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Comment · 1 year ago
There's probably a selection bias here; if you're sick, you are far more likely to be inside your living room than on an airplane.
Comment · 1 year ago
> Using a prepaid line opened with a fake name...

Sorry, why is this such a big deal?

Comment · 1 year ago
I can't agree about the "it just works" part. About a year ago I build a new PC, and I tried installing Mint on it. I ran into two issues that I was never able to resolve:

1. The WiFi just would not work; I couldn't see any networks. 2. I have 2 monitors, and one monitor would display 80% of one screen, and 20% of the other. I suspect that it was because the monitors had different refresh rates and resolutions.

I then tried installing Windows, and everything did just work.

Comment · 1 year ago
To be fair, that can be a problem with English too. The short form of Robert is Bob, the short form of Richard is Dick.
Comment · 1 year ago
> The issue here is not refusing to use a foreign third party. That makes sense.

For anyone else who's confused, G-Drive means Government Drive, not Google Drive.

Comment · 1 year ago
> content that falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects

The J & J vaccine was approved at the time, but was later banned for causing chronic health effects.

> claims that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of disease

Isn't that true of the covid vaccines? Originally, the proponents claimed that getting the vaccine would stop you from getting covid entirely, but later on, they changed the goal posts to "it will reduce your symptoms of covid".

Comment · 1 year ago
I disagree; this wristband might be a game changer because your hand does not need to be free to use it (at least in theory, we'll see how it actually plays out). Also, I'm willing to bet that for some people, this wristband might be more accessible than a regular keyboard (i.e. people with limited mobility or missing hands). Compare it to the laser beam keyboard, which is just a flat version of a regular keyboard.

> why have mechanical keyboards become so damn popular and not "keyboards on screens?"

Keyboards in general have become more popular, as more and more people get computing devices. I'm willing to bet the increase of keyboards on screens is much greater than the increase of mechanical keyboards; there are far more smartphones than mechanical keyboards.

Comment · 1 year ago
> It's not a deal. They don't understand what's happening.

So what? Mutualism happens all the time in nature, even if neither party is consciously aware of it. The relationship between humans and bees is very similar to the relationship between coral polyps and algae; the algae make sugars for the polyps, and polyps provide protection for the algae.

Comment · 1 year ago
Personally, I listen to podcasts while biking or driving; I can't just sit and listen to them, I need to be physically doing something.
Comment · 1 year ago
Funny, I'm the opposite; I love Hollow Knight, but I didn't like Ori at all. I think it's because of the visual design; I couldn't tell if that glowing orb is an enemy, a bullet, or a pickup.
Comment · 1 year ago
Yeah, not to mention that LASIK will degrade over time.
Comment · 1 year ago
> I wish they'd just sell the fish cells, alone. Would love to try that.

They already sell those at the seafood aisle.

Comment · 1 year ago
> I believe the anger, if you distill it a bit, comes from an "unlevel" playing field, right?

Why is "unlevel" in quotes? When it comes to physical activities, biological males have a huge advantage over biological females; high school boys routinely beat professional adult women's sport teams.

> But, when students use AI, and if there are some students that don't, the playing field is "unlevel" there as well. The students that don't perhaps want to learn a craft rather than take a shortcut to getting a grade.

I agree that this is a bigger problem than trans kids in sports. I think people are less upset about this because

1. It's a more recent development 2. They think that the kids using AI are actually putting themselves at a disadvantage, albeit one that will only become apparent after they graduate.

Comment · 1 year ago
That's not the game I played.

The lore was annoying to listen to; whenever I wanted to listen to an audio log, I had to stop playing the game and watch the exact same video of a man smoking and being mysterious.

The cool game mechanics were basically just the gravity gun from Half Life 2, which came out over 20 years ago.

It did have some cool environmental set pieces, but overall I just found the game too pretentious for something that was basically a rip off of the SCP wiki.

Comment · 1 year ago
That's not the definition of insanity, that's the definition of practicing.

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