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- Comment on The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft 5 days ago:
What part of the EULA would that violate? And why would that matter when the goal is to join an EULA-violating server in the first place?
- Comment on The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft 5 days ago:
Microsoft does not have the ability to stop you from running a Minecraft server. They can block you from using their authentication server, but all you have to do is edit a setting to false and then even people with pirated copies can join the server.
- Comment on The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft 6 days ago:
This thread title is inaccurate and misleading to people to unfamiliar with how Minecraft hosting works. Microsoft can’t shut down a private server. Even the OOP themself doesn’t phrase it that way in any of their posts about it.
- Comment on The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft 6 days ago:
Microsoft can’t take down their server. What they can do is ban it from connecting to their services. You do not need to connect to Microsoft to play on or host a private Minecraft server.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Good thing he’s wearing one of his Kryptonian shirts today.
- Comment on Health Secretary Kennedy says there's 'not sufficient' proof to show Tylenol causes autism 1 week ago:
I don’t agree with that read of the situation given these quotes from the article:
Kennedy has couched his statements by saying there was no clear scientific evidence showing causation: During a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9 with Trump, Kennedy said: “Anybody who takes the stuff during pregnancy unless they have to, is irresponsible. It is not proof. We’re doing the studies to make the proof.”
Asked if Kennedy’s latest comments signaled a softening of his stance on the issue, Emily G. Hilliard, Health and Human Services press secretary, said: “It’s the same position the Secretary has had since the beginning.”
Further detail on that quote from the 9th:
Kennedy acknowledged that studies haven’t proven that acetaminophen causes autism, but that correlations with its use are so strong that it would be irresponsible to ignore.
“It’s not dispositive that it causes autism,” Kennedy said. “It’s so suggestive that anybody who takes the stuff during pregnancy is irresponsible.”
- Comment on Health Secretary Kennedy says there's 'not sufficient' proof to show Tylenol causes autism 1 week ago:
But they’re reporting on what he said, and what he said is that studies suggest a causal link. It doesn’t matter whether or not he’s lying about it. The headline as written suggests he’s changing his tune on the alleged Tylenol/autism connection, but he isn’t.
- Comment on Health Secretary Kennedy says there's 'not sufficient' proof to show Tylenol causes autism 1 week ago:
“The causative association with, between Tylenol given in pregnancy and the perinatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it is very suggestive,” Kennedy told reporters, citing animal, blood and observational studies.
From the OP article, emphasis mine.
Even the quote you shared says “prior clinical and laboratory studies”.
- Comment on Health Secretary Kennedy says there's 'not sufficient' proof to show Tylenol causes autism 1 week ago:
I think a more accurate paraphrasing would be that he said studies suggest Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism.
- Comment on CNC 1 week ago:
It’s not necessarily role play of assault, though it can be that. It can also mean that blanket consent has been given ahead of time, and so the subject is unaware of what may happen to them or when, and by the nature of it can’t give specific consent for any particular action. It can have to do with pushing/exploring boundaries, a power dynamic kink, or just enjoying the element of surprise, among others.
If you’re doing it right, consent can be withdrawn at any time via a pre-established non-verbal signal and/or safeword, and any bondage equipment will have safety releases.
- Comment on I'm fine with being stupid 1 week ago:
You know where to put it.
- Comment on Better safe than sorry 1 week ago:
Difficulty performing mental arithmetic doesn’t necessarily correlate with poor overall intelligence or inability to grasp higher math concepts. In a world where we all have calculators in our pockets, there is no reason to bar someone from studies or a career involving higher mathematics simply for being neurologically atypical, nor to shame them for whichever coping strategies allow them to perform.
- Comment on mercy merci 1 week ago:
I had to try to get a silverfish out of a sink not long ago and I’m pretty sure I ended up killing the poor thing anyway. They’re so hard to handle.
- Comment on mercy merci 1 week ago:
Maybe it depends on where you live, but I always find the same spiders living in gardens or on the side of a shed or something, so I’ve never been worried about that except in winter.
- Comment on mercy merci 1 week ago:
I’m sorry, spider, but it’s this or the mercy of the cats.
- Comment on Jurassic Park 1 week ago:
I wasn’t able to find a reference to the park’s inaccurate name in either book or film, but this Reddit post explains my feelings about it:
Okay, you’ve noticed that the name given to the theme park by the arrogant old man who thinks he can harness the forces of nature for fun and profit does not accurately reflect the animals bred to live in the park. Now take that next interpretive step.
Everything that goes wrong is entirely the fault of a billionaire doing billionaire things.
- Comment on Jurassic Park 1 week ago:
According to Wikipedia, this line comes from the film Jurassic Park 3.
Also:
The scientific accuracy of the dinosaurs is referenced in Crichton’s novel when Henry Wu, chief geneticist for the dinosaur theme park, notes that the animals are hypothetical reconstructions created with modified DNA.
