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  1. Comment on Why do hardly any straight men write about sex and dating? in ~life.men

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    I think it's fairly hard to date in an ethical and constructive way as a heterosexual male. There's a duality of being expected to make the first move but also being required to never approach a...

    I think it's fairly hard to date in an ethical and constructive way as a heterosexual male. There's a duality of being expected to make the first move but also being required to never approach a woman when they are not wanting to be approached.

    If we ignore the toxicity of the statement I just made there is an understanding that men have to be incredibly observant of the subtle details of the body language which doesn't translate well into a written format. Anytime men write about the initial stages of relationships it will always sound like a pickup column or something that came from Andrew Tate anytime that men lament the difficulty of being expected to be both hyper observant and also not overly observant they will be called an incel. There's obviously a middle ground but it just doesn't translate into text very well as it ends up as learned social skills through trial and error.

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  2. Comment on Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994. The Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet. in ~tech

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    I've slowly started to switch to edge when writing technical documentation as the co-pilot features on the right side of the screen make a lot of sense when trying to clean up my ADHD generated...

    I've slowly started to switch to edge when writing technical documentation as the co-pilot features on the right side of the screen make a lot of sense when trying to clean up my ADHD generated garbage. There is a button that copies the text from the right side of the browser into the web page wherever the cursor is and I assume this will be similar to how the features will be implemented on the operating system. But I do hope that we don't get stuck with a Microsoft ecosystem for this Microsoft is very good at letting things stagnate as they reach critical mass.

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  3. Comment on Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994. The Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet. in ~tech

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    I want to agree with you because Bixby was garbage and I hate Microsoft. But I find myself going to copilot.microsoft.com more than Google these days. Having generative AI will be the future of...

    I want to agree with you because Bixby was garbage and I hate Microsoft. But I find myself going to copilot.microsoft.com more than Google these days. Having generative AI will be the future of all operating systems, but I really hope that it is not vendor locked in on purchase of any device the way that Microsoft is pushing this way. Presently Microsoft doesn't technically own anything related to the parent of OpenAi and I hope that means we will see continued improvements outside of the mainstream vendor sphere. I think Google having the assistant button makes sense, and I can see value in having a generative text pop up on any operating system moving forward I just hope that we don't get stuck with Microsoft being in control of our operating systems for the next 600 years.

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  4. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (October 2023) in ~health.mental

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    It's my birthday in a couple days and I'm hanging out alone, unsure if I'll talk to anyone between now and then and yet I'm still having the best year of my life measured by median daily...

    It's my birthday in a couple days and I'm hanging out alone, unsure if I'll talk to anyone between now and then and yet I'm still having the best year of my life measured by median daily happiness.

    People suck, I'd love to have a close like-minded friend but I'm content with cutting out the people who're vile toxic and damaging instead.

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  5. Comment on Google sued for negligence after man drove off collapsed bridge while following map directions in ~tech

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    Nah. It takes nothing to delete a road from Google. I doubt anyone actually notified them. My condo has an ally in the back and it went decades without being mapped out until I clicked the...

    Nah. It takes nothing to delete a road from Google. I doubt anyone actually notified them.

    My condo has an ally in the back and it went decades without being mapped out until I clicked the submission button and it was handled in a matter of two or three days.

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  6. Comment on XML is better than YAML. Hear me out... in ~comp

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    I agree that XML is a more feature full and appropriate tool for schema driven APIs but bro really wrote a whole blog post because he didn't quote his number to a string and it was treated like a...

    I agree that XML is a more feature full and appropriate tool for schema driven APIs but bro really wrote a whole blog post because he didn't quote his number to a string and it was treated like a number. That's how numbers work dog.

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