[-] Mesa@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago

Trying to self-improve in a method that, regardless of its objective effectiveness, makes you feel satisfied and has no discernable effect on those around you?

Not if I can help it!

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What exactly is FFMPEG an alternative to? I keep hearing people mention it, but I've never stopped to look into it until now.

I tend to do some very basic video editing just to put an image with an audio file so I can upload my music to YouTube. This can do what I need it to do? To what degree can this replace a video editor with a full graphical interface?

Edit: Nevermind. I definitely misunderstood what the tool was at a fundamental level. Got it now.

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 11 points 6 months ago

I just want to point out that English's future tense does exist, but it's just non-distinct in many cases because, well, as you've said, English is fucked.

"We're eating steak."

You need context to determine whether this statement is talking about the present or the future. So much of the language is implied contextually that you can just drop off words and assume the listener will understand.

"What are we eating?" vs. "What are we eating tonight?"

It's so funny because whereas a lot of other languages have rules with defined exceptions here and there, speaking English is more of a theoretical approach.

It feels like English just happened one day and we're all trying to figure out why.

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 8 points 7 months ago

Oh, neat! Yeah, I think I've seriously talked myself into getting a small third monitor. Using it for communication apps is a good idea, and I can definitely see having that when I'm just relaxing, or if I'm collaborating. Thanks for your response!

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 9 points 7 months ago

https://www.google.com/search?q=narcissist+etymology

I am sorry that you and your partner have to deal with that, but you are also factually incorrect.

I didn't say NPD is insurmountable, I said it's crippling.

"Cripple" is widely considered a slur, moreso than "narcissist" by far. And the word "crippling" is idiomatically more directly related to "cripple" than "narcissist" is to "Narcissistic Personality Disorder."

My point is that people use words all the time, and unfortunately not everyone can know everything about how every word makes everyone feel. If you are discomforted by the use of the word, it's your right to be so; but also take into context that very few people are even aware that this word can be considered a slur.

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 9 points 7 months ago

I don't hate it. Pretty gusting if you ask me.

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

No one's saying to ignore it.

If I own and run a sandwich shop, I don't need to be on the farm picking and processing the wheat to make the flour that goes into my bread. I could do that, but then I'd be a farmer, a miller, and a sandwich maker. All I need to know is that I have good quality flour or bread so that I can make damn good sandwiches.

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 8 points 8 months ago

Is it working? -> (Yes) --> Fix DNS

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 10 points 9 months ago

The better try-catch. More intuitive if you ask me.

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

Your position is based on your love for God

I know this is ShowerThoughts, but even two seconds of thinking is sufficient to refute this. Also, if we're starting our scheduled hourly anti-crusades, shouldn't we be claiming the opposite: that often the highest members of the Church / churches exhibit the most ungodly and unfaithful behavior?

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Damn. Already deleted Boost for Reddit. Guess I gotta start from scratch?

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

The Fediverse is still a pretty big experiment. The first thing I thought when I saw that Ultra lifetime price was if Lemmy would even still be as relevant as it is today (which isn't that high of a bar, mind you) in 5.5 years—the amount of time it would take for the lifetime purchase to pay off as a better deal than the yearly subscription.

Not only that, but it truly is a front end for Lemmy; not the service itself. I get that the dev has bills to pay and I guess that this is their only hustle (?), but $100 is a bit of an unreasonable ask in my opinion. If I were rich, I'd buy it. But I'm not, so there you go.

Not that anyone should care, but personally I'm waiting to see what Boost does, as that was what I used back in Reddit.

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