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You have an infinitely greater number of options for strength and cardio training at a gym than just a stationary bike.

This is just anecdotal but I remember when I was growing up there were always a few kids in school who had extremely restrictive parents like this (strictly controlled their TV, phone, time with friends, searched their rooms, etc.)

On the surface, it seemed like it was effective and they had model kids. But in every case I can remember it resulted in the kids just becoming much better at finding ways to rebel (in increasingly escalating ways) that the parents couldn't catch, until they got a knock at the door from the police, or their kid was pregnant, or overdosed, etc.

I have no idea what prompted this tweet to justify his presence at this conference, but I'm guessing some of the Twitterati have their pitchforks out and smell blood in the water.

For anybody who cares about this sort of drama, I think it's worth giving him the benefit of the doubt and maybe it was just a poor judgement call to speak at this conference. That said, I think he's too smart to not have suspected what type of crowd attends something called "BasedCon".

This is so hilarious I wouldn't even be mad.

This is not my experience at all. I have noticed some FPS drops when using the 'ultrahand' to move many objects around, but other than that I've been pretty impressed with the performance.

It still blows my mind that I can walk for what seems like hours from one end of the map to the other while the weather and environment changes drastically and not experience any loading screens.

In Canada's capital Ottawa, this has been pushed for by the municipal government. Office workers downtown were what kept most of the overpriced, mediocre, restaurants, franchises and coffee shops afloat. These places are often the only convenient option for office workers. Nobody would ever go to these by choice - they are only ever open 9-5 Monday to Friday - so they needed the government to step in and force their customers back to the office.

Nostalgia is a funny beast. Your comment holds true for me but the wonder was with the original NES Legend of Zelda and I felt nothing for Ocarina/Majora's Mask.

Interestingly, Breath of the Wild is the first modern game I can remember that brought back that sense of wonder I had as a kid.

I find it odd this article doesn't provide any examples of low and high trust societies.

There is no local law in Vietnam that says "you must allow the state's army of troll bots to harass anyone in the world that speaks Vietnamese".

Facebook isn't complying with any local law here, and the behaviour in question isn't isolated to users in Vietnam. They are turning a blind eye to avoid retaliation for applying the same rules they'd apply elsewhere.

So Facebook is complicit in allowing its platform to be weaponized by the state against all speakers of Vietnamese (in and outside of the country). When questioned, they simply shrug their shoulders and say "if we did anything to stop this, our platform would be banned in Vietnam."

I'm beyond the point of expecting anything more from Facebook, but I would think the US government should have some leverage here. Vietnam is not the powerhouse that China is (yet), so if a major US company were banned because it applied the same rules it applies to every other country, I'd expect that to be a violation of their WTO commitments.

As much as I have no sympathy for any of these billionaires and celebrities, Epstein's entire modus operandi was getting himself associated with as many of these people as possible to insulate himself.

So while yes, I think there is dirt on some of these people, just being associated with Epstein through way of a meeting, photo at an event, or invite, is not the loaded gun many want it to be.

I enjoy participating in the discussion and contributing to it. I just don’t want my comments there forever.

> edits them and saves a blank string, or whatever string you choose), then deletes it

My account is 15 years old and I've been manually doing this for some time now.

A few years ago, I had a comment get upvoted to the top of a popular thread in a major sub, but it had some mildly identifiable information about myself, so I deleted it.

A few months later, Reddit had this personal "year in review" page you could click through, shamelessly similar to Spotify's year in review (I have't seen it in recent years so I think they stopped doing it).

For "most popular comment" surprise, surprise, it was the comment I deleted, there in full text.

After this I started using the method described above: editing every comment I make, saving a blank string, and then deleting. I usually do this once a week. It's tedious, but at least I can reasonably assume my comments are actually deleted.

This is something that doesn't get enough attention. Youth in North America grow up being bombarded with the idea that becoming a celebrity is the pinnacle of success. Education is often seen as something for conformists. Meanwhile in Asia, children learn from a young age that studying hard and working hard leads to success. Being the smartest in your class is not something to be ashamed of, and not everybody grows up wanting to be a famous singer or athlete.

> The reality is people don’t want to pick their favorite community,

> Communities are not siloed independent bubbles. People are Venn diagrams of lots of communities and interests. Selecting a username can be difficult, deciding which community you want as part of your identity—even if you can change it—is too much. The act of choosing a server has kept more than a few people away from Mastodon.

