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Lemmy is not your doctor and you shouldn't take medical advice from us. If it's possible where you live, try to get in touch with a family planning clinic (or whatever the local name would be). They can get you some sti tests and give better advice than we can. You aren't the first person to have unprotected sex, and you won't be the last.
Comic Strips
Anxiety
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Ehhh... Disagree. It allows the scene to linger on the anxiety, which helps the pacing.
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Academia Is Not Law, especially when it comes to subjective things involving marginalised groups. There can be and are massive systematic and institutional failures that mean many papers are misleading.
Most people broadly agree that the treatment of people with mental conditions, black people, lgbt people, etc was shocking and unacceptable even 50 years ago... And yet some people assume we've "fixed" that nowadays and everything is above board and perfectly fair and ethical.
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Indeed, it's something I think about quite a bit. The conclusion I've come to involves consent: If all people involved in something fully understand and consent to what is happening, then they should not be "judged" for it.
And yes, I know there are holes and loopholes in that conclusion, but I think it's nearly impossible to have a logically sound and consistent moral framework.
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A universal move towards a less judgemental and more empathetic society.
Ask Lemmy
Is Character.ai (and similar services) an example of massive intellectual property infringement?
savvywolf
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In theory those characters are under copyright, yes. But it's similar to posting memes or lets plays; they don't lawyer against it unless they're assholes. So, avoid Mario, I guess.
However, the training data used by many of these huge models of full of copyrighted material from smaller, poorer creators, which is a serious problem IMO. But they can't afford to lawyer up against the big megacorps so nobody in the US listens to them.
GenAI is really the rich get richer.
Programmer Humor
Better merge it, too!
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"Did you run the formatter on this?"
Bonus points if it's python code and nowhere in the docs does it say which of the many formatters to use.
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I think it's a bit unrealistic to expect randos online to 100% accurate and correct about what they are saying, regardless of their political leanings.
Steam Deck
Microsoft paves the way for Linux gaming success with plan that would kill kernel-level anti-cheat
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People seem oddly optimistic about all of this, but I wouldn't be surprised if the solution they came up with still wouldn't work in Linux. I don't know how exactly they'd do it, but I can imagine some encryption key or hardware nonsense that Linux can't replicate.
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Been playing Kitsune Tails recently, which is basically a modern version of Mario Bros 3. I'm at a super advanced post-game level where they are trying to teach me how to shell jump. I'm going to give it a break until I can get into a "grind until I learn the mechanic" headspace.
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Out of interest, has anyone here been using Kagi? It's a premium search engine, which means it has reasons and resources to not suck, in theory. Kind of interested in trying it, but not sure how good it actually is.
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6 days ago
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Standard enshittification: They've been pushing features nobody wants and making user unfriendly decisions. I'm sure other people will provide specific examples, but that's pretty much it.
Another thing is that, due to their market position, they won't let people use alternatives. If there's a big enough fandom wiki, google pushes it to the top above any independent fan supported wiki.
https://getindie.wiki/ Is an extension that redirects fandom wikis to other wikis.
savvywolf
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That people were magically able to understand, sympathise and accept other people's lives and lived experiences. A world where everyone was accepted as who they are, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.
Game Development
Unity is canceling the Runtime Fee
savvywolf
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I think they only cancelled the "this applies retroactively to previous versions" bit. They removed some of the egregious parts of the runtime free, but otherwise kept it.
Linux
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1 week ago
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I've been using Protonmail and it does the job (although not for free). To use it with Thunderbird I need to use a "bridge" background app to decrypt it though.
Game Development
Unity is canceling the Runtime Fee
savvywolf
1 week ago
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D'awww, did someone's little cash grab not work out?
savvywolf
1 week ago
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I use Thunderbird. I'm sure there might be other ones that are better, but it does the job.
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This is a bit of a long reach, but I can see it switching to ATProto, like Bluesky. The fact that identity, hosting and moderation are all done by the same person in ActivityPub is a big cause of many issues and drama on Mastodon. I think ATProto would fix it, and give access to everyone on Bluesky as well.
linuxmemes
I like both, but usually prefer Ubuntu
savvywolf
1 week ago
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Hasn't Debian relaxed its stance and now allows you to fairly easily use nonfree software?
savvywolf
1 week ago
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Looking at the video they posted, surely the act of navigating and selecting a location via the file save portal should implicitly give permission?
