Dive into the gripping SCP universe with our first episode of ‘There Is No Antimemetics Division,’ where Marion Wheeler and Junior Researcher Kim confront the unseen horrors that lurk within the shadows of the Foundation. Discover the chilling reality of antimemetic entities as our heroes battle against the odds to protect...
Edit2: My original comment seems to have been lost to the ether (never got federated), so I am reposting it. Might as well add that episode 2 is somewhat underwhelming, but apparently the creator had difficulties in filming and states that he was unsatisfied with this episode, but episodes 3 and 4 will be up to standards.
NBC News writing pure propaganda for Norwegian in this article. Norwegian callously abandoned a sick elderly passenger, and didn’t inform her family she was in a coma on an African island? Thank goodness Norwegian also abandoned those other eight people so she could get some real help....
She had “medically disembarked” from the cruise to seek local treatment on that day, Norwegian said.
There is no information on her medical condition. If an adult wishes to disembark from the cruise, what do you expect them to do? They can’t legally prevent her from doing so.
And the other people scheduled a private tour unaffiliated with the cruise when they knew they had to be back on the ship by 3pm. They probably figured that the ship would wait for them and inconvenience everybody else if necessary. They got what was coming to them.
It might not just be lemmy.world, but several times recently I’ve made posts (usually to !helldivers2.lemmy.ca) that I check throughout the day. Then like 8 hours after I’ve made the post, I’ll see comments appear from people on lemmy.world that are several hours old....
This does happen from time to time where the federation queue gets overwhelmed, usually with Lemmy.world for whatever reason. It appears that our outbound federation queue is really backed up right now.
Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with “Just Walk Out” technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday. The company’s senior vice president of grocery stores says they’re moving away from Just Walk Out, which relied on cameras and sensors to track what people were leaving the store with.
And I am calling Amazon’s “just walk out” service also a con because it was touted as automatic, even if also being mostly human labour.
That’s not what a con is. A con is a deliberate scam. Amazon’s automated checkout simply didn’t function as effectively as intended. They presumably lost money on the venture because the automation was unreliable. Nothing about this situation was a deliberate attempt to pay over 1,000 employees to check an automated system’s work.
The Mechanical Turk is an interesting story and I’m glad you linked it, but it’s not all that similar.
We have 4 new open calls for funding for projects that contribute to an open, trustworthy, human-centered internet. Projects must be free and open source and papers published as open access....
Do you think that the fediverse has something to gain with the enshitfication of discord? Are there voice chat programs in the fediverse that can benefit from it?
It’s been a long time since human beings were actually in control of corporations and not the other way around. These multinational behemoths are self-sustaining entities that exist outside of the control of civilized society and subsume the collective efforts of their employees into outcomes that are perverse and unethical, effectively stripping human beings of their agency and ensuring that all economic relationships tilt towards oppression and exploitation. You have my support.
The title pretty much says it all. I’ve always struggled to connect with others, but the farther I find myself outside of societal norms, the harder it gets.
That’s a tough situation. I guess I would just advise trying to find other groups who will accept you for who you are. You’re not alone, but you might have to work much harder to seek out people who are able to understand what you’re going through.
Lemmy is a good substitute sometimes but you really need IRL support as well.
“Coincidence” would seem to be a much more likely reason
How so? How do you define “coincidence” in this context?
Even if “coincidence” is more likely, that doesn’t rule out the possibility of a higher power.
Atheism is the assertion that there is no God, agnosticism is the acknowledgement that we can’t actually prove such an assertion. As an agnostic, I dont necessarily believe that a higher power is likely to exist, I simply know that I am unable to definitively prove otherwise.
If you claim to be an atheist, you should be able to logically demonstrate that a higher power cannot possibly exist. Go ahead.
Fair enough. I guess my understanding of the terminology may be obsolete.
But I’m unsure how you can be gnostic about the Judeo-Christian God existing. Doesn’t that require the exact same amount of faith as actual Christians, just in the opposite direction? I’m not comfortable with claiming certainty of anything in the absence of any logical framework, and thus I do not identify as an atheist.
