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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you feel like you've reached the end of what the world has to offer?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My guess is that you have significantly exhausted the extent of your interests and common interactions. It happens.

  That’s to say, for example, you’ve read, seen, discussed, etc. almost every sci-fi series in existence. There’s some you haven’t interacted with but you would have hit the new ones and all the significant older ones. In which case there’s really nothing left for you to consume besides minutiae/very small things (you ran the well dry).

  The same can said for interactions with people. You’re having the same conversations you’ve had before. Sure some of the specific details change but the core remains the same.

  If this at all sounds right, I’d suggest expanding your interests and social circle. For interests, I’d suggest something close to your current interests and look up the highest rated components of that interest to look into. Using the Sci-fi example, fantasy may be a good place to look and Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Mistborn, etc. maybe be good places to start.

  For people, expanding your social cycle can be tough. If you haven’t already you can try and pair an interest of yours with a group that focuses on that. Example could be RPG gaming and joining a Table Top RPG group. Another option is taking classes in a new interest. You’ll likely meet new people with a similar interest as you. Another option is volunteering. There’s lots of organizations or mutual aid societies out there that would welcome additional members. That’ll give you new people to talk to while helping others (win-win).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would suggest taking a second test to be sure, but the line showing up means that the target of interest (ex. pregnancy protein) is present.

  Faded or “light” lines can be due to a variety of issues, but basically boils down to lower concentration of target reaching the colorimetric reagent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceCraft | Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Based on the steam page it seems like no man’s sky gameplay (possibly others in the genre, but I’m only familiar with no man’s sky).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What 175 years of data tell us about house price affordability in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is that mortgage rate also plays a role in housing prices. So it would be a nice addition if they added average mortgage rate on the same graph or had another graph with total cost for buying a house with a 30 year mortgage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Director's Cuts Are Coming This Summer⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was so bad that it made me realize I could be a screenwriter.

  I think what happens is Zach Snyder gets together some good ideas for characters and stories (and some pretty mockup pictures), then he uses those to sell the project. Unfortunately from there, he doesn’t or isn’t able to flush those ideas into a compelling narrative with engaging characters. Everything stays very 1 dimensional. Suggest a hard pass to everyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building Them | The state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting read. Found this particularly interesting:

  Within a year of the rule’s adoption in 2021, Colorado’s Department of Transportation, or CDOT, had canceled two major highway expansions, including Interstate 25, and shifted $100 million to transit projects. In 2022, a regional planning body in Denver reallocated $900 million from highway expansions to so-called multimodal projects, including faster buses and better bike lanes.

  Now, other states are following Colorado’s lead. Last year, Minnesota passed a $7.8 billion transportation spending package with provisions modeled on Colorado’s greenhouse gas rule. Any project that added road capacity would have to demonstrate how it contributed to statewide greenhouse gas reduction targets. Maryland is considering similar legislation, as is New York.

  “We’re now hoping that there’s some kind of domino effect,” said Ben Holland, a manager at RMI, a national sustainability nonprofit. “We really regard the Colorado rule as the gold standard for how states should address transportation climate strategy.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Childbirths in Korea hit another low in February⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TLDR: Korean population shrunk.

  Relevant text below:

  The number of babies born in Korea fell below the 20,000 level for the first time for any February this year, data showed Wednesday, amid deepening woes about the country’s demographics amid rapid aging and the ultra-low birthrate.

  A total of 19,362 babies were born in February 2024, sliding 3.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.

  It marked the lowest figure for any February since the statistics agency began compiling related data in 1981.

  In terms of February readings, the number of newborns fell below 30,000 for the first time in 2018 and had stayed around the 20,000 level until last year.

  The number of deaths advanced 9.6 percent on-year to 29,977 in February this year, the largest figure for any February.

  The population, accordingly, declined by 10,614, the sharpest fall for any February ever. The number of deaths has outpaced that of newborns since November 2019.