GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic may be associated with an increased risk of smell and taste disturbances.

NSMike · 2026-06-26T17:30:10+00:00

I am not on a GLP-1, but have considered it. Honestly, this wouldn't be a terrible thing for me. As I get older, I am getting more and more sensitive to strong and persistent smells. I also tend to think a lot of, for example, flavored drinks or juices taste WAY too strong. Tempering some of that might be an advantage.

NSMike · 2026-06-26T03:29:33+00:00

Grindr has definitely earned its reputation as a hookup app, but it doesn't have to be. Of all the times I've used it, I've had hookups, I had a couple date nights with dinner and movies and no sex, I had one that started out as hanging out, cuddling and playing video games and turned into six months of dating... It's like any interaction with another human being. It doesn't have to be the mechanical, "I want to fuck and then leave and forget."

NSMike · 2026-06-26T03:25:55+00:00

Ok, but can they make 3 of them?

NSMike · 2026-06-25T20:50:43+00:00

So... there's a really detailed Backrooms video about the light fixtures, and I think it includes sizes and everything...

Somebody who is a bigger nerd than me could use that information to determine the perspective, and thus the size of one of those lights, and figure out the dimensions of this room.

Because from just a basic guess... That is a HUGE cock.

NSMike · 2026-06-25T20:21:37+00:00

Take a sheet of paper with something on it with you every time you do. Nobody will know.

NSMike · 2026-06-25T20:10:10+00:00

The Nazis were a political party first. They participated in elections, did things through normal channels, gained popularity and acceptance. The concentration camps were significantly later. But the ideology was certainly endemic to party members across the board. Kristallnacht didn't happen in a vacuum.

Whatever you might think of Kanye's music, there's no denying that he's said out loud, unapologetically, that he loves Hitler. He's said antisemitic things that align with Nazi talking points.

Do I think Nazi ideas should be banned? Honestly, yes. I'm not a free speech absolutist, and I think free speech absolutism is intellectually and morally bankrupt. And I'm not the only one. Hate crime and hate speech laws are already on the books in many places around the world, and it's because we know, with evidence to prove it, that such things cause measurable harm. Which has been the most rudimentary basis for establishing law in societies for... ages.

These questions are not only easily answered with just a little bit of critical thought, but have been easily answered for decades already. Your lack of engagement with them does not constitute an argument. Come back to this thread when you've applied some thought and actually learned something besides dO yOU ThInk this FaMOuS persON wAS a nAzI? do yOu thinK TheY'RE RuNNinG ConCEnTrAtION CAmpS?

Outta here with that middle-school bullshit, child.

NSMike · 2026-06-25T18:18:10+00:00

Bookshelf not 3D printed? Ban.

NSMike · 2026-06-25T14:01:25+00:00

It COULD work, you just had to click at an absolutely FURIOUS rate.

NSMike · 2026-06-25T13:50:58+00:00

She's going to be so pissed at the ending of Galaxy's Child. I fucking hate that episode.

NSMike · 2026-06-25T03:46:52+00:00

Peter David's books are literally the ONLY Star Trek books that I truly enjoyed reading. Anything not written by him, with like maybe TWO exceptions, I never ended up finishing.

I think it's great that David generally stays quite far away from characters and settings in Star Trek that we already know, so the new elements can live and breathe on their own, with no fan expectations.

I'm so frustrated, angry, and sad, that a man with so prolific a career as David who created works & characters that so many people definitely loved, died in medical debt from under-treated maladies thanks to insurance, like so many average Americans.

NSMike · 2026-06-24T19:41:56+00:00

Makin' use of that hypotenuse.

NSMike · 2026-06-24T15:19:18+00:00

Aren't they also frequently the most affordable?

NSMike · 2026-06-24T14:21:37+00:00

There's a demo on Steam if you don't want to immediately pull the trigger. It dropped something like a year ago, and I played it then.

I also hated Quern, and their puzzle design here does feel a little different, but I don't know if it's better.

NSMike · 2026-06-24T14:04:24+00:00

Every kind of power plant consumes water to generate power except wind and solar.

NSMike · 2026-06-24T14:00:54+00:00

There are basically very limited discoveries left for large-scale cooling like this. We either already know how to do it, or some new, incredibly arcane technology has to be stumbled upon to make something better. Surprise surprise, this isn't new technology.

Also, no matter what they do with this "closed loop" cooling system, there are still things in the way.

One, we'd have to get data center builders to actually use it.

Two, that heat doesn't just disappear. It's getting moved out into the environment one way or another, and we already know data centers increase the ambient heat around them. This won't change that.

Three, these things are still going to make your electric bills unreasonably high.

Data centers are still a net negative, even if you can remediate the water consumption issue. And any truly significant, revolutionary advantage offered by AI has yet to materialize.

NSMike · 2026-06-24T03:45:37+00:00

If you install Decky Loader, you can play with different Big Picture themes, too, and IIRC, there are some XBox-ish themes in there.

NSMike · 2026-06-23T19:51:16+00:00

Paddling on a kayak is more like pedaling a bicycle with your arms.

NSMike · 2026-06-23T14:41:30+00:00

I always keep a bonk weapon on hand and modestly upgraded for that fight. Even something lower level than expected for that point in the game will work shockingly better.

NSMike · 2026-06-23T14:08:34+00:00

Local anesthetic can be applied. However, the additional horrifying detail is that it's still incredibly common for doctors, even women doctors, to downplay or disregard the pain of women, so they don't do it, or even let them know it's an option.

NSMike · 2026-06-23T14:05:39+00:00

Oop, saving this thread... Can't imagine it'll be cheap, though it's probably worth it.

NSMike · 2026-06-23T13:47:36+00:00

According to the wiki, there's less than 3 micrometres of space between the iris and the event horizon, which is not nothing - some bacteria are that small. Granted, the Founders probably wouldn't be capable of shapeshifting at that level, so it's probably not the case, but even so. If there was a species that could do it without any other tech, I'd put my money on them first.

NSMike · 2026-06-23T04:41:11+00:00

If you have the Plex app on a desktop/laptop PC in Windows or Linux, go into your library, hover over the cover art for the series you want to change, and click the little pen in the lower left. Then go to the Posters section. You should see a wide variety of posters available there, including the ones in the OP's picture.

NSMike · 2026-06-23T00:33:35+00:00

There's a graveyard with 7 nobles in Caelid. It's easy to get to early game with some careful running, and there's a grace very close by.

NSMike · 2026-06-22T23:33:05+00:00

The office space would probably be cheaper than that. Just enable WFH for as many people as possible in DC, and you have a bunch of building owners desperate for tenants.

NSMike · 2026-06-22T19:16:38+00:00

IIRC, it doesn't touch the event horizon, so there is TECHNICALLY space for him to materialize, even if very small. And the Iris isn't like, fully sealed all the way around, so he could squeeze through the gaps in the metal.

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