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  1. Comment on This battery-less piezoelectric toothbrush generates electricity every time you brush your teeth and removes more than 99% of plaque in lab tests in ~science

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    Yeah…that’s like saying a newly developed car is testing better than a horse carriage

    Yeah…that’s like saying a newly developed car is testing better than a horse carriage

    5 votes

  2. Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv

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    I realised that for years I just wasn’t ready for The Leftovers. I saw season 1 years ago but couldn’t follow through somehow. I now know I just wasn’t “mature” enough to fully accept and grasp...

    I realised that for years I just wasn’t ready for The Leftovers. I saw season 1 years ago but couldn’t follow through somehow. I now know I just wasn’t “mature” enough to fully accept and grasp this show. Plus this time around I get to see it with my wife. We’re just started season 2 and it’s just a pleasant mindfuck.

    Going into season 8 of Dexter with my son and I kinda dreaded it because I was so disappointed when it aired. But watching it again this time without the constant online blabbering and with my son who’s an early teen has been a great experience and has softened a lot of the criticism I had first time around. Just like with The Leftovers it’s probably not the quality of the show that’s changed but me. For the better.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on How My Chemical Romance's 'The Black Parade' hit No. 1 in the US, twenty years later in ~music

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    Because it’s kinda funny? I picked up the album again because Spotify threw it in my face last week. It’s one of my favourites and I would have loved to have seen them on this anniversary tour....

    Because it’s kinda funny?

    I picked up the album again because Spotify threw it in my face last week. It’s one of my favourites and I would have loved to have seen them on this anniversary tour. Luckily I saw them performing when the original album came out.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Has anyone here experienced a tv show slump? in ~tv

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    This might sound like an old cliche but reading has been a great replacement for me when these TV slumps set in. Granted I read a lot anyways but It’s a drastically different medium that seems to...

    This might sound like an old cliche but reading has been a great replacement for me when these TV slumps set in. Granted I read a lot anyways but It’s a drastically different medium that seems to somehow address the missing pieces to get me immersed again.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on [SOLVED] Help identifying a show by a half-remembered scene in ~tv

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    I love that movie and Kiefer Sutherlands voice is absolutely perfect casting

    I love that movie and Kiefer Sutherlands voice is absolutely perfect casting

    1 vote

  6. Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv

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    I just started this show yesterday what a coincidence. I’ve seen the first season years ago but never got around to keep on watching. Finally convinced my wife to join me again and yeah the what...

    I just started this show yesterday what a coincidence. I’ve seen the first season years ago but never got around to keep on watching. Finally convinced my wife to join me again and yeah the what the fuck part is on point. I agree that it feels like we’re being spoiled to have this just sitting there. I was really into Lost so this is just a treat.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on ‘Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers’ brings artistry to a Halloween tradition in ~life

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    My wife males a mean pumpkin purée/soup with roasted seeds as topping. It delicious and makes for a great meal with some nice bread as a side.

    My wife males a mean pumpkin purée/soup with roasted seeds as topping. It delicious and makes for a great meal with some nice bread as a side.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    I keep getting drawn towards NHØP and his bass playing. I am by no means a jazz lover or even jazz liker but there’s just something about his playing that gets me. Someone once said that NHØP...

    I keep getting drawn towards NHØP and his bass playing. I am by no means a jazz lover or even jazz liker but there’s just something about his playing that gets me. Someone once said that NHØP doesn’t play the bass - he is the bass and maybe that’s it.

    Just listen to this and watch how his peers just stop and wonder when he plays.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-LBI_JZUQ&ra=m

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Maybe I’ve just been lucky or been on a readers high lately because that hasn’t really happened. I will say though that I have a hard time dumping a book just because I feel… guilty in lack of a...

    Maybe I’ve just been lucky or been on a readers high lately because that hasn’t really happened. I will say though that I have a hard time dumping a book just because I feel… guilty in lack of a better word. I have no problem when it comes to movies and shows. I don’t know why that is. I sometimes feel that I have an unexplainable urge to find something to like no matter what when it comes to books. Come to think of it I actually did toss a book recently although it wasn’t a find. I finally picked up Stephen Fry’s Odyssey at the library - a book I’ve wanted to read for years and now even more after watching the movie…but I just couldn’t get past 50-60 pages. To many names and footnotes and I feel awful. It’s so silly because I wholeheartedly agree with DiggWasCools approach that you shouldn’t waste time on books that does nothing for you when there are so many greats waiting for you out there.

  10. Comment on Three children and a teacher were killed in Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting, police say in ~news

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    I’m just talking out of my ass here but I seriously doubt he’s mourning the death of the shooter right now. As it says in the article he’s haunted by the fact that he couldn’t save more. It...

    I’m just talking out of my ass here but I seriously doubt he’s mourning the death of the shooter right now. As it says in the article he’s haunted by the fact that he couldn’t save more. It doesn’t really change anything though. God damn sad all around

    7 votes

  11. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I have a habit of picking up semi old used books from flea markets and the likes and therefore I read all kinds of stuff and love the thrill of not knowing anything until I turn the first page....

