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Sometimes people IRL will be like "Oh it's because you never eat vegetables," and my favorite response to this is to say, "I eat vegetables! I eat [vegetable], [vegetable], [NOT a vegetable], [vegetable]..." No matter how people react it's always funny

rohirric-hunter

This is even funnier if the not a vegetable item, while definitely NOT being a vegetable, could potentially be defined as a vegetable by someone who's just unhinged enough. That way when they question the vegetable label you can be like, "Of course mustard is a vegetable. Where do you think it comes from? It comes from a plant. Look me in the eye and tell me that's not a vegetable. What's that? Just the seeds? Well I guess avacados aren't vegetables now, then."

supreme-leader-stoat

I know I'm being baited but I don't care. Snowy. Snowy why are you implying that avocado seeds are edible.

rohirric-hunter

Me: this is how I bait people in real life. It's really funny

Stoat: I see your hook and I'll take your line and sinker too

supreme-leader-stoat

#not only are they edible but lots of studies indicate they might be good for blood pressure and high blood sugar

All growing up I've been told to be careful not to chop into avocado seeds because they're toxic. But I figured I might be wrong about that. So I looked it up.

It looks like there's some vitamins in there, but beyond that there's not much data to support the purported health benefits (and associated risks) of avocado seeds, and the various powders and extracts thereof. So, pretty standard health fad stuff so far, I guess. It also looks like a single seed isn't especially toxic to humans like I'd thought, but they can be hard to digest and cause gastrointestinal discomfort. The flesh is still really good for you, though.

eggtrolls

New York State Parks official IG posted about an owl they rescued but decided to use only the most wretched photos of this creature, including what EYE think is the best bird photograph ever taken

cthulhubert

@argumate

Part of your visit to the states?

argumate

me after a transpacific flight

dappergamelord

okay ill bite. who is joe biden

the process

Anybody know where Red is these days? While @sabitspooki is out here committing war crimes

riflebrass

@uncle-mojave

uncle-mojave

Unicorn Meat

Wait... @ketchuplaser did you not know thats me?

beardedmrbean

Oh man that's a old URL, even got @supreme-leader-stoat on there under a old URL

supreme-leader-stoat

Eh? None of those people are me though.

beardedmrbean

I thought platypus was one of yours

thepromiscuousfinger

...then who was platypus?

supreme-leader-stoat

Mutuals will see a blogger with a small animal in their url and go "Oh, it's Chuck!"

beesmygod

ed zitron, a tech beat reporter, wrote an article about a recent paper that came out from goldman-sachs calling AI, in nicer terms, a grift. it is a really interesting article; hearing criticism from people who are not ignorant of the tech and have no reason to mince words is refreshing. it also brings up points and asks the right questions:

if AI is going to be a trillion dollar investment, what trillion dollar problem is it solving?

what does it mean when people say that AI will "get better"? what does that look like and how would it even be achieved? the article makes a point to debunk talking points about how all tech is misunderstood at first by pointing out that the tech it gets compared to the most, the internet and smartphones, were both created over the course of decades with roadmaps and clear goals. AI does not have this.

the american power grid straight up cannot handle the load required to run AI because it has not been meaningfully developed in decades. how are they going to overcome this hurdle (they aren't)?

people who are losing their jobs to this tech aren't being "replaced". they're just getting a taste of how little their managers care about their craft and how little they think of their consumer base. ai is not capable of replacing humans and there's no indication they ever will because...

all of these models use the same training data so now they're all giving the same wrong answers in the same voice. without massive and i mean EXPONENTIALLY MASSIVE troves of data to work with, they are pretty much as a standstill for any innovation they're imagining in their heads

angstbotfic

log6

first rule of software development is just deploy that shit baby

foone

I know this is about CloudStrike, but I just yanked an SD card out of a raspberry pi inside an IOT device. They deployed the developer's machine by duplicating the SD card.

This means every single device out in the wild has:

the developer's command history

the developer's browser history

the source code to their code

access to their private github repositories

a username/password to one of their log servers

the URL you need to GPS track any of their trucks

the identity of their "stealth startup", because I can look up the names of all the developers on linkedin, see they all work for the same "stealth startup", and see that their email addresses all end in @SECRETCOMPANY.EGG

their slack login (browser cookies)

So yes. developers just be deploying whatever

el-ffej

aziraphales-flaming-cock

I join the Discord server

I mute the Discord server

I'm never seen again in the Discord server

ri5k

the assurance "nobody is judging you" is straight up false... people ARE judging you and you have to find a way to be ok w it

giritina

My methods as someone with schizotypal (feeling of constantly being judged disorder)

1. Even if you do something embarrassing AND someone judges you AND talks about it to others, you really haven't done anything but improve their life. People like bonding over interesting stories. If I'm at the mall and I look strange or act weird, people at best don't care and at worst have a little story to tell their friends.

2. Talking about people is part of life. You probably have done it to others. What comes out of people's mouths when you're out of the room doesn't necessarily reflect their true feelings. Getting words out of your head can be how you check if they're true. Many people might say something mean so they can come to a more neutral understanding. We often think "said behind my back = true feelings" but it isn't true.

3. If someone is actually consistently talking behind your back in a cruel, mean way and being two-faced to you, that's actually them being in the wrong. You aren't responsible for that. You don't have to burden yourself worrying that you're doing something that would make someone act this way. You can operate as though everyone is being upfront and honest and not make concessions for passive aggression.

4. If you talk behind people's backs a lot and operate in a judgemental way to others, try cutting back on that behavior. It honestly helps you feel less scared of others talking about you.

5. If your friend group talks a lot behind people's backs and judges or harasses others for fun, try to discourage that behavior or step away. Seeing people obsess over others isn't good for your health, and those people's behavior isn't normal. Same with hanging out on dramamill websites etc.

6. If you actually concretely find people actually talking behind your back a lot, analyze why. It could be that it's bullying, but it could also be that people don't feel safe telling you their feelings. Think about how you treat others.

7. There's always a risk of being judged and hurt by others, but the rumination on the possibility of it being the case is going to hurt you. The goal should be to live life in the moment and deal with cruelty when it actually emerges. Constantly being on guard for tragedy doesn't actually make it any easier, it just makes you really tired.

giritina

Oh, also 8. Imagining a scenario where people are judging you or talking about you behind your back doesn't make it true. You will think "obviously but it can actually be very hard to tell that it isn't true. You start judging people for what you assume they're judging you for. The hard thing is you really can't know what people are talking about, even if they are talking. You can't read anyone's mind, and you have no knowledge of their life when you can't observe it. This is hard to accept, but freeing once you absorb it.

solar-sunnyside-up

You can try and tell me people are inherently bad but I will never believe it, not for a second. Not when the only reason any of us are here is because we've shared resources, information, stories and small joys, and terrible heartbreaks, and hope.

Because all of this- from the first loaf of bread to the phones and internet we are collectively reading this on is only standing because we stood together.

murolo-moved

the secret boots are the best item in any castlevania game like come on

if you can’t kill your dad in 6 inch heels what’s the point

murolo-moved

dracula: well met, my son. it has been a long time

alucard: not long enough. i can’t allow you to leave here

dracula: do you still side with humani—

alucard:

dracula: are you wearing the...

alucard: the secret boots? yeah. i am.

aliiiiiiice

cutthroatchorus

There is exactly one spot in the castle (well two, because reverse castle) where if you stand there and equip the secret boots, Alucard will say "WHAT???" and get stuck because he's now too tall to move through it.