redbearsam's recent activity
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Comment on Official retailers in Europe have sold out of the Norwegian national football team's jerseys ahead of Saturday's 2026 World Cup quarter final between England and Norway in ~sports.football
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Comment on Official retailers in Europe have sold out of the Norwegian national football team's jerseys ahead of Saturday's 2026 World Cup quarter final between England and Norway in ~sports.football
redbearsam Link ParentI dunno, I heard it's coming home 🤷I dunno, I heard it's coming home 🤷
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Comment on Why does WhatsApp drain so much phone battery? in ~tech
redbearsam Link ParentThanks for elaborating. I'd disagree I think with your final statement, but you've helped me understand your position.Thanks for elaborating. I'd disagree I think with your final statement, but you've helped me understand your position.
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Comment on Give me your culture clash stories in ~travel
redbearsam Link ParentMy understanding is that while the gut microbiome can become less suited to eating meat if it's not consumed for a long time (potentially causing some discomfort in extreme cases), it's a...My understanding is that while the gut microbiome can become less suited to eating meat if it's not consumed for a long time (potentially causing some discomfort in extreme cases), it's a misconception that humans on strict long term plant based diets typically cease to be able to digest meat.
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Comment on Why does WhatsApp drain so much phone battery? in ~tech
redbearsam (edited )Link ParentYeah in the UK it's non-optional. It's default. When I lived in Spain it was the same. It'd be like opting out of phone communication altogether. It does seem like an unusually passionate stance...Yeah in the UK it's non-optional. It's default. When I lived in Spain it was the same. It'd be like opting out of phone communication altogether.
It does seem like an unusually passionate stance to lose friends over something like this. Could you elaborate a bit further? Do you mean literally lose old friends? Or more like eschew potential new relationships? Are you thinking of specific historical scenarios, or more hypothetically? I'm not sure I'm imagining exactly what you mean.
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Comment on I almost got hit by a car in ~life
redbearsam Link ParentCemeteries are filled with people who had right of way.Cemeteries are filled with people who had right of way.
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Comment on Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause. in ~health
redbearsam Link ParentYah I expect this is more due to American tastes (driven by that bloody truck designation tax loophole) for gigantic people destroyers instead of "normal" cars. I imagine the uptick at the end in...Yah I expect this is more due to American tastes (driven by that bloody truck designation tax loophole) for gigantic people destroyers instead of "normal" cars.
I imagine the uptick at the end in elsewhere is owing to that particular fashion starting to infect the rest of the world.
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Comment on Why young men sound "less manly" in ~humanities.languages
redbearsam Link ParentDespite the accurate and helpful tldr, I'd highlight that the video is shy of 15 minutes and pretty interesting in content and presentation (if you like your presentation quite dry).Despite the accurate and helpful tldr, I'd highlight that the video is shy of 15 minutes and pretty interesting in content and presentation (if you like your presentation quite dry).
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Comment on Any fellow software engineers using paid GitHub copilot? in ~comp
redbearsam Link Parent"unless you factor cost in; in that case deepseek is lightyears ahead of Opus" is the intended reading I suppose"unless you factor cost in; in that case deepseek is lightyears ahead of Opus" is the intended reading I suppose
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Comment on Senior Ukrainian commander sees imminent 'turning point' in war in ~society
redbearsam Link ParentI dunno tbh. Their negotiations will be far better informed on war goals and hidden information than us. These will be professionals backed by the power of states - political scientists, analysts,...I dunno tbh. Their negotiations will be far better informed on war goals and hidden information than us. These will be professionals backed by the power of states - political scientists, analysts, military specialists.
I doubt they'll be compulsive in the face of grand-scheme insignificant fluctuations like these into making impulsive decisions in negotiations that will take months.
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Comment on Senior Ukrainian commander sees imminent 'turning point' in war in ~society
redbearsam Link ParentWon't that calculus be baked into both sides negotiating anyway, and thus kind of cancel itself out?Won't that calculus be baked into both sides negotiating anyway, and thus kind of cancel itself out?
