radix

@radix@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why the water to make the medication work?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Not a doctor, but I can think of two possibilities:

  1. Some vitamins and medications are water soluble, so taking them with water helps make sure it all gets into your system instead of being excreted.

  2. 2L isn’t very much for a full day. People are different, but even 2.5L/day is a little low for many healthy adults. This may be their way of getting you to make sure you’re staying hydrated but framing it as a health necessity rather than just a recommendation. Even without the medication, 2L is probably a bare minimum for most people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Copper⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oops, all heatsink

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Steam were to shut down tomorrow how much money would you have lost in total on games / DLC ??⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  1,205 games. $6,516 as of today. 19 year account.

  The depressing part is that of the 1,205 games, 986 (81.8%) are showing as unplayed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could the Supreme Court overturning Marbury vs Madison be a way to repeal the US Constitution?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a fine way to abolish the existing Court, since the constitution is where it gets its power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come soccer and tennis never caught on in the states? Also why hasn't there been an NFL team vs a Soccer Team and vice versa. Just to prove which is the better sport? Details inside.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  IMO, professional soccer in the US is way behind because it’s less TV friendly. No commercial breaks (other than halftime) means less money coming into the sport than more commercialized competition.

  At youth levels, it’s one of the most played sports in the country. Then as soccer-playing American kids get further in their “career”, they get pushed toward other sports where more money is. Colleges rake in cash on football and basketball, and lots of these kids play multiple sports until a coach makes them choose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC Games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t actually fired it up in a while, but Gedonia might be up your alley.

  store.steampowered.com/app/1114220/Gedonia/

  Looks like a sequel is currently in early access, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't prove environmental issues if you don't have the data⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Covid numbers wouldn’t be so bad if we stop testing, and ocean health won’t get worse if we stop measuring.

  Kill that messenger!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Music just isn't good anymore⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just music! (Though that is probably the strongest example)

  It’s telling how many people are nostalgic for a society that only existed before they were born. Recent History education sucks.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the seventh day, god created uranium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Testing your faith” sounds like tricking people into not believing. Which is exactly what they accuse their devil of doing. This god sounds like kind of an asshole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon mishears a coworker⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Squat on the inkpad, perp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a gamer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Active Time Battle (ATB) was under patent until 2010.

  Games are just software, and software patents are definitely (and unfortunately) a thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you could make a magic wish so that your crush liked you, would you do it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure she likes me already. Enough to stick around for the last 25+ years, anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are all millionaires, Billionaires, CEOS and wealthy people famous?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think I could even pick the CEO of my own employer out of a lineup.

  There are something like 24 million millionaires in the US, and over 50 million worldwide.

  “Famous” is relative, but its safe to say most people have never heard more than a tiny fraction of those names.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Random Choice in Newcomb's Paradox⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s easy to set up any number of seemingly impossible situations if you start with the premise of a super entity that can accurately predict the future.

  What you’re given is [Ridiculous Assumption] + [Normal Situation] = [Paradox]

  But the trick is to quickly gloss over the [Ridiculous Assumption] and frame it as [Normal Situation] = [Paradox]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Racing fans, is Forza Horizon 6 for me?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully the story or progression is engaging enough to keep my interest.

  The devs have promised that the story and progression will be getting a change from previous entries. The past few have gotten some flack for just throwing all the currency and all the cars at you without much challenge to it. Recent editions are bordering on being a car-collector-simulator as much as a racing game.

  Personally, I’ve loved them all for just messing around and driving hundreds of different cars, but a bit of change in formula would be welcome, if they can pull it off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why does almost nobody live here?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Other comments give a good tl;dw already, but in case anyone wants a video with pictures and examples, Geography By Geoff has done this topic a few times. Here’s one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqyM54CNSsY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whatever you feel about Bond Films, Do you think it wouldn't be best they just ended it with the last film.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I only get to the theater maybe 5-6 times per year, and that’s almost always with my spouse, so the movie is secondary to the experience.

  I do watch a lot on streaming, and between the summary, genre, actors, director, and reviews, both professional and word-of-mouth…I can usually pick out what I will enjoy. If it turns out bad, it’s one button to turn it off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whatever you feel about Bond Films, Do you think it wouldn't be best they just ended it with the last film.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I will watch good movies, and skip terrible movies. Whether they are in a franchise or not has no bearing on it, for me.

  So go ahead and make more. I may see it. I may not. But I’m not going to begrudge anyone who wants to see more of that character no matter what.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨get zapped, idiot⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That never happens to Thor-opods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don;t more presidents put stuff to a national referendum like Clinton did a couple times? A person would get time off work to vote, show what americans actually want and so on.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your link doesn’t mention Clinton at all, but starts with this:

  Federal law does not allow national referendums in the United States where the general population gets to vote on an issue.

  It happens at the State level regularly (in states where it’s used), but it’s not something a President can initiate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don;t more presidents put stuff to a national referendum like Clinton did a couple times? A person would get time off work to vote, show what americans actually want and so on.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you be more specific? The US doesn’t have any mechanism for a national referendum on a specific issue. Usually when people use that term, they’re talking about mid-term elections (and reelection bids) being a “referendum” on a President’s total popularity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the first game you ever bought ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Our family computer at the time was well below the minimum specs, so i played for the first year or two at like 5 fps. Good game, not good as a slideshow. lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the first game you ever bought ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  First game I specifically asked for from my parents: Stunt Driver. Must have been in the first half of 1990.

  First game I saved up for and bought myself: Super Mario Bros 3. Much of the money I saved came in the summer of 1990, so that would have been in late summer of that year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What did people think dinosaur bones were before we officially recognised dinosaurs?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This satan guy sounds like a hoot. I want to see more of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would submitting a criminal complaint against Trump and his administration too the ICC for war crimes be a waste of time?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Neither is Russia, but the ICC still issued warrants for the arrest of several leaders after they invaded Ukraine.

  en.wikipedia.org/…/International_Criminal_Court_a…

  I’d love to see the next Democratic administration just let them take him and all his cronies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe, maybe not⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Terrible name for a Jedi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we eat dessert?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If food were just about cold, hard, logical choices based on nutrition alone, we’d all just eat Soylent Red and Yellow.

  People trade long-term detriment for short-term enjoyment all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon the explorer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam tag: “choices matter”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a US bank only insures your money up to 250k does that mean I have to visit four different back to have a million dollars insured?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. People tend to think of the big 5-10 names that are on every corner, but the FDIC insures over 4,000 banks in the US.

  PDF warning: fdic.gov/…/fdic-latest-industry-trends-december-2…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses his computer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why Windows peaked with version 2000.