NVIDIA’s marketing overhypes, but their technical papers tend to be very solid. Obviously it always pays to remain skeptical but they have a good track record in this case.

But it can be removed as a possibility by circumstance, which is what this comic is getting at.

Ah, but you have seen of him.

They’re tak-ing. myyy. gills.

It’s a remake that uses new, higher quality assets though, so isn’t an option in this case.

Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky delves into this kind of psychology from the interesting angle of treating Narcissistic Sociopaths as an alien form of consciousness. It proposes that sociopaths hijack human social interactions, turning others into mere appendages that carry out the sociopath’s desires.

Glances at climate change rumbling towards us.

Sure, but that assumes this manager would be happy with generic “medical stuff” as an answer…

Right, but if you’re request for denied for something medically necessary unless you revealed it, you went anyway (because it’s necessary), and then you got fired… That feels like it shouldn’t be legal (obviously that doesn’t mean that it isn’t).

I’m not sure it would be legal if they were forced to reveal medical information.

Of the population, sure. But I meant of the actual political actors in the system, Republicans make up about half as they are overrepresented when compared to the population.

No system of government can withstand 50% of its participants being bad actors.

I honestly don’t know how we get out of this situation without aggressively litigating politicians that have committed crimes. That requires overwhelming political will, though, and it’s obvious now how important Fox News and Right Wing radio has been to creating an atmosphere where that will doesn’t exist.

In a meme? Never.

I know you’re being sarcastic but I still want to punch you. So fucking sick of that shit.

I think better algorithms wouldn’t be a waste of developer resources. At the end of the day, the post feed algorithm is the core product, IMO.

Figuring out how to lower the weights on highly active subs is a good idea. As is ranking smaller subs’ content appropriately.

For all it’s faults, Reddit’s algorithm was pretty good. There was always a decent mix of small and large subs on my feed.

Kbin’s post ranking overall seems better than Lemmy’s and that was a major factor in me choosing it as my home base.

Totally ignoring the evidence provided that it does make a difference.

Also, to state the obvious, tall people aren’t a marginalized group in our society so it may not activate the same nueral pathways that lead to bias.

I would argue the people in this thread flipping out about being asked to refer to minorites in a way that doesn’t have a ton of historical baggage and has been empirically shown to promote better empathy responses are the over-sensitive ones, lol.

Like, it’s all right to get corrected now and then. The difference between acting bigoted and being okay is literary just a simple “I didn’t realize that was wrong, I’ll try and not do that in the future. Thanks for checking me on it”.

I grew up in a conservative suburb in the South and got saddled with a lot of unfortunate ideas. I make mistakes, use questionable terms, and misgender people by accident somewhere regularly.

I’ve literally never had a problem if I apologize and affirm it was ignorance on my part, or a mistake I know I make and am working on, but that I am trying to be better. Just be open to change and don’t be a dipshit about it and it’s not an issue.

If you think it’s an issue it’s likely that you’re being a dipshit about it and making things harder for yourself than they need to be.

Because it leads to measurable difference in empathy response:

A 2008 experiment researched teenagers’ perception of epilepsy with respect to people-first language. Teenagers from a summer camp were divided into two groups. One group was asked questions using the term “people with epilepsy”, and the other group was asked using the term “epileptics”, with questions including “Do you think that people with epilepsy/epileptics have more difficulties at school?” and “Do you have prejudice toward people with epilepsy/epileptics?” The study showed that the teenagers had higher “stigma perception” on the Stigma Scale of Epilepsy when hearing the phrase “epileptics” as opposed to “people with epilepsy”.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01899.x

The human brain is weird and wired wrong for modern life. The best way to master our worst impulses is to try and do small things that nudge it in the right direction.

If you’ve ever done Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, it’s a similar idea. Identify behaviours you can practice that help you think the way you want to think.

Turn out it’s the definition of rational as it can be empirically supported. From further up in the thread:

There actually is proper data showing that this kind of thing can actually make a meaningful difference, and surely we’re all evidence-driven people here, right?

A 2008 experiment researched teenagers’ perception of epilepsy with respect to people-first language. Teenagers from a summer camp were divided into two groups. One group was asked questions using the term “people with epilepsy”, and the other group was asked using the term “epileptics”, with questions including “Do you think that people with epilepsy/epileptics have more difficulties at school?” and “Do you have prejudice toward people with epilepsy/epileptics?” The study showed that the teenagers had higher “stigma perception” on the Stigma Scale of Epilepsy when hearing the phrase “epileptics” as opposed to “people with epilepsy”.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01899.x

Not an exact parallel, but the point stands that these kinds of language patters can genuinely influence perception.

Trigger warning if you struggle with suicidal ideation ^^

Not my favorite image ever to come across first thing in the morning