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  1. Comment on Opinion piece: I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day. in ~life.women

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    Removing anonymity is a double edged sword. Sure it would probably reduce the hate people give out online. But it also reduces people’s abilities to discuss personal/private information. It would...

    Removing anonymity is a double edged sword. Sure it would probably reduce the hate people give out online. But it also reduces people’s abilities to discuss personal/private information. It would also make stalking much easier and basically impossible for someone to hide from a stalker.

    Privacy can be harmful, but it can also be beneficial and I think a blanket ban would be irresponsible

    5 votes

  2. Comment on What are important historical books lost to time? in ~books

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    There are many missing mathematical texts from the classical period that have been lost to which we only have knowledge about due to reference by other texts. For example, in Archimedes‘ Sand...

    There are many missing mathematical texts from the classical period that have been lost to which we only have knowledge about due to reference by other texts.
    For example, in Archimedes‘ Sand Reckoner he references a text by Aristarchus of Samos, which suggests a heliocentric model of the solar system. I find it quite funny that our only knowledge of this work is by a text disagreeing with it yet still using it as an upper bound.

    I remember that there our some others which show the greeks had a much better scientific understanding than we typically believe, though I can’t bring the names to thought atm. I may look into it tomorrow

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month in ~tech

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    I would disagree that it’s only right-wing propaganda justifying this. These policies appear to be supported throughout the political spectrum. Although, I would agree it’s companies pushing this

    I would disagree that it’s only right-wing propaganda justifying this. These policies appear to be supported throughout the political spectrum. Although, I would agree it’s companies pushing this

    3 votes

  4. Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food

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    One more to add to the tally, whenever I try to eat mayonnaise I always end up gagging

    One more to add to the tally, whenever I try to eat mayonnaise I always end up gagging

    2 votes

  5. Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport

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    They provided number of cycling and car deaths per 100k total people, not per 100k people who use those modes of transport

    They did. The site doesn't say they edited their comment, right?

    They provided number of cycling and car deaths per 100k total people, not per 100k people who use those modes of transport

    8 votes

  6. Comment on Have you ever had an oddly specific dream come true? in ~talk

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    When I was in school, I was doing an online course that had some coursework. Being lazy, I hadn't done it and hadn't even really thought about it for a few weeks. Then, one night, I woke up in a...

    When I was in school, I was doing an online course that had some coursework. Being lazy, I hadn't done it and hadn't even really thought about it for a few weeks. Then, one night, I woke up in a cold sweat because I'd dreamt that it was due that night, I sat there stressed for a minute or so before realising that it wasn't due for a while and I had nothing to be stressed about.
    Anyway, I went through my day as usual and in the afternoon decided to mention this dream to a friend who was also taking the course. After I'd told him the story, he told me that the coursework was due that night and the dream was correct.
    So I worked basically until the following day and handed the coursework in on time. Thanks to that dream, I didn't fail that course

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Sperm may pass traits via RNA, influenced by the father's life in ~science

  8. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    It seems people are scared of small numbers so to help, I’ll take 1, 2, 4 and 5. I’ll also take 33 because the translated name is so mysterious

    It seems people are scared of small numbers so to help, I’ll take 1, 2, 4 and 5. I’ll also take 33 because the translated name is so mysterious

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    Could I have 10 and 100? I think 10 is bridge constructer portal, and I have no idea what 100 could be, but the translated name sounds cool and who doesn’t love powers of 10

    Could I have 10 and 100?

    I think 10 is bridge constructer portal, and I have no idea what 100 could be, but the translated name sounds cool and who doesn’t love powers of 10

    1 vote

  10. Comment on A post on X claiming that Denmark has introduced an IQ threshold of at least 85 for sperm donors has sparked confusion, debate and memes, but ultimately is misleading in ~health

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    Surely you could “have” and IQ of 270, it’s just only 1 in a thousand quintillion quintillion (1*10^29) people would have that IQ, definitely impressive then if true

    Surely you could “have” and IQ of 270, it’s just only 1 in a thousand quintillion quintillion (1*10^29) people would have that IQ, definitely impressive then if true

    2 votes

  11. Comment on RAM is so expensive, Samsung won’t even sell it to Samsung in ~tech

  12. Comment on How has AI positively impacted your life? in ~tech

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    I volunteer at a charity shop, and this really helps with speeding up figuring out if an item is worth anything and how much it goes for. As before you had to find markings or other text or else...

