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Comment on Why so many people are going "no contact" with their parents in ~life
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Comment on Why so many people are going "no contact" with their parents in ~life
kovboydan Link ParentI‘ve forgotten my father exists for about 20 years, unless someone asks me about him or he finds my new address and sends me packages. I hope he got help and I hope he’s happy, but there’s no way...You may feel safer feeling nothing at all about them. That's a therapeutic journey and it's going to be incredibly relevant to what type and intensity of abuse happened.
I‘ve forgotten my father exists for about 20 years, unless someone asks me about him or he finds my new address and sends me packages.
I hope he got help and I hope he’s happy, but there’s no way I’ll ever take the risk to find out. I also can’t remember him without a strong physical stress responses, so it’s not that I feel safer, it’s that I don’t physically feel panic.
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Comment on Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals in ~comp
kovboydan LinkI can’t remember life before oh-my-zsh/9k. I know I wasted countless hours, but I can’t remember why it was so important to me.I can’t remember life before oh-my-zsh/9k. I know I wasted countless hours, but I can’t remember why it was so important to me.
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Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals
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Comment on Did wokeness leave us worse off? (gifted link) in ~society
kovboydan Link ParentIt was 30 minutes of anecdotes and “feels” that concluded with the cancellation of “cados.” I appreciate you posting it but I also recognize I wasted 30 minutes.It was 30 minutes of anecdotes and “feels” that concluded with the cancellation of “cados.” I appreciate you posting it but I also recognize I wasted 30 minutes.
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Comment on Is British English actually better than American English? in ~humanities.languages
kovboydan Link ParentI append “, if I cared at all” to it so it works without the negation when I hear it / read it. I’m a “whom” Stan but I could care less about caring less, if I cared at all.I append “, if I cared at all” to it so it works without the negation when I hear it / read it.
I’m a “whom” Stan but I could care less about caring less, if I cared at all.
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Comment on Did wokeness leave us worse off? (gifted link) in ~society
kovboydan Link ParentHow many millennials do you know and where is here? This is just so far from anything I’ve ever experienced as an sjw/snowflake millennial....the millennial person’s framing about the pronoun conversation is the norm around here and was the norm around the internet for 10 years or so. To act like it’s not a big deal to just call someone Xe\Xim or something.
How many millennials do you know and where is here? This is just so far from anything I’ve ever experienced as an sjw/snowflake millennial.
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Comment on Is British English actually better than American English? in ~humanities.languages
kovboydan Link ParentComprehension for my grandfather would probably be better if he wasn’t fairly old and didn’t use hearing aids. Imagine a look of confusion and a pause, then I say it in a way that “feels” right to...Comprehension for my grandfather would probably be better if he wasn’t fairly old and didn’t use hearing aids. Imagine a look of confusion and a pause, then I say it in a way that “feels” right to his ears and he immediately gets it. In most cases that just means restating what was said with slightly different vowel sounds, intonation, etc. Occasionally more severe changes are needed, for example translating “The hot dish wasn’t too bad” to “The casserole was really good!”
Comprehension for the kids would probably be better if they talked to him more often, but it feels like their great-grandfather may as well be speaking a foreign language half the time. An example would be “Did you like the truck we sent you?” And after the look for confusion and pause I say “He said: ‘Did you like the truck we sent you?’” Then the kid says “It’s not a bad truck.” which I translate to “I love it!”
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Comment on Is British English actually better than American English? in ~humanities.languages
kovboydan Link ParentI translate my grandfather‘s specific deep southern US English for my kids and wife. And I translate my kids‘ specific midwestern US English for my grandfather.I translate my grandfather‘s specific deep southern US English for my kids and wife. And I translate my kids‘ specific midwestern US English for my grandfather.
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Comment on USA to mandate surveillance tech for new cars also determing fitness to drive by 2027 in ~transport
kovboydan Link ParentIf you’re not afraid of Apple, Apple TV 4K is the best of them all imo. Infuse is painless for Jellyfin et al and VLC can navigate to smb shares for music.If you’re not afraid of Apple, Apple TV 4K is the best of them all imo. Infuse is painless for Jellyfin et al and VLC can navigate to smb shares for music.
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Comment on The great 2028 Olympic ticket crashout, explained (gifted link) in ~sports
kovboydan Link ParentVale? There are atleast two tracks within 1-5ish hours of me but tickets are super expensive and I’d go for my oldest son more so than myself. And he’s still too young to really appreciate and...Vale?
There are atleast two tracks within 1-5ish hours of me but tickets are super expensive and I’d go for my oldest son more so than myself. And he’s still too young to really appreciate and remember it.
