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  1. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    They told ABC they wouldn't air Kimmel on their affiliate stations, which is a lot of them

    They told ABC they wouldn't air Kimmel on their affiliate stations, which is a lot of them

    7 votes

  2. Comment on The abundance delusion (gifted link) in ~society

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    I think most of his defenders tend to opine that despite his methods he was at least able to build things, which is now much harder in a world of NIMBYism. I think there is a point to which I...

    I think most of his defenders tend to opine that despite his methods he was at least able to build things, which is now much harder in a world of NIMBYism. I think there is a point to which I agree with them, I think it is often much too hard to build new things when needed especially in big cities, but when you look at all that Moses did, both his methods and his goals, it's hard to look favorably at the guy.

    6 votes

  3. Comment on “First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion in ~books

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    Enjoy the 30 grand! I don't know how much potential loss you incurred from having these works stolen but that's gotta be a pretty nice bit of news to get!

    Enjoy the 30 grand! I don't know how much potential loss you incurred from having these works stolen but that's gotta be a pretty nice bit of news to get!

    5 votes

  4. Comment on What are some of your favorite Nintendo Switch games? in ~games

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    It was an immediate purchase for me after all the hours I put in on PC. Unfortunately some of the games on the switch version have performance issues, but devs are aware and hopefully will be a...

    It was an immediate purchase for me after all the hours I put in on PC. Unfortunately some of the games on the switch version have performance issues, but devs are aware and hopefully will be a patch out soon. Incredible game though!

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Why aren’t armed US citizens overthrowing the current government? in ~society

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    Well, I specified by the Dems for a reason because I wondered if the commenter had specifics in mind, which they answered for me already.

    Well, I specified by the Dems for a reason because I wondered if the commenter had specifics in mind, which they answered for me already.

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

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    While on vacation I finished reading Virginia Woolf's Orlando. It's a lot different than the stream-of-consciousness works of hers I've previously read, but still fantastic! She had such a gift...

    While on vacation I finished reading Virginia Woolf's Orlando. It's a lot different than the stream-of-consciousness works of hers I've previously read, but still fantastic! She had such a gift for beautiful prose, and I love the character of Orlando and all the wild adventures. Would recommend, also a very funny book.

    After that I started reading my next Pynchon tome, Against the Day. I'm a couple hundred pages in, and very much enjoying myself, although I feel a little overwhelmed with all the different locations and characters. Mason & Dixon was a lot smaller scale, this feels more comparable to Gravity's Rainbow but maybe even more scattered. I like the focus on anarchism and the Colorado Coal Wars, and interested to see where else things go.

    I also began an ASOIAF reread. I last reread it in about 2021, so it feels fresh enough and it's always a lot of fun looking back on the books through the lenses of theories I've read up on over time, and trying to figure stuff out myself.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Why aren’t armed US citizens overthrowing the current government? in ~society

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    What would a nonviolent ousting of Trump by the Dems looks like?

    What would a nonviolent ousting of Trump by the Dems looks like?

    1 vote

  8. Comment on People with paranoid delusions of being hacked keep asking me for help in ~talk

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    I wanted to focus on one element of your post here: This is the difference between a delusion that would be considered bizarre and one that would not, but either one can happen with schizophrenia,...

    I wanted to focus on one element of your post here:

    I don't feel like these people are schizophrenic. We've had such people show up before and their delusions are on a different level. One guy thinks a well known actor stole his UFO designs and is trying to get him put in jail.

    This is the difference between a delusion that would be considered bizarre and one that would not, but either one can happen with schizophrenia, among other causes of delusions. Either way, if there's some way you can get them to a psych (e.g. "Being under surveillance can be stressful, have you thought about talking to a professional about ways to deal with it?") Is likely better than much you can do for it yourself

    8 votes

  9. Comment on The Don Martin Dictionary: Onomatopoeia of MAD Magazine in ~comics

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    This is a fun project! My dad had a shitload of MAD he kept from when he was a kid in the 70s, and I read them to death. We eventually had to throw them away they were in such bad condition, and I...

    This is a fun project! My dad had a shitload of MAD he kept from when he was a kid in the 70s, and I read them to death. We eventually had to throw them away they were in such bad condition, and I can claim responsibility for that. Always happy when I see a Mad fan in the wild!

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Hexen and Heretic remaster by Nightdive was just announced and released at QuakeCon in ~games

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    It should be added for free if you own them on steam already!

    It should be added for free if you own them on steam already!

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Hexen and Heretic remaster by Nightdive was just announced and released at QuakeCon in ~games

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    Glad to see this trend continue! I was kind of hoping to see a remaster of Quake III, but this is just as good for me. I'm happy with Quake Live anyway. It's not much of a surprise after releasing...

    Glad to see this trend continue! I was kind of hoping to see a remaster of Quake III, but this is just as good for me. I'm happy with Quake Live anyway. It's not much of a surprise after releasing remasters like this for 3 or 4 years running, but always a treat!

    4 votes

  13. Comment on I've noticed an odd and possibly disturbing trend on Reddit lately in ~tech

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    It's not live anymore, but you can still look at all the old posts at r/SubredditSimulator. It wasn't really something you could "try out", it was just bots talking to bots, but it's cool and...

    It's not live anymore, but you can still look at all the old posts at r/SubredditSimulator. It wasn't really something you could "try out", it was just bots talking to bots, but it's cool and often funny to read! Although it certainly feels quaint in comparison to the LLM era we're in now

    6 votes

  14. Comment on I've noticed an odd and possibly disturbing trend on Reddit lately in ~tech

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    I can't speak to his personal financial situation but as far as his projects are concerned it seems very unlikely he could have made much off them

    I can't speak to his personal financial situation but as far as his projects are concerned it seems very unlikely he could have made much off them

    8 votes

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  16. Comment on Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival | Official Red Band announcement trailer in ~games

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    Just came to post this, beat me to it! Don't know how this will turn out but it looks like plenty of effort was put into it. Hellraiser 1 & 2 are some of my favorite movies and I'm excited to see...

    Just came to post this, beat me to it! Don't know how this will turn out but it looks like plenty of effort was put into it. Hellraiser 1 & 2 are some of my favorite movies and I'm excited to see a single player adaptation of a horror franchise instead of yet another asymmetrical multiplayer game!

    8 votes

  17. Comment on ‘Dune: Part Three’ gets official title, will include sequences shot with IMAX cameras in ~movies

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    Article says it was previously though to be Messiah but is now officially Dune: Part Three

    Article says it was previously though to be Messiah but is now officially Dune: Part Three

    7 votes

  18. Comment on Vulgar auteurism: a never ending cycle in ~movies

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    Personally, in film discussion groups I was a part of at that time, there were a ton of people who didn't care for it. (Also, it's not super important, but in this context you should say...

    Personally, in film discussion groups I was a part of at that time, there were a ton of people who didn't care for it. (Also, it's not super important, but in this context you should say anecdotally rather than empirically)

    5 votes

  19. Comment on China hosts first fully autonomous AI robot football (soccer) match in ~tech

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    They're very cute when they fall over!

    They're very cute when they fall over!

    2 votes

  20. Comment on US Senate passes Donald Trump’s megabill after pulling all-nighter in ~society

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    To clarify, in that instance Booker was not filibustering a bill that was in budget reconciliation, this isn't the same situation.

    To clarify, in that instance Booker was not filibustering a bill that was in budget reconciliation, this isn't the same situation.

    12 votes