That’s a really good one! Especially with Lester, if I remember well

For the benefit of readers who may not know Mr. Addams or understand why he’s so great, should we list out the qualities?

I’ll have first go, but would love supplemental info.

• Madly in love with his wife
• Romantic
• Quite strong (if I remember correctly)
• Shameless about his preferences
• Willing to admit when he’s wrong (and gracefully)
• Supportive of his children while still challenging them
• Highly skilled in numerous areas
• Stylish af, though not trendy

Most of my observations are based on the cartoons. Gentlemen, we should all be like Gomez. Other qualities to attribute to this legend?

Basically, no. At least, not until everyone has the knowledge and resources to run their own compute, which is never.

Decentralized systems must be accessible and maintainable by the majority. Blockchain is neither of these. It’s also why the internet moved to platforms rather than remaining as many niche forums.

Additionally, network effects and economies of scale make decentralized systems difficult. See Lemmy. Even here, World is the biggest because it’s simpler and easier to do everything in one place. People don’t have to make decisions. People don’t have to do their own work.

Basically, human psychology and economics suck

That’s the rub. Christian teachings are pretty damn good. Organized Christianity is manipulative hate nonsense, at least among many large US denominations.

It’s worth adding another spin to this.

Think of it as “product placement” where you are the product. The kind of person you want to meet… where are they spending their time? Wherever that is, you should be there, so they can find you.

Think someone is really attractive when they’re doing public speaking? Go to Toastmasters. Really love someone who is competitive but good-natured? Check out a board game group. Want a fit person? Hit the gym.

The key thing, again similar to the other commenter, is to say hi to everyone. It’s tough, especially if social activity drains you, but you can make a pattern and habits out of it. Get to know a bunch of people. Make good impressions. When it eventually gets out that you’re single, someone will be like, “so I know this person…”

In any case, you’re awesome. Good luck finding your awesome other half

Edit: also along the lines of product placement, make sure you’re an appealing product: good hygiene, good enough style/fashion, proper social behaviors, etc. Not saying I’m perceiving you having problems with this, but I’ve seen many people complain about not finding someone when they look, smell, and behave like they’ve been living in a sewer the past decade.

Right, but where is that record kept? Who keeps it? Who can change it?

Keep your own records independently of the company. Include when events happen and when you record/write them. Place them somewhere separately that you have limited access to, so no one can claim you made them up later.

Track your trip time. Track your gas. Track the decisions you make (example: fill up now vs later) and why you made them. Track inspections and their results. I’m sure there’s more you can track, but I’m not a trucker. You know better than I do

Maybe you’re already doing this, but I couldn’t tell from your comment.

AI is often wrong. Sensors often get bad readings. It may falsely record bad behavior, so you need your own records to combat it.

Bwahahahha you guys are spectacular. Thank you for making my evening :D

And I’ll take that ork house. Might need more dakka, though

I’m with you on this. I generally disfavor candidates that are clearly telling me what they think I want to hear. I used to favor candidates who mentioned “I gotta get paid.” Unfortunately, the new boss does not like that, so I gotta ditch that :(

This is the winner for me.

I’m a manager, and I do my best to make things fulfilling, productive, physically and psychologically safe, and minimally stressful. I’m not the capitalist, so I don’t have full control. But if those of us closer to the ground try to make the way we work more bearable, it can have an impact on the immediate surroundings.

But yeah, we do need to fix the overarching system, since we don’t have full control in this one.

This.

Lived in Korea for awhile, and they generally seem to not have this kind of vindictiveness or self-righteousness. They’re usually like, “I dunno. Either they got a reason, or it’s not worth the effort for me to do something about it.”

That said, social pressure is much more effective here, so the vast majority of people fall in line. See COVID

Money. It encourages greed, but it allows us to scale exchange of goods and services far more than we otherwise could

Had to scroll too far to find Korea.

Been here since 2016. It can be tough finding a job at a not shitty company, but once you do, it’s pretty sweet.

But if you’re in your 20s and dating, be prepared for all the bullshit. It gets better in your 30s, though there are still customs you need to figure out.

Housing is expensive in Seoul, and real estate agents may scam you, so find a Korean friend.

Otherwise, it’s great. People are nice to foreigners. Public transit in Seoul and most of the country is amazing. Everything is super convenient. You can get away without learning the language, but at least try to get to a basic level. The foreigner community is pretty cool. Healthcare is excellent. I love it here.

Well, shit hahaha but yeah, that would be weird as hell. I bet it has something to do with how electrons get aligned, but… I don’t know much beyond electrons moving between their shells

I was really hoping someone would catch this. I’m glad someone else was also paying attention in biology

That’s… huh…

Hey!!! Physicists!!! Can we get your input???

(Unless you’re a physicist, in which case… fuck)

That’s really cool. I figured it could obviously be done with fission, but I didn’t think we could just strip protons out of a nucleus. Cool share

This. I work at a medical computer vision company, and our system performs better, on average, than radiologists.

It still needs a human to catch the weird edge cases, but studies show humans plus our model have a super high accuracy rate and speed. It’s perfect because there’s a global radiologist shortage, so helping the radiologists we have go faster can save a lot of lives.

But people are bad at nuance. All AI is like LLMs -_-

Well, I’m glad you’re here, friend :D

Why take this personally…? There are so many ways to perceive this:

• Maybe the reader is bi
• Maybe the reader would get a boost knowing someone would be into them, even if they’re not into that kind of person
• Maybe the reader just finds the image or concept hilarious

Like… why did you think this was targeting you?

That’s gnarly. But thank you for your labor in supporting these communities. We love you for it