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  1. Comment on US senior homes refuse to pick up fallen residents, dial 911. ‘Why are they calling us?’ in ~health

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    Yeah this seems pretty obvious. If it's a free service, that could prevent legal liability, then the business will abuse it. Take away it being free, and it will go away

    Yeah this seems pretty obvious. If it's a free service, that could prevent legal liability, then the business will abuse it. Take away it being free, and it will go away

    22 votes

  2. Comment on Announcing the Tildes Backlog Burner event for May 2024: Shrink your unplayed games list this coming month! in ~games

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    Really looking forward to this! Love the idea of a bingo board. Will probably have to list my shorter games cause I normally play a lot of lengthy RPGs. But hoping to put a dent in my backlog.

    Really looking forward to this! Love the idea of a bingo board. Will probably have to list my shorter games cause I normally play a lot of lengthy RPGs. But hoping to put a dent in my backlog.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on What if we discover the answers of the Universe, eliminate cancer, halt aging. What's next? in ~humanities

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    Yeah. I can't imagine the wealth hoarding we could achieve if inheritance and multiple children wouldn't split family wealth.

    Yeah. I can't imagine the wealth hoarding we could achieve if inheritance and multiple children wouldn't split family wealth.

    6 votes

  4. Comment on What if we discover the answers of the Universe, eliminate cancer, halt aging. What's next? in ~humanities

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    I have my own fears of death, as do we all, but I think if we actually stopped aging / death, we are doomed as a species. "So long as men die, liberty will never perish" is a quote that I think...

    I have my own fears of death, as do we all, but I think if we actually stopped aging / death, we are doomed as a species. "So long as men die, liberty will never perish" is a quote that I think sums it up succinctly.

    17 votes

  5. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    While hiking the AT I stumbled across a couple of such donation based or pay what you can cafes. They were great!

    While hiking the AT I stumbled across a couple of such donation based or pay what you can cafes. They were great!

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Need help planning a pseudo-upgrade for my computer tower in ~comp

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    Yeah that is going to be a high CPU usage scenario. Upgrading the CPU will help, but normally FPS is heavily GPU dependant. At 85% we are not seeing maximum usage, but are we running into...

    Yeah that is going to be a high CPU usage scenario. Upgrading the CPU will help, but normally FPS is heavily GPU dependant. At 85% we are not seeing maximum usage, but are we running into temperature issues?

    Edit, just double checked your hardware, is helldivers on your HDD or SSD? Cause HDD may actually be making more work for your CPU with longer load times. SSDs really do help a lot.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    Is a non transactional cafe just a free place to hang out and drink coffee or tea or something? Sounds very pleasant!

    Is a non transactional cafe just a free place to hang out and drink coffee or tea or something? Sounds very pleasant!

  8. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    Do you now have a personal guard/ attack goose? Truly a power to be feared.

    Do you now have a personal guard/ attack goose? Truly a power to be feared.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Many Americans who recently bought guns open to political violence, survey finds in ~misc

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    Not OP, but I think it's important to note that almost every instance of gun control has been targeted and enforced on minorities in the US over the years. Hell, the modern push to control guns...

    Not OP, but I think it's important to note that almost every instance of gun control has been targeted and enforced on minorities in the US over the years. Hell, the modern push to control guns was jumpstarted not by school shootings, but by Black Panthers following around police to prevent police murdering other black people.

    We only got the 40 hour workweek and overtime protections from violent protests, often devolving into shootouts with police. Shout-out to coal miners. While I hope we do not have to come to that to affect change in our day, I think it is good to remember. I am in favor of gun control, it's ridiculous that our kids have to fear school shooters, or have armored backpacks and classroom drills. But most gun violence is not from AR -15s, it's handguns. Always have been. And concealable handguns also saved a lot of minorities from lynch mobs over the years. It's a messy issue, and we will only solve it through good faith discussion.

    I also think your last few sentences are not in good faith. Telling someone to grow up does not treat the discussion as something worth having or learning from.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on What's something you've been mulling over recently? in ~talk

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    I do think we have a cyclical man made disaster ever so often, but less to thin our numbers (though I think it's pretty obvious we are running outdated software on even more outdated hardware) but...

