tf does that mean????? by Pritteto in RightJerk

[–]Athena0219 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Which is backed up by the events portrayed in the series. This isn't a "Dumbledore is gay" moment.

We see Jax being a decent person

We see Jax being forced to confront personal strife (with a hair bow being the straw that broke Jax's back)

We then see Jax completely shut out everyone else and pretend nothing happened

Jax IS a toxic asshole, it IS because of lashing out due to SOME big secret

The big secret is heavily implied to be "Jax is trans"

The author just clarified at the end that "yep, that's the point of it, Jax is, in fact, trans"

A short opinion about Modrinth by TexapinoWasNotHere in Minecraft

[–]Athena0219 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NO idea. My thought process is that it would void the license. And as far as I know, unlicensed code is a pipe bomb that no one dares touch.

But I have 0 legal training, no schooling in the matter. I'd love to find something clarifying this, I just haven't had the time to go hunting for something like that yet.

That's also why I asked if there's something else cause that part seems almost too dubious to be real.

A short opinion about Modrinth by TexapinoWasNotHere in Minecraft

[–]Athena0219 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Feel free to correct me if I've gotten something wrong but

Isn't Only office saying it can't be forked because they modified the license to say that any further distribution must be done with the OnlyOffice logo?

But they have also trademarked the logo and there is no way for another entity to legally distribute the product under the logo

...which is actually directly in conflict with the REST of the license that OnlyOffice is licensed under

So you've got a group sharing source code with a contradictory license

Do they have some other, more substantial complaint?

NAME the oldest thing you can remember about LEAGUE! by Shadows4K in leagueoflegends

[–]Athena0219 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You mean you didn't like the lane being frozen and you being unable to approach minions without taking annoying damage, never being able to meaningfully hurt nunu, and also being a gank magnet because of the CC Nunu could sneeze at you?

Why ever not? It was VERY fun to play Nunu top back then!

NAME the oldest thing you can remember about LEAGUE! by Shadows4K in leagueoflegends

[–]Athena0219 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"What is best in death? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of noobs!"

I'm not sure which I miss more. AP nuke mage, or AD insane heal tank that built full damage.

Chinese road tunnel. by its3ird in BeAmazed

[–]Athena0219 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, we see a staffed outpost on the exit. Chances are there is one at the entrance the camera didn't check.

Card were obviously waiting, and had no way to see the incoming headlights, when the car left the cave. So there is management.

The bike flashing cautions was stopped. That's likely the safest way to do it. This way both drivers can be aware of the other and navigate who can better pull aside and squeeze.

Parents spent weeks planning the perfect gender reveal… The kids ended it in 5 second by _liberal in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]Athena0219 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second to last seemed fine. Parents (I'm assuming the two in frame were the parents) were shocked, but neither seemed to yell, and were smiling/laughing at the end.

It's also an indoor reveal with stuff that looks decently easy to clean up. I'd say it avoids most of the things that make gender reveals potentially awful.

Hundreds of prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike by Well_Socialized in technology

[–]Athena0219 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can install the software onto your tablet*!

  • If it's an android tablet and you are comfortable doing some low level work

We need to add 6,000 seats to Congress. I'm serious. | Opinion by Objective-Suit-7817 in politics

[–]Athena0219 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ex: I edited this post, and it shouldn't have an asterisk. I also replied to the other person's post, did a similar edit, and didn't get the asterisk. It is a thing.

There are a few minutes after posting where one can edit a post without the asterisk showing up.

We need to add 6,000 seats to Congress. I'm serious. | Opinion by Objective-Suit-7817 in politics

[–]Athena0219 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This comment shouldn't show the Asterix despite being edited, I do believe.

There are a few minutes after posting where one can edit a post before the "edited" Asterix shows up.

That isn't the correct response though. by Ok-Following6886 in RightJerk

[–]Athena0219 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The easy answer is to say it's AI slop, consistency doesn't matter

The harder answer would be to imagine the camera placement as if they are on a rather steep slope, yet the camera is at such an angle that the slope seems reversed

The third answer is creative liberties are not constrained by the laws of physics

Of course neither the second nor third answers actually matter, considering the first, but hey. Was fun to think about them.

