DrFuggles

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And then how do you turn it back on?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First of its kind 'energy dome' storage project takes another step forward in Wisconsin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t get me wrong, I love me a good pumped hydro solution, but they do come with a couple of disadvantages:

  a) as others pointed out, you need a somewhat steep gradient between two places. Preferably for a bit of distance so as to increase efficiency by putting more turbines in. Their need for a gradient limits their use in flat locations such as the entire US Midwest, for example.

  b) comparatively expensive and longer construction process than other storage forms.

  c) usually you have to build the upper reservoir. That’s an environmental harm. IMHO not that big if a concern, but it’s there.

  d) if you don’t build out a reservoir, but use an existing lake, you risk contaminating it with algae / cyanobacteria and wreaking havoc on fish and other wildlife.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker not?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  yes, I know. I meant it more along the lines of whoever comes up with a method for standardizing bias in media puts their own bias in the methodology.

  For example, I feel it is a political statement in itself to have a “bias spectrum” from left to unbiased to right. This implies that both left an right are “biases”, while only the center is truly neutral and therefore an arbiter of truth and facts. Enlightened centrism, anyone?

  Also, I disagree with parts of their methodology. The headline “Habitual liar and convicted felon to seek US presidency again” would probably be classified as loaded language, whereas “Donald Trump wants to become president again” would be considered more neutral.

  I would argue that the former example is, in fact, more truthful than the latter because it doesn’t omit major reasons why this is newsworthy. But since the mbfc is founded on the illusion idea that there is such a thing as truly neutral common ground, it conflates perspective and bias.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker not?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  thanks for putting it more succinctly than I did!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker not?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually meant to start a thread one of these days if we can’t ban it! Glad you started the conversation!

  My main concern is that by attributing a tactfulness and political rating to them, we’re attaching weight to that. But who does these ratings? Especially when a pop/mainstream mag like the Rolling Stone is classified as “left” the same that explicitly politically left publications like Jacobin are also “left”. That just strikes me as odd.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨obesity⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Congrats on your weight loss journey! May I ask if there was a specific thing that motivated you to start and keep going? And how did you turn your mindset around?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The taste of 🦅🇺🇲 Freedom 🇺🇸🦅⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  this song: youtu.be/AByfaYcOm4A