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  1. Comment on In need of new bedding in ~life.style

  2. Comment on Over fifteen million passwords were temporarily inaccessible in Chrome's password manager in ~tech

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    I use Yubikeys. One on me, one at home, one with family. It's easier to replicate Yubikeys than have multiple phones. I also have paper backups too, just in case.

    I use Yubikeys. One on me, one at home, one with family. It's easier to replicate Yubikeys than have multiple phones.

    I also have paper backups too, just in case.

  3. Comment on Your favorite deeply unpopular music in ~music

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    I'm so happy you enjoyed it :)

    I'm so happy you enjoyed it :)

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Your favorite deeply unpopular music in ~music

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    Apologies for being terrible at remembering to respond. Not sure if you've seen it, but https://youtu.be/YNRSeaMHQnA?si=XZEvLJQ0VFKL9C1P is wonderful. It is the extremely rare recorded live...

    Apologies for being terrible at remembering to respond.

    Not sure if you've seen it, but https://youtu.be/YNRSeaMHQnA?si=XZEvLJQ0VFKL9C1P is wonderful. It is the extremely rare recorded live version that both has musical fidelity and the exact same amazing energy they bring to their live shows.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Patelco makes minor restorations but no end near for crippling credit union cyber attack in ~finance

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    Hey Ma, I'm in the news! I'm very lucky that external ACH is working, and that I had an emergency fund in a big national bank. This is really annoying.

    Hey Ma, I'm in the news!

    I'm very lucky that external ACH is working, and that I had an emergency fund in a big national bank. This is really annoying.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Your favorite deeply unpopular music in ~music

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    I absolutely love Zeal & Ardor too! Also the best live show I've been to.

    I absolutely love Zeal & Ardor too! Also the best live show I've been to.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Former naturalists/materialists, what changed your view? in ~humanities

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    This unfortunately may not be what you're looking for - but I remain a hard-line materialist via the belief that there is no fundamental difference between us and a p-zombie. I don't believe there...

    This unfortunately may not be what you're looking for - but I remain a hard-line materialist via the belief that there is no fundamental difference between us and a p-zombie. I don't believe there is such thing as unique understanding of "blueness" that "consciousness" beings have they "non-conscious" beings do. That said, I believe consciousness is a spectrum, one that humans so far as we know lie on the extreme "most-conscious" side of.

    But ultimately, I think that there is likely no difference between computation minds and whatever our mind is - that we as humans are just really complex computers.

    21 votes

  8. Comment on Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval after stealthily snapping up farmland in ~design

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    I hear you.... it's frustrating that the urban (or what passes for urban in CA :)) areas won't build up. I guess frustration with it not changing for years have made me more open to new cities in...

    I hear you.... it's frustrating that the urban (or what passes for urban in CA :)) areas won't build up. I guess frustration with it not changing for years have made me more open to new cities in the middle of nowhere.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval after stealthily snapping up farmland in ~design

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    We need more housing, and I don't really think we need that much more farmland. It's a shame that only the big players can do this, but ultimately if we're going to solve the CA housing problem...

    We need more housing, and I don't really think we need that much more farmland. It's a shame that only the big players can do this, but ultimately if we're going to solve the CA housing problem we're gonna need developers.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Citing safety, dozens of Jewish families are leaving Oakland public schools in ~life

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    Yes, I agree with you in that point. The big distinction I'd argue is the ethnic identification for Jews is beyond shared language and "traditional" concept of ethnicity.

    Yes, I agree with you in that point. The big distinction I'd argue is the ethnic identification for Jews is beyond shared language and "traditional" concept of ethnicity.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Citing safety, dozens of Jewish families are leaving Oakland public schools in ~life

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    As an American Jew, the people of Israel don't really look like me (most are Mizrahi AKA of Middle Eastern descent) or speak like me (I don't use Hebrew as a communication language). The appeal is...

    I think it is natural for everyone to desire and feel affinity with a homeland where everyone looks and speaks like them.

    As an American Jew, the people of Israel don't really look like me (most are Mizrahi AKA of Middle Eastern descent) or speak like me (I don't use Hebrew as a communication language).

    The appeal is that they'd accept me when nobody else would. I 100% feel like an American, and would only leave if America decided I was no longer American.

