LesserAbe

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[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even mass produced things require skill and sophistication. Pop music is more like a mass produced iphone than a mass produced frisbee.

Sure the lyrics aren't saying something important or the singer isn't the same person as the songwriter, but a lot of hours went into it. The average person on the street could not create a comparable song to what you hear on the radio without significant effort.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It's not exactly slop if the pigs eat it is it /s

I get what you're saying, if people don't detect ai music it must not be so bad. But in the original usage of slop, pigs don't care, but humans wouldn't eat the food. Same here, just because some people don't mind doesn't mean others can't easily discern the difference

You could also make the argument that pigs would prefer better food if it was an option, but they have no choice, they're only given access to slop.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I get not liking it, and there are some real clunkers, but I think you're dramatically underestimating the amount of craft and expertise that goes into some pop music.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same, our church growing up never talked about that. (disclaimer atheist now)

I know that scholars understand the "official" Bible as a combination of earlier sources. Still, it's funny how much Bible fanfic there is. How do you decide which stuff is real and which stuff is too crazy.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Interestingly, while Quds news takes a very specific point of view that some will disagree with, their article is more informative than this one in terms of sourcing for the claim.

https://qudsnen.co/drugs-found-in-us-israeli-aid-flour-bags-in-gaza/

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (3 children)

What is Timelinedaily? The story says "There are numerous media reports" but doesn't cite any. I'm skeptical until someone can point to a reputable source.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What is "the cradle.co"? Does anyone have this news from another reputable site? I'm skeptical until then.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No sense imagining a hypothetical Jesus, but if you go by what the bible says, Jesus said "it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom is heaven." He said sell all of your possessions and then follow me. The bible talks about how people in the church shared what they had in common. If someone had a need someone would sell their property and distribute it to those who needed it.

Of course they also thought Jesus was going to return soon, within their lifetimes, and bring a perfect world. Not wait over 2,000 years

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I pay attention to that stuff. Would it be better if more people shopped thoughtfully? Sure. But it's not "nobody" and if manufacturers know that such and such a metric impacts sales by even 5% then they'll probably try to improve it. Even if they don't try to improve it, it means I personally can buy in a more informed way.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Ah, "choke sex"

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He's a shit show, but SpaceX is still doing great. They have more launches per year than any other company or country. While they've had multiple launches explode recently, that's their newer larger rocket where they're still working out kinks.

If they can't get that into shape eventually it could be a problem for the company, but their smaller rocket has a great record, reusable, a fraction of the cost of any other launch provider. Right now they're the only game in town for the U.S. getting to the ISS.

I'd love to see Musk ousted, and more importantly to see real competition from other private launch providers. But don't let Musk hate color your view of reality.

 

I'm interested in ways that people document, prioritize and execute items they need to do. What have you found useful?


For me: I don't particularly care about other Outlook functionality, but flagging emails and managing them in the sidebar has helped me a lot. I have it set to display only items due today, and then sorted into categories like "now," "soon," "pending." If I don't expect to get to an item today I change the due date to tomorrow or next week. Items don't have to be based on an email either, you can just type into the sidebar text field.

When I get emails I either immediately reply, flag it for later action, or ignore, and then I drop all emails into one giant folder. If I need to find something I do it all by search.

I've tried other systems like gmail's to do list, but it feels like way more friction to accomplish the same things, especially wanting to only view tasks due today, and categorizing tasks.

Likewise I've tried to-do-list apps, but not being able to instantly convert an email into a task, and not having documentation easily at hand when I go to perform the task makes them feel more burdensome.

 

Recently replaced the headlight bulbs for my car and saw the box indicated you shouldn't put them in the garbage because they contain mercury. I know that some retailers like home depot have a program to recycle florescent bulbs, but my understanding is that's specifically for residential bulbs (like the kind you might get at home depot). AutoZone will take back some parts but don't appear to have a program for bulbs. What's the easiest, responsible way to dispose of these?

 
 

This site has these sorts of stats for each state.

 
 

Was thinking about how sometimes a therapist can give bad advice, and if you're not thinking about the situation clearly, how would you know? Clearly the solution is to see a bunch of them concurrently, like a therapist RAID setup

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