Iirc, that's something Flatpak allows.
Mental Health
Read this: Chappell Roan reflects on her meteoric rise and living with bipolar II
savvywolf
1 week ago
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Read this:
No.
linuxmemes
Linux only has 0.3% market share in Antarctica unfortunately
savvywolf
1 week ago
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I actually don't know! It was a meme a while ago, but they might have fixed it by now.
linuxmemes
Linux only has 0.3% market share in Antarctica unfortunately
savvywolf
1 week ago
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Apple devices make sense - how else are you going to deal with the overheating problems?
savvywolf
1 week ago
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Google cutting off customization and generally being annoying and creepy. I know I can install some other OS on it, but at the same time I don't want to deal with Google's "play protect" thing.
Pokémon
Official Pokemon stream asks players to "Discover Oddish," mysteriously runs a blank screen for 16 hours, refuses to elaborate
savvywolf
2 weeks ago
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Management told them to increase Twitch engagement.
Ask Lemmy
Twitter getting worse, weird political shit. What's the best Mastodon server and Android app?
savvywolf
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In the "about" page linked at the bottom of the instance there is a section for "Moderated Servers" which may have a list of blocked and limited servers, along with reasoning.
Programmer Humor
Ahh... hearing programmer audiobooks before sleep feels relaxing
savvywolf
2 weeks ago
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People playing Rust code while they sleep so they can learn it through osmosis.
Ask Lemmy
Twitter getting worse, weird political shit. What's the best Mastodon server and Android app?
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2 weeks ago
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Just as a heads up: .art also blocks a lot of the pro-trans and/or furry instances as well.
Ask Autistic People
What's a recent personal accomplishment of yours that you are proud of and why are you proud of it?
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Went to two pride marches in the past few months. Honestly really nice seeing so much acceptance about considering how hostile the world feels all the time...
Other then that, went down to London (~7 hour trip each way) at the start of the year and stayed the night with a bunch of online friends. As someone who doesn't travel at all, that's a big milestone for me!
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I think Windows has a very poor track record for ui consistency as well. It feels like every Windows app wants to roll its own UI; Firefox, Discord, Steam etc. I know Discord and Steam also have those issues on Linux as well, but it feels like every Windows app wants to roll out it's own window decorarions and theme.
Honestly, I'm pleased at how consistent most gtk based apps look.
savvywolf
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If my /bin contains exe files, something has gone very wrong somewhere...
Also, all these infographics are a sad casualty of the /usr/bin merge.
Programmer Humor
How much firmware is initializing???
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2 weeks ago
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There's a package called molly-guard which will check to see if you are connected via ssh when you try to shut it down. If you are, it will ask you for the hostname of the system to make sure you're shutting down the right one.
Very usefull program to just throw onto servers.
savvywolf
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I think user friendly distros (like Mint) are very user friendly if you're just doing simple things like web browsing or using Steam. Mint (and other distros) have a realy nice software centre that can install a lot of software with a single click from https://flathub.org/ , which removes a lot of headaches that there used to be with installing software.
However, when things go wrong (which they do sometimes because computers are complicated), you may have to troubleshoot and play around with the command line.
... But that's honestly happened a lot with Windows in my experience as well. Only with less command line and more running esoteric exes.
Honestly, given that most Linux distros are free anyway, you may as well try it out and see if everything works. Worst comes to worst, you find something doesn't work and end up installing Windows over the top of it.
savvywolf
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I think realistically any software you'd want to install as a flatpak would otherwise only be available as a package for a specific version of Ubuntu. Flatpak gives devs a way to package proprietary or cutting edge software in a distro-agnostic way, which is a good selling point for them. It's also nicer than managing apt repos and ppas.
The extra space usage is annoying, but it's not that big a deal. My mint install with a few flatpaks is still smaller than my Windows install.
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I have a server that has multiple services running under multiple users that each store data. I want to be able to bundle all this data up and send it to another server for backups.
At a high level, how do I manage permissions for this? Currently I run the backup as root, then chown it to a special backups user which can log in through ssh. But this all feels clunky to me.
savvywolf
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I've been using Sidebery. Decent little addon for a tab sidebar.
