The standard of originality is low, but it does exist. … [T]he Constitution mandates some minimal degree of creativity … and an author who claims infringement must prove “the existence of . . . intellectual production, of thought, and conception.” Burrow-Giles.

• Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion on the copyright infringement case Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)^[pdf].

“TNPD” doesn’t roll off the tongue as well as “TACO”, but I’ll take it.

“Huh, moss that grows near ice. What would you call that.”

“Moss-ice?”

“Too long. I want something shorter.”

"Mice.

Jesus. I guess we’re going to have to start figuring out how to reverse engineer our keyboards so we can install QMK on random built-in laptop keyboards and cheap Logitech membrane keyboards to repair the damage Microsoft has done to them.

I might add health concerns to that list along with cost and taste. Allergens and sodium content, for instance. Also a concern about being “highly processed”.

Not that that’s not an issue with animal-based foods. But Impossible is still “new and different” and if Impossible turned out to be terrible for you, it wouldn’t be the first time something new and different (even something new and different that was touted by some as being better for you) resulted in a public health crisis. (I’m referring to trans fats in particular here.)

The kind who spends more time compiling than using my system.

Well, you can look at the description of the video where it says among other things “I use some form of AI application to make all my videos and have for the last 3 years”.

As others have mentioned, the video you posted is (largely/mostly?) AI-generated content. And I think a fair amount of Lemmy users (like myself) are pretty rabidly disdainful of anything AI-generated and will object to anything AI-generated that’s posted. (Rightfully so IMO.)

Yup.

Slop.

Wait, where’s Gentoo?

The mind of man is holy.

Just some examples of things I’ve printed or plan to. Ones marked with an asterisk (*) at the end are ones I largely or entirely designed myself or plan to largely or entirely design myself. Ones marked with a plus (+) are ones that are half completed. Minuses (-) are ones I haven’t started yet but intend to.

• Wall mounts for Nintendo Switch components (dock, controllers, Joycon charger, etc.) Definite space saver. *
• Wall mount for a Raspberry-Pi-based NAS solution. *
• Parts to augment a computer chassis wall mount for my ridiculously-large chassis. (Yes, there’s a bit of a pattern there.) *
• A custom Raspberry Pi case that mounts nicely and nondestructively to my desk.
• A custom adapter for my drill that let me run the drain in my washing machine when the motor was broken. *
• A custom plate to cover my nightstand clock face so it doesn’t shine in my eyes all night. *
• A custom die for a Sizzix Die Cutting Machine for quilting use. (That one took a lot of work.) *
• A custom tool for precisely bending 16mm steel strapping (which I’d sharpened into a blade) in service to the custom die just above. *
• Custom yarn bowls for my crafty mother. *
• Custom stitch markers for my crafty mother. *
• Custom barrel buttons for my crafty mother. *
• A couple of custom mounts for SAD lamps. *
• Custom shelving for a bathroom. *
• Custom mods for some wire shelving in the same bathroom. *
• Custom mount for a reflector mirror to let me see more with the security camera on my front porch. *
• A tool for straightening 3D-printing filament. *
• Spacers for mounting a peg board on the wall.
• I also had a folding door that broke and got kinda janky. I had a few extra of those peg board spacers, and they turned out coincidentally to be exactly the right size to properly shore up that door.
• Custom shelving for DVDs/Blurays and video games. *+
• A custom shelf-drawer for my mousepad. *-
• A custom 3D printed mechanical keyboard… once I’m done writing the program for rapidly prototyping 3D-printed keyboards. *+

I’m sure I’m forgetting a bunch. And the above is only the useful things and excluding the mostly art/fun items.

I have in mind to do more 3D-printing of tools. I don’t have much specifically in mind. But that custom steel strapping bender is pretty cool. Also, some of what I mentioned above is available on my Thingiverse.

Let’s all block each other.

I mean…

Some vaccines don’t really guarantee anything beyond reducing your chance of ending up in a hospital (and they can be less good even at that if the particular strain that you get isn’t the one you were vaccinated for.) For some vaccines, even vaccinated, you can still get the disease you’re vaccinated for and have anything from a couple weeks of being sick to life-long debilitating effects.

All else being equal, unless you have some particular reason why you’re not a good candidate for a particular vaccine, the significant majority of people are much better off vaccinated than unvaccinated, but vaccinated doesn’t necessarily mean safe to go lick doorknobs or, case in point, dine with a dozen relatives, whether those relatives are vaccinated or not. And of course there are plenty of reasons why OP might be at higher risk than most.

Did you consider wearing an N95 and washing hands thoroughly upon departure

Not OP, but if the main attraction of the “holiday event” is a meal, it’s not like you can wear an N95 mask to eat. I suppose it’d be an option to make a quick appearance and then bow out before the meal, but it sounds like OP’s family’s would just be assholes to OP if OP showed up just to leave early (and was also assholes when OP declined to show up entirely.)

My pixels too are insufficiently numerous.

And that’s before he soaks it in the blood of innocents.

Serious question: how do you start that conversation with a coworker if you’re not 100% certain they’ll be receptive?