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Except even just viewing a post leaves a trace, whether a the service chooses to display view counts or not. The webhost knows how much traffic they're getting, and those numbers h…

They're categorically different media, it's not just a matter of quantity. You could sum up 1000 pictures of bananas with the word "bananas", or you could spend 1000 different word…

Toddler speaking gets impressive/surprising quite fast, whereas the drawing usually does not. The most surprising thing about most toddler drawings is listening to the kid describe…

I think the point about productivity is less about people's 'burbs to downtown commute and more about say, the trucking industry. Trucks drive at or near the speed limit for much o…

Did you read the article? The first evidence it examines is roadway deaths vs speed limit, and the author concludes "there is little correlation". I'm not saying I agree with the a…

Ouch. That last statement hits close to home.

Agreed. I think the distinction being made here is that it is whether it is an "unwanted foreign substance" at all. Some of the prevailing wisdom this article is countering portray…

If anyone wants to try something less fantasy themed, I strongly recommend hackmud ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/469920/hackmud/ ), in which you play as a recently sapient p…

That's a really cutting edge way to be incredibly rude.

Because they are your public face online and the quickest route to your contacts. It is trivial to do immense reputation damage with access to that. Would you rather go through the…

Wisdom vs Intellect right there.

I have actually heard of this group before, thanks to an obscure reference in a Twenty One Pilots song oddly enough: https://genius.com/15480382

Oh, oh my... Why do I love and hate that so much.

"According to Dr. Struck, chariot racer from Ancient Rome named Gaius Appuleius Diocles, amassed a fortune of 35,863,120 sesterces – the equivalent of $15 billion." ... “His total …

Great writeup, wish the screenshots were a bit higher resolution/more readable

> The reality is that if you care about your craft a tiny bit more than average, you will most likely end up feeling that you are overpaid for trivial work, that you could do so mu…

Not sure where you're at with philosophy, but "The Problem of Pain" by C.S. Lewis blew me away and changed a lot of my thinking about suffering and reality.

I present, a single pixel on LSD: https://ehrenjn.github.io/LSystems/lsystems.html?FADE_TIME_M...

There's no end of people making video games that are direct attempts to convert D&D to a digital format. Take the new Baldur's Gate for example[0]. All the same spells present, dig…

It's bad practice sure, but to say that it "completely negates the entire point of two factor authentication" is ignoring the main attack password managers are good at defending ag…

A huge part of the charm of TTRPGs is playing a non-digital game face to face with other humans. Even if we had AI that was as entertaining as a skilled human DM (unlikely to be po…

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Very thought provoking, and I agree to the idea that we have become overly partisan in nearly every aspect of our lives, even to the extent of pitting women against men in competin…

Ok Google.

I thought the same since I read that right before! glances at URL eyes narrow "Not this time..."