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  1. Comment on Looking for games like wordle in ~games

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    Try Pimantle! It's Semantle with a 2D visualization of guesses, which makes it easier to see the different "branches" of word similarity. https://semantle.pimanrul.es

    Try Pimantle! It's Semantle with a 2D visualization of guesses, which makes it easier to see the different "branches" of word similarity.

    https://semantle.pimanrul.es

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  3. Comment on Looking for recommendations for half-hour shows in ~tv

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    I'll suggest "Detectorists". Very relaxing and clever British comedy. Someone else mentioned "Veep", and I'll second that. Has one of my favorite endings to any show. Note that season 1 is...

    I'll suggest "Detectorists". Very relaxing and clever British comedy.

    Someone else mentioned "Veep", and I'll second that. Has one of my favorite endings to any show. Note that season 1 is slightly rough. The characters don't feel "connected" to each other, so when they make mean jokes at each others expense they seem too cruel. This issue goes away in season 2.

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  4. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk

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    How old are you, out of curiosity? Singular "they" was seen as incorrect in formal writing until relatively recently (perhaps just a decade or two). It's possible this is just a matter of when one...

    How old are you, out of curiosity? Singular "they" was seen as incorrect in formal writing until relatively recently (perhaps just a decade or two). It's possible this is just a matter of when one grew up, much as the split between single spacing and double spacing after a period.

    I use singular "they", but I do find it frustrating to use because of the ambiguity. I wish one of the various proposed pronouns had caught on, rather than making "they" do double duty.

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  5. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life

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    If you mean the sort of seating position I was talking about, the general body position and tilt would be something like this. Maybe a bit more clockwise rotation. And contrary to the image's...

    If you mean the sort of seating position I was talking about, the general body position and tilt would be something like this. Maybe a bit more clockwise rotation. And contrary to the image's suggestion, you want the pedals footrest close enough that you can "stand" against it to keep your butt from sliding. Helmet is optional.

    The ultimate version of it is a "reclining desk" or "reclining workstation"; an image search for those terms will bring up examples. Some of them are... wacky. And weirdly expensive. And of course, there are the hilarious DIY versions (via HN). People really complicate it for no reason; all one really needs is a monitor arm that can swivel 90 degrees and a recliner or lounge chair. Though given my personal holy grail is a reclined recumbent exercise bike with a monitor above it, my accusation of over-complexity may be a stone thrown from a glass house. :-)

    I should mention one thing about these setups that I forgot earlier: you usually end up with your keyboard closer to your lap, and that makes it easy to accidentally put pressure on the ulnar nerve. Your elbows are so far back that you can end up pressing them up against your seat-back, squishing the ulnar nerve between bone and furniture. (People who are lazy and use their laptops in bed sometimes have problems with ulnar nerve compression.) You just need a little bit of space so your elbows aren't pressing on anything.

    Oh, and just as a note I'm by no means an expert in any of this, so take my advice with a grain of salt. I think it's right, but (as my wife likes to remind me) I have been wrong before.

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  6. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life

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    I used one for a while. It's better and worse. I think that in general terms standing might be better if it's dynamic and you're moving around or changing positions frequently. But if you remain...

    I used one for a while. It's better and worse. I think that in general terms standing might be better if it's dynamic and you're moving around or changing positions frequently. But if you remain stationary, it's not much better than sitting. It may actually be worse since blood will pool in your legs. If you do go down the standing desk route, get something like a foot rail or footstool to give yourself more options for body position.

    If you want to make your regular seating better, you need to prevent "the slide". The slide is what happens when you relax in a normal chair (e.g., a dining chair): your butt slides forward and you slouch. Humans compensate for this by keeping hip flexors and lower back muscles constantly engaged, which is awful in the long-term. But if you tip your whole seat back (as though you are preparing to fall over backwards), it will counteract "the slide". And if you set up a solid footrest, you can brace yourself against it keep yourself from slouching. Even better, set up the foot rest at a bit of a height so that your legs are extended and not bent.

    In the ideal, you're sitting a bit like an F1 driver. But you don't have to go as extreme as that to get a benefit; any seating setup that allows you to relax your hip flexors and lower back is good. I suspect that over the next decade reclined seating will become popular, much as standing desks started to gain popularity around ten years ago.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on A discussion of Glenn Greenwald's departure from The Intercept in ~news

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    Oh, absolutely. My personal guess is that the meeting was little more than gladhanding for a few minutes at some event. But being able to move the discussion past "were the e-mails forged?" to...

    Oh, absolutely. My personal guess is that the meeting was little more than gladhanding for a few minutes at some event. But being able to move the discussion past "were the e-mails forged?" to "were the e-mails selectively released?" has value, as it keeps people in the same general reality.

