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  1. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

  2. Comment on RAM is so expensive, Samsung won’t even sell it to Samsung in ~tech

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    I really wonder what will happen to all that infrastructure and parts after all the bubble bursts. Though I'm not looking forward to the fallout, especially if it will interact with the other...

    I really wonder what will happen to all that infrastructure and parts after all the bubble bursts. Though I'm not looking forward to the fallout, especially if it will interact with the other (economic) issues in the USA in particular. That said, the longer the burst gets delayed, the harder the fallout may be. <_<;

    18 votes

  3. Comment on Do you feel like you’ve had many lives so far? Why, why not? Which? in ~life

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    Man. Given how I've essentially lived a life trying to act someone who I wasn't for the first 3 decades of my life? Yes. It's like I've only recently truly began to live for myself. Of course, not...

    Man. Given how I've essentially lived a life trying to act someone who I wasn't for the first 3 decades of my life? Yes.

    It's like I've only recently truly began to live for myself. Of course, not all experiences I had in the past were shaped like that, but it's only after I truly got self-love last summer that I'm experiencing being me, and enjoying my own presence.

    My life has also been very complicated academically and socially so I've moved a lot of classes, majors, universities and lived abroad briefly. Strangely enough, despite most of that not being 100% my own life, I appreciate many of the experiences I've gained. As well as experiencing deep sadness over the many trauma's I've had to endure.

    I've recently slowly begun to share my life story to someone new in my life and it has been a good reminder of how far I've come.

    15 votes

  4. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (December 2025) in ~health.mental

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    Thank you! You're right and for now, I at least enjoy their presence and will continue to do so. It also very much gives me something to look forward to.

    Thank you! You're right and for now, I at least enjoy their presence and will continue to do so. It also very much gives me something to look forward to.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (December 2025) in ~health.mental

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    Complicated. At the same time, I'm getting in a better and better position to move out and live my own life, slowly but surely. But I'm also experiencing an unusual kind of stress over my crush....

    Complicated. At the same time, I'm getting in a better and better position to move out and live my own life, slowly but surely. But I'm also experiencing an unusual kind of stress over my crush.

    We have yet to meet irl. And, by their own admission, they're a bit different irl. So I won't know for sure whether we'll click until then. At the same time, we already talk daily, a lot, and are quite vulnerable with each other. Some days, it almost feels like we're already in relationship. Some days, it feels like it's all in my head. There have also been a few reasons why I first was hesitant to even consider pursuing a relationship, although by now I am rather certain it can be healthy.

    Given how this has been going on for quite a bit, it's causing a mental stress I haven't experienced before. We are set to met in a bit more than two months though. So then I'll both learn of whether we click irl, and whether they feel the same.

    It is, however, a particular kind of low-key exhausting to be so invested in someone for so long, without being able to confirm how they feel.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds in ~enviro

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    Agreed. It's really difficult, and yet so vital, to both let go of the feeling of control while also resisting the might of fossil fuel companies, disinformation campaigns, etc. It's crazy to do...

    Agreed. It's really difficult, and yet so vital, to both let go of the feeling of control while also resisting the might of fossil fuel companies, disinformation campaigns, etc. It's crazy to do so given the scale, but living your life is as important as fighting for it.

    I suppose that sometimes living your life can be a form of resistance as well. Easier said than done, though.

    7 votes

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

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    Recently begun with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. With English interface but French VA as I've been learning French anyway so that's a plus. I like it so far! It feels like it mixes JRPGs with more...

    Recently begun with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. With English interface but French VA as I've been learning French anyway so that's a plus. I like it so far! It feels like it mixes JRPGs with more western-style games somehow, along with a beautiful melancholic, unusual apocalyptic setting - which admittingly I'm a sucker for.

