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by ziddoap 2y ago
And they might have repeat business down the line, too. Absolute horror. > “Our big worry is that at some point, they will come off this drug, and, inevitably, they will put the weight back on.”
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Just a reminder that earlier up you said: > Everyone should be judged on merit and merit alone, not whether they have the right skin color, sex organs/preferences, disabilities, or illnesses. But now you are taking your preconceive
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by ziddoap 2y ago
It seems to be a really niche Pokemon forum, so I'm not surprised that the post isn't written for a general audience.
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> I was thinking you were saying that you had examples of people who were successful because they smoked weed No, and I'm not disputing that weed is harmful. What I took issue with in the parent comment is that it insinuates that s
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> You have a bunch of anecdotes where the only successful people from the same school and friend group are the ones that regularly smoked and still smoke weed? I have a bunch of anecdotes where people I knew who regularly smoked weed th
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> It painted weed and harder drugs as pointless and dangerous It painted weed as something that if you took a single toke you'd end up shooting heroin shortly after. The hyperbole, similar the parent comment insinuating that smokin
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> In 1998, a grant from the National Institute of Justice to the University of Maryland resulted in a report to the NIJ, which among other statements, concluded that "D.A.R.E. does not work to reduce substance use." [...] The e
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> I could never understand why parents would allow able-bodied adult children to live with them Agreed, just kick your kids out onto the street and let them fend for themselves. I got mine, they can get theirs. Right? Why don't the
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by ziddoap 2y ago
I have plenty of anecdotes in the other direction. Perhaps there are other factors involved. Weed isn't going to give you a leg up in life, but it's not a guarantee that you're going to end up in a dead end job and live with
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by ziddoap 2y ago
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-... > The Department of Justice today announced the revision of its policy regarding charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). T
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They're publicly accessible URLs. DeepSeek & users that had data exposed here should be thanking Wiz.
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Totally understandable. But I still think you've missed (or are just ignoring) the point of my original comment. I didn't claim it's an objectively good game that everyone enjoys. It's an objectively good demonstration o
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There are many examples of experienced teams doing stupid things like exposing databases that I don't really think this is a valid conclusion to draw.
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Despite really disliking the game, but also still playing it enough to apparently notice "many, many glitches" in recent updates, it's pretty obvious that they either have some bone to pick with No Man's Sky or just enjo
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> It's still a walking simulator. I don't know how many different ways to say it. We all enjoy different types of games! You obviously aren't a fan of sandbox games, lots of people aren't either. Or maybe it's
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> over statement of reality. You don't have to enjoy the game, that's totally fine. But my comment is pretty reality-based. The game completely bombed on launch and was dragged through the mud (mostly deservedly) in every revi
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> That's pretty much the only indisputable improvement to the game. I'm not sure how you can possibly say that with a straight face.
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That's super unfortunate, especially the community part. > Note that the game only had auto-save, no manual save states Not that it fixes anything, but I am really curious when this was? At least as far back as Nov 2016 there has b
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by ziddoap 2y ago
No Man's Sky is the poster child for turning a shitty launch into a success. You can really feel the passion of the staff at Hello Games in the current version of the game. It reminds me of the quote, which I'm about to butcher, t
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Yes. > Disclosure: Comcast is an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company. I have no idea why Comcast gets to take the credit for "fixing the internet", whatever definition they use for that. Among several other compa
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> There's a difference in how the data collected will be used. Not that we could ever see what the NSA, CISA, ASIS, GCHQ, and other 3/4-letter agencies are actually doing with the collected data. But they pinky promised to use
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Even though this is "just reading the privacy policy", it's pretty damning when your car company says they can collect your sexual orientation, political affiliation, etc. and straight up say that they sell your information.
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> having AI means Tesla bad That's not what was said. "They neglected to mention that any data Tesla collects does not identify you" and "They do have the ability to go back and forensically get data for a specifi
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by ziddoap 2y ago
While I agree with you, that's why they are a starting point for someone looking to stand up a program, not an end point. And, from my experience, many of the trainings that seem almost offensively easy to me (e.g. "How to read a
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by ziddoap 2y ago
I edited part of that out, because I actually do broadly agree with you regarding science communication, and realized my comment was a bit stronger than I intended. Looks like you were quick on the quote! However, I think there's some
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Not many uninterested laypeople are going to be browsing the IAC website for astrophysics news. People that are interested should probably familiarize themselves with the terminology commonly used in astrophysics. Once it makes its way to
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by ziddoap 2y ago
> And that's fine, but when communicating outside the speciality, [...]" The IAC, where this article is from, is the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (literally the "Institute of Astrophysics") That's about
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by ziddoap 2y ago
Not the person you are replying to, but I work in security and have spent ~5 years of my career helping various companies set up and maintain security awareness programs. There are some out-of-the-box solutions that can start you on your wa
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> the word “habitable” is highly subjective. Sure, but not in the context of "habitable zone" which is a specific term of art in astrobiology.
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Lets start our search for helium-based life forms immediately! Or maybe we start with what we know (carbon-based), and keep our minds open to other possibilities. Like we do now.

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