hightrix

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hightrix ,

I’d say this strongly depends on the industry.

In an entertainment or ad sales product, I’d completely agree with you.

In a medical or financial product, the bug will take precedence.

hightrix ,

I work in the medical industry. Any software that controls any device or reports any data used in the OR is absolutely treated this way.

hightrix ,

And the issue can be spun in many different ways, but it always comes back to a single simple source, overeating.

That is all there is to it. Not if you can cook or exercise. Not if you buy fancy feasts or a bag of carrots and dip. It is only about overeating.

hightrix ,

You didn’t miss anything. It is the general Apple hate on Lemmy.

People mad that expensive phone is expensive.

hightrix ,

Did the truth ever come out around this shooting? The whole thing seemed very suspicious and the news story seemed to go away pretty quickly compared to other similar events.

Or I’m an ostrich and just completely missed everything to do with it.

hightrix ,

This is my point. There is no motive. No explanation, nothing.

Personally, I don’t buy the “dude went crazy” story with all the preparation that he did.

hightrix ,

And if you watch the matrix today for the first time, everything is cliche and done to death.

The reason for this is that every single action movie after the matrix has copied it. When it released, it blew people away. No one had seen anything like it. I remember going to see it after an event because of how much people wouldn’t stop talking about it. Even overhyped, I was blown away.

The Matrix defined action movies for a decade+

hightrix ,

Mind linking to a post discrediting the “official is bullshit about Tiananmen square”? I’m genuinely curious about the counter arguments.

hightrix ,

Anecdotally, I pay off my full balance every month and have an 830 credit score.

hightrix ,

I wouldn’t.

Don’t burn bridges unnecessarily. You never know when a person involved will be somewhere in your future and leaving a good impression on them may have positive benefits.

YOLOing an exit interview and doing it Half Baked style means everyone’s last impression of you is very negative. And the only benefit you get it a bit of catharsis.

Instead, be polite and positive. Then go to Reddit and unleash hell.

hightrix ,

Electric Callboy!

Pump it and We got the moves are must listen/watch. The music videos are fantastic.

hightrix ,

There are great songs and albums in all genres.

There are terrible songs and albums in all genres.

Listening to an album as it was released, front to back, is the best way to consume music.

hightrix ,

This is a fantastic unpopular opinion.

I definitely consider this for some genres, but for others it ruins the music for me.

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hightrix ,

Wealth displays on social media

Crazy idea, so just hear me out.

What if we all just avoided those shitty apps?

hightrix ,

What monopoly?

Users have choice. If they want an open system, choose android. If they want a closed system, choose Apple.

What’s the fuckin problem. Let’s deal with real issues, not this bullshit.

hightrix ,

No.

Humanity always finds a way.

When / why / how did "I hope you are well" become a standard email intro?

Practically every email I've received in maybe the past year has started with "I hope you are well". I even had an LLM draft a placeholder email for me and it started with the same thing. This has not always been the case and it's strange to me that everyone I interact with begins their emails with this line. Frankly, it's...

hightrix ,

100% agreed. Please and thank you are standard. Pleasant tone and asking to work together rather than giving commands is also.

It takes so very little extra effort to be nice.

hightrix ,

Oof. I’m assuming this means they will plummet to subway quality before too long.

It’s unfortunate, Jersey mikes is one of my favorite sandwich shops.

hightrix , (edited )

Yes, always.

So many musicians and other artists are not only complete assholes, but also complete morons. But, I don’t listen to their music for their antics or their intelligence, I listen for the music.

I still listen to Johnny Craig and the Lost Prophets even though I know how horrible they are in real life. Because to me, the music is about the feeling that it elicits in me, not about the creator. I don’t care who made a thing, I care about the thing.

Edit: that said, I’ve not purchased music by those two, and instead pirated it.

hightrix ,

Jacks and cokes?

hightrix ,

Welcome to Lemmy. This type of shit is common.

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Had to supplement her $42,000 per year teacher salary with OF and made nearly $1 million in six months (almost 50 times as her salary) before the school caught wind of it and forced her to resign. Got a new job out of education and was fired five days later when they discovered news articles about her....

hightrix ,

Would you include protesting? What about protesting an abortion clinic? What about attending a MAGA rally? What if you found out a coworker was heavily involved in the KKK but never discussed it at work?

I’m asking these questions because I entirely agree with you. Activities outside of work should have no influence on your treatment at work. This includes both things we support and things we do not support.

