nifty

nifty, 7 hours ago

I am shocked and appalled clutches pearls

nifty, 12 hours ago

This seems more like a hardware issue than a compression algorithm issue, but I could be wrong

nifty, 16 hours ago

Isn’t that kinda elf ears? Or is it a crime against Vulcans to compare their ears as such?

nifty, 12 hours ago

Functional and subversive, just how I like my makeup

nifty, 12 hours ago

What happens if there’s a consumer boycott of retailers who use this type of harassment tech? It’s disproportionately targeted towards minorities. I think Target was recently bullied into removing Pride items based on consumer action, so clearly mass action has an effect.

nifty, 9 hours ago

For sure, I meant in addition to suing the banning retailers and the facial recognition tech company

nifty, 19 hours ago

My approach is that you can learn something from everyone, even if their views on everything may not make sense. For example, the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould is spot on about his works on evolution, but starts to lose the plot with his “non overlapping magisterium” stuff. So I get what you’re saying

nifty, 19 hours ago

Why not lol

nifty, 16 hours ago

Eh just because an individual or a group finds something “meaningful” doesn’t mean, well, anything

nifty, 16 hours ago

I get what you’re saying, but to me it seems to be conflating anthropological constructs for intrinsic properties.

Another way to look at it is, what would be the nature of something if someone is not human, or if a human didn’t exist?

nifty, 13 hours ago (edited 13 hours ago)

There’s a lot to unpack in your response, but ultimately it reminds me of idealism (in the metaphysical sense) vs empiricism. People will firmly believe one way or another as suits them, but if even if we didn’t exist to have this conversation (and our beliefs didn’t exist) there would be indisputable and fundamental aspects to reality and existence. What are those, and how do we probe them? I don’t think we can answer this without abandoning the metaphysical to some extent. To me it seems like non-materialist povs just muddy the waters and give a lot of voices to things that sound nice and interesting, but are ultimately just nothing 🤷‍♀️

Also I think it’s necessarily idealism that lends itself to relativism (your point about the aliens and animals) and not materialism. I think for me the crux of the matter is that systems and information contained therein exist with some fundamental properties, and none of that has to do with what we necessarily think of them

Edit to your point about brains: not sure if this is what you were eluding to, but even if you recreate someone’s brain outside their body to the point that both entities can affect each other, it doesn’t change the reality of the original brain and it doesn’t diminish the existence of the replicant. I think there’s enough stochasticity in physical systems that the original and replicant essentially become distinct entities over time despite having some degree of effect on each other. It’s not unlike being with another person, we all affect each other in some way.

nifty, 1 day ago

You’re right, but I think perhaps conflating anti-social and asocial? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asociality

nifty, 1 day ago

Banana

nifty, 1 day ago

Almost all the GOP, including Alito, wouldn’t be allowed into Heaven if you go by anything Jesus said

nifty, 2 days ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d177c238-a80c-4893-8a5a-bcfc30a92f9d.png

nifty, 1 day ago

That metal gun whiff is to die for

Really tho, reminds me of a sherry I had once

nifty, 1 day ago

That’ll be cute and terrifying, just as one should be

nifty, 1 day ago

You get a goth gold star

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/26d300ed-0ddf-448a-9424-c02792970523.png

nifty, 6 hours ago

This is partly why I drive, you don’t have to explain yourself to others or put up with assholes

nifty, 2 days ago

I get where you’re coming from, but most people who talk about race based inequality aren’t racist against white people, nor do they use words like caucascity to attack all white people but only those who uphold race based power structures (which would be judges, politicians, elites etc)

nifty, 1 day ago

Can that YouTuber sue them for defamation (oh my god that would be amazing). They should consult a lawyer

nifty, 1 day ago

Not an online program but the book Self Care for Autistic People by Dr Neff is pretty accessible and has some useful practical information, imo

nifty, 1 day ago

I made the switch recently, but sometimes still get whole