Hey all, I'm British so I don't really know the ins and outs of the US healthcare system. Apologies for asking what is probably a rather simple question. So like most of you, I see many posts and gofundmes about people having astronomically high medical bills. Most recently, someone having a $27k bill even after his death. However, I have an American friend who is quick to point out that apparently nobody actually pays those bills. They're just some elaborate dance between insurance companies and hospitals. If you don't have insurance, the cost is lower or removed entirely. Supposedly. So I'm just asking... How accurate is that? Consider someone without insurance, a minor physical ailment, a neurodivergent mind and no interest in fighting off harassing people for the rest of their life. How much would such a person expect to pay, out of their own pocket, for things like check ups, x rays, meds, counselling and so on?
I recently played through a demo for a game called Pinball Spire on steam, and it put me in the mood for playing pinball games. Unfortunately, and I don't know if this is just due to me having bad google-foo, there don't seem to be that many on Steam that catch my interest. So figured I may as well make a thread asking about what the "state of the art" of pinball video games is. Some of the ones I've played: * Sonic Spinball: Very janky, but very unique and I don't think I've seen anyone try to do anything similar to it. * Pokémon Pinball and Sonic Pinball Party: Fairly standard pinball games, tbh. They're both on handhelds so they can't do that much. * Demon's Tilt and Xenotilt: Just really fun feeling arcade pinball games with a really fun tilt mechanic. So yeah, know any good PC or console pinball games? Oh, and can someone help me: I vaguely remember seeing a stream of a pinball game for the Mega Drive/SNES where the ball goes through multiple tables. Does anyone know what that game was called, if it even exists?
So another thread ( https://lemmy.world/post/17746018 ) got me wondering... How many people would want to move to another country? Just to provide a concrete scenario, let's assume that in your current country you (magically) have a decent-ish job. They open up offices in another country of your choosing, and you have the option of moving there and work for an equivalent living wage. They're able to get visas set up (however improbable that may be) for you and any family, but you have to go through the process of finding housing, physically moving your belongings and anything else you need to set up. What countries would you take the offer to move to, if any?
meow.social
Not my photo or mastodon, but figured it would be worth sharing. I love the cardboard visor.
Stumbled upon this artist on bluesky ( https://bsky.app/profile/accelldraws.bsky.social ), and their art is adorable. Not sure how well known they are, but look at how soft everything is!
Just a simple question to those of you suffering from depression, anxiety or are just going through a tough time. Now or sometime in the past. Have you tried exercising, and did it help? What kind, and how did it make you feel?
Content Warning: This is a post detailing arguing with a friend about ND rights. It's probably going to cover topics of discrimination, eugenics, conversion therapy/ABA and other serious topics. Hey. So I have this friend, let's call him Woof, who I'm close to. Like, close in an almost-dating-but-its-complicated way. I find it difficult to find new friends, so basically he was the only real person I could lean on and confide in as a friend. Due to various things, I've kinda gotten emotionally invested in the whole neurodivergence movement thing recently. The idea that things like autism should be treated as diversity rather than disability. Woof... Doesn't see the same way. He works as an ambulance driver and as such has seen a lot of people who have all sorts of difficulties... My understanding is that he thinks the whole ND movement thing is a bit naive and ignores some people who really need help and support. It's something we've butted heads about before, but it's gotten really bad the past two weeks. I just... Think there's something we're miscommunicating and misunderstanding. What he's saying sounds logically sound, but feels uncomfortable to me... I know I probably shouldn't rant about this stuff to the internet, but I could really use some comments by a neutral party. Especially since it feels like I'm strawmanning him super hard and projecting some of my own uncertainties onto him. Or maybe I'm avoiding uncomfortable truths? Or maybe I'm overlooking something and will make a fool of myself (which happens every time I talk about politics...). Again, just looking for extra views and thoughts. The crux of his thoughts are that some people really suffer. There are autistic people that have severe problems, like intense hypersensitivity, weak cognitive ability, inability to communicate. Those kinds of things. Outwardly at least, I personally don't have much issues. I have a job (for the time being - my quality of work has been slipping due to mental health), I can travel around unaided and I can communicate to people decently well. I have a lot of mental fuckery and problems, but that doesn't stop me getting the coveted title of "high functioning". So I can't really say that I have experienced the hardships faced by everyone. There are a number of people that will never