Remember me, Eddie?!

SNL is notorious for not knowing how to end great sketches. They usually send in some bombastic performer like Keenan or Leslie to end it in a weird way that just shifts the tone. I'm looking for sketches where they end on a good and consistent punchline.

For example: private equity firms buying trailer parks and raising rents so high that people go bankrupt

It took me a few thought cycles to put down that question.

In my understanding, we, as a civilization, are on a high wire number over a pit of knifes. The AI craze is full throtle as we speak, with conflicting indicators that it may/will cause the worst economical crash ever - becoming third in less than twenty years, where each was always reported as an unprecedented and irrepeatable event - while at the same time infiltrating companies in ways we are still to discover how ruinous may prove and spreading over the internet like a grotesque parasite, rendering services unsuable and leaking sensible data.

If the great AI companies tank (I can only hope) and the services they provide - whatever those may be - faill, how much is it going to affect companies? There is really no sense of consensus; some say it was the best thing ever, others are registering neglictable improvements, others failed miserably and had to return to the original state of affairs.

Then there is the constant attack from agents on the net, rendering websites, more or less important, more or less useable or stealing, destroying or corrupting valueable data.

I've reached a point where I am willing to forego internet and even computers. Even technology in a wide sense. At best, I may keep an air gapped machine, to use for writing and printing documents. But will others do it? And if so, will 8t happen in an organic fashion or will things devolve to a point where something cracks and things just get ugly? Because people are tired. Tired of datacenters popping up like poisonous mushrooms everywhere, destroying everything.

People are getting tired. Everywhere.

Edit: I intentionally put "bad people" in the title in order to provoke. 😊

If you don't know what I'm talking about:

Death Note

Black Mirror - Hated in the Nation

I'm not sure how to limit the scope of this discussion, since it touches upon so many areas of morale:

• the value of life
• the right to kill
• vengeance/revenge
• crime
• good and evil

So I encourage you to be articulate and to follow some structure: "what(thesis) - why(evidence) - what (thesis)". Other easy to follow variations, such as "why(background + evidence) - what(thesis)" or "what - why - what - by the way(discussion)" or just a simple "what" are of course good too. I'm not trying exclude comments, and I won't, just encouraging an easy to read discussion. As for me:

I would not kill using a Death Note, unless for some utterly personal vendetta. I would also not kill those that did, if we were talking about some sort of society wide phenomenon. I believe that taking action against human life on the macro scale, such as a nation state against another or such as one confined justice system against one of its subjects (state versus an individual, for instance) or in the fictive case of the above mentioned media, is wrong. This is because I don't believe it right to through politics or legislation qualify or quantify the value of a human life, such as is done in jurisdictions that allow capital punishment. While I'm against such "marco actions" on human life, I for some reason have less of a problem empathizing with the individual victims involved, which is to say, I don't think I'd rage against, say, a grieving mother avenging her murdered child by killing the murderer. But then again, not all individuals have the ability or the capacity to exact revenge and maybe they have to rely on their nation state for some kind of restitution? My opinion is probably logical mess, full of contradictions, but there it is. Feel free to poke holes, in a kind manner!

My black co-worker asked me today to reccomend him a white people movie, and he'd give me a black people movie.

At first I reccomended Live Die Repeat (also known as Edge of Tomorrow) then remembered Wes Anderson exists and said anything by him maybe.

He reccomended Salt and The Tourist. I intend to watch them on the weekend.

It’s run by the pizza man. He’s got a pizza plan.

I dunno who all is actually putting on a costume to go out or stay in and hand out candy or whatever, but what're your ideas? Bonus points for wordplay, visual puns, and topical references

Have been feeling this strongly recently. The people with the most signs are the least appealing to support. The food with the most advertisements seems the most likely to be trying to lure people into eating garbage.

Surely there is a word for this? Spam doesn't feel like the right term when it's all over the place all the time. It's like you know it's wrong because there's too much money involved trying to convince everyone it's right.

i don't know what i would do in that case that doesn't ruin discovery or something else

you may have guessed it but should lemmy have a netiquette even if its not centralized

Seems like there used to be a Piracy board but it got deleted :/ I want advice on how to mod these dingdang apps on my phone :(

This isn't really just directed at French users, but also anyone who's country has had a recent major protest since COVID like Nepal or Hong Kong. And if these questions feel too personal or detailed, then just take it as the ramblings of a mad person I guess. I've just been feeling awful for months now, and the state of my country only continues to decline.

As I see the various videos going around of the current France protests, I just wonder how you make it look so easy and natural to have thousands of people protesting but also doing arson or chasing off cops.

