I thought this was from a programming/hacking sublemmy for a sec and was SO CONCERNED
paranoid linux sadgirl with impostor syndrome
I thought this was from a programming/hacking sublemmy for a sec and was SO CONCERNED
also has pressure sensitive pen support
in your defense that sounds awesome. the people who gave you shit for dressing creatively are the cringe
here’s hoping Peertube becomes remotely usable in the near future 💀
inaccurate official subtitles
and the driver jerkily moving the steering wheel like they’re on a rally course instead of most likely just a long straight road
That’s easy. Control a bunch of money and corporations
Is knowledge better if it serves a purpose, like improving your art?
In my opinion knowledge that serves a purpose (improved art, medical science, applied engineering, take your pick) is better than “trivial” knowledge, but even trivia has purpose (it can entertain and inspire) and sometimes converts from trivia to “useful” knowledge when combined with new science and tech. A good example is pure math, here’s a stackechange thread about mathematics areas that were found to have applications well after their discovery, by mostly mathematicians doing math for the sake of math.
Should art serve a purpose? Is beautiful enough, or should it be useful?
If you mean its physical form has a function other than to be perceived by humans for entertainment and inspiration, then sure, why not? But maybe not always. :) Also of note, not all art is necessarily beautiful. I would say a fair bit of “useful” or otherwise multipurpose art is quite ugly. Shock films, muckraking journalism, and hostile architecture come to mind as examples.
I’ve always felt that life’s purpose should be pursuit of knowledge and self expression in roughly equal proportions. So 50% science, 50% art. That’s just what feels right in my brain, I guess.
I think most brains are just going to have their own idea of what life’s purpose should be and most of them will be more or less fine. A majority will have said purposes stifled by the limitations of society and biology, though
be safe and well! :)
Seems you’re right, I had it backwards
You know what I always saw them in “related products” banners and assumed they’d be the opposite of what I wanted (compression socks) but I’ll have to give them a search. Cheaper would certainly be nicer haha
no-timeline-breaking mode: Buster Brown 100% cotton socks. they lack elastic and the mental relief I get from not having my ankle nerves ping my brain all day with “SLIGHT PRESSURE! HEY! HEY!!! JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU’RE WEARING SOOOOOOOCKS” is emancipating.
timeline breaking mode: detailed instructions on getting rich with crypto, majoring in computer science instead of biochem, and oh by the way you’re clinically depressed, gay, and a communist just do your best to fast-track self acceptance GOOD LUCK LOL
[meta] this is a well-written comment that makes and argues several points relevant to the post and yet it got more downvotes than upvotes, which imho is some bullshit [/meta]
mental health, physical health, i don’t even need a third thing those two would likely fix all my problems…
If you don’t already, a good thing to own is a road atlas of your country.
I also have been wanting an astronomical almanac that would have info like sunrise/sunset times (got that idea from I Am Legend), and various other sky stuff data I don’t know how to use for timekeeping and navigation but would like to learn :] My lack of expertise (ok, maybe also motivation) has prevented me from finding one.
There used to be agricultural almanacs also, with recommended planting dates. I looked into the extant USA ones (Old Farmer’s and Farmer’s) but they seem to have devolved into something more like annual rustic-themed magazines with barely any useful info… :[
I own this one, as well as Dartnell’s The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch because I am a massive tech history nerd. (I’d love the idea of being able to survive a collapse but I’m too self-aware of my insufficient physical fitness for that, lol.)
Also for those who’ve not heard of the BBC series Connections, it’s AWESOME. More useful for entertainment than as a reference, but the first episode literally explores the question “what would a single human have to do to survive if modern life suddenly became unavailable?” Here are all the episodes on Archive.org.
my go-to is “net-twerk”