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Comment on 2 January is National Science Fiction Day (in the US)! What are some sci-fi films you feel are particularly memorable or that you return to regularly? in ~movies
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Comment on Pornhub is now blocked in almost all of the US South in ~tech
rahmad Link ParentThe net effect may end up being: no real change in the amount of pornography being ingested in these states, across all age ranges, but a marked increase in network and piracy savviness. If so......The net effect may end up being: no real change in the amount of pornography being ingested in these states, across all age ranges, but a marked increase in network and piracy savviness.
If so... net positive?
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Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets
rahmad LinkMaybe this is not casual discussion, but anyone have any experience dealing with older cats - specifically litter related issues? My big boy is around 17 now, and refuses to bury his business...Maybe this is not casual discussion, but anyone have any experience dealing with older cats - specifically litter related issues? My big boy is around 17 now, and refuses to bury his business anymore. It's leading to a lot of tracking, constant litter-concrete inside his back paws.
Initially I was concerned it may be something more serious, but his blood work came back fully clean. It could be arthritis, but I'm not sure I want to dive down that path just yet.
Mostly I want to know: Advice on litters that absorb urine faster or drop it below the surface somehow.
Advice on clearing the gummed up litter between his rear toes. I've never bathed him. Is that the solution? I tried a semi-firm brush and it'll knock loose the fine bits but not the core of the gunk.
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Comment on Growing pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say in ~enviro
rahmad Link ParentThis is amazing. Kudos to you, and kudos to @scroll_lock. It's a pretty direct example of 'one good turn...' and the value of taking time to think and share solutions. A small feature request for...This is amazing. Kudos to you, and kudos to @scroll_lock.
It's a pretty direct example of 'one good turn...' and the value of taking time to think and share solutions.
A small feature request for the website: let me control where you are pushing the location query to, so I can check on friends and family.
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Comment on What are your Christmas movies? in ~movies
rahmad (edited )LinkSome good ones I haven't seen mentioned yet in any other comments: The Long Kiss Goodnight Kiss Kiss Bang Bang I do not enjoy the 'full-on Christmas experience,' so maintain a collection of...Some good ones I haven't seen mentioned yet in any other comments:
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Kiss Kiss Bang BangI do not enjoy the 'full-on Christmas experience,' so maintain a collection of acceptable compromise films.
I'm also surprised by the low mention count of Elf!
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Comment on 180bpm+ music recommendations? in ~music
rahmad LinkI have no idea what BPM this is, but when I need music-delivered clockspeed, I find it does the trick: Yuaru - Asu no yozora shoukaihan This is the 'otaite' version, i.e. human cover of an...I have no idea what BPM this is, but when I need music-delivered clockspeed, I find it does the trick:
Yuaru - Asu no yozora shoukaihan
This is the 'otaite' version, i.e. human cover of an initially synthetic song. Original. This whole subculture is a trip, if you're ever looking for an interesting rabbithole.
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Comment on Your partner asks for your phone, you refuse over privacy, they tell you they don't trust you. How do you respond? in ~talk
rahmad Link ParentIt took me a second to contextualize and for a bit I was trying to figure out what this shared Booty Call service for couples called KeepAss was....It took me a second to contextualize and for a bit I was trying to figure out what this shared Booty Call service for couples called KeepAss was....
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Comment on Great shows with a truly satisfying ending? in ~tv
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Comment on Autopsy report as novel intro? How? in ~creative
rahmad Link ParentMost people are not subject matter experts in any given thing... And a true subject matter expert will always find a way to poke a hole in things. Such is their way. When an audience is compelled,...Most people are not subject matter experts in any given thing... And a true subject matter expert will always find a way to poke a hole in things. Such is their way.
When an audience is compelled, much is forgiven -- but you're right -- it needs to feel realistic and authentic (if that's the target mood).
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Comment on Autopsy report as novel intro? How? in ~creative
rahmad LinkMy two cents, your duty is to the story and that thing inside it that will pull the reader forward. You'll get a lot, obviously, from studying source material, but I wouldn't get too hung up on...My two cents, your duty is to the story and that thing inside it that will pull the reader forward.
You'll get a lot, obviously, from studying source material, but I wouldn't get too hung up on authenticity. That should come second.
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Comment on Is the current war in Palestine the first time the victim wound up being seen as the aggressor? in ~humanities.history
rahmad LinkI don't understand what frame of reference you are using to generate 'victim' and 'aggressor' -- the answer depends entirely on who you ask, doesn't it?I don't understand what frame of reference you are using to generate 'victim' and 'aggressor' -- the answer depends entirely on who you ask, doesn't it?
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Comment on Google is testing the ‘impact’ of removing EU news from search results in ~tech
rahmad Link ParentYou make some valid points, but I think you're off base in a couple areas: Discovery is a feature, and a desirable product. The pre-google internet was basically not an internet yet. It was many...You make some valid points, but I think you're off base in a couple areas:
Google doesn't produce anything of actual value.
Discovery is a feature, and a desirable product. The pre-google internet was basically not an internet yet. It was many internets, and maybe you were savvy enough to navigate some of them.
