Skip Navigation
InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)LU
Posts 0
Comments 2.6K
How do you feel about shopping in stores?
  • I imagine I'm in the minority. I imagine most people, especially younger people, desire not interacting with others. Some people find it difficult to engage in real life. Some people are fraught with the impact social media addiction has struck upon them - be it the fear of judgement or bigotry or simply not knowing how to interact respectfully with others.

    Self checkout is just way quicker. No need to look down and essentially think that there is something wrong with people that prefer the quicker and more convenient option.

    Also interactions with cashiers are extremely superficial anyways so either I take off my headphones and say a few words about nothing or i can just keep them on listening to good music while I have to shop for some bullshit.

    I value time over superficial interactions.

  • Five Men Behind Huge Pirate Streaming Site Want Their Convictions Overturned.
  • Dismissing something just because it's digital is pretty stupid.

    I think the sentence is very extreme but there are a LOT of crimes and maybe serious ones that can be summed up to "did stuff with ones and zeros".

  • Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay
  • Yeah I'm well aware of the bot issue. I don't spend as much time on Reddit any more but it feels like it has gotten better.

    Sounds like you're too smart to be on Lemmy. Sorry I offended you by spelling the name of your favorite ad company wrong.

    Nah, you didn't offend me in any way. Don't you worry. You just acted childish. Nothing wrong with that.

  • Latest Verge article about their review of Asus ROG Ally X (and this is why gamers are preferring Steam Deck)
  • I should probably get Hades 2 someday, I should just finish Hades 1 first and probably wait for release.

    What FPS and battery life are you getting on Hades 2?

    I really want an OLED deck but I can't really justify the additional cost. The bigger battery and slightly improved efficiency seems like the best part about the OLED edition.

    Anyways I usually only play on the train and most often on the bus to work, so as long as I charge the Deck each day it usually holds up well both ways.

  • Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay
  • I have honestly not noticed any large differences before or after the api changes protests. I have also not noticed any large difference in quality But maybe we visit different communities.

    To me it feels about the same as Lemmy except that Lemmy feels even more unprofessional and childish when people are so incredibly narrow minded. Like doing childish things like intentionally spelling Google or Microsoft wrong.

    Unfortunately Lemmy is also absolutely useless when it comes to anything I would ever search for, since I never search for about opinions about: Microsoft, Linux, Communism, City planning, Twitter, Rich people and when to eat them, and a couple other topics.

  • Latest Verge article about their review of Asus ROG Ally X (and this is why gamers are preferring Steam Deck)
  • In what games do you get 120 FPS?

    I stay under 60 fps the vast majority of the time and while the games i play are fairly demanding I personally think going over 60 or even 40 is a waste. I would rather increase the quality and/or reduce the power consumption.

  • HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient
  • Here, the government negotiates the price for all medication and there is a cap of around 240 EUR per year per person. After that, all prescription medication is free.

    You also get an increasing discount the closer to the limit you get. Before you have spent roughly 120 EUR you get no discount at all.

    After that you get 50% off and after ≈ 180 EUR you get 75% and finally after ≈ 225 EUR you get 90%.

    The cap and discount system also only pay for the cheapest available (in stock) medication at the pharmacy you go to which is usually a generic alternative. You can pay the difference (usually very little) if you really want non generic. Your doctor can say generics aren't an alternative, and if that is the case the discount obviously applies anyways.

    Prescription medication is also completely free for anyone under 18.

    This system works pretty well as far as I know. The main problem might come from the fact that people with specific and expensive medication will have to pay 240 EUR out of pocket at the beginning of each period (but nothing after that) this can be hard for some individuals. Fortunately you can ask for a partial payment in those cases.

  • Gen Z is embracing ‘underconsumptioncore' to fight climate change and inflation
  • Inflation doesn't exist to make the rich richer.

    The main reason for some a little inflation is so that people won't hoard money and instead invest it in stuff which is good for the economy.

    If every rich asshole only sat on their money for eternity everyone would be worse off.