Why wouldn’t it? We have no frame of reference to make a value judgment about what a higher power should or would be like. We simply have no way of knowing.
Our extremely advanced collection of scientific knowledge doesn’t even attempt to explain anything prior to the big bang. The models simply don’t apply.
In the 20th century, many made similar arguments regarding quantum mechanics. Einstein famously remarked “God doesn’t play dice”, because he didn’t see how uncertainty could be a fundamental aspect of physics. Everything we knew about physics up until that point involved definitive calculations which provided a determinate result. Turns out he was wrong.
I try to avoid hubris, and in this situation it’s pretty easy for me to recognize and avoid. My question for you is, what is your incentive to make such a definitive claim in the absence of certainty? My suspicion is it has something to do with OPs original claim that atheists choose to believe that God doesn’t exist due to emotional reasons, rather than rational ones.
What makes you assume that a higher power would adhere to your moral code?
You don’t actually know, but because certain possibilities make you emotionally uncomfortable, you choose to reject them. It’s totally fine for you to choose to believe whatever you like. But from a purely rational perspective, you cannot prove your assertion; it’s based on faith.
There Is No Antimemetics Division - Ep 1 - SCP Horror Short Series (youtu.be)
Dive into the gripping SCP universe with our first episode of ‘There Is No Antimemetics Division,’ where Marion Wheeler and Junior Researcher Kim confront the unseen horrors that lurk within the shadows of the Foundation. Discover the chilling reality of antimemetic entities as our heroes battle against the odds to protect...
Father warns Daughter about the Internet (1998) (youtu.be)
⌈Ｗｉｒｅｄ Ｓｏｕｎｄ ｆｏｒ Ｗｉｒｅｄ Ｐｅｏｐｌｅ⌋ (fauux.neocities.org)
Today i am reminded of the existence of this neocities page. Thank you internet
SHILLING: Eight passengers stranded on African island after Norwegian cruise ship left without them end up rescuing 80 year old woman also abandoned by Norwegian (www.nbcnews.com)
NBC News writing pure propaganda for Norwegian in this article. Norwegian callously abandoned a sick elderly passenger, and didn’t inform her family she was in a coma on an African island? Thank goodness Norwegian also abandoned those other eight people so she could get some real help....
Anyone else notice a long delay for comments/posts from lemmy.world?
It might not just be lemmy.world, but several times recently I’ve made posts (usually to !helldivers2.lemmy.ca) that I check throughout the day. Then like 8 hours after I’ve made the post, I’ll see comments appear from people on lemmy.world that are several hours old....
Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores (gizmodo.com)
Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with “Just Walk Out” technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday. The company’s senior vice president of grocery stores says they’re moving away from Just Walk Out, which relied on cameras and sensors to track what people were leaving the store with.
4 new open calls for funding for projects that contribute to an open, trustworthy, human-centered internet. (nlnet.nl)
We have 4 new open calls for funding for projects that contribute to an open, trustworthy, human-centered internet. Projects must be free and open source and papers published as open access....
With discord planning to show ads, how can the fediverse/lemmy benefit from another proprietary program making itself worse? (Like it was with reddit)
Do you think that the fediverse has something to gain with the enshitfication of discord? Are there voice chat programs in the fediverse that can benefit from it?
Don't worry about it (lemmy.world)
Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley (lemmy.ca)
Welcome to the Anti-Corporate Movement!
Hello World!...
[Hightlight] Juan Soto throws out Dubon at the plate to preserve a one run lead in the ninth (streamable.com)
TIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deaths (en.wikipedia.org)
How do you navigate loneliness when striving to break free from societal norms?
The title pretty much says it all. I’ve always struggled to connect with others, but the farther I find myself outside of societal norms, the harder it gets.
23 March 1987 (sh.itjust.works)
Have you ever been in an argument where you absolutely objectively proved you were correct?