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- Comment on Check mate, atheists. 7 hours ago:
Bible is essentially the sole source, a novel of historical fiction. Just enough reality tossed in to make it all real. You’d think news that a dude running around magically healing people, or magically creating food and wine, would have spread like wildfire and the authorities would have snatched him up immediately and made him serve the wealthy and powerful on demand. Greed hasn’t changed in thousands of years, there would have been official Roman records of magical deeds. But no, it wasn’t the magic that bothered the authorities, it was bucking the system.
- Comment on A Russian soldier surrendered by writing 'Please take me prisoner, I want to live' on cardboard seen by a drone, units say 7 hours ago:
What do they do with these prisoners? I heard at one point they were used in prisoner exchanges, but I assume Russia just sends them right back to the front.
- Comment on Japan’s Birth Rate Set to Break Even the Bleakest Forecasts 1 day ago:
Doesn’t really change what I said? Just because we drink more and work more doesn’t mean what I said isn’t happening.
pulitzercenter.org/…/karoshi-deep-look-japans-unf…
The difference is in the US we probably do it because we get paid poorly and are stressed out due to societal and economic reasons. So we work a lot and become alcoholics because stress, advertising, whatever.
In Japan, it’s expected you work a lot and drink with the boss.
- Comment on What is with these videos where it's just someone reaction to shit someone else is doing? 1 day ago:
Cannot stand reaction videos. We’re on the same page.
- Comment on How is Donald Trump able to get away with being part of a child trafficking ring but I get 20 years in jail for littering? 1 day ago:
Rules for thee but not for me.
- Comment on Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years 2 days ago:
I’ve been hearing about re-growing teeth for 20 years. Still nothing. It’s right up there with nuclear fusion.
- Comment on Japan’s Birth Rate Set to Break Even the Bleakest Forecasts 3 days ago:
Japan is super racist despite the polite facade. It also doesn’t help that they have a “work and drink yourself to death at the expense of having a life” culture.
America certainly does similar things, but we don’t bother polishing the turd with politeness.
- Comment on China Is Banning Tesla-Style Retractable Door Handles Over Safety Concerns 4 days ago:
Tesla whined about it citing all the crap they’d have to work around in their design in order to make a normal mechanical linkage. Funny how no other upper tier manufacturer has trouble with all the power windows and window power pre-offsetting for interference fits. They manage to have mechanical linkages.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 4 days ago:
The dimple was there for stress releif:
Combined with the octagonal shape of the container, the circular, concave indent on the side of a milk container increases the stability of the plastic, allowing the internal pressure to disperse evenly. This improved structural support also allows jug manufacturers to reduce the amount of resin needed to make each container.
Read More: www.sciencing.com/…/milk-jugs-dimple-reason/
- Comment on US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack 5 days ago:
Late to the party? A little slow? Where have you been, author?
- Comment on Being afraid of vaccines is literally childish behavior. 5 days ago:
Will they, though? I mean, the people who directly contract it might realize some regret and the error of their choices, some will be like smokers dying of emphysema that just keep smoking. Nothing will change them. The worst will be the kids that die, they never had a say in their medical treatment. There should be a lot of regret from the parents, but as we’ve seen, there’s plenty of stubbornness and mental gymnastics even then.
- Comment on The infantry will advance 5 days ago:
TY for sharing the correction.
- Comment on "i can hear the difference" 5 days ago:
Yes
- Comment on Nvidia GeForce Now’s Time Limit Will Stop Gamers After 100 Hours Each Month 6 days ago:
First they came for your music. Then they came for your movies. They came for your Games. Now they want your computers.
- Comment on ‘All is fair in RAM and war’: RAM price crisis in 2025 explained 1 week ago:
Create artificial scarcity to drive up prices thanks to foolish venture capitalists dumping money into GPU- and RAM-hungry AI vaporware. Free money.
Consumers get hosed due to high prices, major investors make bank on overinflated stock value, eventual crash, everyday consumers and investors get hosed, companies get bailouts while employees get laid off.
- Comment on Whats the best use for 75 dollars? 1 week ago:
To do the math;
$75 x 25 years at (a conservative) 5% = ~$253
@7% it’s over $400.
Probably not worth your time to wait 25 years for that.
However,
$10/mo at 7% is much more interesting: $8,200
And $10/week: $34,500
Over 25 years this isn’t huge, but it’s *something.”
I used a very conservative % because past gains do not guarantee future performance, and one should not put all their eggs on one basket…But VOO over 30 years averaged 10%, so $10/week with $75 start @ 10% for 25 years is just under $55,000. Double it to $20/wk and you’ve got $108,000.
IDK what’s in store for the world, but for now, people should invest early and regularly. If it all goes to shit even money under the mattress won’t help, so go for the % IMO.
- Comment on The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices 1 week ago:
I’m more concerned with PCI slots blocked by massive GPUs, especially on smaller form factor boards. You’ll need PCI/e extension cables to install an additional card.
- Comment on Delicious rocks 1 week ago:
Just stick with rock candy and salt. Minerals like cinnabar and orpiment have a short enjoyment period.
- Comment on AI-generated code contains more bugs and errors than human output 1 week ago:
The Turing test has shown its weakness.
- Comment on China says US broke international law by seizing oil tankers off Venezuela 1 week ago:
Nations are always hypocrites.
- Comment on Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash 1 week ago:
Lol, nsfw that link. Didn’t expect a porn ad up front.
- Comment on How do I finally break this habit? Tips welcome. 1 week ago:
accidentally
/thathappened
- Comment on YSK about Psyllium husk 1 week ago:
Huh. That might be a possibility.
- Comment on YSK about Psyllium husk 1 week ago:
I’m not having a problem with it?
- Comment on YSK about Psyllium husk 1 week ago:
IDK why anyone says this gives them the shits. Too much fiber slows things down. I take this stuff once a day and it just makes for less wiping and more cohesive shits. A minor improvement with no negative side effects.
- Comment on Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux 1 week ago:
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- Comment on Do you ever watch old classic TV shows and realize that they are all dead 1 week ago:
G’kar and Londo pretty much carried that show. Best lines, best character arcs, best character stories. The chemistry between the actors and their writing was something I looked forward to every episode. I rewatched it again just a year or so a go. Once you get past the rough start and the actors settle onto their roles it’s good.
- Comment on Word. 2 weeks ago:
Want to see them lose their minds? Tell them you installed Word on linux.
- Comment on ‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition 2 weeks ago:
And if they watch liberal or spanish-language programming.
- Comment on Anish Kapoor 2 weeks ago:
Good to know, hopefully people will see this and not shop there.