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by squigz 10mo ago
> Which means reading their WhatsApp et al messages after they’ve gone to bed. Do they know you do this? Otherwise this seems like a very effective way to create trust issues in your kids.
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by squigz 10mo ago
A lot of bullying occurs in any environment teenagers exist en masse.
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by squigz 10mo ago
I think the nuance of the different types of community is often lost in these discussions, and that they're not mutually exclusive.
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by squigz 10mo ago
From someone who is and has been in that hole for longer than I'd care to admit, my only advice is: try to be continue to be patient, and continue to gently encourage them, without making them feel bad. We all know the logic in what yo
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by squigz 10mo ago
Why can't you have an online community? littlecranky, put your reply back please; it was a good one.
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by squigz 10mo ago
I was reading Brown at like.... 12 years old. The idea that anyone legitimately thought of it as historical fact is hard for me to believe. Not impossible, though... Did people also think of National Treasure as historically accurate?
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by squigz 10mo ago
I'm just offended because I used to enjoy Dan Brown :( (not sure I still do; haven't read any of his as an adult) Completely agreed on Rand though.
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by squigz 10mo ago
So he just writes poorly and people are angy he still got rich because people like his books? I feel like including him in a list next to Hitler is a bit... much.
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by squigz 10mo ago
The last game I felt that strongly about at the ending was Red Dead Redemption 2. I don't think I can recall the last indie game I felt strongly about. Indie games are important and deserve more attention. Let's not glorify them t
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by squigz 10mo ago
Epic - like every other company in the world right now, particularly tech companies - was built on open-source software. Just because they may or may not have used those specific tools does not mean their desire to give back to that communi
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by squigz 10mo ago
> Perhaps it should be, "If I had a 12 year old daughter, do I want her to have easy access to pornography, self harm material and the ability to receive private messages from a 45 year old registered sex offender?" If parents
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by squigz 10mo ago
I'm confused. What exactly makes his charity genuine vs Epic's charity "disingenuous"?
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by squigz 10mo ago
The idea that donations are the only way they could fund this work is what I was talking about. I'm sure Apple has various contractors and other forms of employees. It's like suggesting that Chic-Fil-A really does want to open on
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by squigz 10mo ago
I know who he is and what he does. I think we probably disagree on whether that makes the comment in better or worse taste. Otherwise, I agreed with him, and am genuinely curious whether the stopping factor here is maintainers like Frank si
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by squigz 10mo ago
While it might be frustrating to see non-viable options presented as ways to fund critical FOSS, it's even more frustrating to see blame effectively being placed on the maintainer; particularly because, if companies like Apple really w
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by squigz 10mo ago
"When you give money to an eligible organization, we’ll match your donations one-for-one, so your $1 has the impact of $2. And if you choose to donate your time, we’ll contribute $25 for every hour you volunteer. Whether you donate tim
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by squigz 10mo ago
I hate to be cynical, but that's always been my first thought with those too, and that just sucks... I really like devilbunny's idea of a cute little stamp though! It probably wouldn't stop very determined people, but would p
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by squigz 10mo ago
GP wasn't being serious.
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by squigz 10mo ago
That was Ramsay Bolton who said that, I believe.
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by squigz 10mo ago
> Making these decisions effectively and responsibly is one of the key characteristics of a senior engineer, which is why it's so interesting that all of those years of intuition are being disrupted. They're not being disrupted
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by squigz 10mo ago
> Please don't use the efficient capitalism argument. By that logic, if polio vaccines worked then why didn't 1940s pharma companies sell polio vaccines back when people were getting polio? Because they didn't know about s
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by squigz 10mo ago
Those magnetic wallets seem like a terrible idea.
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by squigz 10mo ago
> Using the standards applied to any other area of science Assuming this is true, I have to wonder why it would be that the science community apparently places a higher burden of proof on this sort of research, and whether that higher st
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by squigz 10mo ago
How many of these 'remote viewing' sessions didn't bear any similarities to anything? If you throw a bunch of stuff at a wall, some of it is going to stick. Especially when it appears to be random words that can be applicable
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by squigz 10mo ago
Is the milk spherical too?
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by squigz 10mo ago
If they do, would this be the first time source code from a major game publisher has been leaked?
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by squigz 10mo ago
I'm pretty sure both the plant and the DC have both "menial" jobs and highly-skilled jobs. You don't just chuck ore into a furnace and wait for a few seconds in reality.
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by squigz 10mo ago
The issue: how do you know when someone is doing this vs genuinely trying to learn?
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by squigz 10mo ago
Do you really need AI integration in your IDE when you can just use the ChatGPT chatbox in your browser? Having it built-in allows Calibre to add context to the prompt automagically.
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by squigz 10mo ago
> After much pushback, it looks as though users will get the ability to hide the feature from calibre's user interface, but LLM-driven features are here to stay and more will likely be added over time. With the whole "no local

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