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  1. Comment on Living wage calculator in ~finance

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    I didn’t think Ramsey County looked unreasonable, on average. There is reliable public transit but I wouldn’t say it’s the most expansive system. If all you need to do is hop on the blue line or...

    I didn’t think Ramsey County looked unreasonable, on average.

    There is reliable public transit but I wouldn’t say it’s the most expansive system. If all you need to do is hop on the blue line or green line and walk a few blocks, it’s not too bad.

    But if you need to commute to or from one of the burbs daily, like all the HQs and industry along 494 or 694, it’s not too good.

  2. Comment on White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt now has a family connection to a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest in ~society

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    White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt now has a family connection to the ICE actions sweeping the country — her nephew’s mother was arrested by agents in Revere earlier this month.

  4. Comment on Looking for recommendations for a new home router in ~tech

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    I’m happy with my Synology RT6600ax. Easy to setup VLANs and I trust Synology to push updates and security fixes even if I don’t trust them to not be greedy on the NAS side of their business. I...

    I’m happy with my Synology RT6600ax. Easy to setup VLANs and I trust Synology to push updates and security fixes even if I don’t trust them to not be greedy on the NAS side of their business.

    I don’t have any issues streaming 4K from a media server upstairs to a client downstairs over wireless, but placement and wall material and floor plans can impact that a lot so…

    Should work with just about any device.

    Some IoT type things struggle to connect to routers if 2.4 and 5 share an SSID, so you have to split them to connect. You can merge again after they connect for the first time if I recall correctly but it’s annoying. And it’s a device issue not a network issue. I keep IoT on a VLAN with firewall rules to prevent WAN access and only broadcast in 2.4.

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  5. Comment on What broke the quarterback pipeline? in ~sports.american_football

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    I think it’s interesting that the drop in under center snaps in the NFL lines up with the “draft’em and start’em” draft years in the early 2010s for - generally - mobile QBs: Griffin (2012), Cam...

    I think it’s interesting that the drop in under center snaps in the NFL lines up with the “draft’em and start’em” draft years in the early 2010s for - generally - mobile QBs: Griffin (2012), Cam Newton (2011), Tebow (2010), Bradford (2010).

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in ~society

  7. Comment on Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in ~society

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    After finding nothing in Schott’s car, Babb said “nine times out of 10, this is what happens,” a phrase Schott’s lawyers claimed in court filings shows the sheriff’s department finds nothing suspicious in most of its searches. Babb did not respond to multiple requests for comment from AP.

    12 votes

  9. Comment on Some people can't see mental images. The consequences are profound. in ~health.mental

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    When I close my eyes there’s only blackness. When my eyes are open I have perfect vision. I tried really, really hard when I was a kid to actually imagine things and see them because I knew people...

    When I close my eyes there’s only blackness. When my eyes are open I have perfect vision.

    I tried really, really hard when I was a kid to actually imagine things and see them because I knew people could do that sort of thing. Specifically I tried to imagine a pink elephant playing with a ball. But black is all I ever got.

    ND and multiple concussions in my youth, but no concussions before I knew I couldn’t imagine visuals.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers in ~science

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    Yeah, needs of the many and all that would be worth it if it happened. But I suspect the improvements in day to day written communication wouldn’t be enough to offset the disparity it would...

    Yeah, needs of the many and all that would be worth it if it happened.

    But I suspect the improvements in day to day written communication wouldn’t be enough to offset the disparity it would create. Post-reform access to scientific literature, etc. would necessitate learning post-reform English and pre-reform English. I can’t see inequity decreasing if kids need to learn to read pre-reform English on top of all the other socio-economic and systemic bias barriers we’ve got now.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers in ~science

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    It would be neat to hear more about your efforts. Also, if we currently don’t write the way ¿any of us? speak isn’t it still an improvement to write the way ¿some of us? speak? I’m generally...

    It would be neat to hear more about your efforts.

    Also, if we currently don’t write the way ¿any of us? speak isn’t it still an improvement to write the way ¿some of us? speak?

    I’m generally anti-spelling reform even if I think English spelling is silly because {waves in the direction of English language hegemony}.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers in ~science

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    Based on that description, you were taught phonics.

    Based on that description, you were taught phonics.

    6 votes

  13. Comment on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers in ~science

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    I don’t think there’s any issues with using those strategies once you know how to read words. As in, you can see a string of letters in isolation and understand it represent a particular word....

