kalanggam

kalanggam, 10 months ago

I’m surprised to hear that anyone would complain about this with C. Even the Wikipedia page about encapsulation cites C as a non-OOP language example.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

Respectfully, I just don’t think this is the right post for this kind of humor.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

The cake looks beautiful! I love how the intentional misspelling pairs with how y’all nailed just about every other aspect of the cake. Hope it tastes as good as it looks 😊

kalanggam, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Not to mention that thread about Affirmative Action, in which the comments seemed to espouse a purely Black point of view, not taking into account how it may have a positive effect on Asian admissions, and completely ignoring the discussion of how admissions should be merit-based no matter what

Honestly, there was no shortage of people arguing the type of position you’re discussing, but if you see a lack of it, you’re more than welcome to post/comment.

I don’t have high hopes for any sort of meaningful discussion happening here.

Then have discussion elsewhere, nobody is forcing you to post or participate here. You already said yourself that you have an account on another instance because you feel that way. There’s no need to come here and wax poetic about how you don’t see any “real discussion” happening, and doing so isn’t going to dramatically alter moderation policy. If you disagree with a discussion, again, feel free to post or comment. If you don’t think any real discussion will come of that or you disagree with moderation policy, you’re welcome to find community elsewhere.

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As an aside:

Asian students […] historically place a much higher importance on education than the rest of the world

This isn’t really historical so much as it is stereotyping. Asian people aren’t a monolith. We don’t all align culturally, and we don’t all have the same attitudes. We aren’t all treated the same as other Asian people, nor do people in Asian diasporas all have the same socioeconomic outcomes.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

This is pretty much the position we took when clearing that comment thread — I didn’t scrutinize between ideologies, I removed a variety of comments just for not being nice or for being potentially inciting/inflammatory. I had to remove several comments in that thread by liberals as well for being unproductive or even toxic.

Only nit I have about your comment is that “sanitized space” is a term we came up with for the mod philosophy. We explicitly meant it in the context of removing “not nice” comments. It expresses the fact that we can’t perfectly clear the space of anything which an individual user might find offensive or harmful. The standards for gauging safety/harm in a space vary from user to user; our moderation has to consider our users collectively rather than just one of them. This is part of why Beehaw is not a sanitized space and aims, rather, to be what one might describe as a safe space, a brave space, an accountable space, or other similar term.

Really just putting this out there for the benefit of others, as it seems some are mistaken about the word “sanitized” and what we really meant by it.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

Ok lol.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

lemmy.blahaj.zone might have some of what you’re looking for. Not sure if they offer anything specifically filling the same niche as r/me_irlgbt, but I used to be subscribed to !196. (Overloaded my feed though sadly so that’s why I unsubbed.)

kalanggam, 10 months ago

The article linked isn't up to par with submission guidelines for !news. That's the thing - it's just an interview with a CEO, which on its own doesn't really constitute news. Having taken a look at the link myself, there's nothing but praises for crypto and not a lot of analysis. Even beyond the fact that it doesn't hit the bar for being news, it reads like a straight-up propaganda piece. It doesn't matter whether it's your own opinion or someone else's - the link isn't news.

Practically everything what someone says is an opinion, so I feel with such a reason you could remove almost everything in News.

Per the !news guidelines, mods make the call on what's remove-worthy:

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

If our standards for removal aren't up to your liking, you're welcome to give feedback on them. But bear in mind that we have thousands of other users with different standards as well. Your personal standards may not map well to moderating the broader community.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

As a reminder, there's a megathread about all Reddit-related news here - please direct all discussion about Reddit there. Thanks!

kalanggam, 10 months ago

While I appreciate the anger please consider that “mediocre ” is not a very nice way to phrase this.

They are using the original title of the article. As per the sidebar rules - "Preserve the original title when possible."

Also given the recent demographic pole there are many “white” people here who are likely on your side. It particularly hurts when people on your side use language like this.

To be honest, I don't find this phrasing nearly as harmful as people of color being told for decades that they weren't as qualified or deserving to be admitted into Ivy League schools compared to white applicants and that the only reason they were "allowed" is because of their race. Nor does it really compare to the harm caused by decades of subjugation, discrimination, and generational wealth disparity.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

Thank you for the awesome shiny charts, Lion 🥹❤️

Also thanks to everyone who filled out the survey, it's great to know who's around and to see that most Beeple seem to be having a good time!

kalanggam, 10 months ago

Go to your settings, then beside "Display name," you can put in a nickname (or just your username) and then add your pronouns at the end. I also like to link to a pronouns website like https://pronouns.page/ or https://pronouns.org/ but that's optional.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

Definitely recommend posing this question to the folks over in /c/food@beehaw.org as well! I'm sure the people there would also have recipes to share.

I'd also throw in refried beans/frijoles refritos. I'd use this either as a side or as a filler for tacos and burritos. Pinto beans, really finely chopped onions and jalapeños, chili powder, pepper, salt, garlic, cumin, whatever other seasonings you like. Mash 'em to your preference.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

I figured it was only a matter of time before Unity made AI tools of their own - not too long ago, people in r/Unity were showcasing their own AI projects for building 3D scenes and UI. I wonder what this means for those projects.

I'm more partial to using Godot to develop games though, so I'm more interested in seeing how AI shows up on that front.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

I recommend checking out fasterthanlime's "A half-hour to learn Rust" if you want a brief breakdown of Rust syntax and key features, in addition to The Book and Rust by Example.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

IMO it seems pretty clear that mods+admins and the community basically told the person, in no uncertain terms, either to figure out that we don't put up with the "debate-me" nonsense or to fuck off. As a queer POC, I personally find seeing that community push-back vital in gauging whether or not I feel comfortable here.

kalanggam, 10 months ago

I personally disagree with the sentiment that going child-free is the solution to ecological catastrophe. Any individual's decision to have children, or not, hardly compares to the systemic issues within agriculture and natural resource management which are causing it.

I thought beehaw was supposed to be the “nice” instance. You and others have done a wonderful job proving that otherwise today.

Well, the original comment in this thread which upset you came from your own instance. From where I'm sitting, that comment has been pretty much the only not-really-nice interaction you've had all day on here. Don't really see where this strawman is coming from.