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  1. Comment on Drinking two-three cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk in ~health.mental

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    If you can't remember, you probably need a cup of coffee.

    If you can't remember, you probably need a cup of coffee.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 16 in ~society

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    No, I mean that either Republicans hold control of government and we descend further into facism, or Democrats win. But if they do, any attempt to reclaim the previous status quo will be rebuffed...

    No, I mean that either Republicans hold control of government and we descend further into facism, or Democrats win. But if they do, any attempt to reclaim the previous status quo will be rebuffed broadly. By the voters, by previous trading partners, by the other members of NATO. Prices won't magically drop to where they were even if tariffs are reversed. Trust won't just come back.

  3. Comment on Pandora's Legacy: An escape-room style jigsaw puzzle in ~games.tabletop

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    That looks delightful. I may pick that up to provide family entertainment for the holidays, where there's lots of active people cooped up with slightly too little to do for slightly too long.

    That looks delightful. I may pick that up to provide family entertainment for the holidays, where there's lots of active people cooped up with slightly too little to do for slightly too long.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 16 in ~society

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    It's very blatant political favoritism. Very. With everything the current administration is doing, it's so clear that whatever comes next, it absolutely will not be a return to the previous status...

    It's very blatant political favoritism. Very. With everything the current administration is doing, it's so clear that whatever comes next, it absolutely will not be a return to the previous status quo. No one will go back to that state when it's so clear the stability was based on everyone being honorable enough, and so many people have shown they aren't.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    No, if you look at the topic log, you can see that hungariantoast changed it to the original link, as tildes is a Canadian site and Canada has some clear laws about sites assisting users in...

    No, if you look at the topic log, you can see that hungariantoast changed it to the original link, as tildes is a Canadian site and Canada has some clear laws about sites assisting users in bypassing paywalls. The comments are what they are, but the posts can't be directly to an archive.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on The "AI god" narrative is actually a corporate power grab in ~tech

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    And if you combine anecdotes of alien abductions being real with anecdotes of Elvis still being alive you get nonsense. Trying to find the middle ground between two anecdotes does nothing to...

    And if you combine anecdotes of alien abductions being real with anecdotes of Elvis still being alive you get nonsense. Trying to find the middle ground between two anecdotes does nothing to determine the actual truth.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    Oh, sure. It's unreasonable for basically anyone to build and entertainment venue just so that it's always available when they want it. It's a waste. I can understand why people do it, but it's...

    Oh, sure. It's unreasonable for basically anyone to build and entertainment venue just so that it's always available when they want it. It's a waste. I can understand why people do it, but it's such a waste.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    It worked when there were military forces too fragmented to siege, before cannon, mortars, or other explosives, with internal sources of water and deep stockpiles of food. Not saying that it's...

    It worked when there were military forces too fragmented to siege, before cannon, mortars, or other explosives, with internal sources of water and deep stockpiles of food. Not saying that it's impossible to make a residence actually secure today, but most of the security on these mansions is likely more in the range of defending against a kook or two rather than border reavers or actual military force.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    Assuming that the individual pools aren't like Olympic swimming pools it's possible that each one starts to feel overcrowded after a half-dozen people. So, yeah, somewhere in the 50-200 person...

    Assuming that the individual pools aren't like Olympic swimming pools it's possible that each one starts to feel overcrowded after a half-dozen people. So, yeah, somewhere in the 50-200 person range? I'm just a regular joe, but I know that many people I wouldn't mind inviting to a party if I had a venue and money to host that kind of thing. Especially if I extend it to people who I've ever worked with or might expect to want to work with in the future, I could see the value of owning a venue where I can be the host. It's a giant networking flex on top of everything else. It's wasteful as a house, but if you think of it as a small private party venue on top of a residence it stops seeming quite so absurd.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    Sure, and if they're really magma people from below the crust of the earth here to prepare the holy ritual to convert the crust into lava as occurs every two hundred years we're defenseless...

    Sure, and if they're really magma people from below the crust of the earth here to prepare the holy ritual to convert the crust into lava as occurs every two hundred years we're defenseless against their molten aggression. But until a theory bears at least a passing resemblance to reality I don't see the point in spending any time or attention on it.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    That is absurd and lacks even the tiniest shred of evidence in the geologic record. We have millennia of geologic records that easily refute the continents moving on that sort of timeline,...

