ICastFist

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Fyre festival 2 ‘postponed’ just weeks before it was scheduled to start in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

God, I hope that comes soon. Like, tomorrow soon

Fyre festival 2 ‘postponed’ just weeks before it was scheduled to start in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 hours ago

In short, it was one of the most spectacular disasters in the history of music festivals. The advertising showed that even the cheapest tickets would get some fancy rooms. Sold out quickly, but all the money was nowhere near enough to even pay for the stage + performers. The island didn't have housing and they "improvised" some tents for the attendees (they used relief tents like those you see in displaced populations). No food, no water, no bathrooms.

Fatima Houssana and 9 of her family members murdered 24 hours after film accepted in Cannes festival in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 3 hours ago

You see atrocities, usa govt sees free military bases near lots of oil reserves

Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 17 points 2 days ago

Just yesterday I saw a post on lemmy that said that turkish xitter users were migrating to bluesky. Didn't bother opening to see the comments or read it. Seeing this now, all I can think is "well, what did they expect?"

Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

I've heard people complain a lot about its resource usage on the server side, that the advantages of it running on elixir are moot unless the instance has over 1k people. The web UI leaves a lot to be desired, true, but at least it's not such a client-side resource hog/browser crasher as misskey/sharkey

Excel logic in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Last panel has strong Carl vibes

Excel logic (now with 100% less AI!) in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I feel like a celebrity now 🤩

Excel logic in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

Hard to belle-ieve

Excel logic in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago

There's quite a discussion about that further elsewhere in this thread. To me, the combination of vector-like thick lines with that background color, the characters having such mute expressions and there not being one actual optimist.

Others also pointed to the "weirdness" that is the lines of the characters' arms becoming part of the table, which I didn't notice at first.

Perhaps more importantly, it does not look like the "author" has "zero drawing skill", but actually knows how to make vector art, even if relatively simple. That makes the problems more glaring

this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago

And transphobic! My baby blue and light pink pencils never draw straight lines!!!

“You cannot serve both God and money” in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 49 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ready for that

Anthony Mackie Says ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Will Give Fans ‘That Old Marvel Feeling’: ‘Everybody’s Excited’ in c/movies@lemmy.world
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thor, Falcon, Winter Soldier and Ant Man fight Dr. Doom, this time with cameos of X-Men. Eh, guess I'll pass

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You keep your high ground, I'll take the high road (programming.dev)
 
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Yes, Firefox, PT-BR means Spanish... /s (programming.dev)
 
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What could be making good ol' Reggie so happy? (programming.dev)
 
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Let's play "Spot the problems" (programming.dev)
 

[your game name here!] - https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/mariostro-strikers-soccer-league/9nkkvwjd69wh

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Rule you a cyberpunk? (programming.dev)
 
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Why did it take so damn long for humanity to "learn" how to draw/paint realistic images? (programming.dev)
 

I mean, you take one look at Greek statues and Roman busts and you realize that people figured how to aim for realism, at least when it came to the human body and faces, over 2000 years ago.

Yet, unlike sculpture, paintings and drawings remained, uh, "immature" for centuries afterwards (to my limited knowledge, it was the Italian Renaissance that started making realistic paintings). Why?

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Maybe all this AI bullshit might finally push people to touch grass and interact face to face some more (programming.dev)
 

Given how harder it's becoming to tell apart AI slop from something made by a human (videos, photos, text), and how much scammers and other criminals are piling up on the tech, I'm thinking this will be the silver lining, making some people pay more attention to real life and finally accept the maxim "Don't believe everything you see on the internet"

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The internet, every October (programming.dev)
 
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TIL: Being intellectually gifted is a spectrum of neurodivergence and does not automatically mean the person is/will be a genius in anything (programming.dev)
 

Other points:

  • it's not mutually exclusive with any other neurodivergence, in which case they're "twice exceptional";
  • In an environment with unprepared people and professionals, they may be wrongly diagnosed as having some other neurodivergence.
  • It's not just a high IQ score;
  • Gifted kids can be problem students and have low grades;
  • Homework feels like torture (this is true to any child, tho);
  • They're very likely to question authorities and point out perceived hypocrisy (emphasis here on perceived, because pointing something and being right are different things);
  • As kids, they may have weird quirks for executing tasks, such as wanting to hold pencils the "wrong" way, or wanting to press against a wall to do homework;

If you're Brazilian or can understand Brazilian Portuguese, this is the podcast I listened to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apnuIIePeeA

Aos brasileiros que acabarem encontrando esse post, o podcast que assisti é o que linkei acima

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Why haven't more people attempted to create chat/IM clients out of e-mail services? (programming.dev)
 

Some weeks ago, I've come across Delta Chat, whose main thing is "(near) instant messaging using your email"

That left me thinking, has this been attempted before? If not, why? Also, why (besides servers' limitations as means to fight spam) isn't this solution used more often, given that e-mail has been a decentralized solution for well over 40 years now?

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A very old furry rule (programming.dev)
 

Time sure does fly, huh

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How often do you consume the stuff you pirate? How do you avoid "hoarding"? (programming.dev)
 

Asking mostly because I have fuckloads of video courses, plus a number of movies, that I have yet to even check if the content is as good as their titles imply and I really feel like I'm mostly hoarding this stuff because I have no fucking clue.

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