Not as accessible as today's is, by a long shot. Sure, it's dropped from peak quality, but fast, easy, relevant discovery was revolutionary as it formed and finally peaked with Google.
Perhaps Google Maps (especially Street View) have a good amount of content that Google actually directly invested in producing... and even that isn't so much "original content" as it is simply original documentation of things in the world built by others.
This minimizes how massive a product maps and Google geo in general is, not just from a discovery point of view, but from a wayfinding one. Incredibly sophisticated pathfinding, often integrating tens of millions of real-time data points.
When was the last time your answer to 'when will I get there' was 'i don't know and there's simply no way to be sure.'
That reality basically no longer exists because of stuff products like maps enable with what they have under the hood.
Those capabilities -- 'to increase usability of other things' -- are feature, product and 'content' even if they are not the same as writing a blog post or putting a brick and mortar shop up.
It feels like saying Adobe doesn't produce anything of value because ultimately it's the artists who do all the work.
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Comment on Mindless games, preferably mobile in ~games
rahmad Link ParentI find there are worse daily habits than those that take a few minutes and maybe teach me a thing or two.I find there are worse daily habits than those that take a few minutes and maybe teach me a thing or two.
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Comment on Mindless games, preferably mobile in ~games
rahmad (edited )Link ParentThe first three are great. The last is new to me. Thanks! Exit: Yes, I completely love this. It is very much like Travle which, despite being a fairly regular habit, has failed to teach me a...The first three are great. The last is new to me. Thanks!
Exit: Yes, I completely love this. It is very much like Travle which, despite being a fairly regular habit, has failed to teach me a comprehensive map of Africa.
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Comment on Games with complex-required-supporting-real-e2e logistics? in ~games
rahmad LinkThe best example of that I've seen is Ingress. At the normal scale, it's tug of war, blue vs. green. There is no clear end-point, simply the fun of building and destruction But during some live...The best example of that I've seen is Ingress.
At the normal scale, it's tug of war, blue vs. green. There is no clear end-point, simply the fun of building and destruction
But during some live ops, when things get bounded in time and with distinct goals, global scale communities form, strategize, plan and execute operations with real humans in real places doing wild, incredible things. People have flown into remote places in Alaska to complete an op, coordinated false flags across an entire country to 'sneak a play' around the North Pole, sent mountain climbing units out with sat phones to execute key plays at the exact right time. In less extraordinary moments, small 'military style's units form, are tasked and operated from eyes in the sky towards the master plan. Resource planning and acquisition is months in the making. Folks have even recruited pilots and stewards into the game to increase the frequency of item transfers between far locations.
The logistics are completely emergent from the win state, timeline and gamerules, but their complexity exceeds anything else I can think of.
It's less played now than it was ten or so years ago, but it still has a pretty diehard core user group that keep things interesting.
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Comment on A review of the Lego Mini Chef restaurant in Denmark – in which a meal prepared by tiny plastic people sparks a revelation about hospitality in ~food
rahmad Linkit's a pretty thin article, both in length and depth, but this bit at the end was nicely put:it's a pretty thin article, both in length and depth, but this bit at the end was nicely put:
When the celebrity chef’s name is over the door, I believe in their input, though I know they’ve not been in the kitchen in years. When I’m told an ingredient was “foraged”, I imagine the cooks stalking through the forest at dawn rather than ordering from a supplier. The same is true when they tell me the steak comes from a deliriously happy cow or was aged in salt-walled vaults, and the sommelier tells me about wine made in some ancient château or stewed in a hipster’s bucket. It’s all a gigantic exercise in consensual self-delusion that we embrace with unquestioning zeal.
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Comment on A review of the Lego Mini Chef restaurant in Denmark – in which a meal prepared by tiny plastic people sparks a revelation about hospitality in ~food
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Comment on Thoughts on a Democratic postmortem in ~society
rahmad LinkI specifically want to reply to this idea: This is a false notion. Progression on social ideas is not linear to time, and cultures move 'backwards' constantly. I put backwards in air quotes since...I specifically want to reply to this idea:
Thatcher won the U.K. in 1979, so it should be possible in the U.S. in 2024).
This is a false notion. Progression on social ideas is not linear to time, and cultures move 'backwards' constantly. I put backwards in air quotes since that direction is relative to us, but again, there's no universal bearing here.
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Comment on Mindless games, preferably mobile in ~games
rahmad Link ParentMy rule of thumb is, unless you have to spend a couple bucks, it's probably best to avoid that game... I've met my fair share of F2Ps, and never met one I liked.My rule of thumb is, unless you have to spend a couple bucks, it's probably best to avoid that game... I've met my fair share of F2Ps, and never met one I liked.
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Comment on Mindless games, preferably mobile in ~games
rahmad LinkConsider boomshine, holedown, suika, minimetro, railbound. It's not entirely clear which game will scratch your itch, but there are 'forgiving about being locked into screen', 'focus' but no...
Gattaca hasn't been mentioned yet, and that's a lovely, lovely film.
Minority Report, not the best film ever, was still pretty prescient and worthy of mention.