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  1. Comment on What keeps you up at night? in ~talk

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    I turned 21 last month. Which, granted, isn't that old, but like that's over 25% of my life expectancy, and I feel I haven't done anything at all yet. I'm currently a master's student, studying...

    I turned 21 last month. Which, granted, isn't that old, but like that's over 25% of my life expectancy, and I feel I haven't done anything at all yet.

    I'm currently a master's student, studying international politics. The plan was to finish up my degree and either continue in academia or go work for the federal government (I'm US based), neither of which is particularly appealing at the moment given the current administration. I don't know what I should do next. Applying for internships is miserable.

    Nowhere in the world seems safe right now. It's not that most places are active warzones, but just that everywhere has some risk of something major popping off in the next ten years. My field of study being this exact subject doesn't particularly help (~ event 5018 option 2 for you EU4 players), but at least its interesting and relevant to learn I guess. It'll be a while before I'm no longer a draftable age too.

    EDIT: I also received a key for a game on steam @xavdid in exchange for a review in one of the weekly threads of the game. I promise I've played it! I just haven't gotten around to writing the review

    3 votes

  4. Comment on How come the mods on here keep editing the titles of my post to be exactly what they already were? in ~tildes

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    Oh good find there I believe the standard is ‘let cfabbro or mycket take care of it’, we just have to go through with formalizing it :p

    Oh good find there

    Spoiler: the standard was not formalized somewhere

    I believe the standard is ‘let cfabbro or mycket take care of it’, we just have to go through with formalizing it :p

    14 votes

  5. Comment on How come the mods on here keep editing the titles of my post to be exactly what they already were? in ~tildes

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    Honestly, I’m not quite sure either as it was a standard set before I joined Tildes. I’m sure there’s some ancient post in ~tildes from 2019 or something about it. I try and help out with the...

    Honestly, I’m not quite sure either as it was a standard set before I joined Tildes. I’m sure there’s some ancient post in ~tildes from 2019 or something about it. I try and help out with the tagging when I can, but between being busy with school and my active hours seeming to overlap with our tagging god @mycketforvirrad, I’m not as fluent in tagging as others

    11 votes

  6. Comment on How come the mods on here keep editing the titles of my post to be exactly what they already were? in ~tildes

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    It’s usually edited to keep titles consistent across Tildes. Off the top of my head the big ones are usually to do with formatting, title case, clarifying where a person named in the title is...

    It’s usually edited to keep titles consistent across Tildes. Off the top of my head the big ones are usually to do with formatting, title case, clarifying where a person named in the title is from, and sometimes numbers

    30 votes

  7. Comment on China executed four Canadians for drug crimes, says Ottawa in ~news

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    Not inherently? Just because the Chinese government doesn't formally, legally recognize dual citizenship doesn't mean that they aren't aware of the international perception of executing someone...

    This paragraph is arguing with itself. According to China these were not foreigners.

    Not inherently? Just because the Chinese government doesn't formally, legally recognize dual citizenship doesn't mean that they aren't aware of the international perception of executing someone who has citizenship elsewhere, and might have treated those cases differently in the past. @chocobean discusses this above in the thread as well, with some cited sources

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 17 in ~society

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    Gen alpha can’t even vote though, no?

    Gen alpha can’t even vote though, no?

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 17 in ~society

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    As an aside, this weekly thread has been moved to ~society, but is still in the ~news sidebar and not the ~society sidebar

    As an aside, this weekly thread has been moved to ~society, but is still in the ~news sidebar and not the ~society sidebar

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 17 in ~society

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    Trump up, Dems down in new polls

    Trump up, Dems down in new polls

    More registered voters say the U.S. is heading in the right direction (44%) than at any point since early 2004, though a majority (54%) still say the country is on the wrong track, according to an NBC News poll out this morning.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on The real problem with toilet paper: Where it comes from in ~enviro

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    No TP at urinals sadly 😞

    Also people should consider wiping their penises so they don't get that wet spot

    No TP at urinals sadly 😞

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Anna's Archive ISBN visualization contest winners in ~tech

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    A contest by research paper and book shadow library, Anna's Archive, calling for visualizations of all of the Archive's data on the ISBN space.

    A contest by research paper and book shadow library, Anna's Archive, calling for visualizations of all of the Archive's data on the ISBN space.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on Pentagon tasked with providing ‘military options’ to ensure US access to Panama Canal, memo says in ~society

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    Fixed, thanks. No clue how I let that happen lol

    Fixed, thanks. No clue how I let that happen lol

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Pentagon tasked with providing ‘military options’ to ensure US access to Panama Canal, memo says in ~society

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    The Trump administration has formally asked Pentagon officials for “credible military options” to ensure unfettered American access to the Panama Canal, one of several new directives outlined in what amounts to a major overhaul of US strategic priorities, according to a new memo that was sent to senior leaders and reviewed by CNN.

    President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted that the US needs to reclaim the canal, most notably during his recent speech before Congress, but his administration has now formally requested potential military options for doing so, the memo from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reveals.

    8 votes

  20. Comment on Super Nintendo hardware is running faster as it ages in ~games

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    Something very strange is happening inside Super Nintendo (SNES) consoles as they age: a component you’ve probably never heard of is running ever so slightly faster as we get further and further away from the time the consoles first hit the market in the early ‘90s.

    1 vote