[-] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I think it was just an odd way of making him seem more human and normal. Also the fact that he doesn't mention anything about it also happening in his previous lives leaves an interesting open question that could either lend credence or hinder his whole backstory... At least that's how I interpreted it.

All in all, though... one of the less awkward and more impactful sex scenes in a science-y book, which is much better than the usual ones I remember because they're terrible and awkward and don't fit in with the surrounding plot lol

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's ironic that I have an anecdote that I recently read that feels very fitting here.

Permutation City by Greg Egan. Post-human digital consciousness via uploaded brain-scan becomes possible, and there are interesting questions about how the "sense of self" is derived, and how much someone can change themselves before they are no longer the same person. There are many different characters that deal with a newfound immortality in different ways, and either embrace, or shun, the ability to change themselves at a whim to fit their needs or wants. It's a very prominent part of the overall plot and is prevalent right up until the last sentence.

Also, separate from that, I have the exact opposite feeling as OP. When I'm reading a book, I feel like my world is expanded in new directions. I tend to see certain things from slightly different perspectives in the context of what I'm reading. I've been reading Greg Egan's entire body of work (after reading Diaspora and absolutely fucking loving it), and some insight and thoughts I had about the book Quarantine actually pushed me to make positive changes in my life that have been really hugely impactful, and I don't think I would have had the courage or drive to make them had I not been thinking about my life in such an abstract manner.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

While I haven't seen him the most times, I am unequivocally a massive Dev-head. I've seen Devin Townsend 3 times (4 if you count the virtual concert during lockdown in 2020), but one of them was to travel from the USA to the Netherlands this March to see the one-time live performance of The Moth (I was right in the second row, I get a lot of peripheral screen-time in the live-stream). It was such an amazing experience, I'm going to count that as 10 or 20 normal concerts. I probably also haven't cried that many happy tears in at least a decade or two. It was also my first time ever leaving the USA, and I really REALLY didn't want to go home. I'd have happily lived the rest of my life on the Dutch train network.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I've been meaning to get to one of their shows, but just never had the chance, or always learned about it right after it happened.

I really wish Грай (Grai) would tour somewhere in North America...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I had never heard of Thank You Scientist before, but they were opening for one of the bands that I really like to go see live (Rivers of Nihil, seen them 5 times so far). HOLY SHIT they are so good. I have no idea how they ended up as the opener for that show, they're so different from the other bands on the setlist, but I am very glad I got to see them.

I saw Tesseract recently when I went to see Devin Townsend, that was an amazing show.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

FxTec Pro1 X... As someone who has spent years searching for a modern-ish phone with a Qwerty keyboard... How has this flown under my radar for 5 years?!?

I've completely rethought my phone situation recently and it wouldn't really fit my lifestyle, but man I am still tempted to keep my eyes out for a cheap one.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

You're not going to get an argument out of me lol. I had a Reddit account for over a decade. I was addicted to the karma system of Reddit, it was seriously negatively impacting my life. I finally deleted my account and moved here recently, it's been one of the better changes I've made in my life. You can completely hide post scores here, and the communities are smaller and less active which drives a more genuine engagement vs the hot-take one-liners, memes, and low-effort post replies.

Reddit can burn to the ground and cease to exist for all I care. It's become so big and full of hate and misinformation.

My legitimate advice is just... don't go back and save yourself the headache.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The karma itself is the gamification that increases engagement.

The gated subs, karma limits, etc. are there to cut down on spam, low-effort content, brigading, etc. in large communities to keep the engaged users more engaged so hopefully they spend a few more dollars on silly updoot awards.

It's all supply and demand, profit-driven decisions. If a feature like karma limits alienates a small number of users, it is still worth it if it retains and engages with more high-value users who invest money in the platform with their ad viewership and direct purchases.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Costco bought RAC in a stunning buyout in 2437 after Costco's CEO Harambe Memelord Disney Jr. offered RAC's CEO Squiggy John John John John Johnson a 2-for 1 deluxe latte coupon and an extra big-ass fry.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I would unironically love if there were enough people in my life that also wanted to live that way to make it viable... Also the lack of functioning payphones these days would be challenging.

The place (at least in the USA) where I've found the most functional-looking payphones was actually Hawaii... And even then, so many are decaying and non-functional. I've had a silly idea to go back and just roam around and photograph as many as I can.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Excellent examples of that all around me where they installed a bunch of flex posts around previously unprotected bike lanes.

It's been about a year (I think. Time is hard), and there are significantly less flex posts, some stretches have none at all anymore, because people just run them over like they don't exist. Even on a street where the bike lane was ALREADY separated from the lane of travel by a ~5 foot section of cross-hatched pavement, people still somehow find a way to run over and destroy the poles. It's baffling.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

https://www.amazon.sg/Marbee-MIN-125-Mini-Nipper-inches/dp/B00ADX7OBW

Also showing up a couple places as the brand "Marubi"

"Best tool co ltd" both sounds like it could be some generic no-name brand, or an OG manufacturing titan who still makes stuff that lasts. The brand sounds vaguely familiar to me, but more googling isn't bringing anything up... I might be remembering Festool, which conveniently rhymes with Besttool.

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Hello! TL;DR for the unnecessary long background info I just typed up then deleted:

  • I very recently moved to Lemm.ee after being addicted to Reddit and its karma system for the last decade. 2 days after I started posting, the notice that .ee would be shutting down was sent out.
  • Lemm.ee (and I believe, Lemmy itself) allows the hiding of the post/comment score
  • Piefed doesn't appear to offer that.
  • I am interested in self-hosting Piefed, hence my interest in this instead of simply moving my account to a Lemmy instance

I would still like to be able to upvote/downvote posts and comments to do my part in letting the sorting algorithm do its thing, but being able to hide the number on all posts/comments (especially my own) would be very helpful for people like me who are easily addicted to number-go-up mechanics (don't talk to me about the hours i have in Balatro)

In my effort to not just blindly suggest things without at least doing a bit of research myself, I'm poking around in the codebase. I definitely don't know enough to make any meaningful contributions, though.

I do see a "Show_scores" variable in app/api/alpha/views.py that's just set to a static True. It's surrounded by a bunch of other variables that are presented as options in the user settings page like the default post sort and home filter. I've also found some of the logic for the various sorting and hiding methods that use the score, and the logic for how to add/remove score from a post object. I also spied the Score: {{comment.up_votes - comment.down_votes}} that defines the score displayed in the post templates (but they don't seem to have any logic related to the show_scores option). I sort of understand the HTML and the Python, but the background database stuff and connecting the two is where I'm lost, so I don't have any useful suggestions beyond my naive gut reaction to try and replace the "comment.up_votes - comment.down_votes" or any instance of either alone to an empty string at page-load if the show_scores variable for the logged-in user is false (having no idea how to actually implement such a thing more elegantly than just adding more if statements to the HTML templates)

It looks like it was/is a planned feature, but wanted to let you know that there are people that would use it, if there was ever a question if it was a desired feature.

Thanks for reading!

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