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- Comment on Quartz vs Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink: Which One Should You Choose? 2 weeks ago:
What is that purple dinosaur thing?
- Comment on Do people actually believe those "gurus" on the internet that supposedly "give advice"? These seems very sussy and feel scam-adjacent, isn't it? 2 weeks ago:
Hell yeah, +1 for the guy with the weirdly shaped head
- Comment on Do people actually believe those "gurus" on the internet that supposedly "give advice"? These seems very sussy and feel scam-adjacent, isn't it? 2 weeks ago:
A lot of the “good advice” gurus just try to hype up the boring, well-known answer: get good sleep, eat well, minimize debt, diversify investments, etc. I appreciate it, it’s nice to have some motivation for doing things the “right way”.
- Comment on Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app” 2 weeks ago:
I wish, I could get behind some hopeful conspiracy theories. “Things aren’t bad because people are greedy asshats, they just want you to see there’s a better way and look for alternatives” “The world order has been taken over by compassionate everymen, they just have to do bad things to keep up appearances”
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 3 weeks ago:
Olive oil can go rancid and add off flavor to food. Use mineral oil instead. Some people also go with distilled coconut oil, but I still think mineral oil is the best choice.
- Comment on If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle? 3 weeks ago:
If sugar is on the left, and salt is on the right, what would be in the center?
- Comment on If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle? 3 weeks ago:
Why would it be?
- Comment on What an unprocessed photo looks like 3 weeks ago:
I’m a little confused on how the demosaicing step produced a green-tinted photo. I understand that there are 2x green pixels, but does the naive demosaic process just show the averaged sensor data which would intrinsically have “too much” green, or was there an error with the demosaicing?
- Comment on Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group 4 weeks ago:
Piracy can be used to push back against an unfair or immoral capitalist system, but the people who create and disseminate the art also live in the capitalist system. By all means, subvert the system if you want (it may be the right thing to do), but minimize collateral damage to things you want to support.
- Comment on How long until we can start shorting years to 2 numbers again? 4 weeks ago:
That was my favorite decade
- Comment on Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group 4 weeks ago:
I thought it was gonna be some no-name group that was gonna hold it ransom etc. But it’s actually by Anna’s-archive. I don’t really condone piracy (pay the people who make art, and those who make it accessible), but if anyone was going to do it, I’m glad it’s them.
- Comment on at what point in life it's too late to go back to school? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, maybe stick to certificates after 100.
- Comment on at what point in life it's too late to go back to school? 4 weeks ago:
Change in life circumstances is always daunting. Take it from the child that did not do well in school at 18-19. I lost my scholarship and dropped out.
I don’t know if my life would be much better had I stayed. The truth is, I was depressed. Stepping away from school allowed me to work on myself. I was poor, and lost, and scared. But life goes on, and you find friends and courage along the way.
I went back to college when I was 28. It took that long for me to figure it out. But I am more confident, passionate about my studies, and more whole than I ever could’ve been back then. I’m set to graduate this spring.
Hopping off the treadmill is necessary if you’ve hurt your leg. Yes, it might be harder to hop back on, but you sure as hell have an easier time running with a healed leg than when you’re limping trying to keep up.
- Comment on at what point in life it's too late to go back to school? 4 weeks ago:
At what age is it stupid to start exercising?
Schooling is always a sacrifice of your time, energy, and money; it’s only “stupid” if the reward isn’t worth the risk. Age isn’t a part of that equation.
If you really want to answer this question for yourself, pick a goal and figure out a way to get it. Make a plan. How much money do you need? Can you save up before? Pick up extra shifts, get a second job.
If you decide it’s worth it, do everything you can to make it happen. Otherwise you’re just making excuses for yourself.
- Comment on ⇆ bidicalc - a spreadsheet where formulas also update backwards 5 weeks ago:
It would also be cool to be able to add constraints in other cells, like A1 > B1 or A1 + B1 = 5, though then it would really be more like a linear programming solver than anything.
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 1 month ago:
I believe the point is the swastika is actually hidden in the grid.
- Comment on I'd like to control my air-purifier with one of those power-socket-timer-switch thingies – Is there a way to "auto-press" those non-mechanical buttons? 2 months ago:
Is using a Christmas light timer not an adequate solution to this problem?
- Comment on 3 months ago:
What is wrong with the mp3 players you’re finding on Amazon? What do you mean by something better? What are you trying to get, and what are you trying to avoid?
- Comment on Montana hydropower provides reliable, carbon-free energy for customers 4 months ago:
Methane is bad, but CO2 is more prevelant and lasts longer. Of all greenhouse gases, curbing CO2 should be the number one priority as its effects last much longer.