    I have a habit of picking up semi old used books from flea markets and the likes and therefore I read all kinds of stuff and love the thrill of not knowing anything until I turn the first page. I’m reading Chaos by Marie Cardinal right now. A powerful book about a mothers struggle to get her daughter clean from heroin but it’s more about the forces that controls the relationship in families and the structures therein than a classic rehab story. Its chaos as a psychological condition and failing containment.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Denmark tests humanoid robots in supermarkets to help to ease staff workload at night in ~tech

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    Sure if that’s considered a service. It’s a convenience that makes them more money.

    Sure if that’s considered a service. It’s a convenience that makes them more money.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Denmark tests humanoid robots in supermarkets to help to ease staff workload at night in ~tech

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    Not once have anything new and innovative in this area benefited the costumers and our “service” despite them trying to sell it that way every fucking time. Maybe this will help restocking and...

    Not once have anything new and innovative in this area benefited the costumers and our “service” despite them trying to sell it that way every fucking time. Maybe this will help restocking and free workers time but it sure as hell ain’t going towards service.

    9 votes

  14. Comment on NFL head coach Mike Tomlin shows off the Minecraft world he has worked on for twelve years in ~games

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    It does thanks. Maybe I’m more disappointed in LWT when it comes to it. It felt lazy and kinda punching down-ish which usually isn’t their style in my experience.

    It does thanks. Maybe I’m more disappointed in LWT when it comes to it. It felt lazy and kinda punching down-ish which usually isn’t their style in my experience.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on NFL head coach Mike Tomlin shows off the Minecraft world he has worked on for twelve years in ~games

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    Look I haven’t watched the video and don’t know the guy so maybe there’s more to it but I saw a segment in Last Week Tonight about this and I felt kind of sorry for this guy and how this was...

    Look I haven’t watched the video and don’t know the guy so maybe there’s more to it but I saw a segment in Last Week Tonight about this and I felt kind of sorry for this guy and how this was ridiculed. It wasn’t mean and just silly poking fun of him but it still didn’t really sit well with me and it felt hopelessly dated. Have we really not moved on from the ‘huhhuh you’re dumb for spending time enjoying yourself playing a game” trope…

    14 votes

  16. Comment on OpenAI releases findings on 377 math problems, further roiling field in ~science

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    Until we as human beings realise that most often the best “interest” is for the greater good and that it actually pays off both financially and beneficially in the end these solutions can’t really...

    • OpenAI has no interest in doing right by the mathematical community, and is using this mainly as a publicity stunt.

    Until we as human beings realise that most often the best “interest” is for the greater good and that it actually pays off both financially and beneficially in the end these solutions can’t really be trusted as a whole. Just my idealistic reasoning I know.

    • Now that the solutions exist, it's good they're public, but this isn't how most mathematicians wanted the solutions to be found.

    This is difficult for a layman as me to understand because it makes it sound like a survival cry for a whole occupation (which is totally understandable) but still feels weird. If the solution is there why not use it and maybe work backwards. Is it because we don’t understand how we got there and in it loses our control and checks and balances of math?

    As you probably can tell I know next to nothing about math and I’m sorry if you’ve already addressed this previously. Thank you for a very insightful comment.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Well damn I didn’t know they were planing on a movie and a show for this. I’m excited! I have to be honest I needed to look up the plot because I’ve read so many of his books that sometimes I...

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    Well damn I didn’t know they were planing on a movie and a show for this. I’m excited! I have to be honest I needed to look up the plot because I’ve read so many of his books that sometimes I can’t tell them apart. Didn’t know about the Waywood Pines show either. Is it any good? I see Famous is being made too with Zac Efron. Haven’t read that one yet but I am going to now.
    It says a lot about his writing style that so many adaptations are being made into shows and movies. It really feels like a movie or tv show when you read his books.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on What single episode of a show would you recommend as a standalone? in ~tv

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    I seem to remember that this is also a filler episode so it takes place only in Monica and Rachels apartment which makes it even more impressive.

    Friends - “The One Where No One’s Ready”

    I seem to remember that this is also a filler episode so it takes place only in Monica and Rachels apartment which makes it even more impressive.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on ‘Digger’ majorly bombs with $8 million opening weekend, ‘Verity’ scores $32 million debut in ~movies

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    To me this make it sound way more interesting. I rarely watch trailers because spoilers but I did watch the Digger trailer because I probably wasn’t going to go see this movie anyways.

    I think the trailers certainly didn't do this movie any favors

    To me this make it sound way more interesting. I rarely watch trailers because spoilers but I did watch the Digger trailer because I probably wasn’t going to go see this movie anyways.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Brymir – How Much Is The Fish [Scooter cover] (2026) in ~music

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    Ha I just posted this on the other thread. It’s great!

    Ha I just posted this on the other thread. It’s great!

    1 vote