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I really hate it when articles refer to “woke” as if it was a thing. I’ve never heard a consistent definition of that word, to the point it just seems like it means whatever the author doesn’t like

“Service Model” is a recent one and I had an absolute blast with it. If you don’t have much of a humanities background, you’d benefit from skimming the Wikipedia article. There’s a lot of references to old novels you might miss if you don’t have the context.

That’s a pretty limited take on “hurt”. A person without a seatbelt will get worse injuries, and require greater medical attention. In other words, it does hurt other people.

I’m really confused why there are no binaural beats app for the Apple Vision Pro. Seems like a natural fit for the device, but they don’t seem to exist at all. If anyone has any info on that, I’d love to read it.

Petition to build Faraday cages into every public school classroom in the country

It's a testable theory. I personally would love to see a poll that breaks down support by wealth. But of course, that's not enough. The presidential winner isn't the person who gets the most votes, it's the person who gets the majority of the majority of states. So we'd need a breakdown on wealth & residency to get an accurate view. This is important, because the top 10% in Alabama probably wouldn't be in the top 10% in New Jersey.

No idea who they'd support. But if I was a gambling man I'd put my money on Trump in that poll as well.

"If the 100 richest Americans decided who was president, it would be someone like Bill Gates or Michael Bloomberg -- not Donald Trump."

That's an interesting question. I haven't seen a poll of the richest US citizens. Which is odd, considering our general obsession with wealth. I suspect that, between Harris and Trump, the 100 richest would go for Trump.

Weird. I wonder how those signs were supposed to be installed. So dangerous you need to blow through at 120mph, but safe enough for a worker to stand there for awhile installing a new sign.

Looking at Elon Musk, some African Americans are white.

I read a lot of this, had to stop. In a way, it's like the film itself. It has a lot of words, a lot of details, and it seems to mean something. But at the end, it really doesn't amount to much. "Mulholland Drive" was a much more effective comment on wealth, power, and misogyny.

Wouldn't surprise me if they dropped insurance protecting you from causing damages. As I understand it, the sharp edges and unyielding metal panels may mean they'd cause a lot more damage than an equivalent vehicle. So unless it's legally required, no form of insurance may be economically viable.

The irony to me is that he just voted to overturn the Chevron doctrine. There's no way that doesn't lead to a huge increase in the number of laws.

Wrong approach. We should change our numbering system to base-12 instead.

I think this touches on an idea that isn't necessarily intuitive. People may not always gamble for the monetary winnings; that's just their excuse. It may be that people do so for the sensory input, and corresponding chemicals their brains release. It would make an interesting (albeit unethical) study: design a casino game where it's impossible to win. Would people still get addicted? I suspect they would.

I'm not in that industry, but if I was, I bet you could do something shady. Perhaps people who buy expensive skins have an increased chance of "luck" within the game. Critical hits may be more likely, more high quality gear drops. It's possible there isn't a clear line between gambling and fashion. At least, that's if the industry is unscrupulous, and I generally assume that describes most companies.

Rifftrax does something very similar, except to mock the films. It made "Revenge of the Sith" entertaining.

Thank you. Clickbait titles like this are painful.

I do enjoy articles like this. They are such good ways to make math compelling for laymen such as myself.