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Vanth

@ Vanth @reddthat.com

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  • Do you recommend the student exchanges at your school? By the way, what country did you guys have?

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  • I plan on telling her parents and surprising her by having them sign her up for the trip.

    If she wants to go to Germany, she can talk to her own parents. I can't imagine any good reason for you to get involved and talk to her parents without her knowing. Maybe I'm missing some context, but seems like a lot of not-your-business.

  • at what point in life it's too late to go back to school?

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  • Engineering

  • at what point in life it's too late to go back to school?

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  • When the pros no longer outweigh the cons.

    I work in a field that offers full tuition reimbursement commonly, so money isn't a barrier. No con there.

    I don't have kids, so that greatly alleviates time capacity. So some con there but not as much as a parent of young kid(s) would face.

    I have progressed far enough in my career and am on a path where another degree won't really help me reach my career goals, so no significant pro there.

    Personal curiosity and ego do motivate me slightly. Even if I never use it at work, I would be keen to have work pay for another degree that I have personal interest in. I also like having advanced degrees solely for the accomplishment. So minor pros there.

    In summary, not too late for me but easy to see that's not the case for everyone else.

  • What 'bad' movie could you fix with a simple casting change?

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  • Good call. As the scene opened I thought they were siblings. The chemistry was so bad (and Luc Besson is such a pervert), I still wasn't sure after the first scene.

  • What are some funny WiFi network names you've run into?

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  • My sister's network is named:

    Ce n'est pas un réseau

  • How do you personally use upvotes/downvotes?

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  • I upvoter things I like or unique takes I disagree with that still seem interesting and in good faith.

    I intentionally joined an instance that disabled downvotes.

  • What's your drink of choice?

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  • Flavored sparkling waters. My kingdom for a La Croix.

  • What brought you to Lemmy?

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  • I read about the Fediverse years ago and opened a couple accounts across a couple platforms. As I expected at the time, too low volume of people to really keep me engaged.

    I stayed on reddit until same as everyone else here; they killed 3rd party apps and mod tools. I was a mod on a small, friendly little niche hobby sub. It started getting overrun by bots and MAGA types who wanted to make every post about guns and women staying home to serve their husbands. Good members started leaving the sub and I turned from having fun to loathing it very quickly. I created some fresh Fediverse accounts and made the move for real.

  • What is your opinion on Libertarianism?

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  • Anyone I've ever heard talking about the non-aggression principle spat red flags faster than a machine gun.

    At best, they're truly so dense and unsympathetic they don't recognize actions that aren't directly or intentionally causing harm do still cause harm (example, the free state project people leaving food out for black bears "because they can" without thought for their neighbors who then have to deal with more bears). At worst, it's rape apologia (crap like statutory rape doesn't exist because that minor "totally asked for it" and the rape didn't cause physical damage).

  • What is your opinion on Libertarianism?

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  • What a fun read, ty. I went to the Talk page hoping for some back and forth about ensuring the description of the project was unbiased. Nope, nada, surpised there aren't any free state project fans within the ranks of Wikipedia editing volunteers who would have something to say.

  • Quentin Tarantino trashes 'weak sauce' There Will Be Blood star: 'The weakest male actor in SAG' (Paul Dano)

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  • Breaking news: Tarantino still an unpleasant, unhappy human being.

    For someone who so obviously gets the big truck = little dick trope in his movies, he sure is incapable of introspecting and realizing he's doing the same thing.

  • Simplest Path to Jellyfin Access for the Developmentally Disabled

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  • Ah, thanks for the explanation.

    I would guess the next set of features "missing" from the Roku app have similar reason then. 1) I use a plugin to search and download subtitles from the browser interface; it would be great to be able to do that from the Roku app too and 2) once subtitles are available, easily adjusting the offset.

  • Anyone have a recent covid sickness that wrecked their voice ?

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  • Yes, laryngitis is a known possible effect of Covid. If it doesn't seem to be coming back after two weeks, I would suggest a doctor if you can, maybe even an ENT specialist specifically.

    Stay hydrated, eat well, go easy on your voice, cough drops, etc. Beyond that generic advice, especially if you're a singer, don't fuck around with dumb advice from Internet strangers. I saw someone during the depths of Covid recommend shots of olive oil to "lube" the vocal chords; replies were from people who did it and gave themselves the shits.

  • Simplest Path to Jellyfin Access for the Developmentally Disabled

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  • The feature from web browser I use most that is missing from the Roku app is the option to increase playback speed.

    If you're really a/the Roku app dev, cheers. I recognize it's a passion project for a lot of those involved and I am grateful.

  • Do you think you’d be able to identify a given Gatorade’s color just by taste?

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  • Certain ones, sure. The cucumber lime one is pretty distinctive, for example.

  • Why does it feel like there is currently less new games, songs, YouTube videos, valuable articles and creations in general?

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  • I think companies have gotten more aggressive with theirs algorithms shoveling people towards content that gets companies the most money.

    I try hard to block out right-wing crap (U.S.) on YouTube. I'm talking blocking channels liberally and going into my history to delete a watch if I find a video is spreading misinformation. I still get so much of it recommended. And anecdotally, it's gotten worse this year. Not sure if there's hard data available out there to prove it but I agree with you, OP, it sure feels like it.

    Spotify is obvious. They dumped a ton of money into Rogan so push his podcast shamelessly to ensure maximum return on their investment, despite Rogan being a piece of shit.

  • How close have you ever been to a lightning strike, or related situation caused by a lightning strike?

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  • Ditto, lightning hit our house when I was a kid. We had a TV antenna with a lightning rod so it was more scary than anything else.

    Despite UPS w battery backup for main computers and surge protectors on most dumb things around the house, I still unplug things before a storm out of paranoia.

  • You have the option to absolve all of Chair or all of Table for the rest of eternity from the fabric of reality. Which would be easier to live without?

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  • Why are gangs not dealing with medicine instead of illegal drugs in the US?

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  • The first rule of illegal prescription drug mule club is you do not talk about illegal prescription drug mule club.