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by silicon2401 4y ago
great parallel to the Dave Chapelle attack. modern, extreme political corectness/wokeness is becoming as dogmatic as traditional religions, and equally accepting of violence to whoever questions their dogma. sad to see society regressi
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by silicon2401 4y ago
As a child growing up in the 90s that would have a lot of labels people really sanctify today, gifted education and that kind of accelerated learning opportunity was the #1 most life changing part of my life. It single handedly taught me ho
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by silicon2401 4y ago
Thanks for posting this comment, it was really entertaining to see how quickly it got wildly over my head and started sounding like sci-fi gibberish > You can think of it, at a very high level, being the difference between a force mediat
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by silicon2401 4y ago
if food production is getting more expensive, would that make this a good time to invest in companies that produce chemicals used in fertilizer?
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by silicon2401 4y ago
OP said > I don't understand why people would want a combustion car, let alone a manual transmission anymore. Then I said > That's sincerely how irrelevant your example is to people like myself who don't drive 3 hours o
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by silicon2401 4y ago
>Try driving 3 hours in a wooded forest without roads or lane markers and see how you feel. >With my horse, I can trot around through trees and streams, and even let it graze on grass That's sincerely how irrelevant your example
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by silicon2401 4y ago
> Usually in France while we have some very hot days once the sun goes down temperatures drop to the low 20s or even high teens so we can open the windows and our homes cool by heat exchange and it isn't too uncomfortable (without A
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by silicon2401 4y ago
This is why I don't have faith in humans making serious change until after driving head-on into a wall. There have been countless documentaries, youtube videos, books, seminars, activist movements, government campaigns, grassroots camp
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by silicon2401 4y ago
I always love how the explosion warning sign looks like something out of a dramatic, beautiful comic panel.
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by silicon2401 4y ago
I will vouch for Sweetwater anywhere it's mentioned because I've never had such a good customer experience as I have through Sweetwater. I personally enjoy Target and Best Buy a lot. Shopping at Target is oddly enjoyable for me an
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by silicon2401 4y ago
> Another problem I see with the shopping experience is that I would sometimes spend 10 or 20 minutes looking for just the right product (which is absurd when you think about just how powerful modern filtering and search algorithms can b
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by silicon2401 4y ago
> if you aren't doing something of your own kind of conspiracy and you're instead obsessing over real or imagined conspiracies that other people are doing, you're wasting your time That's an incredibly practical insig
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by silicon2401 4y ago
The term 'conspiracy theory' is one of those words that has strong, inherent connotations. It's impossible to productively discuss conspiracy theories and theorists (IMO) because of those connotations. As with so many things,
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by silicon2401 4y ago
> My family orders take-out once a week. I used to go pick it up almost every time. DoorDash reduced my personal stress level by so much that the 20% service fee is an absolute bargain. In your case I'm glad you have an option that
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by silicon2401 4y ago
The beauty of the food world is that if you're willing to choose a restaurant that doesn't use a delivery app, or if you're willing to do takeout, you save money and get a way better experience. The first time I tried using a
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by silicon2401 4y ago
> It feels like they are making a real attempt to take my agency away and to create a product that triggers me so viscerally that I can't keep away from it. That's most social media and even products in general. Profit comes f
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by silicon2401 4y ago
I see, so do you modify your directness, or are you still direct in a German way? Going by your tipping analogy, I would infer that the equivalent is you being indirect to go along with mainstream Swiss culture, but avoiding typically Swiss
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by silicon2401 4y ago
congrats on the success, it sounds pretty awesome, and thanks for sharing your story
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by silicon2401 4y ago
I personally disagree with direct democracy unless it's extremely localized, and otherwise agree with representative democracy, like we have with governors, senators, and the electoral college. As Zizek once said, even if we had direct
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by silicon2401 4y ago
So to be clear, your email newsletter costs nothing to subscribers, but your income is through selling that sponsor slot? That's interesting. I wouldn't have imagined there's so much money to make in email newsletters from ad
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by silicon2401 4y ago
> I have had to embrace highlighting my nationality-by-birth even though I have lived in Switzerland as an expat for over 10 years. You may have lived in Switzerland for 10 years, but by your own account, it seems like you've chosen
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by silicon2401 4y ago
> The Harbor these days is just empty compared to the '90s, which certainly makes it feel sketchier. As I said, I don't think it's that dangerous Just adding the link here because I lived in Baltimore and think it's i
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by silicon2401 4y ago
To each their own, but I'd rather altogether avoid a place where shootings are a common thing: https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/howard-county-teen-ar...
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by silicon2401 4y ago
Inner Harbor is pretty dangerous nowadays. Do some research before heading there
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by silicon2401 4y ago
will check that out as well, thank you!
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by silicon2401 4y ago
Great point. That helps reduce the perceived solution space in my head for how a cocktail is made. as a noob it sometimes feels like a black box where these crazy recipes and ingredients come together to make something tasty. I'll star
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by silicon2401 4y ago
that sounds awesome, thanks for the recommendation. that sounds like exactly how I'd want to start, and the explanations sound like exactly what I'd want, too.
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by silicon2401 4y ago
Thanks, just wasn't sure how much oregano should be in there. Glad it worked for you lol, in those circumstances any relief is a real godsend
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by silicon2401 4y ago
Your steps make sense so I'll give that a try. > once you pick a starting point, you can just incrementally explore the graph without having to buy a pile of ingredients. That's exactly what I was picturing so thanks for the ti
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by silicon2401 4y ago
Thanks for explaining that. I always wondered how sichuan pepper could cause such a different reaction to regular black or chili pepper, and now it makes sense

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