I posted the other day that you can clean up your object storage from CSAM using my AI-based tool. Many people expressed the wish to use it on their local file storage-based pict-rs. So I’ve just extended its functionality to allow exactly that....
In order to get the answers you’re looking for, put out the question “what exactly does this statement mean?” instead of “sounds like this means ___” and waiting for a confirmation/rejection of your assumption.
The way I feel like everyone sees me is the first photo in this gallery, I am really ugly as you can see. Secondly I feel like the other photos are lies....
On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools...
My kid now has to sit in classrooms where kids scream, threaten people, throw things, and break shit. The teacher has had to evacuate the classroom until these kids calm down. Barely any teaching or learning takes place because these poor teachers are far too busy trying to manage these students.
My kid went from top student in every single grade to an anxious wreck because he now has to deal with kids who threaten to hurt both other students and themselves.
I’m very much for “education for all”, but this ain’t the way to do it. It’s a fuckin’ mess out there. I don’t envy the kids of today in the slightest.
I’ve realized that lately, I’ve been watching a lot of them police bodycam videos on YouTube. It always makes me feel a little better about myself and some of the bad decisions I’ve made in life. I’m known to cave into bad impulses like bad spending and taking financial risks....
My parents used to be against me taking my meds. Been on them for nearly 9 years now.
I was forced to stop taking them for months due to a shortage last year.
My mother came over one day to find my house absolutely trashed, my mail piled up, my water shut off, I had gained 20 lbs, and all sorts of other “fun” things I was unable to address thanks to my condition.
She no longer encourages me to stop taking my meds.
Meds can be good. They may not be right for everyone, but take them if they help (while working with a qualified medical professional).
Exploiting people: making them feel that they have no choice under the threat of poverty if they don’t comply, often resulting in accepting less than favorable pay/them paying more to get something they need.
Monetizing people: “We already play video games for fun, so why don’t we turn it into a thing where we get paid to play video games by streaming it and possibly doing ads or accepting audience donations?”
Basically, exploitation is taking advantage of people’s possible desperation. Monetization is just taking something people might want and changing/making money off of it.
Monetization can lead to exploitation, but they are not intrinsically the same at its base.
P×dophiles are flocking to churches because they’re unregulated by the government. They’re becoming a safe haven for these sick fucks because they often attempt to handle conflict and scandals within their own walls. Also, due to a high need for childcare, often no background check is needed!
A “scandal” is bad for business attendance numbers, so they like to keep it quiet, if they can.
My family has gone to so many churches throughout the years, and at least 5 or 6 have had the sexual abuse of a child come to light within church leadership.
I am dead serious about this: KEEP YOUR KIDS OUT OF CHURCHES!!!
Because when I do what I want, I get called a “retard” or asked “what the fuck are you doing?” by the people around me. I make a point to try to do things quietly (stopping to observe a cool bug, making chalk drawings on the sidewalk, saying “wheee!” on the swings, etc.), but it really doesn’t matter.
I’ve caught glimpses of people filming me before, so I now only do what I want in privacy.
Also doesn’t help that I’ve been accused of “doing it for attention.” Nah, my dude, pretty sure I’m just fckin’ autistic.
I only want people to leave me alone now. I don’t like having to justify my actions when I’m just trying to enjoy myself.
They want to know if your views will mesh well with the community they are trying to curate before they let you in.
I browsed Beehaw for a bit before deciding that it did, and mentioned it in my application.
I think they’re a bit more choosy now, as I used to see folks spouting things like “can you not use the word ‘minorities’? It shows a bias. You need to address everyone, not give preferential treatment,” or some other dumb horseshit.
Honestly, I think they just don’t want to have to deal with people saying stupid shit and they’re tired of trying to argue with people who A). genuinely hold stupid, shitty beliefs, or B). are trolling/pretending to be stupid in order to get a reaction.
That’s fine, but she still made a conscious decision to do it. If she was one year older, would that make any kind of difference?
And let me be clear: mental illness can make some behaviors more understandable, but not murder– if the blame is put solely on mental illness, all that does is put more stigma on it. Not every shitty decision people make is because of “mental illness”.
I’m not sure you know what the word “reactionary” means if you think that my comments and opinions were “reactionary”.
