purplemonkeymad

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Satisfactory now has controller support, so there’s no excuse for your bad lines⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  PC for the Game, Laptop for Satisfactory Modeller, tablet for wiki, and a paper notepad and pen for writing down numbers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Power is not energy: why the difference matters [Technology Connections]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The one that I think more people misunderstand is temperature Vs heat Vs something feeling hot/cold. One is a property, one is energy, and the other is the transfer of energy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some old freeware PC games you've kept playing over the years?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Was it not part of the entertainment pack? I do remember spending so long on it and just never getting past one of the levels, turns out there was a platform that required a spring to get to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We swapped out a gas for induction, it’s amazing to be able to put the temp down below very hot. Also very responsive to power changes, and can wipe clean.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Office support in Windows 10 ends in October too - what that really means⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Office is not supported on those platforms at all so won’t make a difference to your support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Use parameters, that way data and queries are separate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin for some in Manifest v3 rollout⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I still use the full screen tab groups feature that they removed from the core. I don’t like scrolling tabs, so I can just hit a button and click on the exact tab I want. I do probably have too many tabs open tbh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I never had a blackberry, but gained a hatred of them. Not for anything the phone was, but at how bad at software they were. The blackberry software to allow them to read emails from the company mail server was an over bloated, buggy and slow POS. It would forever break and the solution was always to remove and re-add it which would take a day and disrupt email for everyone.

  But some CEO “needed” to use a blackberry as it looked corporate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  * Something breaks *

  Why do we have all these IT people? Nothing works!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How is this new? Reddit gold gave you access to the subreddit that only gold members could access. It didn’t have anything good in it as everyone would rather have a larger reach.

  If he intends to convert an existing sub to it, he will quickly find how much people are happy to more to a new sub.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good morning I choose creativity and recycling.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I like those 6, but was not the mnemonic that was advertised around me. In general the order follows the life cycle of the minerals, so reduce is first as it means you dig up less. Reuse/repair is after it has been dug up, so less goes to disposal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good morning I choose creativity and recycling.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would argue that repair is part of re-use, since you are allowing it to be used again. So would be part of the second r. The first r is reduce, which would boil down to: if you already have one, don’t buy another. It’s more effective to not need the resources in the first place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not everyone agrees on an exact time, typically the viability of the fetus outside of the womb is the consideration.

  This would mean a baby that would be just premature wouldn’t be aborted. As you move back the viability would end up varying for each pregnancy, which is why after a set point doctors are involved. They then make a medical judgement balancing the viability and safety to the carrier.

  So there is no hard date. The insistence on getting one simplifies a complicated issue where nuance is important.

  I’ve noticed that a lot of anti-abortion laws target doctors, specifically to make the fuzzy nature of the cuttoff difficult.