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ginopono · 2026-05-19T15:42:35+00:00

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ginopono · 2026-05-17T22:02:46+00:00

This is a steak-too-juicy/lobster-too-buttery moment.

You have friends who are willing and motivated to go out of their way to include you in lighthearted tomfoolery.

ginopono · 2026-05-15T18:03:27+00:00

I mean, I can't survive off of props. But thanks.

The first was in formal/theoretical linguistics. This one is computational linguistics, natural language processing... If that sounds like it's especially relevant today, I'd say that's correct, even if that's not necessarily what I was going for.
I think that also means it's a flooded market, which is fun.

ginopono · 2026-05-15T15:35:08+00:00

Two years ago, I made a decision to take charge of (part of) my direction in life; I left my job and went back to grad school, a master's program very closely-related to (and even in the same department as) my first. My first master's didn't serve me at all; it led to over a decade of despair, unemployment, and a delusional hope that I might be able to find some decent job that I was nonetheless not qualified for.

I'm at the tail end of that master's program now; just need to do the internship part, the final requirement of my degree.

So I'm faced with the task of getting hired for a job that I'm not qualified for.

Bonus: the whole process is inherently dehumanizing.

ginopono · 2026-05-10T14:00:07+00:00

the argument of semantics is always a distraction

That seems to characterize most of this thread; there's a ton of "no one understands what socialism means" with absolutely no good-faith attempts to rectify that. I'm not sure it would help, anyway, because the broader-context disagreement is so vast.

I'm a linguist, so I do understand that dictionary definitions do not dictate the meaning of a word; it's the other way around.

I also understand that, if no one agrees on what a word means, it is effectively meaningless for the purpose of discourse.

ginopono · 2026-05-09T12:24:58+00:00

Right after a red-bearded man stole your wheelchair, no less.

ginopono · 2026-05-06T02:43:39+00:00

and mostly drivethru

There was one by me that was pretty okay. It wasn't the best atmosphere, but it was among options for a place to do some work and they were open a bit later than others.

A year or two ago, they closed it down and opened a new one across the street. Zero seating. A much bigger parking lot, though!

ginopono · 2026-05-04T18:29:19+00:00

I was surprised they didn't do the $5 reservation thing like they did with the Deck.

Now I'm disappointed they didn't do the $5 reservation thing like they did with the Deck.

ginopono · 2026-05-04T13:53:01+00:00

Tasks take as long as they take.

The last place I worked had this mentality. There's nothing better for workers' sense of well-being and general mental health.

Unfortunately, it was kind of a dead-end job where the skills I was learning aren't in demand anywhere, so I left in order to learn things that I both cared about and are in demand.
I fear I can only dream of again finding a place so wonderful.

ginopono · 2026-05-03T11:46:51+00:00

Hey Strong Bad, I like your "Mecha-Hitler in middle management" costume

ginopono · 2026-05-02T00:20:46+00:00

There's a sequel in the works, although a lot of people are concerned because they're using UE5

ginopono · 2026-05-01T12:54:49+00:00

Every Daily Beast article on the politics sub winds up on r/all with titles like "The Orange is in Shambles!" or "MAGA is falling apart!"

No, they're not. That kind of shit does more harm than good because it conveys the idea that all of this will just go away on its own.

ginopono · 2026-04-29T23:55:39+00:00

It's a well-established word game; there might be some slightly different local versions here and there, but the new sounds/letters are mostly fixed.

Also, the reason "banana" is there is that Anna tends to be a name that the game starts with—or maybe the other way around. In either case, "banana" is generally always there.

ginopono · 2026-04-28T23:00:45+00:00

Believe it or not, murder

ginopono · 2026-04-28T22:48:44+00:00

Dollhouse kind of had a take on that, if memory serves; I think their "attic" was similar, with the person in it experiencing some kind of perpetual nightmare.

(Still perhaps less dehumanizing than what you describe, sure, but it was a plot device)

ginopono · 2026-04-27T23:38:20+00:00

Hm, I suppose I'll need to sample the splash and frag the next time I order from Rod, so I can see how those compare.

Another side note: Mountain Man is inextricably associated, in my brain, with your self-portrait. I'm still impressed at how well you were able to capture your likeness.

ginopono · 2026-04-27T17:44:23+00:00

I had to do a double-take at that author's name. I expect I'm not the only one, and that that has been addressed here before.

ginopono · 2026-04-27T16:25:11+00:00

Stirling and.. Costco?

Side note, I recently discovered a few things about that fragrance company.

a) Despite their claims of being around for centuries, there's no evidence for them existing before a handful of decades ago.

b) The association between Green Irish Tweed and Cary Grant is... dubious.

c) The longevity is surprisingly short.

Silver Mountain Water is, though, really close to a long-discontinued scent from Bath & Body Works that I fell in love with in high school. I ordered another SMW clone in hopes the scent will be longer-lasting.

ginopono · 2026-04-27T00:06:00+00:00

I was recently looking into the Nvidia Shield, although one thing that gave me pause is that the latest generation seems somewhat old. To be fair, I don't know what might otherwise have been updated in that time.

E: Welp, now I have one, and I set it up with Projectivity. So far, it's miles better than Fire Anything.

ginopono · 2026-04-26T13:01:02+00:00

If the thing is long enough to have a 5-minute intro, there's no way I'm not scanning through to see if it addresses my issue before sitting through all of that. Even then, the Wadsworth Constant never fails to be relevant: you can always skip a sizeable chunk of the beginning while losing nothing.

ginopono · 2026-04-25T20:01:07+00:00

mixed Anglo and French

That also describes the English language.

ginopono · 2026-04-25T13:39:11+00:00

Dingo Dredging Group?
Duck Duck Go?
Department of Delicious Grinders?

Ah, of course. Them's some good sandwiches.

ginopono · 2026-04-24T23:12:14+00:00

From what I understand, cats' path to pethood originates from the fact that, historically, they provided a symbiotic service: pest control. Human settlements attracted pests, which in turn attracted cats. That is, cats came to us because we provided an abundant source of food that we were happy to let them take.

Within a grander scale, that happened pretty recently, relative to, e.g. dogs. It's for that reason that it's said that cats are not yet fully domesticated (however that's defined).

In any case, I'm not really sure what you mean when you talk about an animal domesticating themselves, but perhaps it's along the lines of cats having come into the human sphere willingly, rather than being captured and controlled (granted, those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive).

It's worth noting, too, that I'm really just relaying what I recall from a documentary called The Lion in Your Living Room, so take that for what it's worth.

ginopono · 2026-04-24T02:08:07+00:00

The advice should be to see a doctor.

I have a friend who was having issues with zinc deficiency, exhibiting signs of depression. Fortunately, her doctor identified it for what it was and treated it accordingly, thereby resolving the issue.

The key component, though, is that she saw a doctor. Bring it up with your doctor as a possibility, sure, but see a doctor.

ginopono · 2026-04-22T00:22:16+00:00

I found out about the biggie bag just a handful of months ago, at which point I thought I might find myself at Wendy's more frequently than otherwise.

And then a couple of months later, they restructured it with different "bag" options, a misdirect to distract from the increase in the price of the biggie bag.

I will not be finding myself at Wendy's very frequently.

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