    I'm also still addicted to Hades 2 despite, aside from a few Chaos trials, having finished nearly everything to do. It's soooo good.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    ...Funny. A few days ago, in the Netherlands, we've had police dogs retrieving a fellow dog from the A10 highway. Google Translate:

    ...Funny. A few days ago, in the Netherlands, we've had police dogs retrieving a fellow dog from the A10 highway.

    Google Translate:

    A young dog was rescued from the A10 West highway by Amsterdam police on Sunday. The playful labradoodle proved difficult to capture, so two police dogs were deployed. This allowed the police to safely remove the animal from the road.

    "This big little friend decided to enjoy the nice weather. Unfortunately, the chosen location, the A10 highway, was somewhat unsuitable for that," the police reported on social media.

    The police deployed two dogs to first "befriend" the escaped animal. Then, together with an inspector from Rijkswaterstaat (the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management), the police were able to capture the labradoodle and bring it to safety.

    The adolescent dog has since been reunited with its owners, the police announced.

    7 votes

  9. Comment on What are your favorite simple pleasures? in ~talk

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    Oooh walking through forests is so nice. Like bathing in green, or more colours if it's autumn/white if it snowed.

    Oooh walking through forests is so nice. Like bathing in green, or more colours if it's autumn/white if it snowed.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on What are your favorite simple pleasures? in ~talk

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    Cycling to and from work. It's a nice day to start and end my day.

    Cycling to and from work. It's a nice day to start and end my day.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (November 2025) in ~health.mental

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    Some memories resurfaced of me doing something... Well, not very good. Which is why I have therapy in less than two hours. I'm pretty sure my brain only decided to let them resurface after gaining...

    Some memories resurfaced of me doing something... Well, not very good. Which is why I have therapy in less than two hours. I'm pretty sure my brain only decided to let them resurface after gaining the self love I have because I'm not sure I could cope with it otherwise.

    Then there is my crush.

    I'm pretty smitten by this point. And I'm fairly certain they know I'm at least interested. I suspect, though I won't know for sure any time soon, that they feel the same.

    But one thing we both know is that we don't know yet whether we'll click irl, and it'll take awhile until we have the opportunity to meet. So that's something.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on OpenAI says hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users may show signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week in ~health.mental

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    I've never heard of it before, so I'm actually happy to hear that it does happen sometimes! I've basically had to learn much of it myself in my 20s.

    I've never heard of it before, so I'm actually happy to hear that it does happen sometimes! I've basically had to learn much of it myself in my 20s.

    11 votes

  13. Comment on OpenAI says hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users may show signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week in ~health.mental

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    And this is with their own benchmarks? I'm not surprised it's really bad, but these numbers are insane. I already developed an opinion that we need to teach emotional regulation in classes for...

    And this is with their own benchmarks?

    I'm not surprised it's really bad, but these numbers are insane. I already developed an opinion that we need to teach emotional regulation in classes for different reasons, and now I wonder if we also need it to make people aware of the emotional feedback loops LLMs can cause.

    Also...

    While the clinicians did not always agree, overall, OpenAI says they found the newer model reduced undesired answers between 39 percent and 52 percent across all of the categories.

    Am I overthinking this, or is there an implicit statement here? It doesn't say anything about how much clinicians agree with the numbers OpenAI give here, but the way it's presented make it appear as such?

    I hope it's a rather cynic part of me, as it feels like something that's presented to be more favourable than it actually is. Which, given the numbers in the article, would be horrifying.

    20 votes

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  15. Comment on At least twenty-five US states plan to cut off food aid benefits in November in ~society

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    I'm really sitting here trying to find the words: at the core hunger is basically used as a political weapon in the USA, when after the sinking of USAID and China refusing to buy American soy...

    I'm really sitting here trying to find the words: at the core hunger is basically used as a political weapon in the USA, when after the sinking of USAID and China refusing to buy American soy beans there should be so much food going around the opposite should basically be happening.

