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Comment on 50501: Nationwide US protest Feb 5th fifty states fifty protests one day in ~society
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Comment on Snacks that aren't just sugar or crazy salty in ~food
Interesting LinkI like raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds, though they can require a lot of chewing. Some of the more lightly swwetened cereals like kix might also suit. Or even plain cheerios?I like raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds, though they can require a lot of chewing. Some of the more lightly swwetened cereals like kix might also suit. Or even plain cheerios?
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Comment on The upcoming US PEPFAR cut will kill millions, many of them children in ~society
Interesting Link ParentI mean, yes, that means there is some hope for it, but malicious levels of negligence doesn't feel all that much better when the outcome may be the same.I mean, yes, that means there is some hope for it, but malicious levels of negligence doesn't feel all that much better when the outcome may be the same.
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Comment on The upcoming US PEPFAR cut will kill millions, many of them children in ~society
Interesting LinkUtterly fucking horrifying, and even if you assume a complete lack of empathy, unwise. More infections of a disease is more likely to mutate and spread as more dangerous form. I'm not sure how to...Utterly fucking horrifying, and even if you assume a complete lack of empathy, unwise. More infections of a disease is more likely to mutate and spread as more dangerous form.
I'm not sure how to cope with multiple news stories like this every single day.
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Comment on How nine popular YouTubers helped US President Donald Trump win a second term in ~society
Interesting (edited )Link ParentJust... recognize that anything related to the Israel/Palestine conflict on Wikipedia is basically under a continual edit war. And there are a hell of a lot more people out there who are Arab or...Just... recognize that anything related to the Israel/Palestine conflict on Wikipedia is basically under a continual edit war. And there are a hell of a lot more people out there who are Arab or passionate about Palestinians than there are Jews.
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Comment on Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it's not because of new union in ~tech
Interesting Link ParentIt seems unreasonable and unfair to expect people to be martyrs.It seems unreasonable and unfair to expect people to be martyrs.
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Comment on ADHDers, how do you speed-up, bypass, or otherwise eliminate the "ramp-up" period required for big tasks? in ~health.mental
Interesting Link ParentAnxiety (like ADHD symptoms: distractability, forgetfulness, hyperactivity) becomes a disease when it is harming your ability to live your life fully. People with ADHD can develop "helpful"...Anxiety (like ADHD symptoms: distractability, forgetfulness, hyperactivity) becomes a disease when it is harming your ability to live your life fully. People with ADHD can develop "helpful" anxiety that eventually becomes unhealthy. I like to show people the anxiety/productivity curve to explain my own personal experience.
https://www.healthline.com/health/yerkes-dodson-law#stress-performance-bell-curve
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Comment on Kids at-home science experiments (of the less tame variety) in ~science
Interesting LinkOh, completely unrelated idea. If you have a fireplace or fire pit (or just a big concrete patio and a wet day) , you can buy salts to add to a fire that changes the color. Epson salt makes white,...Oh, completely unrelated idea. If you have a fireplace or fire pit (or just a big concrete patio and a wet day) , you can buy salts to add to a fire that changes the color. Epson salt makes white, boric acid (borax) will do a purple/green flame, potassium salt will make a blue/purple...
It would be easiest to do with a good torch, but you could probably just wrap a little salt in paper and light that on fire.
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Comment on Kids at-home science experiments (of the less tame variety) in ~science
Interesting LinkDry ice can be purchased fairly affordably, and you can do some neat stuff with it.You can use it to freeze a soap bubble so you can pick it up. That's a neat demonstration on how much colder it...Dry ice can be purchased fairly affordably, and you can do some neat stuff with it.You can use it to freeze a soap bubble so you can pick it up. That's a neat demonstration on how much colder it is than water ice - - that's a neat transfer into the phases of matter and how the same material can be a solid, liquid or a gas.
The simplest explosion is putting some in a plastic bottle or Pringle can and then sealing it(watch from a window inside). You can use that to explain that gas is less dense and takes up more space than a solid, and you can use the dry ice in general to explain sublimation.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~enviro
Interesting Link ParentI've always seen the problem with taxing consumption to be that the poor have to actually spend large portions of their income to survive, and the wealthy have the choice to spend only a small...I've always seen the problem with taxing consumption to be that the poor have to actually spend large portions of their income to survive, and the wealthy have the choice to spend only a small portion. That could be mitigated with refunds, but that wouldn't account for the sort of person who comes into money quickly (say, by working a tech job for a few years) and then lives modestly on that for the rest of their lives.
Land value tax seems like it would be very useful, though I get the feeling it would result in farmers becoming secret arsonists of any development near their farms...
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~enviro
Interesting Link ParentThat's a good point. I feel like taxing such services as a luxury could reduce that externality somewhat? Particularly if the service is so expensive that the folks who can afford it are a tiny...That's a good point. I feel like taxing such services as a luxury could reduce that externality somewhat? Particularly if the service is so expensive that the folks who can afford it are a tiny minority.
Though the ethics of that approach with private healthcare feel murkier... With private fire insurance, the people are probably evacuating either way, so increasing prices for it (and reducing purchases accordingly) doesn't endanger an individual's life any further. That's not true for medical care, where the faster service of private healthcare is about more than just preserving property
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Comment on TikTok says it plans to shut down site for US unless Supreme Court strikes down law forcing it to sell in ~tech
Interesting Link ParentSocial media is the modern version of press; what it chooses to amplify can accrue a larger audience than the vast majority of historical newspapers, or radio shows ever did. More than many...Social media is the modern version of press; what it chooses to amplify can accrue a larger audience than the vast majority of historical newspapers, or radio shows ever did. More than many television broadcasts, even.
