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  1. Comment on Prospect of life on Saturn’s moons rises after discovery of organic substances in ~space

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    It would somehow make things seem a lot better if I learned that life in the universe was fairly common.

    It would somehow make things seem a lot better if I learned that life in the universe was fairly common.

  2. Comment on What are some of your personal misheard lyrics? in ~music

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    I always thought they made those lyrics hard to sing on purpose. The rhythm of the speech reminds me a lot of the song Mairzy Dotes. I used to think he was saying something in Latin at the end:...

    I always thought they made those lyrics hard to sing on purpose. The rhythm of the speech reminds me a lot of the song Mairzy Dotes. I used to think he was saying something in Latin at the end: (Birch) maste dium, and was sure it meant something interesting.

  3. Comment on What it’s like to have your period in prison in ~life.women

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    Things are hard. I should be more thoughtful about adding to it with insubstantial negativity. Thank you for taking the time to talk about the things that you do. You're actually a significant...

    Things are hard. I should be more thoughtful about adding to it with insubstantial negativity. Thank you for taking the time to talk about the things that you do. You're actually a significant reason why I wanted to join the community.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on The neo-Victorian neo-nazi lesbian BDSM cult that made video games in ~humanities.history

  5. Comment on What it’s like to have your period in prison in ~life.women

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    We are in agreement. It can change. I'd like it to change. I support it changing. I agree with you that it can only be fixed if we gain the will to put ethics over dollars. I didn't say "nothing...

    We are in agreement. It can change. I'd like it to change. I support it changing. I agree with you that it can only be fixed if we gain the will to put ethics over dollars.

    I didn't say "nothing will happen", I said that it's not the American way. That's a lamentation about today (or everything you've said above wouldn't be true). It was pithy but I stand by it. What it was not is a prediction of the future nor an attempt to stop us talking about it.

    I'd just rather actually talk about that than "nothing will happen" because that just terminates the conversation.

    I appreciate everything you've said here. I thought my response was in line with your conclusion that "we need the will to tell money to fuck off", which is the core of all of America's most emergent problems. I can't add solutions but I thought it would be okay to commiserate and share my frustration. I didn't expect it to come across as a shutdown.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on What it’s like to have your period in prison in ~life.women

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    At the risk of stating the obvious, that's not the American way.

    we'd need the will to tell the money to fuck off.

    At the risk of stating the obvious, that's not the American way.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on The neo-Victorian neo-nazi lesbian BDSM cult that made video games in ~humanities.history

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    Would you be willing to share some keywords about the cult in the title? I'm not much of video watcher but would be interested in reading about it.

    Would you be willing to share some keywords about the cult in the title? I'm not much of video watcher but would be interested in reading about it.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on The neo-Victorian neo-nazi lesbian BDSM cult that made video games in ~humanities.history

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    But it arguably does matter that YouTube told them not to use words that nobody else has a problem with. Parents generally aren't banning words like Nazi and suicide from being discussed. This is...

    But it arguably does matter that YouTube told them not to use words that nobody else has a problem with. Parents generally aren't banning words like Nazi and suicide from being discussed. This is a problem very specific to advertisers and their crooked values.

    I guess maybe it's the same thing, but I am a lot more bothered by a corporate entity training kids that important topics to discuss are not to be discussed.

    15 votes

  9. Comment on California attorney fined for using twenty-one AI hallucinated cases in court filing in ~tech

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    I had a product owner for a project I worked on present to the company how AI saved us X% of time building software. But at no point did we even do an effort estimate on building it manually. He...

    I had a product owner for a project I worked on present to the company how AI saved us X% of time building software. But at no point did we even do an effort estimate on building it manually. He went hard on AI, we made it through, but there was never any kind of analysis on what did or didn't work well. He just presented to everyone that it was a wild success.

    The big boss asked me if X% was accurate, in the meeting, so I told him that I wouldn't be confident in any numbers like that, but described what worked well and what didn't. (I'm generally pro-AI when used responsibly, and did find it worked really well in some ways).

