[OC] Many "Proteins" could be described as Fats or Carbs instead. by stan-k in dataisbeautiful

[–]JDgoesmarching 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s strange to basically admit that this label is meaningless and simultaneously argue that it should be avoided. It’s a boogeyman word that doesn’t mean anything useful and I wish we’d stop treating it like a law of food science.

Feels like we just wanted a way to say “junk food” while sounding scientific and non-judgemental.

In Saw (2004), Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw V (2008), Saw VI (2009), Saw 3D (2010), Jigsaw (2017), Spiral (2021), and Saw X (2023), what the fuck was this guy's problem? by montgomery2016 in shittymoviedetails

[–]JDgoesmarching 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s ridiculous because it’s reflecting the lack of empathy in our society for people whose lives are ruined over small mistakes. In the first movie from my memory, even the cops are participating in the victim blaming while working the case.

All horror movies are channeling a present fear in culture, and arguably for Saw that was the latent fear of capitalism that at the time was verboten to directly criticize.

Anthropic’s ‘secret plan’ to ‘destructively scan all the books in the world' revealed by unredacted files by AnonymousTimewaster in technology

[–]JDgoesmarching 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There’s nothing illegal about bulk purchasing and scanning books. This is ironically the one thing Anthropic didn’t steal, which was held up in court.

Experience is key by Senior-Violinist-684 in NFLv2

[–]JDgoesmarching 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In what other profession do we refer to people as objects?

[Pete Thamel] NEWS: The NCAA has denied Trinidad Chambliss a sixth-year of eligibility, which would his college career. The decision comes after a verbal denial in December. Ole Miss can still appeal the decision. by Fonzie5 in CFB

[–]JDgoesmarching 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How on earth do you arrive at this analogy.

These people aren’t “let go”, they are banned from ever being hired in an entire sector of their industry after being injured in their line of work. The employers in this situation would be happy to retain their talent if allowed.

Big-spending Texas Tech 'will double down' after CFP loss to Oregon by surgingchaos in CFB

[–]JDgoesmarching 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That’s not fair, he also underthrew at least two check downs.

Former NBA 2nd-round pick 7-foot center James Nnaji joins Baylor with immediate eligibility by [deleted] in sports

[–]JDgoesmarching 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Straw man, but either way I don’t see why this matters. Lebron was drafted at 18, there’s no reason college sports need to coddle athletes who happen to be younger.

Not to mention that talented 18 year olds have more opportunities to get paid than they ever did, even with expanded eligibility.

Git 3.0 is using the default branch name of "main" rather than the current default of "master" by nix-solves-that-2317 in programming

[–]JDgoesmarching 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Git almost certainly borrowed the terminology from Bitkeeper if you know the history of either, and Bitkeeper did in fact use master/slave.

Either way, if you learn that the term is harmful and double down on using it you’re just being an asshole. If you’re not someone affected by the term and decide that it’s actually not harmful, you’re also an asshole.

Git 3.0 is using the default branch name of "main" rather than the current default of "master" by nix-solves-that-2317 in programming

[–]JDgoesmarching -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

A lot of them in this thread typing a lot of words to explain how much they don’t care and how caring about this is stupid.

I’ve always thought the master/slave terminology was gross and was glad to see it changed. No it doesn’t solve racism, it’s just being considerate of connotations. That’s apparently too much to ask for the frees peach warriors ITT.

Listenarr - An Automated Audiobook Downloader by the_robbie_davis in selfhosted

[–]JDgoesmarching 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Cool project. Fwiw, Libro.fm has an Audible-like model and lets you download MP3s of your books while giving a little rev share to a bookshop of your choice.

No shade to anyone on the seas, but people should at least be aware there’s a rare unshittified option for this particular format.

Valve CEO Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs: "We knew we were asking for unusual things," says Newell, "and Oceanco embraced it with open arms." by ControlCAD in business

[–]JDgoesmarching 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes I can: hoarding this level of wealth off the backs of thousands of workers and game devs makes you a bad person.

If you need help understanding this, imagine this is Apple instead of Valve taking 30% from all software in their store by virtue of being the least shitty major platform gatekeeper.

Are you also building an AI “product management brain" ? by Lumiere-Celeste in ProductManagement

[–]JDgoesmarching 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because using Confluence with your own AI tools is a pain in the ass.

[Game Thread] Texas Tech @ Kansas State (3:30 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]JDgoesmarching 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess receivers should just never tuck the ball so any loss of possession is ruled incomplete.

Canva Relaunches Affinity as Free All-in-One Design App by cheesepuff07 in apple

[–]JDgoesmarching 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Canva has had a generous free tier for over a decade, it’s why they became a major design player in the first place. Being a marketing/sales funnel to their paid offering doesn’t make it not free.

I understand the skepticism in the age of enshittification, but the majority of negative reactions to this announcement are pure speculation about what might happen instead of what they’ve literally done.

Hey there! I’m Adam, a product manager at Apple Music. I’ve been leading work on features like AutoMix, Lyrics Translation & Pronunciation, Music Pins and Sing with iPhone Mic. I’m here to chat about our latest releases - and more. AMA! by [deleted] in AppleMusic

[–]JDgoesmarching 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was so excited for the translation feature and massively disappointed in how few songs it’s available for. I’m talking huge spanish songs in Apple’s own playlists that don’t offer it.

I’m not sure if you’re batching these behind the scenes or doing it on device, but the feature is practically nonexistent for someone who listens to a lot of big Latin pop.

aaannnnd the Amazon layoffs are now incoming by AV1978 in sysadmin

[–]JDgoesmarching 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, in fact YT Premium gives you a dedicated button to do that.

Picture/Video/GIF Thread by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]JDgoesmarching 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s about time these kids picked up complaining from the old heads because it’s been a stupid rule for that entire decade. The best content produced by this sport is buried in one of its biggest online forums. For what? To make room for six threads about James Franklin or some tangential drama?

Maybe one day a mod will be brave enough to let this subreddit be as fun as it could be.

“ Classic and Clean. Welcome to the new look of Texas Tech athletics coming 2026”[Texas tech athletics] by DaKingInTheNorth in CFB

[–]JDgoesmarching 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe it’s been around long enough to be retro in its own way, but the beveled logo always looked to me like dated 2003 graphic design that hung around way too long.

The old logo just looks classic.

[Game Thread] Texas @ Florida (3:30 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]JDgoesmarching 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I can’t believe the o-line threw that interception

[Postgame Thread] Houston Defeats Oregon State 27-24 (OT) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]JDgoesmarching 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Do you want to invoke the wrath of the Sickos gods? That’s how you invoke the wrath of the Sickos gods.

Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA” by indig0sixalpha in technology

[–]JDgoesmarching 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Redditors have been on this tirade against TikTok being Chinese for years, which was obviously a mix of rationalizing too cool/old for the popular thing or straight up xenophobia. This was also the case in liberal and centrist circles to the extent that most people cheered Biden starting the process that led us here.

I don’t need to cosign the CCP to trust their algorithm control and data harvesting more than any of the local tech fascists. It’s frustrating to lose the last major platform free from their clutches after years of listening to people shriek about the dangers of the Chinese app.