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by mcphage 11mo ago
> Is it actually helping? Yes. And it if it doesn’t, then just stop refilling your meds.
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> If a journalist does not at least attempt to present their viewpoint as neutral I will immediate presume they have irrational bias and grow skeptical of what the journalist is telling me So you’re saying you have an irrational bias aga
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> It’s good that someone with power is proposing something workable. But not reasonable.
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> It reads, to me, as so obviously slanted and opinionated against Roblox from the outset. When you’re writing about a bad thing, you don’t have to pretend it’s good. Or even neutral. It’s okay to write so that it’s clear that it’s bad
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by mcphage 11mo ago
Lego gives their plant and flower kits an 18+ rating. Which is kinda silly, but I think mostly so people don’t unknowingly buy them as gifts for a kid who’d rather have a space ship or Harry Potter set.
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by mcphage 11mo ago
Hey, Butt-Head became a senator in his later years: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....
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by mcphage 11mo ago
I’ve watched people on YouTube make all sorts of amazing things, and they make it look easy. Which leads to thoughts of “hey, that’s easy, I could do that”.
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> there is a huge range of options between those two extremes! Which two extremes would those be?
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> It says something about a system dedicated to teaching children when parents think they can do as well or better. 6% of American think they can beat a grizzly bear in a fight. That says absolutely nothing about the bear, and says a lot
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> I don't think a Jewish guy could ever be an unironic neo-Nazi. Why would you think that?!
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by mcphage 11mo ago
Maybe this isn’t great, but I get a hint of that feeling when I’m on an airplane and hear a baby crying. For a number of years, if I heard a baby crying, it was probably my baby and I had to deal with it. But now my kids are past that pha
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by mcphage 11mo ago
I just spent time yesterday arguing with Google’s search AI because it refused to read what was on a goddamn Wikipedia page—when I gave it a screenshot it even lied about what was there. So yeah, I’m not at fault for this one, even if that
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> why experienced Java (C#, C++, etc.) programmers can’t really be considered great engineers, and why code in Java cannot be considered good ...how was this written in 2025? This is like mid-2000s edgelord stuff.
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by mcphage 11mo ago
So I do agree with you that Iain Bain's methods is better than his father's, especially for us mere mortals. But George's method for consistent rope widths (step 1: draw them all the same width) did work better for me when I
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by mcphage 11mo ago
Ie, “Magic Realism for Kids”. It’s an excellent book (as is everything else Louis Sachar wrote).
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> how and when to introduce them to the less savoury aspects of the world In this situation, what do you consider the less savory aspects of the world?
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> Surely plenty/more snow in Canada, and just as much mountains? Most people go skiing where the ski resorts are.
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> As soon as there are homosexuals or people who want to be perceived as the opposite gender involved They've always been here, they've always been involved.
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> By your reasoning, I can burn your house down and kill your family, and it's absolved by apologizing. Yes, "your drivers license doesn't expire when your work visa does" is exactly like "burning your house down
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> It's the PC games library that will be the catalyst for winning. How does the Steam Machine affect this at all, then?
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> > Think of being a billionaire as a rare disease > I don't think people are a disease. "Being a billionaire" isn't a person, it's a transient state of being. If you have a cold, you have a disease, you a
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by mcphage 11mo ago
Win the console generation in what sense? In outselling the PS5? The Switch 2? I have trouble picturing it being cheaper than either.
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> the decline of US manufacturing is a related but separate topic I was under the impression that US manufacturing output is at an all-time high—is that not the case?
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by mcphage 11mo ago
Nah, it’s just math.
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by mcphage 11mo ago
> The DoW is being redesigned to now operate at the speed of Silicon Valley, delivering more, better, and faster. Our warfighters will benefit from the innovation and lower cost of commercial technology, and the nation will once again ge
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by mcphage 1y ago
I mean, we’re looking at a list of books—and 24 out of 25 of them were written by men. So clearly identity matters to the compilers of this list.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> Also, people living under the paths of airplanes need ATC because they don't want planes colliding and crashing into their homes. Also a very good point, especially given I have a brother-in-law who knows someone killed by a plane
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by mcphage 1y ago
> Do you think electric substations should be also bought from tax money? Everyone who uses electricity need those too (indirectly). I mean, yeah, I do.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> Easy targets to whom? Anybody with a $200 drone and a chip on their shoulder. All I’m saying is: if there is widespread civil unrest, billionaires are going to find themselves with giant targets on their backs.
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by mcphage 1y ago
> the arsonists are on mansions in a private island watching it go down. The idea that the people in power will _lose_ power as a result of widespread unrest is bananas. Islands do make easy targets, though—they’re hard to move and they’

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