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  1. Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games

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    But they’re moving real money in a circle. Even the Googles and Amazons and Metas are making most of their AI revenue from OpenAI and Anthropic… who get most of their money from Google/Amazon/Meta

    But they’re moving real money in a circle. Even the Googles and Amazons and Metas are making most of their AI revenue from OpenAI and Anthropic… who get most of their money from Google/Amazon/Meta

    12 votes

  2. Comment on Tildes Survey #6: Vote for the next four surveys we do! (Results) in ~talk

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    Topologically it is one hole and topologically identical to a coffee cup, just like a sock is topologically identical to a disc

    Topologically it is one hole and topologically identical to a coffee cup, just like a sock is topologically identical to a disc

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame. in ~enviro

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    FWIW I’ve heard that’s mostly a myth

    FWIW I’ve heard that’s mostly a myth

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame. in ~enviro

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    That sounds tangentially similar to the “cedar fever” issue here in Austin. Cedar pollen season destroys everyone I know who’s lived here long enough

    That sounds tangentially similar to the “cedar fever” issue here in Austin. Cedar pollen season destroys everyone I know who’s lived here long enough

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’ in ~tech

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    I think at my company we've got "people ops" and also "business ops" who do... slightly different things? Maybe?

    I think at my company we've got "people ops" and also "business ops" who do... slightly different things? Maybe?

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’ in ~tech

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    Yeah, like I think HR can definitely have issues, but considering their job is to protect the company, I don't know why a company wouldn't want them for an actual reason.

    Yeah, like I think HR can definitely have issues, but considering their job is to protect the company, I don't know why a company wouldn't want them for an actual reason.

    37 votes

  7. Comment on MP3 player recommendations in ~tech

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    I don't have hands-on experience with this, but someone I follow on the Fediverse seems to love their SnowSky/FiiO Echo thing. No internet and you just load music via a microSD card. By default,...

    I don't have hands-on experience with this, but someone I follow on the Fediverse seems to love their SnowSky/FiiO Echo thing. No internet and you just load music via a microSD card. By default, it looks like a cassette, but I think there are different themes and stuff? I've really thought about getting one, too, but I'd miss out on scrobbling to ListenBrainz :(

    7 votes

  8. Comment on Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars in ~transport

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    I haven’t watched yet but Definitely explains some stuff to me! My girlfriend recently got a hybrid Camry and I was amazed at how efficient it is on the highway compared to on local, short drives.

    I haven’t watched yet but

    The goal is to boost up to cruising speed, where less power is necessary. Much of the fuel savings come from the more efficient engine, and not just what's basically idle-stop behavior

    Definitely explains some stuff to me! My girlfriend recently got a hybrid Camry and I was amazed at how efficient it is on the highway compared to on local, short drives.

    15 votes

  9. Comment on What's something that you missed out on? in ~talk

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    My last 1.5 years of college were during early Covid so my social life kinda died. I still talk to the friends I had before but they all moved home or to New York, basically, and I have zero...

    My last 1.5 years of college were during early Covid so my social life kinda died. I still talk to the friends I had before but they all moved home or to New York, basically, and I have zero desire to move to either place. I guess I still got a semi-normal graduation, though (it was like ~6 weeks after the first Covid vaccine became readily available here). The only thing is our “college” graduations were still weird and only a few people on a tiny stage for the photo op even though we had the university-wide commencement with all ~10k of us and our families a couple days later.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on US landlords want to be paid for pandemic losses and hope to reach a deal with the Donald Trump administration in ~finance

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    I kind of get that but I also think that's pretty unfair to say when the cost of buying a home as so so so so rapidly outpaced the rise of income.

    That doesn't seem well thought out... wouldn't it punish those who saved up to buy, and reward those who spent it all?

    I kind of get that but I also think that's pretty unfair to say when the cost of buying a home as so so so so rapidly outpaced the rise of income.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on US landlords want to be paid for pandemic losses and hope to reach a deal with the Donald Trump administration in ~finance

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    No one forced landlords to become literal rent seekers and all investments have risk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    No one forced landlords to become literal rent seekers and all investments have risk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    11 votes

  12. Comment on San Diego now has so much water that it's selling it in ~enviro

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    Hey, you knew it was Sesame Street :p Weirdly enough, I only saw that for the first time a couple months ago because someone online somewhere linked it and mentioned it giving them nightmares...

    Hey, you knew it was Sesame Street :p

    Weirdly enough, I only saw that for the first time a couple months ago because someone online somewhere linked it and mentioned it giving them nightmares about running out of water as a kid lol

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Tom Scott: England — Official teaser for Nebula in ~travel

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    When the lady squeezed that at first I audibly gagged!

    When the lady squeezed that at first I audibly gagged!

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Tom Scott: England — Official teaser for Nebula in ~travel

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    Wow, he was not lying when he said it gets gory. E: Also the ending with the "next time" just sounded like a Top Gear intro :)

    Wow, he was not lying when he said it gets gory.

    E: Also the ending with the "next time" just sounded like a Top Gear intro :)

    2 votes

  15. Comment on San Diego now has so much water that it's selling it in ~enviro

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    https://youtu.be/gtcZbN0Z08c
    • Exemplary

    I have this fever-dream memory of a sketch on Sesame Street in which one of the puppets left a tap on and a poor fish ran out of water in its fishbowl.

    https://youtu.be/gtcZbN0Z08c

    4 votes

  16. Comment on How do you preserve a 400 year old Swedish warship? Vasamuseet in Stockholm is tackling the continued challenge of maintaing the 17th century Vasa. in ~humanities.history

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    I haven’t watched this yet but I just looked up the ship and lmfao at the fact it took like 2 years to build and then sank less than 2km into its maiden voyage

    I haven’t watched this yet but I just looked up the ship and lmfao at the fact it took like 2 years to build and then sank less than 2km into its maiden voyage

    1 vote

  17. Comment on What are your go-to meals that you cook? in ~food

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    I’m glad someone else does! I’ve told a couple of my friends about it and they thought it sounded crazy but like, beans are so cheap and healthy (and delicious)!

    I’m glad someone else does! I’ve told a couple of my friends about it and they thought it sounded crazy but like, beans are so cheap and healthy (and delicious)!

    2 votes

  18. Comment on What are your go-to meals that you cook? in ~food

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    This is really something my girlfriend cooks, but we eat black bean tacos nearly every week. It’s basically just regular homemade ground beef tacos but with black beans for a healthier option....

    This is really something my girlfriend cooks, but we eat black bean tacos nearly every week. It’s basically just regular homemade ground beef tacos but with black beans for a healthier option.
    Sautee some onions, and a can of drained and rinsed black beans, and some taco seasoning (can buy it premade for cheap), and then just cook that a while. We also try get the “carb sense” tortillas from the grocery store for extra fiber. They taste almost as good as regular tortillas (but not quite, admittedly), but with 9g of fiber each.

    5 votes

  19. Comment on Your favourite karaoke songs? in ~music

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    I like Buddy Holly by Weezer

    I like Buddy Holly by Weezer

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Brave Origin (Nightly), a paid, bloat-free version of Brave in ~tech

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    Why not use LibreWolf?

    Why not use LibreWolf?

    1 vote