mlc894

joined 1 year ago
[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

For a Mint replacement (which I’m still angry about), might I suggest Simplifi by Quicken? For me it’s mostly been a one-to-one replacement, after getting over a few… eccentricities. I could never get into YNAB because it’s so manual. I want something automatic, and Simplifi scratches that itch.

The catch: it’s not free.

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

My brother is an audiologist and hates doing a certain hearing test, because it’s boring. The way he describes it, he hands the patient a button and a pair of headphones, then goes into the next room.

He has a row of dials. He turns the first one until the patient pushes the button. He writes down how high the dial got, then turns it off and moves on to the next dial. Repeat for like 20 dials.

Then at the end, he has to draw a graph BY HAND, highlighting certain features.

There is precisely 0% chance that this requires a trained audiologist to do. Maybe to interpret, but not to collect data.

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Why would a sponsor pay for an ad if they know nobody will watch? Its not magic money out of nowhere; the sponsor has to come out net positive or else they stop sponsoring.

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Do you think that might have something to do with why he’s portrayed as a clown?

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Or, historically, when you’re building a new factory, the first thing you do is build a rail connection right next to it

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It’s owned and populated by history and science/engineering YouTubers, so if you’re not usually watching that side of YouTube, you might not find much on Nebula for you.

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

That’s nonsense - bad ideologies take hold in “normal” people all the time! I’m sure we all have that one uncle who was taken in by all the Q-anon talk, or that one friend who ended up joining a cult.

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem with that approach depends on the issue we’re talking about. To continue picking on the Nazis: allowing them to “just ask questions” for example is a great way to allow them to spread their ideology in a way that thoughtful moderation could prevent.

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

That is one thing that strikes me. Whenever I look at All, I mostly see bad memes and political “hot takes”. I guess it’s good for engagement, but it’s nothing I’d recommend to anyone yet.

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Do you even hear yourself?

“I’m concerned that there’s gonna be a lot of Nazi stuff on here.” “Step off with your advertiser friendly BS”

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thank god for this comment! Reading these comments is like: “Genocide is good sometimes” “People have too many rights” “We should stop trying to make this better” “Man, this Pokémon game is good!”

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