[-] jon@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Evidently playing the game isn't a fun experience either, Aaron.

[-] jon@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like at a massive deficit, all while making sweeping policy changes at a moments notice with little research on how those changes effect stability. Also, cutting down on employed staff to save money while not bothering to investigate what those people actually do, to later realize it only when things start breaking. Only instead of some shitty social media platform he's fucking with, it'll be the United States economy!

He's got my vote!

[-] jon@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

This is an important point. We're all pissed at LTT right now so are eager to jump on any story that supports that narrative. I'm not saying I don't believe Madison (what she says pretty much lines up with what I would expect). But before we convict Linus in the court of public opinion, we should allow him to argue in his defense.

[-] jon@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

My advice for picking a degree: pick something that you want to do, but also something marketable. The degree is useless if you can't get a job in it.

If you're worried about college being difficult, it can be, but 95% of your success is going to be based on motivation. I was a TA in college, and the best students were the ones that asked questions, came to office hours, and participated. I saw many a "smart kid" bomb a test due to overconfidence.

If you're not sure what to do, you can start with general education credits or even do the first part of your degree at a community college to save money. A lot of times a 2 year associates degree will serve as the first 2 years of a bachelor's.

[-] jon@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

Now that I'm in my thirties, I can answer this. Two things come to mind.

First, really should have just done college after high school. I really wasn't looking forward to more school after graduation and wasted about 5 years before going back for my CS degree. I'm in a good place now, but could have had a 5 year head start on life if I'd just gone straight in.

Second, please take better care of your health while you have it. I was skinny as a rail in my early 20s and sort of took that for granted. I'm not obese or anything right now, but as you get older keeping in shape takes conscious upkeep. Get in the habit now and it'll be easier to maintain later. It's harder to lose the weight once you have it rather than keep it off.

[-] jon@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

You can't just put anime catgirl in parenthesis and move on like nothing happened!

[-] jon@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

You let the foxes into the hen house, then get upset that you're out of hens?

[-] jon@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This would be a dangerous precedent. If you disagree with scientific findings, you just conduct your own research to disprove the original study. If companies can sue researchers for publishing claims that damage them, it'll just result in researchers withholding studies in fear a multibillion dollar corporation coming after them. Scientists need to be able to publish their research without fear of retribution.

The only exception I would accept is if someone published knowingly false research, a la Andrew Wakefield.

[-] jon@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Oh look, it's the fugitive slave act again.

[-] jon@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

No, I have people to do that for me.

[-] jon@kbin.social 85 points 1 year ago

@ernest, if Kbin starts making okay money, don't be afraid to give yourself a salary. It's important that you get to eat too.

[-] jon@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Oh shit, don't let Lemmy know about that.

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Why YSK: In the settings of the Windows Task Manager is an option to force it to always display on top of other applications. One of the first things I do when setting up a new computer is to enable this option.

Too many times I've playing a game or using some other full screen application, and the application freezes up. I can press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the task manager, but it often opens up behind the frozen application and I can't Alt+Tab over to it. In these scenarios, I'm often forced to just shut the computer off.

By setting the manager to always display on top, you can guarantee that you'll be able to use it when this happens. Then you can kill the offending application.

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