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  1. Comment on How often do you replace your phone? in ~tech

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    I've enjoyed the pixel 5 so much that I spent more on my 4th than my 3rd; they've become something of a rarity at this point. (All 4 are refurbs with screens I've ultimately seen mostly off - good...

    I've enjoyed the pixel 5 so much that I spent more on my 4th than my 3rd; they've become something of a rarity at this point. (All 4 are refurbs with screens I've ultimately seen mostly off - good enough as reserves maybe.)

    Phones just keep getting bigger, but this lil fella is palm sized. One wee thumb stretch and the whole screen kingdom is mine. If there's not another normal sized phone for a normal sized person when I inevitably drop this poor chap then it'll prolly be another p5 for me.

    My priorities and those of BIG cellular just don't align anymore 😞

    13 votes
  2. Comment on America's coming Weimar moment (2022) in ~society

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    To add some context having just listened, this doesn't focus on, or significantly talk about, Trump. More about the power the judiciary has over a democracy and its validity. It's very good.

    To add some context having just listened, this doesn't focus on, or significantly talk about, Trump.

    More about the power the judiciary has over a democracy and its validity.

    It's very good.

    3 votes
  3. Comment on Baltic states leave Russian power grid in closer EU integration in ~enviro

  4. Comment on How nine popular YouTubers helped US President Donald Trump win a second term in ~society

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    That doesn't contradict what I was espousing. The Wikipedia page indicates the long history of the phrase, dating back to the 1960s. It has only much later been co-opted by hamas. Its usage far...

    That doesn't contradict what I was espousing. The Wikipedia page indicates the long history of the phrase, dating back to the 1960s. It has only much later been co-opted by hamas. Its usage far exceeds that narrow scope and definition.

    For example, I don't believe a plurality amongst the tens of thousands of liberal minded folks marching in the uk - using that very refrain - are advocating for violence against Jews or Israel. Rather they're marching for a peaceful solution.

    Its a quagmire I don't see any solution to myself, so I don't hold strong opinions on how to resolve any of it. But I don't think it's accurate to prescribe hamas' interpretation of the phrase's usage as the definitive one, or to condemn people who use it as aligned with hamas when many who use it are evidently not.

  5. Comment on How nine popular YouTubers helped US President Donald Trump win a second term in ~society

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    It's not really a hamas slogan, though they are one of the groups that use it, loaded with their own interpretation of it.

    It's not really a hamas slogan, though they are one of the groups that use it, loaded with their own interpretation of it.

  6. Comment on US President Donald Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator Ross Ulbricht in ~society

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    Precisely this. He's getting the reverse luigi treatment. I guess trying to assassinate people to protect business rather than to hold it accountable is a-okay in Donnie's book.

    Precisely this. He's getting the reverse luigi treatment. I guess trying to assassinate people to protect business rather than to hold it accountable is a-okay in Donnie's book.

    16 votes
  7. Comment on Supercentenarian and remarkable age records exhibit patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud in ~health

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    It's part of the meta. We have lore now.

    It's part of the meta. We have lore now.

    3 votes
  8. Comment on I hate 2FA in ~tech

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    In the EU, gdpr means they can't use 2fa data for other things. That mightnt be relevant to everyone, but it sure is to a lot of folks!

    In the EU, gdpr means they can't use 2fa data for other things. That mightnt be relevant to everyone, but it sure is to a lot of folks!

    2 votes
  9. Comment on ‘A worldwide public health threat’: Rob Bilott on his twenty-year fight against forever chemicals in ~health

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    Dark water was an incredible documentary. Anyway, often with types of things, the problem seems insoluably big. I have to remind myself that phasing out asbestos, leaded petrol, and small pox all...

    Dark water was an incredible documentary.

    Anyway, often with types of things, the problem seems insoluably big. I have to remind myself that phasing out asbestos, leaded petrol, and small pox all probably felt similarly at one stage, but folks stepped up, and thank god they bloody did.