    I do think we have a cyclical man made disaster ever so often, but less to thin our numbers (though I think it's pretty obvious we are running outdated software on even more outdated hardware) but I also see places we've massively improved and points in our past where we've headed off disaster, at least a little.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on What's something you've been mulling over recently? in ~talk

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    Not OP but I gotta check this out! That top comment -the power of capitalism seems inescapable but so did the divine right of kings - is fuckin motivating the hell outta me rn.

    Not OP but I gotta check this out! That top comment -the power of capitalism seems inescapable but so did the divine right of kings - is fuckin motivating the hell outta me rn.

    7 votes

  12. Comment on Megathread: April Fools’ Day 2024 on the internet in ~talk

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    This one had me rolling. Hope it stays up long term as a great mockery of OAI

    This one had me rolling. Hope it stays up long term as a great mockery of OAI

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ in ~misc

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    The way I see it as is that of the two, Biden is more likely to soften his stance on Israel than Trump. If enough people show that this is a make or break issue, he will have to address it.

    The way I see it as is that of the two, Biden is more likely to soften his stance on Israel than Trump. If enough people show that this is a make or break issue, he will have to address it.

    7 votes

  14. Comment on Album of the Week #20: Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them in ~music

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    Love the name of this album, that alone got me to check it out. Music wise, I don't think this was for me. I normally listen to some totally different stuff, and while I'm always down for some...

    Love the name of this album, that alone got me to check it out.

    Music wise, I don't think this was for me. I normally listen to some totally different stuff, and while I'm always down for some jazzyness this feels a little too much unfocused, like it's pulling from too many references. Glad I checked it out though! Hope others vibe with it more!

    4 votes

  15. Comment on New Music Fridays: IDLES, Vampire Weekend, Dua Lipa and more in ~music

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    Just to add another voice, I really expected to dislike this new Idles album cause I got into his work with the fast stuff, but I just listened to the album for like two hours while working and I...

    Just to add another voice, I really expected to dislike this new Idles album cause I got into his work with the fast stuff, but I just listened to the album for like two hours while working and I really enjoyed it! Now I do want more fast stuff from them, cause none of these songs have broken into my top 5 of his (I'm scum, Danny, Television, Grounds, Ne Touche, Carcinogenic)

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Waymo driverless car set on fire, destroyed by San Francisco crowd in ~transport

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    Yeah, I mean I think I hear about football hooligans setting stuff on fire about as much as I hear about Americans setting things on fire. People like fire. It's one of the things we do as a species

    Yeah, I mean I think I hear about football hooligans setting stuff on fire about as much as I hear about Americans setting things on fire. People like fire. It's one of the things we do as a species

    8 votes

  17. Comment on Motion Picture Academy creates casting category, first new competitive Oscar since 2001 in ~movies

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    So this is for "best casting" by the director? Won't this just turn into "you got an actor Hollywood really likes" for this role?

    So this is for "best casting" by the director? Won't this just turn into "you got an actor Hollywood really likes" for this role?

  18. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of January 28 in ~games

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    Oh, I really need to dive into older Bioware. I love ME1, need to get into their other, older stuff. How do you feel about Divinity? I can't remember if it piqued my interests or not.

    Oh, I really need to dive into older Bioware. I love ME1, need to get into their other, older stuff.

    How do you feel about Divinity? I can't remember if it piqued my interests or not.

  19. Comment on Gaza ceasefire deal matters more than deterrence in ~misc

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    I don't like how this article treats Hamas a a big victor of a cease fire, and not the average every day person fearing being killed on the streets.

    I don't like how this article treats Hamas a a big victor of a cease fire, and not the average every day person fearing being killed on the streets.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Single-player games to play with my partner in ~games

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    For a newer game but a little more simplified - Cocoon. It's not too long, so I'm sure it could be knocked out in a few sessions.

    For a newer game but a little more simplified - Cocoon. It's not too long, so I'm sure it could be knocked out in a few sessions.

    3 votes