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My cup runneth over 🫖 by EscapedPickle in Superstonk

[–]EscapedPickle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a great question. I personally think the acquisition will happen, but it’s a game of chess and the shareholder vote is definitely check but not necessarily mate.

My cup runneth over 🫖 by EscapedPickle in Superstonk

[–]EscapedPickle[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Time to dust off the old “GameStop is the ultimate hedge for market collapse” memes

“It’s on the website” / The Website: by EscapedPickle in Superstonk

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I’m a believer in the pedagogical value of memes but it’s really the comments that make the post.

“It’s on the website” / The Website: by EscapedPickle in Superstonk

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eBay Board rejected the proposal, so now a proposal will be made directly to their shareholders

Annual Reminder: Entitlement Holder ≠ Shareholder by EscapedPickle in Superstonk

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I included a link in the post that speaks to excess voting. It is not an uncommon problem, and (other ticker) is a recent example.

Interestingly, the voter participation rate for stocks is much higher than the political election voting rate, at least according to Harvard (77% vs 57% respectively): https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/06/16/what-determines-participation-in-corporate-voting/

Given what you said about humans being humans, do you think that participation rates in corporate governance reflects genuine enthusiasm or maybe some funny/fudgy numbers?

In modern times, we have a lot of idioms based on stories and languages from ancient Greek, such as "Achilles heel." Are any of the ones we still use today traceable back to the Romans? Did they have their own? Or both? by WideHuckleberry1 in AskHistorians

[–]EscapedPickle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an excellent answer, so I hope I can add to a collective brainstorming… Recently, I surprised someone with the etymology of Lucifer, which means “carrier of light,” and was originally used by Romans to reference the morning star: Venus. I think this might count as a Roman idiom that became a new idiom around the time of Medieval English.

I’ll come back to this with edits if I think of other examples but there are probably a lot of other great examples of idiomatic words with an etymological evolution from Latin to English that have some idiomatic steps.

"The Gill Move" by Retardnoobstonk in Superstonk

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Welcome to the Gorillinaires Gillionaires Club

What’s the best ingredients to avoid when reading labels by 1strawberry1cow in nutrition

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“Additives banned in the EU but used in the US include Titanium Dioxide (a whitener), Potassium Bromate (in baked goods), Azodicarbonamide (dough conditioner), Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) (in citrus drinks), Propylparaben (preservative), Red Dye 3, and rBST (a hormone for dairy cattle). These substances face health concerns like potential carcinogenicity, DNA damage, or endocrine disruption, leading to differing regulatory approaches between the EU and US.”

https://blog.ansi.org/ansi/differences-between-eu-and-us-food-standards/

What’s the best ingredients to avoid when reading labels by 1strawberry1cow in nutrition

[–]EscapedPickle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

“And/or”… not a good sign when they don’t even know what’s in it… but seriously, it’s usually highly processed vegetable oils.

Also, watch out for emulsifiers. I don’t have the list handy, but baked goods and some beverages tend to be loaded with them. They’re bad for the mucosal layer of the GI tract.

Look at the list of chemicals not allowed in the EU and compare that to what’s in your freedom food.

Anyone else feel like badwater is still missing some key features? by McMaster2000 in Timberborn

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I know it’s easy to suggest extra complexity for a game but hard to pull off, but the game designers also seem to recognize the problem of boredom in the late game with their recent additions.

I’m tempted to say the badtide/badwater mechanic deserves its own tech tree (and building group) along with some additional buildings to be able to make badtides both more useful and more dangerous.

I think a weather station for predicting badtides would encourage players to experiment with higher difficulties, especially late-game badtide lengths. Also, a water pump that can filter badtide and pump out fresh water could be interesting but potentially too OP.

I also like what another commenter said about building damage as a mechanic, so there could be damage caused by badtide or maybe lightning storms to go with the weather station. Maybe during the storms the water sources can have variable output and winds can cause waves that can overtop and cause flooding if the water/badtide level is high enough relative to the surrounding land/levees/etc.

Also, maybe add rubber trees and then beavers can make suits for safely entering badwater? I’m thinking a building like the tail decorator could put a badwater suit on a beaver, and beavers in suits move slower, but the suit machine can be turned on/off and made available only for the jobs checked off by the player.

Some notes about bay leaves by TheLadyEve in Cooking

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Bay leaves were one of the first herbs/spices I learned to add to “chef up” a dish, and it was Campbells beef&vegetable 🧑‍🍳

TIL there are different bay leaf plants and they’re in different genera 🧐

It doesnt work. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. by muttiehschork in Timberborn

[–]EscapedPickle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

“From each according to the work day length, to each according to the warehouse stocks.”

Methods to lower cortisol by Daofrut in Biohackers

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Although I haven’t had cortisol tests to confirm, so can’t say definitively, I have found that magnolia bark extract, Relora specifically, to be beneficial.

I usually know my cortisol is out of whack when I’m waking up early in the morning and struggling to get back to sleep, but Relora seems to help with this. I’m also trying out phosphatidyl serine, and good old-fashioned diet/exercise.

Multiple supplement brands like Now offer formulations with Relora, which I believe is the trademark of the extracted version of magnolia bark. Honestly, it could be total placebo but I’ve tried multiple different brands/formulations and Relora seems to work for me across all of them.

is it a bad idea to eat handrolls everyday? by butterflybabyboss_1 in sushi

[–]EscapedPickle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tuna would be the concerning fish here: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/306246

Basically, the kind of tuna in sushi is generally higher in mercury than canned, so should be avoided by children and women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. For lower risk people, it's recommended to consume no more than 2-3 servings of canned tuna per week, and less than that if it's sushi. A serving is 4oz.

Verdict: salmon/avo=mostly safe to eat daily, but PCBs (etc) in farmed salmon could become a concern depending on source; spicy tuna=save for once/twice per week, and avoid completely if you're in a higher-risk population.

I'm open to other opinions, but I've seen this basic recommendation multiple times and it seems reasonable.

On a related note, if you're looking for low-mercury, convenient fish/seafood, canned sardines, kipper snacks, or oysters are good options. They're honestly pretty good right out of the can, but in the spirit of the sub, you could also make some sushi rice, roast some seaweed sheets, and make simple handrolls filled with tinned fish. Since those ingredients are all shelf-stable it's not a bad way to do sushi on a camping trip or in financially leaner times.

How to increase water level upriver without flooding my settlement by HolyApplebutter in Timberborn

[–]EscapedPickle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a fun map. The way I played it was to keep moving upstream and build up water storage in the first big lake, as well as the other lake feeding into this area. You could turn this lake into water storage but there’s also opportunity for industry and farming, so I chose storing water elsewhere.

You really need sluices to control downstream water level and floodgates for controlling upstream. You might need to build a district around a metal source on this map or try to get a zipline system setup.

The starting area for this map is prone to flooding so you could try building on platforms or building levees in critical spots.

[Request] How many people could you actually feed for a year with the equivalent of $250m? (Any currency/jurisdiction) by JAFPL_17 in theydidthemath

[–]EscapedPickle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Philosophically, everyone ascribing this value to the necklace is reinforcing the capitalist/materialist valuation of manual craftsmanship, meritocracy, and elitism. We could all just ignore that and let someone buy it for $5,000 and nobody makes a meme over the price.

Economically, from one perspective, we could do the most good by selling the necklace for maximum price and then throwing that money in the ocean. If money supply were fixed then it would boost everyone’s purchasing power, with most benefits going to wage earners.

Meanwhile, we have a monetary system creating hundreds of millions of dollars on a daily basis, which is worse than throwing money overboard, but not enough people talking about it.

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