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PeriodicallyPedantic

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  • Maybe I misunderstood.

    Whan you say "follow the instructions", which instructions are you saying to follow?Instructions on the internet, instructions on stovetop popcorn, or instructions on microwave popcorn?

  • Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video]

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  • The Chicago school opposes monopolies and bailouts, but they support the conditions that inevitably lead to monopolies and too-big-to-fail companies.

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  • I feel like you stopped reading after the sentence that you quoted. Here, let me repeat the rest for you

    If your microwave has a popcorn setting that uses sensors, is almost always the best option. Some use humidity, some use a microphone, some use both.

    They have sensors to detect that for you. Sometimes using literal microphones

  • why, GitHub

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  • Why are you including codespaces in there??? That's a feature I wish more open-source projects made use of. Pristine working dev environments, on demand? Yes please

  • Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video]

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  • Surprise! The system of accumulating power was used to gain power to influence the government to let them gain more power to influence the government to let them gain more power to influence the government... Ad infinitum.

    Government regulation of capitalism is fundamentally impossible in the long term, unless you lock it down early into something barely recognizable as capitalism. That ship has sailed long long ago.

  • Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video]

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  • "that's not real capitalism" now, huh?

    You call it "socialism" because it's failing, but there isn't anything socialist about it; it's just late stage capitalism. Capitalism is a system of concentrating power, and this is what happens when you concentrate power.

  • Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video]

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  • It wasn't capitalism in the same way that "it wasn't real communism".

    Sure, I guess maybe, but it's the inevitable outcome of the processes that define capitalism. Just as all kittens become cats, this is what all capitalism becomes.

  • Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video]

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  • I am opposed to the inevitable outcome of my policies!

  • Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video]

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  • So they all funnel money to the top.

    Are you suggesting that capitalism funnels money to the top slower than other systems? Or that when capitalism does it, it's somehow less problematic?

    Because what else is your point here?

  • Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video]

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  • But that is the inevitable outcome of capitalism.It's like saying "the problem isn't kittens, it's cats".

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  • Technology concessions did an episode on this. Those instructions are for the lowest common denominator of microwaves.

    If your microwave has a popcorn setting that uses sensors, is almost always the best option. Some use humidity, some use a microphone, some use both.

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  • I'm actually thinking of the sociopolitical ramifications of both scenarios here.

    I feel like if physical attraction between species was common, then we'd end up with crazy purity culture, no matter if they could procreate or not; because members of a species would see a sharp decline in the population of their species in the younger generations, as most couples were either unable to produce offspring, or produced offspring of a new species.

    I'm curious what an animal that was like 1/16th 16 random animals would look like. With so much selection, would everyone tend to the average of all animals after like 10 generations? Would we end up with a single blended specie? Would it reduce into a handful of different blends that achieved critical mass?

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  • I would like to unlearn this, please.

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    TIL that Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a self-confessed child molester, according to his autobiography 'Scar Tissue'

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  • God I hope there are

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    TIL that Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a self-confessed child molester, according to his autobiography 'Scar Tissue'

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  • God damn it, I was hoping I could at least still like smith

  • Living language

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  • Based on what does it grate? Are there any other native English dialects that grate, or just this one?

  • Living language

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  • What if I told you that the provenance of "aks" is at least as solid as "ask"?

  • Living language

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  • I feel like people forget that words can have multiple definitions. You can have a technical definition and a popular definition

  • Is this real life?

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  • Put a harpoon against my legPulled the trigger, now it's a peg