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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Jurassic" Park⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Welcome to Cretaceous Park!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assumptions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen videos of horses and deer eating small animals. I don’t remember which was which but one just picked like a pigeon up off the ground and started chewing.

  Anyways, the point is that the herbivores we know today will often eat meat if it’s an easy meal. There’s no reason to think that a brachiosaurus would be any different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It really is⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember that story that some egghead science person decided to look closely at their own back yard and discovered a bunch of new species?

  This reminds me of that. We’d assume that it’s more rare to find some unknown animals in the sea than it is to find some unknown animals in your suburban backyard. Or at least I would think that’s a natural way to think. But it’s really not that different. If you walk through your backyard, you might step on an animal that is rarer than the chirodectes maculatus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The problem with common names⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wikipedia continues to not disappoint:

  The name ‘hellbender’ probably comes from the animal’s odd look. One theory claims the hellbender was named by settlers who thought “it was a creature from hell where it’s bent on returning.” Another rendition says the undulating skin of a hellbender reminded observers of “horrible tortures of the infernal regions.” In reality, it’s a harmless aquatic salamander.

  And this:

  Other vernacular names include snot otter, lasagna lizard, devil dog, mud-devil, mud dog, water dog, grampus, Allegheny alligator, and leverian water newt.

  Lots of fabulous nicknames there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A seagull alone may be dumb and have very little memory of the past, but I am sure that A Flock of Seagulls can remember all the way back to the 1980s.

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

  I would suggest that in that example, he is predicting the future, while in the video, he is speaking about what can already be observed.

  From my perspective, the idea that the internet growth would have slowed drastically by 2005 was obviously a shit prediction no matter when he made it. But it’s just a prediction about the future.

  I think observations about things that can already be observed will always be more accurate than predictions about the future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just seen the latest American Opinion polls.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The issue is that Americans on the Left would be offended to learn that their political leader was a complete hypocrite, so they assume that Americans on the right would feel the same way. Meanwhile, the truth is that Americans on the Right only pretend to have moral standards, while in actuality, they will simply follow their leaders regardless of what they do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sony has been shit for much longer than 20 years, kiddo.

  It’s interesting. I did a quick search, and couldn’t quickly find many complaints about them before 2000, but technical people complained a lot about Sony products back then. The biggest complaint was that Sony did everything themselves. So, every component inside a piece of electronic equipment was made by Sony, and every time they could get away with it, it would have a custom footprint or custom specs, so that it was impossible to find replacement parts without getting them directly from Sony at huge markups.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generate Your Own electricity with This Revolutionary Bike!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually, when we hear about these sorts of things, somebody points out that humans are very inefficient at generating energy. So, there are two circumstances where this sort of equipment is a good idea.

  First, is if you were doing the work anyways, like you want to exercise anyways, so generating power as a side-effect is a great idea. Essentially, you want a solid piece of well-made exercise equipment that can also save you a couple of pennies a year from charging your cell phone as a gimmick.

  Second is if you want to have power for short periods even though you’re off-grid. This is a human powered generator where exercise is a side product.

  To me, everything about this bike is expecting it will be used for the second scenario, to use it as a generator. The unusual form factor is designed for portability over ergonomics. Those silly feet on it don’t give a whole lot of stability. You don’t need to charge up its battery from an outlet or use solar panels if your plan is to use it in your apartment.

  So my point is that the reviewer talks as if its primary use is the first use case, and gives it all sorts of glowing marks based on its suitability as a general exercise bike. It’s just weird, and makes me think that the review is not impartial.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the main device to hammer in a nail?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As you say, the question presented to Fry doesn’t mention a question at all. Only an answer. So, you could make an argument that any answer could be the answer to something, and therefore you’d have to choose a 100% chance, which isn’t an option.

  On the other hand, it asks for the chance of “picking the correct one”, clearly meaning “the correct answer”. So, as there is no answer that is the correct answer to everything, the correct choice would be 0%, which is an option.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are blocked users allowed to vote on my comments?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I realize that I’m coming in a month late here, but you don’t have to implement Reddit’s horrible system, either.

  I’d argue for something like: If you block somebody, then they’d be able to interact normally with your comments that existed up until the time of the block, assuming that they already participated in the thread. Meanwhile, you’d be more restricted, unable to respond to any of their comments at all. So, even if you respond to their comment and then block, because the comment was before the block, they’d be able to respond to it, but their response would be hidden from you, and you’d be unable to respond to it. Anything after the block would act both ways, keeping either user from interacting with the other, except to allow them to block/unblock each other.

