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   by slothtrop 2y ago

   Of course it changes. Just not that quickly. We went from Biden to Trump: do you want to explain that with electoral composition?
2. 62.▲
   by slothtrop 2y ago

   I'm referring to what I saw then.
3. 63.▲
   by slothtrop 2y ago

   It was not obvious to his voters.
4. 64.▲
   by slothtrop 2y ago

   > Voters getting rid of the incumbent because of a perceived wrong does not discredit any of what I said. Most of it had no bearing on my point in the first place, but your claim that voters "didn't actually care" was refu
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   by slothtrop 2y ago

   Everyone has to buy food. Eggs are (generally) an inexpensive animal product, and people in the US generally buy animal products.
6. 66.▲
   by slothtrop 2y ago

   > It would be very uncharitable to extrapolate that to "the people joking about eggs don't care about working-class people". I put it to you that the conservative opposition and bigots are very uncharitable at the outset,
7. 67.▲
   by slothtrop 2y ago

   > It was an obvious lie It wasn't obvious to the voters. And at the risk of repeating myself, calling people stupid is not effective. > it's hard to see how you interpreted it that way. Try in good faith. > Literally no o
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   by slothtrop 2y ago

   Trump's platform was bad, that does not make it reasonable to trivialize cost of living. Notwithstanding that Biden was punished for inflationary spending, all Trump had to do was lean on the perception that people "had it better&
9. 69.▲
   by slothtrop 2y ago

   The snark predates the outcome of the election.
10. 70.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    but not too bad for you?
11. 71.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    I wasn't referring to potency strictly in the capacity of risk of overdose, but strongly addictive potential.
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    > I don't know why that's relevant We care about CVD because of mortality, and if mortality rate is terrible then it's a moot point. > people living past 100 was far from uncommon "uncommon" is not a number. T
13. 73.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    Heart disease is more preventable than given credence. Prevention is the best medicine. Vehicle deaths are also avoidable.
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    Tobacco consumption has plummeted in the West and continues to. If anything it shows that sin taxes and messaging work. A ban leads to a black market and would be a gross overstep. Alcohol consumption has also fallen. For one we could stop
15. 75.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    What's the life expectancy again in non-industrial societies?
16. 76.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    Oxycontin was overprescribed for pain, it's not available for recreational use. Possibly it's just too potent for legalization to be viable.
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    Decriminalization seems to lead to negative outcomes in every respect, including prostitution. I expect legalization is what's required as that would allow for optimal regulation and tax. You could go the way of East Asia. That would b
18. 78.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    So, they were half-right since that's tantamount to "corruption in the US"
19. 79.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    Is opium considered the least harsh/dangerous variant?
20. 80.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    As banal as saying "Mathematics has always been political". It's paradigmatic, the politics may surround or be an ulterior motive but "following the scientific method" (literally, doing science) is not doing politic
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    Navidrome also
22. 82.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    SD cards of that size may not be compatible with many devices though.
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    I just rotate music on a microSD for mobile. However, you can optionally self-host a music server and connect with a client on your device to stream. It's also possible to SSH from outside home network, if you really want to.
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    Anger can be a strong motivator. It's a double-edged sword, you don't want to sustain it.
25. 85.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    All of the improvements are being hand-waved away by those desperate to see Milei fail, because success would jeopardize their worldview. It's not to see it's smooth sailing, but I'm optimistic based varied sources.
26. 86.▲
    by slothtrop 2y ago

    This is just short-term vs long-term gratification and competing desires. That's not intrinsic, except insofar as newly formed habits are compulsive. Choice and opportunity-cost is all "self-limiting", the only difference is
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    I've skipped a few Nintendo console generations, but may grab this one. Right off the hop I can catch up with a decent library. The draw is it would be nice for the kids. Part of me was hoping it would be something more visionary, but
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    I'm thinking ahead of this myself for my kids' sake. Some approaches I'm considering: - NextDNS with device rules/filtering (primarily for adult and malicious content). This also has monitoring capability, don't thi
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    I like this take: https://web.archive.org/web/20230404013504/https://freddiede... I think it's a farce to suggest that no one out there could be accurately described by it (identity politics being m
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    by slothtrop 2y ago

    He also has one titled "of course you know what woke means" that really drives the point.