The family can grieve, and my opinion has no bearing on the outcome of whatever happens. My point was, in the end, no matter what the reason, there needs to be consequences for someone who killed people, regardless of what the grieving parties think. I don’t think that’s particularly radical.
It’s a sad and awful situation al around. I can see why those poor families just want to move on.
That’s fair, and I get it. To me, that’s absolutely radical, especially if it was my child who was harmed.
I personally have just learned from experience that people who get off easy are likely to continue on the path of destructive behavior.
I’m not necessarily calling for her death or anything… but the punishment needs to fit the crime. Two lives are permanently gone from this world because of the careless and stupid choices she made.
Remember that you should never feel guilty about using meds as they are intended to be used. Dependence ≠ addiction.
Guilt about that kept me from getting medicated for my own issues, but when I finally found what worked for me, I genuinely wept. “Is this what ‘normal’ people feel like? Able to function? Quiet thoughts? Not overwhelmed by pure, constant anxiety?”
Does it kinda suck to think that I may have to take it indefinitely? Yeah. Sure. But it’s much better than being stuck in my own head and paralyzed by my own stupid brain.
Love yourself and do what’s best for you, meds or not.
I went to hospital ER once after being literally unable to walk (unknown spinal issue). After 4 hours, they took Xrays, gave me a steroid shot and some extra-strength Tylenol, told me I have mild scoliosis, and then discharged me. I was bedridden for nearly 2 months after that. I then received a bill for 4000$.
For example, I’m sure the average joe doesn’t know just how expensive calligraphy pens can be, or how deep the rabbit hole goes on video game speedruns.
Dental assistant once thanked me profusely for brushing my teeth before the appointment. I always do, but that cemented my resolve to continue doing it indefinitely.
It uncovered eight WHO panelists involved with assessing safe levels of aspartame consumption who are beverage industry consultants who currently or previously worked with the alleged Coke front group, International Life Sciences Institute (Ilsi)....
Unmedicated, I would crave soda like a fucking sugar tick. I’d eat until I was sick, then eat some more. Actually rotted a bunch of my teeth with my shitty habits and poor self-control. Needed several root canals… ugh…
Medicated, I have soda maybe once per month or every other month. I don’t have uncontrollable cravings for sugar anymore. It’s fucking great!!
Or at least less so than Reddit. It’s good, but, I can’t put my finger on it. Even when the content is good, the servers are up, and I’m getting notifications responding to comments, it’s never come to me doomscrolling for hours....
Endless content can definitely lead to a more addictive platform. Because it’s trying to encourage more users to generate their own content, there’s certainly less of it, bit definitely less garbage to wade through.
That said, I feel that I’m learning more, sharing more, and interacting with others more.
It’s also much nicer than R×ddit, because I’ve seen so much less: ragebait, fake stories, sensationalism, intentional factual inaccuracies/disinformation, shilling, shitty bots, etc.
These non-human pieces of shit can be easily put into power over the weak, naive, and vulnerable when a part of the church. It’s as simple as “volunteering” to help out with the kid’s Sunday school classes, childcare, youth group, “mentoring”, and all other kinds of jobs they so selflessly volunteer to do. No background checks needed!
They’ll pick out the ones least likely to speak up. They’ll gain their trust. They’ll form a bond of trust. They’ll nurture the relationship. They can easily convince the party they’ve assaulted that you should be guilty for what happened… what you made them do.
I know this, because I was a victim many many years ago.
A church in my area recently had an uproar because the pastor’s son had been doing things to children. Thing is… it came out the pastor and his wife knew their son had a “problem” for years before… AND STILL GAVE HIM FULL ACCESS TO THE CHILDREN IN THE CHURCH!!!
Dead serious: keep your kids out of the church. Do not trust them with your children!!
She’s so self-centered to the point where I just can’t stand her, and she keeps crossing boundaries that I have repeatedly set.
Turns out, my mother begrudgingly admitted “She’s not malicious, she’s just mind-numbingly stupid.” I observed quietly for some time, and… yeah. She’s just stupid. That’s the only way I can’t be mad at her, so that’s what is keeping the peace between us.
Peak mankind (lemmy.ml)
India erects life-size cutouts of langurs to deter monkeys before G20 (www.aljazeera.com)
Officials also hire more than 30 ‘monkey-men to scare away the primates as global leaders make their way to New Delhi....
