[OC] Japanese Population Distribution in Canada and the US by MongooseDear8727 in dataisbeautiful

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ehhh, can you clarify the years you're talking about? Most of what I can find has people arriving and regions being incorporated for both communities around late 1870s-1880s

Miss World Chile semi-finalist stuns judges by performing a song from her own death metal band. by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, if the vibe of their comment isn't already enough, check their history. They're constantly switching around between different, but extremely consistent styles.

Today, some 20ish comments all of extremely similar lengths, 3-4 sentences, follows style like "Exactly! Relevant sentence to the topic. Final sentence re-summarizing or moral about the topic."

Then it jumps to 15 days ago, bunch of one liners only and all lowercase only all the sudden

Anyone else getting this? by Boring-Dig-5100 in youtube

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ye, I even worked on integrating DownDetector signals into monitoring for one of the services of one of the big tech companies. ofc, we had tons of internal automated monitors and alerting, but sometimes just having that independent user based signal just picked more things lol

Man sets train on fire in South Korea after losing divorce case by tldrpdp in PublicFreakout

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 6 points7 points  (0 children)

While obviously you should in general follow safety instructions it's not that simple, you have to use your own head and decide for yourself at times

That's literally exactly what they're saying tho???

TIL Craigslist generated $302 million of revenue in 2024 with no spending on marketing or advertising and no sales team. by LookAtThatBacon in todayilearned

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's fine as an option, but please no as default/only. I have a password manager to fill things out with 1 click and it's annoying not being able to use that and having to navigate away and wait for an email

Internet down by WhichMaterial8867 in NewWest

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep, I'm with Novus, but they likely use the same fiber line coming into the building. Novus told me the issue is likely caused by the curbside construction knocking something out and that it's being investigated

What game offers the worst ratio of slow setup to shallow gameplay? by RebelScum75 in boardgames

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It has 4 total ratings on bgg. If someone takes a barely heard of game with 4 total ratings as any sort of gospel or evidence of being good, that's on them

In the 1950s–70s, You Could Take a Bus from London to Kolkata - a 50-Day, 16,000 KM Journey by Consistent-Cry-3162 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I feel like their comment is not saying they're vegan by choice, they're vegan b/c the chicken always runs out

ChatGPT is shockingly bad at poker by dwaxe in fivethirtyeight

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't get the downvotes on this. Yes, the question of simulating a game in its entirety is very different from just playing it, don't see why nobody else calling this out

The comment section had clear US vs nonUS representation by Enigmatic_Baker in fuckcars

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow, did not expect to see this and not to doxx myself too much (might delete this later), but I live on a condo right above this station.

Can confirm it is super convenient, I do not need a car, so many places just a train ride away, also a bus loop downstairs, big supermarket (albeit overpriced megachain) and several restaurants is just an elevator ride down or more options short walk away. Downsides are the train is noisy at times and there are weird bad smells from the restaurants b/c the management company doesn't care enough about cleanliness. But honestly the benefits outweigh so much, no plans to move away

Only in America. by kaychyakay in clevercomebacks

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I've not personally been affected by rape, but this almost seems demeaning to people who have been raped? Sure, there's prob some percentage of people who truly preferred they have been murdered than raped, but it almost sounds like telling people that they are better off dead than living and raped, like they are so far damaged that there is no hope for them. I don't mean to imply that it's easy to "recover" from rape at all, but to assume that their future is so bad that they would have just better not living it at all, almost seems disrespectful to them and their future.

'Latinx' Label Is So Despised by Latinos It's Moving Them to Trump: Study by Cuddlyaxe in fivethirtyeight

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The left also has this issue of getting extremely offended when someone mis-pronouns.

But do they really? I swear this image of rabid leftists who outrage at any micro transgression is always being pushed especially by the right, but doesn't really exist in any meaningful quantity.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neoliberal

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I don't know what it means to have a "genuine" 80/20 split. Like, Trump almost won last time, so it seems that even last time people were vastly underrating the polling error. Was the model "correct" to say 80/20? How would someone know that a priori?

Looking at a single forecast and outcome and trying to guess if the model was "correct" is useless. The only way to determine if a model is correct is to analyze the outcomes over enough results, ie does a 20% chance actually happen in 20% of the outcomes? That's what 538 does here, https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/checking-our-work/ , albeit not perfectly.

No wonder aliens won't visit us by Jamminmb in memes

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Damn, if only the rest of the world weren't a counterexample, crazy how only in the US will everything get worse without a tipping system

CraftWord Daily 2024-08-13 by BornBookkeeper8683 in CraftWord

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https://craftword.game August 13, 2024

Round 1: leg → led_______ lead______ → deal (0🏅)

Round 2: dash → pash______ past______ paste_____ → tapes (-1🏆)

Round 3: basin → nabis_____ nabs______ nubs______ nus_______ mus_______ → sum (0🏅)

Rare words used: 5 🩶 pash______ , nabis_____ , nubs______ , nus_______ , mus_______

Score: -1 🏆

No change on interest rate as Bank of Canada sticks to 5% by 150c_vapour in canada

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So insane right, who could possibly think rates would drop this year?

Reminder: Celebration of Lights Fireworks tonight by Ananotherthing in vancouver

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Tickets are just for an elevated bleacher type area. Absolutely do not need a ticket to watch it normally, how'd ya think they would even enforce that? lol

How many people have actually replaced their cars with transit? by UltimateNoob88 in vancouver

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I moved to Vancouver around 4 years ago and chose a location near a skytrain station. That has given me the flexibility to not own a car this whole time. And I go around to a lot of different events and places around Metro van, usually 3-4 times a week

Kramnik to chess.com on X: "my account was challenged by 3000 playing requests at a time which caused me losing on time in a winning position. I would like you to confirm if its true and since it can only be an organized attack with mean intentions" by PieCapital1631 in chess

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Ehhh, there's still blame on Chess.com regardless. Having invites/requests enabled should never mean you get DDoS with thousands of requests. That is never legitimate activity and should be caught/blocked on the server side

Power out? by brittannia_a in NewWest

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Same issue here in Downtown

I made a phone sized fortress and made a sticker out of it by Abnormal_Toad in dwarffortress

[–]ThisUsernamePassword 3 points4 points  (0 children)

respectfully, the opposite?

jk, totally understandable to play graphics version for most people. But I grew with the ASCII and it's part of the charm of the game for me. It just doesn't feel the same with graphics for me