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  1. Comment on The Library at Mount Char is a fantasy horror thriller fast paced ride of a book in ~books

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    I agree, it was an excellent read. I've even read it twice now.

    I agree, it was an excellent read. I've even read it twice now.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on What awoke in materialism: A philosophically pessimist view of the cosmos and life in ~humanities

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    I've found that it isn't the materialist view that is pessimistic, but rather the transition to it, where people feel unmoored by the destruction of old answers and are frightened by the immediate...

    I've found that it isn't the materialist view that is pessimistic, but rather the transition to it, where people feel unmoored by the destruction of old answers and are frightened by the immediate lack of comfortable new answers. But once this transition is complete, it isn't pessimistic to have settled into the understanding that the answers have to come from us, because they have always come from us, and then we can enjoy the universe for what it is as well as our place in it.

    7 votes

  3. Comment on Do you use an RSS reader? in ~tech

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    Newsraft https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/newsraft I've been using it for several months now. Before that I used canto-curses for years.

    Newsraft

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/newsraft

    I've been using it for several months now. Before that I used canto-curses for years.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on The new ‘white fortress’ cities of the American South in ~society

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    Not getting back in services what you put in with taxes is what happens when you are wealthy. How is that an argument for fairness and not a demonstration that you want to benefit from the...

    Not getting back in services what you put in with taxes is what happens when you are wealthy. How is that an argument for fairness and not a demonstration that you want to benefit from the surrounding community but not support it?

    17 votes

  5. Comment on The Canterbury Tales, or, how technology changes the way we speak in ~humanities.languages

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    That was a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing it.

    That was a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing it.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~books

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    Had to stop reading after the first line. Is there a good reason to think that the sunk cost fallacy is "a uniquely human tendency"?

    Had to stop reading after the first line. Is there a good reason to think that the sunk cost fallacy is "a uniquely human tendency"?

  7. Comment on All the good email clients go to hell in ~tech

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    I use mutt and am pretty happy with it, but given the list of applications she mentioned, it doesn't look like the author was interested in a terminal client.

    I use mutt and am pretty happy with it, but given the list of applications she mentioned, it doesn't look like the author was interested in a terminal client.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on What email client do you use? in ~tech

  9. Comment on Will there ever be another great men’s college basketball team? in ~sports.basketball

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    Do we really want a college team to just keep winning year after year? I don't see what there is to even wax nostalgic about. Most people want a certain about of parity if their sports leagues,...

    Do we really want a college team to just keep winning year after year? I don't see what there is to even wax nostalgic about. Most people want a certain about of parity if their sports leagues, otherwise it isn't very interesting.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on The carry-on-baggage bubble is about to pop in ~travel

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    It's everyone's fault. It's our fault for being greedy, for being inconsiderate. It isn't as if you can't easily find information on the expected size of carry-on luggage, it's that people don't...

    It's everyone's fault. It's our fault for being greedy, for being inconsiderate. It isn't as if you can't easily find information on the expected size of carry-on luggage, it's that people don't want to be limited to that, they want more and they don't want to have to pay for it, or they don't want to put their bag in the bin in a way that makes room for others. And it's the airline's fault because this behavior is extremely predictable consequence of the decoupling of bag fees and airline tickets.

    Of course, airlines decoupling fees is also our fault, since we're always going to go for the lower price, and any airline that can make their price lower be decoupling fees is going to win against an airline that has the fees included in the ticket price.

    29 votes

  11. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I've been GMing a pathfinder 2e game for about six months now, and I really like it. I feel like it's a lot more balanced for all classes, and the system definitely makes it easy for me to modify...

    I've been GMing a pathfinder 2e game for about six months now, and I really like it. I feel like it's a lot more balanced for all classes, and the system definitely makes it easy for me to modify things without worrying about unintended consequences (such as monsters that are much more difficult than their challenge rating would indicate).

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Looking for a recommendation similar to Uprooted by Naomi Novik in ~books

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    Have you tried looking at her other books? I've enjoyed Spinning Silver and the Scholomance series, although the third one was not as good as the first two.

    Have you tried looking at her other books? I've enjoyed Spinning Silver and the Scholomance series, although the third one was not as good as the first two.

  13. Comment on Study shows Germany's East-West divide in top positions in ~life

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    not sure what that means.

    to change it in a way to be incompatible with West German culture.

    not sure what that means.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I messed with nn (No News is good news newsreader) nntp.c file to force it to authenticate even when a server made it optional, since it lacked that option.

    I messed with nn (No News is good news newsreader) nntp.c file to force it to authenticate even when a server made it optional, since it lacked that option.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Under new policy, Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates in ~lgbt

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    This just seems like such a weird thing to do. Who are you protecting by doing this?

    This just seems like such a weird thing to do. Who are you protecting by doing this?

    11 votes

  16. Comment on After decades of banishment from mainstream wardrobes, one of fashion’s most divisive garments — the men’s swimming brief — is making a tentative return across the globe in ~life.style

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    I mean, so far every argument for an overweight person in speedos is Jack Black, and I think it might just be that it's Jack Black, and not that it's a good body type for speedos

    I mean, so far every argument for an overweight person in speedos is Jack Black, and I think it might just be that it's Jack Black, and not that it's a good body type for speedos

    6 votes

  17. Comment on After decades of banishment from mainstream wardrobes, one of fashion’s most divisive garments — the men’s swimming brief — is making a tentative return across the globe in ~life.style

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    Yeah. I'm not sure being overweight or obese while wearing a speedo is any sort of majesty, machismo or not.

    “I don’t think it’s necessarily about having a body beautiful; there’s a certain machismo majesty to the garment (even when worn by a fuller figured guy). But if you’re going to wear them, you have to really own it.”

    Yeah. I'm not sure being overweight or obese while wearing a speedo is any sort of majesty, machismo or not.

    12 votes

  18. Comment on What is/was your favorite BBS board? in ~tech

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    Back when I was religious, I enjoyed participating on the Renewing Your Mind ezboard forum for Ligonier Ministries. This would no longer work as I am no longer Christian and ezboard is several...

    Back when I was religious, I enjoyed participating on the Renewing Your Mind ezboard forum for Ligonier Ministries. This would no longer work as I am no longer Christian and ezboard is several levels removed from existence. The community was a pretty strong and tight knit one, and even after Ligonier pulled the plug on their board, the members simply created their own and continued talking for some time until ezboard finally died with the shift to Yuku.

    I even found the remnants of our refugee forum: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/abettercountry/

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Elly de la Cruz steals 2nd, 3rd, then home! in ~sports.baseball

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    The Brewers were way too relaxed. He just showed you what he was about when he stole the first two bases.

    The Brewers were way too relaxed. He just showed you what he was about when he stole the first two bases.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on I want to prank a friend. Does anyone know where I can buy bulk bread clips? in ~life