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Every generation has their thing, I suppose. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (9 children)

The Gen Z bit is accurate, at least for current college students. I'm amazed at how little they do, how few relationships they have, etc. I actually feel quite bad for them.

Post on /r/RedditAlternatives finds it suspicious that people suggest Lemmy a lot as a Reddit alternative in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Maybe, but at least some folks have less of it. Me, for example. On Reddit, I generally assumed most folks were from the US, or bots. On here, I generally assume folks are equally--if not more--likely to be from a country in Europe, or Canada. I also see way more German representation here than I did on Reddit.

Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

I actually don't know the way you're supposed to beat Super Metroid "correctly." I've always done what I ended up learning was a major sequence break resulting from a bunch of bomb jumps to get the power bomb early, and use that to get some other stuff that allows me to beat the game out of order.

I also never start Metroid Prime without immediately getting the double jump. I used to be up there on speed running that game. I don't play the player's choice or switch versions whenever I decide to crack it out. The original was literal perfection.

What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Mrs. Davis is one of my favorite shows period. That was a masterpiece.

sussvival instinct in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

While we're on a thread about English grammar, "who's" means "who is." The possessive of "who" is "whose."

Sorry.

What are your top 10 series of all time? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago
  1. House
  2. Legion
  3. Breaking Bad
  4. Futurama
  5. Scrubs
  6. Dexter
  7. Ozark
  8. Mr. Robot
  9. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  10. Snowfall
If you have money in the SP500, you own Tesla stock in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

You can buy a share or two of TSLQ to hedge against TSLA while still holding your index funds

I am once again asking... in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This post might get ratio'd

Be the change you want to see in Lemmy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I don't internet without uBlock. I honestly couldn't imagine it any other way.

academic writing software recommendations from fellow researchers? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

ONLYOFFICE (sorry for the caps, poor name) has better docx compatibility than WPS or any other suite. It's the only thing I've found that can do everything in an academic style paper without issue. In addition, its source code is open (unlike WPS) and it has Zotero and Mendeley integrations. Its Zotero integration was better than its Mendeley integration last I checked.

I'm a professor and use ONLYOFFICE as the only word processor on my office computer.

Edit: apparently the Zotero plugin needs to be updated.

Be the change you want to see in Lemmy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Same. I still occasionally browse Reddit, but I have a rule that I don't post or comment there. I do post and comment here.

LibreOffice 25.2 Released, This is What's New in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ONLYOFFICE (sorry about the caps, poor name choice IMO) has even better docx compatibility, and its source code is open

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Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid (www.politico.com)
 

This pauses disbursement of all federal loans and prohibits new scientific grant funding indefinitely. As written, this appears to apply to student loans, as those are disbursed via universities--not directly from the Dept of Education. It explicitly requires cancellation of awarded scientific grant funding that is in conflict with the current administration.

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I will find rule (lemmy.world)
 
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The old primary argument against panpsychism has now become the primary argument for it (lemmy.world)
 

Panpsychism is the idea that everything is conscious to some degree (which, to be clear, isn't what I think). In the past, the common response to the idea was, "So, rocks are conscious?" This argument was meant to illustrate the absurdity of panpsychism.

Now, we have made rocks represent pins and switches, enabling us to use them as computers. We made them complex enough that we developed neural networks and created large language models--the most complex of which have nodes that represent space, time, and the abstraction of truth, according to some papers. So many people are convinced these things are conscious, which has many suggesting that everything may be conscious to some degree.

In other words, the possibility of rocks being conscious is now commonly used to argue in favor of panpsychism, when previously it was used to argue against it.

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