Epiphany21

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by Epiphany21 4y ago
This is a pretty cool idea. Right now I have a small collection of mostly period-accurate monitors for my retro boxes and I prefer them for nostalgic and aesthetic reasons, but I'm under no illusion these will last indefinitely and CRT
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
>It seems to me the healthiest behavior falls somewhere in between. “Put your own mask on first, before helping others”: look to help others, but do it from a place of safety. That’s the general tone I aim for. You absolutely should try
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
>A bad trip can result in a massive setback in terms of one's mental health -- which can take months or even years to overcome This is extremely rare. For perspective, there are people who drink once and overdo it, and end up dying
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
This isn't surprising. The fastest way to get dangerous foreign materials in the lungs out of them is obviously to exhale them. If proven this would mesh nicely with my own anecdotal experiences. I've been treating my own respirat
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
You don't say...
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
This was a very interesting read, but I think there are some base assumptions left unanalyzed. In my opinion, the reason why "cancel culture", or heresy as the author calls it, is so dangerous is because it legitimizes A) dehumani
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
That isn't true at all. Citizens in countries without puppet governments have no problem informing themselves and contacting their legislators to drive real change. In a place like the US, you get the illusion of choice. It's quit
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
When you have the data in hand and you're still making appeals to authority, you've lost the plot entirely.
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
Unethical? Have you seen the inside of the ISS? It's cat heaven with all the cables and stuff hanging around, and nothing is too high to jump on when you're almost weightless :)
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
A distinction is made between being idle and napping, but are the researchers sure they aren't just resting? When I work outside on hot days I often take breaks in the shade where I just sit and stare. I'm not hungry or thirsty an
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
To be fair, if I were merely vacationing somewhere right before I died I wouldn't disclose it either. Internet weirdos bothering me during my final weeks would be crap.
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
>Can you cite some evidence? The prices speak for themselves. A decade or so ago people were using thousands of Bitcoins to purchase a pizza. A single Bitcoin is currently worth $40,000. Even though this down from a high of around $61,00
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
>why shouldn't adults be able to decide The majority of consumers are not tech-savvy enough to make informed decisions when it comes to electronics and their own freedom because the tech stack is just too complex, and even if they w
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
>I may go without a smartphone completely AND tell my children they cannot have a smartphone. Now that's a sign of good parenting. Often times parents will lose sight of the fact that their kids are people too. Their brains and pers
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
>The market demand for making sanctioned transactions is quite small. This might have been true 10 years ago but it certainly isn't today. Barring some unprecedented natural disaster or act of god, that demand is just going to incre
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
Sounds like you took my comment as an insult. It was a compliment, if anything. I figured you, the reader, would be smart enough to make the distinction you're looking for in your own head without me spelling them out. Everyone already
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
These anti-crypto articles coming out lately are just a feedback loop of negativity designed to get people sucked into a mini online tribal conflict so that they don't start build parallel economies and free themselves. Even though thi
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
The way people of a certain political persuasion are talking about race recently reminds me of this scene from an old Family Guy skit. https://i.imgflip.com/2oxj8k.jpg
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
>Let's also compare to Kyle Rittenhouse. Attorneys wanted to use the fact that one of his victims was a sex offender as a defense It's relevant because it proves that the guy who was killed already had a lengthy violent crimina
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
India feels like one of the last countries on Earth that's truly wild, almost in the spaghetti western sense. People steal scrap metal in the poor areas here too, but it's usually just pipes from abandoned buildings. I've nev
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
More intelligent than anyone gives them credit for. I have a couple I let them roam around outside in my garden where they'll wander through the pathways and stop to sniff every individual fruit, vegetable and flower near the edge, as
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
The fun comes from actually building something useful and then getting to use it. I see too many programming tutorials with code snippets that can technically run, but won't actually do anything interesting. I feel like this turns a lo
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
That one has a better title, too. I wandered in here thinking America had diabetes or something.
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
It gets even worse. Products you've already purchased and enjoyed will be silently replaced with cheaper, shittier versions over time because these companies are betting we're all too dumb to notice. The last thing I bought before
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
Is it true ROM or some kind of EEPROM? A lot of the time what people call ROM is actually writable if you jump through enough hoops.
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
This doesn't surprise me the slightest. Goods sold in online marketplaces like Amazon or eBay have taken a nose dive in durability and finish. The review farming has also gotten so out of control that a nearly five star rating can&#x27
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by Epiphany21 4y ago
In my opinion it would be more logical to allow the entire task bar to shrink itself down into the Windows logo on the lefthand side like the MacOS 9 control strip. The user could then mouse over it or click it or use a certain key combinat
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by Epiphany21 5y ago
People are allowed to have differing opinions and styles of writing. Please stop calling everyone you disagree with a bot. It helps no one and dumbs down the public discourse.
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by Epiphany21 5y ago
If I put myself in the shoes of someone truly malicious, I would request a backdoor in the chip implementation itself. Hardware is hard. Once you put it in the customer's hands they can't change much. Hidden opcodes or combination
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by Epiphany21 5y ago
There are still world events like disease outbreaks and wars, but they're all negative and a lot aren't even worth paying attention to. So I sort of get what you mean. I have definitely noticed that most people are much more socia

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