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  1. Comment on New York City finishes protected bus lane designs in downtown Brooklyn in ~transport

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    Downtown Brooklyn has a very long way to go before it's a decent place for pedestrians, but this looks like an improvement

    Downtown Brooklyn has a very long way to go before it's a decent place for pedestrians, but this looks like an improvement

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Travel advice for Taipei, Taiwan in ~travel

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    Visit a couple of different night markets and some hot springs. The city's surrounded by some beautiful landscapes dotted with small towns and villages, too- might want to look into a day trip to...

    Visit a couple of different night markets and some hot springs. The city's surrounded by some beautiful landscapes dotted with small towns and villages, too- might want to look into a day trip to somewhere like Jiufen if you can find the time.

    The whole island is one of my very favorite spots in the world btw, so enjoy!

    3 votes

  3. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    Fun idea, but I'm not sure how desirable it is actually is (in practice) to give yourself a false image of reality.

    Fun idea, but I'm not sure how desirable it is actually is (in practice) to give yourself a false image of reality.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules in ~life

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    The state shouldn't be concerning itself with what kinds of hats citizens want to wear. Not a great look for the EU that this 'issue' never seems to go away

    The state shouldn't be concerning itself with what kinds of hats citizens want to wear. Not a great look for the EU that this 'issue' never seems to go away

    18 votes

  5. Comment on Whats a drug that you would never try? in ~talk

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    Pretty much anything aside from caffeine, cannabis and (once in a blue moon) psilocybin. Also took me a little too long to figure out that alcohol is literally just poison. Not sure why, since...

    Pretty much anything aside from caffeine, cannabis and (once in a blue moon) psilocybin.

    Also took me a little too long to figure out that alcohol is literally just poison. Not sure why, since I've had more than enough family members ruined by it

    4 votes

  6. Comment on The three railroads operating out of Penn Station prioritize performance in plans to redesign the transit hub in ~transport

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    Pretty good read- the Beijing-Shanghai HSR definitely isn't a maglev, though.

    Pretty good read- the Beijing-Shanghai HSR definitely isn't a maglev, though.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Curbside trash is a problem in NYC. Officials have a not-so-novel fix: plastic bins in ~enviro

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    Live in NYC- leaving trash bags on the curb has been a completely obvious failure since day one. Kind of amazing it's taken this long to start addressing it

    Live in NYC- leaving trash bags on the curb has been a completely obvious failure since day one. Kind of amazing it's taken this long to start addressing it

    10 votes

  8. Comment on People are speaking with ChatGPT for hours, bringing 2013’s Her closer to reality in ~tech

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    Just gave this a shot to help practice both Mandarin and German, and decided it was easily worth the $20. Auto-detecting when you switch languages is the icing on the cake- long-term I'm hoping...

    Just gave this a shot to help practice both Mandarin and German, and decided it was easily worth the $20. Auto-detecting when you switch languages is the icing on the cake- long-term I'm hoping we'll get some open-source solutions in this space

    8 votes

  9. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    Big fan of Shelsky's on 4th ave in Brooklyn, and Absolute Bagels around 107th and Broadway in Manhattan (don't try to go to this one on weekend mornings, though).

    Big fan of Shelsky's on 4th ave in Brooklyn, and Absolute Bagels around 107th and Broadway in Manhattan (don't try to go to this one on weekend mornings, though).

    6 votes

  10. Comment on What is a simple tech tip that changed how you use your computer or other devices in a significant way? in ~tech

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    I haven't used Windows in a couple of years, and (like most things) the process is a little more involved there, but worth it to get a sane workflow IMO. I'm pretty sure I got it working via an...

    I haven't used Windows in a couple of years, and (like most things) the process is a little more involved there, but worth it to get a sane workflow IMO. I'm pretty sure I got it working via an autohotkey script. If I can track a specific one down later on, I'll add one to this thread

    1 vote

  11. Comment on What is a simple tech tip that changed how you use your computer or other devices in a significant way? in ~tech

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    Not AFAIK, think it's just more of a fancy way to hide and show windows. Would just make sure not to leave too many extraneous programs running

    Not AFAIK, think it's just more of a fancy way to hide and show windows. Would just make sure not to leave too many extraneous programs running

    1 vote

  12. Comment on What is a simple tech tip that changed how you use your computer or other devices in a significant way? in ~tech

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    I don't usually use tiling WMs anymore- mostly out of laziness and having to hop around between OSes- but I'd highly recommend sway to the uninitiated (it's basically i3 for wayland). Definitely...

