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  1. Comment on Apple TV available on Google Play Store in ~tv

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    Would also recommend Mythic Quest, Coda, Boys State, Girls State, The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Would also recommend Mythic Quest, Coda, Boys State, Girls State, The Tragedy of Macbeth

  2. Comment on "Other Hand" font by Cheetos in ~design

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    A lot of people mention this and it’s great, but not many people talk about eating salad with chopsticks. I think they work great!

    A lot of people mention this and it’s great, but not many people talk about eating salad with chopsticks. I think they work great!

    9 votes
  3. Comment on What are some favorite books with themes of grit, endurance, resilience, living through hostile circumstances? in ~books

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    Hatchet for sure!

    Hatchet for sure!

    2 votes
  4. Comment on Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense, just a power button and a USB port in ~tech

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    That would be absolutely incredible. Probably one of the few changes that would motivate me to happily upgrade from my 13 mini!

    That would be absolutely incredible. Probably one of the few changes that would motivate me to happily upgrade from my 13 mini!

    1 vote
  5. Comment on Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense, just a power button and a USB port in ~tech

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    That's what I mean! I got the steam deck and immediately plugged it into my monitor and connected a mouse and keyboard. Though actually, Microsoft released an Xbox version that works with a...

    That's what I mean! I got the steam deck and immediately plugged it into my monitor and connected a mouse and keyboard.

    Though actually, Microsoft released an Xbox version that works with a controller. I haven't tried it, but it's pretty good actually. They added a lot of special automation and tools to make it pretty viable. I can't even play FPS games with a controller with any skill so I don't think it would work for me.

    3 votes
  6. Comment on Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense, just a power button and a USB port in ~tech

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    I bought a steam deck to play Age of Empires 2 and it seemed like the cheapest option for a machine that could run it. I didn’t really care about the screen or controls, so this brick would have...

    I bought a steam deck to play Age of Empires 2 and it seemed like the cheapest option for a machine that could run it. I didn’t really care about the screen or controls, so this brick would have been perfect. Ironically steamos doesn’t work very well for aoe…

    1 vote
  7. Comment on MOS brings macOS' smooth scrolling to any mouse in ~tech

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    Just because the hardware does not seem special without the software doesn’t mean the hardware isn’t special.

    Just because the hardware does not seem special without the software doesn’t mean the hardware isn’t special.

    3 votes
  8. Comment on What does the "new BMI" say you should weigh? in ~health

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    In my experience there is quite a lot of forums, subreddits, youtube videos etc. on gaining weight. There's clean bulking strategies, eat constantly strategies, take shots of olive oil strategies,...

    In my experience there is quite a lot of forums, subreddits, youtube videos etc. on gaining weight. There's clean bulking strategies, eat constantly strategies, take shots of olive oil strategies, gallon of milk a day strategies and on and on. Generally when people start weight training to build strength they will more likely want to gain weight than lose it. It's not really possible in my experience to gain strength (after the initial beginner gains) and build muscle while losing weight.

    6 votes
  9. Comment on ”Whiplash” gets jazz all wrong in ~music

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    This is a pretty strong conclusion. I don’t think it’s correct to say. People who think Taco Bell is the best Mexican food are not necessarily racist. I think they are ignorant. But there are...

    In light of the Whiplash phenomenon, I have no problem saying that if you think Buddy Rich is the greatest jazz drummer, you are racist.

    This is a pretty strong conclusion. I don’t think it’s correct to say. People who think Taco Bell is the best Mexican food are not necessarily racist. I think they are ignorant. But there are non-race related reasons people would have these opinions.

    I am white, but I grew up listening to jazz. I did not watch late night shows or listen to big band. So I had only a vague idea of buddy rich when I saw whiplash, while I grew up understanding Tony Williams was the greatest.

    I think the writer here understands that this isn’t a movie about jazz. It’s a movie made mostly by white people staring mostly white people using jazz as setting. The essays emphasis on devotion playing is a concept I had not been aware of but it totally makes sense. I have a definitely heard people say a good jazz drummer is a drummer you never notice when you’re not supposed to. The reality is that kind of drummer would be a completely different movie. It would be like a movie about an offensive lineman not a quarterback. (Reference to The Blind Side not intended).

    It’s pretty interesting that the essay writer seems pretty aware of this. Joe Morellos performance on the Take 5 is probably the most famous jazz drum solo recording. (Even that often gets edited out of cafe playlists). Nobody thinks Joe Morello is on the same tier as Roach or Williams, so why is this solo so famous? As the writer states, jazz needs all the fans it can get and Take 5 has elements that make it recognizable, fresh, and catchy.

    Mikes Teller’s character in the movie makes a point emphatically that he wants to be remembered for greatness. This is also the ambition of the movie makes. This is not what devotional drumming is about though. Comparing the two is strange to me.

    Going back to the popularity of Buddy Rich, many people might consider him the greatest jazz drummer, but how many of these people don’t also consider Miles Davis or John Coltrane the greatest jazz musician ever?

    4 votes
  10. Comment on She is in love with ChatGPT in ~tech

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    I kind of used to feel/worry about that, but after covid lock down, my impression is that most people are happier getting to face the challenges and awkwardness of the real world than staying in a...

    When asked why, one person said "why would I want to wake up in my apartment."