This is an extremely valid point and I know many potential Mastodon users that have been turned off because of it. It would be like tying your identity to a specific subreddit. I like football and tech and travel, but I don't see why I would want to link my identity directly to one of these interests. And yes, I understand I can still communicate with other instances or can change my instance if needed, but the fact this even needs to be qualified is friction, especially for new non-technical users.

Very true. It also didn't help that the little promotion they did framed it as a comedy.

Apple TV+ has really surprised me. They've quickly become my favourite streaming platform, and somehow even got me interested in Major League Soccer (a sport I didn't even follow previously) enough to subscribe to their MLS Season Pass.

I really hope they don't fall into the Netflix habit of cancelling shows before they have time to find their groove (Mr. Corman was really creative and just getting good and got axed), and some of their dramas are starting to veer into the forgettable "Netflix Hallmark made for TV" territory.

Let me save you from the momentary daydream and predictable disappointment after reading the clickbait article:

> Mr. Thursfield and his Japanese-born wife, Chihiro

> The couple have spent about $150,000 on renovations, and there’s more to do

Surprised to hear the design is divisive. Aside from the rims and Hyundai logo, I think it looks very cool and makes the Model 3 look even more dated.

The 'legacy' manufacturers are killing it with their EV plans lately so I'd be pretty bearish for Tesla if I had skin in the game. I don't expect them to have a new model or redesign any time soon, and even if they did they tend to announce things and then launch them years later while overpromising and underdelivering.

The reverse of this: in my early days in tech support for a major router manufacturer, we were told the CEO would occasionally call in posing as a customer, and agents had been fired for being rude or offering poor support. To this day I don't know if it was true or not, but it scared enough people to think Big Brother was always watching.

I haven't followed CS for some time so I might be missing something key about this announcement... but to my eyes the graphics and effects look smooth, but strangely outdated. The smoke effects look like something that would be exciting a decade ago, and the characters move awkwardly and unnaturally.

> In my lifetime, I’ve seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary.

> The first time was in 1980, when I was introduced to a graphical user interface

> The second big surprise came just last year. I’d been meeting with the team from OpenAI

I guess it's not surprising since Microsoft was late to the game with IE, but it's interesting he never mentions "the internet" in this list.

I think Gmail was a special case: a highly anticipated product that was better than anything else out there, it had a killer feature that was unheard of (1GB of storage and growing!), and you could immediately use it as your main email.

It didn't work out so well when they tried to reproduce that success by making Google Buzz invite-only. My feed consisted of a few people posting "buzz!" and then never posting again. Google+ was similar.

I'm glad this exists but at $22 admission I don't think you're going to attract anyone but hardcore pinball lovers and maybe the odd person trying it out as a novelty once and then never returning. Pinball for most people is not an all day activity so an hourly rate seems like it would be a better fit.

McMurdo as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMurdo_Station#Nuclear_power_...

It's almost becoming a cliche for companies to release damage control follow-ups like this after they pull a bait and switch.

It's always "we're sorry that we didn't communicate our bait and switch effectively". Not we're sorry that we pulled a bait and switch. We're sorry you didn't understand the value in this bait and switch. It's your fault, actually. But we're sorry you're angry. Now stop giving us negative attention.

I've been really enjoying MLS since Apple launched their Season Pass. Sure, the skill level isn't what you'll find at the EPL or European league level, but it's nice to support football/soccer that isn't governed by overly corrupt organizations like FIFA and UEFA. There is also a lot less diving and dramatic acting which helps keep the pace exciting, and Apple's production is top notch.

If we are going back to 2012, how are the Nexus 4 and Samsung Galaxy S3 holding up compared to current Android phones?

My experience does not align with this at all. I've been using an iPhone XS for nearly 5 years. Other than wishing it had a more powerful camera, I haven't felt the need to get a new phone at all. Sure, it's not as snappy as my wife's brand new iPhone 14 Pro, but I can easily live with it for another year or two.

With Tesla's army of lawyers it'll never be a cakewalk, but I can't imagine even miles of T&C can remove a company's responsibility for your car throwing you directly into oncoming traffic, not to mention the potential victim's in the other vehicles.