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• I think you’re right. All the above. It will be jarring to leave a familiar social medium and there will be friction. Worth it though I think.

  Online social media (including this one) are like processed snacks in many ways. They replicate and augment elements of social experience the way processed food imitates real food. They offer push-button control, promising to vend whatever social experience you wish.

  Suddenly switching from a diet of only processed snacks to 100% real food can cause a great deal of discomfort, enough that a person might just give up and go back to the snacks.

  TLDR For the exclusively online socialites, it might be more manageable to plan in a reasonable online-to-IRL adjustment phase rather than just unplugging yourself from the matrix and charging out like a champ

  on nerds irl rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23h ago

• Yeah and I wish more of the shut-in nerds would come out to play with us

  Text < Phone < Video < … < In-Person

  Especially when it comes to interpersonal connection and chemistry

  on nerds irl rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1d ago

• IANAMD but I’m going to nitpick.

  Enclo is not an aromatase inhibitor. It is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (a SERM).

  That activity in the hypothalamus is the mechanism by which it boosts the production of leutenizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone, signaling for increased production of gonadal hormones up to baseline, which is how it treats hypogonadism in cis men. The estrogen receptor modulation itself, however, systemically dampens signals from estrogen throughout the body, meaning the estrogen levels aren’t targeted. They might remain the same. But more signal volume is required for the same estrogenic effects. Where aromatase factors are high, E levels will rise with T.

  So? Symptoms resulting from contraindicated therapy can be quite severe.

  Because aromatization factors in the body remain the same, and T levels are allowed to rise in spite of it, there are various situations in which this distinction could be extremely important, because the moment the SERM-induced E insensitivity is lifted, the E levels that have been allowed to quietly rise will take effect quite suddenly. A sudden Estrogen peak is not a pleasant experience, to put it mildly, but on top of that the hypothalamus will respond to the high E levels by crashing LH, FSH and thus T as well. Sudden T valleys are likewise unpleasant, especially for a male receptor profile where T regulates so many systems.

  Takeaway: consult a physician.

  Primary care will typically request initial panel then refer to uro/gyno or endocrinology for diagnosis. High E levels in those with a male receptor profile may, when accompanied by symptoms or when otherwise indicated, be treated with aromatase inhibition for short term relief along with lifestyle changes for long term treatment. (Why: a common cause of increased aromatization is excess adipose tissue / high body fat percentage. Nutrition is the primary lifestyle factor.) But high E levels alone don’t necessarily require treatment. Some people just have naturally (or temporarily) higher levels than others.

  ETA spoilers and TLDR: if not suffering any ill-effects, it’s usually best not to fuck with levels.

  on same rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3d ago

• I think this may overestimate how unwilling the average community member is to operate pirate radio

  ETA: I do believe in sharing the airwaves responsibly, since bandwidth is limited, I might just feel a bit defiant towards the current FCC

  on FCC ISM Rules May Shatter Lora Mesh Communities in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago

• Andrew Yang might have been known to treat his audience to a nominy, a folk orative tradition of speeches delivered with formulaic rhyming prose, much to the other nominees’ chagrin.

  on Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026

• sounds like that’s exactly what he proposed

  My instinct is the same as yours but we must make an exception for, specifically, calling for dusting off the perfectly serviceable existing regulations which apply

  I call this rule “we have regulations at home”

  on Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for AI devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans - penalty on par with illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Sep 2026

• Most days yes. What is it like understanding everything?

  on Backflip: Apple now wants to train AI models with user data after all in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026

• I’d only have to explain how that opt in is predatory, to be understood, to an apple apologist like you

  Did you mean to compliment Apple apologists and me or did you mean something else?

  on Backflip: Apple now wants to train AI models with user data after all in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026

• Free thinker

  Doesn’t care at all about the truth, only casting reality to fit his pre-existing worldview

  on Backflip: Apple now wants to train AI models with user data after all in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026

• Paywalled. Archived link. While I have no love for Apple, and have audited their privacy claims for this and other privacy communities over the years, adding an opt-in toggle to allow anonymized data sharing for improved service does not seem like a “backflip” in privacy, any more than other user feedback channels would be.

  But go ahead and downvote because I didn’t just roll with your Apple bad narrative, silly munchkins

  on Backflip: Apple now wants to train AI models with user data after all in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026

• OK I wooshed and give up, how did the end of the broom end up in the oven?

  on Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 Sep 2026

• and nobody will do anything to stop it

  Many are trying, though options are severely limited by the fact that, two years ago, the entire US government was gift-wrapped and handed to fascists by a bunch of democrats who figured “why bother?”

