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  1. Comment on How Donald Trump won, and how Kamala Harris lost in ~society

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    Can you elaborate? What about NYT or other media outlets contributed to this situation? Not arguing, just curious what you're referring to.

    Can you elaborate? What about NYT or other media outlets contributed to this situation? Not arguing, just curious what you're referring to.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Movie of the Week #40 - Edge of Tomorrow in ~movies

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    Man, 2014 was a good year for movies; your top 5 are some of my all-time favorites.

    Man, 2014 was a good year for movies; your top 5 are some of my all-time favorites.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Scavengers Reign (2023) - Best sci-fi I have seen in years, aside from Dune in ~tv

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    Agreed with your take on a second season. I'd love to see more, but I wouldn't feel like I'm missing anything if they didn't.

    Agreed with your take on a second season. I'd love to see more, but I wouldn't feel like I'm missing anything if they didn't.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Scavengers Reign (2023) - Best sci-fi I have seen in years, aside from Dune in ~tv

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    I loved this show! Such a uniquely interesting world that simultaneously felt familiar, as it was clearly populated with things we would call "life", but that life was utterly alien. Such an...

    I loved this show! Such a uniquely interesting world that simultaneously felt familiar, as it was clearly populated with things we would call "life", but that life was utterly alien. Such an atypical story too, just about raw survival and the brutalit and beauty of nature.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on James Webb Space Telescope spots the two earliest galaxies ever seen in ~space

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    Purely speculating, but I wonder if some phenomenon of the early universe could be affecting the redshift in a way to make the galaxies appear older than they are? Do redshift measurements assume...

    Purely speculating, but I wonder if some phenomenon of the early universe could be affecting the redshift in a way to make the galaxies appear older than they are? Do redshift measurements assume a linear relationship between the amount of shift and the age that could be inaccurate?

    1 vote

  6. Comment on James Webb Space Telescope spots the two earliest galaxies ever seen in ~space

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    For some reason I find myself skeptical that the scientsts' confidence in this measurement of the age of these galaxies is greater than their confidence in all the established theories about the...

    For some reason I find myself skeptical that the scientsts' confidence in this measurement of the age of these galaxies is greater than their confidence in all the established theories about the early universe it defies (knowing little about either subject). But I hope it is true because that means we're learning something new!

    1 vote

  7. Comment on What AI tools are you actually using? in ~tech

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    I use Perplexity AI for internet searches all the time, I think it's great. With most of my searches, I generally know what I'm looking for or know the right keywords to get the source I'm after,...

    I use Perplexity AI for internet searches all the time, I think it's great. With most of my searches, I generally know what I'm looking for or know the right keywords to get the source I'm after, so I use a normal search engine. But occasionally I have a much more open question or I don't have the right words to describe what I'm looking for, and Perplexity is great for that. I particularly appreciate that it includes references to its sources in its answers so if you're confused by or skeptical of its answer, you can see where it got it from.

  8. Comment on What's your favorite Wikipedia page and why? in ~talk

  9. Comment on The spirit of “view source” in ~tech

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    I love the suggestion the author ends on of having a standard metadata tag for linking to the source code of a website! Combined with browser support to easily navigate to that source, it seems...

    I love the suggestion the author ends on of having a standard metadata tag for linking to the source code of a website! Combined with browser support to easily navigate to that source, it seems like a great way to enable curious would-be developers. It's like taking the idea of "open source" a bit further to "easily accessible source".

    11 votes

  10. Comment on How is your experience with various programming ecosystems? in ~comp

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    The fact that Rust packages are so easy to get high-quality documentation for by just writing code comments, and you can very easily include code examples in the comments which are actually...

    The fact that Rust packages are so easy to get high-quality documentation for by just writing code comments, and you can very easily include code examples in the comments which are actually compiled and run as unit tests, is amazing to me. Such a simple concept that works really well and is a huge boon to the package ecosystem.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Factorio Friday Facts #381 - Space platforms in ~games

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    These recent FFF posts have reignited my interest in Factorio, and gotten me so excited for this expansion! Such a well-crafted game, a true engineering marvel in its own right.

    These recent FFF posts have reignited my interest in Factorio, and gotten me so excited for this expansion! Such a well-crafted game, a true engineering marvel in its own right.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Lets talk roguelikes! in ~games

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    Love SNKRX, a surprising amount of depth for how simple it is, and the soundtrack is killer

    Love SNKRX, a surprising amount of depth for how simple it is, and the soundtrack is killer

    1 vote