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fogj094j0923j4··on Jimmy Lai Is a Martyr for Freedom
As an immigrant myself, this criticism on driving is valid. What you said should apply to more social contextes like table, public manners.
fogj094j0923j4··on French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]
>artificial food

As if people are not "cooking" the exact same food bought from these supermarkets.

fogj094j0923j4··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
All those services are wall-gardened so without an account, you already cannot consume the contents.
fogj094j0923j4··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
Yeah but content curation ( e.g. building your own Alrogrithm TM ) is the only way you get out of the advertisement hell of Youtube. Browsing Youtube on Incognito and your feeds filled with Mr Beast and Tryphobia AI Generated contents.
fogj094j0923j4··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
>What social networks are these?

That's the point, there are always fringe social networks you don't know, and they are probably x10 toxic than reddit comment sections.

fogj094j0923j4··on Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued
Megaquake is following a major earthquake is well documented. This is not silly prophercy stuff. Parent was talking about that case.
fogj094j0923j4··on Vanity activities
Yeah sorry, those are vanity features \s
fogj094j0923j4··on After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers
well you can and do swap out components for all of the listed above.
fogj094j0923j4··on Everyone in Seattle hates AI
I notice that expert tends to be pretty bimodal. e.g. chef either enjoy really well made food or some version of scrappy fast food comfort they grew up eating.
fogj094j0923j4··on After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers
It is about space, laptops don't really have the same luxury as PC.

Currently the trendy ultra small PC cases are going in the same direction with tightly coupled components, not in the connector spec, but dimensional fits.

fogj094j0923j4··on Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?
This is something my 12 years old self used to say.
fogj094j0923j4··on Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?
save and invest only makes sense if you can afford to not pull all savings every 3-5 years due to some unfortunate life event I feel like.

I'm pretty well off but my friends are in that siutation

fogj094j0923j4··on How to maintain good vision amidst the myopia epidemic
Solving focus distance is expensive. If you could prevent this with something cheap, why not ?
fogj094j0923j4··on How to maintain good vision amidst the myopia epidemic
Yes but it's might just be a different mechanism from childhood -> adult myopia. Where you go from perfect vision to -5
fogj094j0923j4··on From web developer to database developer in 10 years
references, apply for a company rich enough to fund various projects ( like crypto company, if your moral compass allows ).
fogj094j0923j4··on From web developer to database developer in 10 years
>I held out while unemployed

Watching Eaton's journey online was very inspiring but sadly I have also seen a lot of people doing this to no avail. This is eerily similar to how musicians do busking until they got noticed by a record label.

fogj094j0923j4··on Tinkering is a way to acquire good taste
yeah but you can't tell what good is because you was not exposed to enough good TV. Taste and perception is much more of a developed skill than people realize.

Most often, people deliberately choose not to pursue a special interests area because of limited time / budget rather than a lack of perception for what is "good".

fogj094j0923j4··on Tinkering is a way to acquire good taste
I wonder what they are doing now because specialty coffee was just starting to get traction 15 years ago, the scene is still evolving now.