insomniac_lemon

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Honestly I am not aware/well enough to even fix the kinks in my own system let alone hop or do much real development, so that's a no from me for moving to a platform with low support to a platform with even less support.

If we could just get the brave to get out of bed in the morning...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

Buy a house? Best I could hope for (assuming I could even make it to the border without a car) would be if they'd let me get into the MAID program. A tester for cheap brain preservation, if I'm lucky.

This is not a joke, I find the pearl-clutching about euthanasia silly when the alternative is business-as-usual (particularly here in the US where social programs are fought against).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

You fool!

Be a good grandma: Tussle your grandkids' hair and tell 'em YOU WILL EAT WHEN THE FOOD IS READY!

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (4 children)

They need to change the likeness a little.

Elo, who? What? Nooo, he's... uhh... Æléon 3000! Does it at all resemble a real set of events that happened? I sure hope not, that'd be an interesting coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Seems a bit odd to have so much standard, correct-era tech. Having anachronism seems like the point, the futurism bit. Like Quadrilateral Cowboy, or often Cowboy Bebop.

The one exception may be the stuff like that Nissan 300ZX (1985) digital dashboard, that feels anachronistic in an entirely different way. I could imagine a 3hr video essay on how expensive the design was, or perhaps a Technology Connections breakdown of the functionality/workings/issues etc.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago

I'm hoping more for brain preservation (non-upload, lower cost like chemical fixation+non-cryo). Get me out of here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean you can buy it here in a normal store. So I'm not sure if you mean a dentist can't use/provide it, or if you're thinking about the nano forms of it.

Edit, just saw this:

the FDA regulates dental products like toothpaste as cosmetics rather than therapeutic agents for cavity prevention

Interestingly, many ingredients used in dental care, including fluoride, are employed off-label. This means they are used in ways not officially approved by the FDA but are still considered effective based on scientific evidence and clinical practice

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

For other toothpaste that still strengthens enamel, there is toothpaste with hydroxyapatite (which can be ingested, at least that specific ingredient). Though it is probably more expensive.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It could likely be replaced with hydroxyapatite instead (it also can be used to remove lead and other things from water, which makes searching about being added to municipal water difficult). Good for not only teeth, also bones.

I also wonder if adding other vitamins would make more sense (just enough to stop deficiencies) if we're talking about health outcomes, though the first idea I had with vitamin C came up with results of that messing with the chlorine in the water.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Honestly, I live a slow life. Time is the main thing that I have. I dabble with programming, but not really for android and I don't even use a "smart assistant", I don't even have mobile service due to cost and lack of need.

My idea of making life easier was ripping the carpet out of my room. It is much easier to sweep a wood floor and I can do it at any time.

Even the things that I would want to automate in my life I don't think I could make a robot to accomplish it (honestly, I have a dusty 3D printer after upgrading to a beta dual extruder pushed complication a bit too far for me, as I already disliked the design/tolerances iteration process).

My main issues right now are related to living on the edge of nowhere, no way to meet people+nothing to do, no ability to move (without being homeless), low water pressure, polyester clothes/sheets that don't get clean. None of those are really fixable with automation. EDIT: Also (lack of) healthcare. That could be automated (particularly just for better-than-nothing) but not by me, obviously.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Probably because in most cases, doing so requires a tradeoff of some sort. Hardware, design and planning, upkeep, data privacy and reliance on external factors/services etc.

So when it doesn't fit together and people don't even have any real source of help (not to mention enshittification) it should be no wonder that the existing way (or "live with it") is the only real option.

Also there is also the angle of some "easier" options that sound nice on paper but end up creating their own problems (or are just too expensive to be viable).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have the same issue on an Arch derivative with XFCE and a 1050Ti. From what I can find online this is related to a change with SystemD, though when I tried the suggested fixes they didn't seem to work.

It has been a while since this issue started and updates seem to have not fixed it (though I am not currently updated). Annoying especially as I used to use my computer to wake up.

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