  8. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    Even fact checking can be a source of bias (and even if the fact checks themselves are completely impartial) if there is a tendency to fact check certain content more often. E.g., if Parler...

    Even fact checking can be a source of bias (and even if the fact checks themselves are completely impartial) if there is a tendency to fact check certain content more often. E.g., if Parler applied accurate fact-checks only to pro-BLM posts, they would still be introducing bias despite only providing accurate information.

    12 votes

  9. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~misc

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    Do you have a citation for this?

    I believe here it obscures the reality which is that the economic policies AOC supports poll well with everyone, even conservatives.

    Do you have a citation for this?

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Donald Trump gives remarks regarding the US election results in ~news

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    If there's one thing we've learned about Trump, it's that he doesn't really understand much. He knows that the Supreme Court was important in the 2000 election, and he's heard people talking about...

    If there's one thing we've learned about Trump, it's that he doesn't really understand much. He knows that the Supreme Court was important in the 2000 election, and he's heard people talking about how cases involving this election might go to the Supreme Court. In his mind that has become twisted into "the Supreme Court can decide elections, we can take this election directly to the Supreme Court".

    7 votes

  11. Comment on A discussion of Glenn Greenwald's departure from The Intercept in ~news

  12. Comment on A discussion of Glenn Greenwald's departure from The Intercept in ~news

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    This is not as clear as you make it sound. Greenwald doesn't provide any evidence for the claim, and the e-mail chain he posted contradicts it.

    The Intercept refused to publish.

    This is not as clear as you make it sound. Greenwald doesn't provide any evidence for the claim, and the e-mail chain he posted contradicts it.

    7 votes

  13. Comment on ‘Dexter’: Showtime revives serial killer drama as limited series, Michael C. Hall and Clyde Phillips return in ~tv

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    The original showrunner (Clyde Phillips) was on Hollywood Reporter podcast. There is a promising quote: "...and Michael was certainly aware that the ending wasn't well received and I believe he...

    The original showrunner (Clyde Phillips) was on Hollywood Reporter podcast. There is a promising quote: "...and Michael was certainly aware that the ending wasn't well received and I believe he was not completely satisfied with it, and this is an opportunity to make that right."

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Louisville grand jury indicts one of three officers in fatal Breonna Taylor police shooting in ~news

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    Wouldn't the officers be covered under self-defense, as Walker was?

    Wouldn't the officers be covered under self-defense, as Walker was?

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Louisville grand jury indicts one of three officers in fatal Breonna Taylor police shooting in ~news

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    What would you charge the officers with, and what would your arguments be?

    What would you charge the officers with, and what would your arguments be?

    6 votes

  16. Comment on Can anyone help me narrow down the definition of "gaslighting" to better make sense of it as a concept? in ~talk

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    In my understanding, the term rose to prominence years ago, largely in feminist forums and outlets. It stayed true to the original meaning from the play, and was particularly used when describing...

    In my understanding, the term rose to prominence years ago, largely in feminist forums and outlets. It stayed true to the original meaning from the play, and was particularly used when describing psychological manipulation in domestic abuse. It's a good metaphor and the etymology is interesting, so it's easy to see how it spread.

    As more people came across it and applied it in less apt situations, its meaning became diluted. Eventually it reached politics, where it has become almost useless. In the new context 'gaslighting' is equivalent to "pretending that a narrative is true", and does not require focused intent to manipulate and confuse. In contrast to the original meaning, some people even use it to describe self-deception and willful ignorance.

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  17. Comment on Academics are really, really worried about their freedom in ~humanities

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    This characterization is not exactly helping the political divide. You use "ubermensch", subtly implying that Prince is a Nazi, and you specifically note that he was in the women's restroom, which...

    The student body at large was not amused, and managed to engineer a situation that so scared this battle-hardened ubermensch that he did not appear on stage and instead spent thirty minutes hiding in the women's restroom before fleeing campus.

    This characterization is not exactly helping the political divide. You use "ubermensch", subtly implying that Prince is a Nazi, and you specifically note that he was in the women's restroom, which comes off as an attempt to emasculate him. Regardless of whether one agrees with Prince's views or conduct, this sort of writing only harms the "meeting of minds" that society relies on.

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  18. Comment on Academics are really, really worried about their freedom in ~humanities

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    Can anyone find if/where this survey was released? I've searched a bit for the quotes, but I'm not finding anything.

    This year, the Heterodox Academy conducted an internal member survey of 445 academics.

    Can anyone find if/where this survey was released? I've searched a bit for the quotes, but I'm not finding anything.

    3 votes