    3 votes
  10. Comment on Erling Haaland has signed a new ten-year Manchester City contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2034 in ~sports.football

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    I'd love to see a sanky of the income vs the expenditure. I just can't connect the wages (in terms of outflow) with the income streams. Though ofc it mostly must make sense, cause it's happening.

    I'd love to see a sanky of the income vs the expenditure. I just can't connect the wages (in terms of outflow) with the income streams. Though ofc it mostly must make sense, cause it's happening.

    2 votes
  11. Comment on Erling Haaland has signed a new ten-year Manchester City contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2034 in ~sports.football

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    Half way to a £billion just from wages, never mind endorsements. For one player. Make it make sense. Not an observation of haarland specifically, but rather the wider economics of soccer.

    Half way to a £billion just from wages, never mind endorsements. For one player. Make it make sense.

    Not an observation of haarland specifically, but rather the wider economics of soccer.

    2 votes
  12. Comment on ADHDers, how do you speed-up, bypass, or otherwise eliminate the "ramp-up" period required for big tasks? in ~health.mental

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    The very start made me giggle at first with the phrasing: "I was diagnosed as an adult 5 years ago". Like adulthood is a disease.

    The very start made me giggle at first with the phrasing:

    "I was diagnosed as an adult 5 years ago". Like adulthood is a disease.

    3 votes
  13. Comment on US Supreme Court unanimously backs law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company in ~tech

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    Holy god please let's exorcise twitter from the UK.

    Holy god please let's exorcise twitter from the UK.

  14. Comment on US Supreme Court unanimously backs law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company in ~tech

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    I expect (and hope) its being banned in the US will kill it here too. That's like 3/5 of the anglosphere knocked off the platform, aka a significant chunk of the creators who'll migrate elsewhere,...

    I expect (and hope) its being banned in the US will kill it here too. That's like 3/5 of the anglosphere knocked off the platform, aka a significant chunk of the creators who'll migrate elsewhere, probably followed by their users?

    2 votes
  15. Comment on Walgreens replaced fridge doors with smart screens. It’s now a $200 million fiasco. in ~tech

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    I'm pretty sure the ones in McDonald's cause a marked increase in the average order value.

    I'm pretty sure the ones in McDonald's cause a marked increase in the average order value.

  16. Comment on Horror in impossible places: liminal spaces and the backrooms in ~games

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    Powerful imagery, shivers down my spine. That wasn't just good English. It was artful. I'd hate to imagine what you'd think of us after a day as a fly on the wall in a UK school if this is...

    Powerful imagery, shivers down my spine. That wasn't just good English. It was artful.

    I'd hate to imagine what you'd think of us after a day as a fly on the wall in a UK school if this is standard requires excuse....

    8 votes
  17. Comment on Nintendo Switch release reactions in ~games

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    Personally, I worry about the numbers cause I want stuff I like to succeed and spawn trends of similar things I might like. I wish the latest dnd movie or dreddd had been more successful and...

    Personally, I worry about the numbers cause I want stuff I like to succeed and spawn trends of similar things I might like.

    I wish the latest dnd movie or dreddd had been more successful and secured sequels.

    Marvel was so successful that it - I think - negatively affected everything around it, consuming all the oxygen for itself and less successful clones or wannabes. As someone who wasn't keen I wish it had been less successful for this reason.

    11 votes
  18. Comment on Does a picture prove anything anymore? in ~arts

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    That was a good read (and quite short too, for those who might come after me, pressed for time!).

    That was a good read (and quite short too, for those who might come after me, pressed for time!).

    3 votes
  19. Comment on Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta's latest pivot in three-hour Joe Rogan interview in ~tech

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    Ahh, sounds like he's not the guy I'd been lead to believe.

    Ahh, sounds like he's not the guy I'd been lead to believe.

  20. Comment on It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor in ~science

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    My experience tends to align with yours. The phrase "bum a fag" to mean "hobo (non-repayable loan) a cigarette" is still super common in British vernacular where I am.

    My experience tends to align with yours. The phrase "bum a fag" to mean "hobo (non-repayable loan) a cigarette" is still super common in British vernacular where I am.

    9 votes