  I don’t know who they’ll run, but I know they’ll be worthless

  It sounds like you think there won’t be presidential primaries. Or perhaps you think you aren’t allowed to vote in them? You are. And what’s more, since participation is quite low historically your vote likely has quite a bit more influence in the primary than in the general election.

  on UN Human Rights Chief Says a ‘Handful of Men’ Have ‘Almost Unlimited Power’ Over AI in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Sep 2026

• Personally, I am 100% grateful for this correction, because I didn’t know and since I’ve heard the less accurate ragebait version dozens of times at this point I would have been confused, next time I have to spin up a Win11 image, why I couldn’t replicate the spike I’ve heard so much about. The fact that it’s tied to a particular UI component, one of many that machine provisioning scripts and playbooks commonly disable, means it would have remained a bothersome unresolved mystery to me forever if not for your comment. So thanks.

  on Impersonation rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 Sep 2026

• He has hair on his double helping of shoulder muscles

  on yeah ok rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 Sep 2026

• Because ‘judgement’ is an inherently grounded ability, something LLMs cannot exercise, fundamentally, only mimic or approximate with heuristics. Sorry but obvious is obvious.

  on AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions” in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026

• I use LTO4 tapes.

  • Bare LC drive eBay $~60. Pulled from a library so I had to switch the operation mode. Missing the bay door and kinda dinged up but worked.
  • Celerity FC81en HBA card was $~30.
  • 1.6TB tapes sold in packs of 5 around $11/tape. Probably can do better than that at higher volume.

  Overall take: slow noisy writes but viable for cheap stable long-term storage.

  Note: for each of the components above I set price alerts and waited. If in a hurry, maybe skip tape storage lol

  on Is there any tape media backup system that works through USB? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• He never uses /s and I’ve seen him eat way more downvotes than this. But yes, he’s playing on a Robert A Heinlein quote.

  on New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Good riddance. Let’s get some progressives in there.

  on Voters Aren't Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers | As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the comput… in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Maybe BS, but I’d wager only partly true, because the kind of sensors needed for basic local environment awareness aren’t “cameras” in the usual sense even if the have an array of photoreceptors like a camera uses. It might be better described as a higher resolution version of the IR light detectors currently used.

  Regardless, given a few undeniable technical realities, like ridiculously tiny batteries and the bandwidth requirements of video vs available BT throughput, there is 0% chance of these earbuds becoming pervglasses-like surveillance wear.

  Reactionaries and sourgrapists don’t give a rats ass about truth, however, so prepare for sensationalist headlines no matter what.

  on New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• It’s morally difficult, of course. There’s a reason we count these among deaths of despair, because borrowing happiness from tomorrow sounds like a fair deal to anyone who expects tomorrow to be even worse than today, or to not exist at all “for tomorrow we die.”

  I think pity is the appropriate response, even in the context of remediation/intervention, because despair is the darkest place one can find oneself. While life choices may hasten that descent, including things like alcoholism, despair itself is never a choice.

  on alcoholism rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 Aug 2026

• I’m going to assume you mean the ballista-like Roman siege engine not the whitefox defense aerial detection system

  on Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by end of 2026 in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toupee_fallacy

  on Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• For specificity, and to be fair to small-fry private cloud vendors, there’s nothing inherently scammy about offering remote IT infrastructure for rent.

  But it absolutely applies to the large hyperscaler cloud providers like MS, simply because _enshittification is plan A_, the optimal and preferred end game for any product described as a “platform.”

  Why:
  Platforms rely on network effects, the standout feature of which is that user acquisition directly scales platform valuation, customer retention, and competitive advantage all at the same time. Once that market dominance is sufficient, you can squeeze customers with relative impunity, because your original competitors either went under or are too far behind to be a threat. The rainmaking phase of enshittification is why VCs are willing to dump so much money into bootstrapping startups (to hasten their market dominance). It’s why many products and services everyone pays for now were once sold at a loss or even offered free of charge. And it’s why shareholders will keep shares of unprofitable companies for years or even decades. Enshittification is the ultimate payoff of the platform model/scheme and has been from the beginning.

  on The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits in c/technology@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026
• Note to any future lemmings who find this thread troubleshooting the same symptom…

