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ovulator··on Does Reddit have an astroturfing problem? What the data suggests
I think a lot of them came from people who never touched code in the first place.
ovulator··on US memo to colleges proposes terms on ideology, foreign enrollment for fed funds
That quote sounds like something straight out of Russia, do not talk about those in power or what they do, stay silent.
ovulator··on Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites
Large of law numbers. There are a lot of idiots out there. I had a buddy; super nice, super funny guy, late 20's, but financially an idiot.

He sent a $1,000 check as "collateral" to some online "bank" to get a $10,000 "loan". I explained to him that this isn't how any of this works and he just paused and said, "Huh, so should put a stop payment on the second check?" He had sent them another $1,000 as some sort of second round of collateral for the loan or some other nonsense.

And I've known dumber people than him.

ovulator··on Show HN: Test your license plate identification skills
YOUR ARE WRONG!!!

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ovulator··on Where in the U.S. Does Middle-Class Income Stretch the Furthest?
Yeah, they seem very wrong. Checking a couple: What they say for Washington $153,000 what the US census says $94,952

What they say for Kansas $126,270 what the US census says $72,639

What they say for North Dakota $133,770 what the US census says $75,949

ovulator··on [dead]
I'm not sure where they are getting their data, but just based off women's volleyball (who took silver) the school's are all wrong according to the NCAA https://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/olympics-2024/202...
ovulator··on The farther left you lean, the more anxious, depressed, and unhappy you are
I went here first too, I thought I need to start putting my laptop on the right side of my main screen to make me lean the other way to increase my mood.
ovulator··on The obscure intelligence bureau that got Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine right
Sometimes I feel like I was taking crazy pills, but I distinctly remember major news agencies like the BBC calling BS with pretty hard facts about the whole WMD thing, but no one really cared. (In America or Britain anyways)
ovulator··on The Age of Rage: Why Are People Are So Angry?
To address your second point, it is merely about satisfaction, not solutions or best optimal outcomes. The question is neutral to what the current state is or what the future state should be, only on their satisfaction with it.

There isn't really a conflicting result if 50% of the people think we should live in a theocracy and 50% think religion should be outlawed if 0% of them are satisfied with the status quo.

ovulator··on Europeans have more time, Americans more money. Which is better?
I can get money with my time via a job, how exactly do I get time with the money I now have.
ovulator··on Children Need Neighborhoods Where They Can Walk and Bike
Absolutely, crawling over neighbor fences were no big deal getting to my friends house to cut a trip around the sidewalk.
ovulator··on Would-be Tesla buyers snub company as Musk's reputation dips
Yeah, when you see a Honda CR-V or Toyota Camry driving down the road you know exactly why those people bought those cars, they are one of THEM.
ovulator··on How Couples Meet
Match.com was founded in 1993.
ovulator··on How Couples Meet
Tom Brady is currently dating all 30 million single women in the US at the moment.
ovulator··on Stock markets are booming but the good times are unlikely to last
I'm here to tell you the hard truth, that the stock market will remain absolutely static for the foreseeable future, stocks are going to the troposphere!
ovulator··on Alexei Navalny has died
How did that work out for the Germans?
ovulator··on Sports Illustrated's Publisher Lays Off Entire Staff. Future Unclear
I don't know how they are doing monetarily, but theathletic.com has taken over what Sports Illustrated used to be. Good actual sports journalism.
ovulator··on Breaking Through Depression
One thing a therapist told me during a session one time is: "It sounds like your life just sucks right now". It isn't always something internal, but the outside world impacting us. Chin up, do it for your son, best of luck my man.
ovulator··on Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all
We added a billion people to the planet last decade.
ovulator··on The Password Game
This is awesome, I kind of want to use it now instead of a password generator, I got as far as the chess move. 20+599July.XXXVpcedepepsiABOUTBechile
ovulator··on U.S. pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year high
Arizona and New Mexico would not be included in the bible belt, and are two of the biggest offenders in this case.
ovulator··on Oregon finally legalizes pumping your own gas
As dumb as this law was, I think it will make road trips a little less magical as a Washingtonian. It was like driving into this strange land with these strange customs. That little anxiety where you pull up to what would be a routine gas fill up and have to wonder, what exactly is the protocol here? How do I not offend the locals?
ovulator··on Debris found came from missing Titan sub, says friend of passengers
I feel the same way, but I guess 5 deaths are a tragedy, 300 is a statistic.
ovulator··on Google no longer automatically indexes websites?
I've noticed this for a side project I run. https://cfbpedia.com/ I upgraded it's server a while back and unknowingly borked it's SSL redirect. I corrected it and Google hasn't picked it up again since despite my fiddling in every way in their Console, still just "not indexed". If you search for it directly in Google you will find links to it, but never the site itself. I figured I was doing something wrong and didn't care enough to fix it, but it definitely seems like Google is making some sort of attempt at pruning.
ovulator··on Lessons from Washington State’s New Capital Gains Tax
It explicitly excludes real estate.
ovulator··on Ask HN: How much of inflation is caused by supply rather than demand issues?
He said everyone did, all 8 billion of us.
ovulator··on We overestimate our short-term ability, but underestimate our long-term ability
When I first started hitting the gym, it was because of a horrible break up. So there was a psychological need (I found it better than any therapist I was trying at the time). But then, it just became habit. I went today because I went yesterday. Nothing more to it. Then covid hit, and that habit broke. I've been getting back into it, but in fits and starts because I've lacked that initial push.
ovulator··on Falling birth rate not due to less desire to have children
A decade ago I paid $10,000 a year for one kid, and I was super lucky to even find anyone at all. That was the price for just some lady running a daycare out of her basement in the country. I don't want to know what it is now, in a city.
ovulator··on ChatGPT Generated Sherlock Holmes Winnie the Pooh Crossover Novel
A short novel generated entirely by ChatGPT using public domain characters Winnie the Pooh and Sherlock Holmes. Welcome to the future.
ovulator··on Show HN: America – Road Trip Simulator
I have no real comment on the site, but just some awesome coincidence. I'm currently on the west coast in a hotel room watching a Nebraska football game on the television. I pull this site up and it puts me in Smith County, Kansas. I turn on the radio and it pulls up the local AM radio call from Superior Nebraska of the exact same game I'm watching on TV. Awesome.
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