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- Comment on [deleted] 19 hours ago:
Why don’t you think he’ll sign it? It was passed unanimously with no partisan objections. This is as big an issue for farmers as it is anyone else, because farm equipment companies are pulling the same shit tech companies and appliance companies are
- Comment on For the little guys. 1 week ago:
This is why releasing sterilized individuals into wild populations seems so promising, it’s species-specific
- Comment on For the little guys. 1 week ago:
This isn’t really true though, especially since the mosquitoes in question aren’t even native to the Americas, and whole ecosystems evolved without them. I have also read multiple things about how mosquitoes don’t actually make up much of the diet of these animals anyway, because they are tiny and provide almost no nutrients, these animals prefer most other insects before eating a mosquito
- Comment on For the little guys. 1 week ago:
Also not true, the Great Oxidation Event likely knocked out 80% of the species on earth in the paleoproterozoic due to cyanobacteria respiration
- Comment on >:)> 1 week ago:
I’m going to guess as an island species, it had no natural predators, and therefore the evolutionary pressure for it to have a wide field of view did not exist
- Comment on A real American 1 week ago:
- Comment on Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds 1 week ago:
Basically any situation where plastic is warmed is a source of microplastic contamination
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 2 weeks ago:
I mean, this is for the ad-supported tier. For $8/mo, it tells you right there it includes ads when you sign up.
- Comment on Rare insults dropped 3 weeks ago:
Legal Eagle is such a good YouTube channel
- Comment on Very gently, I’m sure 3 weeks ago:
The picture is split in half.
- Comment on On The Death of Daydreaming - by Christine Rosen 3 weeks ago:
He’s discussing his book because it’s directly related to the topic being discussed. He doesn’t need to plug his book here, it’s spent much of the last year and a half on the NYT bestseller list
- Comment on Genshin Impact Will Soon Require Age Verification in the United States 3 weeks ago:
I might be wrong about this, but isn’t age verification only required by a handful of states? Why are they applying it to the whole country?
- Comment on Liquid Trees 4 weeks ago:
I think it’s because they mentioned trees improve air quality right there in their comment, and then you responded like you didn’t read it
- Comment on Everyone uses 4d chess as the example of more intense gambits when 3d chess should suffice because chess is a 2d game 4 weeks ago:
We can traverse space because it’s space. Everything in the universe can traverse space. Similarly, the entire universe experiences time in only one direction. Time and space are the same thing. The movie Arrival is fiction and has nothing to do with the physics here
- Comment on Everyone uses 4d chess as the example of more intense gambits when 3d chess should suffice because chess is a 2d game 4 weeks ago:
Humans perceive time…
- Comment on Everyone uses 4d chess as the example of more intense gambits when 3d chess should suffice because chess is a 2d game 4 weeks ago:
Isn’t one of those dimensions time? There do be time in chess
- Comment on OMG no please don’t call me. 4 weeks ago:
You can gain confidence by doing it
- Comment on Starbucks' new drive-thru in Texas is the coffee giant's first 3D printed store in the US 4 weeks ago:
The more complex the design, the more expensive it’s going to be, even with this construction method. Starbucks is looking to do this as cheaply as possible.
- Comment on In the United States; is it illegal to use a single serve wrapped slice of Kraft cheese as a postcard? 5 weeks ago:
Try including the rest of the sentence in your quote
- Comment on In the United States; is it illegal to use a single serve wrapped slice of Kraft cheese as a postcard? 5 weeks ago:
You’re absolutely right about this. It’s super easy to take a block of high-quality cheddar cheese and melt it with some sodium citrate to make the creamiest cheese dip you’ve ever eaten. And you can make your own sodium citrate with just lemon juice and baking soda
- Comment on In the United States; is it illegal to use a single serve wrapped slice of Kraft cheese as a postcard? 5 weeks ago:
It’s certainly perishable, doesn’t have to be food
- Comment on In the United States; is it illegal to use a single serve wrapped slice of Kraft cheese as a postcard? 5 weeks ago:
This would be prohibited by the USPS:
5 Perishable Matter/ 51 Definition/ 511 General Definitions// Perishable matter is anything that can deteriorate in the mail and thereby lose value, create a health hazard, or cause an obnoxious odor, nuisance, or disturbance, under ordinary mailing conditions. Mailable perishable matter may be sent at the mailer’s own risk when it is packaged as required and when it can be delivered within appropriate and reasonable time limits to prevent deterioration.//Examples of perishable matter include mailable types of live animals, food items, and plants.
- Comment on Has anyone told MAGA they are free to shut themselves off from the rest of the world all on their own. Honestly they do a pretty good job of it already. 1 month ago:
Not only Austin, but Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and even Dallas are solidly blue
- Comment on RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted 1 month ago:
Well.sure, but this is all so far beside the point…
- Comment on Google wants to make its 2M-mile fiber network fully autonomous by year’s end 1 month ago:
What exactly makes me a “sucker” in this situation?
- Comment on Google wants to make its 2M-mile fiber network fully autonomous by year’s end 1 month ago:
I’m on cheap Google Fiber. It’s been $70/mo since we first got it about 6-7 years ago. Before that, AT&T and Time Warner had a duopoly in my area, and getting to tell them to go fuck themselves was the sweetest day of my life. They are awful businesses who treat their staff and customers like shit while delivering inferior service. I’ve rarely had a problem with Google Fiber, and if there’s downtime, they give you a prorated discount. Customer service is really easy to access, also, vs waiting on hold on in person in line with the other ISPs.
- Comment on Media discovers a unique Russian culture of impunity 1 month ago:
WTF dude, check the dates
- Comment on Media discovers a unique Russian culture of impunity 1 month ago:
I totally get having beef with a specific article, but the Guardian is more than one article my dude.
The language being used to describe Palestinians is genocidal
The Guardian view on Gazan genocide charges: Israel finds itself with a plausible case to answer
- Comment on Media discovers a unique Russian culture of impunity 1 month ago:
The Guardian’s always been pretty on point. As far as awful media sources go, I don’t know why you’d select one that’s relatively decent
- Comment on WTF is the teacher doing 1 month ago:
One could argue thats a severe problem
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