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Comment on What are your architectural hot takes? in ~design
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Comment on Flu shot: US Food and Drug Administration will review Moderna’s mRNA vaccine, company says in ~health
blivet Link ParentYeah, it’s genuinely astonishing that the only thing that seems to cause him to lose support among his base is a policy that was of real and direct benefit to them.Yeah, it’s genuinely astonishing that the only thing that seems to cause him to lose support among his base is a policy that was of real and direct benefit to them.
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Comment on Some of my family members aren't convinced that ICE isn't overstepping and that they are just deporting people that broke the law, can you help me share unbiased links that proves they are? in ~society
blivet Link ParentYes, it was actually a huge relief when I realized that I didn't always have to be right, that it was perfectly fine to be mistaken, learn something new, and move on.I quickly learned it's not really that painful to realize you were wrong.
Yes, it was actually a huge relief when I realized that I didn't always have to be right, that it was perfectly fine to be mistaken, learn something new, and move on.
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Comment on Some of my family members aren't convinced that ICE isn't overstepping and that they are just deporting people that broke the law, can you help me share unbiased links that proves they are? in ~society
blivet Link ParentVery well put (sadly).only people who want to learn can be persuaded with arguments
Very well put (sadly).
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Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud in ~tech
blivet (edited )Link ParentI don't have particularly good hearing, nor am I an audio professional, and I hear all kinds of annoying compression artifacts when listening to mp3s.If you're hearing compressors and so on then yes, you're absolutely listening at the "almost nobody" level and you probably can hear the differences.
I don't have particularly good hearing, nor am I an audio professional, and I hear all kinds of annoying compression artifacts when listening to mp3s.
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Comment on The hardest working font in Manhattan in ~design
blivet LinkI was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it. Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese...I was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it.
Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese websites when they need to render the Latin alphabet. That’s where I first became consciously aware of it. It seemed so wonderfully functional and no-nonsense.
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Comment on Predictions of AI doom are too much like Hollywood movie plots in ~tech
blivet Link ParentI think it does expose something real, though. I’ve had a couple of disagreements where I genuinely couldn’t believe that anyone addressing the topic in good faith could disagree with me. I...I think it does expose something real, though. I’ve had a couple of disagreements where I genuinely couldn’t believe that anyone addressing the topic in good faith could disagree with me. I assumed it was a misunderstanding of the issue, but when I tried to explain I was accused of being condescending. Fortunately these haven’t been terribly important disputes, but something like the “scissor statements” the story posits do seem to exist.
One thing that disappointed me about 80s architecture in retrospect is that most of the really exciting Memphis-style “postmodern”stuff was temporary. At least in Southern California there are almost no examples of it around that aren’t a bland corporate adaptation.