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Comment on Obesity rate declining in US. Use of GLP-1 injectables for weight loss has more than doubled since early 2024. in ~health
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Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk
Minori Link ParentI thought of the exact same Key and Peele skit for #2. It's great that people are comfortable sharing their desires: shame and stigma suck. It's difficult because America is way too puritan in my...I thought of the exact same Key and Peele skit for #2. It's great that people are comfortable sharing their desires: shame and stigma suck. It's difficult because America is way too puritan in my opinion, but there should definitely be some norms and expectations around what should or shouldn't be shared in public.
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Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk
Minori Link ParentThis just reminds me of my hot take that having a flag for everything is silly. I don't like the colors on the lesbian or gay male flags, and it feels bad to atomize every queer group into their...This just reminds me of my hot take that having a flag for everything is silly. I don't like the colors on the lesbian or gay male flags, and it feels bad to atomize every queer group into their own special nation.
I don't have any issues with the term LGBTQ since it's historically significant and the Q encompasses everything. The rainbow flag is also fine since it's inclusive of everyone under the rainbow or any part of the queer spectrum.
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Comment on New guidance to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies in ~food
Minori LinkI'm still sad as an adult with a peanut allergy. It was discovered on a plane when I was an infant. My mother gave me a peanut M&M, and I apparently swelled up like a red balloon, almost caused an...I'm still sad as an adult with a peanut allergy. It was discovered on a plane when I was an infant. My mother gave me a peanut M&M, and I apparently swelled up like a red balloon, almost caused an emergency landing.
I'm glad the new guidance is leading to fewer allergies, but there's a part of me that's disappointed knowing that people will have fewer reasons to be accommodating to peanut allergies (like ice cream shops that don't use peanuts).
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Comment on The video-game industry has a problem: there are too many games in ~games
Minori Link ParentI assume that Steam incorporates something like this for recommendations? They're probably basing it on purchases, reviews, and playtime. I like the Steam recommendations under "players like you...I assume that Steam incorporates something like this for recommendations? They're probably basing it on purchases, reviews, and playtime. I like the Steam recommendations under "players like you love these unplayed games in your library."
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Comment on Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say in ~tech
Minori Link ParentTo add to this, AWS has SLA's (service level agreements) with customers where they guarantee specific thresholds for latency, availability, uptime, etc. If a major service like DynamoDB is down...To add to this, AWS has SLA's (service level agreements) with customers where they guarantee specific thresholds for latency, availability, uptime, etc. If a major service like DynamoDB is down for more than 5 minutes (99.99% uptime), Amazon loses tens of millions of dollars.
They already have massive financial incentives to keep an extremely high operational standard. Adding a legal penalty wouldn't necessarily improve their uptime. As others have mentioned, there's plenty of competition in cloud services. Companies have lots of alternatives for hosting. AWS isn't a monopoly.
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Comment on Death in D&D 5e, the various revival spells, and their impact on the game in ~games.tabletop
Minori Link ParentInterestingly, this was encouraged and somewhat expected in the first couple D&D editions. It's also part of why classes were race-locked, to make characters more interchangeable. Players were...When your character die, you shit out another character and (in typical party convention these days) they're the same power level. Personally, I always enjoy dying, since it's an opportunity to pull out a different build.
Interestingly, this was encouraged and somewhat expected in the first couple D&D editions. It's also part of why classes were race-locked, to make characters more interchangeable. Players were expected to occasionally roll new characters when dungeoneering went sideways.
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Comment on Grand Theft Auto made him a legend. His latest game was a disaster. in ~games
Minori Link ParentThis is part of why Nintendo has impressed me so much. Nintendo has some legendary game designers like Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma, yet they've also fostered a culture of creativity that...This is part of why Nintendo has impressed me so much. Nintendo has some legendary game designers like Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma, yet they've also fostered a culture of creativity that creates newer hits like Splatoon and Mario Wonder.
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Comment on The video-game industry has a problem: there are too many games in ~games
Minori Link ParentExtremely relatable. You've perfectly captured a common feeling for me. I think it's good that you're aware of this and acknowledge hobbies can be cyclical for people. Most every dev would love to...There are times when I've opened up my game library and thought, "I don't feel like playing any of these" but I have come to believe this problem actually has nothing to do with the available selection and wouldn't be solved by having some other, "just right" game, it's a psychological one
Extremely relatable. You've perfectly captured a common feeling for me. I think it's good that you're aware of this and acknowledge hobbies can be cyclical for people.
I'm taking indie devs' word of the problem's existence in good faith because, probably by it's very nature, I can't tell if it's observable by an end user such as myself.
Most every dev would love to get more attention on their project, but attention is a hot commodity. If most end users are currently satisfied with the products they're finding, buying, and playing, it's hard for me to say whether discoverability is a problem for users? Of course, devs would like users to find and play their stuff instead, so there's some tension there.
In the past for instance I have very deliberately searched specific itch.io tags and categories, but I know that's not the norm for the mainstream who kinda need something to show up at a trailer showcase to know it exists.
Same, and I've found some hidden gems this way. Like it's easy to find good, obscure visual novels via VNDB. For example, I really enjoyed a random ecchi horror series from the 2000s called Yami no Koe.
