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  1. Comment on Gratitude: One Year Later in ~talk

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    I'm thankful to be alive, employed, and making art. well, starting to make art.

    I'm thankful to be alive, employed, and making art.

    well, starting to make art.

    7 votes

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

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    I was really enjoying Fall Guys, because the gameplay is fun and the design aesthetic is fun and I like that there’s no chat or mic spam. What is no fun is all of the cheating, so I quit playing.

    I was really enjoying Fall Guys, because the gameplay is fun and the design aesthetic is fun and I like that there’s no chat or mic spam.

    What is no fun is all of the cheating, so I quit playing.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Trump will undergo televised medical evaluation on Friday night, Fox News announces in ~news

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    I was looking for the one I had in mind, but holy cow, there are a lot of them. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/24/us/florida-reporter-cancer-viewer-lump-trnd/index.html...

    I was looking for the one I had in mind, but holy cow, there are a lot of them.
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/24/us/florida-reporter-cancer-viewer-lump-trnd/index.html
    https://moffitt.org/endeavor/archive/tv-host-announces-thyroid-cancer-diagnosis-after-viewer-spots-lump/
    https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article244870597.html
    https://globalnews.ca/news/4256469/doctor-thyroid-cancer-reality-show-diagnosis/

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Trump will undergo televised medical evaluation on Friday night, Fox News announces in ~news

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    That happened in the past. A viewer of a TV news show noticed a lump on an anchor's neck, called the station. Turns out, cancer.

    That happened in the past. A viewer of a TV news show noticed a lump on an anchor's neck, called the station. Turns out, cancer.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Americans - What is a "pep rally"? in ~life

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    it's something you might do before an event. If you have a big game on Friday, you might have a pep rally at the end of the day on Friday to get people fired up. You might also have pep rallies...

    it's something you might do before an event. If you have a big game on Friday, you might have a pep rally at the end of the day on Friday to get people fired up.

    You might also have pep rallies for other events - graduation is one example.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on What did you do this week? in ~talk

  7. Comment on Gorillaz - The Pink Phantom ft. Elton John & 6LACK (2020) in ~music

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    I liked this quite a bit. I frequently forget that Gorillaz are out there making new music, so it's nice when it pops up

    I liked this quite a bit. I frequently forget that Gorillaz are out there making new music, so it's nice when it pops up

    1 vote

  8. Comment on What did you do this week? in ~talk

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    I've been re-engaging with our developer community on the run up to a conference, and I got my thermal camera hooked up to Zoom.

    I've been re-engaging with our developer community on the run up to a conference, and I got my thermal camera hooked up to Zoom.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on What's a movie that has entranced you? in ~movies

  10. Comment on Owners of a US B&B have removed a Norwegian flag from outside their business after being accused of promoting racism from people who thought it was a Confederate flag in ~news

  11. Comment on What happened to those mental health threads? in ~health

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    There are things I'd like to comment about on this site, but the cost - both opportunity and realized - would be too high.

    There are things I'd like to comment about on this site, but the cost - both opportunity and realized - would be too high.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on Necrobarista | Launch trailer in ~games

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    Added to my wishlist

    Added to my wishlist

  13. Comment on What are your thoughts on the possibility of public schools re-opening? in ~health

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    I've tried to type this up a couple of times, but I'll keep it short and sweet. If we, as a species, could control ourselves for a few weeks, this would be over. We can't, and we won't. There is...
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    I've tried to type this up a couple of times, but I'll keep it short and sweet.

    If we, as a species, could control ourselves for a few weeks, this would be over.

    We can't, and we won't.

    There is no good answer to your question.

    How much education and socialization does a kid need to miss to be at permanent disadvantage to older and younger near-peers?

    If schools open up in the fall of 2021, we're going to have a massive social a/b experiment on the kids that started school in 2019, 2020, and 2021. We probably won't like the results.

    29 votes

  14. Comment on GitHub feature: README.md for your profile in ~comp

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    The guy that I linked to has an auto-updating github action for a version of that. I'm thinking of exporting my LinkedIn data to a form of a CV.

    The guy that I linked to has an auto-updating github action for a version of that. I'm thinking of exporting my LinkedIn data to a form of a CV.

  16. Comment on Share a true story from your life in five lines or less in ~creative

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    I passed as late 20s-early 30s from about 16 until about 25. I'll be 50 next year, and apparently I look like I'm 70?

    I passed as late 20s-early 30s from about 16 until about 25. I'll be 50 next year, and apparently I look like I'm 70?

    6 votes

  17. Comment on Share a true story from your life in five lines or less in ~creative

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    I felt pretty good about guessing the ages of the pretty ladies at the bar in Tokyo They guessed mine as about 20 years older than I am Thanks, go away

    I felt pretty good about guessing the ages of the pretty ladies at the bar in Tokyo

    They guessed mine as about 20 years older than I am

    Thanks, go away

    15 votes

  18. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    I make postcards from pictures I've taken and send them to people I know. I usually send them when I travel; no OCONUS travel this year, so I've started sending them once a month or so from home....

    I make postcards from pictures I've taken and send them to people I know. I usually send them when I travel; no OCONUS travel this year, so I've started sending them once a month or so from home.

    Last year I sent about 1000 postcards. I really enjoy finding the right picture to capture a moment. I've upgraded to a really awesome paper cutter so I can print on 220g A4 cardstock and cut 25 sheets into 50 postcards quickly.

    3 votes