  There would be some weird ways around it, but I think it would stop the block-griefing behavior that’s rampant on Reddit. If they did use weird techniques to get around it, then admins would just have to ban their entire account.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d guess Valve wants whatever makes more games work on Linux so that their Steam Deck works better and is more compatible.

  And that means the most important thing is Linux desktop adoption by game developers so they make more native games. So somewhat ironically, I don’t think SteamOS would be as high a priority as other distributions, since it focuses on players instead of developers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what the deal is with people who say that. They’re good for several days, and they even have a very convenient method for showing you whether they’re good or not. You don’t really need bananas to last more than a few days, because by then, they’re all eaten.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they say that the chef made them close their eyes before tasting it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bought to you by the central limit theorem society⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Given the explanation that says “you included”, I’m guessing that the original joke was both the people said, “I’m not gay”, and then they look at you, the reader, making you the one out of three people who is gay.

  It’s basically the same joke I heard a comedian tell about San Francisco in probably the 1980s. “Look to your left. Look to your right. If they’re not gay, you are.” I’m guessing the joke is way older than that, though. It doesn’t work today because the majority of us all finally agreed that “You’re gay” isn’t an insult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raven Big Mom⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, juvenile birds look bigger than usual when they have their mouths open for feeding.

  I suspect it’s an evolutionary adaptation to be the biggest target for food.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pants too!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pants too!

  closed-toe pants? Like a footed onesie?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is simply a generic way of referring to the concept of private investigators, as I’ve also just done in this sentence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grab your pitchforks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I have no problems if you honestly give something a try and don’t like it. But the people who judge without trying are acting like small children. I’m not sure why anybody gives their uninformed opinions the time of day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨don't look up :)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Does it have to do with the way that they cropped out the artist’s signature? Maybe it’s due to a lawsuit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of locomotion is that? What is the evolutionary advantage?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What is the evolutionary advantage?

  Preservation of energy. Anti-parasite behavior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could we survive eating only humans?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Strangely, the question is “How long could the human race survive on only cannibalism?” A pretty specific question.

  But the video is titled “Could we survive eating only humans?” Which is a completely different question, because it allows the interpretation that the humans “we” are eating can eat whatever. It brings to mind the humans of Ringworld that had to fill in all of the niches of other animals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mmmm... Yeah. It checks out.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen people who treat their cats like they are little stupid humans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Become irresistible to women⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, he dodged a bullet. Imagine a taxonomist who wants to date another taxonomist. It’s virtually guaranteed that their relationship would be non-stop fighting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PhDebaters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  truth

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I went to grade school, I think it really depended on the local school district. I was lucky enough to grow up in a nice area with well-funded schools, and I have relatively few complaints about the education I received. However, in doing school activities, I had the opportunity to see schools in poorer districts, and there was a distinct difference.

  At the time, I didn’t think too much about the difference, except that I didn’t feel as safe in some schools.

  But looking back… Now I know why parents always shop around for better school districts, because there are some places where it would have been far more difficult to get a decent education.

  That’s my knowledge from many decades ago. Maybe it’s gotten worse since then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The “brainwashed” thing is somewhat true, at least from the perspective of an outsider, not due to a racial thing, but there is a cultural aspect in addition to the tendency for all sides to be brainwashed by their own propaganda.

  But the Japanese propaganda told their soldiers to fight to the death, because if the Americans captured you, it would be worse than death. So, from the outside, they did appear to be brainwashed in that regard. Of course, Americans had similar propaganda making Japanese seem as evil as possible, often in the most racist way.

  Also, culturally, I think American culture emphasizes each person more, while Japanese emphasizes community more, which means things like kamikaze are easier to sell. And that sort of thing also appears like brainwashing to the outside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PUT THE TRAINS IN THE BAG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The train tracks are extra support to keep Florida from floating away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t recall specifically being taught that, but I do recall believing that was a fact at the time, so it is very likely that I was taught that in class.

  I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a couple of slaves like that, but even so, it’s a misleading statement. I actually think that using the truth to lie is a worse sin than just outright lying, because it’s easier to mislead more people like that.