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  1. Comment on How to monetize a blog in ~tech

    RodneyRodnesson
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    I enjoyed this comment. Very insightful. ;)

    I enjoyed this comment. Very insightful. ;)

    2 votes

  2. Comment on The water myth (how much water do you need?) in ~health

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    Just as an aside to this I once heard some advice which I thought helpful which was to make sure your pee was clear once a day.

    Just as an aside to this I once heard some advice which I thought helpful which was to make sure your pee was clear once a day.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on The water myth (how much water do you need?) in ~health

    RodneyRodnesson
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    I've seen that exact argument about. Thankfully it's usually followed by 'But it's no problem taking a multivitamin to make up for any shortfall'. I always find articles like this very weird as...

    It's like arguing that a multivitamin isn't a good idea, because if you eat right you shouldn't need it.

    I've seen that exact argument about. Thankfully it's usually followed by 'But it's no problem taking a multivitamin to make up for any shortfall'.

    I always find articles like this very weird as the concepts are so simple and easy to understand. It's almost like they're designed to use up brain energy and make us doubtful and confused about everything. A sort of muddying of the waters exercise.

    10 votes

  4. Comment on Topless men: should they be banned if they’re not at the pool or the beach? in ~life.men

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    Filed quickly from the headline alone under the Total Nonsense headspace with 'How about we just let people live their lives rather than be judgemental banning tosspots!" added. Also minimal...

    Filed quickly from the headline alone under the Total Nonsense headspace with 'How about we just let people live their lives rather than be judgemental banning tosspots!" added.

    Also minimal mental effort needed and quickly forgotten.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Straight romances in tv and movies in ~lgbt

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    You like what you like and that's cool. :) What might be happening as well is seeing tropes with certain types of story. In a gritty noir the jaded detective is always gonna have some 'secret'...

    You like what you like and that's cool. :)

    What might be happening as well is seeing tropes with certain types of story. In a gritty noir the jaded detective is always gonna have some 'secret' troubled background and such.

    Not sure I've explained it very well but for me it's a cause of scrolling endlessly trying to find something to watch because you can usually map the whole movie out from a title and description alone.
    Hence I like the mindless stuff you mentioned quite a lot.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Amanda Knox convicted in slander retrial over 2007 killing in ~news

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    Wasn't too familiar with this tbh but you'd think the Italian Police (government et al) wouldn't want to continue things highlighting their fuckups. Seems stupid to me. The SPEECH act defence...

    Wasn't too familiar with this tbh but you'd think the Italian Police (government et al) wouldn't want to continue things highlighting their fuckups. Seems stupid to me.

    The SPEECH act defence mentioned elsewhere seems like a possible route though.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Nebula strikes deal with Spotify to stream video content in ~tech

    RodneyRodnesson
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    Been writing longer comments to other posts and replies and deleting them as I don't think they really added anything but this... well, this is where I can add value by saying... Yup!

    Been writing longer comments to other posts and replies and deleting them as I don't think they really added anything but this... well, this is where I can add value by saying... Yup!

  8. Comment on What my dog taught me about mortality in ~life.pets

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    That was brilliant. Thanks for sharing it.

    That was brilliant. Thanks for sharing it.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on How it feels to get an AI email from a friend in ~comp

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    I've long had this vision of an AI generated 'person' chatting on facetime, whatsapp or whatever while they're busy doing something else —probably mundane like dishes or even an ablution— to...

    Could it be so advanced that I wouldn’t even be able to tell that my friend hadn’t written to me at all?

    I've long had this vision of an AI generated 'person' chatting on facetime, whatsapp or whatever while they're busy doing something else —probably mundane like dishes or even an ablution— to another 'person' whose doing the same thing.
    As AI helps us more, becomes more capable and gets to know us more —so it can help us more— this weird thought becomes more possible somehow. And is of course saddening and scary. My own hope is that face to face more social physical interactions rise and we realise the value of them.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on How it feels to get an AI email from a friend in ~comp

    RodneyRodnesson
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    Got to say I love this description. I think I'll have to use heebie-jeebies more often as it is so descriptive.

    the linked-in heebie-jeebies

    Got to say I love this description. I think I'll have to use heebie-jeebies more often as it is so descriptive.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on Unpopular opinion: Disqus is the Internet's welcoming gift to the small and medium bloggers in ~tech

    RodneyRodnesson
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    Simpler is very often better and this sounds like a good solution for you. I quite like it and may implement something like that myself.

