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  1. Comment on LEGO’s first retail 3D printed element marks nine-year tech leap in ~tech

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    Thanks. I found the article you linked much more informative. And how can they mention the part but not even show it once?

    Thanks. I found the article you linked much more informative. And how can they mention the part but not even show it once?

    6 votes

  2. Do you feel like you’ve had many lives so far? Why, why not? Which?

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    I’ve been mulling over this for the past few weeks. Even though I haven’t drastically changed lives over the course of my lifetime, I still feel like I’ve had eras: As a young adult in the UK and...

    I’ve been mulling over this for the past few weeks.

    Even though I haven’t drastically changed lives over the course of my lifetime, I still feel like I’ve had eras:

    • As a young adult in the UK and around the world, figuring things out
    • As a student in Canada
    • As an employee in another province
    • And now as an independent consultant in Switzerland and France

    Although I still live a comfortable western lifestyle, I do feel these different eras are akin to different lives. 18 year old me wouldn’t guess what 30 or 40 year old me became. Not only professionally but also emotionally and day to day.

    To delineate my eras, I consider career/professional matters but also outlook on life, lessons learnt, relationships, country/city of résidence (or lack thereof).

    Do you have a similar feeling? Why or why not? And what do you consider you life or lives to have been so far?

    32 votes

  3. Comment on Pluribus S01E01 - “We is Us” in ~tv

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    Thanks. Does the podcast spoil anything? Is there one podcast episode per tv show episode so you can only listen to the podcast after watching that episode?

    Thanks. Does the podcast spoil anything? Is there one podcast episode per tv show episode so you can only listen to the podcast after watching that episode?

  4. Comment on Pluribus S01E01 - “We is Us” in ~tv

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    It’s perfect, especially how quickly he responds as soon as she’s done speaking, a little too quick, which cranks up the creep factor even more and contrasts with his friendly demeanour. I also...

    It’s perfect, especially how quickly he responds as soon as she’s done speaking, a little too quick, which cranks up the creep factor even more and contrasts with his friendly demeanour.

    I also appreciated the shot when

    loading her girlfriend’s body into the pickup which is perfectly framed with the porch and portrait behind.

  5. Comment on Pluribus S01E01 - “We is Us” in ~tv

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    Hooked. She’s an amazing actress and he’s an amazing writer (breaking bad, better call Saul, el Camino). My favourite part of the first episode is when the USDA is waiting for her to call on TV...

    Hooked. She’s an amazing actress and he’s an amazing writer (breaking bad, better call Saul, el Camino).

    My favourite part of the first episode is

    when the USDA is waiting for her to call on TV and then how cool and charismatic he is answering her questions. The scrolling headlines updating as he talks to her are just icing on the cake.

    I’m reading “the passage” at the same time and I’m sure I’ll end up remembering a mishmash of the two stories as a single one because I’ll mix them up in my memory haha.

  6. Comment on Looking for recommendations for a new home router in ~tech

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    Did exactly this but with a pcengines board and opnSense, and a unifi AP. And a media converter for fibre to Ethernet. It’s a very flexible setup and I don’t need any ISP’s crap box/router anymore...

    Did exactly this but with a pcengines board and opnSense, and a unifi AP. And a media converter for fibre to Ethernet. It’s a very flexible setup and I don’t need any ISP’s crap box/router anymore (caveat: I never use their iptv and voip services)

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk

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    Sorry to hear, that’s a bummer. It’s an unavoidable part of a professional career though and it happens to everyone. You grow and learn from it even if it’s only obvious in hindsight. I and many...

    Sorry to hear, that’s a bummer. It’s an unavoidable part of a professional career though and it happens to everyone. You grow and learn from it even if it’s only obvious in hindsight.

