[-] WammKD 4 points 3 months ago

Maybe the brand? I generally use HP and Dell (and Debian/Ubuntu) and, while always bracing for something not to work, have generally not run into any issues.

[-] WammKD 5 points 3 months ago

…but did it not happen via purpose?

[-] WammKD 5 points 3 months ago

https://furilabs.com/ may be of interest.

As I understand it, they've made a lot of their own improvements that improve the user experience.

[-] WammKD 5 points 3 months ago

Because of the conduction?

[-] WammKD 6 points 3 months ago

I remember really liking it, when I first saw it, but I was in high school, at the time.

It's a film (like many at the time) that's much more influenced by the impact of 9/11 than Asimov.

You'll probably be entertained though (it's certainly still a competently made film) so I'd say watch it; that way you can know what others are referring to and be in on the cultural zeitgeist.

[-] WammKD 7 points 3 months ago

I don't think they were saying they're Nazis; unfortunately, many people can't recognize the harm a group does if that harm is slow or "off-screen" (like the poverty or civil restrictions most conservative policies inevitably result in).

I think they were just using a conservative group such as the Nazis since it'd be much more obvious to the average person as to why we need to draw a line, with some groups, and cleanly indicate why OP's blanket statement that "everyone should be welcome" can't possibly be true.

There are those who view this offer to share their thoughts and existence as an opportunity to permanently terminate the same of others.

[-] WammKD 5 points 4 months ago

Huh; any idea why that, of all things, would slow everything down?

[-] WammKD 4 points 4 months ago

This; it's only 3 months out of the year (well, at least the snow) and I like that there's variety in my year.

Being an adult also means I get to choose when I go out, now, so the cold/snow bothers me even less.

But, like you said, I also live here because I like snow.

[-] WammKD 4 points 4 months ago
[-] WammKD 8 points 7 months ago

That's absolutely fair; I guess, more so, what I was trying to push against is the implication that eye contact is a necessary component of sharing interactions with people IRL (and, rather, it's perfectly possible to be IRL with others without eye contact), if that distinction makes more sense.

[-] WammKD 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

While I agree with you, it shouldn't be forgotten that Hilary still had the popular vote. I think the Dem.s will still win due to Harris not being as hated as Hilary, likely better campaigning than Hilary, Trump being an abysmally bad candidate (just in terms of general political competency, regardless of his beliefs/positions; I think them winning will continue people not taking that point seriously enough), and Harris actually being able to bring out black (and, I would wager, Indian) voters.

I don't think that black people were necessarily excited about Hilary but they absolutely are about Harris. I think they can likely win like this; it won't be a landslide but it'll be O. K.

I agree with what you think they ought to be doing (I want to push the Overton window leftward and going back to the center after it's been pushed so much leftward over the last 8 years is both frustrating and bad policy) but I think Kamala has a bunch more shoring up than Hilary did. I also think it's going to convince Dem.s that this is the way to win; if Kamala continues to govern from the center rather than like her voting record in the Senate, I think we get the same rush to neoliberalism Clinton ushered in. But I'm hoping otherwise.

[-] WammKD 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Funny; probably the opposite of yours.

Facing the toilet paper outward increases the chance that the paper rips with the roll being in such a position that the loose portion of the roll is lying exactly against the roll: I don't want to have to spin the roll to be able to get to the loose bit. Having the loose bit closer to the wall – probably by virtue of being further away from the user – more often results in it being ripped such that a bit is hanging below the roll, making it easier to grab more often. It's, in total, a much more consistently enjoyable user experience.

Also, less being constrained only to countable objects is an artificial and unintuitive definition. It's not like further vs. farther, describing two distinct concepts which never overlap. Fewer is in reference to counting by individual elements so it wouldn't make sense to apply to things which aren't inherently segmented but it's entirely possibly to measure less of the total of a segmented collection. To say less milk is to take a reduction of the total amount of milk available; this is perfectly feasible with a segmented collection, like cookies. To say less cookies is to take a reduction of the total amount of cookies, something fully measurable and actionable. It is merely that fewer is applicable to a subset of the things which less is applicable.

To argue otherwise is to try and create an artificial construction against the intuitive logic inherent in the natural construction.

I had not realized the latter was a hill I'd die on but, boy, will I, now.

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