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- Comment on Intellectual Debate 1 week ago:
The nerve that connects the larynx to the brain in all animals goes down through the neck, around the aorta, up through the neck again.
In giraffes, it is the longest nerve in the animal kingdom. The signal delay is so long that giraffes are unable to make any complex sounds.
Source: inside natures giants documentary series, recommended.
- Comment on Why do steam games appear cheap in Asia? 2 weeks ago:
When you register a game with steamworks, most people put USD pricing and click a button that fills the rest. They have the data to roughly know how much 10 USD are in other regions, purchasing power adjusted.
- Comment on My own summer (shove it) 2 weeks ago:
Fun fact: she was no model, was just a random snapshot at a deftones party. Some videos on yt about that story.
- Comment on Is Kagi Worth It? 3 weeks ago:
I can never go back to google. The noise reduction is insane
- Comment on How do wealthy people know if the people they meet are wealthy or not? 4 weeks ago:
Its probably a hot take but I do think everyone deserves empathy.
- Comment on How do wealthy people know if the people they meet are wealthy or not? 4 weeks ago:
There is a flipside here as well which is that when you’re wealthy everyone constantly asks you for money. You start doubting that any social interaction is genuine. Is this person hanging out with you because they like you or because they want your money?
- Comment on Truth 4 weeks ago:
Isn’t the idea that the brand advertises the wearer?
- Comment on Do rich people get addicted to drugs? 1 month ago:
They tend to be pretty miserable and can afford them so my gut feeling is that they are actually more likely.
- Comment on That's the feeling. 1 month ago:
All VPN work on Linux because the protocols are open and standardized.
- Comment on misleading cover 2 months ago:
Look up “ice planet barbarians”. Forgot the author but there are a lot of different kind of barbarians, orcs, demons, etc. That are rough but with a soft spot, protecting the female lead heroically while taking her for themselves.
- Comment on What are super-computers used for ? 2 months ago:
If your gaming computer can do x computations every month, and you need to run a simulation that requires 1000x computations, you can wait 1000 months, or have 1000 computers work on it in parallel and have it done in one month.
- Comment on At what point do you consider a person an alcoholic? 2 months ago:
These are the official diagnostic criteria, which helped to open my eyes and stop drinking:
- Alcohol is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than intended.
- There is a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control alcohol use.
- A great deal of time is spent in activities necessary to obtain, use, or recover from the effects of alcohol.
- Craving, or a strong desire or urge to use alcohol.
- Recurrent alcohol use resulting in a failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school, or home.
- Continued alcohol use despite having persistent or recurrent social or interpersonal problems caused or exacerbated by the effects of alcohol.
- Important social, occupational, or recreational activities are given up or reduced because of alcohol use.
- Recurrent alcohol use in situations in which it is physically hazardous.
- Alcohol use is continued despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated by alcohol.
- Tolerance, as defined by either a need for markedly increased amounts of alcohol to achieve intoxication or desired effect, or a markedly diminished effect with continued use of the same amount.
- Withdrawal, as manifested by either characteristic withdrawal syndrome for alcohol or alcohol (or a closely related substance) is taken to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms.
In a 12 month period:
- 2 - 4 criteria met: mild
- 4 - 5: moderate
- 6+: severe
- Comment on Radiating 3 months ago:
Her chair is still radioactive.
- Comment on It will be great, they said... 4 months ago:
Been self hosting mail for over a decade and its never been easier thanks to stalwart. The IP block list thing is true though, but mostly you request removal once from Microsoft and spamhaus and that’s it.
- Comment on Sorry guys 4 months ago:
Ants running in a circle lost the pheromone trail and keep running in circles until they die.
- Comment on Anon is a fan of GabeN 4 months ago:
BTW the way refunds work is that steam withholds the money for a month to pay refunds with it. The publisher has no say, they just get gross - 30% - VAT - refunds.
- Comment on Soup 4 months ago:
TIL humans are broth.
- Comment on It's nothing 4 months ago:
Do they go away if you breath in deeply? Does it hurt more when you breath in? Then it may be back related. There are nerves going from your back under the ribs to your chest.
- Comment on I'm in a hotel in America with no kettle in my room, if I want tea I have to microwave it. 4 months ago:
Because of lower voltage in the US, total available power of a wall socket is lower. So kettles take forever.
- Comment on When a humble bard Graced a ride along 6 months ago:
- Comment on 6 months ago:
Try /sys/firmware
- Comment on EU tax officials confront the most pressing legal question of our time: If you sell RuneScape gold to someone and they use it to buy a magic sword, do you still have to pay taxes? 6 months ago:
This is actually really interesting!
This taxable individual, Kokott explains, was found to have bought and resold through “various forums, groups, and platforms such as Facebook, Discord, and Skype” enough RuneScape gold to earn €415,484—approximately $488,000 USD—between 2021 and 2023.
They then were ordered to backpay VAT because they made above 45k. Defendant says trading virtual currencies is like trading crypto, and VAT exempt. Government says its like selling a voucher instead.
Its corner cases like this one that make taxes complicated for regular people.
I also find it hilarious that tax lawyers and accountants will have to read that court decision.
- Comment on Rust 7 months ago:
When oxygen was first released during the great oxygenation event, it killed all other life on earth.
- Comment on Who plays like that x_x 7 months ago:
If the first game you ever played with a stick was a flight simulator, then down is up.
- Comment on Elephant 7 months ago:
Its a thing in Thailand. Family elephants.
- Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over 8 months ago:
Let’s be fair: no one ever warned that this could happen.
- Comment on Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now 8 months ago:
Its not guaranteed. They may keep a copy of the original post around.
- Comment on Valhalla awaits 8 months ago:
You can also hang yourself from an ash tree!
- Comment on Hope you like math 8 months ago:
0+0i
- Comment on Is it okay to cover the outside of a microwave in aluminum to prevent or lessen microwave WiFi interference? 8 months ago:
I mean don’t see why not, but you need complete coverage around it, including underside.
You could also try switching to 5 GHz wifi if your walls allow it.