    I volunteer at a charity shop, and this really helps with speeding up figuring out if an item is worth anything and how much it goes for. As before you had to find markings or other text or else you didn’t have much of a chance, but now it’s as easy as taking a photo and you get a brand and product name.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on What makes a game, a game? in ~games

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    Hmm, that really made me realise how different my internal “definition” of a game is for physical games and digital ones. For computer games, my definition is much more lax, allowing for puzzle...

    Hmm, that really made me realise how different my internal “definition” of a game is for physical games and digital ones.

    For computer games, my definition is much more lax, allowing for puzzle games, clicker games and even something like “The Button”. But with physical games, I need multiple players, winning or losing, some “agency” (even if that “agency” is just rolling a dice such as snakes and ladders).
    This leads to the seemingly contradictory premise that a sudoku in the paper is not a game, just a puzzle, whereas put it on a computer and it becomes a game.
    I think the key difference is the classification of puzzles. Where a physical puzzle would not be classified as a game, a digital puzzle is a “puzzle game” and would be a puzzle game

    12 votes

  14. Comment on Doom in space in ~space

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    Does anyone know if they have released screenshots of the gameplay?

    Does anyone know if they have released screenshots of the gameplay?

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Why the internet really wants your ID... (and why now?) in ~tech

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    The poll that you linked to specifically asks the question Whereas, the online safety act applies much more broadly than just for “pornographic material” from here The full act includes...

    The poll that you linked to specifically asks the question

    From everything you have seen and heard, do you support or oppose the recent rules requiring age verification to access websites that may contain pornographic material

    Whereas, the online safety act applies much more broadly than just for “pornographic material” from here

    Platforms are now required to use highly effective age assurance to prevent children from accessing pornography, or content which encourages self-harm, suicide or eating disorder content.
    Platforms must also prevent children from accessing other harmful and age-inappropriate content such as bullying, hateful content and content which encourages dangerous stunts or ingesting dangerous substances

    The full act includes restrictions on much more than just porn, such as “bullying” which is such a vague term that I feel could be generalised to pretty much apply to any site.

    The article you linked even mentioned as part of its argument that the change in wording from “pornography sites” to the more general “pornographic material” may have lowered the percentage of people who said they support the act. So what’s to say that if you generalised the wording even more to a representative wording that the majority would disagree with the act.

    7 votes

  16. Comment on My classroom will be AI-free this fall in ~humanities

  17. Comment on UK voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election in ~society

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    You state that everyone has some cutoff, but why? Why not allow all age groups to vote, from birth to death? If they’re too young, they’ll be incapable (due to being unable to comprehend grabbing...

    You state that everyone has some cutoff, but why? Why not allow all age groups to vote, from birth to death? If they’re too young, they’ll be incapable (due to being unable to comprehend grabbing a pen and, is it colouring a lozenge?) and if they’re a bit older, they’ll probably just vote for what their parents tell them to. I can see why someone, maybe most people, would object to that. but everyone?

    1 vote

  18. Comment on UK voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election in ~society

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    Technically what you’ve said is wrong (though very slightly). 16 year olds are allowed to drink, I’d say the majority do (just based on experience not stats). What they aren’t allowed to do is buy...

    Technically what you’ve said is wrong (though very slightly). 16 year olds are allowed to drink, I’d say the majority do (just based on experience not stats). What they aren’t allowed to do is buy alcohol (there are other restrictions etc. but not too relevant).

    4 votes

  20. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I can’t speak for Dogs of War, but Shards of Earth is the best Adrian Tchaikovsky book I have read to date

    I can’t speak for Dogs of War, but Shards of Earth is the best Adrian Tchaikovsky book I have read to date

    1 vote