Would you still agree?

hightrix ,

Nearly all white collar employees are covered by a social media policy. We have social media training annually and have to sign a document saying we agree to a number of rules on our public accounts.

hightrix ,

I continue to agree with you and I appreciate the response.

hightrix ,

I’m comparing two topics that tend to be controversial.

hightrix ,

Bracing for impact… The new Suicide Squad game.

I had a ton of fun with it. It probably isn’t worth $70 yet, but there’s a good foundation of a game there. The combat is a ton of fun, it just needs more content.

hightrix ,

This game has one of gaming most fun moments in it…. If you get the right song on the jukebox.

That mission was so amazing the first time with Black Betty blasting.

hightrix ,

The game feels like it is so close to being really good, but just a bit off. The gameplay and combat are great! The endgame content is just a bit too repetitive.

hightrix ,

I disagree. I hate carrying any coins, while dollars of any denomination fit nicely in my wallet.

I have a hunch that if we were to swap to these instead of paper dollars for $1, prices would go up simply because retailers would you d everything up to the nearest $5 increment.

hightrix ,

If you plan to move to another service, there exists a number of tools to aid in moving playlists between streamers. It is really easy, once you find a good one.

Helped me break the feeling of being locked in due to have 100s of playlists.

hightrix ,

Everything that is ad-supported.

Media funded by ads has a different objective than other media. I simply reject advertising in total.

hightrix ,

I’d say this is only half of the answer.

After browsing Lemmy for a while, you get the sense that the average user here is the type that gets upset about a social media company making changes to an API. That is a very specific type of person and you can see it in the comments.

I’d guess people get turned off by that type of person and leave.

I come here once Reddit and hacker news content is old. This isn’t a place I’d recommend to anyone, unfortunately. There are extremely strong biases all over and deep echo chambers. Users here seem like the perpetually online type. Most perspectives I’ve seen have been heavily influenced by online discourse rather than reality.

I visit this site less and less due to the user base.

hightrix ,

I dont mean to be rude, but people that have been banned from Reddit coming here does not improve the community.

hightrix ,

Personally, I think it is worse here as there is almost zero opposing voice. On Reddit, there are people from most sides of most topics. Here, in most conversations, there is only one side represented.

Now, I tend to agree with the bias here, on some things, some times. But even when I agree, I want to see arguments from the opposition. Otherwise, I never learn.

hightrix ,

It is unfortunate that this is what you have decided to take away from the blog post instead of reflecting on the criticism I have provided.

This is a serious problem across Lemmy(and elsewhere). Someone makes a reasonable argument and the responses will all pile on either something in the users comment history or one sentence in 5 paragraphs that they disagree with.

hightrix ,

YouTube, for me, what MTV used to be. Music videos and live concerts. That’s all I use it for.

hightrix ,

Wow. That is dark as hell.

But I laughed at your comment.

hightrix ,

Because it can’t be said enough…

See a doctor. Make an appointment today, now. Not tomorrow.

Do not try to self diagnose. It will only go poorly.

hightrix , (edited )

Who is to say that the sim needs ram. What if it were just a giant state machine where the current state only depends on the previous state. And the entire universe is the “ram”.

hightrix ,

Ahh yes. Advocating murder is definitely the way to get more people on your side.

hightrix ,

Lifting heavy 3-5 days a week.

Stretching. No, I mean REALLY stretching.

Drinking more water. How much? More.

Vacations out side of the country of my birth.

Saying no more often.

Saying yes more often.

Edit: I missed the “one”.

hightrix ,

I love these posts where the exact type of person being described shows up and comments exactly as the post is complaining about.

Good humor.

hightrix ,

How are Google and Facebook not on this list?

hightrix ,

Burning wood for heat in a fireplace or oven is dangerous? Jesus these clickbait articles get worse everyday.

hightrix ,

It is even more annoying on Lemmy clients that show every link in a comment at the bottom of the comment in easy to tap boxes. This is great for 1 or 2, but every mastodon post has everyone @ing everyone else.

I just downvote it all, block the users, and move on. That shit is annoying.

hightrix ,

I’m on the other side, why use either? Microblogging seems quite dated and the format is not conducive to conversation. I prefer Lemmy style posts and comments to microblogging.

Let’s not even get started on how stupid people sound when they talk about skeets and toots.

hightrix ,

Lol. I hadn’t even thought of that random instance until this post.

I imagine most people are like me. They forgot this instance existed.

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hightrix ,

Oh no, I totally agree.

My comment is more on the trend of where general social media seems to be heading.

That said, as long as we can continue to ignore… great!

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