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For the sake of mythological accuracy, I hope that Unicorns sunk by debt and managing to pull into negative ARR (due to overhead costs) will get called Nightmares. But Zombie Unico…

So, this is using a behavioral trick common to magicians. It's skewing words towards ones similar to those used in a burger commercial. "Most famous", "truly satisfying", "robust" …

Interesting. What do you think he was doing?

Dear ye gods, this was the first time I clicked on something in the internet and then had fun in freaking _years_.

Your maxxed-out HSA will not save you if cancer comes. You're still gambling.

A nice distro of Linux that autolooads Kodi or something similar would solve this, and be utterly lovely. While that means the smart TV wouldn't be able to phone home with usage da…

Differing perspective but wanted to share: I find trying to socialize and make friends in an office situation to be incredibly stressful. Everyone in an office is there to primaril…

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If you miss Chuck Norris jokes and want to know the Ancient Grecian equivalent, I highly suggest reading more quotes about Milo of Croton. The dude won six Olympic wrestling events…

Ran comment through Google Translate: The photos in the article are superb, as expected from Japanese camera people. これらのフォーラムでさまざまな言語を見て、返信できるのは素晴らしいことです。私はいつも言語が苦手でした。またすぐに戻ってきてく…

> false the chance of getting cured and not needing any more visits is big enough that the risk factor doesn't get a chance to grow In general, most mental health issues are chroni…

Hard agree. Have gotten to play this dance with getting migraines treated. To get the treatment I know works, I had to try taking a medication both me and my doctor were reasonably…

This is horrible, and I wish it was more surprising. I stopped playing Pokemon Go when it wanted forever access to my location, because that's creepy, and sure enough that was the …

"Above all else, do no harm" - Hippocratic Oath (translated) The reason why a big concept in medical ethics is Do No Harm is because it is very easy to justify some bad outcomes fo…

Adding the ProPublica article which talks about United Healthcare specifically denying claims for terminal diseases for greater profits. https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhe…

If you're seeing that your efforts are being wasted, then that means you're in a good spot to half-ass the solution. Use the other half for things you find meaningful to prevent bu…

> Wait, is any of this Parasite SEO stuff a good idea? > I don’t think so. > If I thought it was a good idea, I wouldn’t be sharing any of this stuff. > > Google clearly has a long…

> Metallurgy may be a key part of how the city could sustain itself at such a high altitude. The mountains are rich in iron ore and have dense juniper forests, which could be burne…

> Most of these suggestions are detached from reality, I don't move away from my family because I feel some arbitrary social expectation, I do it because I want space and freedom. …

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds like the wave of economic prosperity that happens whenever agriculture turns to manufacturing, it just happened later in this county becaus…

This book won't go into field surgery, but will go into emergency care for field-setting a broken limb, how to clean wounds, and when to use/not use medications. https://www.goodre…

Not a professional, n=1, but I've successfully NaNoWriMo'd a few times and do regular amounts of creative writing for both D&D campaigns and for fun. Absolutely freaking yes. Lots …

So, if you scroll through LinkedIn, you can see an influx of leadership migrating into WotC from Amazon. These are folk who have never even played Dungeons & Dragons, looking to mo…

Truly, Phoenix is a monument to man's hubris.

Quoting the article, because from your comment I'm not sure you got to the end, which is a shame as it addresses your point. TL;DR: If we're not going to aim for better, what's the…