Maybe in a few years, assuming it’s not even more ridiculously expensive, but even then I think the viewing experience on F1TV is probably better…
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Comment on The great 2028 Olympic ticket crashout, explained (gifted link) in ~sports
kovboydan Link ParentAll I remember from the 1996 Olympics are, in order of strength of memory: (1) getting an Izzy, (2) seeing flags I didn’t recognize at the time and being excited to learn about them, and (3)...All I remember from the 1996 Olympics are, in order of strength of memory: (1) getting an Izzy, (2) seeing flags I didn’t recognize at the time and being excited to learn about them, and (3) seeing the news about something happening a few days later and pretending not to see the news.
I think we went to see something but I have no idea what it was and haven’t remembered for atleast 25 years.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk
kovboydan Link ParentA true patriot would use this emoji: 🇱🇷A true patriot would use this emoji: 🇱🇷
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Comment on How US doctors cashed in on the No Surprises Act in ~health
kovboydan Link ParentBut this is a relatively streamlined arbitration process, one in which the providers have an 88% success rate, not a lawsuit? There are no billable hours being burned on motions practice,...But this is a relatively streamlined arbitration process, one in which the providers have an 88% success rate, not a lawsuit?
There are no billable hours being burned on motions practice, discovery, doc review, etc. for months (years). There’s no 12(b)(6) to survive, there’s no Motion for Summary Judgment to survive, there’s no discovery disputes, no scheduling conferences, etc.
And the success rate is 88%. That is almost 9 out of every 10 times.
So, on the provider side, there might not actually be good incentives to not use the arbitration process because the likelihood of winning multiplied by the oversized damages make it a good deal financially.
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Comment on How US doctors cashed in on the No Surprises Act in ~health
kovboydan Link ParentIt seems like it would incentivize insurers to move away from the in/out of network model, while also incentivizing providers to be out of network. If you’ve got overhead costs for processing in...It seems like it would incentivize insurers to move away from the in/out of network model, while also incentivizing providers to be out of network.
If you’ve got overhead costs for processing in network claims or overhead costs for arbitration, but the expected value for arbitration is as much (0.88 * 600%, assuming “600 times” doesn’t actually mean 600 times…that would be wild) 528% of in network claim value…why not?
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Comment on What is watts, volts and amps? in ~science
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Comment on What is watts, volts and amps? in ~science
kovboydan Link ParentAppliances expect either, probably. I don’t know about Japan specifically, but if you look at the back of your game console / appliances / PSU with a removable power cable (C8 or C13). On many,...Appliances expect either, probably. I don’t know about Japan specifically, but if you look at the back of your game console / appliances / PSU with a removable power cable (C8 or C13). On many, but not all, devices there will be tiny text that says 100/240v 50-60hz).
Orange Amps have it too but I think most require a different fuse as well as the flip of a switch.
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Comment on What is watts, volts and amps? in ~science
kovboydan Link ParentI flip flopped on whether or not this comment was worth posting, but I’ve decided to just throw it out there: I don’t use ChatGPT for anything more than “shit post images” with deep cut...I flip flopped on whether or not this comment was worth posting, but I’ve decided to just throw it out there:
I don’t use ChatGPT for anything more than “shit post images” with deep cut references, but in doing so I recently had a reason to “argue” with it. It confidently asserted something that was wrong. If I didn’t know the subject, it would’ve been believable.
I hope it keeps going well for you, but you know, maybe remember it can be wrong and sometimes the way it’s wrong is so subtle that you’d only recognize it if you have a mastery of the subject yourself.
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Comment on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price drops to $22.99 USD/month in ~games
kovboydan Link ParentOil isn’t necessarily a great example because the textbook economic cartel is OPEC:Oil isn’t necessarily a great example because the textbook economic cartel is OPEC:
Cartels can be organized on an international basis; examples of international cartels include the OPEC cartel to collude on oil production and the International Rubber Regulation Agreement to collude on rubber production. They can also exist at a national level; examples of American cartels include the United States Gunpowder Trade Association (which was dissolved by U.S. courts in 1912) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association which restricts the kind of compensation that collegiate athletes can receive.
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Comment on What is watts, volts and amps? in ~science
kovboydan Link ParentTo explicitly connect this with the 1 J/s parts of comments: 1 W for one second would be 1 J/s x 1 s, the seconds would cancel out, and you’d be left with 1 J.As others have said, it’s implicitly per second. You need to multiply by the time that the light bulb is left on to get energy used.
To explicitly connect this with the 1 J/s parts of comments: 1 W for one second would be 1 J/s x 1 s, the seconds would cancel out, and you’d be left with 1 J.
That assumes parents "raise" kids for 18 years. My mother left me, as in moved to different cities or states, with my abusive father multiple times between 3ish and 15ish. He was abusive to her too, but she definitely left me with him all those times for me. Should I forget that and pretend she “raised” me for 18 years even if she was never around? Is she entitled to a relationship?
Parents don’t deserve shit, they earn it.