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DDG results are a little “different” than Google’s but no worse. Like somebody else said, usually when DDG can’t find the answer neither can Google.

I’ll continue to use my critical faculties and exercise my own judgment as I see fit.

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Downvote away, but the fearmongering is so tiresome (and has been for 30 years). The carbon emitters they want to eliminate are people. On geologic time scales the CO2 level has be…

I don't know that they've accepted the harmlessness of it as much as raised the white flag on the fact that it's too widespread to be shut down, even if they wanted to.

Maybe I'm cynical, but I see "increase competition," but then see "put stronger safeguards in place" and assume that the regulations will be written in such a way that no upstart c…

Is there a Biff Tannen copycat crime spree I wasn’t aware of?

Anarcho-tyranny. The only crime is self-defense.

Is that any less reason to think this isn’t a good idea? How many latent, otherwise-benign disorders might become manifest if people experiment with these drugs?

It’s not just you. The first time I turned them on it was like “whoa, neat!” But they grew tiresome fairly quickly.

“Harmonic Donkey Transfer” would be a good band name or album title.

Vetted custodial staff with security clearances exist! As far as custodial pay goes, having a TS/SCI is probably going to put you in the top tier, it pays to stay out of trouble so…

I’ve long suspected that currencies are really just units of measurement convertible to the joule (or calorie).

George Floyd’s toxicology report taken after his death indicated fentanyl (and methamphetamine, and THC). https://famous-trials.com/george-floyd/2648-george-floyd-the...

I find a lot of the criticism of healthcare today to be misguided. Why would healthcare be inexpensive? Go into a clinic today and there’s a legion of professionals who attend to e…

DC generators work essentially the same as an AC alternator (motor in reverse). You can get AC-DC conversion by hooking these up to one another, just connect the rotors together.

I think English is generally under-rated but the phonetics are a mess, something I appreciate more now that I’m teaching my sons to read. This poem is a classic example: https://ic…

Why not bring back Latin? The alphabet is already in wide use, many languages evolved from it making it easy-ish for them to learn, and Latin was already in wide use as the lingua …

I’ve wondered if it would be useful to have formatting/highlighting be part of the language rather than something determined after the fact, for example italicized vars could be im…

Dave Ramsey talks a lot about that - to have a good credit score you’ve got to take on debt, which is counterproductive for a lot of people.

There’s a difference between people who have problems and people who cause problems for themselves and others. A good neighbor who has fallen on hard times will have plenty of symp…

Can only patch so many buffer overflows, off-by-one errors, format string vulnerabilities, integer overflows, race conditions, use-after-free errors, etc, before it gets to be a bi…

I was kind of curious about this as well, though I suppose if a politician’s account was compromised it could cause some pretty major embarrassment or maybe even conflict. Are DMs …

This is a bit hyperbolic - unless you mean excess deaths caused by obesity, heart disease and diabetes because of how abundant food has gotten. But starvation is less of a problem …

I’ve had great luck with a mixture of high-concentrate vinegar, a little dish soap, and some salt. It absolutely puts Roundup to shame. This mix is non-selective though so be caref…