Basically if you need the same logic in two places instead of copying it to the second place you make it into a function and use that function in both places.

That way if you need that logic to change you only need to make that edit once regardless of whether you use it one time or one thousand times.

Uhm. GoT isn’t exactly the first to use this expression…

Remove? No. Overcome? We’re already doing it.

Our society is far more accomodating than it has ever been. Different sexes, ethnicities, skin colors, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities and whatnot enjoy more acceptance and equality now than ever before. Something like the EU - a voluntary alliance of this size - would have been unthinkable probably just 100-200 years ago. And for all its flaws the participating nations have grown closer through it.

We still got ways to go particularly internationally and we must be ever vigilat against those that want to drag us backward but the progress is undeniable.

Sehr gut dekonstruiert!

Das hier. Langes Haar bekommt weniger Sonnenbrand als ein 3mm Schnitt. Wieso sollte beim Rasen etwas anderes gelten…

Problem ist Twitter Blue ging auf die falschen Leute los: die Berühmten. Ohne Promis wie Schriftsteller, Schauspielerinnen oder politische Figuren ist Twitter nicht viel mehr als ein WhatsApp ohne Privatsphäre. Das sind die Leute die der Dienst umwerben müsste. Stattdessen vergrault er sie in dem er Geld verlangt und mit reduziertet Moderation ein schlechteres Erlebnis bietet.

Geld verlangen könnte er von allen, die diese Personen anschreiben möchten und selbst keine sind. Willst du mit Trump, Steven King oder Henry Cavil plaudern? X Geld pro Monat bitte! Das hätte eine Chance zu funktionieren. Die Frage ist wieviel Leute bereit wären dafür zu zahlen und ob es reichen würde um auf Werbung zu verzichten.

Das Problem daran ist dass Werbebasierte Finanzierung für die meisten Teilnehmer am lukrativsten ist und sich dadurch so infektiös durch alle Produkte ausbreitet. Macht danach jemand ein Konkurrenzprodukt Glitter wo niemand was zahlen muss ist aber den gleichen Service bietet so ist es für die meisten das klar attraktivere Produkt.

I’ve tried for years to go to the gym regularly. I despise going to the gym. Putting on workout clothes, mindlessly trudging on a treadmill or whatnot before slogging through a bunch of machines then shower and going home. I loathe the idea of sacrificing 1+ hour of my precious free time just to feel miserable and accomplishing fuck all… Everyone claiming “just stick with it and you’ll start to enjoy it” lies. There’s no other way to say this. Lies. If you love it, good for you, but it definitely isn’t a universal thing.

Walks around town I do kinda enjoy but not enough to make me want to do it. But point me someplace new or nice to hike and I’m off to the races. I love being out in nature, taking in the sights and I don’t care whatsoever if I need to work for it.

The last few weeks I’ve also started to go swimming with my girlfriend. I’ve not been a fan of swimming as a child and basically never did it anymore since then. So I’m pathetic at it but to my huge surprise I do quite like it.

So my recommendation to you is: try loads of different things. Chances are you’ll like doing certain things way more than others. Ideally you’ll find something you love. Or at least you should be able to find something you don’t hate.

As a reader it’s vastly better than Jeroba but the notifications are hidden in a very awkward way and I haven’t seen access to the mod tools yet or figured out how to search for new communities.

To about 90% I have. Some communities still simply don’t exist or are essentially dead, so for the times where I need something really specific or just a general content fix I still wander over. But it’s been a fraction of the time I spent there previously.

Various degrees of niche-ness:

• modern boardgames. I’ve been fascinate by them since before I could write. I would draw my own roll and move boards and my mom would write down my instructions of what space would do what. From there it only grew and now I have more games I can play.
• rpgs. The most recent addition. I had always dismissed them as a potential hobby because it was advertised to me with videos of actors basically doing 99% improv and 1% gameplay. Turns out it doesn’t have to be like this.
• I also collect gemstones. Started as a kid when we came across an old quarz find on a hike. I was hooked by the shiny and have been collecting on and off ever since.

hurling

I rarely drink this much anymore…

Working on a one shot in Open Legends right now.

procrastination, video games and sex

We have more or less everything you’d want (pool, cinema, library, shopping, restaurants, a small theather, parties/events, decent public transportation, i think some sports too (i don’t care), some nice rewilded spots, walkable/cyclable dimensions) but it’s still pretty quiet.

“Numbers don’t lie” is true in the same sense as “guns don’t kill”…

Numbers don’t lie, but people lie using number all the time.

Same. When I first saw the movie it was just space action flick with blood and tits to me. I mean it definitely is that but also so much more…

You mean a shubmarine captain, right?

Relatively little going on so I’m still gonna go back to reddit occasionally because for example on the software development side I’ve found the reddit communities really useful and they simply don’t exist here.

Beyond this I’m determined to stick it out with lemmy. There are cute animal pics. There are memes and jokes. And a few other interests of mine are also reasonably active. It’s almost enough to satisfy my desires for “doomscrolling” without being a total time trap. So that’s nice.

I love fireworks. I’ve been helping in professional level shows for a few years and ever since I basically stopped buying fireworks myself.

There’s no way I can capture even a whiff of the awesomeness of a proper display, yet I’d still spend hundreds on trash, trying. And I too get annoyed with random bangs throughout the days surrounding national holiday. There ought to be “shooting ranges” for the general public then let some pros do a proper display and see each other in a year again…

Recently caught up with a former coworker. When we worked together the company was led by the founder who wanted to pursue other ideas and sold the company to some managers. The company had also grown a ton with a clever new product so the culture changes could easily be attributed to that.

But neither of the new owners were particularly high EQ people so to speak. I left because there was no room for growth and I had already put ten years into it. The coworker told me that they worked the remaining crew “to death” in order to inflate the value of the company to the maximum. Their best buddies got promoted and many others got eeked out. They cleaned out all the satellite offices by inviting them to an orientation meeting and sending in “hired guns” to just fire the entire management on the spot. A few years of this and they sold it to a big player and walked out without even saying goodbye to anyone.