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Comment on It can be lonely to have a middle-of-the road opinion on the Israel/Palestine conflict in ~society
Interesting LinkOriginal title was "on the middle east" but given the article was exclusively on Israel/Palestine, I chose to put that into the title so that people who choose to limit their engagement on this...Original title was "on the middle east" but given the article was exclusively on Israel/Palestine, I chose to put that into the title so that people who choose to limit their engagement on this topic are forewarned.
One of the stumbling blocks, those involved say, is that for both Jews and Palestinians, the key constituencies for these efforts, there is intense pressure to be fully supportive of one’s own people in a time of war.
Left-wing progressive Jews particularly can find themselves caught in a kind of partisan no man’s land when they try to take a complex position on the conflict, like being highly critical of the Israeli government and yet still believing in a Jewish state.
Palestinians who want to call for empathy for both Palestinian and Israeli civilians also don’t hear themselves reflected in chants that sound like zero-sum solutions, either them or us, said Zahra Sakkejha, 35, a Palestinian-Canadian and U.C.L.A. alumna. She was among those with Mr. Aboutboul last spring standing between the warring protest camps.
Ms. Sakkejha’s 18-year-old second cousin, who has a Palestinian father and Jewish Israeli mother, was among those kidnapped by Palestinian militants on Oct. 7, 2023, and later released in a hostage deal, she said. It underscored to Ms. Sakkejha that the fates of the two peoples cannot be separated.
While she also wants a free Palestinian state, she wants a peaceful way forward. “I think what made me really take a beat was just the sheer violence done in the name of the Palestinian cause,” Ms. Sakkejha said. “I just couldn’t stand for it. And I really just started to try to find others who were feeling the same way I was.”
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It can be lonely to have a middle-of-the road opinion on the Israel/Palestine conflict
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Comment on Dungeons & Dragons shows that modish guff doesn’t serve diversity and inclusion in ~games.tabletop
Interesting LinkIt's strange how they're talking like all this stuff is new. Choosing ASIs came as an "optional rule" in Tasha's in 2020. In reality, it sometimes wasn't optional, because WoTC stopped giving you...It's strange how they're talking like all this stuff is new. Choosing ASIs came as an "optional rule" in Tasha's in 2020. In reality, it sometimes wasn't optional, because WoTC stopped giving you information on ability scores to increase for newly published races. Around the same time, they stopped providing alignment (lawful/chaotic good/evil) information for new monsters, and removed some paragraphs from Volo's Guide to Monsters (https://old.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/rg4idx/writeup_of_all_the_lore_thats_beeing_removed_from/) - - side note, in lore, Volo is explicitly a kind of fucked up guy, and even in the book, another narrator comes into the book and contradicts him occasionally.
My D&D group wasn't particularly happy about those changes, but that's because they (I joined late, and am relatively new to D&D) are big lore people. They liked how the mechanical benefits of various races would push towards trying new ones, and would do deep dive research and integrate the lore of their characters race into our game. Side note, it's also easier, when running a fantasy game, to have a convenient byword for "evil", even when you know that's not how the real world works. Most people don't want to check that each individual cultist is a fanatic before slaughtering them on their way to stop the big bad evil guy. Making them all Yuan-Ti can be a shortcut that discourages the need for that.
We chose as a group not to move to the 2024 revision, though we might pull in the occasional rule that interests us. That's also because of the changes they made to NPC casters moving to "per day" abilities away from proper character sheets that give them much more flexibility. As it was, anything Tasha's and newer was an "ask first" from our DM because of the power creep. He also hated how the newer books moved away from providing Forgotten Realms lore for everything, and instead started providing big roll tables for different ways the lore of something to be, drastically reducing the amount of detail, and basically requiring DMs to write their own lore.
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Comment on Writing toy code with ChatGPT is a blast in ~comp
Interesting Link ParentI'm thrilled to hear, genuinely.I'm thrilled to hear, genuinely.
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Comment on Writing toy code with ChatGPT is a blast in ~comp
Interesting LinkHey, OP. I see you're linking your own blog, and this is your first post here. I suggest you review the self promotion policy here: https://docs.tildes.net/policies/code-of-conduct#self-promotionHey, OP. I see you're linking your own blog, and this is your first post here. I suggest you review the self promotion policy here: https://docs.tildes.net/policies/code-of-conduct#self-promotion
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Comment on What are some words or usage that became more prominent in 2024, either in your life or in general? in ~talk
Interesting Link ParentOne of us must be in a weird bubble, then, because I've never heard that in person once.One of us must be in a weird bubble, then, because I've never heard that in person once.
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Comment on As the European Jewish Association’s first diplomatic envoy, Michael Freilich will go to battle as Jews’ and Muslims’ religious freedoms are systematically shrunk in the EU in ~society
Interesting Link ParentWe will need to agree to disagree on this topic. I do want to remind you that just because you disagree as a Jewish man, and your own personal contacts do does not mean your opinion is...We will need to agree to disagree on this topic. I do want to remind you that just because you disagree as a Jewish man, and your own personal contacts do does not mean your opinion is particularly common among Jewish men.
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Comment on Tildes End-of-Year 'Awards' 2024 in ~talk
Interesting LinkBest comment chain that changed your mind on a notable issueBest comment chain that changed your mind on a notable issue
I would say Twitter is an exception there. At this point, it's like using Truth Social