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BilboBargains

@ BilboBargains @lemmy.world

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  • A disturbing number of TikTok videos about autism include claims that are “patently false,” study finds

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  • Tiktok is still probably a better source of information than most British doctors. Official diagnosis by an expert is obviously the gold standard but I would imagine self diagnosis remains the starting point for the majority of people.

  • What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?

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  • Cars produce more harmful airbourne pollutants from their brakes than they do from the tailpipe. Copper is being phased out and the ultimate goal is to abandon friction braking entirely in favour of electrical regeneration.

  • TIL The Katy Freeway in Houston, TX was expanded in 2008 to 26 lanes (one of the widest in the world) and 5 years later had longer peak travel times than before the expansion

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  • And yet we hear the argument that when it comes to cycle lanes the opposite is true, the more you add the less they are used.

  • What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?

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  • British royal family.

    Religions that collect money from adherents.

    Web 2.0 data harvesting.

  • 'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend

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  • Prosecutor: What gear were you in at the moment of impact?

    Defendant: Gucci sweats and Reebok Classics.

  • Is there a more politically conservative part of the fediverse?

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  • Being a conservative must be a discombobulating experience in the technological age. The conservative is attempting to prevent the progression of society and conserve what we currently have or even revert to a bygone era.

    OP arrives at a brand new platform, a piece of technology that didn't exist a short while ago and requests a space to assemble people who don't like change.

  • Sound Off: How many 10+ year redditors have left the site?

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  • I would imagine the 10+ demographic has the highest rates of attrition. Those people will have witnessed most of the transition from niche to lowest common denominator. Everyone knows the adage that 100k is the subreddit limit after which the community breaks down. It would happen here too. The discourse here is uncannily like the 2009 Reddit I remember. People are polite and well informed. I hope the localised and open nature of the service keeps it that way.

    Prediction: Reddit will become a cesspit of advertising and data harvesting, a la Facebook. It's most of the way there already.

  • Portuguese tourist assaulted by Turkish police, jailed for 20 days for "looking gay"

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  • I wouldn't be so hasty. The middle east, including Turkey, are some of the most culturally rich places to visit. In general, the Arab people are extremely hospitable. There has been civilization in the area for thousands of years and many fascinating antiquities remain. Turkey in particular has a longstanding secular tradition that was started a hundred years ago by Kemal Ataturk, only recently eroded by the religious conservatives. I wouldn't let a few thuggish people put you off.

  • What's a company secret you can share now that you no longer work there?

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  • It sounds like the Steven Seagull movie, Marked For Death, over there at Bombast. People who manage telecoms firms are a special kind of psycho. None of their pricing makes any sense. It's money for old rope and there are massive variations in service and value that depend on the customers having no choice in the matter because there is so little competition in the market.

  • What's a company secret you can share now that you no longer work there?

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  • The bowties

  • Oof…

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  • Diagnosed at 47. It's been a helluva ride. I've been addicted to more substances than you can shake a stick at. Car crashes. Destroyed relationships. Academic disasters. Depression. Criminal justice. Happy now though, trying not to look back but it wasn't all bad. Every day I do a bit of work on rebuilding my self esteem.