be able to adapt and fit into society. Or those that are constantly overwhelmed by the world and have severe trouble coping. They have my sympathies, but I'm not them. Given that, am I forcing my views on people where I shouldn't? Am I assuming people are generally like me, and so I ignore the voices of those who have greater difficulties? Are we all like that here? Most people here are adults who can articulate their thoughts and desires clearly enough and can function "okay" enough in society. Can we truly advocate for people with more severe versions of the same symptoms? I think so; it's similar to how bi people can advocate for gay rights despite being able to have "normal" relationships. Woof doesn't think the same way for ND though. Different severities of conditions might require different allowances and support, which can get overlooked by people fighting just for themselves. I was going to go into specific cases about specific events, but that's probably not going to be useful. We've argued about a lot of the main controversial autism things, so I'll try to give a summary. My stance is usually on the "pro-ND" side. I think regardless of neurotype, everyone should get the support and not feel the need to change who they are. That even those with severe difficulties deserve to live their lives as best they can and be who they are. Woof's stance seems to be usually on the "pro-change" side. That if there was a way to remove people's neurodivergence without causing harm, it should be offered to them. And that for those that are truly suffering, it should be the choice that is encouraged. ... I guess his stance also reacts with my anxiety beast in a bad way... I would consider myself as someone who has suffered my entire life. Would it be better if I were someone else? Would Woof prefer me if I were someone else? Do I have a moral obligation to prevent people like me from existing? Do I deserve to live? Blegh. But yeah, sorry for rambling. It's all been stuck in my head and I'd appreciate some different viewpoints. Even if it's just to tell me that I'm wrong. If you've made it this far, I appreciate you reading it.
Hey autistic peeps. I'm not really in a great space mentally right now, and figured I'd ask if anyone knows of any good coping mechanisms or tricks or whatever. Anyway, some background. I'm one of those perpetually online types with no real irl hobbies. As you probably are aware (because Lemmy), there's been a lot of disruption in the online space recently. There's also been a fair amount of disruption in my personal life which I shan't go into. Kinda tempted to make a post here or /c/mentalhealth detailing my woefull history, but I'm not sure if there's interest. Anyway, the main thing is that since May, I've been struggling with anxiety, and been kind of letting it rot, get worse and pull in other things. It's at the point now where it feels a bit overwhelming and it's actively getting in the way of my thought patterns, which is as scary as it sounds. Through talking to people (including friends who I really appreciate taking the time to put up with me) about it, I've been able to drill it down to two main "fears": * I'm scared of trying new things or enjoying familiar things in case they get taken away from me in the future. * I'm vey uncomfortable with the idea of being restricted from things because of who I am or what I believe in. They struck me as being, for want of a better term, "autismy" thoughts, and get the feeling my nt friends dont "get" it. Just wondering if either of these statements resonate with anyone, or if anyone has advice on combatting them.
Just something I threw together last night, figured I'd share it here. Enjoy! Think it came out decently, although I think the "grass" is a bit messy.
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Piped.video link, for the googly disinclined: https://piped.video/watch?v=vNGkPVD8kII
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Piped.video link, for the googly disinclined: https://piped.video/watch?v=vNGkPVD8kII
www.factorio.com
I've been doing pixel art for a while now, and I've finally made something that I feel comfortable showing off. I don't feel it's as good as some of the other stuff I've seen around, but I got it to a state where I think it looks kinda cute. Any feedback or advice would be welcome!
I've been doing pixel art for a while now, and I've finally made something that I feel comfortable showing off. I don't feel it's as good as some of the other stuff I've seen around, but I got it to a state where I think it looks kinda cute. Any feedback or advice would be welcome!
So I assume many of us have played some games for the first time long after their release date. Like, maybe you didn't have a specific console growing up so we didn't play the "classics" on it, or something. I'm just wondering how many of you have played an older game and thought "wow, I wish I grew up with this game"? For example, for me, many years ago I played Super Metroid for the first time and fell in love with the idea of just wandering aimlessly around the game world, occasionally stumbling into new areas. I would have loved to have played it as a kid with childlike wonder without worrying about finishing the game or making progress.
Crosspost to let people know that there is another possum community at [!possums@possumpat.io](https://possumpat.io/c/possums) . Also, look at the cute lil guy.