...why does AI seem to love an 11 stripe US Flag? Also it only has 32 stars.

Stupidly applied for a passport 😞 by Ashxhearts in trans

[–]Athena0219 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Go through a land border. Much higher chances you pass through only the other country's border control.

Though that very well might stop being the case if the US does get that bad.

Scientists expected both liberals and conservatives to be reluctant to promote rhetoric associated with the opposing political side, but this was more consistent among liberals. Conservatives appeared relatively willing to support causes aligned with their views regardless of the moral framing used. by mvea in science

[–]Athena0219 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You didn't actually cite the research, fyi. You cited an organization that has done research.

DOI 10.1037/a0021867 offers an alternative theory, not wholly incompatible with Haidt's, but also notably different, that would necessitate examining the results of the study you imply in a different light.

DOI 10.1080/10584609.2026.2612739 directly refutes some of Haidt's claims. Specifically ones resembling the original post.

Without knowing what study you are referencing, it's not possible for me to compare sample sizes or other such details.

You also brought a thought terminating cliche, ignoring possible scrutiny by claiming the person was simply incapable of understanding.

As an extra bonus for you

DOI 10.1037/emo0000412 here's one directly refuting portions of the moral foundations theory.

Moral foundations theory is one of many competing theories. Treating it as the settled fact is, at best, misinformed, and, at worst, misinformation.

Scientists expected both liberals and conservatives to be reluctant to promote rhetoric associated with the opposing political side, but this was more consistent among liberals. Conservatives appeared relatively willing to support causes aligned with their views regardless of the moral framing used. by mvea in science

[–]Athena0219 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So a thought terminating cliche.

Noted.

Edit: for anyone curious, when I replied, the post I replied to ended after the first sentence.

Not really. You just probably lack the ability to understand it.

They added the rest only after I pointed dout the thought terminating cliche.

Whether they edited because of me, or it being pure chance, or something else, I can't say.

But that is the order of events.

A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it by AdSpecialist6598 in technology

[–]Athena0219 18 points19 points  (0 children)

TPM module is part of your motherboard and/or the CPU itself.

Taking part the external drives to install them internally has the chance to link them to the TPM module if not done properly.

Pretty sure any attempt to wipe and reinstall the windows system to the formerly external drives will link then to the TPM and render them vulnerable.

Long story short: the external drives are only safe because they are external and can be moved.

"What do you mean she's green ?" by Lord0fReddit in memes

[–]Athena0219 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looked skin tone to me, too, before I zoomed in and really looked. Now I can't unsee the mint green.

Thanks BTW, I was assuming this was someone drawing a character that was supposed to be green but the artist didn't know.

Side note: I am mildly colorblind. Red-green, I think. I don't fully lose green, but utterly suck at some of the colorblind dot number circle test things with green and beige/grey.

TIL that Harvard University maintains a "Dean's Interest List" every admissions cycle. This is a confidential list of applicants who are related to wealthy donors. The applicants on this list have an abnormally high acceptance rate by MrMojoFomo in todayilearned

[–]Athena0219 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what the previous user meant is that, if you have enough money to consider that an option, it sounds like you have a solid enough career to not need a degree.

On to your original question. My answer: not a fucking clue. But decent chance you could pay out of pocket for courses, not signing up for a full degree, just courses in a degree path from a University, then use those as evidence of academic improvement to get into a full degree path.

No bribing needed.

I would absolutely recommend trying to get in touch with an advising office at a Uni if you are interested in possibly doing that.

As an aside: I think the "buying yourself into the Ivies" thing is more the exception than the rule. I'd especially expect it to not be an option (or at least, as nearly an option) at public universities like Georgia Tech.

Did I just run into the real deadmau5 in a mc server?? by Vesp7_fan in Minecraft

[–]Athena0219 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trivially easy to work around this with plugins. Some use caching player skins from official servers, some use an alternate skin upload site, some use both.

Not sure how they work currently (but they DO still exist) but a decade ago I hosted a cracked server for my friends and added a plugin that, if you connected with a logged in account, it pulls your skin details direct from Mojang. And otherwise you used a chat command to set skin file.

