PolygonSheep

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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
> Kristen Nordlund, a spokeswoman for the C.D.C., said the agency has been slow to release the different streams of data “because basically, at the end of the day, it’s not yet ready for prime time.” She said the agency’s “priority when
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
Has anyone figured out how MM/DD/YYYY got to be standard in America? It makes no sense but I can't find any solid answer on this.
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
This seems to have been more of a publicity stunt by Neiman Marcus and/or Honeywell. From what I can tell no one ever expected any of these to sell for kitchen purposes. They also had business jets, real Egyptian mummies, and submarine
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
I do think human progress and welfare would have been much better off without Twitter and Instagram. I think WhatsApp is basically neutral and I haven't used WeChat or Snapchat so I can't comment on those.
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
As an American I see imperial as no worse than time measurements. There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes per hour, 24 hours per day, 7 days in a week, ~4 weeks in a month (which can be from 28-31 days, depending) and 12 months/52
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
Yeah I've noticed this too. Everyone says Hershey's tastes like vomit but you never see anyone calling Parmesan cheese "vomit cheese".
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
Because if Coral doesn't buy the ad that shows up when people search for "coral" one of their competitors might. "Looking for Coral? Try our better intimacy app instead!" Some people will also click on the ad result
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
I do wonder if too many warning labels leads to warning fatigue. I remember the first time I saw a Proposition 65 warning it gave me serious pause wondering if the product (a set of Christmas lights) was even safe to handle with bare hands.
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
LTT Labs could end up being like BuzzFeed vs BuzzFeed News where a site famous for its clickbait, inane quizzes, and half-assed listicles started doing serious investigative journalism. If you told me ten years ago that BuzzFeed's news
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
Will NIMBYs become an endangered species? A lot of regulations are aimed at keeping property values high with the idea that most (or at least a substantial portion of) voters own real estate and want it to appreciate. If we become a nation
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
What puts me off electric cars is battery wear. Every laptop or phone battery I've had has noticeable wear after a year or two. In a $50-100 battery this is no big deal (and for phones the device itself is probably nearing end of life
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
> 5G vaccines, QAnon, flat earth, and many other fringe movements exist and ARE misinformation, the questions is how broad these movements are. I do wonder how many people are in these movements. It kind of reminds me of the Westboro Bap
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
I built my last desktop with parts from Best Buy (except the SSDs which I was carrying over to the new one). They don't have a huge selection so you won't be able to build anything very high or low end but it was very competitivel
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
I sometimes feel like a weirdo because I just don't miss the cathode ray tube that much, either as a PC monitor or as the living room TV. I'm 34 so I think I'm on the tail end of the last generation that used them when they w
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
I remember being in grade school while this was happening and a girl was explaining to me how it worked, that such-and-such Beanie Baby was being "retired" and only a few thousand of each one was made. I just didn't get it. W
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
Punitive taxation and restricting trade with Africa wouldn't be a good look... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_d... (Not to say it's only Africa by any means, but you do have to g
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by PolygonSheep 5y ago
All grocery stores were like this a hundred years ago. You didn't walk around the store shopping but instead you would give your order at the counter and a shop assistant would fetch the stuff for you. Though I think this was more abou