SamPatt

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by SamPatt 4y ago
For some months like February (unusual), October (Halloween), or December (New Year's Eve) I remember them. But for the other months I sing the song. Takes about ten seconds, required monthly at most. I think this is pretty common.
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by SamPatt 4y ago
20 eggs in one sitting? Surely this is exaggeration? I make a three egg omelette a few times a week, and it's quite filling. I could probably do six eggs without making myself sick, but not a dozen and definitely not 20.
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Individuals can sustain themselves without needing to be forced to spend their entire childhoods attending educational institutions. There is proof of this everywhere. The vast majority of humans throughout history never engaged in such a s
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Children are agents. And children / adults aren't a binary thing, they progress along a spectrum and if we never give them the ability to make their own choices how on earth do we expect them to be independent adults? Why do we ne
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Doesn't sound libertarian at all. Most libertarians hate the modern education system and hate the fact that we treat children like slaves. Libertarians are all about individuals making their own choices regardless of whether or not tha
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by SamPatt 4y ago
If school is work then we need to recognize the children's own agency in school, otherwise it it literally slavery. Forcing children to spend the majority of their lives working against their will leads to problems, especially among no
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by SamPatt 4y ago
I 100% agree. I have a decent video and lighting setup and never get comments on it, but I always get comments on my audio. It's fairly easy to get an audio interface and a xlr microphone. I always appreciate when other people have cle
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by SamPatt 4y ago
This is not about efficiency. This is about trust. We do not trust these enormous organizations we call governments with unlimited power, because they then become a threat to society itself. The 20th century is evidence of the threat of ce
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by SamPatt 4y ago
The European Snowden was Snowden. The UK is a part of the Five Eyes and Snowden was stationed in Switzerland while doing mass surveillance.
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Thank you for the information!
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Disgust may itself be an instinct. Fear of spiders and snakes were found in infants. Reflexes are instinctual. I think we have a few instincts.
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Can I ask your height and weight? I'm trying to bulk now and the online calculators I'm using are telling me to take in 3,100 calories, which feels like way too much. But I am 6'3", 195 lbs, and I'm hitting the gym
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Pihole - DNS server which blocks ads. Syncthing - File syncing across my network. FreeNAS - Storage across the network. Plex - Media streaming.
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by SamPatt 4y ago
I find this only to be true when some aspect of my life is troubling me greatly. Negative rumination. When things are going well, I don't get frustrated by free form thinking.
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Curse of Monkey Island is still one of my all time favorites. The voice acting and humor were second to none.
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by SamPatt 4y ago
It's definitely gotten silly. I'm 6'3" and I have repeatedly had men tell me they were the same height. While in front of me. Looking up at me. I can't do anything but wear a bemused smile and change subjects.
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Snowden called this "turnkey tyranny." The idea that the technology for dystopia already exists and is widely distributed, but the key simply hasn't been turned yet. All it would take for Amazon (or whichever government twist
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Serious question: in what way do you feel that Google suggesting alterations to the specific language used in the article (words like motherboard or fierce) is helping people be more empathetic? I'm putting aside intentionally and just
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by SamPatt 4y ago
Yes. In this case "good" writing is bad writing because the author's goal is obfuscation. It's bad writing for the reader. But lots of writing isn't actually for clear communication. Especially when the government i
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by SamPatt 4y ago
"The United States was neutral until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, leading them to enter the war." I'd say active is still better here.
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by SamPatt 5y ago
You don't believe that boredom, entitlement, and poor decision-making occasionally combine to produce behavior like this? This is middle school stuff. Plenty of adults act this way under certain circumstances.
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by SamPatt 5y ago
>Can I bend cutlery and coins? Sure, but I heed Cassidy’s advice, and I don’t. If I step onstage and bend a fork with my brain, it makes everything too unbelievable. No, you cannot bend metal with your brain. That would actually be worth
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by SamPatt 5y ago
I don't know the background but the dude seems both passionate but also honest about just being done. Sometimes you're just done. Makes sense to be clear to everyone involved and put it behind you.
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by SamPatt 5y ago
Agreed moderation is essential. It's easy to spot and remove people who don't care about harmony or true discussion, but it often doesn't happen (or moderators are themselves bad actors).
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by SamPatt 5y ago
I know of many specific examples in my field where the most thoughtful people who operate the most frequently in good faith have nowhere near the following of bad faith loudmouths. I assume it's entertainment. People enjoy watching dra
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by SamPatt 5y ago
Consider that the survivorship bias might be in play here. The writings / workbooks you see may have been from / for the brighter students, whereas the average may not have much work which remains today.
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by SamPatt 5y ago
I'm sure some people don't like me. But they keep it to themselves. Even if they didn't, so what? Unless I did something to hurt them, I shouldn't be upset about it.
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by SamPatt 5y ago
For me it was a combination of having achieved some amount of success (physical, financial, career) and also some humbling failure. Basically I learned I'm not so bad, and I'm not a great man either. I'm good enough. I don&#x
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by SamPatt 5y ago
Media reporting falsehoods then later correcting them doesn't mean the media isn't reporting falsehoods. Retractions always - ALWAYS - get less attention than the initial story. They aren't in the business of spreading truth,
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by SamPatt 5y ago
I find the same. I suspect having a large frame helps as well. I'm guessing there's some genetic hardwiring from our past that shows deference to outward signs of strength. Seems like a plausible survival mechanism.

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