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  1. Comment on Eight in ten women married to men still take husband’s last name, survey finds in ~life.women

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    As a side note, it always seemed weird to me that having bills in your name is used for any sort of identification. Don’t companies just put whatever the customer says on the bill?

    As a side note, it always seemed weird to me that having bills in your name is used for any sort of identification. Don’t companies just put whatever the customer says on the bill?

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  2. Comment on What are you looking forward to right now? in ~talk

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    Thanks for that advice (also thanks /u/lebski). I’ll try to do that on my next few runs. I felt like I had to push myself pretty hard just to have a good pace. I don’t think I would have stuck...

    Thanks for that advice (also thanks /u/lebski). I’ll try to do that on my next few runs. I felt like I had to push myself pretty hard just to have a good pace. I don’t think I would have stuck with running if I didn’t have what felt like a fast enough pace (might be something to do with my ADHD). But I think I am enjoying it enough now that I can slow down without loosing motivation.

    Edit: Just finished my daily run. 5.3 miles which is the longest I have run. I tried to stay in zone 3 the entire time. I had to slow down my pace quite a bit, but not as much as I expected. When I got to the hill, I slowed down quite a bit. I bounced around at high zone 4 and low zone 5 for the hill. Coming back down, I pretty quickly dropped back to low zone 3. I added a short 0.3 mile sprint towards the end. All in all it was a pretty good workout. Not yet my 10k goal, but a good step towards that. I feel pretty confident that I could do 10k on flat ground. Thanks for all the advice!

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  3. Comment on What are your favorite soundtracks for films and video games? in ~music

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    Recently I have been using the HITMAN reboot series soundtracks to study to. They have been pretty good as a somewhat interesting background music without distracting words.

    Recently I have been using the HITMAN reboot series soundtracks to study to. They have been pretty good as a somewhat interesting background music without distracting words.

  4. Comment on What are you looking forward to right now? in ~talk

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    Weirdly for me, running! I have always been a decently active person. At times in my life, I have ran consistently too. But I have never liked running. I would always tend towards other forms of...

    Weirdly for me, running!

    I have always been a decently active person. At times in my life, I have ran consistently too. But I have never liked running. I would always tend towards other forms of exercise. About a month ago, I started running on my lunch breaks. At first I hated it as I expected. But I forced myself to start liking it. I don't know how its possible to force yourself to like something, but it seems to actually be working. About 2 weeks ago I hit 5k in about 30 minutes ish and have been doing at least a 5k consistently since then. I started to bump up the distance because I actually wanted to. I did not have to force myself to. This morning I was stuck in meetings. I was actually disappointed because I couldn't take my lunch early and go running. I have no idea how I did this to myself, but I am absolutely loving it! I found a 5k and 2 mile run this weekend that I am planning on participating in. My current goal is 10k which I feel pretty confident I can do. I tried to do it today, but there is a pretty aggressive hill about 2.2 miles into my route that absolutely killed me. On a relatively flat route, I think I could do 10k no problem.

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  5. Comment on How frequently do you shower? in ~life

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    That really just sounds like washing my hair with extra steps. Also my scalp gets unbearably itchy long before I could remove grease from my hair. I would rather just have a clean head than mess...

    That really just sounds like washing my hair with extra steps. Also my scalp gets unbearably itchy long before I could remove grease from my hair. I would rather just have a clean head than mess around with that.

  6. Comment on How frequently do you shower? in ~life

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    Every day in the morning. I also shampoo and condition my hair every time. I know many people think that is way too often to wash hair. I have tried going longer without washing and it just does...

    Every day in the morning. I also shampoo and condition my hair every time. I know many people think that is way too often to wash hair. I have tried going longer without washing and it just does not work for me at all.

  7. Comment on Great audiobooks that come to mind because the narrator is amazing and NOT Ray Porter? in ~books

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    Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit read by Phil Dragash. It is a fan recording. Dragash just made it himself and published it. It has since been DMCA'd off his website, but it is still available at...

    Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit read by Phil Dragash. It is a fan recording. Dragash just made it himself and published it. It has since been DMCA'd off his website, but it is still available at the internet archive. https://archive.org/search?query=phil+dragash+lord+of+the+rings

    I have tried both of the official LOTR recordings, and this one is by far the best. It is definitely amateur; there are some minor issues and sections that should have been re-recorded. But these are very few and do not distract from the work.

  8. Comment on Los Angeles is exploring banning cashless businesses, following the example of New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, DC in ~finance

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    That is definitely highly dependent on the business. I work in wine, which is a high margin product. We can easily discount the product to cover not being able to give change to a customer. But,...

    That is definitely highly dependent on the business. I work in wine, which is a high margin product. We can easily discount the product to cover not being able to give change to a customer. But, as you point out, that is not possible for all businesses. In my company, I know how easy it is to switch to taking cash because we do it on a regular basis. Most of the time we are cash free (mostly because the supervisors don’t like dealing with bank deposits). But if a customer insists on paying cash, we will accept the cash. We keep a till, but we don’t necessarily keep it stocked with change, so it may be difficult to make exact change. We also have the added benefit of receiving tips, often in cash. So we can make change from the top jar, or possibly from one of our staff’s personal cash. At least where I work, switching back to cash really is not a big deal.

    I can’t comment on other businesses. I could imagine how much extra cash infrastructure would be needed for something like a grocery store.

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  9. Comment on Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron in ~tech

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    FYI if you are ever have to deal with office 365 again, you can just use the desktop apps. The web apps are free for everyone. They are Microsoft's equivalent of google docs. The desktop apps can...

    FYI if you are ever have to deal with office 365 again, you can just use the desktop apps. The web apps are free for everyone. They are Microsoft's equivalent of google docs. The desktop apps can interface with the same files the website uses. They can even do concurrent editing that the web based apps do, as long as you use onedrive for storage.

    For the genetics part, I think they just renamed the gene sequences instead of dealing with excel's weirdness.

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  10. Comment on Los Angeles is exploring banning cashless businesses, following the example of New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, DC in ~finance

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    Everything you said is true, but it just isn't relevant to business owners. I don't make the decisions for my company, but if I did, I also might choose to not take cash. If the power goes out, we...

    Everything you said is true, but it just isn't relevant to business owners. I don't make the decisions for my company, but if I did, I also might choose to not take cash.

    If the power goes out, we have a backup generator. If our internet goes out, we have company cell phones we can hotspot from. If the cell phone carriers go down, it probably means another wildfire is coming through our area of California and we should be evacuating anyway. If somehow all those come to pass, and we don't need to evacuate, and we still have customers, we can always write down card info and charge the customer later. We still have a credit card imprinting machine (although many cards don't have embossed numbers anymore). If we didn't want to take credit card info, we can always just start taking cash. It takes exactly 0 seconds to start taking cash again. So cash is always a backup even if a business is "cash free".

    I don't really have a horse in this race. As a customer, I will not shop at a place that does not accept credit cards. This is for the simple fact that I do not carry cash. But I can understand how business owners choose to go cash free.

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  11. Comment on Los Angeles is exploring banning cashless businesses, following the example of New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, DC in ~finance

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    That’s definitely an issue, but not necessarily for all businesses. @redwall_hp was talking about the costs from a business perspective. If your target audience is relatively well off, it is not...

    That’s definitely an issue, but not necessarily for all businesses. @redwall_hp was talking about the costs from a business perspective. If your target audience is relatively well off, it is not an issue for you as a business. I work at a relatively high end winery. I don’t want us to discriminate against anyone, but I can’t think of a single guest we have ever hosted that does not have a phone. If there are any, there is definitely none that do not have a credit card.

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  13. Comment on What do you recommend for sunscreen? in ~health

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    Check out ThinkSport. It is a mineral sunscreen and works super well. It’s also reef safe, which is something more people should care about. It has a fragrance, so I hope you aren’t allergic to it.

    Check out ThinkSport. It is a mineral sunscreen and works super well. It’s also reef safe, which is something more people should care about. It has a fragrance, so I hope you aren’t allergic to it.

