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  • Honestly, pretty much what I do now just probably a more glamorized or idealistic version of it. My favorite toys growing up were wooden building blocks and Duplo and from a very young age I (incorrectly) mapped what I enjoyed about those things to the profession of architecture and that’s what I always told people that’s what I wanted to do.

    Luckily I was able to figure out that what I really enjoyed and wanted to do was engineering. As long as I’m designing things and solving problems I’m pretty happy. It doesn’t really matter what the context is.



  • No, no. He’s right. I didn’t vote for him. I did vote. I wish I didn’t live here. I’m doing what I can since getting out isn’t really an option, but we have to acknowledge the damage and turmoil we as a collective are doing to the citizens of the world. The orange pedo might be making you’re life or my life fucking miserable, but we are still probably better off than any of the families of the school children he bombed.

    Telling any of them that you didn’t vote for him isn’t going to make them feel any better while the amount of suffering he is causing us is a fraction of the suffering he is causing other people. I’m not saying you can’t be upset or that your suffering isn’t valid. It’s not a zero sum game, I’m just saying I think it’s worth understanding where the rest of the world might be coming from right now.







  • TonyOstrich@lemmy.ziptomemes@lemmy.worldX rays
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    3 months ago

    I’m not the OP, nor am I very good at succinctly summarizing what’s in my head in a way that I’m confident would do the topic justice.

    The specific term you probably want to look up is “Linear no threshold”.

    I think the video Kyle Hill did several months ago though covers the topic very well though.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzdLdNRaPKc

    I have some small nitpicks on how exactly he argued a couple of his points, but his over all point seems reasonable.


  • Would it make any sense to switch to some kind of physical application process? Not necessarily in person, but require the applications/résumés be mailed in? The advantage that these automated models have is that they are basically for the user to submit as many applications as possible. Requiring that the application be physically mailed would create at least some small barrier and cost that would mean the applicants wouldn’t be able to apply a near infinite number of times.