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    [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

    A bit unrelated to the joke, but I am sad at how acceptable it has become taking pictures of people in public ~~to make fun of them.~~

    [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

    Street photography isn’t so bad, as long as it’s not a hidden cam.

    I don’t generally like my picture taken, but I’d have no problem if it just some person with a real camera taking casual pictures of crowds for fun.

    What makes it creepy (to me) if it’s someone trying to hide it with a smartphone, or Meta glasses.

    edit: It’s also nothing new. Street photographers have been around forever, long before digital cameras. It was pretty acceptable when I was a kid with a flip phone.

    [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

    I made a pull request today! It didn't get merged but I think I can use the fork on my own. How do I switch Firefox a local PDF.js without recompiling the whole browser?

    [–] softwarist@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago

    Firefox loads PDF.js using a resource URL (resource://) and those are sourced from a JAR file (omni.ja) so you would have to find that file in your local installation and patch the archive with your customized version.

    [–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 33 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

    In what world are two women having a conversation on their own interested in a random dude on a train anyway?

    [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

    Was going to say. This seems like the most polite kind of person you're going to meet on the subway. Dude's not manspreading, not gawking, not trying to get their attention, literally bumped up against a woman and not trying to cop a feel.

    This is the Ideal Male Commuter. You may not like him, but this is what peak performance looks like.

    [–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

    They’re all weird. Everyone knows you’re supposed to stare into the abyss until it’s time to get off at your stop.

    [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

    You mean the abyssal screen of one's smartphone?

    [–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    Sure, or the thousand yard stare, if you’re old school.

    [–] MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 hours ago

    "Oh wow! This is the most interesting power pole i think i have ever seen. WAIT!... This other power pole is much more interesting!"

    [–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 30 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

    Wow a man not sexually assaulting women in the train. What a creep

    [–] cosmos8188@leminal.space 3 points 13 hours ago

    Yep all is cool until he does exactly that and the script turns upside down.

    [–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

    I imagine their conversation's about writer modes for emacs.

    [–] foo@feddit.uk 2 points 9 hours ago

    I knew it! He's must be using vim. Mystery solved.

    OH! When a man does it he's "based" but when I'm too busy contributing to FOSS I'm "frigid". Rude!

    [–] dunestorm@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

    Maybe he already has a partner or is doing something important...

    [–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago

    Yes, he's doing something important by contributing to open source.

    [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

    Why would he bother risking harassment allegations from strangers?

    [–] hotnotdeadyet@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

    Literally me

    [–] DaGreenGobbo@feddit.uk 10 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

    Clearly he should be inviting then to murder his wife in exchange for him murdering their husbands. That's what strangers on a train do, right?

    [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

    🎢🎸 Saaaailing, takes me to where I'm always.....

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    [–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 34 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (7 children)

    Wish I was intelligent enough to contribute meaningfully. Instead I just consume and occasionally donate.

    Thank you all for your kind replies. Wasn't fishing for encouragement but I do appreciate it.

    [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

    If you ever want to grow capability of technical contributions, you are welcome but not necessary.

    I would much prefer someone that accepts their level of contribution than one who thinks "Claude can make me a valuable contributor even if I have no idea how to".

    [–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

    From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs.

    [–] affiliate@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

    Donating is a meaningful contribution

    [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 16 points 20 hours ago

    That's enough, if there's something you like then contributing to documentation is something that's more available to the general populace.

    [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (4 children)

    Hey now...

    I really don't mean this as an insult, but you don't need to be 'smart' to contribute.

    Take a picture of a bunny, post it to bun alert.

    Take a picture of your balls, post it to gone wild.

    (well ok maybe don't jump straight to that)

    Ask a stupid question on no stupid questions.

    Have a political opinion, on the internet.

    Find a niche comm for a video game and ask something about it.

    Find a neat chart and post it to data is beautiful.

    Probably the worst thing that can happen is ... some random assholes give you the wrong color arrow thingy. Who cares! Fuck em! Its just numbers on a screen!

    [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

    Ask a stupid question on no stupid questions.

    Hey, it's no stupid questions. Only smart questions allowed.

    [–] MrChewy@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

    To add to this for those who may be reading it like it's only technically related: "we all lift together".

    We all live in the same world and any positive contribution to anything will ultimately contribute positively to other things, the domino effect; perhaps even the thing you wish you could contribute to directly but "can't". People who care, who try, who persist despite the pain and hardship, who try to do their best, who learn and improve and find that kind of lifestyle fitting for them - are those who contribute to all they're aware of as well as not.

    By opening a bread factory, bread in your area gets cheaper > more supply > your area imports less > some other country with an open source contributor exports less > that country has more supply > it's cheaper for that developer to buy bread

    A silly made up example that may not exactly be right itself with the too many factors accounted for, but you get the point. Indirect contribution is contribution as well. This applies to all kinds of contribution, which is why a someone with good intentions that improves themselves in whatever way is a contributor as well.

    What my point is, and of the original comment (if I'm not mistaken) is that doing your best truly and genuinely is enough. Not in a condescending "sure lil bro, ig that counts too" way, but in the way of the lyric I really love quoting with which I started my comment "we all lift together" (banger song from a banger game btw)

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    [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    imagine not knowing basic public transport etiquette.

    two friends sitting next to you is not an invite for sex.

    [–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 15 points 17 hours ago

    Public transport etiquette is not standing in front of the door while people get out. Not hitting on every girl that sits next to you is like... basic human decency.

    [–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago

    You clearly don't watch the same films I do!

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    [–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

    Wtf is this thread, can nobody take a joke anymore?

    [–] Soleos@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago

    The joke is the poorly constructed version of a stereotype that stopped being relevant over a decade ago.

    1. It's poorly constructed because the joke is the nerd is oblivious/has misplaced priorities, but the joke would only work if the image showed the woman expressing obvious interest in the man, instead of having her back turned to him. As is, the image is literally just two rando's on the subway doing their own thing.

    2. Nerdy looking guys being too oblivious to engage with hot women stopped being relevant after incel culture, startup bros, PUA, and nerdy-looking billionaires became commonplace.

    [–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Sitting next to a (supposedly) random dude and visibly being comfortable and not nervous is a green flag for the programmer.

    It means he’s showered in the last week.

    [–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

    Hey! We need to save water for starving LLMs!

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