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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. I just identified features of birds

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's take a moment to remember the time period when everyone had to adjust to using dual-joysticks on controllers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, the y-axis must be inverted. Otherwise I spend the whole game staring at my feet or the sky.

  Oddly, growing up my younger brother was the opposite. It was annoying to take turns playing games with him, because we have to adjust the settings between handoffs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hehehehe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My parents were checking out the building site for our new house in the woods and I got bored/tired and went back to the car to nap. They looked everywhere for me and I was just safe asleep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man posts his incorrect opinion online⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m also team office slippers. They’re so snuggly!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even teenagers sometimes prefer dead tree books to ebooks. Back when I worked in a public library, we could tell when a book was assigned reading because we’d suddenly get 10 requests for our 2 copies. The students had access to the ebook, they just preferred paper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lightbulbs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We accidentally installed a white light bulb in the hallway outside my bedroom. It made me feel so pissed off and on edge every time my door was open and someone turned that light on.

  Once we swapped it to a warm bulb I was much more chill.

  I do keep a tunable light bulb in a task lamp, but the rest of the lighting in the house is warm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably, yeah. Tbh, it was not wanting an ice maker that was the biggest hang-up. We didn’t have a water line to the old refrigerator and I was tired of visitors trying to use the non-functional door ice maker on the old model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There was Home Depot, Best Buy, and Lowes. I looked at their in-stock offerings online and only one of them had something that would work. I tried out a floor model, it seemed fine. I couldn’t spend too much time on the decision because I was playing host and didn’t want my house guest to worry about her food spoiling. (She has dietary restrictions and enough food anxiety as it is.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I did buy a replacement refrigerator based on “no ice dispenser, fits in available space” on a Saturday when mine let out the magic smoke that morning. It was delivered the next day and worked out ok.

  I would not get something fancier without doing research. This one was literally the only refrigerator that fit the bill at the store (weird-sized refrigerator alcove)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who care about book⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  *libarys

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK the Venezuelans community in the US is not representative of Venezuelans as a whole.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A “go bag” is a bag you have for when you need to leave (“go”) in a hurry. For example, you might have a change of clothes, cash, hygiene items, your passport(s), snacks, a week’s worth of prescription meds, first aid kit.

  My friend has one because he’s an immigrant and doesn’t feel secure in the current political environment. I have one because I’m trans and I don’t feel secure in the current political environment.

  I downvoted you because it felt skeevy to be told I was providing backup to you, when I didn’t feel my data was particularly supportive. It felt like you putting words in my mouth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK the Venezuelans community in the US is not representative of Venezuelans as a whole.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “only 33% of naturalized citizens from Venezuela have a go bag packed” is not the support you think it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK the Venezuelans community in the US is not representative of Venezuelans as a whole.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sample size of 3: my naturalized citizen (from Venezuela as an infant) D&D buddy is concerned AF. His (also naturalized) parents are more blithe about the current political climate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that electric blankets are cheap and incredibly cozy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My old man dog loves my heated lap blanket. I set the blanket on low with a timer while I work from home and my dog stretches out on top of it. Without the heated blanket he curls up into a tight little croissant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snitches get switches⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Conservation land, in my area, is just land designated to not be developed. It might be privately owned and designated "conservation land* for tax benefits, or owned by the town, or what have you. Sometimes housing developers will designate part of their land plot as “conservation” for some benefit from the town (like taxes or zoning easement).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My bad. I should have linked directly to the one in the Miskatonic University archive. (it takes a while to load, but it does load for me, all the pages)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Am librarian. Here you go

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My partner’s in the same boat.

  What’s wicked sad is he loves garlic but it doesn’t love him. He can have garlic oil but that’s about it (something to do with FODMAPs).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eat more fibre or something⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  IBS, medication with “surprise diarrhea” as a side effect, and occasional almost–passing-out on the toilet (overactive vasovagal reflex). It’s not a fun combination. Fiber only helps so much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried different prescription meds until I found one that worked for me without bad side effects.

  I’m honestly bad at taking my meds, but I take them when I really need to focus on something. But, my current job lets me flit from task to task, so I usually have something novel to work on and so don’t need the meds. I do still take coffee, but only about a large cup a day.

  Sorry that’s not more helpful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried that route, but it turns out my folks left the Poland before it was modern Poland, so never held Polish citizenship. If only they’d sucked it up and stayed through World War I. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s he drink?

  (Btw, I have you tagged as the person that learned loufas are a vegetable. Hi! 😊)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to self-medicate my ADHD with coffee. I could have 12 cups over the course of a work day. My new job doesn’t provide coffee, so now I just use prescription amphetamines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m all about creamed honey. It’s the consistency of peanut butter and has the happy crystals in it, if it’s not fresh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's quite impressive that most English speakers across the world understand each other, despite variations in accents/dialects⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember having to interpret for my boyfriend when we drove through the Western end of Virginia. The accents get thick out in Appalachia. We’re both native speakers, he’s even from Virginia, but by the coast.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Actual theft ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s just under-eye eye liner

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always wear protection, folks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I already have intermittent tinnitus, as does my partner. “Is that noise tinnitus or do you hear it, too?” is a common question in our household :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always wear protection, folks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m excited for when my ears get old enough to not hear those. At 40 years old and I still get a headache from them.

  At least as an adult I can leave when they’re around. My grandparents had one to repel rodents. They were shocked I’d always want to hide away and read instead of being in the room next to the repeller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the Lord's problem now.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed, it’s gross seeing poo bags on the trail.

  I have a dog. I scoop the poop. I use bags that claim to be compostable and I put them in the bin. I don’t like carrying a full poo bag. That’s why I have a little scent proof zippered I hang from my leash. I don’t leave the bag on the side of the trail and lie that I’ll totally pick it up on my way back.

  At home I use these magic corn based ones that dissolve in the toilet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My main use case is “hey, I need to make a change to this system I touch once a year. The documentation is thorough, dense, and I don’t know where to look. What button do I push to do Y?”