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- Comment on ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Has the Most Words Per Minute of Any TV Show, Study Finds 4 hours ago:
Moonlighting had like twice the words as any other drama at the time. I’m guessing it’s too old to be included in this ranking.
- Comment on YouTube considers a daily timer for users looking to cut back on Shorts 2 days ago:
I’ve been using this:
github.com/Vulpelo/hide-youtube-shorts
since YT started the “shorts” bullshit. Highly recommended if you are civilized person who is not OK with vertical videos.
- Comment on History never repeats itself but it rhymes 4 days ago:
I feel like so much of the disagreement about racism in the US in social media, is a difference between society at large and individuals. Most people aren’t racist (over the top so. However, I alsothink everyone probably has some sliver, however slim, of racism in them). If you travel around this globe of ours, some countries do suck more than others, but people are, for the most part, pretty friendly and welcoming.
That said, I think it’s insincere to believe that the historical trauma of the history of the US has not had lasting generational/racial negative effects.
If I think someone is saying I’m racist because I’m white, I dig in my heals a bit and think, if not say, what the fuck? If I think they are talking about systemic inequality in general, the history, the current data, etc., then I’ve been getting better and better at not having that blood pressure rise in defense and starting from a point that we probably agree on a lot, and just may have differences in how to address the problem.
- Comment on Scientists Map Miles of Wiring in a Speck of Mouse Brain 5 days ago:
Just some thoughts while reading through the article (thanks for posting it, very interesting):
In 1979, Francis Crick, the Nobel-prize-winning scientist, concluded that the anatomy and activity in just a cubic millimeter of brain matter would forever exceed our understanding.
Who the hell would say something like this? It’s like the 640k is more than enough RAM. Everything I’ve read on this brain mapping makes me think we won’t understand the thing until long after I’m gone. But, despite the current bullshit, I expect we’ll get there eventually.
But our own brain, which is about a thousand times bigger than a mouse’s, presents a much bigger challenge, he added. “The human brain right now feels like outside the range of what is possible,” he said. “We are not going there anytime soon.”
Oh, OK, so I’m not super original in my thinking, again.
But the future of the endeavor is uncertain. Last year, Congress cut funding to the BRAIN initiative by 40 percent, and last month President Fuckhead signed a bill cutting support by another 20 percent.
Well shit. The line of when we’ll get there may get pushed back, but I hope/expect us to get there eventually.
- Comment on Anon orders food 1 week ago:
It’s such a dichotomy. Women get catcalled every day and feel uncomfortable and harassed. Understandable. The average man gets catcalled a handful of times in his life and cherishes those moments almost as much as their children’s births.
- Comment on Anon is worried about men 1 week ago:
Before I went to University one of my parent’s University friends told me that my dad got laid a lot back in the day. Like looked me in the eye for emphasis when he said,“A LOT!” I didn’t have the best relationship with my dad, but before I went off to higher learning, I broached the subject with him. “How?” was my basic question. He looked a little confused and just said,“I just asked them if they wanted to fuck. Most said no, some said yes.” It’s not complicated.
- Comment on If you're still on Reddit... 1 week ago:
That is the one that’s killing me too. I just received an email that my subscription date is coming up. I want to cancel, at least my soul really wants me to cancel. But my broken body, limited $$, and limited mobility makes me feel like it would be cutting of my nose. It is really difficult to get to, never mind around, local stores.
- Comment on Dan Erickson, creator of ‘Severance’: ‘I thought Apple would discourage us from critiquing the capitalist structure, but that never happened’ 2 weeks ago:
To paraphrase the late, great, Bill Hicks on marketers: “Ah, the anti-Capitalist market…that’s big now.”
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
I did not see Herman’s Head mentioned. I’ve only met one other person that remembers it. Not great in a change-your-doors-of-perception for life, but a fun sitcom from the early '90s.
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
I found Dirk Gently to be fine, with the glaring exception that the main fucking character made it almost unwatchable.
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
The first season freaked me out so much I never got around to watching the following seasons. I hear they are even better though. Maybe someday I’ll get around to it.
- Comment on Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking 2 weeks ago:
Students will take whatever shortcut they can to be done with it as easily as possible.
- Comment on Not trying to choose a side but when did Dems become well wussies? They Have FDR, JFK, OBAMA, Clinton, under their belt. The Reps have Reagan. How come the Dems don't fight fire with fire anymore? 5 weeks ago:
The simple answer: corrupt capitalism.
- Comment on Undocumented 'Backdoor' Found In Chinese Bluetooth Chip Used By a Billion Devices. 5 weeks ago:
And then there is trump, the illegitimate president, Russian stooge, trying to repeal the CHIPS act.
