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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

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

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. Comment on What historic unsolved mysteries do you want solved? in ~talk

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    Due to ambiguity in these statements, I choose to believe the human and computing ingenuity they are calling for here is to test the philosophy itself.

    Its subject was Greek Epicurean philosophy, which teaches that fulfilment can be found through the pleasure of everyday things.

    The Bodleian's scroll is likely to be on the same subject - but the Vesuvius team is calling for more human and computing ingenuity to see if this is the case.

    Due to ambiguity in these statements, I choose to believe the human and computing ingenuity they are calling for here is to test the philosophy itself.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Doechii - Anxiety (2025) in ~music

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    It's hard to call this a sample honestly, it's more like a mashup

    It's hard to call this a sample honestly, it's more like a mashup

    1 vote

  13. Comment on What is a misconception you are passionate about and would like to clarify? in ~talk

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    I completely disagree with this. It wasn't that GoT tried to betray the audience, it was that actions by the characters had realistic consequences. Ned was decapitated because he failed to fully...

    GoT has always been a show which is not afraid to gut punch and betray its audience's wishes. Oh were you liking that seasons main character? Head on a spike. Were you rooting for the likeable underdog? Nah, big evil man gets the better of him.

    I completely disagree with this. It wasn't that GoT tried to betray the audience, it was that actions by the characters had realistic consequences. Ned was decapitated because he failed to fully commit and expose the queen's infidelity, and she had him killed to cover it up. Oberon got so worked up over trying to force the Mountain to confess that he delayed killing him and put himself into a position where he was vulnerable. What made the series special was the lack of plot armour meaning that major characters could be killed if they stuffed up, and the reputation for betraying expectations followed from this.

    The problems with the later seasons were that the show betrayed this principle. All of a sudden you had your main characters acting really stupid and getting away with it. The major plot swings weren't character-driven any more, but now were written that way specifically to shock the audience.

    24 votes

  14. Comment on A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time in ~enviro

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    I've seen the one at Te Papa a couple of times about a decade apart and the second time it was really starting to degrade (at least by my memory, it's possible it's all imagined!)

    I've seen the one at Te Papa a couple of times about a decade apart and the second time it was really starting to degrade (at least by my memory, it's possible it's all imagined!)

    5 votes

  15. Comment on British man's tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government document in ~society

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    I can't believe they are still considering travelling to the US even after articulating the risks.

    I can't believe they are still considering travelling to the US even after articulating the risks.

    17 votes

  16. Comment on The Pitt has revolutionized the medical drama in ~tv

  17. Comment on The Donald Trump US administration accidentally texted me its war plans in ~society

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    Maybe a misheard transcription error? Hoax to hopes

    Maybe a misheard transcription error? Hoax to hopes

    7 votes

  18. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 17 in ~society

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    Far out that was a harrowing read

    Far out that was a harrowing read

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Hollywood’s IP dilemma | Whether it’s “Novocaine,” “Mickey 17” or the “Oceans” director’s latest, audiences are slow to show up for original films in ~movies

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    I've been utterly spoiled by my local film group which is $90 a year for unlimited entries and up to eight guest passes. But they only show each film once, so if you have another commitment that...

    I've been utterly spoiled by my local film group which is $90 a year for unlimited entries and up to eight guest passes. But they only show each film once, so if you have another commitment that day you're out of luck.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Hollywood’s IP dilemma | Whether it’s “Novocaine,” “Mickey 17” or the “Oceans” director’s latest, audiences are slow to show up for original films in ~movies

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    When you say one credit, is that one guest or one single ticket? As in, you can only see one film a month yourself.

    When you say one credit, is that one guest or one single ticket? As in, you can only see one film a month yourself.

    2 votes