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by thordenmark 1y ago
I would gladly pretend to be CEO for the kind of pay she got. Blame it all on me, I'll take the money and go retire in Hawaii.
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by thordenmark 1y ago
Wanting the government to spend within its means is hardly fash.
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by thordenmark 1y ago
There is too much good content on YouTube to simply stop using it. It is a gold mine of tutorials on niche subjects. I just watched best ways to patch an air mattress, and a video on making theater quality popcorn! (and it was delicious)
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by thordenmark 1y ago
The novelty of Waymo, as well as not having to interact with a stranger (especially for women, my wife used Waymo and liked it) makes Waymo a compelling option.
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by thordenmark 1y ago
This is the problem with retirement systems built on Ponzi schemes. The low birth rate has accelerated the inevitable crash. If my understanding is correct, Norway has a system based on investment in the country's economy, in particula
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by thordenmark 1y ago
To clarify and elaborate on this point, I tried reading it aloud to my kids at bedtime. As someone else mentioned, Kurremkarmerruk is a prime example. Other than the occasional "Sparrowhawk" many of them just didn't stick wel
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by thordenmark 1y ago
Anne Frank wasn't an illegal alien, and you are really trivializing what happened to her. There is a vast difference.
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by thordenmark 1y ago
I'm apparently the only person who thought these books were terrible. I barely made it through Wizard of Earthsea. The story meandered and never seemed to go anywhere, the names were unpronounceable and unmemorable, and the ending drag
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by thordenmark 1y ago
I really good font is a fine work of craftsmanship that is time consuming to make. The type designer deserves compensation for their work. There are also plenty of license free, and B-tier fonts available if you are on a tight budget.
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by thordenmark 1y ago
I have The Silmarillion on Audible and use the chapter Of Beleriand and its Realms when I'm having trouble going to sleep.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
I find these image generators and LLM's in general fairly toy like. Not useful for serious work, but you can create mood boards and idea generators. Kind of like random word generators when you've got writer's block. As soon
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by thordenmark 2y ago
We've been trying for the history of mankind to figure out how to "not keep people trapped in poverty". No one has solved that problem yet, despite the best of intentions with monumental effort. I'll agree with Milton Fr
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by thordenmark 2y ago
Aren't Cyber trucks by Tesla? And FSD is basically here which means robotaxis are basically here. Now there are just regulatory hurdles and the long tail.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
What other kind of tax breaks are there? Any tax cut for the middle class will be exploited by the super rich who have tax lawyers and accountants. So just keep raising taxes so the middle class pays even more?
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by thordenmark 2y ago
It is Republican dogma that tax cuts stimulate the economy and ultimately have a larger return for the government than raising taxes will.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
English adjective order is further complicated by the vowel order. For example "tick tock" sounds correct, while "tock tick" sounds wrong. English is a beautiful mess.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
Tons of evidence released already, even if you've only been casually following DOGE. And for some, no amount of evidence will ever be enough. Why is it so hard to believe an agency as big and inefficient as the US Govt. would have plen
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by thordenmark 2y ago
Domestic competition will mitigate those costs.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
All that is saying is that back then the Democrats engaged in lawfare. Nothing new.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
Exactly. You can make anything you want in Photoshop, Word, Excel, Blender, etc. The company isn't held accountable for what the User makes with it.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
"nearly 90% of the world was illiterate" I've never believed statistics like this. Humans have a remarkable ability to grasp symbols.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
I use the MOBA as a resource for my classes of what not to do (I teach at an art university). There are so many spectacularly bad examples useful for any topic I'm teaching.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
Gaiman's Norse Mythology is quite readable, though it is VERY inaccurate. It's better read as an "inspired by Norse Mythology" book. Basically, it's fan fiction.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
Got the Mac Studio when it came out and while its speed was impressive at first, ultimately I've been disappointed, too many technical glitches and issues with peripherals and the like, and my several iMacs before it are all junk now.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
They did not know primary colors. They weren't discovered until the 19th century, even then it took another 100 years before they figured out that red blue and yellow are not the primaries.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
As someone who has teenagers right now, I can confirm that this is accurate.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
Any attempt to craft legislation to deal with this that could be construed as helping large corporations would be immediately shot down in our current political environment. But this is going to be a huge problem that costs jobs and harms t
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by thordenmark 2y ago
Sounds easy, but difficult in practice. Especially for those of us chained to a desk all day.
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by thordenmark 2y ago
Exercise, good food, and good sleep. Pretty much the universal panacea.
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by thordenmark 3y ago
Another legend has passed on. Farewell, Drawmij. James Ward is responsible for two of my favorite TSR products: Deities & Demigods and Gamma World.

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