Fascinating, I didn’t know that that’s the reason… Would you happen to have any data on how long this diffusion process takes?

Sweet, go Netherlands! And I also wanna move my desktop to NixOS! Got any tips or warnings for a first-timer who’s mostly used just Mint?

That’s it: Nio! Yeah, I dislike the reliability on the company, too.

There actually was a Chinese EV startup that had battery swap stations: drive up onto the system, and the battery is directly under your car; the swap takes <1 minute. I don’t remember what it was called, though, nor if it ever made it.

Update: it’s Nio.

Indeed: electric vehicle batteries are lasting even longer than estimated. All the constant breaks from use that the batteries get has been interestingly improving their durability (which makes me think that shutting off our phones for 1 whole day per week or even month could improve their lifespan, even for the 40-80% lithium-ion boundary keepers).

I sympathize! Could an accountability buddy help?

The dozen-or-so global nodes are all in active collaboration and can change BTC’s programming with a majority vote (which is part of its core code, from what I barely remember reading), so they can simply roll with it. All deceased users’ wallets would eventually become bounties (like the original one by Nakamoto, who is probably dead), while everyone else would migrate to quantum-resistant wallets to keep up with the times with no problem.

Oh, I didn’t think it was rude; just a small misunderstanding at worst. I’m glad we’re on the same page. I really hope that I can get them to think in fewer black-&-white ways as you have achieved, because recognizing smaller wins or steps on the zigzag path to stability could be the biggest booster to their quality of life!

Hey, I agree with you. I’m saying I know for sure that that’s exactly how they’ll react, and I’m well aware that it’s toxic. I’ve been trying to change their mind for literal years and I’m at the brink of giving up because it’s been like smashing my head against a brick titanium wall. All I’m saying is that there are people who I would absolutely not send these comics to because it’d exacerbate their struggles, for as long as they have their current mindset, anyway.

Yes, this friend has also been diagnosed as autistic and thinks way too binary, and just keeps going back to this all-or-nothing/nuclear mindset despite me doing my best to change that… It’s been absolutely aggravating and I think I just need to pull back.

1. To be fair, the friend I speak of has only been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, not specifically CFS, though I wonder if CFS may be a better fit for them, or could be comorbid.

2. we all need to pursue the things we can

My friend would be disgusted by this line of thought and would say, “I already have put more than my all and look where it got me: nowhere. It’s clearly better to just not try and suffer more.” I’ve wrestled over and over again over this with them, though I know there are definitely multiple mental disorders and paper-thin skin going on with them as well.

3. If you read through the comic again I think you’ll find that in no way, shape or form is it attempting to say ‘don’t even bother trying; just give up now.’

I never said that it is attempting to say that; I said (or implied, sorry) that people like my friend will indubitably (mis)interpret it that way. All I’m saying is that I believe this sort of comic could backfire in an ironically terrible way if it so strongly pushes anti-burnout. It is really quite well-made otherwise, certainly.

I’m sorry you have to deal with CFS. I can only imagine how tough that must be.

We could have an amazingly decentralized messaging platform.

My good sir, the modern equivalent already exists and is called: https://www.matrix.org/

No, they didn’t answer the question; they only asked it. Gotta see the follow-through. This makes me think of the Palantir articles about how in reality their employees have been annoyed about being painted as bad guys, instead of genuinely questioning themselves.

This is alarmingly toxic justification for my chronic-fatigue, disabled friend who insists on never starting anything (as in, applying for one job a month is hard, to give you an idea of the danger of this kind of mindset). Surely there is a balance to be had somewhere, but these comics are for generally normal people with average levels of energy and motivation. This is dangerous content for people who are already unmotivated and near-suicidal.

Sincerely,
France

The entire French government is abandoning Windows for Linux. It is absolutely possible to change the entire ecosystem; just hard to hit that catalytic point, but more and more people are going that way, thankfully. Maybe they’ll even eventually find Lemmy!

now it’s just companies pushing to see how much they can be allowed to exploit you for the least cost.

On a directly related note, Linux is so awesome for being the most attainable it’s ever been. Too bad that its own transparency basically ensures that it may never become mainstream… But I still laud absolutely France for trying!

Ironically, those are the correct people to be in charge. Anyone else is usually a narcissist, or at least has narcissistic tendencies getting in the way of actual progress.

That… was my whole point of talking; when I said this:

How or to whom is it disrespectful if people say your current name in a mocking way and you just wanna avoid that?

I was already just talking in a general manner, not about this particular case. So, generally speaking, do you then actually agree?

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Not really; remember the then-little girl named “Abcde” by her parents whose case made the news after, I think, a flight attendant or gatekeeper or someone during her family’s travels was reported to have laughed at seeing her name?

I’m missing the context

I was no longer talking about OP but just in general giving a perfectly valid reason for a name change. We don’t exactly get to pick into whose families we’re born and parents certainly make suboptimal decisions from time to time (if not far more frequently)…