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  • I can see how someone that doesn't understand the words would think that.

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    Yes, chaning the voice of an actor can absolutly make a movie terrible. See: Most German dubs.
  • should i cut this person slack due to their disability?

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    Nop, they're just autistic and an a bad person. Although not related, those two can happen at the same time
  • It could be inherently flawed.

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    Believing illusions is much older than photography. People went to plays and laughed and wept before anyone ever thought of how to capture it for replayabiliy. It seems to be an inbuilt function of human compassion or sympathy. Taking a step back, one can also realise even the 'real' events are illusion. The Case Against Reality is a reminder the human mind doesn't have privileged view of reality, and never did. Existence monism, or the oneness of being, erases the lines we draw to make maps of reality. It's all just sensory data. ...But, that's a deeper rabbit hole than I feel like diving into just now.
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    Cases where one partner decided to pass on education or career advancement make alimony appropriate, I reckon. Someone with minimal education and a large gap in their resume is going to have trouble getting back into the workforce.
  • Why did you set an avatar for your profile?

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    Avatar ? The blue people ? The bald kid ?
  • Can I access hexbear instances with a lemmy.world account

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    You don’t even need an account if you go straight to the instance and how else would I know it’s all meme responses?
  • It depends as most things.

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  • This.

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    999 was the realisation it was a thing for me, and then found a diagnostic questionnaire online and got the "mild aphantastia" result.
  • What are some tips for a job interview?

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    I know people hate being told to smile, but a smile goes a long way especially for hospitality and customer service positions.
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  • This shows up as fiddlrts.removed on my Lemmy instance.

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    It should be blogspot dot com. It’s being removed likely as part of a spam filter.
  • Is there a way to encrypt or password-protect part of a video?

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    The closest I've seen is those videos where they have to censor it and send you to Patreon for the full version.
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    I hope not haha, it's crazy how such a minor cut doesn't heal for so long,but when you think of the elasticity that lips have it makes sense. So annoying tho.
  • Are we drinking out of lead cups? (informationally speaking)

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    Privacy is the least of it, its just a means to an end for then. They are shaping our entire culture.
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  • Is it inherently bad?

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  • What Fantastic (and Janky) Things Do You Do With Leftover Packaging?

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    Hey there! I got it working. We're about to shovel a pound of food into our mouths and then go on an adventure! The missus felt awful after her errands yesterday, so we just kinda chilled out. I still like little adventures though, as I think they're the spice of life. Picking a place on the map and going there, and then regretting picking a place on the map and just going there because you're ill prepared for whatever is happening "there" =P! Hehehehe! I just love that mystique, even if I come out with scratches and said pound of food turned into a pound of sweat =P! My partner is starting a business with a friend and it revolves around 3D Printing which they're gaga for. I get the utility of it, and I love craftsmanship in all forms. I feel conflicted because I freakin' HATE plastic. I mean, get it out of here! Just get it gone. I know there are some solutions one can do to alter their impact, but as usual the cheapest and most easily replicated solution seems to be the one on the table. I'm not one to squash hopes, dreams or anything like that. We don't sit in opposite camps, but we do have different feelings towards certain things. I think if it's something that interests her and she wants to pursue it, I can't stop her. I don't like the material though, as a whole. I wish we'd hurry up as a people and find better solutions for wide-spread management of materials. Ah, yes! Me too! I will actually take some pictures every now and then for my own records. My camera isn't good, but for the longest it was worse and I still look fondly back at those picture so I don't really care. I figure as long as they invoke a memory, the rest is really irrelevant. I think you can see I'm no photographer =P! I often see people walking around with their lenses the size of my arm and I ask them about what they've shot that day or whatever. I am envious because it seems so lovely to be able to walk around and capture these little moments in nature that would otherwise go unnoticed (because they tend to be something human eyes can't capture). My grandfather was a lovely photographer, he'd go to botanical gardens and capture these beautiful pictures. Sometimes I feel like I am doing his memory dirty by not picking up the torch, but to be honest two gals on a trail is already a target enough for bad actors. I wish I was joking, but it's just the world we live in. I keep it light, but always bring little snacks and water for the both of us. Especially my gal, who gets cranky if she gets hungry =P! It's always important to remove meta-data because like I said up there, we just live in a different kind of world. Folks, whether for good or for evil, can be nosey nellies. I actually really loved the pictures, because they conveyed something very tangible. My instance is abstract, and it's harder to grasp the overall concept. I thought, I could sketch it out for you, but figured it wasn't really worth the venture, as ultimately the utility was the most important part of its existence. I grew up with little guidance, as to be honest with you black schools are fucking horrible. I mean they tried their best but the budgets were just not there. There were a lot of kids to classrooms, and a lot of classrooms split into two in order to sustain them. I often think of how dirty America plays with their educational system. I am so bizarrely thankful that I have always loved books. If I didn't have libraries to go to (school x local) I think I would have been absolutely screwed. Finding my way to forums, and founding one when I was younger really helped too. My father had a computer, and when he slept I could sneak out and do whatever I wanted. Which was apparently to geek out with a bunch of Europeans. Which I kind of feel like a return to form here, because in general it seems that Europeans are far more worried about the ethics of technology than Americans. Le sigh~ I have a health issue that can seize up my hands some times, which actually is why I need that control. I have lost a bit of my faculties in general, and it makes me sad. My sibby has is too, and we're both artist and it's affected us both in profound ways. I'm doing okay right now, as I'm taking some fun-timey experimental medication for it. The window for it is only up to two years though, and to be absolutely honest I am terrified of what's going to happen when I can't take it anymore. Just because in a way losing your ability to control your hands really dampens even the simplest of things. I have a great partner, but I want to be able to do what I want, when I want it. That's the thing that frustrates me the most. Eeak, she's calling me I've got to go! But I was gunna say - I learned the destruction of my precious things from a gal I had a crush on in high-school and the damn thing never left my brain. She was Mexican-American (she became a famous singer, down there - get out!) and she would burn every damn thing she didn't want anymore that was personal. Basically she romanticized it, and I romanticized her so in my brain it feels right to let go of things in some grand and destructive gesture. Okay, gtg! Be well and talk soon hopefully! Thank you for everything by the by. I read along, agreed, hummed, made footnotes and the works! Just gotta run! p.s. - People so often dyed their black hair that I actually didn't know it faded the way it does =P! CHEERS!! p.p.s. - Got on the forum
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    Going have to give WordPress a try again been few years so I will see.
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    If you’re good enough they won’t even know your there