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by conqueso 4y ago
Maybe you have an ad blocker on or something? The about button links here: https://github.com/dmaynard/chaos-screen-saver/blob/master/R...
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by conqueso 4y ago
I'd imagine the air around your body doesn't move as much because it's somewhat sheltered from the wind
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by conqueso 4y ago
Ha! Greater than 0 m/s I suppose - so still technically accurate :-P
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by conqueso 4y ago
I'm curious about the nature of the damage. article mentions that the affected mirror will be adjusted to minimize the distortion that was introduced, so obviously not a crack. So, more like a tiny scratch? It's hard for me to con
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by conqueso 4y ago
Fwiw, the article mentions this was the fifth time it's been hit.
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by conqueso 4y ago
Find it, pick it up, patch it on deck, lower it back down.
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by conqueso 4y ago
I get this from nearly every song on Pet Sounds. Listening to music that causes frisson can be a quasi-religious experience, and I'm sure the feeling is something experienced by many when practicing religion as well.
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by conqueso 4y ago
Parent is specifically addressing the misconception that the acts committed by Nazis on prisoners contributed meaningful medical knowledge. Your comment is likely being downvoted for its snarky tone.
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by conqueso 4y ago
I am very out of touch w/ the current world of gaming, but in my past experience Nintendo has always been the 'healthiest' platform. The games are full of beautiful animation and great music - truly works of art, and aren&#x2
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by conqueso 4y ago
"Digital media" is a gigantic umbrella and there are so many variations and confounding factors that I doubt anything useful could come from a study like this. As with anything that has the potential for addiction or maladaptive b
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by conqueso 4y ago
I think it's a perfect descriptor - makes me picture an acre of land (footprint) with a height of 1 ft
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by conqueso 4y ago
What about as a store of value for people in countries with sketchy banking systems/government seizures/risk of runaway inflation, etc.? I don't mean to raise a counterpoint - I am genuinely curious if there is a better optio
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by conqueso 4y ago
News simply meaning new information. Yes it is a hodgepodge - that doesn't mean its only value is for narcissism and PR. The fact that most people only engage indirectly through media amplification doesn't take away from its utili
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by conqueso 4y ago
It is the go-to source for breaking information - how is that not a news source?
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by conqueso 4y ago
The author is well known for being an outspoken critic of crypto. She is speaking to the toxicity of cyber bullying, not criticism itself.
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by conqueso 4y ago
As an aside - the search experience in the Amazon music app is laughably bad. The suggestion engine seems to be basically the same as retail, weighing by popularity of the search terms. But the search terms are not limited to music app, so
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by conqueso 5y ago
And continues to inspire today - https://youtube.com/watch?v=VrHxagWRq5k (Video profile of Mononeon - soul/funk/blues/experimental composer and electric bass virtuoso)
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by conqueso 5y ago
That was common practice United States as well until it was made illegal around a decade ago with the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act. However that only applies to TV and I believe we're now living with the same
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by conqueso 5y ago
One can never be completely sure through text alone, hence such things as the closing sarcasm tag: </s>
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by conqueso 5y ago
What you're describing sounds more like grief than depression. While the profound sadness that comes from loss can certainly manifest itself in ways that seem like depression, they are not the same thing.
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by conqueso 5y ago
Check out the Microsoft Surface Ergonomic keyboard
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by conqueso 5y ago
Clicked it expecting to read about some CS luminary I'd never heard of, which made it even more hilarious. Very sweet.
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by conqueso 5y ago
Correction: does not*
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by conqueso 5y ago
An individual's decision to terminate their pregnancy does have malignant effects on the general population. The same cannot be said for not getting vaccinated and smoking.
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by conqueso 5y ago
I hear this sentiment pretty often but don't really get it. New features like async/await and Promises are added so that we don't have to do things the old/bad/confusing way any more - isn't that a good thing?
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by conqueso 5y ago
what does the graphic represent?
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by conqueso 5y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
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by conqueso 6y ago
> That they haven't is one reason I'm bullish on cryptocurrency, and specifically Ethereum and Stellar I'm curious why you are bullish on those 2 specifically?
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by conqueso 6y ago
He said recently on Trevor Noah that he pays $7 million per year for sustainable jet fuel. Edit: Also he claims his family's travel will be fully offset this year https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/14/bill-gate
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by conqueso 6y ago
Fallacies in this post: 1) Ad hominem on parent 2) Cherry Picking - linking to original sources does not mean something is not propaganda

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