[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Kiwi is also the nationality

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I get that, but this wasn't really a "look at the opportunities I've missed", it was more of "huh, my life could have been completely different by now". I like my job, I like my social life, and I have an amazing fiance that I'm marrying in less than 2 months. I don't know what would be on my other paths, but I'm glad I chose this one.

There are some I'm glad i didn't take. I started a degree in computer science in 2020, and I had plans to focus on machine learning research. If I hadn't dropped it at the end of that year, I'd likely have finished my degree right at the start of the chat gpt shitshow.

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I had this thought after remembering one time that my DT (digital technologies) teacher at high school suggested that some of the class could try join a hacking competition. Nothing ever came of it, but I thought it was interesting at the time.

What's really interesting is seeing the choices I made, and asking "what if I did the other thing". Just off the top of my head, I could be still at uni doing research on maths or physics, I could be working on designing new robots for who knows what, or branching off even earlier, I could have been a doctor like my parents.

I'm only 24, so it seems like I might be a bit young for this kind of thinking, but there's still a lot of things I could have done differently.

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

My name is Joseph, and a lot of kids mispronounce it as "Jofish" or something similar. I can't remember who actually started the nickname for me, but it caught on. It doesn't hurt that I enjoy being in and around water anyway.

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That's an upgrade compared to most of the ai products

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Pet hair, glitter, and nerf darts. You will never finish getting rid of them

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Go ahead. Also feel free to add "automated incompetence" to the list as well

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

"Artificial ineptitude"

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's basically impossible to say without knowing the two of you much better than is possible in a post like this. I know 16 year olds who know enough about life and have a good enough relationship that I'd be confident they could have a healthy marriage, and I know 30 year olds who shouldn't be going anywhere near proposing. At 20/18, yes, you're young, but it's definitely possible for you to be mature enough.

Things to think about:

  • are both of your parents still together? Not saying it can't work if they aren't, but it does help the odds
  • have you fought over anything before? If so, was it something major, and how did you resolve it?
  • how well do you handle being bored together? You'll spend the rest of your life together, and not every moment is entertaining

This is some of the advice that me and my fiance (both 24) got from our parents and church community

Edit: I should say, if you go for it, do some pre marriage counseling. There's probably a lot of things you don't know about married life, and it's best to find an older couple that you know and trust to tell you about those things.

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

It's a pretty good simple system here. You have two wheely bins, one red lid for rubbish and the other yellow lid for non glass recycling, and you have a much smaller bin for the glass. Rubbish goes out every week, recycling goes out every other week, and the specific day depends on your suburb (mine is Monday). You just leave your bin on the side of the road the night before your rubbish day, and bring your bin back once the rubbish truck has been past.

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago

That's like how in dnd lore the tarrasque, basically the biggest, scariest monster, is always depicted with big spikes on its back. Animals evolve spikes like that to ward off predators. That means something at least used to hunt tarrasques

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 178 points 3 months ago

Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes

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My general assumption for the lowest I can expect a person to behave is basically always looking for their own absolute gain, and any attitude towards other people comes secondary to that. So while a person living by this standard wouldn't donate to charity without some other motive, they would have basically the same answer to something like the trolley problem as anyone else.

Am I wrong thinking of this as a "minimum reasonable behavior", or is there something people actually gain from the suffering of other people?

This question was born out of seeing how people are being treated by the US government at the moment, but I'm asking about more than just that. People like abusive partners/family, hostile cops, or just bullies in general.

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What does someone have to do that means no amount of remorse or effort to fix things will get you to forgive them? I don't mean forgive and forget to the point where they can hurt you again. If someone repeatedly steals from you, forgiveness doesn't mean putting them in a position where they can steal again.

I'm asking this purely out of curiosity. I'm just wondering what the attitude in my corner of the internet is.

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There's a mod I want to make, but I've never made a mod for any game before. What resources are there for starting out?

I know programming well enough so that's not a barrier, this is more about mod structure and testing

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The most versatile of foods, creating chips, hash browns, and vodka, among other things. Which option is the best one?

IMO some good hot chips (fries for you incorrect Americans)

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What movie do you want made? If you got a pitch meeting with a producer and a guaranteed green light, what would you say?

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 256 points 2 years ago

Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk

So, the situation remains unchanged.

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