    9 votes

  12. Comment on Citing safety, dozens of Jewish families are leaving Oakland public schools in ~life

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    I'm not sure I can give you the evidence you seek. A menorah was thrown in Lake Merritt, and https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/s/AcnPXqaqiD just happened, but I don't really know how to prove it. I...

    I'm not sure I can give you the evidence you seek. A menorah was thrown in Lake Merritt, and https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/s/AcnPXqaqiD just happened, but I don't really know how to prove it. I grew up in a place that is also supposedly very hospitable to Jews.

    For context, I have, for a few years, been involved in my local Jewish community's efforts and have always felt uncomfortable at the reverence for Israel

    I've also felt the same thing at, but always understood why they felt that way. When people feel credible danger for their family they will do awful things. They're still liable for it, but they'll do it. And of course some people are just racists and would do it anyway.

    9 votes

  13. Comment on Citing safety, dozens of Jewish families are leaving Oakland public schools in ~life

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    With all respect, the Jewish experience for children is that they will be called Christ killers, told they're going to hell, dealing with the fact that a large part of the world doesn't really...

    With all respect, the Jewish experience for children is that they will be called Christ killers, told they're going to hell, dealing with the fact that a large part of the world doesn't really want you to exist. It is the duty of parents to prepare their children for the realities of the world, but how to do that is hard. It's not insane to struggle with how to do that, and whether now is the right time or not.

    Things being utterly unfair and shit for Palestinian children doesn't diminish that, neither should some kid in the US deal with that because of the religion and ethnicity they get from birth.

    10 votes

  14. Comment on Citing safety, dozens of Jewish families are leaving Oakland public schools in ~life

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    Not every Jewish tragedy is the Holocaust, it could be one of the thousand other times a society decided it didn't really want Jews anymore, and expelled them. The significance of Israel to many...

    “It’s bittersweet. I feel like we are fleeing like generations of Jews have fled before us,”

    Not every Jewish tragedy is the Holocaust, it could be one of the thousand other times a society decided it didn't really want Jews anymore, and expelled them. The significance of Israel to many Jews is that if that happens, they'll have a place to go.

    7 votes

  15. Comment on Planes collide and catch fire at Japan’s busy Haneda airport, killing five. Hundreds evacuated safely. in ~transport

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    Poor Japan :( It has been a hard couple of days for the country.

    Poor Japan :(
    It has been a hard couple of days for the country.

    19 votes

  16. Comment on Thoughts on anti-Zionism? in ~talk

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    The current status of Jews in Germany matters little to the 6 million in the ground. Depending on how you count, ther are at most 275,000 remaining and 120,000 practicing.

    The current status of Jews in Germany matters little to the 6 million in the ground. Depending on how you count, ther are at most 275,000 remaining and 120,000 practicing.

    11 votes

  17. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk

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    No worries! Hope you're doing well! It's been even more time since I played eve but I remember I enjoyed playing with you haha

    No worries! Hope you're doing well! It's been even more time since I played eve but I remember I enjoyed playing with you haha

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Without saying where you live, where do you live? in ~talk

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    Koln? Friend is from there, introduced me to Kolsch

    Koln? Friend is from there, introduced me to Kolsch

  19. Comment on Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove language deemed offensive in ~books

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    "There's a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews. I mean there is always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere;...

    "There's a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews. I mean there is always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn't just pick on them for no reason." - Roald Dahl

    "There aren't any non-Jewish publishers anywhere, they control the media—jolly clever thing to do—that's why the president of the United States has to sell all this stuff to Israel." - Roald Dahl

    7 votes

  20. Comment on Great, affordable downtowns that don't require a car? in ~life

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    Hm, I've never had a dog. It's often cold or hot so I'm not sure if it's quite like Coronado where lots of restaurants will take dogs on the patio, but it's probably not too bad. There are also...

    Hm, I've never had a dog. It's often cold or hot so I'm not sure if it's quite like Coronado where lots of restaurants will take dogs on the patio, but it's probably not too bad. There are also lots of urban parks. I haven't lived there in about 6 years so maybe a current resident can chime in.

    No need to worry about rents increasing, I'm a transplant too haha. Coronado is insanely expensive unfortunately, but I do love it there. OB might be a bit more doable but will stretch your budget. You could always do something like live in Temecula, and drive to SD on weekends, but then your partner probably wouldn't be super happy.

    2 votes