    Simpler is very often better and this sounds like a good solution for you. I quite like it and may implement something like that myself.

  12. Comment on Unpopular opinion: Disqus is the Internet's welcoming gift to the small and medium bloggers in ~tech

    RodneyRodnesson
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    I read Disqus wrong like a doofus! Which is rather stupid because I do know Disqus and what it's used for. I just don't use it myself.

    I read Disqus wrong like a doofus!
    Which is rather stupid because I do know Disqus and what it's used for. I just don't use it myself.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Unpopular opinion: Disqus is the Internet's welcoming gift to the small and medium bloggers in ~tech

    RodneyRodnesson
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    Damn. I read Disqus as Discord! In which case you may well be right but I've been out of the game for a while so probably can't really comment tbh.

    Damn. I read Disqus as Discord!

    In which case you may well be right but I've been out of the game for a while so probably can't really comment tbh.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Unpopular opinion: Disqus is the Internet's welcoming gift to the small and medium bloggers in ~tech

  15. Comment on Unpopular opinion: Disqus is the Internet's welcoming gift to the small and medium bloggers in ~tech

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    Unless something drastic has changed since I was last doing web design my opinion is WordPress is made for small and medium bloggers. It's easy to setup and manage and you've even mentioned proven...

    Unless something drastic has changed since I was last doing web design my opinion is WordPress is made for small and medium bloggers. It's easy to setup and manage and you've even mentioned proven spam solutions for it in your reply to vord.
    Not sure what criticism Discord is getting from the blog community but.. tbh, I fail to see your point. You seem to have some sort of issue with big tech but there are many, easy solutions for small to medium size blogging, Discord probably just being another one; although I never thought of Discord as a blogging platform any more than LinkedIn is.

    8 votes

  16. Comment on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pitches mandatory national service at eighteen in ~society

    RodneyRodnesson
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    Surely it's just an attempt to get the older voters. We are in the run up to a general election after all.

    Surely it's just an attempt to get the older voters. We are in the run up to a general election after all.

    9 votes

  17. Comment on Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same. in ~tech

    RodneyRodnesson
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    Second this. Have a bit of work to transition myself over properly but I've enjoyed experimenting. Even thinking of paying so I can support what they're doing.

    Second this.
    Have a bit of work to transition myself over properly but I've enjoyed experimenting. Even thinking of paying so I can support what they're doing.

    10 votes

  18. Comment on Rubbing your eyes is way more harmful than you think in ~health

    RodneyRodnesson
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    You're correct ofc and I think I mucked up the point I was trying to make there. It was along the lines of, if it was a serious problem evolution would have sorted it along the way somewhere so...

    You're correct ofc and I think I mucked up the point I was trying to make there.

    It was along the lines of, if it was a serious problem evolution would have sorted it along the way somewhere so it's probably not as big of a deal as the article states. But as you can see from the word salad, I'm not sure I had a point or if there was, could/can articulate it correctly. Sorry.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Rubbing your eyes is way more harmful than you think in ~health

    RodneyRodnesson
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    Yeah of all the things we do starting to worry about rubbing our eyes should be very, very, very far down our list. Unless of course you rub abnormally hard or for an abnormal length of time. I...

    Yeah of all the things we do starting to worry about rubbing our eyes should be very, very, very far down our list. Unless of course you rub abnormally hard or for an abnormal length of time.
    I suppose the headline "Are you in the 0.04% that may possibly just a very slim chance but we don't really know may have got from rubbing you eyes.. oh and in fact that's not what we were studying anyway we were just counting?" wouldn't do it though.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Rubbing your eyes is way more harmful than you think in ~health

    RodneyRodnesson
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    I'm with you all the way here. In the context of the harm of rubbing your eyes, it's plenty good enough. Even for our modern lifespans. So much that you don't need to worry about rubbing your...

    I'm with you all the way here.

    In the context of the harm of rubbing your eyes, it's plenty good enough. Even for our modern lifespans. So much that you don't need to worry about rubbing your eyes. The only evidence that it is harmful over our current lifespan is if you do it excessively or overly vigorously, and even that evidence is minimal. It certainly doesn't warrant the article imo.