    I and many people have found Phyl Terry’s Never Search Alone (book and free program/community) very helpful to get going again. It also includes a “what to do after you’ve been laid off”. The community is very supportive and I’d suggest getting the book + registering for a group asap (it can take a few weeks to be matched and sometimes your initial group doesn’t work out)

    Good luck, you’ll come stronger out of this.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Shock discovery reveals sea urchins are basically 'all brain' in ~science

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    I don’t know for sure but to me it’d be logical all living things feel pain. It’s too big an evolutionary advantage to feel pain that I don’t see why any species would forego or not develop it. As...

    then do they feel pain?

    I don’t know for sure but to me it’d be logical all living things feel pain. It’s too big an evolutionary advantage to feel pain that I don’t see why any species would forego or not develop it. As such, I feel it’s unethical to harm or eat any living being. Maybe I’m wrong but I’d rather be too cautious than not enough, imagine realizing how much pain you’ve been inflicting your whole life otherwise!

    20 votes

  9. Comment on New Zealand supreme court ruled that Uber drivers are employees in ~transport

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    The lesson here is that you can ignore the law for 15+ years (maybe more? Didn’t check how old uber is) and have little to no consequence besides saving a bunch of money. The cost of defending...

    The lesson here is that you can ignore the law for 15+ years (maybe more? Didn’t check how old uber is) and have little to no consequence besides saving a bunch of money.
    The cost of defending these lawsuits here and there around the world is negligible compared to the savings from not employing those people. Even then it’s a whopping FOUR drivers after years of procedure. The message once more is clear: cheat and you’ll be handsomely rewarded.

    14 votes

  10. Comment on US Federal Communications Commission chairman reposts Donald Trump's call for NBC to fire Seth Meyers in ~tv

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    I thought id be able to listen to a phone call, to see how this kind of thing is done. Instead I got a short article with as much ad real estate as actual writing saying that Carr retweeted...

    I thought id be able to listen to a phone call, to see how this kind of thing is done.

    Instead I got a short article with as much ad real estate as actual writing saying that Carr retweeted whatever BS trump said.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on US teacher shot by six-year-old student awarded $10m by jury in ~news

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    I can’t imagine living in a country where this is even possible. Can you charge a 6 year old with anything? I’d think not but idk whether it’s possible in the US?

    I can’t imagine living in a country where this is even possible.

    The student was not charged with wrongdoing

    Can you charge a 6 year old with anything? I’d think not but idk whether it’s possible in the US?

    2 votes

  12. Comment on In the early 1990s, Sweden faced one of the worst economic crises in its modern history – the lessons for other countries, especially France, deep in its own budget crisis, are simple, if not easy in ~finance

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    My father has retired earlier than normally possible because for a while you could claim some years back for working as a teen without showing any records for it, and he gets more than when he was...

    My father has retired earlier than normally possible because for a while you could claim some years back for working as a teen without showing any records for it, and he gets more than when he was actually working. And he’s against dropping the yearly pension adjustment the government proposed to try and salvage whatever is left of the system for us the next generations. He’s not alone, most of his retiree friends are in a similar situation: they own their home (which most of us can’t afford to buy), get brand new cars every few years, travel a significant part of the year… and yet think they’re entitled to it and that our generation should stop complaining and work harder to fund a system that will be depleted by the time we’re pensionable.

    6 votes

  13. Comment on Looking for low-cost ways to replace industrially processed foods in ~food

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    If you’re talking about snacks, there are more steps involved so while it’s not terribly complicated to bake your own cake, it’s not a 2 minutes process either. Processed food eill always be...

    If you’re talking about snacks, there are more steps involved so while it’s not terribly complicated to bake your own cake, it’s not a 2 minutes process either. Processed food eill always be easier.

    For everyday meals, buying the raw ingredients (vegetables, spices…) and cooking the meal yourself is the easiest way imho. You can also batch prep so you do t have to do it everyday if you don’t want to.

