moosetwin

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TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Congratulations!

Linux geeks cheer as Arm wrestles x86 • The Register in c/linux@programming.dev

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

I love seeing ARM wrestling

TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 129 points 4 months ago (8 children)

roko's basilisk is a type of infohazard known as 'really dumb if you think about it'

also I have lost the game (which is a type of infohazard known as 'really funny')

House Republicans Propose Renaming Oceans After Donald Trump in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago

most trump related ones aren't very oniony but this one is actually pretty good

Ctrl + Shift + A in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

I agree that it shouldn't be a URL, but on the (desktop) website it is one.

Ctrl + Shift + A in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

lemmy is stupid and made that a URL, do not click it

Recommended something to a co-worker yesterday in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ctrl + Shift + A in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

guys don't try to resize the canvas by eye in paint.NET

even ms paint is better in this regard

Recommended something to a co-worker yesterday in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I did not, it was a dual-reference.

Recommended something to a co-worker yesterday in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 months ago (6 children)

yes that is what I was referencing

Recommended something to a co-worker yesterday in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 5 months ago (10 children)

it's on ploob

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[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago

the issue with it for me is that it doesn't show who crossposted from who, so it can cause misattribution unless you go out of your way to compare the dates of when the posts were made