    I kind of used to feel/worry about that, but after covid lock down, my impression is that most people are happier getting to face the challenges and awkwardness of the real world than staying in a sort of bubble. I thought if I was a kid in school it would be awesome to stay in my pajamas and sit at my computer all day, but I think most kids didn't actually like it. I found having so much time to talk with friends online and through video calls was a curse. Nothing was spontaneous and the quality of communication over a webcam was incomparable to in person communication.

    There are plenty of people happy to be wrapped up in their own isolating towers, from porn addicts to hikikomori the world is full of all kinds of niches, but I really believe the feeling of waking up and living in VR is still far too unnatural. It's not anywhere close to replicating the nuance of body language, the feeling of a breeze, etc.

    2 votes
  11. Comment on Norway on the verge of abolishing Video Assistant Referee from domestic football league after clubs in the country's top two divisions recommended formally that it should be discontinued in ~sports.football

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    This is simply not true. In some sports the decision can literally determine the end of the match. Nagayama vs Garrigos It can cause psychological shifts that tilt players so they can no longer...

    Umpire decisions are part of the game. You're not going to win or lose based on a single decision, even if that decision is the point (or goal or whatever) that puts you behind at the end of the match.

    This is simply not true. In some sports the decision can literally determine the end of the match.
    Nagayama vs Garrigos
    It can cause psychological shifts that tilt players so they can no longer perform well.
    Tiafoe vs Safiullin
    Players can be ejected creating impacting the rest of the game
    Duncan vs Crawford

    9 votes
  12. Comment on What is your weirdest kitchen appliance and what do you think of it? in ~food

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    It’s not weird at all really, but as a Luddite chef who loves to do things manually, it’s personally weird for me to own and regularly use an electric pepper mill. It’s simply undeniably useful to...

    It’s not weird at all really, but as a Luddite chef who loves to do things manually, it’s personally weird for me to own and regularly use an electric pepper mill. It’s simply undeniably useful to be able to grind pepper using only one hand.

    Maybe more conventionally unusual would be my silicon pie crust insulator rings.

    3 votes
  13. Comment on What is your weirdest kitchen appliance and what do you think of it? in ~food

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    It would be a shame to ruin the balance of a dish, in my opinion, because of the arbitrary size or amount of an ingredient.

    It would be a shame to ruin the balance of a dish, in my opinion, because of the arbitrary size or amount of an ingredient.

    4 votes
  14. Comment on TikTok is coming back online after US President-elect Donald Trump pledged to restore it in ~tech

  15. Comment on Walgreens replaced fridge doors with smart screens. It’s now a $200 million fiasco. in ~tech

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    The products themselves are ads. Food companies pay supermarkets to decide where their products are shelved. Any one with kids or anyone who was went to the market as a kid probably knows about...

    The products themselves are ads. Food companies pay supermarkets to decide where their products are shelved. Any one with kids or anyone who was went to the market as a kid probably knows about appealing cereal boxes can be.

    1 vote
  16. Comment on Walgreens replaced fridge doors with smart screens. It’s now a $200 million fiasco. in ~tech

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    Now I am wishing quick service and fast food restaurants start getting rid of their dynamic tv menus. I doubt it, but I'll remain hopeful.

    Now I am wishing quick service and fast food restaurants start getting rid of their dynamic tv menus. I doubt it, but I'll remain hopeful.

    9 votes
  17. Comment on Nintendo Switch release reactions in ~games

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    I thought it was really dumb. I had every Nintendo console until Wii which I thought was dumb too. But I was also at an age where I didn’t keep up with new games as much. I thought Wii U was even...

    I thought it was really dumb. I had every Nintendo console until Wii which I thought was dumb too. But I was also at an age where I didn’t keep up with new games as much. I thought Wii U was even worse. And then the switch looked like a joke after.

    Honestly now I don’t really know why I thought that anymore. I borrowed a switch from a friend to play Zelda. And then bought one when I got a new job to celebrate. I love it! I enjoy it a lot more than my steam deck. I thought I would never use it he portable mode, but I go through lots of phases in life that I only use it in portable mode.

    One thing is that the catalogue of games compared to Wii and Wii U in general is just a lot better to me. Obviously Zelda, Mario, and Smash were just fantastic, especially compared to the Wii U iterations in my opinion. But then hollow knight and all the other incredible indies just shined. Of course all of this has been said countless times already

    3 votes
  18. Comment on How UI helps you hate breakable weapons a bit less in ~games

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    It disincentivized me from fighting in general. I did t want to participate in the economy from the beginning. Getting better weapons made me want to spend that durability even less. I hate using...

    It disincentivized me from fighting in general. I did t want to participate in the economy from the beginning. Getting better weapons made me want to spend that durability even less. I hate using consumable items!

    18 votes
  19. Comment on If your games library disappeared, which games would you repurchase? in ~games

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    I believe AoE1 is the popular iteration in Vietnam. They did kind of add AoE1 to AoE2DE through a DLC and that had the added Vietnamese civ, Lac Viet.

    I believe AoE1 is the popular iteration in Vietnam. They did kind of add AoE1 to AoE2DE through a DLC and that had the added Vietnamese civ, Lac Viet.

    1 vote
  20. Comment on What goals or ambitions do you have for 2025? in ~talk

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    I want to just spend as much time as I can with my first child who is now about half a year old. Part of that is staying off Reddit which I have been really enjoying since the us election ended.

    I want to just spend as much time as I can with my first child who is now about half a year old. Part of that is staying off Reddit which I have been really enjoying since the us election ended.

    2 votes