alyth

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[–] alyth@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe to pad their resume

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Remember how Americans democratically elected Trump into office? Or how they took to the capitol violently because Trump denied the election results? Where does this delusion come from that Americans would suddenly stand up against Trump.

[–] alyth@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The gist of your comment is humans have always subjugates other humans. That's a blanket statement that applies equally to everyone. So, there is no need to single out Israel. To come back to the point, that was my issue with the comment in the first place.

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

I downvoted the comment because it is totally arbitrary. Genocide and expansionism is a playbook of fascists past and present. Did Europe colonialise the rest of the world because of intergenerational trauma? What about Russia invading Ukraine? Who traumatised the Nazis? Do the United States fund the genocide because of their own trauma? Tell me what's so special about Israel.

[–] alyth@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Out of curiosity how much code have you contributed to the Linux kernel?

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Education is a commitment, it means you had to go to school, study and prove your knowledge to graduate.

While it's the exception, some of the people I've met in the field really make me put that into question. I feel like there are institutions that will wave you through provided you pay enough money.

 

When I'm in need of need help, I ask. When my parents ask for help, they demand. If I dare question it, or have something else planned, I get yelled at and called all sorts of insults. Relatable?

They will never change and that's unfortunate, but ultimately it is outside my sphere of influence so I can move on from feeling bad. It must be sad when the general feeling at your funeral won't be one of mourning, nor remembrance - but relief.

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I met OS Linux for lunch. They were really loud the whole time, ordered three courses and then had to "catch a train" and left me alone with the bill.

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

you fucking junkyard dog

Lmao you need anger management

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

"Americans"

They voted him into office, this is what "Americans" want

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Your armchair must be comfy

 
 

I've been reading "Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami. I ploughed through the first 3/4 of the book but now I'm on page 478 out of 615 it's very much gone downhill for me.

spoilerNakata is my favorite character in the book and I loved the journey with Hoshino. But since Colonel Sanders turned up, it seems to fall into a repititve pattern where Colonel Sanders tells Hoshino what to do and we watch him do it - no uncertainty, no suspense, just following orders. I'm also bored with how Nakata suddenly seems to know exactly what to do with complete conviction, which seems very much contrary to his childlike mind in the first part of the book.

As for Kafka's arc, I find the philosophical discussions with the other characters anything but engaging. The sex scenes between a teenager and a 50 year old are just disgusting.

Is the ending worth it? I'm reading the French translation, sorry if the characters have different names.

 

My pants are getting on a bit so I figured I'd get some new ones. They fit me perfectly at a length of 32 inches, so I figured I'd buy the same online. My new pants are delivered and they're way too short. Alright, let's go to the shop instead so we can actually try things. The pants marked as length 32 are dragging on the floor. Let's try the length 30 then. Alright, that fits but I'm not too fond of the material. Let's try a different brand. Oh, the other brand is dragging on the floor at length 30? Let's check a guide to see how to measure my true size. Seems simple enough, hold a book between the thighs and measure from the floor to the top of the book. But the guide doesn't come with a chart to tell you the size, so let's check another website.. XS, that can't be right? Oh, it's actually from the crotch to the end of the trouser leg?

I'm so done with this..

 
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XDG_CONFIG_HOME (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by alyth@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
 

The template of this meme is that of the man who cheerfully points his hand at a butterfly, asking "Is this a pigeon"?. In this meme, the man has been covered with icons of the applications IntelliJ, VSCode, Chromium and Signal. The butterfly which he points to is overlaid with the caption ".config". He asks "Is this a trash can?" At the bottom of the image, we see the command du -sh executed on the directories .config/chromium/ and .config/Code, yielding file sizes of 1016M and 83M respectively.

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Back to Square 1 (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by alyth@lemmy.world to c/depression_now@lemmy.world
 

Removed, I'm sorry

 
 

Change up your routine. Find new hobbies. Meet new people. Learn new things. 2-6 weeks later, I feel once again that this is a complete waste of energy. Nothing I've ever done in my life has ever amounted to anything. I always return to this point. Just one more cycle, right? Just one more, haha? Just keep trying, right? This is all totally going to get better, right?

 

I don't

 

Thoughts?

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