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  14. Comment on Cloud Servers for the Broke in ~comp

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    Was it running out of ram? The default images don’t have any swap setup, and do pretty poorly when you hit the ram limit. If you add a swap file, it should fix it.

    Was it running out of ram? The default images don’t have any swap setup, and do pretty poorly when you hit the ram limit. If you add a swap file, it should fix it.

  15. Comment on Cloud Servers for the Broke in ~comp

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    My website isn’t publicly available, but it could be if I wanted it to. And it is completely free.

    My website isn’t publicly available, but it could be if I wanted it to. And it is completely free.

  16. Comment on Peacock lost $651 million from April to June in ~tv

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    On number 2: that really depends. Morally I think it’s okay. In the US, you are legally allowed to make copies for personal use. You are not legally allowed to circumvent copy protections. The law...

    On number 2: that really depends. Morally I think it’s okay. In the US, you are legally allowed to make copies for personal use. You are not legally allowed to circumvent copy protections. The law doesn’t really go into if you can circumvent copy protections to make copies for personal use. It also does not specify if letting others watch counts as personal use (likely not, but it will depend on the extent of sharing). Practically speaking, these laws are never enforced unless you are sharing with many people. So grab MakeMKV and start ripping.

  17. Comment on When did VPS hosting get so expensive? in ~comp

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    Wait until the free trial is over, and convert your account to a paid account. Then you can get an ampere instance for free. It won’t be marked “always free” but it will still be free if you stay...

    Wait until the free trial is over, and convert your account to a paid account. Then you can get an ampere instance for free. It won’t be marked “always free” but it will still be free if you stay under the limits.

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  19. Comment on When did you learn you had ADHD? in ~health.mental

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    My parents tried to get me diagnosed in 6th grade. I didn't get the diagnosis primarily because I did quite well in school. I kept having adhd issues, but still did quite well until senior year. I...

    My parents tried to get me diagnosed in 6th grade. I didn't get the diagnosis primarily because I did quite well in school. I kept having adhd issues, but still did quite well until senior year. I have now been in college for many years with very little to show for it (mostly part time college with full time work). I finally decided to get a diagnosis and treatment through a telehealth service. I have only been on medication for a month, but it has been life changing. I am going to tackle a larger course load this fall semester than I have in years (still working full time too). I actually feel like I can be successful this semester. I have also been reconsidering many of my "personality traits", which I am realizing is just adhd.

    I saw a post on mastodon that describes how I think I managed this long without a diagnosis. I think I always had high levels of stress and anxiety growing up. This stress and anxiety is what helped me to focus through my adhd. As an adult, I worked hard to remove stress and anxiety from my daily life. Without this, my adhd symptoms have flourished. I don't regret it, since I am still happier now than I have ever been, but my adhd symptoms have been getting worse for years.

    I am also a very extreme introvert. I think my introversion and adhd interacted with each other so that I never had easily diagnosable adhd. As an adult I learned to manage introvert life in an extroverted world quite well. Now, with my medication, I am having to relearn these skills. I think that my adhd changed how I recharge and discharge my introvert energy.

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  20. Comment on Why AI detectors think the US Constitution was written by AI in ~tech

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    I didn't mean to downplay any response. It was more just the fact that no other solutions were even discussed, with the exception of /u/creesch. Also, I may not have worded myself properly, but I...

    I didn't mean to downplay any response. It was more just the fact that no other solutions were even discussed, with the exception of /u/creesch. Also, I may not have worded myself properly, but I am not that worried for myself. I think I do have some sort of version backups, but it might be difficult to find on a moment's notice. I also find that honesty and an in-person discussion can do wonders to handle situations.

    I am much more worried about students who do not have the privilege that I have. It wasn't mentioned in this article, but these detectors also have a high false-positive rate for non-native English writers. This demographic also may not be able to take the time to argue against a false accusation. Most importantly, they may not have the technical understanding to even know that they need versioned backups. I have been following the recent LLM developments since chatgpt was launched, so I am quite knowledgeable about what new products exist. Surprising as it may sound to us technical people, some people don't know or care about large language models. Those people won't even know that they could be accused of academic dishonesty without even touching an AI tool.

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