    I don't usually use tiling WMs anymore- mostly out of laziness and having to hop around between OSes- but I'd highly recommend sway to the uninitiated (it's basically i3 for wayland). Definitely the main reason I've been 'stuck' with this specific workflow

    edit: hyprland loooks pretty fun too, but I haven't tried it

  13. Comment on What is a simple tech tip that changed how you use your computer or other devices in a significant way? in ~tech

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    First you should go to System Preferences > Desktop & Dock > Mission Control, and uncheck 'Automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use'. To avoid going through them in order, once...

    First you should go to System Preferences > Desktop & Dock > Mission Control, and uncheck 'Automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use'.

    To avoid going through them in order, once you've set up 10 desktops you should be able to go to System Preferences > Keyboard > 'Keyboard Shortcuts', and look for the 'Mission Control' option, where you can assign a shortcut to each one individually.

    edit: turning on 'reduce motion' also helps. Kind of infuriatingly it's impossible to disable the fade / transition effect between desktops altogether in macOS, though.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Battle over a recurrent French national obsession: How Muslim women should dress? in ~life.women

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    Nailed it. What a meaningless, embarrassing spectacle this has been, which seemingly never ends.

    “We should focus on real problems, like lousy teachers’ salaries,” said Mr. Sidibe, who is Muslim. “We have students living in states of extreme precariousness and we marginalize them even more. Our mission should not be to police clothes.”

    Nailed it. What a meaningless, embarrassing spectacle this has been, which seemingly never ends.

    19 votes

  15. Comment on What is a simple tech tip that changed how you use your computer or other devices in a significant way? in ~tech

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    At some point it clicked for me that the best setup is to create 10 virtual desktops (works on all three major OSes and pretty much every Linux DE) and assign each one a numeric keyboard shortcut....

    At some point it clicked for me that the best setup is to create 10 virtual desktops (works on all three major OSes and pretty much every Linux DE) and assign each one a numeric keyboard shortcut. After that, you give each one a dedicated function- e.g. Alt+1 is always going to get a text editor, Alt+2 always gets a web browser, Alt+3 always gets a music player, etc.

    Feels great to always know exactly where everything is, and no more need to ever Alt-tab through programs again.

    15 votes

  16. Comment on What is a simple tech tip that changed how you use your computer or other devices in a significant way? in ~tech

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    There's only one downside to vimium, which is that once in a blue moon you'll get stuck using someone else's browser (which doesn't have it installed). Basically impossible to live without it now

    There's only one downside to vimium, which is that once in a blue moon you'll get stuck using someone else's browser (which doesn't have it installed). Basically impossible to live without it now

    8 votes

  17. Comment on Swedish schools minister Lotta Edholm moves students off digital devices and on to books and handwriting, with teachers and experts debating the pros and cons in ~life

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    I've read a few articles suggesting the same, but would be nice for them to cite specific studies- kind of hard to make any informed policy decisions without that.

    “There’s clear scientific evidence that digital tools impair rather than enhance student learning,” Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, a highly respected medical school focused on research, said in a statement in August on the country’s national digitalisation strategy in education.

    I've read a few articles suggesting the same, but would be nice for them to cite specific studies- kind of hard to make any informed policy decisions without that.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on What’s a value that you hold but also struggle to live up to? in ~talk

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    I think it's accurate to say that they're in the wrong, too. Yelling and screaming can mean you're intentionally inflicting stress and emotional pain on the other person, and trying to brute-force...

    I think it's accurate to say that they're in the wrong, too. Yelling and screaming can mean you're intentionally inflicting stress and emotional pain on the other person, and trying to brute-force your way to 'winning' some kind of dispute- i.e., you're basically throwing a tantrum. IMO it's is a behavior that we should expect people to grow out of once they stop being toddlers, and something we should never accept within close relationships.

  19. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~transport

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    We need to do a much better job at making sure car use is optional (or even discouraged) in any heavily-populated place. In the meantime it's good that electric bikes are getting more affordable,...

    We need to do a much better job at making sure car use is optional (or even discouraged) in any heavily-populated place. In the meantime it's good that electric bikes are getting more affordable, since they can at least replace a lot of shorter car trips

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Report: Potential New York Times lawsuit could force OpenAI to wipe ChatGPT and start over in ~tech

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    Not a huge fan of OpenAI as a company, but this seems like a domain where existing copyright rules make no sense. ChatGPT is not distributing unauthorized copies of NYT articles.

    Not a huge fan of OpenAI as a company, but this seems like a domain where existing copyright rules make no sense. ChatGPT is not distributing unauthorized copies of NYT articles.

    21 votes