It’s kind of like the diet problem. You can buy the best food you intend to eat and keep it home. But you still eat the trash. But now instead of the computer helping you stay on track with what you intend to watch, your subscriptions, the junk foods just being shoveled down your throat because it gets better engagement.

Multiply that by every feed, every piece of algorithmic engagement, every search bar… People lose a lot of self-improve opportunities

If I think the content is a net positive for Lemmy you get a upvote, even if I disagree, even if I don’t like you.

So that means even if someone later reveals themselves to be an asshat, they are still adding to Lemmy’s ecosystem and get to keep their upvotes.

Update: but I’m not a saint, if someone is downvoting me I’ll downvote them right back

Cherry pick a few topics you know incredibly well and look at their published articles on those subjects.

Did they cover your area of expertise correctly with nuance and giving the appropriate context?

If yes, now you have more confidence that the articles in other areas are also well written and researched.

If no, now you have less confidence in them

You can apply the above strategy to any news source. For many people the above protocol gives good results with aj.

I really enjoyed this video essay. I thought the perspective on the motivations of the different authorses worthwhile. I’m not sure how you select a movie director before they’ve demonstrated it in multiple films. But it does mean you’re not going to get something new from somebody who’s got to demonstrate a pattern.

Ukraine gave up it’s nukes in the 1990s for the promise of non-aggression. That’s a lesson nobody will forget

30 hours is two days, two is more then one and thus multiple. Plus that’s just the expectation, even in that same article a doctor said their longest shift was 72 hours. What we want and reality often diverge. We have to acknowledge reality

I don’t disagree it’s bad, but it’s real. People do it all the time. First responders often have a 24 hour shift, throw in contingencies and it’s two days.

Soldiers on mission often don’t get to sleep and if your the unlucky bastard to pull sentry duty, sucks to be you. Deal with it.

Nobody goes “routinely” multiple days without sleeping

https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-do-medical-residents-stay-awake-during-long-shifts/

There are plenty of people who routinely go multiple days without sleeping. First responders, military, students. It’s doable. It’s not healthy long-term. But you can do it once or twice.

Stay active, avoid situations where you get bored or become calm. Use tremendous amount of stimulants. Zyn puches work, hot sauce, chew, energy drinks, coffee, lipping coffee grounds. If you have to wait for something, and you can’t stay active, do some exercise, run a little bit, jumping jacks. Anything to keep the blood flowing.

Your attention and reaction time is going to be reduced, don’t drive vehicles, don’t do anything that put you in danger if you fall asleep.

Recognize once you stop moving you’re going to sleep for a very long time. So get to a safe space and then crash

Niche communities. Large spaces are built of small niche interest groups. The tooling around small spaces needs to be first class if we want the larger space to be healthy

Pick it up, dust it off, eat.

I strongly agree! The current food pyramid experiment isn’t working.

Ah yes. This island earth.

What’s the smallest section of earth you would think could thrive in this scenario?

I think Iceland is a strong choice. It has power and rare earth resources

I have a recurring problem with ingrown nails but ONLY if they get cut too close. If they grow out everything is fine.

When they get cut too close I’ve found putting something small under the edge of the nail to act as a spacer works. Like a tiny rolled up piece of toilet paper.

You should see a podiatrist for your issue

Fatphobia energy should be redirected into carbohydrate education. We ban cigarettes not smokers. Teach overweight people their problem is all the carbs in their diet (sugar, soda, pizza, candy, etc).

Keep your equipment on hard flat surfaces with good clearance on all sides.

If the equipment runs hot place it on a wire shelf to increase airflow to the bottom

I only use Lemmy. Nothing else. I don’t have time for social media but Lemmy is my kind of crazy so im here trying to get things kicked off

God forbid they eat another form of protein that’s sustainable and environmentally friendly.

The non-animal protein that is sustainable and environmentally friendly - where does it get its fertilizer from?

We have about 5x as much range land as we do arable land on the planet.

Soil stewardship and replenishment are critical to a sustainable ecology - and ruminants are key to generating new top soil.

Cattle are ruminants - their one super power is they can eat grass from marginal land that can’t grow crops, they don’t need grain at all.