    For things you can’t make (juice for example), read the labels and learn marketing cons. For example where I love you can’t say something is juice if it’s not pressed fruits. But marketers are very good at it and they’ll draw all kind of pictures and add wording on the label without every writing juice but letting you make the connection and think it is juice. Every country has these dirty tricks and you have to learn them. If you’re in Europe, the Yuka app can help pick products in the store.

    It’s a worthwhile effort because it’s much healthier and you’ll save money. And you’ll get a skill that’s very useful. Good luck!

    5 votes

  14. Comment on Thieves steal crown jewels in four minutes from Louvre Museum in Paris in ~arts

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    Because that costs money and the French government has been trying to shrink every budget possible. Culture isn’t exactly super high on the list of things to spend on… so they just hope that...

    Because that costs money and the French government has been trying to shrink every budget possible. Culture isn’t exactly super high on the list of things to spend on… so they just hope that whatever the result of these cuts is, it’ll happen to the next guy and not the one that made the cuts/extended the cuts. A story as old as time.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Thieves steal crown jewels in four minutes from Louvre Museum in Paris in ~arts

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    There have been reports about this to the ministry of culture each year for a while now. For those paying attention, it’s a known fact. See also...

    There have been reports about this to the ministry of culture each year for a while now. For those paying attention, it’s a known fact. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Breitwieser who stole 3bn euros worth of stuff and whose mother destroyed a lot of it. He says it’s easier to steal from a museum than from a supermarket.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than five billion sea stars in ~enviro

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    I suspect this has been A/B tested and if your metric is “clicks to load the article and ads”, clickbait outperformed. I also suspect the number of people who’d spend more time on the page because...

    I suspect this has been A/B tested and if your metric is “clicks to load the article and ads”, clickbait outperformed. I also suspect the number of people who’d spend more time on the page because it’s more in-depth are way less numerous than clickbait visitors and the extra time they spend wouldn’t make up for the deficit in visitors. This group might even use adblockers a lot more than the clickbait population. In the end they do what’s “rational” for their metric: ads shown/revenue. And it’s not what we want.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on This site is fast in ~tildes

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    Look at Mr. Moneybags here buying magnetic rod filters at 2500$ apiece.

    Look at Mr. Moneybags here buying magnetic rod filters at 2500$ apiece.

    8 votes

  18. Comment on Spit on, sworn at, and undeterred: what it’s like to own a Cybertruck in ~transport

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    "You've read your last free article" Oh well, I guess I had 0 free articles to read in my lifetime and it's run out.

    "You've read your last free article"

    Oh well, I guess I had 0 free articles to read in my lifetime and it's run out.

    12 votes

  19. Comment on Microsoft warns that Windows 10 reaches end of support today in ~tech

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    As a PSA of sorts, there are several things you can do if you don't want to just lie down and give up: Enable LTSC (3 years of updates, potentially 6) using massgrave.dev Switch to Linux...
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    As a PSA of sorts, there are several things you can do if you don't want to just lie down and give up:

    • Enable LTSC (3 years of updates, potentially 6) using massgrave.dev
    • Switch to Linux (endof10.org)
    • Upgrade to Win11 even on "unsupported" hardware using Rufus (which can create a bootable USB that bypasses this programmed obsolescence check)
    • Ask your (local, federal, cantonal, national, provincial) government why they're still considering Windows for their operations vs FOSS alternatives given the financial and environmental cost of MS's dirty tricks
    27 votes

  20. Comment on After quitting antidepressants, some people suffer surprising, lingering symptoms in ~health.mental

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    What if you get the drug prescription, fill it, but don't take the pills? It's ridiculous but isn't that your prerogative and the insurance wouldn't know unless they tested you to see if they drug...

    What if you get the drug prescription, fill it, but don't take the pills? It's ridiculous but isn't that your prerogative and the insurance wouldn't know unless they tested you to see if they drug is in your system at the dose it's expected to be given the prescription? I doubt they'd do that testing though, and it's their money being thrown away on medication they insist you take.

    1 vote