Hello, my name is Cris. :)

I like being nice to people on the internet and looking at cool art stuff

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Cake day: July 6th, 2023
  • Cris@lemmy.worldtoUplifting News@lemmy.world•At Seoul's bridge control center, AI helps stop 99% of suicide attemptsEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I certainly agree this does not address the root issue, and it does normalize this technology for adresssing social issues and can then be applied to places where its more harmful like crime- And also I think taken on its own merits this is a good intervention to exist for suicide prevention specifically (though I think its valid to not take it purely on its own merits if one is concerned about the adoption of surveillance tech)

    I do want structural solutions though. But that requires rebuilding society in the image of treating humans better, better work and environmental conditions, rethinking healthcare (at least here in the US, no idea how things are in Korea), and about a million other things

    And I do think the normalization of surveillance infrastructure should be taken seriously. Especially with the present global rise of authoritarianism

  • Cris@lemmy.worldtoMental Health@lemmy.world•I got kicked out and im very depressed but my existing roommates say im making things worse and im not victim and shouldnt feel hurtEnglish
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    3 months ago

    First, please don’t kill yourself. Ultimately, none of us can make the decision, but from one deeply unwell dysfunctional human to another, I prefer this world with you in it

    Thats a really hard situation to be in. I’m also really struggling to adapt to functioning in this world, it’s a really hard place to be. I think two things can be true. Its valid for them to be upset that you weren’t cleaning and whatnot around the appointment. And at the same time, that doesn’t make you a bad person. Sometimes when you’re unwell, you struggle to handle your responsibilities.

    That doesnt make you a bad person, it makes you unwell and struggling to handle your responsibilities. Regardless of whether they’re understandably frustrated with the situation.

    I wish there was more support I could give, but I’m sending love 🫂

  • Cris@lemmy.worldtoCassette Futurism@retrolemmy.com•Thought you fellow tapeheads might hopefully like thisEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Thats fucking beautiful lmao

    Yeah cassette futurism is an aesthetic subgenre of retrofuturism that imagines a SciFi future where the capabilities of technology are greater but its still has the construction and aesthetic of tech from the era of cassettes

    So like the way theyre still using CRTs and magnetic tape media in Blade Runner but they can zoom and enhance, there are androids that mimic humans, and they have flying cars

    Its SciFi but the technology that powers the future is frozen in time, like with steam punk, atom punk, and disel punk

    There’s a more active cassette futurism comm, I didn’t realize this was a different one and is empty: !cassettefuturism@lemmy.world And its predecessor from before lemm.ee shut down !cassettefuturism@lemm.ee

    They were created in the image of a reddit sub by the same name. Any would give some examples of what cassette futurism looks like- that being said I’m delighted I saw this lol. You could also share this on one of the Loops comms if you haven’t already and would like to :)

  • Cris@lemmy.worldtoProgressive Politics@lemmy.world•Thank god the debt got blown up so that suppressors are tax freeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    My understanding is that the restriction comes from the great depression, when the government was worried about people poaching deer and decimating the population by hunting more than was allowed

    And then we just never got rid of the exception.

    Similar to how short rifles were restricted to create additional charges for bootleggers transporting alcohol during the prohibition, since being in a vehicle really benefits from having a shorter gun so bootleggers would cut length off their barrels so they could more easily handle their guns in the vehicle