    On one hand I want to say "I hope something snaps as a result" but at the same time I fear for the consequences. The fact that Hegseth and Trump made an art out of pissing off the military with the meeting of all the generals and admirals straight before the shutdown may cause it to lead to something I'd rather not see.

    The pause in benefits would kick in just before the Thanksgiving holiday and add further strain on food banks and pantries during a typically busy season.

    Yeah, and with the economic circumstances hitting the farmers in particular before the larger holiday season at the end of the year... I hope this won't get too ugly.

    We'll have to see I guess. :\

    25 votes

  16. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    This week in the Netherlands, a farmer may have found a body that fell from a plane. Usual google translate:

    This week in the Netherlands, a farmer may have found a body that fell from a plane.

    Usual google translate:

    A farmer in Abbenes discovered the body of a deceased person while plowing Thursday evening. Police believe the person fell from an airplane and landed in the field.
    The body was found in a field on Hoofdweg in Abbenes. This North Holland town is located under a major approach route to Schiphol Airport.

    Police believe the person had hidden in a landing gear and fallen down, a spokesperson told ANP, citing earlier reports by NH Nieuws.

    The spokesperson emphasized that other scenarios are also possible. "He or she could have lain there themselves, or been brought there in a deceased state. Anything is possible."

    It remains unclear when the victim landed in the field. According to the spokesperson, it is "highly likely that the body was there for quite a long time." It is not yet known whether the victim was a man or a woman.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    I recently made cookies that combined coffee(espresso powder), white chocolate chips and raspberries. I figured that combining those ingredients would work well because two of them work well...

    I recently made cookies that combined coffee(espresso powder), white chocolate chips and raspberries. I figured that combining those ingredients would work well because two of them work well together, and coffee taste would give the white chocolate taste the 'body' it normally lacks. And man if I wasn't right on that. It was bloody delicious and it's something to repeat.

    1 vote

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

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    Aside from Hades 2, I recently finished my first run of I Was A Teenage Exocolonist. And I can highly recommend the game. The story, art and gameplay compliment each other really well, and it'll...

    Aside from Hades 2, I recently finished my first run of I Was A Teenage Exocolonist. And I can highly recommend the game. The story, art and gameplay compliment each other really well, and it'll take some time before I'll be done given that clearly you can have many different paths and endings.

    I don't want to spoil too much given how story-heavy the game is, but one thing I want to say is that I appreciate how inclusive the game is in some unusual aspects, and how maturely it deals with some topics normally not discussed often in media like this. It's really well done in ways that have few medias to compare with, even.

    1 vote

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

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    Same, I can't believe they actually managed to (in my opinion) surpass Hades 1. I was worried that Hades 2 could please me compared to Hades 1 given how much it upped the bar for me but no, I'm...

    Same, I can't believe they actually managed to (in my opinion) surpass Hades 1. I was worried that Hades 2 could please me compared to Hades 1 given how much it upped the bar for me but no, I'm pretty sure I like it more than Hades 1.

    RIP my free time.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on At the end of our ropes in ~health.mental

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    And strangely, I didn't do to well on Ritalin(it was really not fun to say the least) but well on Medikinet(which I think is essentially the same as Concerta, or at least similar judging by your...

    but some people with ADHD do better on methylphenidate-based meds than amphetamine-based ones and vice-versa.

    And strangely, I didn't do to well on Ritalin(it was really not fun to say the least) but well on Medikinet(which I think is essentially the same as Concerta, or at least similar judging by your description). Not sure whether I just react better to starting with it in the morning, or if it's due to my brain seemingly being sensitive to change of medication. But yeah, people can react differently in strange ways.

    I had a psychiatrist who tried putting me on Bupropion instead of pursuing an ADHD diagnosis and then tried diagnosing me with Bipolar 2 instead when I had a bad reaction to it, so that particular one left a bad taste in my mouth

    ...yikes. I'm glad that they aren't your psychiatrist before and have medication that works for you now. :\

    1 vote