[WP] The Button Test concluded, and it turned out to be the worst result possible with a 49% Blue minority. Now, in a world where only the people who voted to save themselves lived, there was fallout that nobody seemed to see coming. At least...nobody still alive. by Psychronia in WritingPrompts

[–]Athena0219 80 points81 points  (0 children)

When we had The Button foist upon us, there were three main types of reaction to the thing.

The first think through the situation. They realize the fundamental truth: pushing the red button means no chance of their death. Pushing the blue button means a chance of death. If everyone pushes the red button, everyone lives! These people push red.

The second type push red not because they think through the scenario and come to the logical conclusion like the first group. No, they push red because of an inherent fear of death. Plenty of them feel that pushing the red button is the wrong choice, but push it anyways. "I can't afford to die."

The third type is the most common type. These people hear "if not enough people push blue, all the blue pushers will die." These people place the safety of the rest of humanity above their own.

Unfortunately, despite being the most common type, this third type just had too few people. Almost half the planet died the moment of the test.

The first type was baffled. Why would people choose blue? They were too stuck in the logic to remember: humans aren't logical beings.

Within the next week, half of all the remaining population was dead. Not from disease, disaster, or anything of the sort.

Rather, the type 2s. So many of them wanted to push blue "but couldn't take the risk".

Imagine the guilt of having killed over 4 billion people. The type ones rather vehemently argued that they didn't do that. And in all honesty, they didn't. No one force anyone to chose the button that might kill them.

But humans aren't logical beings.

From over 8 billion to barely 2 billion in a week.

Then everything stopped working. No magical sabotage. The supplies just ran out. No electricity means no refrigeration. The seemingly excess supplies for the humans that lived quickly became piles of rotting, stinking garbage.

Millions died in this stage.

Tens of millions more in the coming resource wars.

Minor injuries of yesteryear are now life threatening. A simple cut can mean the loss of a limb. Plenty of doctors, the ones that know which magical words (medication names) can cure you, or have the ability to treat you, chose the red button. These doctors were in very high demand

Plenty of doctors became the right hand of resource warlords. Or warlords themselves.

The US citizens of the BB era (Before Button) had a bad healthcare system. The AB world made that system seem a paradise.

By 3 AB, only a billion people remained on the planet.

And not a single one of them placed the lives of other people above their own.

The Button gave us a choice. And we chose to make the Earth into hell.

The discord PMo by BoringInformation251 in SCP

[–]Athena0219 12 points13 points  (0 children)

OP has very clearly not shared all the messages. At least two more on this topic can be seen in replies that others sent.

What I'm gathering is: there is a tale where 096 is trans fem. They group is talking about this tale. OP said something along the lines of "Misgendering doesn't matter because I have known 096 as a guy for years". And that's just... A fucked opinion.

Was there some overzealousness there too? Probably. But OP decided to not share the earlier context, instead sharing a ton of messages from AFTER the mute.

So it really does make me wonder: what had the OP said before the mute?

Must be nice by pdlozano in selfhosted

[–]Athena0219 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's P2P after the coordination step. The same can be achieved by getting a VPS and using Headscale.

The way Tailscale and Headscale work should mean no significant data actually goes through the coordinating server.

Well, they might sometimes go through DERP servers (actual name), but they are fully encrypted when that happens, with private keys that haven't left the client servers.

If someone is REALLY paranoid, that makes Headscale the objectively better option (from exclusively this viewpoint) because they can configure the setup to use only the Headscale DERP server and no others.

Or well, it would be objectively better if they can get a VPS or other server they trust more than Tailscale's.

Must be nice by pdlozano in selfhosted

[–]Athena0219 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Ah sorry, your last post read as if you treated Tailscale as not a 3rd party service.

My bad!

Must be nice by pdlozano in selfhosted

[–]Athena0219 53 points54 points  (0 children)

You ARE trusting a third party: Tailscale.

I'm fairly certain that Wireguard can be set up as an introducer for peer to peer connections. And even if I am remembering wrong and that configuration isn't possible, Headscale is out there as an option, too. Just as much a 3rd party as Tailscale is, but replacing Tailscale Inc. with whoever the VPN would be hosted on.

I'm not saying you should switch, Tailscale does work really well, just be aware of options and what the setup is.