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Comment on Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies in ~comp
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Comment on Flobots - Handlebars (2008) in ~music
Hollow LinkGreat song. Logan Paul tried ripping it off to make it a crude sex joke and got fucking murdered.Great song. Logan Paul tried ripping it off to make it a crude sex joke and got fucking murdered.
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Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official trailer in ~tv
Hollow Link ParentTBF this is the writer who got rid of Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher), and wrote (rewrote from a Phase II script) The Child, in which Troi got impregnanted by an alien in her sleep, then gave birth...It also caused the producers to fall out with the original writer, Maurice Hurley, who had been brought in by Roddenberry's lawyers in S1 (?!)
TBF this is the writer who got rid of Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher), and wrote (rewrote from a Phase II script) The Child, in which Troi got impregnanted by an alien in her sleep, then gave birth to it so it could experience the physical universe. And no-one including herself brings up how deeply violating this must have felt.
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Comment on Monsanto products potentially cause cancer in ~health
Hollow (edited )Link ParentOh, it's emotionally heavy alright - I probably should have included a content warning actually. I meant in comparison to Veritasium, it's a smaller scope and shorter timeline work that's easier...Oh, it's emotionally heavy alright - I probably should have included a content warning actually. I meant in comparison to Veritasium, it's a smaller scope and shorter timeline work that's easier to digest (like PBB, which is unfortunately too digestible).
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Comment on Monsanto products potentially cause cancer in ~health
Hollow (edited )Link ParentPerhaps I can suggest a lighter, less clickbait-y video on a similar subject. Swindled's The Mix-Up is an audio-only podcast episode, recounting an environmental disaster in Michigan caused by a...Perhaps I can suggest a lighter, less clickbait-y video on a similar subject.
Swindled's The Mix-Up is an audio-only podcast episode, recounting an environmental disaster in Michigan caused by a chemical plant screwing up and contaminating animal feed.
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Comment on Abylight Studios and Frictional Games are collaborating to celebrate the tenth anniversary of SOMA in ~games
Hollow LinkUnfortunately, it's a kickstarter and only for the Switch / Switch 2 editions of the game. I love Soma very much but did not care for and eventually gave away my Switch.Unfortunately, it's a kickstarter and only for the Switch / Switch 2 editions of the game. I love Soma very much but did not care for and eventually gave away my Switch.
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Comment on The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official trailer in ~movies
Hollow Link ParentOwen and Beru's smoking corpses disagree.Owen and Beru's smoking corpses disagree.
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Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games
Hollow Link ParentI said hello and instantly got 100%, possibly because chatbots don't waste time on greetings.I said hello and instantly got 100%, possibly because chatbots don't waste time on greetings.
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Comment on Anaconda | Official trailer in ~movies
Hollow Link ParentIt kind of reminds me of a watered down Cannibal Holocaust but played for comedy, with an attempt to rip off Tropic Thunder. Jack Black, unfortunately, is only good in certain roles and...It kind of reminds me of a watered down Cannibal Holocaust but played for comedy, with an attempt to rip off Tropic Thunder. Jack Black, unfortunately, is only good in certain roles and characters, and you can't simply stick him in a movie and expect it to be elevated - not a good movie, anyway.
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Comment on Why is the name of the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 hard-coded into the Bluetooth drivers? in ~comp
Hollow Link ParentYou're supposed to be able to, but I got the still-annoying error chime and an extremely unhelpful "failed to set name" every time I tried. I have the same peripherals for my laptop and desktop,...As an aside, does Windows not let you assign nicknames to bluetooth devices still?
You're supposed to be able to, but I got the still-annoying error chime and an extremely unhelpful "failed to set name" every time I tried. I have the same peripherals for my laptop and desktop, and sometimes they get swapped around so they have both in their devices list.
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Comment on Wallet voting in ~life
Hollow Link...isn't this voting with your wallet?You cannot vote with your wallet. Or rather, you can, but you will lose that vote. Wallet-votes always go to the people with the thickest wallets, and statistically, that is not you.