The whole point of the story is an asshole techbro doing dumb shit, so I seriously doubt the name was a mistake on the author’s part.
There’s also a fan theory that there was never any dinosaur DNA in the first place and that these creatures were actually complete fabrications, which I believe is what just happened recently with the dire wolf?
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I disagree. I really like biscuits and gravy, Taco Bell chalupas, banana bread, and fried okra, just to list a few.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Yeah, I’ve seen that kind of whipped cream cheese as well. They’re always trying some new gimmick. Which I guess on one hand is nice because innovation, but mostly I just think they want people to buy it because it’s shiny and new.
- Comment on It's just a fancy new name for a lobotomy 1 week ago:
Yeah, this is why I stick with breathing through my mouth. Truly horrifying.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
The inexorable rise of identity condiments has led to hard times for the most American of foodstuffs. And that’s a shame.
My son Jake, who’s 25, eats mayo. He’s a practical young man who works in computers and adores macaroni salad. He’s a good son. I also have a daughter. She was a women’s and gender studies major in college. Naturally, she loathes mayonnaise.
newer generations are refusing to meekly fall in line with a culinary heritage that never was theirs. Instead, they’re gobbling up kefir and ajvar and chimichurri and gochujang again.
Red Robin launched a vegan burger. You don’t put mayo on a vegan burger.
McDonald’s has debuted a Signature Sriracha Burger, joining KFC, Wendy’s, and Subway in signing on to the sizzling Thai sauce’s moment in the sun. You didn’t see Huy Fong Foods start a schmear campaign against the cultural appropriation of that.
Some experts say the dislike springs from the fact that mayo jiggles. […] This is bullshit. This attitude comes to you from young people who willingly slurp down eight kazillion kinds of yogurt, not to mention raw fish and pork belly and, yo, detergent pods, so don’t talk to me about mayonnaise. The only reason for this raging mayophobia is a generation’s gut-level renouncement of the Greatest Generation’s condiment of choice.
Besides, I’ve got news: That aioli you’re all so fond of? I hate to break it to you, but that’s just mayonnaise.
Sandy Hingston sounds mad.
Also what? Mayo is still super popular, so what is she even on about? It’s she hamming this up because she feels like this is what’s necessary to make it in journalism these days?
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I can’t find any reference to nitrogen used in Herman’s mayonnaise. Do you perhaps mean that they fill the airspace at the top of the jar with nitrogen to displace oxygen and increase shelf-life? I believe that’s a very safe and common practice in food packaging.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Hellmann’s:
Rapeseed oil (78%), free range pasteurised EGG and EGG yolk (8,9%), water, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, lemon juice concentrate, flavouring, antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA), paprika extract.
Zaanse:
Rape seed oil (80%), natural vinegar, EGG (6%), water, sugar, salt, MUSTERD (water, MUSTERD seeds, vinegar, salt, sugar), preservative (potassium sorbate), flavours (SOY protein and CELERY), dye (beta carotene), antioxidant (E385).
Sounds like I’d prefer Zaanse’s flavor profile better since they’ve got celery and mustard in there. but I don’t see how Hellmann’s is somehow not mayonnaise when comparing the ingredients.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Are they good though?
Really depends on the brand. Some of them really make a burger pop with a rich cheddar flavor and creamy texture.
That’s a good point about the plastic waste in your edit though. I don’t eat a lot of cheese because I try to limit animal products, but I feel like they’re usually separated with wax paper here. I’m told there are very high taxes on plastic packaging for the manufacturer.
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 1 week ago:
What do you mean? Do the bison, caribou, sheep, etc native to North America resist domestication somehow? (Like how zebras do?) I’ve always been under the impression that they didn’t civilize by happenstance and lack of pressure to do so, since they seemed to be getting along just fine without it.
- Comment on Velma can't math. 1 week ago:
You start by dividing both sides by 2a, and then you can multiply both sides by 2a to get rid of the 2a’s from both sides. Doing this will give you a sense of accomplishment whenever you don’t know how to proceed.
- Comment on Banana 2 weeks ago:
You can absolutely eat banana peels, cooked or raw. They’re full of fiber, antioxidants, all your basic fruit goodness. I don’t eat them, but I understand the people who do.
- Comment on Smells Great 2 weeks ago:
Don’t worry. It’s a black deck, so the graveyard is exactly where the pineapple wants to be.
- Comment on arborholing 2 weeks ago:
This is why I don’t like determining an organism’s value based on how “sentient” it is. I prefer to admit that I treat dogs and pigs better than carrots and fish because I empathize with them more, entirely of my own bias. I don’t think I have any more or less value than a blade of grass; we’re both products of happenstance just running our programming, and we won’t be around long.
- Comment on Mom they're fighting again 2 weeks ago:
Maybe we just disagree on what color “salmon” is, but the meat is what I would call that color. They’re like flamingos in that they take on pigment from their diet. For this reason, farmed salmon will not be “salmon” color unless their diet has been supplemented with the pigment.