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Cake day: May 31st, 2020

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  • If you’ve got access to a microwave, I’ve found rice dishes quite convenient, like for example a lentil curry. They generally re-heat without tasting worse and the rice traps the moisture, so even if your container isn’t 100% sealed, you’re unlikely to get mess everywhere.

    (Though I’d still recommend getting a properly sealed container. Personally, I also transport my food in a separate cloth bag, so that if it should ever leak, I can just wash that bag.)







  • Ephera@lemmy.mltoMemes@sopuli.xyz*stares*
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    12 days ago

    Hmm, is it an ATM where you just scan your card once? All the ATMs I’ve ever used required your card to be physically in the machine throughout the whole process. As soon as you pulled out, it would go back to the home screen until the next person put in their card…



  • As others said, it’s generally a routine thing. I did once see a Mastodon post from a climate scientist, where they expressed that they’re losing hope.
    If that’s the kind of reconciling you’re talking about, I imagine every climate scientist has gone through that, but it’s something they tend to deal with individually rather than stating it publicly.

    The problem is that you don’t want to give the public the impression that it’s hopeless. Fossil fuel corporations will use that against you. And it just does not make rational sense.
    Any amount of greenhouse gas that we don’t put into the atmosphere makes our lives easier. Even if you give up hope for some particular goal, you would still want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible, so that it doesn’t become worse sooner.

    Climate change already affects our lives. We really don’t want it to become worse sooner.


  • Wikipedia seems to do a decent enough job defining it:

    Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.

    But basically, my point is:

    • If your government represents the people, then it is possible for your people to elect authoritarianism, especially if they are unhappy, like the meme describes, and/or when there’s foreign nations trying to destabilize the system.
    • If your government does not represent the people, then it is likely to devolve into authoritarianism on its own, because individuals or individual groups will want to assume all power and limit the rights of others.

    Basically, my opinion is that politics is a constant work in progress, no matter the political system.






  • In my experience, the biggest problem is that maintainable code necessarily requires extending/adapting existing structures rather than just slapping a feature onto the side.

    And if we’re not just talking boilerplate, then this necessarily requires understanding the existing logic, which problems it solves, and how you can mold it to continue to solve those problems, while also solving the new problem.

    For that, you can’t just review the code afterwards. You have to do the understanding yourself.
    And once you have a clear understanding, it’s likely that the actual code change is rather trivial. At least more trivial than trying to convey your precise understanding to an LLM/intern/etc…