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Recommend me good e-reader in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

No need to be stinky, they're just asking for advice. If you're annoyed don't respond, but why be rude?

Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" has ended its theatrical run after just 4 weeks with only $12.5 million, against its $120 million budget. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Usque tandem Cappolina...

Anyone else noticed fairphones seem to be built to break? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have been using the same $20 alcatel flip phone with little degradation in quality for 2 years sounds like a skill issue.

Question about upcoming trends and hardware requirements in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Enjoy your treats!

Question about upcoming trends and hardware requirements in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

quit you are killing the earth with this inane bullshit.

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I am really high and this image is giving me surrealistic giggles like wild. (hexbear.net)
 

Could someone try to parse why this is funny? I can't find the funny bone this is scratching right now.

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I quit smoking Thursday and the cravings are starting to hit me BAD (hexbear.net)
 

After several start-stops, I decided to give it another go during Rosh Hashanah with the idea that I would not bring it with me into the new year. The past few times I have quit, I have managed to stay off for 5-6 months. It feels a bit like the anti-depressant trap of "I feel better, so I'll stop." Or in this case, "oh, I'm not addicted anymore so it must be okay for me to have a cigarette every now and again at parties or hanging out with so-and-so," which quickly spirals.

This Summer, I learned that I was using nicotine to self-medicate ADHD and anxiety which is a catastrophic plan since nicotine dependency and the attendant mini-withdrawals of smoking addiction massively exacerbate both conditions. I am now in the initial stages of treatment for both so I am guardedly optimistic that this quit will go better.

And yes, I have read 'the easy way to quit smoking'! :p Great book up to a point.

Pumpkin spice!! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

It's to measure insulin response in diabetic people. Also it's not plain, it's pumpkin spice! :p

The goal is to give someone under monitoring a very large volume of sugar in a controlled environment and measure their body's insulin response. This is particularly a test of Phase I insulin response when your body responds to sugar intake by releasing stored insulin as opposed to Phase II insulin response where your body secretes insulin as it is produced to bring down elevated blood sugar after the Phase I stores are depleted.

That said this is a nutty amount of sugar and I had no idea that they made them this large.

What is your "I could have been rich" story? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wanted to buy $100 of bitcoin in HS and couldn't figure out how. Would have been like $60,000,000 :ccc

Thoughts on "The Overstory" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I've only read the two, but I remember being skeeved out when I read it and feeling very validated when I read Galatea.

Publishing Revenue in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So it's acceptable for Elselvier et al to milk academics blind? At the minimum, authors should not be charged.

Thoughts on "The Overstory" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think Richard Powers is a sex weirdo who comes up with elaborate novel structures to contain his tulpa gf's in. I was really put off by the woman in the last short story who goes from bimbo to sexy ghost. That felt prototypical for how he sees women. He also admits to stalking and creeping on one of his grad students in his autofiction Galatea 2.2. The short stories were beautiful but the novel itself felt poorly executed with a lot of cut plot threads.

Publishing Revenue in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Alright but look at how much they pay the authors. What other business pays ZERO dollars for their core product?

what's that one sandwich you can't stop thinking about? be detailed in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

sounds nice. very fragrant

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Looking for advice on buying a thinkpad (hexbear.net)
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I am not especially tech-literate and very clumsy. I want to buy a thinkpad that I can set up as a privacy machine. I mostly use my computer for web browsing and messaging and don't need something especially powerful, just something that can run bloated web pages easily and I won't have to think about again for at least half a decade.

Ideally, I want something around $300. Does anyone have recommendations for models to shop for? Anything the size of the T-Series would be adequate. I'm not a gamer or do video editing so no graphics card requirements.

I am thinking something like the T470 but wonder how futureproof that would be.

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Looking for advice on buying a thinkpad (hexbear.net)
 

I am not especially tech-literate and very clumsy. I want to buy a thinkpad that I can set up as a privacy machine. I mostly use my computer for web browsing and messaging and don't need something especially powerful, just something that can run bloated web pages easily and I won't have to think about again for at least half a decade.

Ideally, I want something around $300. Does anyone have recommendations for models to shop for? Anything the size of the T-Series would be adequate. I'm not a gamer or do video editing so no graphics card requirements.

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In 1999 I had Sex with Barack Obama (vocaroo.com)
 

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