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by vjulian 1y ago
I associate it with pre-packaged food. My mistake. I’ve only been there once.
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by vjulian 1y ago
Please desist from counterproductive discussion.
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by vjulian 1y ago
Also, do you mind dropping the sarcasm and explaining why you believe MyFitnessPal might be superior to ChatGPT in the usage I’m suggesting?
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by vjulian 1y ago
I write for a living and read literature at university. I find it odd that you’ve never encountered an em dash in common writing.
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by vjulian 1y ago
No, I find that app cumbersome. To respond to others’ comments, I tend to eat whole foods. I don’t eat TV dinner or shop at Costco or such places.
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by vjulian 1y ago
Not AI-written. Personally, I love em dashes and semicolons.
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by vjulian 1y ago
I use ChatGPT (4o model) to track my daily macros, specifically calories, protein, fat, and carbs. I have a prompt containing my macro targets and a list of the foods I typically eat or have at home. Throughout the day, I report my meals, f
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by vjulian 1y ago
Oh God. I wish the sales clerks would leave me alone. They’re always trying to put their sticker on purchases and proffer useless advice. Still, it’s the best in the area, and the Trader Joe’s is a draw. I bought my first computer, an Apple
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by vjulian 1y ago
I corresponded with this organisation and some of its senior individuals. It boggles my mind that individuals who went to work for this organisation supposedly didn’t know what they signed up for.
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The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming(technologyreview.com)
3 points by vjulian 1y ago|0 comments
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by vjulian 1y ago
Viewing a video two people have sex is not damaging at any age. One may find it wrong, but their evaluation is arbitrary. For whatever reason violence is often not regarded in the same light.
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by vjulian 1y ago
All news organizations come with an editorial perspective or bias. Why is this so difficult for news organisations to admit? (I’m an NPR listener, by the way.)
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Ask HN: What if planned obsolescence was made illegal?
7 points by vjulian 1y ago|5 comments
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by vjulian 1y ago
Yet another crappy article about sex from an otherwise respectable publication. Why does this keep happening? The article assumes a negative definition of “porn” without ever seriously examining it. As usual, sexual depiction is assumed as
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by vjulian 1y ago
I would be interested in a discussion here about what sex acts people find demeaning to women. You cherry-picked from a narrow band of agreeable examples. Are blow jobs themselves demeaning to women? I suspect that many (perhaps here but ce
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by vjulian 1y ago
This framing trades nuance for moral panic. The assertion that pornography inherently constitutes violence against women is not an argument but a slogan. It is ideological posturing, not analysis. The so-called ‘commercial sex trade’ as you
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by vjulian 2y ago
I don’t disagree. But, what would be Bloomberg’s motive?
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The Seth Material(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by vjulian 2y ago|1 comments
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by vjulian 2y ago
Sorry. I was commenting from my phone and didn’t check to see if my post appeared properly. Overall correct on the logic.
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by vjulian 2y ago
I resent that the Pentagon decides who the bad guys are and that the population large accepts what it’s told.
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by vjulian 2y ago
I am curious to find out whether this is the work of a vigilante. From reading the news and from gauging public sentiment generally, it seems that established paths in the US are increasingly seen as corrupt to the point of illegitimacy. Th
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Cross-Segment Tension in Global Economy(asomo.co)
2 points by vjulian 2y ago|0 comments
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by vjulian 2y ago
Real names make this a non-starter for me, but I love the concept. Note: “Weave lets you start conversations with friends under an alias.” I took this to mean users are expected to connect with friends who are also on the platform, and anon
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by vjulian 2y ago
In the US, it seems to me that active listening is not encouraged, outside of music study. I find it odd that the average person can watch a movie and subsequently analyze it in a basic framework of plot, arc, protagonist and so forth—-yet
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by vjulian 2y ago
Retro games are certainly fun for many. I hope that the ruling proves irrelevant to the sharing of these games.
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by vjulian 2y ago
Is it that the nerds became the bullies and autocrats?
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by vjulian 2y ago
I was only able to read the abstract. I do think that any discussion on the perceived trustworthiness of ‘scientists’ needs to be specific about the types of scientists under concern. I am personally skeptical of scientists involved in so-c
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by vjulian 2y ago
Very cool. One request: A 4K filter I take my porn quite seriously, and will purchase/watch excellently or interestingly shot porn. It annoys me to no end that this topic draws teenaged giggles on HN. I suppose you’re limited to what i
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by vjulian 2y ago
Elements such as buttons and scroll bars are too small for my big fingers and relative to the size of the device.
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by vjulian 2y ago
Thank you. Larger text does just that and in some cases makes buttons even more difficult to use. My eyes are fine, and my fingers are big…unfortunately rendering the Mini mainly useless for me.

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