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  1. Comment on British Columbia announces it is making daylight time permanent after years of promises in ~society

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    I'm actually surprised the overwhelming opinion here is so much in favour of this change. I'm a big daylight savings fan personally, but I understand the arguments against it. But I thought it was...

    I'm actually surprised the overwhelming opinion here is so much in favour of this change. I'm a big daylight savings fan personally, but I understand the arguments against it. But I thought it was pretty widely accepted that permanent daylight saving time was the worst of the three options?

    I'm really interested to see how this works out for BC people over the next few years.

    6 votes

  2. Comment on Dan Simmons, author of the Hyperion Cantos, dies aged 77 in ~books

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    I read The Hyperion Cantos last year immediately after finishing The Expanse. It's a good series (well the first two at least, I enjoyed the second two but can see why they are more divisive) but...

    I read The Hyperion Cantos last year immediately after finishing The Expanse. It's a good series (well the first two at least, I enjoyed the second two but can see why they are more divisive) but honestly apart from the fact that they both feature space travel, they couldn't be more different.

    Hyperion is very much of the old fashioned scifi style where there are many other planets that are pretty much slightly different earths. The technology is ultra futuristic (science magic style) as opposed to the very grounded tech in The Expanse.

    In hindsight I wish I'd read something else in between as a kind of palette cleanser so I didn't contrast them so much in my mind, I think that would have helped me sink into Hyperion more quickly and easily.

  3. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    You're the first other person I've seen who didn't like this movie. I hated it, it was dumb, flashy without substance, and clichéd on a bad way. I watched it after Edge Of Tomorrow which was great...

    You're the first other person I've seen who didn't like this movie. I hated it, it was dumb, flashy without substance, and clichéd on a bad way.

    I watched it after Edge Of Tomorrow which was great and which I've rewatched multiple times, but I have no desire whatsoever to research Oblivion.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on E-ink tablet recommendations for note taking in ~tech

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    Can this be used for marking up pdfs?

    Can this be used for marking up pdfs?

    1 vote

  5. Comment on New books aren’t worth reading in ~books

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    This guy truly can't comprehend that anyone would read for pleasure except smut? Really? And he actually thinks that no one today is having any sort of unique or interesting experiences that...

    Unfortunately, reading books for entertainment is ridiculous. You do not live in a log cabin on the prairie. You have Netflix, you have video games, you have TikTok, you have Twitter (you really spend too much time on Twitter anon). No one reads books for entertainment anymore, because paper is an inferior entertainment platform. The only people who still read books for entertainment are women who prefer their porn to have DIY visuals.

    This guy truly can't comprehend that anyone would read for pleasure except smut? Really?

    And he actually thinks that no one today is having any sort of unique or interesting experiences that people might want to learn about? The only way to get a new perspective is to read books hundreds of years old?

    I don't know if this article was supposed to be rage bait, but it's certainly irritating.

    40 votes

  6. Comment on So this is 2nd grade subtraction in ~science

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    Why break 44 to 30+7+3+4 and not just 30+7+7? Since you don't do anything with the 3 and 4 except add them again at the end.

    Why break 44 to 30+7+3+4 and not just 30+7+7? Since you don't do anything with the 3 and 4 except add them again at the end.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Ian's Shoelace Site is still the best site for tying your shoes in ~tech

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    I've been using the Ian knot exclusively for around 15 years now. I hold the laces with my pinkie and ring fingers while thing with my index and pointer fingers, which lets you hold tension while...

    I've been using the Ian knot exclusively for around 15 years now. I hold the laces with my pinkie and ring fingers while thing with my index and pointer fingers, which lets you hold tension while tying. The whole thing takes literally like 2 seconds for a tight, secure knot. It's amazing and people are blown away when they see it.

    10 votes

  8. Comment on You’re 16. You’re a pedophile. You don’t want to hurt anyone. What do you do now? in ~life

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    The incidence could be much higher than expected and people never admit to anyone because of the extreme stigma. Think of the (public) rate of LGBTQIA+ people from decades ago compared to today...

    I am not so sure that enough pedophiles can follow some combination of self control and fear of legal or social retribution.
    There seems to be too much pedophilia acted out in the world.

    The incidence could be much higher than expected and people never admit to anyone because of the extreme stigma. Think of the (public) rate of LGBTQIA+ people from decades ago compared to today once it's more acceptable in society.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Five browser extensions to make every website more useful in ~tech

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    Why would you want that? Isn't that contrary to the purpose of private sessions?

