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by gsk22 5d ago
So the alternative is what? This is a natural consequence of a two-party system: you will be forced to choose between two parties that both deviate from your political preferences. Casting a ballot for a third party, or abstaining from voti
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by gsk22 3mo ago
Did he cheat at other games too? I knew of the Path of Exile 2 incident, but I'd hardly call that a zero-skill game.
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by gsk22 4mo ago
The problem is Google's AI results get even simple factual questions wrong all the time. Earlier today, I searched "pixel 10 wifi 7" because I was confused that GSMArena showed my Pixel 8 supports Wifi 7, but the Pixel 10 onl
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by gsk22 5mo ago
> Libraries that were made independently usually fit together like a glove because they are all just maps/vectors in -> maps/vectors out. This is also the biggest weakness of Clojure (IMO). When everything is "just data
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by gsk22 7mo ago
This is so sad to read. Knowing that the people actively making every aspect of life more monetized and addictive are acutely aware of the harm they create, yet are motivated by such base selfishness that they can ignore all that for the pa
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by gsk22 7mo ago
To be fair, risk calculus does not appear to be this administration's strong suit.
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by gsk22 7mo ago
I think you would be hard-pressed to find any human who has been 100 pounds overweight for any amount of time that doesn't have an obesity-related comorbidity. Hypertension, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, etc are all common in the ge
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by gsk22 8mo ago
If you haven't used it, how can you judge its quality level?
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by gsk22 1y ago
A top "5 in the world" city is obviously an outlier. It seems self-evident that simply turning off street lights in the vast majority of cities will not cause them to become world-leading bastions of calm and safety.
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by gsk22 1y ago
That's heavily dependent on regional/cultural factors. Among a younger and (mostly) gayer demographic, the once-feared "C-word" is very commonly used, especially in its adjective form.
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by gsk22 2y ago
Physics is the poster child of a discipline that knows its foundations are wrong. Basically every physicist understands that our current theories are full of holes and a new way of thinking is needed. So I don't really buy the idea tha
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by gsk22 2y ago
Anyone from Portland who can explain the dirt/gravel roads shown in the Eastmoreland/Errol Heights area? For example, on Malden between 45th and 52nd. Street View shows these are residential roads mired in mud and muck -- surprisi
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by gsk22 2y ago
During a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in my youth, we portaged through Party Lake. I am sad to report no revelry occurred. However, Mud Lake definitely lived up to its name.
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by gsk22 2y ago
Right, I didn't mean to imply it was a US-only phenomenon -- plenty of countries have fundamental rights enshrined in their constitutions, with varying degrees of difficulty to amend. I was specifically responding to the claim about co
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by gsk22 2y ago
> Many democratic countries have similar fundamental laws that are explicitly hard to change or bypass. What exactly constitutes "hard to change"? In many countries, fundamental freedoms are regular legislation which can be ove
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by gsk22 2y ago
The snippet you quoted does not support that objection, though. It is clear from context that the "book bans" referred to are in the realm of public education.
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by gsk22 2y ago
I don't follow your objection. Banning books on sexuality from public schools threatens sexual education in those same schools. That is true even if individual parents can purchase such books for their children on the open market. The
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by gsk22 2y ago
> The drivers don't trust the apps, and the app doesn't trust the drivers, so the thing has to be held together by surveillance and micromanagement. Exactly. And a large dose of gaming the system (or trying to), which reduces t
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by gsk22 2y ago
Heat pumps are something like 5-6x as efficient as resistive electric heaters. So no surprise that your bill would be lower. Of course, heating an entire house with (non-heat-pump) electric heat in a cold climate is kind of crazy. Natural g
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by gsk22 2y ago
Microbial growth on wood is really only an issue when conditions are right -- namely, when the wood is wet for an extended period of time. Washing wood utensils immediately after use, with some soap if needed, and drying quickly and complet
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by gsk22 2y ago
The "decent reasons" just sounds like snobbery or a reason to feel superior. Cars are cars, whether manual, automatic, CVT, whatever. Why should bikes be any different? I'm a big fan of two-wheeled transport in all its forms,
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by gsk22 2y ago
Except scooters are literally motorcycles? From Wikipedia: > A scooter (motor scooter) is a motorcycle with an underbone or step-through frame, .... Scooters are often legally motorcycles as well. For example, I had to get a motorcycle e
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by gsk22 2y ago
Just because something is obvious or inevitable doesn't preclude it from being newsworthy. It almost makes it more newsworthy: "look, it finally happened!"
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by gsk22 2y ago
Sure. I was necessarily speaking in generalities. There are always exceptions.
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by gsk22 2y ago
To add to this, all it takes is one piece of legislation or one court order for the private registry to end up in the government's hands. Gun owners who fear a government-run registry should fear a privately-run one just as much, if no
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by gsk22 2y ago
The interesting thing is that some of the "new" taboo words are only taboo for certain groups of people. The N-word has been reclaimed by people of color, but remains taboo for others to say. The F-slur is in the process of being
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by gsk22 2y ago
Setting aside gerrymandering (which is a huge issue), the reelection rate doesn't tell the whole story. By what margin are House candidates typically winning? I'm sure there are plenty of landslides, but also lots of districts tha
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by gsk22 2y ago
> I'm right eye dominant, though, so I throw, swing, shoot, use scissors, play instruments and use a mouse right handed. Dominant eye and hand don't have to match; in fact, they often don't. To quote Wikipedia: > ...the
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by gsk22 2y ago
The presidency is not the only election on the ballot. And if you ask people who don't vote why not, very few of them are going to mention the electoral college. I would wager most people who don't vote couldn't even explain
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by gsk22 2y ago
This might work, but it also guarantees you will be first on the chopping block when layoffs come around. I have seen this happen first-hand multiple times: any employee with a special arrangement that doesn't meet what the executive t

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