[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 22 points 2 months ago

Proud Dutchman standing next to you, feeling fucking ashamed.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Out of a reflex of distrust, I refuse to participate in any kind of loyalty program of the outlet of the large retail store around the corner.

I tell myself that by refusing to join the loyalty program (which basically comes down to scanning an anonymous loyalty card every time I make a purchase), I prevent them from adding my correlations (what products I buy, in what combos, at what time) to their data.

But since I normally pay by card, I guess they can (and do) already do that with my bank account information?

If I would pay with cash, they can still see those correlations per purchase, but they can't track my purchases over time?

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Does anyone know if there are any companies/organizations that offer the possibility to sail the Atlantic by boat as a passenger (so not as a (more or less) experienced crew member). Are there any? Or announced plans or something like that?

(I'm not talking about being a passenger on a large cargo ship. I'm curious about the possibility to cross the Atlantic with a low carbon footprint).

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 23 points 3 months ago

Plus, for some time we will be able to drink from the oceans.

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Do these "cost per click" figures actually represent the money Google receives (received) from these companies for every time someone ends up on their platform through the intermediation of Google?

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

After watching this video I am left with this question.

The video ultimately claims that humans will not disappear, but doesn't do a great job explaining why.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but for the (or a) population to be and remain stable, the total fertility rate needs to be equal to the global replacement rate (which recently was 2.3).

And since the total average fertility rate appears to be currently at this 2.3, any drop in the fertility rate in place A would have to be compensated with a rise in the fertility rate in place B (assuming that, at some point, we would like to stop population decline)?

I guess one way for a population to remain stable, while women are having fewer than 2.3 children, would be to have fewer men? If a population has 100 women and 10 men, each woman would only have to have on average (a bit more than) 1.1 child? (Which would of course also require a collective form of prenatal sex selection.)

I realize that would be bonkers and unethical. Just wondering out loud.

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Argentina's team is such a bunch of actors and lying cry babies (Messi). Winning like this is shameful. They didn't deserve the world cup and they don't deserve the Copa América.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz to c/colombia@lemmy.blahaj.zone

El equipo de Argentina era (como siempre) actores y malparidos. Ganar así es vergonzoso.

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 30 points 7 months ago

She is probably looking at you with that exact smile behind you right now.

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This is a great way to travel through space and time, and get to know our planet better in a fun and beautifully designed way.

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 24 points 10 months ago

What’s wrong with that.

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What could be reasons for my rsync, which is syncing two remote servers through ssh, to slow down over time like this? It keeps happening. How to check what is the bottleneck?

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 36 points 1 year ago

Upwards and onwards!

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Does anyone else experience this? When I upvote a post and then bookmark it, the upvote disappears. I then have to redo the upvote.

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 51 points 1 year ago

Don't use Brave.

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Today someone told me that he heard through the grapevine that OpenAI has been selling it's ChatGPT (not sure which version) complete model to one or more key organizations (companies) whose policies simply do not allow it to store any data on external servers. Does anyone here know anything about that?

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If banks would not be allowed to lend out more than what they have in terms of deposits, or if they would only be allowed to lend out twice that amount, what would be the most significant difference with the current fractional reserve system (in which the cash-reserve ratio can be as high as 1:9)?

I'm reading that the current system increases the availability of credit, which in turn helps the economy to grow. But if banks would only be allowed to lend out half of what they are currently lending out, wouldn't the supply of money simply go down, and thus the value of money up, effectively leaving banks with the same lending power?

Current system:

  • Total amount of money in circulation: central bank money x money multiplier. Most money is created by commercial banks.

Alternative system:

  • Total amount of money in circulation: central bank money. All money is created by central banks.

I'm not asking what would happen if this would change over night (e.g. sudden decrease of money, monster deflation etc.). I'm asking what is the benefit (and to whom) of doing it the way it is currently done.

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I almost don’t dare to say this, but I’ve been running the snap for more than a year and have no complaints.

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 34 points 1 year ago

Beautifully said.

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 29 points 1 year ago

Maybe I'm missing something, but what was Karma more than upvotes minus downvotes?

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 38 points 1 year ago

YSK that the number of users that is shown in the community overview is the numbers of users from your instance that are subscribed. So in your case that is reddhat.online. (Doesn't mean that the communities you're linking to are big, but it does mean that you're not seeing the full picture. There are places that do contain more general information, like https://browse.feddit.de/.

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 21 points 1 year ago

You were the white person on the right time.

[-] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pirates by ethics = root of socialism, anarchism?

Pirates by convenience = root of capitalism and imperialism?

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