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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worrying grimoire⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Be careful not to give conservatives more stupid arguments

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They call me the problem solver⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  In my experience, judging from the subjective felt effect when drinking it, the amount of caffeine in filter coffee can vary by a factor 3x depending on brewing technique. I just came back from the U.K. and the hotel breakfast coffee there did less for me in three cups than a single cup from my Fellow Aiden coffee brewer at home. I used to cold brew coffee but had to stop because the apparently higher caffeine content gave me heart problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They call me the problem solver⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m aware of the amount of coffee, but unaware of the caffeine content in that coffee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They call me the problem solver⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  How would you even begin to know your caffeine intake

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When they didn't read the manual⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just usually; this is how WIMP user interfaces have worked since the 80s, regardless if you use a mouse or another device (e.g. keyboard) to scroll the viewport. It’s built into the data model of the UI toolkit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BMW Is Showing Commercials On Their Car's Dash Screens And They Want You To Think It's A Treat - The Autopian⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I own a house, and I make payments to a mortgage company every month, and I’m pretty sure it would be illegal for that mortgage company to put a fucking Spider-Man billboard in my yard, facing my front windows.

  So… you don’t own a house, the bank owns it. Don’t give them ideas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capital of Estonia after a visit from Swedish football fans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a Swede I find this utterly embarrassing, and more than just mildly infuriating. These are just criminals who use football as an excuse to hate on society.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Statistically unlikely⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So what are the prime factors of 1?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Statistically unlikely⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But by that reasoning, 7 is not prime because you can do 7, 1*7, 1*1*7 etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Statistically unlikely⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the uniqueness constraint is why 1 is not prime.

  There’s more than one way to multiply numbers to get 1?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Psychology Behind Christian Body Shame⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some (e.g. Yuval Noah Harari) would argue you don’t need deities to make it a religion, it’s just belief without proof that enables a shared value system. An agreement on norms, explicit or implicit. In that interpretation, human rights and money are also religions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You guys are getting ready for the civil war in 2028 right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thirsty much?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every function the body has ultimately exists to maximize the chance of reproduction

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thirsty much?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Different situations. She can’t force other people to dress differently to appease her, but if they make her uncomfortable (for whatever dumb reason) she’s allowed to avoid them.

  But also different situations because sex drive is possibly the strongest biological drive that we have, so even if you’re not helpless against it your brain can be distracted in a way that it won’t get from gendered clothing.

  I’m not religious or devoid of self control, or even interested in a relationship with a “gym girl”. But I would still wish the women at my gym chose to dress for function rather than to attract… whatever it is they want to attract. It gets tiresome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It was an ok life, 6/10⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That way, you can help someone else pay their bills!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone should really develop this idea⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Up until very recently all train route planning in Sweden was done manually with huge sheets of paper and rulers. Scheduling trains is a very hard problem due to the inability for one train to pass another in many places and the constantly high congestion. Any change in the schedule affects everything.

  In computer science it belongs to the class of “NP-hard” problems which are essentially intractable to solve optimally. There are various approximate methods that can be employed to get something that’s almost always good enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philosophy has peaked. Checkmate atheists⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’re strawmanning this. I didn’t say you are obligated to maximize your health. But that’s different from knowingly making yourself ill.

  In Sweden we spend a lot of resources treating people for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which is almost exclusively the result of smoking. I think it’s wrong to smoke given how much it costs fellow tax payers and how it takes away resources from people who suffer from ailments that are not a result of their actions.

  That said, everyone deserves compassion and it’s also wrong not to help people who are suffering regardless of the reason. But that’s part of what makes it bad to knowingly hurt yourself - you’re imposing an obligation onto other people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philosophy has peaked. Checkmate atheists⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also it’s likely to make you sick and then you become a liability to your community = immoral.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did Voldemort actually die?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For real. I don’t get what people see in those books. Her writing is insufferable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally HR does something right⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are not your friend but they are also not your manager’s friend. They’re there to protect the corporation, the CEO and the board. If your manager is doing something that can get the company in legal trouble then HR can absolutely shed the manager. Especially if you demonstrate that you’re building a solid case (e.g. documenting each incident while memory is fresh).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck you Whatsapp⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that needs to be the case. At least in Sweden where I live, local laws apply whether you do something IRL or on the internet. For example slander is still slander even if you post it on Facebook. Meta doesn’t need to get involved any more than the phone operator or post office does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck you Whatsapp⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the reason digital infrastructure should be controlled by the commons. And punishment for misbehaving users should be decided by the state according to due process in a procedurally fair manner, not by corporations that seek to maximize profits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well it was news to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fox trying hard to make republicans dumber, as always

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well you see, uh...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean you could look these things up together

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨my own personal Chatgpt⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  WWCD

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generational warfare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially if they get stuck under the living room table

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generational warfare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My interpretation was that the intent is to punish the dad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And I bet that reinforced her low self-esteem. I’ll explain what the actual problem is but they don’t hear it, they just hear the other reasons that they invented such as “I’m not attractive enough”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reality dawns⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Could just be jerking you off from behind