- Comment on Let me tell you something, I haven't even begun to peak. 1 month ago:
Same age, but shit’s just gotten worse every year for a good decade or so for me.
- Comment on I'm just like some ordinary dude upset about what the government is doing. Doesn't anyone with any sort of means or influence care? Where are those guys? 1 month ago:
Yes I have. I’ve worked to get progressives elected. I’ve walked precincts to encourage people to vote. I did that shit for decades. And shit just got worse. What I see, over and over, is fuckers bitching about 2 choices who never even bothered to vote in the primaries, you know, when you usually actually have a choice. Complaints about 2 party system, first past the post, etc. are absolutely legitimate, but it comes down to the fact that these people are elected. So yes, I am blaming the voters. A little less than 50% of the stupid fuckers still think shit-for-brains trump is doing a great job.
- Comment on I'm just like some ordinary dude upset about what the government is doing. Doesn't anyone with any sort of means or influence care? Where are those guys? 1 month ago:
Also, those same fucking voters keep electing the same decrepit representatives, so why should they (the reps) be expected to rock their money boat?
- Comment on Blocked Users list : full at aprox 250 entries 2 months ago:
I probably messed up something somewhere. And, yep, I can’t see MrKaplan at sopuli.xyz, but if I open in a different container tab where I’m not logged in, still sopuli.xyz, I see the posts. It’s not just MrKaplan, but really it happens on most pages. I’ll see <x> number of comments, but I can only see one or two. It’s been like that for a long time, I just can’t be bothered to figure it out. ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
- Comment on What job do you need this hard hat for? 2 months ago:
Paintball cosplay.
- Comment on Blocked Users list : full at aprox 250 entries 2 months ago:
Very weird. I can’t see MrKaplan’s post unless I logout, but he isn’t in my blocklist. Maybe he’s blocking me? I don’t really know how the blocks work. Weird, but not a big deal.
- Comment on Blocked Users list : full at aprox 250 entries 2 months ago:
I’m over 200 blocked now. It would be nice to have that site maintenance idea working to clear out my list. I’ll have to remember when I hit the limit.
- Comment on I miss when you could get a flagship phone that could fit in your hand 2 months ago:
You aren’t wrong, and I’m not sure why the other person is arguing with you. Seems like that Monty Python sketch about arguing.
- Comment on How can Doge access critical government infrastructure and fire people if it isn't even a real department? 2 months ago:
It doesn’t seem like people are really aware that the coup was successful this time. All the shit we are seeing is just fallout from that.
- Comment on "Poetic take" on the state of the US 2 months ago:
righteous?
- Comment on I'll take a liberal. Just 86 the tofu. 2 months ago:
I just can’t engage because for some reason in righty’s mind, liberal == progressive. Like, for them also, fascism == communist. It’s just a complete failure to agree on basic, high school level definitions.
- Comment on When would it make sense for someone to get a domain name? 2 months ago:
I got one for my son when he was a couple years old. This was almost 30 years ago. He hasn’t done much with it, I don’t know if he ever will, but it’s pretty handy for like hosting the family’s email, throwing up shit to share with family/friends, etc… I could do without it, but it’s really cheap to maintain and I like controlling my own data.
- Comment on Why do some people assume all immigrants are illegal and should "go back to where they came from"? Shouldn't that logic apply to all non-Native Americans? 2 months ago:
Well, they aren’t talking about the huge number of “illegals” who are here on expired visas because that would mean a lot of white people would get rounded up in this bullshit.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I was talking with some kids the other month (Berkeley grads, so “kids”=mid 20s), and they really believed this current shit show is no big deal because they were taught about “checks and balances” in HS. It blows my mind that anyone thinks Fuckhead and the current GOP is just a normal swaying of the political pendulum.
- Comment on Does the US really have no instruments in case a newly elected president immediatelly and openly exposes he's a nazi? 2 months ago:
The 2A was so that the Federal gov’t wouldn’t have a standing army. That went out the window really quickly when a Federal force under the first president had to be raised to put down the Whiskey Rebellion. At the time, the 2A should have been repealed or rephrased at least. Don’t forget that one of the jobs of the US gov’t, as defined in The Constitution (which admittedly, doesn’t mean much now when we have a president who is clearly does not qualify under the 14th Amendment), is to put down domestic violence.
- Comment on only 100% dry cotton cleaning 2 months ago:
That’s too bad. I was going to buy one, but I don’t want to be associated with magats in any way or form. Other than living in the same country, for now.