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Comment on The video-game industry has a problem: there are too many games in ~games
Minori Link ParentThat Steam Hidden Gems list kind of reminds me of YouTube starting to recommend videos with only a hundred or dozen views. Maybe it leads to some duds, but it does seem like a clever way to...That Steam Hidden Gems list kind of reminds me of YouTube starting to recommend videos with only a hundred or dozen views. Maybe it leads to some duds, but it does seem like a clever way to encourage competition and surface hidden gems.
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Comment on Starship was doomed from the beginning in ~space
Minori Link ParentYou're right that most NASA funding isn't pork, and I completely agree with you that SpaceX contracts have been really efficient and effective. I tried to do some more research and found older...You're right that most NASA funding isn't pork, and I completely agree with you that SpaceX contracts have been really efficient and effective.
I tried to do some more research and found older sources that indicate explicit pork via earmarks was maaaaaybe 3% of NASA's budget in 2003. I also found a 2011 post about Congress' inefficient funding allocations for NASA that were intended to shield jobs in Congress members' districts: https://cei.org/blog/blame-congress-and-pork-not-nasa/
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Comment on The video-game industry has a problem: there are too many games in ~games
Minori (edited )Link ParentI have a fair number of friends and family members added as friends on Discord. They usually have status sharing enabled, so I can see what they're playing on Steam. This lets me indirectly learn...I have a fair number of friends and family members added as friends on Discord. They usually have status sharing enabled, so I can see what they're playing on Steam. This lets me indirectly learn about games like Megabonk or Deep Rock Galactic.
I also occasionally play multiplayer games, so I might snag a new small game or two to play with friends (these social games are usually short-lived but enjoyable for a few hours for a few dollars). For example, Rounds or PEAK.
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Comment on “No one asked for this reboot”: ‘Tron’ may mark end of Jared Leto’s franchise-leading days in ~movies
Minori Link ParentMy memory is that he had more screen time in suicide squad, but his Joker polled very poorly with screening audiences causing his runtime to be cut down. I believe this is why there was also such...My memory is that he had more screen time in suicide squad, but his Joker polled very poorly with screening audiences causing his runtime to be cut down. I believe this is why there was also such a mismatch between how much he appeared in marketing versus the film.
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Comment on OpenAI’s H1 2025: $4.3b in income, $13.5b in loss in ~tech
Minori Link ParentPer usual, Apple are a bit behind the curve on that. Google Translate has supported live conversation translations for a few years. They're okay.Per usual, Apple are a bit behind the curve on that. Google Translate has supported live conversation translations for a few years. They're okay.
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Comment on OpenAI’s H1 2025: $4.3b in income, $13.5b in loss in ~tech
Minori Link ParentI'm unconvinced these are "early results" considering GPT4 was released a couple years ago. Professionals have had plenty of time to integrate LLMs.I'm unconvinced these are "early results" considering GPT4 was released a couple years ago. Professionals have had plenty of time to integrate LLMs.
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Comment on OpenAI’s H1 2025: $4.3b in income, $13.5b in loss in ~tech
Minori Link ParentCitation needed. Most modern advertising is subtle mind tricks to make you associate products with good things or develop addictive habits. Depending on your definition of ad, most packaging is an...and advertising undermines trust in that product. So there is a built in social force for people to protect the investment they have made in their product and their brand's credibility by ensuring the consumer can differentiate between the product and advertising related to that product.
Citation needed. Most modern advertising is subtle mind tricks to make you associate products with good things or develop addictive habits. Depending on your definition of ad, most packaging is an advertisement.
Take Coke's campaigns that are designed to make people associate happy times with friends and family with Coca-Cola products.
For subtle advertising, consider all of the product placements in major movies. Maybe you don't notice it, but the protagonist puts on a jacket from a specific brand before her coolest scene. The bartender only stocks one brand of beer or all the liquor comes from one conglomerate. It's subtle, yet it works.
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Comment on OpenAI’s H1 2025: $4.3b in income, $13.5b in loss in ~tech
Minori Link ParentIn my experience, the LLM generated docs are subtly wrong in ways that are really annoying to discover. I don't feel great about feeding LLM docs into another LLM to generate increasingly...In my experience, the LLM generated docs are subtly wrong in ways that are really annoying to discover. I don't feel great about feeding LLM docs into another LLM to generate increasingly inaccurate summaries...
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Comment on OpenAI’s H1 2025: $4.3b in income, $13.5b in loss in ~tech
Minori Link ParentIf all the tools have a search interface, wiring them into an LLM as tools for MCP usage can be extremely useful. I'd still prefer a good search engine, but we take what we can get.If all the tools have a search interface, wiring them into an LLM as tools for MCP usage can be extremely useful. I'd still prefer a good search engine, but we take what we can get.
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Comment on White House in a bind as soybean sales to China plummet to zero in ~society
Minori Link ParentMost US farmers aren't poor sharecroppers anymore. Even "small" farmers run huge mechanized operations if they want to make any serious profit. By and large, farm subsidies are a vote buying...Most US farmers aren't poor sharecroppers anymore. Even "small" farmers run huge mechanized operations if they want to make any serious profit.
By and large, farm subsidies are a vote buying scheme. Governments tax productive workers in cities then turn around and give millions of dollars to multi-millionaire farmers with plenty of generational wealth.
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Oktoberfest in Munich closed due to bomb threat
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This is fantastic! I'm really hopeful that we'll see broad public health benefits. I haven't seen much data from other countries, but GLP-1 agonists should even help reduce government spending in countries with more socialised healthcare systems.