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by moate 2y ago
"Hey, what if we marketed a little narc doll that we sold to kids" was probably when I should have realized that the surveillance state will always win
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by moate 2y ago
Let's use Wikipedia's definition, sure? "far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposi
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by moate 2y ago
In your mind, how does dropping leaves harm the shrubs? Wouldn't it allow for more light to pass down to the forest floor? It feels like the tree's response to shrubs was "grow taller to maximize sun exposure" I feel lik
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by moate 2y ago
Just to be clear on this one: are you Latino? Why do you speak for them? I have latino friends who insist on that language, some who don't give a fuck, and latinx friends who own that jab at the patriarchal idea of forcing gender on ge
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by moate 2y ago
Getting 5 people to agree on one thing is so hard companies have Project Managers, doesn't seem unlikely that the left hand doesn't speak to the right when you get to Google scale.
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by moate 2y ago
Did you not see the TV show? It had a bit of production hell (Jon Chu from Wicked was going to direct, and had 2 different people come in after him) and was very uneven, cancelled after 1 season. They buried it so deep it's not even on
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by moate 2y ago
What are you on about? Where did I say that? My point was: Saying "this is what worked for me finding a job in the 80's/90's" isn't necessarily great advice, because it's not the 80's or 90's. If
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by moate 2y ago
Hi there! As someone who's had some amount of professional work on games/toys I have bad news: I hate this (it's okay, I hate lots of perfectly good things!) from a UI/UX standpoint. "Nobody has changed the layout o
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by moate 2y ago
The difference between the tech world in the late 80's (computers and software are common and important) and the rise of the smartphone/web eras is so massive as to be fundamentally different. Yes, we had cars that existed in the
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by moate 2y ago
Ahh yes, everyone's looking to hire/promote DEI candidates right now in the US. They have all the power, unlike straight men who are just having a dickens of a time specifically because of their identity.
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by moate 2y ago
The technology, the types of software being developed, what the major players (FAANG, etc) are focusing on, the rise of AI, the wealth of information available on the internet, the hardware, politics, etc. etc.
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by moate 2y ago
Presumably someone thought it was something that 1- met the standards for submission and 2- they wanted to discuss. Dang has a post about submission standards if you're curious. Did you have a specific reason why it shouldn't be h
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by moate 2y ago
>> A 12-ounce can of HFCS sweetened soda is easier to drink than the same size, same brand, sugar sweetened beverage. The sugar sweetened version gives me feelings of done / too much that the HFCS version doesn't. Allow me t
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by moate 2y ago
The PFA's aren't largely concentrated in the urine/feces, they're in the sewage water (from people flushing/washing things down the drain/chemical runoff). If the issue was "people are so full of PFA'
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by moate 2y ago
Exactly. Tolerance is an opt-in protection. If you don't opt-in by exercising it yourself, you don't get the benefits. Or, as a meme: YA_GOTTA_GIVE!.gif
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by moate 2y ago
Ahh yes, that was definitely the core reason and not just something sensational to put out as the cause. We definitely care about drug deaths in this country wink . Feels like the main reasons you institute tariffs, historically, is to 1-
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by moate 2y ago
It's not even plausible deniability, it's literally "how are we supposed to know what location people are in other than ISP?" That's the de facto determinate of location online. The government hasn't taken the
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by moate 2y ago
Cars are not money, and are often confiscated/impounded/sold for Civil Forfeiture.
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by moate 2y ago
I am always of the opinion that as long as the joke lands with the audience or does what the teller intended, it's a good joke. Comedy is about a give and take between the comedian/artist/whatever and their audience. The prob
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by moate 2y ago
>>I'd also imagine there's a difference between clear satire and something being presented as the truth. There is, and the 1st amendment's coverage of Parody/Satire is very well documented. The Onion has always mad
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by moate 2y ago
They have become the embodiment of Poe's Law (or the world is such a hellscape that Poe's Law is just taken for granted now?)
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by moate 2y ago
I read it as the tone of someone sick of advertising. I understand you need to sell your product (that I may even like) I just don’t give a fuck. When your UI pisses me me off enough, then you get a rating. I cannot stress this enough: It i
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by moate 2y ago
Your eggplaination was eggactly correct.
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by moate 2y ago
If you put European eggs in the fridge, it actually DIMINISHES shelf life because it can cause condensation that begins to erode the cuticle (the thing that allows the egg to be stored at room temp w/o bacterial penetration). Like I sa
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by moate 2y ago
(Most of) Europe doesn't wash their eggs, allowing them to be stored at room temperature, but as you said, the standard for physical contamination is lower. The US washes our eggs, requiring refrigeration but greatly extending shelf li
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by moate 2y ago
I think as a general rule, biology loathes blunt instruments. That's not to say these things aren't more useful than just guessing, but as this legislation (or rather the underlying issue that led to its passing) shows is that a l
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by moate 2y ago
1- I’m 40, and childless, so maybe I’m just out of touch, but do high schools do Majors? (Fwiw I’m from the northeastern US) 2- How would that work? Legacy admissions mean your family has a legacy. You can’t just conjure that up because you
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by moate 2y ago
This is the thing: When you "draw the conclusion" you're making shit up. "The roman empire collapsed" <all good "because..." <beginning of making shit up. All history books should begin with "A
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by moate 2y ago
Exactly! Every restauranteur knows the steak draws the attention but you pay your bills with baked potatoes and creamed spinach. There are only a handful of restaurant that are able to operate on that level, but the food loses money so you
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by moate 2y ago
Hi there! Please google “el buli profitable”. “The exception that proves the rule” or proof that some restaurants aren’t about making money through food sales alone. Also, I spent a decade working in restaurants, I never met a single back o

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