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
redbearsam Link ParentI agree that trains should be set up in a manner to make them cheaper, nationalisation being a great start. However I'm not sure they are necessarily cheaper, owing to the costs of maintaining the...I agree that trains should be set up in a manner to make them cheaper, nationalisation being a great start.
However I'm not sure they are necessarily cheaper, owing to the costs of maintaining the vast infrastructure, and of adding capacity, changing routes etc.
I'd favour using both levers to drive behaviour we need.
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
redbearsam Link ParentAhhh I had thought your point about planes being more convenient was generalised, not specifically in reference to that route.Ahhh I had thought your point about planes being more convenient was generalised, not specifically in reference to that route.
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Comment on We heard you: the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro in ~tech
redbearsam Link ParentAhhh cool I thought I'd recalled your being a software engineer - useful insights in use case and pattern. Thanks!Ahhh cool I thought I'd recalled your being a software engineer - useful insights in use case and pattern. Thanks!
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
redbearsam Link ParentSeparate comment for separate point, but I'm not sure flying shouldn't be taxed vastly more to account for the negative externalities to the environment. If we want to save the planet we've to...Separate comment for separate point, but I'm not sure flying shouldn't be taxed vastly more to account for the negative externalities to the environment. If we want to save the planet we've to make some difficult decisions.
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
redbearsam Link ParentI disagree they're less convenient. A flight requires you be there long in advance to deal with security, usually with luggage limitations (you're separated and might have a small allowance). Also...I disagree they're less convenient.
A flight requires you be there long in advance to deal with security, usually with luggage limitations (you're separated and might have a small allowance).
Also a flight will at both ends dump you somewhere relatively useless in most cases, whilst most central train stations are, well, central with close access to just the population centres you're most likely to want.
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Comment on We heard you: the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro in ~tech
redbearsam Link ParentWowee never heard of them before. Looks sweet. Do you mind if I ask your use case and how it suits it? Is it a snappy lil thing? How does the battery do?Wowee never heard of them before. Looks sweet. Do you mind if I ask your use case and how it suits it? Is it a snappy lil thing? How does the battery do?
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Comment on How are we all feeling about piracy these days? in ~movies
redbearsam Link ParentI'm not sure it's that much effort. I know people who use only public trackers, and unless they're looking for something very old or highly specific, it's basically never an issue to find it....I'm not sure it's that much effort. I know people who use only public trackers, and unless they're looking for something very old or highly specific, it's basically never an issue to find it. Certainly no more difficult than finding things on streaming sites.
I'm not sure how much can be said on Tildes, but sonarr and radarr can be set up to subscribe to things you like so that stuff auto torrents when it's initially released. Generally the folks I know will just have their torrent client's Web interface on their phone - also not hard to set up. Theb they can trivially set things to download from anywhere, by remote, upon recommendation.
For a new TV show episode, in maybe 4GB size, things can usually be pulled down and ready to watch in maybe 10 minutes off a public tracker, so I'd not describe the delay as often bothersome, myself.
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Comment on US begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz in ~society
redbearsam Link ParentThat article doesn't actually say they've mined the strait so far as I can see? I'd be surprised if they have, as the threat to mine it is a powerful bargaining chip that can only be played once,...That article doesn't actually say they've mined the strait so far as I can see? I'd be surprised if they have, as the threat to mine it is a powerful bargaining chip that can only be played once, and which villifies iran. The strait is closed without its being mined anyway, so I don't see any value to having mined it already?
I'd say it's more likely the US is suggesting they already have precisely because the indiscriminate nature of such a move looks bad for Iran, where otherwise the narrative is one of sympathy with the blame landing largely with trump
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Comment on Half-baked idea for metered inline image allowances in ~tildes
redbearsam Link ParentFair, though having seen this meme whilst also being less saturated by it, for me the link was necessary context to avoid having to ask, or else not being included.Fair, though having seen this meme whilst also being less saturated by it, for me the link was necessary context to avoid having to ask, or else not being included.
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