How do you get people to care? I remember feeling astonished back in 2024 when I realized two of my former high school friends weren't going to vote, one of them being a minority girl, which sounded insane to me. It literally takes a matter of seconds to less than 5 minutes to vote during early elections, which I have always done. But millions of people couldn't even take the time out of their day to do that, even in States that actually make voting easy. So how do you manage to get millions of people willing to set a building on fire? Hell, just the youth alone. Maybe protesting would've been easier if I was still a minor, but I remember feeling faint just watching videos of BLM riots. I couldn't imagine being in the middle of a crowd.

In addition to that, gathering people? I've been to a few No Kings protests, but the only possible public transport I would've had would be bus, and literally nothing else. Car is pretty much the only option, which I know hinders people as they're far more traceable than metro and buses, but the distance too. My protest was in my city and neighboring cities, but I couldn't imagine heading more than 2+ hours to a protest, and by car ( wonder if people could afford it with gas prices now...). So is it the public transport that helps? How far did people go to participate in riots in Paris? How many other locations are they occurring at?

How to you coordinate people? Inform them? We just had scandals about Meta censoring No Kings posts, and while I will say "that's obvious, why use these platforms", you also have to reach the people where they are. Are French people not posting this stuff on Big Tech media? Why isn't France trying to censor or quell posts encouraging dissent? Why doesn't Big Tech just assist them in doing a media blackout? I can't imagine that all of the rioters are on decentralized, censor-resistant places like the Fediverse. So do the youth literally just walk up to each other and go "lets go riot"? Are people communicating through encrypted channels like Signal and Briar? They don't just rawdog it on iMessage and Whatsapp, despite them being some of the most used chat apps? I mean, even Nepal had their informal election after the protests on Discord, which obviously isn't secure or censor-resilient.

What about damage to locals? There are clips of random small businesses getting caught in cross-fire, and I'm reminded of people who took advantage of BLM to loot. Do businesses not leave? Do you not get food deserts? Do major businesses not pull out? How are people paying bills right now? Are workplaces and colleges just expecting people to be missing right now? I know you don't have healthcare tied to work, but literally, is there nothing that makes you hesitate?

What about legal repercussions? People are filming and taking so many pictures right now, does the government not pursue them? Are there not CCTV cameras and "Flock"-like cameras recording who goes where and does what? Are they not tracking phones and social media accounts? Do people not have fear of being in jail for most of their life? Do people not have fear of never being able to find work because of it? What about transport, is it easy to buy tickets with just cash? Is there not fear of being tracked? I mean, Hong Kong protests focused on covering faces, but Nepalese students were just out there. Even Jan 6 rioters got caught before the Presidency changed and they unfortunately got pardoned.

How do you feel unified? I barely know the people on my street besides the fact that most of them are old or conservatives. I can't even imagine trying to convince or talk to them, I mean these people literally have signs out on their lawns right now of the Republican candidates in my State. It amazes me that most of y'all seem to agree that the riots should be done. Like, I literally think if something like "Progressive Jan 6" happened, MAGA would just start killing people in the streets. I mean Charlie Kirk got shot by another white conservative man, and yet they sent bomb threats to unrelated HBCU's because they're fucking dumbasses and racist. I feel so much fear over something like Trump being killed violently because of events like that. Do you not fear of neighbors or locals ratting you out? Killing you? Hong Kong had "Do Not Split", but every day it feels like people on Fedi argue about No Kings not being substantial enough of a disturbance and that violence is necessary to get change.

This also relates to fear of cops. Are they not armed with guns? Why are there so little casualties, if not full on deaths? When does the French government deem military force necessary? The US has quite literally burnt and bombed it's own cities in the past for "uprisings." What makes France hesitate? When do they go militarized on you?

But the biggest thing of all is, what about fear for those around you? Like I said, I fear that if Trump was assassinated, civil war would break out. Millions of people voted for him, thousands were willing to storm the capital over an election they lost, and there are gun freaks everywhere. How many innocent and unrelated people would die? Is there no fear of randoms being killed? Just getting shot for being in the wrong place and looking like "the enemy?"

I just wanted to know. I feel like I can do nothing. Around my friends, I'm open about my beliefs and choices. But I'm so afraid. Of dying. Of rotting in a prison to be another forgotten statistic. Of never getting to have a chance at life. Of never being able to be free of corruption. It's just so different, and I wanted to know why. If it was my own cowardice or flaw or failure that holds me back. I don't want to watch people get kidnapped off streets to die in ICE cells. I don't want to watch police shoot children and abuse people. I don't want to see the internet and real world become a panopticon hell-hole. But outside of voting and contacting reps, I just don't know how. I want better, I want hope.

mine is perhaps a mastodon with dislikes

a loops like but for youtube shorts instead of tiktok

email (i am not technical but since it is hard to self host email what if someone made a email that could be self hosted that is a part of the fediverse)

and a facebook like that isnt outdated as friendica

I was thinking about the phrase 'The pot calling the kettle black'. It comes from a time where cooking was done over open fires and cookware would become visibly ashy. (Fun fact: It first appears and was perhaps coined by Cervantes in Don Quixote!)