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Make consumption choices that improve your life and the lives of people you love. Support your local bookstore, buy online from libro.fm and bookshop.org – not because this will break Amazon's monopoly power (for that we will need unionization, antitrust, and tax enforcement), but because when you shop at those stores, you make a difference to the lives of the people who operate those stores, who pay decent wages and don't maim their warehouse workers....isn't this voting with your wallet?
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Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv
Hollow Link ParentOh I know who Sinclair is. But I don't know how they have a say in how Disney runs ABC or suggest content.Oh I know who Sinclair is. But I don't know how they have a say in how Disney runs ABC or suggest content.
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Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games
Hollow LinkLevel 16 has got me. I think there's something wrong with my laptop's rendering, because there's presumably suppused to be a 3D object with text I have to click and drag, but the box doesn't...Level 16 has got me. I think there's something wrong with my laptop's rendering, because there's presumably suppused to be a 3D object with text I have to click and drag, but the box doesn't respond to it so I'm stuck with the little bit of a > that's in view.
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Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv
Hollow Link ParentWhat's Sinclair's relationship with Disney and ABC?What's Sinclair's relationship with Disney and ABC?
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Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv
Hollow Link ParentIn his first term, Trump was a joke candidate who unexpectedly won and didn't know what to do with it. This time around he's very clearly been given support, an agenda (Project 2025) with steps to...In his first term, Trump was a joke candidate who unexpectedly won and didn't know what to do with it. This time around he's very clearly been given support, an agenda (Project 2025) with steps to carry out, and subordinates who are ideologically motivated and relatively unified (different grops being unified in one of two or three mutually contradictory directions).
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Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv
Hollow Link ParentTbh I wouldn't care if all the late night shows bar LWT were axed, because I find them extremely cringeworthy and avenues for celebrities to grift movies and products. I also find Kimmel himself...Tbh I wouldn't care if all the late night shows bar LWT were axed, because I find them extremely cringeworthy and avenues for celebrities to grift movies and products. I also find Kimmel himself quite hard to like as a host. But the reasoning here is such obvious BS.
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Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games
Hollow Link ParentSeeing your and the OP's replies side by side in my notifications was very funny.Seeing your and the OP's replies side by side in my notifications was very funny.
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Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games
Hollow Link ParentCorrect me if I'm wrong because it's been over a decade, but aren't Wiimotes long chunky rectangles? Iirc you needed a silicone sleeve to make it comfortable to hold.The shape of the Wii Remote was just so ergonomic
Correct me if I'm wrong because it's been over a decade, but aren't Wiimotes long chunky rectangles? Iirc you needed a silicone sleeve to make it comfortable to hold.
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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
Hollow Link ParentIt's not state run. It's from the three big apps, WeChat, Meituan, and Alipay, who are each affiliated with a range of services, compete with each other, and process their own payments.It's not state run. It's from the three big apps, WeChat, Meituan, and Alipay, who are each affiliated with a range of services, compete with each other, and process their own payments.
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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
Hollow Link ParentTo fill in some info on China's social credit score in daily life: China has many 'shared' services. You can rent a bicycle, a power bank, even a moped, and only be charged when you return it to a...There could be a hypothetical case where a social credit system did go too far, that's what everyone was thinking China would end up doing, but it seems like in reality, in both China and the West things haven't ended up going that bad.
To fill in some info on China's social credit score in daily life: China has many 'shared' services. You can rent a bicycle, a power bank, even a moped, and only be charged when you return it to a charger/parking spot. This would go horribly wrong in most countries due to people not returning or vandalising them, so when you rent the system looks at your renting record and decides whether or not you need to pay a deposit, or I assume deny service.
"the world's first computer" is also a bit hazy. The "bombes" sent to the UK from Poland were Enigma breakers somewhere between very complex calculators and computers, and after Colossus the US produced ENIAC, the world's first generally programmable (not specialised for cryptography) computer.