    Why would you want that? Isn't that contrary to the purpose of private sessions?

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech

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    It shits me to tears that mac has the same name for the offline local music application, and for the online music streaming subscription service. It makes any sort of troubleshooting online a...

    It shits me to tears that mac has the same name for the offline local music application, and for the online music streaming subscription service. It makes any sort of troubleshooting online a nightmare.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers in ~science

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    Your remark about Dr. Seuss' gibberish words exactly sums up my biggest concern with this learning system, which is that it doesn't give any method for reading words that the reader doesn't...

    Your remark about Dr. Seuss' gibberish words exactly sums up my biggest concern with this learning system, which is that it doesn't give any method for reading words that the reader doesn't already know. How is someone who learnt to read like this supposed to read any proper nouns? Can they read someone's name and pronounce it?

    Surmising the word from context sounds like a sort of word game rather than actually reading.

    16 votes

  12. Comment on Body time and daylight savings apologetics in ~life

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    I guess I'm not convinced that there are significant, widespread negative health impacts from having to get up an hour earlier according to the sun. What about everyone that is able to sleep an...

    I guess I'm not convinced that there are significant, widespread negative health impacts from having to get up an hour earlier according to the sun.

    What about everyone that is able to sleep an hour longer in the morning because the sun isn't coming up at 4 in the morning, and they aren't bring woken up by the light and noise as the day starts?

    The claim that deaths increase significantly around the traditions is a myth. You can see the results here that mortality increases slightly the week after spring transition, but it is also higher in the week before transition. There is a decent increase in mortality the Sunday after the autumn transition (~4%), but this day is actually an hour longer (also ~4%) so the rate is the same.

    The effects of losing an hour of sleep are much much greater than those of the actual different time, and the gain of an hour at the end of summer actually had a beneficial effect.

    9 votes

  13. Comment on Body time and daylight savings apologetics in ~life

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    How many people are waking up before dawn regularly in summer? And not just before sunrise, but early enough that their health is impacted. I definitely don't think it's a large group of people...

    How many people are waking up before dawn regularly in summer? And not just before sunrise, but early enough that their health is impacted. I definitely don't think it's a large group of people and definitely not "all people."

    Obviously it makes more sense in some places than others (more important the farther you are from the equator) but in general I think daylight savings is great.

    12 votes

  14. Comment on In-car sat nav? Without a satellite? In 1971? | Tomorrow's World | Retro tech in ~tech

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    It's astonishing how similar the instructions are to what you would hear today. In fact, I honestly thought this was a joke video pretending to be contemporaneous until he pulled out the control unit.

    It's astonishing how similar the instructions are to what you would hear today. In fact, I honestly thought this was a joke video pretending to be contemporaneous until he pulled out the control unit.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Don’t like joining in? Why it could be your superpower. in ~life

  16. Comment on uBlock Origin Lite for Safari in ~tech

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    That's surprising to hear, I've been using orion as my main browser (ios) for over a year now and never have any crashes.

    That's surprising to hear, I've been using orion as my main browser (ios) for over a year now and never have any crashes.

  17. Comment on Ninajirachi - Infohazard (2025) in ~music

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    I love ninajirachi and it's so cool to see her finally start to blow up!

    I love ninajirachi and it's so cool to see her finally start to blow up!

    1 vote

  18. Comment on ‘Elio’ box office flop: Why can’t Pixar launch original films? in ~movies

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    Me too. I remember the bean mouth being a meme, what, 10 years ago? And it seems that studios just can't get past it.

    I'm completely tapped out on the "bean mouth/CalArts" style, for lack of a better term

    Me too. I remember the bean mouth being a meme, what, 10 years ago? And it seems that studios just can't get past it.

    21 votes

  19. Comment on What's a new skill that you've picked up recently? in ~life

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    Is that the one by Fluency? Where the icon is a white F on a purple background? I somehow got lifetime free a whole ago and used it for a bit but found it mostly repetitive (for the stories) or...

    Is that the one by Fluency? Where the icon is a white F on a purple background? I somehow got lifetime free a whole ago and used it for a bit but found it mostly repetitive (for the stories) or unhelpful (for the vocab). I would have preferred some actual explanations rather than just guessing the word, especially for the more obscure tenses and conjugations.

  20. Comment on EGOISM - And Go Nowhere (2025) in ~music

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    Thanks for posting this. I've loved everything they've put out since You You. So glad to see them go the distance and now release an album.

    Thanks for posting this. I've loved everything they've put out since You You. So glad to see them go the distance and now release an album.

    3 votes