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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I figured the 2004 release as the PS2 slim turned the tables again, but that was still before the Wii came out in 2006. It’s possible that story only counted the original PS2 and this chart counts both, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaires plot to flee California over proposed super wealth tax⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s a tax on holdings applied every year, 5% is significant. It’s best compared with property taxes, which is another tax which works in a similar way. Property taxes are often capped at 1% of assessed value.

  I’m in favor of taxing the rich, and taxing their holdings at 5% (without too many loopholes) would exceed my expectations. I expect this to get whittled down to around 1% before actually making it into law, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's job has perks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I see now that they brought it back after a couple weeks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's job has perks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought 4chan was dead? Are people posting green texts somewhere else now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a linguist⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With the Lingua::Perligata module you can write your perl in Latin instead. My coworker says it’s more readable that way if you know Latin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't know, I speak german⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Korn means “grain” in German, so both the name and illustration suggests this is made from fermented grains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An argument for using plastic straws:⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL mate is to Uruguay what durian is to Thailand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do plants in a green house get enough co2?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure how they capture the carbon dioxide, but it’s delivered to the greenhouse itself from a giant tank outside the building. I realize that’s probably not the part of the process you were interested in, but it’s all I’ve got.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do plants in a green house get enough co2?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly it’s fine as others have stated, but sometimes they pump CO2 in there. One example is Friðheimar tomato farm in Iceland, which enhances photosynthesis by using carbon dioxide produced from natural geothermal steam](fridheimar.is/sustainability/).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TFW you get the old gang back together⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Grossest president so far

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon sees through the lies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost like the amount of salt matters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My family got ISDN, a slight upgrade from dialup where you got two lines, so your mom could talk on the phone while you were waiting for websites to load about 14% faster.

  Problem was, the extra line also had a phone number, and both numbers reached both lines. Our new number apparently used to be the fax line of some business downtown, and we’d get phone calls from fax machines several times a day. The other end was a robot, so yelling that we’re not a fax did nothing.

  We had to borrow a fax machine so we could receive the fax. It was an ad from Dell. Then we called the number on the ad and asked for our number to be deleted from their database. Thankfully they turned out to be the only vendor faxing that number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So are fax machines. The bulk of the faxes received by corporate fax machines in the 90s were ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨turing completeness⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Does following the 3 laws of robotics increase profits? Does ignoring them increase profits? Are tech bros empty husks without a shred of shame or empathy? Is this too many rhetorical questions in a row?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has had enough⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think I’ve ever seen an elongated bowl in any residential building I’ve ever been to. In older bathrooms like mine you can’t even feasibly fit one, or you’ll have a hard time either closing the door or getting past it to go into the shower.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has had enough⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Neither my ass nor my dick are particularly large, but my dick still touches the front of the bowl if I don’t hold it back the entire time I’m sitting. So that’s what I do. A little cumbersome to only have one hand for pulling, ripping and folding the toilet paper, but not really an issue.

  I still stand when I pee, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has had enough⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anon needs to add “pee” between the fapping and sleeping in his bedtime routine, and the leftover spunk won’t be around to do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear neighbor...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That battery will be low for a long time before it is fully dead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨#environmentalist⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What happened to those Italian pasta straws? They looked promising.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not stealing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A friend of mine does that for group lunches. If everyone is humming and hawing about where to go, he’ll suggest McDonald’s. This reduces the threshold of making suggestions significantly for the others, because they no longer need to find a great place. They only need to come up with somewhere better than McDonald’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does Edward Scissorhands pee?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Spray and pray

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just reach out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, to a large extent existing in the US costs money, and you’d need to spend some on transportation or pay a premium to live in a walkable area. But beyond that there are still affordable activities you could do. Some things I’ve done in the US which only cost me the price of transportation:

  • Aforementioned frisbee in the park
  • Hiking with friends (met one of them at work, joined his group, brought a lunch box)
  • Various activities at a local community center or library (not all places have one, some places churches are the closest you can get)
  • Attended a weekly meetup about a topic I was interested in
  • Chatted with someone while waiting in a line

  Sure, a lot of the more affordable activities you’ll probably only be able to do once a week. You can do multiple activities. Sometimes you meet friends who invite you to other activities. Help, I have too many activities!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just reach out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are other ways to interact which don’t imply treating people to things. Yes, in this case the person spent money on tickets, but he could have been on his way to any other activity and invited the person to join that. Or he could have offered the person to buy their own ticket and join.

  “Hey, I’m on my way to play frisbee in the park, want to come?” – totally free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just reach out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t, though. He was going to an activity, met a person on the way there, and invited the person to join. Had he been on his way to a free activity the gesture would be free.

  “Going with the flow” doesn’t necessarily mean “blow all your life savings”, and it’s kind of ridiculous to claim that it does. I’m sorry you seem to have been exploited by some people you were trying to connect with, but that’s not what is being encouraged here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't countries with vast deserts make solar farms to power the world?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I remember you get pretty close to AC mid-conversion anyway, but I looked it up and there are some other reasons to use DC:

  From en.wikipedia.org/…/High-voltage_direct_current:

  HVDC lines are commonly used for long-distance power transmission, since they require fewer conductors and incur less power loss than equivalent AC lines. HVDC also allows power transmission between AC transmission systems that are not synchronized. Since the power flow through an HVDC link can be controlled independently of the phase angle between source and load, it can stabilize a network against disturbances due to rapid changes in power. HVDC also allows the transfer of power between grid systems running at different frequencies, such as 50 and 60 Hz. This improves the stability and economy of each grid, by allowing the exchange of power between previously incompatible networks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't countries with vast deserts make solar farms to power the world?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why DC? I’ve always been taught AC was better for long distances. What am I missing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Age check⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically a cigar, IIRC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I saw what you did there⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can make your own bootleg track saw out a regular skilsaw and some scraps. Personally I haven’t even bothered doing that, and just clamp a straight edge to whatever I’m cutting when I need to make a long straight cut. It’s a lot slower and more fidgety than having a real track, but I rarely make cuts like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not stealing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a total asshole: After he’s had his “oh shit” moment I give him one more chance to choose. He’s usually a lot better at picking one of the two options on his second try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not stealing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I present two options. If my kid doesn’t pick one of those two options, either by not responding or by requesting a third thing, I’m picking one of the two options for him. And I’m always picking what he’s least likely to want.