    I don’t think there’s any issues with using those strategies once you know how to read words. As in, you can see a string of letters in isolation and understand it represent a particular word. Like if you see the word “pony” spelled out for the first time you could say or think “pony” rather than “horse.”

    But this is something like vibe reading. You might recognize very common words or phrases but if you come across a new word then all you’ve got to go on is vibes. Because you weren’t taught to actually read words.

    15 votes

  14. Comment on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers in ~science

  15. Comment on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers in ~science

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    Goodman is ridiculous:

    Goodman is ridiculous:

    He brought up the example of a child who comes to the word "horse" and says "pony" instead. His argument is that a child will still understand the meaning of the story because horse and pony are the same concept.

    I pressed him on this. First of all, a pony isn't the same thing as a horse. Second, don't you want to make sure that when a child is learning to read, he understands that /p/ /o/ /n/ /y/ says "pony"? And different letters say "horse"?

    He dismissed my question.

    "The purpose is not to learn words," he said. "The purpose is to make sense."

    37 votes

  16. Comment on Major League Soccer to align calendar with top leagues around the world in ~sports.football

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    Beginning in the summer of 2027, MLS will adopt a summer-to-spring season format, marking one of the most significant developments in the league’s history. MLS is continuing to work with the MLS Players Association to finalize agreement on a transition plan.

    In conjunction with this transition, MLS will introduce a new regular season format that blends elements of the global game with North American sports traditions. The league will also review potential adjustments to the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs format as part of an ongoing evaluation process, but has not yet finalized any changes.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Do you watch TV in the morning? If so, what do you watch? I'm looking for recommendations. in ~tv

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    If you’ve got $5 to spare, and are in the US, PBS Passport usually has a few options for streaming live stations but what’s on those stations varies based on your local. If your local doesn’t have...

    If you’ve got $5 to spare, and are in the US, PBS Passport usually has a few options for streaming live stations but what’s on those stations varies based on your local. If your local doesn’t have news-y programming on one of them, or news-y programming that quite fits what your looking for, you can VPN to a different market and see if a different local has something better.

    I know at least one market has NHK world and I used to throw that on in the mornings.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Libertarianism is dead in ~humanities

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    I think it’s more incorrect to call the modern Libertarian Party (United States) libertarian than it is to call libertarian socialism libertarian. Depending on your perspective “modern” could mean...

    I think it’s more incorrect to call the modern Libertarian Party (United States) libertarian than it is to call libertarian socialism libertarian. Depending on your perspective “modern” could mean after the MISES take over in 2022, after Gary Johnson’s 2016 Libertarian Party nomination for President, or after the Ed Clark & David Koch ticket in 1980:

    When asked in a television interview to summarize libertarianism, Clark used the phrase "low-tax liberalism," causing some consternation among traditional libertarian theorists, most notably Murray Rothbard. Clark's running to the center marked the start of a split within the Libertarian Party between a moderate faction led by Ed Crane and a radical faction led by Rothbard that eventually came to a head in 1983, with the moderate faction walking out of the party convention after the nomination for the 1984 presidential race went to David Bergland.

    The block quote above is to connect this response to the linked articles critique of Rothbard and to demonstrate that there's been significant intra-party disagreement for basically the entirety of the party's existence. Relatedly, the party split a few years ago, so now there’s a Libertarian Party and a Liberal Party USA.

    But if we’re only talking about the Libertarian Party, none of that really matters because there is a Libertarian Socialist Caucus:

    The Libertarian Party in the United States is composed of various factions, sometimes described as left and right, although many libertarians reject use of these terms to describe the political philosophy.

    As of 2025, notable caucuses within the party include the hardline and paleolibertarian Mises Caucus, the traditionalist and more left-leaning Classical Liberal Caucus, the mainly anarcho-capitalist Radical Caucus, and the left-wing Libertarian Socialist Caucus.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech

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    If you’re looking for easy use across operating systems - Mac x Linux or Windows x Linux or Windows x Mac - exFAT is the least bothersome filesystem. It’s missing some important features like...

    If you’re looking for easy use across operating systems - Mac x Linux or Windows x Linux or Windows x Mac - exFAT is the least bothersome filesystem. It’s missing some important features like journaling and support for symlinks, but it’s the only option you can mount easily on any modern OS.

    2 votes