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  1. Comment on Why Swedish schools are bringing back books in ~books

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    Part of being well-adjusted is feeling like you fit in with those around you.

    Its better to have well adjusted kids than for them to fit in because of what they own.

    Part of being well-adjusted is feeling like you fit in with those around you.

    7 votes

  2. Comment on Megathread: April Fools' Day 2026 on the internet in ~talk

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    I saw it the MSN news feed, don't remember the original source.

    I saw it the MSN news feed, don't remember the original source.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Megathread: April Fools' Day 2026 on the internet in ~talk

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    Amazon picked a woman to play James Bond. Happy April Fool's Day.

    Amazon picked a woman to play James Bond. Happy April Fool's Day.

    7 votes

  4. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    My Cosori definitely uses pressure for the rice setting, FWIW

    My Cosori definitely uses pressure for the rice setting, FWIW

  5. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    I'll point out an unmentioned benefit of using a pressure cooker for rice: the pressure will knock out B. cereus spores, meaning that whole "don't let your rice leftovers warm up" thing is moot. I...

    I'll point out an unmentioned benefit of using a pressure cooker for rice: the pressure will knock out B. cereus spores, meaning that whole "don't let your rice leftovers warm up" thing is moot.

    I love my Instapot knock-off (Cosori) for rice. 26 min cycle start to finish, 3+ cups uncooked rice capacity, easy to clean.

  6. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    I'm still hooked on Angine de Poitrine. They are like the aliens in Arrival, come to teach us new ways to understand time and language. I can get it out of my head.

    I'm still hooked on Angine de Poitrine. They are like the aliens in Arrival, come to teach us new ways to understand time and language. I can get it out of my head.

    7 votes

  7. Comment on The century of the maxxer in ~life

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    Maybe I should start a Maxmaxxing Tiktok channel and start demonstrating and evangelizing all the *maxxing trends simultaneously... Shirley I'd be a bajillionaire with all the world's drip

    ... _maxxing...

    Maybe I should start a Maxmaxxing Tiktok channel and start demonstrating and evangelizing all the *maxxing trends simultaneously... Shirley I'd be a bajillionaire with all the world's drip

    6 votes

  8. Comment on "People are turning themselves into lab rats" – the injectable peptides craze sweeping the US in ~health

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    I don't mean to be an asshole, and I know where you're coming from, but everything we do is not fully understood. At some level, we have questions about everything.

    I don't mean to be an asshole, and I know where you're coming from, but everything we do is not fully understood. At some level, we have questions about everything.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Dentist prank advice in ~life

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    Get a full set of implants - go big or go home. But the looks on their faces will be priceless!!

    Get a full set of implants - go big or go home.

    But the looks on their faces will be priceless!!

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Angine de Poitrine - Sarniezz (2026) in ~music

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    The Rick Beato video today just finally pushed me to watch AdP, and I'm kicking myself for not checking it out earlier. This is amazing and I want more forever.

    The Rick Beato video today just finally pushed me to watch AdP, and I'm kicking myself for not checking it out earlier. This is amazing and I want more forever.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on New York Times quiz: Who’s a better writer: AI or humans? in ~tech

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    I identified Demon Haunted World and Wizard of Earthsea from the passages, and would have at least got Cormac McCarthy right if I'd fully noticed the lack of quotation marks earlier. That said,...

    I identified Demon Haunted World and Wizard of Earthsea from the passages, and would have at least got Cormac McCarthy right if I'd fully noticed the lack of quotation marks earlier.

    That said, and as others said here already, the passages are too short to get a good idea of the quality, IMO

  12. Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk

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    If I had to choose, it might be the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. Abolish the death penalty.

    If I had to choose, it might be the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. Abolish the death penalty.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life

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    Perhaps typing it first, at least in outline form, and then transcribing it to handwriting would allow for better retention.

    handwriting in early college often led to me only encoding 2/3rds of the information at all,

    Perhaps typing it first, at least in outline form, and then transcribing it to handwriting would allow for better retention.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Once we were ALL spacemen in ~tv

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    Well if that's the case, then I'm happy to stand corrected (somewhat conditional on the final result).

    Well if that's the case, then I'm happy to stand corrected (somewhat conditional on the final result).

    1 vote

  15. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    Johnson-Su bioreactors are a type of static aerated compost 'piles' developed by Prof Johnson (and wife) at a New Mexico university. They are an alternative to the turned/tumbled compost that...

    Johnson-Su bioreactors are a type of static aerated compost 'piles' developed by Prof Johnson (and wife) at a New Mexico university. They are an alternative to the turned/tumbled compost that doesn't allow anarobic stagnation and pathogen growth. It doesn't "need" to get to the cook-off temperature, theoretically supporting fungal hyphae growth (lack of agitation) and inhibiting pathogens (access to oxygen and competitive ecosystem).

    I could go on and on, but long story short, I have decent success with them. They take about a 12-14mo to mature, using yard and garden waste, food scraps, various paper products, mulch and wood chips, goat and duck waste products, etc. Inoculated with red wigglers. Not weed free, but I use it to make compost tea mostly.

    https://www.nmhealthysoil.org/2021/04/18/johnson-su-bioreactor-2/

    Here are mine They are smaller than the OG design, about the minimum that might work (dries out too easily, hard to rehydrate), with the right-most torn open for sifting yesterday. The two on the left are only a week old. I got well over 200lbs of finished compost from that one reactor, plus some mulchy stuff I sifted out.

    It's kind of based on Elaine Ingham's study (RIP, last month) and her philosophy and research on building healthy soil.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    Harvested compost from one of my bioreactors and made two more, made seed blocks and started some basil, chives, peppers, and cannabis. Cleaned up the greenhouse and garden a bit. Mostly outdoor...

    Harvested compost from one of my bioreactors and made two more, made seed blocks and started some basil, chives, peppers, and cannabis. Cleaned up the greenhouse and garden a bit. Mostly outdoor garden prep stuff.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Norwegian influencer buys failed property development in Spain to build ‘self-sufficient’ eco-community – Modern Eco Village plans to erect 500 homes, schools and shops in ~design

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    [Buzz Lightyear] Tubes. Tubes everywhere.... [/Buzz Lightyear]

    [Buzz Lightyear] Tubes. Tubes everywhere.... [/Buzz Lightyear]

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Once we were ALL spacemen in ~tv

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    Pretty sure the show's not coming back, but rather it's a teaser for getting the cast back in one place as a reunion (on OWWSM). Would love to be wrong, though.

    Pretty sure the show's not coming back, but rather it's a teaser for getting the cast back in one place as a reunion (on OWWSM). Would love to be wrong, though.

    8 votes

  19. Comment on Living human brain cells play DOOM on a CL1 in ~tech

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    Mmm, compelling point. Is suffering universal?

    Mmm, compelling point. Is suffering universal?

  20. Comment on Living human brain cells play DOOM on a CL1 in ~tech

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    I think the Paradox of Heap (Sorites) may be a better analogy: adding more and more sand grains (brain cells), at what point does it become a heap (consciousness)? One grain at on its own can't...

    I think the Paradox of Heap (Sorites) may be a better analogy: adding more and more sand grains (brain cells), at what point does it become a heap (consciousness)? One grain at on its own can't make a difference, but get enough together.... how many though?

    3 votes