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Comment on Gift recommendations in ~life
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Comment on Books: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~books
zipf_slaw Link ParentI read it last month. Good book, but I never really noticed that Kern's mission's intent was not to terraform a new world for humans, so the decision to try to use monkeys to seed the world was...I read it last month. Good book, but I never really noticed that Kern's mission's intent was not to terraform a new world for humans, so the decision to try to use monkeys to seed the world was puzzling throughout.
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Comment on Lord of the Rings Extended Editions returning to theaters with a 4D twist in ~movies
zipf_slaw Link ParentI went to a 4D show at the Shed Aquarium some years ago I think, and it was awful. Fucking seats sprayed water in your face and poked you in the back to simulate a dino bite or something. It was...I went to a 4D show at the Shed Aquarium some years ago I think, and it was awful. Fucking seats sprayed water in your face and poked you in the back to simulate a dino bite or something. It was not a pleasant experience.
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Comment on Supergirl | Official teaser in ~movies
zipf_slaw Link ParentA teaser is a trailer that doesn't give away plot points. Just vague quips and scenery to set a tone.A teaser is a trailer that doesn't give away plot points. Just vague quips and scenery to set a tone.
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Comment on San Francisco sues ultra processed food producers in ~food
zipf_slaw Link ParentCan't do it. A double-blind study implies you're giving people the treatments (rather than just taking a survey of what they eat on their own) and no Institutional Review Board is going to sign...there is a peer reviewed double blind study that shows XYZ is causative of poor health outcomes
Can't do it. A double-blind study implies you're giving people the treatments (rather than just taking a survey of what they eat on their own) and no Institutional Review Board is going to sign off on a study that involves intentionally giving people potentially-harmful substances.
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Comment on Over 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage in ~tech
zipf_slaw Link Parentpaid service. maybe camhacker.com? pentopia.com?paid service.
maybe camhacker.com? pentopia.com?
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Comment on Non-metal spoons for dining? in ~food
zipf_slaw Link ParentThey actually hold heat better than metal spoons do (higher heat capacity), but they don't conduct it as well so it feels cooler to the touch despite being the same temperature (lower thermal...they don't hold heat the way European metal soup spoons do,
They actually hold heat better than metal spoons do (higher heat capacity), but they don't conduct it as well so it feels cooler to the touch despite being the same temperature (lower thermal conductivity).
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Comment on Voyager 1 is about to reach one light-day from Earth in ~space
zipf_slaw LinkIn 17,000 years, it will be one light year away.In 17,000 years, it will be one light year away.
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Comment on Poets are now cybersecurity threats: Researchers used 'adversarial poetry' to trick AI into ignoring its safety guard rails and it frequently worked in ~tech
zipf_slaw LinkThis guy says the science in the paper is basically faked by an AI: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/24/dont-cite-the-adversarial-poetry-vs-ai-paper-its-chatbot-made-marketing-science/This guy says the science in the paper is basically faked by an AI:
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Comment on Strange YouTube watch-tracking behavior in ~tech
zipf_slaw Link ParentI was going to say this too. I click on a random video just to be able to get to its channel faster (usually the Youtube Movies & TV channel) and then immediately close the video once the channel...I was going to say this too. I click on a random video just to be able to get to its channel faster (usually the Youtube Movies & TV channel) and then immediately close the video once the channel page opens. Later, it tells me I watched that whole video/movie, which I most certainly didn't.
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Comment on Project Hail Mary | Official trailer in ~movies
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Comment on An AI-generated country song is topping a Billboard chart, and that should infuriate us all in ~music
zipf_slaw Link ParentThank you for mentioning this, I was looking for someone to do so before I did. This track's status was achieved with 3000 $1 downloads. So far, this is a nothingburger.Thank you for mentioning this, I was looking for someone to do so before I did.
This track's status was achieved with 3000 $1 downloads. So far, this is a nothingburger.
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Comment on 11foot8.com: trucks + bridges in ~transport
zipf_slaw Link11ft 8 plus 8, actually. They raised in by 8" some years ago and it's far less dramatic now.11ft 8 plus 8, actually. They raised in by 8" some years ago and it's far less dramatic now.
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Comment on Who can name the bigger number? in ~science
zipf_slaw Link ParentA brilliant move, but unfortunately infinities are disallowed by the rules of the "game".A brilliant move, but unfortunately infinities are disallowed by the rules of the "game".
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Comment on Who can name the bigger number? in ~science
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Comment on Who can name the bigger number? in ~science
zipf_slaw LinkAleph^(aleph^(aleph^.....))etc. Pretty sure I win.Aleph^(aleph^(aleph^.....))etc.
Pretty sure I win.
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Comment on Playing with words in ~creative
zipf_slaw LinkI enjoy Spoonerisms, or swapping the first letters or sounds of adjacent words. Here are some favorites: -Shower part -Bundt cake -Smart feller -Tube bender -Square of pearls -Shake a tit -Sitting...I enjoy Spoonerisms, or swapping the first letters or sounds of adjacent words. Here are some favorites:
-Shower part
-Bundt cake
-Smart feller
-Tube bender
-Square of pearls
-Shake a tit
-Sitting on the shitter
-Top kitty
-Button masher
-West Bank
-Starting up a formI have many more, I keep a list so I don't forget them. It's gotten so bad that most of the time when I hear a pair of words, I automatically generate their Spoonerism to see if it's funny. Like some sort of mind virus.
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Comment on Is 67 just brain rot? in ~humanities.languages
zipf_slaw Link ParentI prefer the version that has a bit more... existential weight, so I run up and yell "Roko's Basilisk!!"It mostly consists of them running up to each other (or their parents or friends' parents), shouting "the game" and running away laughing.
I prefer the version that has a bit more... existential weight, so I run up and yell "Roko's Basilisk!!"
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Comment on Current studies may overestimate microplastics transferring from containers to food in ~food
zipf_slaw Link ParentMaybe not so much "good news" as "the bad news we had wasn't accurate". In other words, the frown isn't now a smile, but a shrug.Maybe not so much "good news" as "the bad news we had wasn't accurate". In other words, the frown isn't now a smile, but a shrug.
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Comment on Asteroid discovered only two days ago will fly by Earth closer than the moon today in ~space
zipf_slaw Link ParentI would think comets would be easier to detect than asteroids, as comets generally emit a couple tails as they enter the inner solar system, increasing the overall reflectance of the object....I would think comets would be easier to detect than asteroids, as comets generally emit a couple tails as they enter the inner solar system, increasing the overall reflectance of the object. Asteroids, on the other hand, can sneak up on you as some have pretty low albedo and don't generate comas/tails. Infrared is really the only wavelengths you can use to fine them.
Those can openers do actually cut the metal, they cut horizontally across the double-seam, which is actually more layers cut than the standard can opener.