Recently, I've been thinking about creating an Instagram account. I've never used it before, and I dislike it in general, but because of recent circumstances in my life (a breakup that almost gave me depression, and some other things), I need to go out more and meet new people IRL, and Instagram is the de facto way to meet people in my country, at least for those of us under 30, to the point that you're seen as weird if you don't have one.
But I know that once I create an account, I'll get hooked to the feed, to uploading pictures, etc. because I know myself.
I don't know if the positive social aspect (meeting people, or creating a lasting connection with people that I meet once IRL) is going to offset that addiction and the general anxiety that comes with having an account.
There are people out there - probably many people - in your country under the age of 30 who feels the same way about Instagram as you do. These are the people you want to meet, not the people on Instagram.
If you hate Instagram and the anxiety it gives you, the people you meet on there will never be really on your level, or you on theirs. You will waste your time and effort on shallower relationships that can't get deep because you want to engage with life differently and not be on social media.
Dig deep into the hobbies that give you joy, and go to as many meetups and social occasions around them as you can. Leverage your friend and family network - the people who know you, and get you - and build on it.
Those are good tips but what to do when you are new in location and your family/friends doesn't have contacts with people that like your hobby? Joining new social circles isn't that easy for less social ones.
Not sure there is a shortcut. You're just going to have to go do your hobby and look out for opportunities to meet other people who are into it too.
The thing about moving to a new location is you're consciously choosing to start over: that has positives and negatives, but either way it's a ton of work to get re-established. Be brave, you'll find people the more you look for them.
This is hobby-dependent and YMMV of course, but...
... go and do your hobby. Whatever it is. You're likely to meet people along the way who are also into whatever it is that you're doing. Even in the less sociable hobbies, you're bound to encounter like-minded folk at some point (take it from me, the not-so-social backpacker who likes going to remote places). You might not know where the groups are yet, but you'll figure it out, just like you figured out everything else about being in a new location - where the grocery stores are, where the good restaurants are, where whatever it is that you need might be located.
I don't know what country you're in, but I'm almost certain people your age are not meeting each other on Instagram. It is not really a platform to meet anyone, especially not in the last 5 years. Joining communities (clubs, churches, etc) are the way to meet new people.
Apple, and west coast US companies in general, are the biggest promoters of political over-correctness, "inclusion", "diversity", etc. (to put it in non-offensive terms).
It would be extremely hypocritical for them to simply dismiss the feelings of people. So, even if it doesn't make sense, they're obligated to apologize to be consistent with their own discourse.
intersexuality concerns sex, not gender, where non-binary, genderqueer, etc. individuals exist. The social construct of gender is what is being studied here
Even if some of the things he says are dumb or exaggerated, he still makes more sense than the "progressive" delusion that we've been bombarded with for the last 5 years.
And he's also pretty funny, so I consider him and his message as an overall upgrade from the current state of affairs in social media.
You're right -- the traceable transaction ledger that most cryptocurrencies generate is exactly what this law is intended to force people towards, to ease the burden on law enforcement. Combined with basic know-your-customer laws, they're quite useful for tracking down illegal transactions.
Mind elaborating how cryptocurrencies are at all helpful here? How's government saying 2k cash transactions are illegal different from it saying 2k Bitcoin or Monero transactions are illegal?
The point is not that cops will now chase after conspicuous stacks of colorful paper, but that law-abiding citizens and businesses will refuse dealing with you and/or report you to police if you suggest to commit an offence.
How would crypto currencies solve this issue? Crypto transactions above that value are also illegal and traceable. If you wanted to break the law it would be easier to just keep using regular cash.
OR just use your bank account / card to send money, which is kinda like crypto but easier and legal.
The very act of mentioning "western gender stereotypes" starts from a biased position.
Why couldn't they be "northern gender stereotypes"? Is the world best explained as a division of west/east instead of north/south? The northern hemisphere has much more population than the south, and almost all rich countries are in the northern hemisphere. And precisely it's these rich countries pushing the concept of gender stereotypes. In poor countries, nobody cares about these "gender stereotypes".
Actually, the lines dividing the earth into north and south, east and west hemispheres are arbitrary, so maybe they shouldn't mention the word "western" to avoid the propagation of stereotypes about earth regions.
Or why couldn't they be western age stereotypes? Why are there no kids or very old people depicted as nurses?
Why couldn't they be western body shape stereotypes? Why are there so few obese people in the images? Why are there no obese people depicted as athletes?
Are all of these really stereotypes or just natural consequences of natural differences?
The bulk of the trained data is from western technology, images, books, television, movies, photography, media. That's where the very real and recognized biases come from. They're the result of a gap in data nothing more.
Look at how DALL-E 2 produces little bears rather than bear sized bears. Because its data doesn't have a lot of context for how large bears are. So you wind up having to say "very large bear" to DALL-E 2.
Are DALL-E 2 bears just a "natural consequence of natural differences"? Or is the model not reflective of reality?
Don't really know that, either. They said they didn't do an empirical analysis on it. For example, it may show a few male nurses for hundreds of prompts or it may show none for thousands. They don't give examples. Hopefully they release a paper showing the biases because that would be an interesting discussion.
> The US has a lot of legal policy that is based on spirit of the law
Yes, but that's a wrong and unfair way to define and apply laws.
> humans are imperfect
Smart contracts and "code is the law" mantra don't contradict this. You're imperfect and you commit a mistake, you lose. You find a mistake in someone else's code, you win.
This is much better than the current legal system where we are all collectively forced to adapt to, or even pay for, someone else's mistakes.
>> The US has a lot of legal policy that is based on spirit of the law
>Yes, but that's a wrong and unfair way to define and apply laws.
Sounds like you're interpreting how to define and apply the law there based on what you feel is the right and fair way to do so. Seems a bit paradoxical.
Funny. I'm on a personal journey to reduce self-doubt.
Maybe there's a time and place for self-doubt, and some people certainly lack it severely, but my extreme levels of self-doubt have always stopped me from trying things and now I realize how much it has cost me.
Maybe instead of "self doubt vs no self doubt" the questions should be:
- Is my project in the 95th percentile, or higher, compared to all projects in this given context?
- Is my project in the 70th percentile or higher, compared to all successful projects in this given context?
- Am I in the 95th percentile or higher, compared to all people in this given context?
For me, it's much easier to answer "Yes" to these questions (and the answer is usually "Yes") than to answer "Yes" to an ambiguous "Is the project going to succeed?" or "Am I going to succeed?"
Some may find this contradictory: If you think that you're above the 95th percentile, then how do you have self-doubt at the same time?
Self-doubt is not always logical. For me, self-doubt is more psychological than rational. I think I'll do a better job than most people, but I still think I'm going to fail, even when I see less capable people succeed.
But I know that once I create an account, I'll get hooked to the feed, to uploading pictures, etc. because I know myself.
I don't know if the positive social aspect (meeting people, or creating a lasting connection with people that I meet once IRL) is going to offset that addiction and the general anxiety that comes with having an account.