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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨genius⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  A part like this can have some tolerance because it experiences wear and tear and oxidation, if it had to be down to a few microns perfection, the helicopter wouldn’t fly in both hot and cold temps even on day one. Die and investment metal casting especially with CNC machining, which are common enough processes in metal shops, can actually get down to single digit microns. But this is all moot as no one would ever do this for many reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Garlic sauce⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The box itself is only 6 cal so enjoy without guilt

  Its also gluten free unless you write “gluten” on it in which case it has one gluten

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unquestionably high class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The Iowa State Fair is doing them for $100, includes gold leaf for some reason, add caviar and Dom and it’s $800.

  Just to point out Iowa wasn’t nearly this stupid when I grew up there in the 80s, they were actually fairly progressive and tech-forward for a while, wish a dash of country polite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unquestionably high class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  We did make improvements since then, like dousing in butter and cooking only to a delicate texture instead of pencil erasers. If you had the old fashioned style you’d be grossed out too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's so fluffy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  making a joke

  a whatnow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's so fluffy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  WTF that’s not porn at all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mom with the real questions ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And he never walked again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  China doesn’t necessarily have to lead to control. Look at their investments in Africa over the past decade. The US stopped investing in developing nations so China took the lead over the fastest developing continent. They’ll have a ton of influence there for a generation at least, will be able to secure deals and lock the US out of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woops⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And then end where RFK is hoping to score some molly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i can't handle coffee⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too. I still drink it, but I wish I could handle it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My historic house has a Wikipedia page, I’ve tried updating it with information I know is accurate (I mean, I live here), but it was always removed. Must have a primary source that’s not “individual research” like, you know, counting the bedrooms or fireplaces.

  Which is what lead to me getting our city’s newspaper to interview me, print several facts and stories, and now that published article is a primary source.

  During this process I realized that Wikipedia is pretty goddamn serious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shout out to the NYE shift at all the Emergency Departments around the world.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was a kid, my (pot-dealing, irresponsible as hell) grandmother would take me fishing early in the AM. Before the sun would come up, sometimes we’d set off roman candles in a line. She insisted that I be several yards away, the roman candle be properly set up on level surfaces, everything by the book.

  My ‘responsible,’ upper class inlaws have a 4th of July party where all the kids and grandkids are given roman candles to hold in their hands, with the instructions “try to point them away from people.” Of course they hold them in their dominant hands, too. Sigh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨handling strays⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s neat how one little weird thing turns people from strangers to friends.

  Like you can be walking down the street and pass someone and neither of you even nod, but if you each notice an old lady doing naked cartwheels, 80% chance you’re having coffee together soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ska ftw⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Scat: the wo-wo-wooo-ba-ba-ba-ba-ski-ski-skiddlidoo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨you're doing ReSeArCh rong!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s funny how as adults we become interested in elements of stuff we were taught and found boring before. But I’m not sure how you’d teach science without “shoving it down people’s throats” because most teenagers simply don’t give a shit about any of it, so pretty much anything you teach will be shoving it down someone’s throat. The better solution would be explaining why electron structure is important foundational stuff. About 98% of the time, in HS, they didn’t explain why we needed to know it, how it would be contextualized in later life - it was simply “learn this so you can pass next week’s test.” And for me, knowing why is crucial to me caring enough to learn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to understand credit scores⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So what do you do when you pay off a CC to improve your utilization, and they close the card without warning, and your score drops?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to understand credit scores⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep! Credit scores work for the people they’re supposed to: wealthy folks who give their kids $$$ at 18, add them as an authorized user on their own cards, etc. All the one-up stuff poor people can’t afford. This is just a numerical way of saying “you’re poor go to hell.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ready set go⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the thing about AI criticism. AI in the LLM sense we know today has been publicly available for a few years, in development for a couple decades. Any criticism about how stupid it is will be irrelevant in 6-12 months. Look at the people trashing AI 2 years ago, how it would constantly hallucinate and produce gibberish code. Now it’s a lot better on both regards. In 2 more years, what then? It’ll be better. Yes we’ll hit the LLM ceiling but there’s a lot of fine tuning to be done.

  Criticize AI for the environmental effects, the inequality that it’s enhancing, how the rich and powerful have access to the AIs that know too much about us. Criticize it for lacking the reality of human composed text. But criticizing it on technical grounds is not the right angle.

  FWIW if you asked both an AI and a HS student to crank out an essay on a random topic, the HS student not having studied the topic, the HS student would be the one making more shit up. Human brains have limitations too. AI and human brains aren’t directly comparable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With how the republican party work in 10 years the presidential candidate will be an open pedophile and they will say they defeated wokeness.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What if the problems you’re complaining about… are foundational to America, not the Democratic party?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ID_10_ts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I got out of tech because I assumed Gen Z would be way better at it than I was.

  I got back in when I realized, I was one of the generation that actually knows this shit, without having a CS degree even.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True of mine but he more than made up for it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Uhh I’m the one that fills the stockings so I get to act surprised by the shit I put in there 3 hours prior. Would be neat if someone else ever put something in mine, but not happened yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Careful, he's a hero⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck Santa, I’m going to talk to GOD

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone has a LOT of dusty computers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In small quantities nitrous could accidentally be good for some people, it has anti-depressant properties, although self medication is not ideal and can be habit forming in these circumstances. I’ve seen my own cobwebs blown away by dental surgeries, I’ve also seen friends go down the drain entirely, their backseats full of empty canisters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there supposed to be other options?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean if someone is handsome, I will give them slightly too much eye contact, which is the way of the feral gay. But I usually don’t fuck drunks, so airline pilots are off limits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨surely your hobby can't be that expensive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in America! My hobby is my second job

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Of course there is.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cheer up tweakers, only one more sleep till Christmas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Construction magic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Love it, is there a possibility I could cause my own death by moving those joysticks wrong? Because I really need that in a job setting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🍺 🍻⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whenever I hold up a bug, and say to everyone, “Look, a bug, of the true order of bugs,” everyone leaves the room because I’m doing the bug speech again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have to stop and give myself caffeine resets because it’ll creep up over time from 2 cups of decaf a day to 4 cups of full strength, and then 6, and then I’m wondering why my heart flutters when I go to bed. I don’t touch energy drinks but I’m guessing it’s the same, trying to recapture that productive high. Of course coffee is practically free compared to energy drinks…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨happy fuck cops day to those who celebrate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Narrator: his body was never found.