantly, don't intentionally go to communities on the other server and attempt to antagonize them because you have a differing political stance. Some political debate is well and good, but there is a time and a place, and if you're not sure, it's probably best to keep it on your own server.
We will be banning hexbears liberally if they come in here trying to start shit, and their admins will do the same regarding our users. Pun intended.
Bottom line: we will not be defederating from hexbear in the immediate future. I personally believe they are a valuable asset to this platform, and I urge you all to give them a chance to contribute positively. If you find them annoying, just block them and/or report them; they are subject to the same rules of conduct as everyone else.
Please direct any comments and concerns to this thread, or to the Agora.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/4188546
Welcome, this vote will determine which image we use for our banner image for sh.itjust.works. The discussion thread is in the Agora, and was also cross-posted to ImageAI
Fantastic work on the banners sh.itheads, I think we've got several excellent choices here. I've reposted the candidates below, with credits to the users who submitted them. I culled some submissions at my own discretion.
Each candidate is labeled with a number. In order to vote, simply comment on this post with the number of your preferred banner. You only get one vote. ***
Number 1 - @TendieMaster69@sh.itjust.works
Number 2 - @scumola@sh.itjust.works
Number 3 - @scumola@sh.itjust.works
Number 4 - @scumola@sh.itjust.works
Number 5 - @scumola@sh.itjust.works
Number 6 - @scumola@sh.itjust.works
Number 7 - @ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works
Number 8 - @thelsim@sh.itjust.works
Number 9 - @thelsim@sh.itjust.works
Number 10 - @thelsim@sh.itjust.works
Number 11 - @thelsim@sh.itjust.works
Number 12 - @thelsim@sh.itjust.works
You may also specify a few honorable mentions in your comment if you so choose, as a way to acknowledge the artists' work.
The vote will run until next Friday. ***
VOTE RESULT
1. Banner 8 by @thelsim@sh.itjust.works: 91 votes
2. Banner 11 by @thelsim@sh.itjust.works: 49 votes
3. Banner 6 by @scumola@sh.itjust.works: 24 votes
4. Banner 7 by @ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works: 20 votes
5. Banner 3 by @scumola@sh.itjust.works: 19 votes
Reddit has decided to run another edition of r/place in mid July for some unimaginable reason.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/1387534
It seems to me that it would be stupid to not at least attempt to advertise for Lemmy given the perfect opportunity. Many have expressed concerns about giving reddit more traffic, but a few thousand users is less than a rounding error to reddit. However, getting a few thousand more redditors to move to Lemmy would be great for us.
Hopefully I can get a few sh.itheads to help in this noble endeavor. If not, at least I tried.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1022097
Don't mean to get in the middle of the Dieselpunk challenge but I figured the people here might want to take a shot at creating a banner as well. I'm going to leave that thread open for at least a week so you guys should have time.
Please post your best submissions to the Agora thread linked above
I will try to scan both threads to get all of the candidates before we vote, but the Agora thread is the official discussion, this was just cross-posted for awareness.
> The two obvious themes in my mind are gears/some sort of complex machine, or computer hardware/circuits. > > As an avid Lain Iwakura enjoyer, I added that screenshot because it's awesome and I think it'd be an extremely cool banner, but there are probably much cleaner designs out there that would be more welcoming to new users. I'm sure you guys will be able to come up with some in short order. > > You can look on lemmyverse.net to get a quick overview of some other instance banners. > > I really don’t know how the formatting and proportions are supposed to work but I will edit that in as soon as someone clarifies. > > Lemmy.world looks like this > > ! > > This discussion run for at least a week, and then we can take the most upvoted submissions in this thread and put them up for an official vote.
The two obvious themes in my mind are gears/some sort of complex machine, or computer hardware/circuits.
As an avid Lain Iwakura enjoyer, I added that screenshot because it's awesome and I think it'd be an extremely cool banner, but there are probably much cleaner designs out there that would be more welcoming to new users. I'm sure you guys will be able to come up with some in short order.
You can look on lemmyverse.net to get a quick overview of some other instance banners.
I really don’t know how the formatting and proportions are supposed to work but I will edit that in as soon as someone clarifies.
Lemmy.world looks like this
This discussion will run for at least a week, and then we can take the most upvoted submissions in this thread and put them up for an official vote.
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TheDude recently upgraded the server to the most recent version of Lemmy. You'll notice significant improvements to the user interface, and hopefully the functionality is also improved. There is no official changelog yet because this version is not yet finalized, but I'll link the GitHub releases page where it should eventually appear.
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases
Edit: 0.18.1 is now fully released and we have upgraded to the final version. You can view the link above for the changelog.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/776343
Better suited for the main community, the Agora is mainly for official discussions and votes.
> Hello, > > I'm the mod of Japanese Metal. For a few days now, the community appears empty to me, both on Liftoff and my browser on my desktop. > Edit: it's fine if I view it on my lemm.ee account, but that's not optimal. > > What might be the cause, and how do I fix it? Anyone with a similar problem? > > Thanks in advance.