What are some other idioms that have lost their literal connection to time? What would be a good modern replacement?

Also dont be afraid to please ELI5 it cause Im a bit 'slow' sorry ans thanks. Also I wont be wearimg ANY fabric other than cotton or wool so there isnt any need to worry about other fabrics here.

Is cleaning wool clothing in baby shampoo a long-term solution? What should I be concerned about in the long term? Im only doing this long term cause I was tolf that baby shampoo is a cheaper 'detergent' than those other wool wash products like Eucalan and Soak Inc. So leave any notes about that if you know anything about it please.

What do yall think anout this detergent here? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5qNWa9By9EY Is it cheaper than store brand detergents that clean cotton safely? Is it cheaper than typical store brand detergents that clean wool safely? Does borax or washing soda have enzymes in it or am I crazy? Or is the baby shampoo solution better ? Edit: just found THIS video about long term use of homemade detergents : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VKeNjdgiwfo&pp=ygUaYm9yYXggYXMgbGF1bmRyeSBkZXRlcmdlbnTSBwkJOQwBhyohjO8%3D

Also where in god's blue Earth does one even find 'washing soda' ? I dont think Ive ever seen that at the store, only baking soda. I live in canada as a side note so ...

Is borax actually anti fungal ? Like is it anti mildew anti fungal? Can borax be use d alone as a detergent and what are the downsides of choosing to do this ?

Thanks.

Edit : Sorry I should have beeen more specific. All Im trying to do is find out 2 things:

1. What is the world's cheapest methood to clean wool baselayer clothing that wont slowly destroy the clothing ? (and as wee all know about 90% or more of all detergennts have wool destroying enzymes in them) Should I just make a homemade detergent for the wool? Doesnt borax destroy wool clothing cause the pH of it is too high?

and

2. does cleaning cotton clothing with certain things like borax or washing soda make it almost timpossible for mildew to start growing on and in them during the drying process?

I have a sleep test tonight for my drivers licence. The instructions says no sugary drinks after breakfast. I forgot that and ate desert plus drank 500ml iced tea at 10 am, is it going to affect the results? I will go to sleep between 8 and 11pm

Because next appointment is like 4 months.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1480838/why-did-no-one-ever-think-about-automating-diagnosis-in-healthcare-instead-of-being-depe

In a lot of health problems, the first steps involve listing symptoms and matching it as needed with blood tests, x-ray and other tests to finally lead to diagnosis and treatment. most if not all of the process could be automated to save time and get the best treatment.

To be clear: The automation I am talking about could be just an online symptoms form that give you the tests you need to have before deciding what to do.

In practice: This could be for example a person suffering from low vitamin D levels. Instead of visiting a doctor to order a blood test and then return to the doctor to prescribe him vitamin D, all that could be:

Filling online symptoms form(with pre-written symptoms database to select from) ➩ visiting any blood tests lab ➩ getting a vitamin D prescription.

Why didn't any hospital or healthcare facility apply this?

So I recently got pisession kf a nas with OMV on it. That has a webinterface that I can reach from my laptoo via "openmediavault.local". But I never defined anywhere that that adress leads to the IP of my server. Better still, if I restart my server an DHCP gives it a new IP, "openemdiavault.local" still works.

How does that work? And can I make an andress like "radar.local" that automatically points to my radarr webinterface no matter hwat it's IP is?

Or should it describe everything?

As the title goes, what is your usual request to the hairdresser? Do you have a specific style you ask for? Or do you keep a set of images so that you can show them what you want?

Looking for foods to try and share a bit of my own culture. My family is cantonese viet and I grew up eating in a lot of traditional banquet hall restaurants. Usually these are dim sum menu for lunch and traditional shared foods for dinner. Most people have tried the common ones like siu mai (pork wrapper dumpling) and haw gow (shrimp rice dumpling) but my favorites are the uncommon ones like ngau zaap (beef offal) and baak wan fung zaau (pickled chicken feet).

Ngau zaap is basically braised brown sauce using off cuts, usually stomach and whatnot, with chinese radish. Its very savory, kinda like if you made an asian gravy.

Baak wan fung zaau is just chicken feet pickled in white vinegar. If you had pickled radish it's essentially the same pickling and the chicken feet is gelatinous and a bit crunchy. You can also get them sometimes boneless since eating around the bones is kinda a pain. I really like pickled foods so this is one of my faves