Lemmy Safety now supports cleaning local pict-rs storage from CSAM (github.com)
I posted the other day that you can clean up your object storage from CSAM using my AI-based tool. Many people expressed the wish to use it on their local file storage-based pict-rs. So I’ve just extended its functionality to allow exactly that....
I feel all my photos are fake
The way I feel like everyone sees me is the first photo in this gallery, I am really ugly as you can see. Secondly I feel like the other photos are lies....
Youth Culture (lemmy.best)
Source: onegianthand.com/post/617236771388948480
The Christian home-schooler who made ‘parental rights’ a GOP rallying cry (www.washingtonpost.com)
On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools...
The Printer That Simply Worked (media.mas.to)
School Meme (sopuli.xyz)
Blahaj rule (feddit.nl)
What is a guilty pleasure that you do to liven up your day?
I’ve realized that lately, I’ve been watching a lot of them police bodycam videos on YouTube. It always makes me feel a little better about myself and some of the bad decisions I’ve made in life. I’m known to cave into bad impulses like bad spending and taking financial risks....
"stOp reLYiNg on mEdiCInE! juSt be hAPpy!" (lemmy.ca)
Discontinuation Syndrome goes brrrrr… [Error, brain.exe has crashed because antidepressant.dll is not found]
Is there a difference between exploitation and monetization?
Here are definitions from Merriam-Webster online dictionary, but what is your take?...
What have you witnessed or seen that would sound like a conspiracy theory if someone else told you?
Do you think opensource + Fediverse will develop into some kind of political force/movement in the next years?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3932795...
What does the fear of being judged by others hold you back from doing that you would otherwise do?
To be fair I still do these things but only when I’m alone....
UK carries out first-ever womb transplant as sister donates uterus (www.aljazeera.com)
The uterus transplant took place in a surgery that lasted more than nine hours at a hospital in Oxford....
German government approves law to make legal gender change easier (www.euronews.com)
Pick your Lemmy instance wisely... (lemmy.world)
Ohio teen dubbed 'hell on wheels' after killing her boyfriend and his friend in a crash is sentenced to 15 years to life (www.nbcnews.com)
i finally found it (slrpnk.net)
How do DM's work in Lemmy? How safe are they?
Why didn't they teach me Q̶̦͚͙̗̼̈́͊̍̈́͊µ̶͙̣̜͖̯̐̑̀̎͠å̷̻͚͕̞̺̑̊̂̋͒ñ̶̞̰̦͈͇̂̓̄̄̔†̸͓͈̟͗͊͜͜͠͝͠µ̴̧̢̛̹̥̼͑̈̍͘m̵̺̩̼͙̞͑̓̃̓͠? in school? (lemmy.world)
5 parallel universes ahead (lemmy.world)
What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?
Mourning dove on the path (lemmy.world)
Why ❤ ? (lemmy.world)
Stereotypes (sh.itjust.works)
Whats a hobby/craft that you wouldn't expect that has an incredibly high ceiling either monetarily or in sheer skill?
For example, I’m sure the average joe doesn’t know just how expensive calligraphy pens can be, or how deep the rabbit hole goes on video game speedruns.
Google will soon remind you to clean your filthy Pixel Buds (9to5google.com)
Do you clean your teeth before going to a dental appointment or let the dentist do it?
I always brush my teeth beforehand, but I know that there are always people who will behave differently.
Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group (www.theguardian.com)
It uncovered eight WHO panelists involved with assessing safe levels of aspartame consumption who are beverage industry consultants who currently or previously worked with the alleged Coke front group, International Life Sciences Institute (Ilsi)....
Anyone else feel that Lemmy just *isn't* addictive?
Or at least less so than Reddit. It’s good, but, I can’t put my finger on it. Even when the content is good, the servers are up, and I’m getting notifications responding to comments, it’s never come to me doomscrolling for hours....
Australian ex-priest has prison sentence extended to 40 years for molesting 72nd child victim (ground.news)
Duck (feddit.de)
Why is it so common for people here to not have a profile pic?
I mean, it seems pretty easy to do. That way we could diffrenciate between users much easier and help it feel more like a community.
Forgive (lemm.ee)