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  • I’m not OP, but many people associate feminism with strengthening women specifically. If you look up the definition it actually does focus gender equality, no matter what gender you have. So from my perspective the term isn’t really intuitive.

    Another thing I don’t like about the definition (at least the one on Wikipedia) is…

    Feminism holds the position that modern societies are patriarchal—they prioritize the male point of view—and that women are treated unjustly in these societies.

    While I sure get what they mean, I personally don’t like to classify one’s point of view as ‘male’. I agree that there are far more toxic men that seek more and more power. But i don’t dislike such people because they are men. I’d dislike their behavior just as much if they were women, non-binaries or any other gender. Classifying a character trait male IMHO is similar to calling a skirt or dress ‘women clothes’.

    So yes, to me personally, anti-sexism / anti-discrimination or even better pro-equality are more appealing.










  • rbn@sopuli.xyztoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhat is Lemmy's problem with AI?
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    9 months ago

    Lemmy loves artists who have their income threatened by AI because AI can make what they make at a substantially lower cost with an acceptable quality in a fraction of the time.

    AI depends on being trained on the artistic works of others, essentially intellectual and artistic property theft, so that you can make an image of a fat anime JD Vance. Calling it plagiarism is a bit far, but it edges so hard that it leaks onto the balls and could cum with a soft breeze.

    While I mostly agree with all your arguments, I think the ‘intellectual property’ part - from my perspective - is a bit ambivalent on Lemmy. When someone uses an AI that is trained on pirated art to create a meme, that’s seen as a sin. Meanwhile, using regular artists’ or photographers’ work in memes without paying the author is really common. More or less every news article comes with a link to Archive.is to bypass paywalls and there are also special communities subject to (digital) piracy which are far more polular than AI content.





  • I know about some disadvantages of dams but I’m not sure if - in many regions - we have much of an alternative to buffer water over different seasons. We used to have huge glaciers in the mountains which retained snow in winter and released water in summer. But as more and more glaciers disappear, we have to come up with artificial measures to store water for agriculture, drinking water etc.

    If we then can harvest electricity on top, that’s a nice byproduct from my perspective.



  • The house is in the Platja d’Aro region and is ~350 m2 in size, with 4 bedrooms and a large outdoor pool, a short drive away from the beach.

    Spain has a huge coast line. Being ‘just a short drive drive away from the beach’ isn’t really a unique selling factor there. If you’re in the first row, with sea view and a nice scenery around that might be a different story.

    Looking at the size (350m2) and the pool, I think it depends a lot on the quality and age of the building.

    As far as I know, Spain isn’t at the high end of real estate in Europe, so 1.4 million sounds like a certain degree of luxury to me. But just from the stats you’ve listed here no one can judge whether the house is worth it or not.

    If it’s indeed worth the amount, then I think it’s normal that it takes some time to sell. Luxury is a smaller market with fewer people able to afford it. So if currently no one is looking for houses in that area, your price basically doesn’t matter.


  • I run Firefox with uBlock Origin in my work as well as private device for > 2 years without any issues including tricky applications like Citrix, Virtual Desktops etc.

    On my mobile, I use Fennec with uBlock Origin, Decentraleyes and PrivacyBadger and sometimes have some small issues, so I have to view the page in Desktop mode instead.

    But compared to a web full of ads, it’s a difference like day and night. Definitely won’t go back any time soon!