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  1. Comment on Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store in ~news

  2. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 15 in ~society

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    US quietly removes sanctions from firms accused of supplying Russia’s military

    US quietly removes sanctions from firms accused of supplying Russia’s military

    The United States has removed sanctions from several foreign companies previously accused of supplying equipment to Russia, including items linked to its defense and military-industrial sectors.

    The changes were published on the US Treasury Department’s website on December 18, without any explanation for the move.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on The 2025 Steam Winter Sale is live (runs Dec 18 - Jan 5) in ~games

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    Reminder, as with previous years, during the Steam Winter Sale, Epic has a similar one, but more importantly for what most people use Epic for, they give away a free game each day instead of just...

    Reminder, as with previous years, during the Steam Winter Sale, Epic has a similar one, but more importantly for what most people use Epic for, they give away a free game each day instead of just once a week. Today's is Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel

    10 votes

  6. Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech

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    If you think a Chromium based browser isn't going to turn into AI shit, you're fooling yourself.

    If you think a Chromium based browser isn't going to turn into AI shit, you're fooling yourself.

    10 votes

  7. Comment on Orbitals | Announcement trailer in ~games

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    Honestly, I like the style choice to run the characters at a different framerate than the rest of the game. I think it wouldn't look true to form if they were also 60fps (and I tend to shy away...

    Honestly, I like the style choice to run the characters at a different framerate than the rest of the game. I think it wouldn't look true to form if they were also 60fps (and I tend to shy away from cartoon games as they never felt right) and the entire game playing at a lower framerate wouldn't be acceptable these days.

    Looks neat, but ultimately I'll never play it because it's a Switch title and I won't own one.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on How to get found by recruiters on LinkedIn in ~tech

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    In a word: Privacy I don't use my real name anywhere it's not absolutely required (bank, physicians, mortgage, voting is nearly all that really needs it). Even my favorite coffee shop calls me by...

    In a word: Privacy

    1. I don't use my real name anywhere it's not absolutely required (bank, physicians, mortgage, voting is nearly all that really needs it). Even my favorite coffee shop calls me by an alias when I walk in.
    2. Anyone that needs "connecting" to at a job can be contacted through the usual means at that job. A job is a place where I exchange labor for cash, nothing more; we're not friends, we're coworkers. Yes, I've made work friends I've kept in contact with after leaving a job, but none of that required giving up the vast quantities of privacy that is (and to the likes of) Linked In.
    3. People on Linked In, and no offense to you, feel the need to "connect" with others/me. If I needed to talk to someone at work, I would via work channels, not social media. If I wanted to talk to someone from work outside of work, I'd exchange non-social media contact info.
    9 votes

  9. Comment on Why Japan has issued an advisory for a possible megaquake in the country’s north in ~enviro

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    Well, the app works. Just got an alert for a 6.6 that just went off in the same spot.

    Well, the app works. Just got an alert for a 6.6 that just went off in the same spot.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on How do you plan out your meals for the week/meal prep? in ~food

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    Every Thursday my wife and I play a strategic game of What do you want for lunches next week? where it cannot be the first thing said to either person when we encounter one another (both work from...

    Every Thursday my wife and I play a strategic game of What do you want for lunches next week? where it cannot be the first thing said to either person when we encounter one another (both work from home on different floors of the house), so cannot just ambush the other without working it into a conversation or during a lull in one. The person asked must provide the first suggestion, the other does not have to accept, but if they don't then it is their turn to come up with a suggestion. Rinse, repeat until an agreed upon meal plan is decided.
    I then do the grocery shopping on Friday evening as it avoids weekend crowds and ends my workweek with one last chore leaving my weekend to be my time (or with the holidays, time with other people apparently) and Sunday evenings one of us will cook and pack all the lunches. Rule in our house is whoever doesn't cook does the cleanup afterward. Cooking duties kinda alternate and kinda don't. Depends on who has time, what the meal may be, if one person really wants to cook that week, if it's one person's specialty, etc.

    We only meal prep lunches as it's the only meal we both eat consistently. I eat breakfast, my wife does not. She generally eats dinner, I often don't during the week. We also only prep four days worth of meals for a five day workweek as inevitably we'll have something else one day to break it up or I'll go out for lunch on Friday and bring something back for my wife.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on How to get found by recruiters on LinkedIn in ~tech

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    What do you do for work that requires you to have LinkedIn and does it actually require you to have one or do you just feel obligated to do so? I have never had a profile there, when asked for my...

    What do you do for work that requires you to have LinkedIn and does it actually require you to have one or do you just feel obligated to do so?

    I have never had a profile there, when asked for my profile link I say I don't have one, just as I don't have any other social media profile and never had difficulty finding a job without it. I've only ever had one potential job that said having one was a requirement and I just ended the interview right then and there.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Does anyone use Ground News? in ~talk

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    I use AP News and NPR primarily, I have Ground News but I don't use it for the bias thing at all, I use it for one category and one category only: "Offbeat". It's the only thing displayed in the...

    I use AP News and NPR primarily, I have Ground News but I don't use it for the bias thing at all, I use it for one category and one category only: "Offbeat". It's the only thing displayed in the app at all for me, everything else is turned off, because I get most of the rest of the news from the above two near all encompassing sources and I like weird/offbeat news and it's a good finder of that.

    I also pretty much don't allow any app to send me notifications, so you can just disallow that as well and keep with the single most neutral news source I've ever seen: AP News

    2 votes

  14. Comment on These travel influencers don’t want freebies. They’re AI. in ~travel

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    Social media posts by A.I.-created travel avatars cost far less to produce, yet look and sound real. Human influencers worry they’re being elbowed out.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Why Japan has issued an advisory for a possible megaquake in the country’s north in ~enviro

  18. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Got around to playing Deathloop, which I recall seeming very interesting back when I saw the trailer before release in 2021. It's a nice looking game, with good controls, interesting story, funny...

    Got around to playing Deathloop, which I recall seeming very interesting back when I saw the trailer before release in 2021. It's a nice looking game, with good controls, interesting story, funny dialogue, etc. etc. for all of that I do recommend it.
    For me, didn't really work out. I don't like grinding loops and the game is literally a repeat the same things over and over until you know every possible thing in order to find the one way to do all the things in a single day without dying or you start over grind loop. I expected a loop because of death and I enjoy roguelikes, I did not expect to literally need to repeat the game multiple times just to finish it once. Even speedruns of the game require looping 6 times.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Cloudflare down again in ~tech