[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 54 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Mind linking the study you're refering here?

Majority of pedofiles never offend and most of the people in jail for child abuse are plain old rapists with no particular interest in kids per se, they're just an easy target.

This is the same old "violent games makes people violent" -argument all over again.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 49 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Statistically they're still less prone to accidents than human drivers.

I never quite undestood why so many people seem to be against autonomous vehicles. Especially on Lemmy. It's unreasonable to demand perfection before any of these is used on the public roads. In my view the bar to reach is human level driving and after that it seems quite obvious that from safety's point of view it's the better choice.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 89 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

AI DRIVR made an interesting analysis about the v12 on YouTube. Apparently it's completely different from the previous versions and instead of understanding traffic rules it learns from a videos of people driving which means it does things like doesn't fully stop at stop signs and drives over the speedlimit - like people do too.

It's interesting because by strictly following traffic rules you might infact be a danger to others but by driving like humans you're also breaking the law. Good example of a situation where the "right" thing to do might not be the most intuitive one though in this case it's still up for a debate.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

To be fair I still do these things but only when I'm alone.

Personally I love finding big puddles and then dig drains with a stick or my heel and watch the water flow.

Also love to throw a piece of wood into water and then toss stones high up in the air and try hit it imagining it's a warship I'm trying to bomb.

Then also without going into details there are some pieces of clothing I would like to wear but don't because they're considered femine or gay.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

As a compliment to the thread about near death experiences I'd really like hearing people's experiences of losing consciousness under general anesthesia and what's it like coming back.

Also interested of things anesthetists may have noticed about this during their career.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 49 points 10 months ago

Yep. The popularity of iPhones in US doesn't represent the rest of the world. iPhone users are the minority in Finland. No one is complaining about green chat bubbles because iPhone users have to use WhatsApp aswell.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 42 points 10 months ago

I didn't choose. Literally every single person with a smartphone in my country uses whatsapp so that's what I use too.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 63 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm not sure if this works anymore but I saved this message a while back. If you get this pop-up then put this into your adblock custom rules and it should sort it out:

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youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)

youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])

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[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 43 points 10 months ago

Wouldn't be surprised if the (mostly) political right that seems all these new pronouns as stupid would also ironically be against giving up on their own gender specific pronoun for a gender neutral one.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 199 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We don't need more pronouns. We need less of them.

In my native language there is no even he/she pronouns. The word is “hän” and it’s gender neutral. You can be male, female, FTM, MTF, non-binary or what ever and you’re still called “hän”. You can identify as anything you like and "hän" already includes you.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 41 points 11 months ago

To retire. I'm not even 40 yet but I dread going to work every morning. I don't even hate my work - I just don't feel like even the relatively good salary I get is enough to compensate for the lost time.

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Lets assume we develop the capacity to create virtual worlds that are near indistinguishable from the real world. We hook you up into a machine and you now find yourself in what effectively is a paraller reality where you get to be the king of your own universe (if you so desire). Nothing is off limits - everything you've ever dreamt of is possible. You can be the only person there, you can populate it with unconscious AI that appears consciouss or you can have other people visit your world and you can visit theirs aswell as spend time in "public worlds" with millions of other real people.

Would you try it and do you think you'd prefer it over real world? Do you see it as a negative from individual perspective if significant part of the population basically spend their entire lives there?

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 52 points 11 months ago

You can take a sharpie and draw a sad face on a rock and then you'll feel sad for it. We're gullable.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz to c/zombiesurvival@sopuli.xyz

I'd feel the safest somewhere off the ground. Second floor of a building with the stairs blocked/destroyed or perhaps in a hammock high up in a tree. I don't think I could fall asleep knowing they could just sneak up on and grab me

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I'm a bit torn between a splitting axe and a mace/morning star of some sort.

An axe offers better penetration and is useful for other tasks aswell but perhaps posseses greater risk of getting stuck. A mace is not as versatile but is highly effecive when making direct contact with the skull and is unlikely to get stuck. A mace is also easier to improvise and customize for individual preferences.

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This is the niche topic I'm into and since nobody else has made a community for it I made one myself.

All related discussion is welcome: preparing, weapons, base location, vehicles, tactics, rebooting civilication etc.

https://sopuli.xyz/c/zombiesurvival

!zombiesurvival@sopuli.xyz

Zombie Survival

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 65 points 11 months ago

For a person everyone seemingly hates you guys sure do talk about him a lot. I'd much rather have my feed filled with content that's not about Spez, Elon, Twitter, Reddit etc. Just move on already..

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 56 points 11 months ago

I usually downvote not because I disagree but because I think the comment is low effort or written in bad faith.

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