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Those lines have become increasingly blurred.

three new valve IPs slated for release later this year

That was exactly my experience too. Programming + standing was neigh impossible.

Which is the only thing that happened. Being quarantined' on reddit just means you don't show up in r/all.

Have yet to find a single defense for free speech that wasn't a 'slippery slope' fallacy at it's core.

You're assuming that the basis for their hate is rationality. If they were rational people, they wouldn't be racists/fascists/hate groups/etc. Assuming you're correct that having "…

"Sunlight is the best disinfectant" Unless, of, course, the disease is cancer.

You are definitely not the outlier. As someone with a predominantly visual/spatial way of thinking, programming has been a really tough skill to develop because, like math, it's of…

I've developed a bad habit over the years: just reading the comments. Articles are always so structured and long winded, it often feels like you get the entire gist of the link fro…

It comes bundled with chrome.

Many Americans have a baseless distrust of government. Our schools teach us from a very young age that "government bad, founding fathers came here from Britain to escape the evil g…

Of course you're being cheeky but "collectively decided" doesn't fit the bill here. We didn't collectively decide anything.

Actually your comment was insightful. I have a bad habit of editor jumping. Went from vim (6mo) -> emacs (18mo) -> vscode (8mo) -> and have been using sublime for the last month. K…

Whoops, misread previous comment as "how does he live", as though he 'didn't get' rdj's music, and couldn't fathom how he made a living... Ha ha...

He was really ahead of his time in terms of the electronic music sounds he uses. He was also known for unique methods of sound creation (like programming... A toaster? Stuff like t…

Asked myself that question too but think the answer may be: "it doesn't matter, because that's not the point".

(Last comment didn't post??) To be fair js gets the same bad rap.

That's true about a few languages actually. Javascript being one, C++ being another.

Not sure what you mean by 'out of the box', but orgzly supports local directory syncing which can indeed be used in conjunction. Source: this is my setup.

Minor correction, you said: > private property When you actually meant: > personal property

Unabashed orientalism. China blocks as a means of self preservation.

That was a great video, never grasped why interstellar and such showed black holes with the rings on top and bottom.

Vegan is by definition more ethical than non vegan. And yes, palm oil is a controversial good. There are vegan butter alternatives that do not use palm oil (they are usually a coup…

Interesting, since the dutch word for rabbit is 'Konijn', pronounced like 'konen'.

Americans place a ton of emphasis on oral care. Most of middle class and above get braces as children; many going as far to get corrective procedures (affectionately referred to as…