    That is absurd and lacks even the tiniest shred of evidence in the geologic record. We have millennia of geologic records that easily refute the continents moving on that sort of timeline, tsunamis such as the ones you describe, major and extensive meteor impacts, any of that. I'm glad you're having fun with it, but it's such bunk.

    22 votes

  12. Comment on Mewgenics | Review trailer in ~games

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    Yeah, it's closer to X-Com 2 than it is to StS.

    Yeah, it's closer to X-Com 2 than it is to StS.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    Oh, yeah, no, I'm assuming that they'll be passed over mostly because they aren't visibly rich, not because people would otherwise give them a pass. Unless we're to the point where banks are being...

    Oh, yeah, no, I'm assuming that they'll be passed over mostly because they aren't visibly rich, not because people would otherwise give them a pass. Unless we're to the point where banks are being forced to reveal who has more than a million dollars so that they can be rounded up, the people who blend in will blend in and avoid notice, while the people who stand out, won't.

    10 votes

  14. Comment on Mewgenics | Review trailer in ~games

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    Edmund McMillen posted a live version of the song to commemorate the OST release. I'm normally not tempted by soundtracks, but Mewgenics is remarkably strong on the music front.

    Edmund McMillen posted a live version of the song to commemorate the OST release. I'm normally not tempted by soundtracks, but Mewgenics is remarkably strong on the music front.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    You'll never know someone's net worth by their house. In the SF Bay Area there are plenty of older multi-millionaires in jeans and outdoor wear living in perfectly fine houses in middle class...

    You'll never know someone's net worth by their house. In the SF Bay Area there are plenty of older multi-millionaires in jeans and outdoor wear living in perfectly fine houses in middle class neighborhoods. And those are the people who will be passed over if things get nastier.

    12 votes

  16. Comment on Zohran Mamdani reverses campaign promise to expand rental assistance in New York City in ~society

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    It's a standing joke that New Yorkers retire to Florida, but I do think that it's a thing that happens because there's an existing knowledge pipeline from people who have done it before. Much like...

    It's a standing joke that New Yorkers retire to Florida, but I do think that it's a thing that happens because there's an existing knowledge pipeline from people who have done it before. Much like with any other migration, when there are older friends and family who've made that trip and can share information about how to manage it, it becomes easier for future groups to make the same change.

    8 votes

  17. Comment on The tiny details in Red Dead Redemption 2 you weren't meant to notice in ~games

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    Yeah, this is one of the narrative challenges that come with a protagonist having so much personality and story to them. If you're playing a Deus Ex game, (barring a few exceptions) you're free to...

    Yeah, this is one of the narrative challenges that come with a protagonist having so much personality and story to them. If you're playing a Deus Ex game, (barring a few exceptions) you're free to play how you want and the game has little to say about who you are as a person based on your actions. The character specifics are thin, and who you are is less relevant. But Arthur is much more "real", and so we as the player can come into conflict with him and his story. He is fundamentally himself, and our choices have to take a backseat. I've never been able to finish RDR2 due to that tension, but I do love it nonetheless.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on The tiny details in Red Dead Redemption 2 you weren't meant to notice in ~games

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    I found RDR2's gunplay fine, but it was really always down to dropping into slow time the instant I saw someone so I could laboriously line up my shot. I could never manage it in realtime.

    I found RDR2's gunplay fine, but it was really always down to dropping into slow time the instant I saw someone so I could laboriously line up my shot. I could never manage it in realtime.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Kim Jong Un chooses daughter as heir, says Seoul in ~society

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    This is actually true of female executives as well, when they aren't an interim figure installed to fix a guy's mistake and take the blame, only to be ousted as soon as they've brought stability....

    This is actually true of female executives as well, when they aren't an interim figure installed to fix a guy's mistake and take the blame, only to be ousted as soon as they've brought stability. If they rose to those heights it's because they worked hard and were better than anyone else.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on Control Resonant | Official gameplay reveal in ~games

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    Sure, but that's like ragging on Doom for leaning on the shotgun as a weapon. If it feels good to use over and over again with enough nuance that it's not trivial, I don't mind doing it as the...

    Sure, but that's like ragging on Doom for leaning on the shotgun as a weapon. If it feels good to use over and over again with enough nuance that it's not trivial, I don't mind doing it as the core combat loop.

    1 vote