  1. Rule out unswitched (non-chipset, direct CPU lanes) PCI connectivity and power issues by testing without specific PCI components. Unstable PCI errors can be missed during post and present later after boot, and Windows is especially bad at handling it transparently. Common culprits include GPU sag, dubious riser extensions, and anemic PSUs 2. If there is a “high bandwidth” feature toggle for RAM in your BIOS settings that is currently on, try turning it off 3. If your system drive is an NVMe blade with a Phizon controller, check if the manufacturer software has a firmware update available. 4. If the freeze is regular but not persistent, try turning the polling rate down on your mouse, and if it’s wired, try to make sure it’s plugged into one of the board’s SOC-hosted USB 2.0 ports

  on What is your weirdest self-hosting problem you've had to solve? For me: Mouse inside the server. in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026

• TMK, while ammunition is somewhat regulated already, it’s even easier to manufacture with minimal resources. Hobbyists have been manufacturing ammunition for a very long time. In the short term, those manufacturers would fill in the demand gap left by factory ammo.

  It would certainly make ammunition more expensive, and thus potentially curb unnecessary use, but a lot of that unnecessary use is a big predictor WRT safe use, so I’m not entirely sure the net effect would be positive in the long term either.

  Also, as a general note…

  Since fascist governments always seek a monopoly on violence, the fact that I’ve been pro gun control for a very long time hasn’t stopped me from turning my head on the issue. Many comrades will undoubtedly disagree with me on this point, but: I think now is not the time for leftists to be pro gun control.

  on California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• We should give them arms as punishment

  on Identity is Valid in c/transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 Aug 2026
• Totally agree (keep it simple) and I use a simple timer failsafe on mine, but just pointing out:

  Minimum interval of that plug will fill the bowl jam the motor. Gears will strip without intervention. Nbd tho, you can wire up a secondary timer relay circuit for portion control. Just keep the wires tidy, and raised if there’s a water bowl nearby. And probably don’t want 220 anywhere near the feeding area so use a 5v wall wart or whatever. Eh, might also want to consider a battery backup option in case power goes out while you’re on a work trip. Just make sure to keep both interfaces accessible for later manual adjustments. Can take a while to dial it in, you know, based on current activity levels, which can change seasonally. Also be ready to fuck with it pretty much any time you switch their feed. Etc etc

  I kid — I’m sure you get why nerdy control freaks wire these things up to HA and whatever

  on Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026

• Yes, and even the less honest contributor would need to manually review and modify most generated blocks to pass a sniff test. The same has always been true of “found” source code.

  That is, even contributors who read the policy as “don’t get caught” still have to meet the same de facto standards, which to a maintainer is a satisfactory result.

  Example: I block illegal websites on my network, not because I care whether my roommates or their friends access illegal websites, but to require they practice proper hygiene (i.e., they need a VPN and encrypted DNS to circumvent) so we don’t amass love letters from our ISP.

  Projects that don’t prohibit LLM-generated code expose themselves to greater liabilities than mere low-quality contributions.

  on The Rust programming language project is adopting an LLM policy in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026

• I got the cheapest timer-based one I could find ($18) and spliced the 5v motor wires with a Shelly switch (flashed for local-only matter).

  I settled on this solution after 3 prior attempts with more expensive feeders because none of them let me control portions and regularity adequately, which ultimately comes down to “cycle hopper motor N seconds at T~1~, T~2~, … , T~K~ for K meals/day.”

  That’s been doing its job for nearly two years, cat’s weight stabilized, and his feast/famine eating behaviors disappeared, so I couldn’t recommend anything more complex than that.

  ETA: only important if you travel but…

  Also added a small relay that reconnects internal AA battery pack on power loss. Which converts unit back to a self-contained timer-based feeder. The only time that has triggered is when unplugging the unit to clean or when I’ve accidentally turned off the power strip’s energy monitor plug. Not important unless you’re away from home a lot and/or outages are common in your area.

  on Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026

• Fair enough, though I’m not sure personal and psychological analysis of your life is something AI should ever be entrusted with.

  on Mark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Aug 2026

• Atm the meta for local inference is unified memory and “routed” local agents (multiple smaller role-specific agents in a trench coat)

  The former is standout for cost efficiency (e.g., 4x RDMA 48gb Minis for a 192gb cluster @ $43/gb vs a $45k b200 alone)

  The latter is standout for many things, including resource efficiency on smaller machines

  on Mark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Aug 2026

• I mean, you can have that today, in some form or other, since that’s just how local AI works.

  on Mark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026