    3 votes

  10. Comment on California attorney fined for using twenty-one AI hallucinated cases in court filing in ~tech

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    That's more damning than his original mistake, and that's saying a lot. This guy shouldn't practice soccer, let alone law.

    and says he should not be fined because he did not know AI tools can make up information.

    That's more damning than his original mistake, and that's saying a lot. This guy shouldn't practice soccer, let alone law.

    29 votes

  11. Comment on The Buff Scammer, isolation, and the male loneliness epidemic in ~life.men

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    It makes me think of comments like "oh you know how boys are" being used to justify and attribute an individual's behavior, and how it's often said with a tone that says that the behavior is...

    It makes me think of comments like "oh you know how boys are" being used to justify and attribute an individual's behavior, and how it's often said with a tone that says that the behavior is expected of them.

    14 votes

  12. Comment on Raymond Schlitter - Pixelblog in ~arts

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    This is awesome. I love the technique and the presentation. Pixel art is something I'd do all day long if I were independently wealthy. I love it, am not good at it, but could endlessly browse...

    This is awesome. I love the technique and the presentation. Pixel art is something I'd do all day long if I were independently wealthy. I love it, am not good at it, but could endlessly browse pixel art tutorials like this.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Amazon to end commingling program after years of complaints from brands and sellers in ~finance

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    It's not fraud if you make enough money doing it. Then it's entrepreneurial.

    It's not fraud if you make enough money doing it. Then it's entrepreneurial.

    10 votes

  14. Comment on What writing 'tics' stand out to you? Repeated phrases, strange words, or otherwise weird stuff that jumps out at you. in ~books

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    My own: Starting a sentence with "So," Responding to someone with "that makes sense" if I have nothing to say, especially if it doesn't make sense Any time I end what I'm saying with a dead end,...

    My own:

    • Starting a sentence with "So,"
    • Responding to someone with "that makes sense" if I have nothing to say, especially if it doesn't make sense
    • Any time I end what I'm saying with a dead end, like "I think we should do it this way, but...<desperately wait for someone to take over>"
    4 votes

  15. Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife's Windows 11 installation in ~tech

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    What if it has spikes that pop out when they pick it up? /noise

    What if it has spikes that pop out when they pick it up?

    /noise

    2 votes

  16. Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk

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    I just said this and another word, but I use this a lot at work when reviewing work of my peers. Some of them are more receptive to criticism than others, but I find that using "I wonder if we...

    I just said this and another word, but I use this a lot at work when reviewing work of my peers. Some of them are more receptive to criticism than others, but I find that using "I wonder if we should do it this way instead..." can soften feedback. I realize it can also be really patronizing, so I try to be careful with it.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk

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    I use this often at work, because I feel like this is one of the biggest sources of miscommunication: two people using the same words to conflate and argue about different things.

    I use this often at work, because I feel like this is one of the biggest sources of miscommunication: two people using the same words to conflate and argue about different things.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think. in ~games

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    Interesting anecdotes! I do this too, but never paid much attention to it. I remember a few times that I'd start to a new game and flip flop between the two, because whatever I'm on feels like the...

    Interesting anecdotes!

    I personally switch between the two control types depending on the game.

    I do this too, but never paid much attention to it. I remember a few times that I'd start to a new game and flip flop between the two, because whatever I'm on feels like the wrong one.

    The article also talks a little about left-handedness and right-handedness. I have always done some things with my left hand that I as a predominantly right-handed person should in theory use my right hand for.

    I'm like this too. I'm left handed for writing and other key things, but throw with my right hand and do a lot of other things with my right hand. The theory I've been running with for years, entirely of my own concoction, is that it's an interaction between dominant hand and dominant eye.

    I wonder if there's a relationship between people with eye/hand sameness and people who invert controls.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    The last few years have shown that a lot of our protections, when tested, aren't really there. It's scary.

    The last few years have shown that a lot of our protections, when tested, aren't really there. It's scary.

    14 votes

  20. Comment on Is Tildes protected from malicious actors, aka paid trolls, aka bots? in ~tildes

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    Because I didn't get the reference, until I got the reference, and I'm really glad I dereferenced it — the reference

    Because I didn't get the reference, until I got the reference, and I'm really glad I dereferenced it — the reference

    4 votes