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  1. Comment on The Tiny Soapbox: a platform for small, low-stakes rants in ~talk

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    I mean does she eat all the foods that contain it naturally? Mushrooms, tomatoes? Also the placebo effect is real. Edit: spelling

    I mean does she eat all the foods that contain it naturally? Mushrooms, tomatoes?

    Also the placebo effect is real.

    Edit: spelling

    4 votes

  2. Comment on The Tiny Soapbox: a platform for small, low-stakes rants in ~talk

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    Off-topic, but Thanksgiving Day should be fired into the sun. We should keep the holiday and the traditions but it should be Day of First Nations Remembrance or something

    Thanksgiving

    Off-topic, but Thanksgiving Day should be fired into the sun. We should keep the holiday and the traditions but it should be Day of First Nations Remembrance or something

    3 votes

  3. Comment on The Tiny Soapbox: a platform for small, low-stakes rants in ~talk

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    The wonderful language Frink, which I absolutely do not use, has an amazingly well-documented file in the source code that addresses this issue. https://futureboy.us/frinkdata/units.txt Edit:...

    The wonderful language Frink, which I absolutely do not use, has an amazingly well-documented file in the source code that addresses this issue.

    https://futureboy.us/frinkdata/units.txt

    Alan's editorializing: I dislike having a prefixed unit as the base reference. What a horrible decision. Why don't you just have it go to ten and make ten a little louder? The following comments relate to the pre-2019 definitions of the kilogram:
    More Alan's editorializing: This documentary tracks the attempts to tie the definition of the kilogram to other repeatable constants, such as Planck's constant. http://stateoftheunit.com/
    The BIPM acknowledged that the kilogram, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole were troublesome definitions and wants to try to redefine them in physically meaningful ways. Some of these objections reflected my objections (dating back decades) to some of these unit definitions.) http://www.bipm.org/en/measurement-units/new-si/
    2011 Resolution: http://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/24/1/
    2014 Resolution: http://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/25/1/

    Edit: formatting

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (April 2025) — Version 1.4 adds a text size setting in ~tildes

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    Are you using a keyboard that has Undo? Gboard does, not sure what you're using.

    Are you using a keyboard that has Undo? Gboard does, not sure what you're using.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on The Naked Gun | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

  6. Comment on New plastic dissolves in the ocean overnight, leaving no microplastics in ~enviro

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    If this can scale it seems really encouraging. I worry about the impact of microplastics, and worry that we might have already set off some kind of plastic time bomb and now they're just going to...

    If this can scale it seems really encouraging. I worry about the impact of microplastics, and worry that we might have already set off some kind of plastic time bomb and now they're just going to be in everything for centuries.

    16 votes

  8. Comment on Why is everything binary? in ~science

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    You're correct; I was considering the case of a nybble. Thanks.

    You're correct; I was considering the case of a nybble. Thanks.

  9. Comment on Why is everything binary? in ~science

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    Watched the first few seconds and it's already full of errors? A nybble (thanks for the correction below) has 16 states and so can count up to 15, not 8. What am I missing?

    Watched the first few seconds and it's already full of errors? A byte nybble (thanks for the correction below) has 16 states and so can count up to 15, not 8. What am I missing?

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food

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    But how does one eat a desert? There aren't any locally and I feel like importing one would be expensive and dry?

    But how does one eat a desert? There aren't any locally and I feel like importing one would be expensive and dry?

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food

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    You win the thread lol

    White chocolate is generally my fav.

    You win the thread lol

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food

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    A pizza bianca with mushrooms, feta, spinach, and kalamata olives is incredible, one of my favorites. The only thing better is an authentic pizza Margherita.

    A pizza bianca with mushrooms, feta, spinach, and kalamata olives is incredible, one of my favorites. The only thing better is an authentic pizza Margherita.

  13. Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food

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    Welcome to my life, new wrap. Thank you vord. I think I could sneak some mustard in there too, and probably hot sauce (redundant? Ehh I'll throw it in there anyway)

    A roast beef, red onion, and provolone wrap, but also with the equivalent weight of shredded horseradish in the middle.

    Welcome to my life, new wrap. Thank you vord. I think I could sneak some mustard in there too, and probably hot sauce (redundant? Ehh I'll throw it in there anyway)

    4 votes

  14. Comment on Who will maintain Vim? A demo of Git Who in ~comp

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    Nice article. There's an important correction (but it's all the way at the bottom of the page).

    Nice article. There's an important correction (but it's all the way at the bottom of the page).

    4 votes

  15. Comment on What are some good stories told from non-human perspectives? in ~books

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    The Word for World Is Forest, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Don't want to spoil anything but I liked it quite a lot.

    The Word for World Is Forest, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Don't want to spoil anything but I liked it quite a lot.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on Party City | Bankrupt in ~finance

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    This is just noise, but @cfabbro: you are wild with these tags. You're so good. I struggle to come up with one or two when I post lol

    This is just noise, but @cfabbro: you are wild with these tags. You're so good. I struggle to come up with one or two when I post lol

    3 votes

  17. Comment on An appeal to the community for non-algorithmic recommendations in ~talk

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    Anathem is incredible. It's Stephenson's best work, imo. I wish I could read it again for the first time.

    Anathem is incredible. It's Stephenson's best work, imo. I wish I could read it again for the first time.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on YouTube Premium Lite: Ad-free viewing for $7.99/month in ~tech

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    Yeah, not sure what device is being used; it works perfectly fine on my Pixel. It doesn't even pause; you just start a video and hit the power button.

    Yeah, not sure what device is being used; it works perfectly fine on my Pixel. It doesn't even pause; you just start a video and hit the power button.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on A Reykjavík building that houses a penis museum and an H&M is also the virtual home to an array of perpetrators of identity theft, ransomware and disinformation in ~tech

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    If the yellow pages provide the phones, what are the white pages for?

    If the yellow pages provide the phones, what are the white pages for?

    2 votes

  20. Comment on YouTube Premium Lite: Ad-free viewing for $7.99/month in ~tech

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    How much maintenance does your car need to keep running? It's just like that, except insanely accelerated.

    How much maintenance does your car need to keep running? It's just like that, except insanely accelerated.

    7 votes