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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraud⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Anywhere that has an actual supply chain instead of website that's just a front for individual resellers. Places like best buy, or if you could get shipped from microcenter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraud⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah this stuff is why i never buy tech from Amazon, you never know if you're gonna get a counterfeit item

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I promise, no one can tell that you're high at work, trust me⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  High or drunk - people can often tell.

  Mushrooms - no one can tell unless you're tripping hard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you ever watch old classic TV shows and realize that they are all dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What is b5

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A billion dollars and a Ferrari doesn't matter if all you have are bumpy torn up roads with potholes to drive on⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Bojack is that you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A billion dollars and a Ferrari doesn't matter if all you have are bumpy torn up roads with potholes to drive on⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously, i think op doesn't understand how much a billion dollars actually is. With a billion dollars you could afford to repave literally every single road within 100 miles of your house, and still have about a billion dollars left

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does everyone put celery in soup stock?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't understand what you don't understand. It's in so many soups and recipes because people like it. Most people love chocolate, but there are a small number of people who hate it. Different people have different tastes. It could be genetic, it could be a bad association that built up in your formative years, or whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It Only Takes A Handful Of Samples To Poison Any Size LLM, Anthropic Finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I can verify personally that that's true. I put sugar in my gas tank and i was amazed how much better my car ran!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ideas for deadspace behind fridge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Another pic would be helpful, I'm not quite understanding the spatial arrangement you're describing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨since we're cornposting, here's a picture of my roasted corn tea⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What's it taste like?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If WW3 breaks out, what countries are going to be on which side?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Israel and Turkey won't be on the same side

  https://www.newarab.com/analysis/rival-foe-why-turkey-now-views-israel-threat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, if you believe that god is omnipotent then it's not really hubristic to think that god can easily have a personal relationship with every living being, which includes you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If someone scripted my life then he needs a massive kick in the nuts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the Christmas light video again - 2025 edition⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iPhone case with e-ink display lets users read books and comics without screen glare⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This makes no sense to me. If you don't like glare on your phone then just get a matte screen protector. If you specifically want e-ink then just get a small ebook device that's a similar size to this case.

  I just don't see a use case

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the Christmas light video again - 2025 edition⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That's what's so stupid about the whole problem - the solution is known and easy but it costs a tiny bit more to make so lots of manufacturers don't do it. It just needs to run off DC instead of AC. Simple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the Christmas light video again - 2025 edition⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did he ignore flicker problems again like last year? Because flicker ruins lights for a lot of us

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That's fucking crazy wtf

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, why is imgur blocked in the uk?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost no one buys a super expensive phone without trying it out in real life before buying it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a very cool piece of technology. The comments here naysaying about it seem odd to me. If it's not for you that's fine, but many millions of foldables have been bought over the past few years, and they continue to sell very well today

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it completely impossible to do age verification without compromising privacy?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it should be easy to identify when an account is being shared. For example if it's used from different ip addresses within a short amount of time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a word for when someone is not capable of, or doesn't try to understand verbal communication in a language, they are fluent in similar to functionally illiterate but for speech?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you can't understand a language then you aren't fluent in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parking police⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would this work as depicted? Wouldn't it just be a blur?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds like OP does want to get together with some of their family, they just don't know how to deal with that one individual

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just politely say "I don't want to talk about that, let's talk about tv shows, what's your favorite comedy right now?" (Or whatever other mutually fun topic you want to talk about.) If he tries to keep talking about the topic just repeat that you're not gonna talk about that and offer a second new topic. If he still wants to keep talking about it say "alright I'm gonna go talk to someone else about a different topic, I'll catch you later", then walk away from him

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labcoat!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He's just like me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ope you're right

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think i can understand what you're saying. Unimportant sidenote, it's spelled carcass

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm not vegan and I'm here to tell you that your argument isn't valid. Whoever invented a word doesn't get to permanently declare exactly what it means down to the tiniest detail. Words change meaning over time. I would guess that especially new words change over time. The word "awful" originally meant full of awe. The word "terrible" originally meant a thing caused terror.

  It doesn't matter what the creator of the word thought.