updawg's recent activity
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Comment on NVIDIA reportedly preparing to fire Jensen Huang in ~tech
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Comment on This battery-less piezoelectric toothbrush generates electricity every time you brush your teeth and removes more than 99% of plaque in lab tests in ~science
updawg Link ParentIt's probably more like comparing powered and unpowered steering. Most people will do better with powered, but you can use either with proper technique and get the job done.It's probably more like comparing powered and unpowered steering. Most people will do better with powered, but you can use either with proper technique and get the job done.
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Comment on I want to talk about sailing! in ~hobbies
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Comment on Swipeblocked: the phrases your iPhone won't suggest in ~tech
updawg Link ParentBro what a fucked up thing to put in a comment. I was expecting a partial list. I wasn't expecting you to break the news like this ðŸ˜Bro what a fucked up thing to put in a comment. I was expecting a partial list. I wasn't expecting you to break the news like this ðŸ˜
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Comment on Getting out of my head with Camp Miasma in ~movies
updawg LinkI just want to say how confusing it is, when using the Three Cheers app, to see the tags original content, teenage sex and death... I wasn't sure if I should click on it. So I googled Camp Miasma,...I just want to say how confusing it is, when using the Three Cheers app, to see the tags
original content, teenage sex and death...I wasn't sure if I should click on it. So I googled Camp Miasma, and before I finished typing, I understood the context. What a relief.
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Comment on I want to talk about sailing! in ~hobbies
updawg Link ParentGo to the Philippines, Indonesia, Polynesia, etc and live in a little cove or something and then sail to town. Diesel is for people who chickened out of fully electric power!Go to the Philippines, Indonesia, Polynesia, etc and live in a little cove or something and then sail to town. Diesel is for people who chickened out of fully electric power!
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Comment on California Gov. Gavin Newsom commutes all 548 death sentences in ~society
updawg Link ParentReminds me of talking to my old coworkers who swore crime was up and had no idea what else the news would report on other than crime. They insisted local news was the only unbiased news. This is...Reminds me of talking to my old coworkers who swore crime was up and had no idea what else the news would report on other than crime. They insisted local news was the only unbiased news. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.
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Comment on Why parents love a school with bogus numbers in ~life
updawg Link ParentYeah, this sounds great for the kids who are bored in class because they learned it all the first time it was taught last week. But, like, not actually this.Yeah, this sounds great for the kids who are bored in class because they learned it all the first time it was taught last week. But, like, not actually this.
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Comment on Real-life 'Truman Show' pulled from TV as it's branded 'psychological torture' in ~tv
updawg Link ParentYou're right. I'm not really sure what I was thinking. Maybe I was thinking about the people who write "tow the line." I've deleted my other comment strictly because it had too many votes for...You're right. I'm not really sure what I was thinking. Maybe I was thinking about the people who write "tow the line." I've deleted my other comment strictly because it had too many votes for something like that.
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Comment on I want to talk about sailing! in ~hobbies
updawg LinkI think my ultimate goal when the world becomes too awful to live in civilization anymore is to live aboard a boat somewhere pleasant. Unfortunately, it's difficult to push against the flow and...I think my ultimate goal when the world becomes too awful to live in civilization anymore is to live aboard a boat somewhere pleasant. Unfortunately, it's difficult to push against the flow and start something like that early, but it's still there (mostly) in my head. I've always enjoyed sailing and my dad did the Mac once or twice. We'll see.
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Comment on I want to talk about sailing! in ~hobbies
updawg Link ParentDepends on how much money you want to have after the trip ;)Depends on how much money you want to have after the trip ;)
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Comment on Kelly Green's life was defined by travel. Then she fell in love on the world's most remote inhabited island. in ~travel
updawg LinkI guess this is something of a followup to the article shared by @Omnicrola.I guess this is something of a followup to the article shared by @Omnicrola.
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Kelly Green's life was defined by travel. Then she fell in love on the world's most remote inhabited island.
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Comment on What's your favorite action scene? in ~talk
updawg Link ParentA good action scene tells a story, advances a story through something impressive and real: maybe choreography or camera work, or is just so incredibly cool that it doesn't matter that it's all...A good action scene tells a story, advances a story through something impressive and real: maybe choreography or camera work, or is just so incredibly cool that it doesn't matter that it's all animated and pointless.
What's not good is just showing how great our protagonist is because they used [random tactic] which worked because the antagonist [was written to suddenly not be as undefeatable as they had been shown previously].
Alternatively, a good one-liner pun afterwards can redeem anything.
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Comment on What's your favorite action scene? in ~talk
updawg Link ParentYeah but I didn't care because it was all the nameless, faceless crew who died while the characters I knew all survived. It still felt silly. It was even sillier in ME3 when delaying the ending...Yeah but I didn't care because it was all the nameless, faceless crew who died while the characters I knew all survived. It still felt silly.
It was even sillier in ME3 when delaying the ending even longer—letting the Reapers do their thing longer—resulted in a better outcome?
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Comment on RIP Cybertruck. You were unloved, unwanted, and utterly absurd. in ~transport
updawg Link ParentBut it is a massive truck, and it takes (almost*) all the issues with the other trucks and magnifies them, then adds more on top. *It is electricBut it is a massive truck, and it takes (almost*) all the issues with the other trucks and magnifies them, then adds more on top.
*It is electric
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Comment on Infinite Sudoku - a little timewaster I made in ~games
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Comment on Bomb threats made against over a dozen European flights, two newsrooms on Friday in ~society
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Comment on RIP Cybertruck. You were unloved, unwanted, and utterly absurd. in ~transport
updawg Link ParentWasn't Elon Musk still quite popular across the political spectrum in 2019 when they were announced?Wasn't Elon Musk still quite popular across the political spectrum in 2019 when they were announced?
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Comment on Originle: Every day, guess the guest's country of origin in ~games
updawg (edited )LinkKinda bullshit that puzzle #1 is someone speaking native-level American English who grew up partially in the US but the country was not the US. Seems like that should be part of the first clue....Kinda bullshit that puzzle #1 is someone speaking native-level American English who grew up partially in the US but the country was not the US. Seems like that should be part of the first clue.
Edit: person 5 was much better because he's clearly American but he wants you to guess where his family is from.
It'll probably be back up next week (if not this week). Nothing matters anymore; the stock market just goes up because people have realized it's always a good time to buy because prices are always going to go up.