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jtrek

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  • Floptimus Prime

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  • I wonder about this a lot, too!

    Some cursory searching shows a variety of causes. Maybe from a young age they were repeatedly taught that being wrong made them bad and stupid and unworthy of love, and that's deeply wound around their subconscious now.

    It'd be just sad if it wasn't causing incalculable harm to society.

    Some people have such a fragile ego, such brittle self-esteem, such a weak "psychological constitution," that admitting they made a mistake or that they were wrong is fundamentally too threatening for their egos to tolerate. Accepting they were wrong, absorbing that reality, would be so psychologically shattering that their defense mechanisms do something remarkable to avoid doing so—they literally distort their perception of reality to make it (reality) less threatening. Their defense mechanisms protect their fragile ego by changing the very facts in their mind, so they are no longer wrong or culpable.

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/201811/why-some-people-will-never-admit-that-theyre-wrong

    :shrug:

  • need advice

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  • Keep track of your spending. Find simple and cheap things you like. There's hours of entertainment at the free public library. There's free meetups all over.

    I had a friend that ordered food delivery for every meal. That's like $25k/year on food, in $35 chunks. Don't do that. Don't aspire to that.

    Use thrift stores, buy nothing groups, freecycle, yard sales etc. I got most of the furniture for my first apartment for $230 (inflation adjusted) when I first moved out. Couch, table, chairs, dresser. The couch didn't survive the next move, but everything else is solid.

    You can probably salvage an old computer by putting Linux on it rather than shelling out for a new one. I saved my friend a lot of money reviving their ancient laptop like that.

    Some people have this idea that spending money frivolously or conspicuously is cool. They're assholes and fools.

    Keep in touch with friends. Most of my jobs I got because I knew someone. The job process is broken, run by idiots and slop machines.

    If living with your parents isn't driving you crazy, don't worry about it. Save the money.

  • Quote of the day by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel: 'I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible' — a foundational thesis of the new tech elite

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  • I don't think Thiel is compatible with freedom, nor democracy. If he died we'd all be better off.

  • Floptimus Prime

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  • Most people don't like when their ego is threatened. They'll make up any excuse to protect their flimsy sense of self worth.

    It's easier to just go "I guess I was wrong" but most people are emotionally fucking cowards.

  • Great job 👏 [Twonks]

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  • That's one of the core injustices of capitalism.

    Rich person says "Build a thing"

    Workers design, research, and build the thing.

    Rich person keeps the profits.

  • My workplace is fully embracing AI in the worst way possible

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  • Almost everywhere I've applied or know people at is frothing at the mouth for AI. Interestingly, I met a guy last weekend that works for a big video game studio you've heard of, and he was like "everyone here hates AI. Management on down". So that was nice to hear.

  • My workplace is fully embracing AI in the worst way possible

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  • . He’s not allowed to say, “It’s not.” Only positive feedback. They need to justify its continued use, so he needs to find benefits to report to the higher-ups.

    Those higher-ups should not be in charge.

    This feels like the emperor's new clothes, except no one listens to the children pointing out the folly.

  • Did you attend your high school reunion? Why or Why not?

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  • No. Don't think I was even invited to any.

    I'm not close to anyone from high school. I haven't talked to anyone from that era in years. I wasn't my best self back then, and I don't really want to relive it.

  • What is your favorite dish to make at home and why?

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  • Rice and beans. Fast. Easy. Cheap. Throw in whatever random spices and seasonings speak to me. Done. Really. Go crazy with what you put in it. Mustard. Yogurt. Hot sauce. No one's going to know.

  • Why doesn't the US as an country have bullet trains?

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  • Other answers are good.

    I expect there's a lot of racism, too. A lot of people don't want those people to have nice things, even if it means personally suffering.

    If you build a nice train system, you might have to see those people on your day to day. In a car, you're isolated and feel safe.

    But mostly I expect it's because of the massive highway system that was built without corresponding passenger rail.

  • 'Merica

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  • I was outside the city a couple weeks ago and saw a lot of maga stuff. Maybe I should get like stickers or business cards for this site to leave places like that.

  • Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

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  • 100%. I think a lot about one of my friends when trying to think about that kind of user. Smart lady. Advanced degree. Has her life together. Would absolutely not want to try to install an OS. Wouldn't even know how to start.

    But I'm confident if I handed her a Linux laptop, she'd use it just the same as a Mac or Windows machine.

  • Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

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  • Right. Inertia is the metaphor I used to express that idea.

  • Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

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  • I don't think that's actually very many people. Not for their personal computers. Most people don't run much more than a web browser, if they don't play games.

  • FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that's been widely criticized by astronomers

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  • This doesn't seem like something private organizations should be allowed to do.

  • Don't let awful managers guilt trip you

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  • Dude really was a moron, wasn’t he?

    A leading hypothesis is management are fucking stupid. Throw them back into the trenches. Let them do some actual work for a few years

  • According to the USA Gov, Linux usage is at 5.8%

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  • Good. Fuck Microsoft. No regrets about running Linux for the past few years.

  • Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

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  • It's not the PC games keeping people so much. Proton solved a lot of that problem. It's inertia.

    Most people don't care about things. They just don't. Their brains just don't have the juice.

  • Being poor is expensive

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  • This could be a fantastic idea, and maybe a hammer blow to the "return to office" bullshit.

    Sure, I'll go into the office. Pay me 25% more to account for the travel time.

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
    jtrek @startrek.website

    AI summary of toilet paper