butterguns

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by butterguns 3y ago
Rather than respond to you directly, I'll quote more from OP (a sly maneuver, I know): > If that [Power of Habit book] was taught as a class in high school, it might eliminate long-term drug addiction. No. The book "Power of Ha
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by butterguns 3y ago
> I read Power of Habit, so I can easily quit things I mean no ill-intent, but this feels like an incredibly naive thing to say. The inference "I read X book, therefore I am immune to / protected from addiction".
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by butterguns 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by butterguns 4y ago
In my experience, chatgpt is incredibly wordy / verbose. This doesn't read as chatgpt output at all.
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by butterguns 4y ago
My first over-the-handlebars resulted in a fractured Greater Tuberosity. Pretty sure I reached my arm out to catch myself. Terrible decision.
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by butterguns 4y ago
I know how to fall (intellectually). How do I translate that into the real world? I took a nasty fall on my MTB this summer, broke my shoulder. Everything was instinctual and a blur. Can we somehow retrain our innate responses?
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by butterguns 4y ago
I rode a Boosted Board for the best part of 1 year on the streets of Brooklyn. I ended up selling it; although I absolutely loved the experience, I knew one day I would rip my face off if I encountered even a small pothole.
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by butterguns 4y ago
Presumably because the Date of Birth on the account is immutable, and the son's ID (even when he becomes 18) will never match it?
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by butterguns 4y ago
State of New Hampshire, 112% increase: https://www.puc.nh.gov/Regulatory/Orders/2022orders/Document...
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by butterguns 4y ago
Would love to know how it compares to Beyond Compare, which is the tool I've been using for the last decade on the Mac
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by butterguns 12y ago
For me, I just felt that brought on a sense of monotony. The entire sequence could take a good couple of hours. Good game design drives you onwards because you're excited about what's coming next (the same rule applies with good n
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by butterguns 12y ago
"- Don't make the player go all the way to the end, then all the way to the beginning, then all the way to the end again." I'm looking at you, Metal Gear Solid.