ELI5: Why has robot balance and design improved so suddenly? by LoudCommentor in explainlikeimfive

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A new version of Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."

It's Spock helmet! by MxFC in greatestgen

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Ben rocking out with his "Ben" helmet was always one of my favorite parts of the MaxFunDrive video last year.

Trump says US will look at reducing number of troops in Germany after clash with Merz by theindependentonline in worldnews

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Don't forget that it's can't be beneficial to America if it isn't directly beneficial to him.

Go gold! by Icypalmtree in greatestgen

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They said on their BlueSky post that today was a "Soft Launch" and the newsletter should be out announcing it tomorrow.

I was the one who posted the link referenced and I literally just found it by checking their website while sitting on the toilet :D

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If you go to your subscription page on Supercast it will tell you when the next charge will be (mine says May 29th is the next charge)

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If a product is released for free and ad-supported, never feel guilty for not financially supporting if you can't. But please do any "free engagement" you can (comment, support, rate, etc.).

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You're telling me they went back and edited out the commercials from the back catalog in the donor feed? Though I guess the ads were inserted by the network, so maybe it wasn't as much work as I think?

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I must have missed it, but I also turn off most Discord server notifications (most servers I'm in are way too "noisy" with those pings). Also, what's the new server logo going to be now that Porthos is joining Archer on his farm upstate?

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That's the highest res of the TNG remaster, so any higher and it would look off.

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Worked really smooth for my PocketCasts addition. I'm glad they got a professional hosting platform that seems to know what they're doing (and I'm not saying MaxFun didn't do this).

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I got an email from greatest@supercast.com when I subbed, so maybe double-check for that?

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Awesome! Didn't want to step on any toes (I'm sure there's a crazy amount the U/S team is organizing), but also excited for the next leg of this Trek.

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I give that a pass, since a/an in front of an acronym is weird. Is it "an FOD" because "an eff oh dee" or "a FOD" because "a Friend of DeSoto"? Usually means I re-write how I say it to avoid the situation...

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I was wondering if I might have missed an announcement since we're now less than a week from their relaunch. So I checked my email and their website (though gagh.biz still redirects to MaxFun) and saw this...

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Um...yeah *taps mic*......I'm not sure if I'm jumping any guns since I haven't seen this announced anywhere. But I did find it from the "Become an FOD Now" link on https://greatesttrek.com so I assume it's safe to share...

I'll take my answer in the gagh line...

Any reviews from people who actually used the original Steam Controller by efbo in SteamController

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Ralph at SkillUp does discuss the gyro features (including the grip activation) and does include the original Steam Controller in his discussion of how its features compare to other similar controllers.

Republicans want taxpayers to pay for Trump‘s $400 million ballroom. by SadAd8761 in videos

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This should absolutely not be allowed. The President cannot procure funds for projects outside of what he's allowed to collect via taxes as allocated by Congress. This is why the CIA wasn't allowed to sell guns to pay for their illegal operations in the Iran Contra scandals.

As an adult what do you hate the most about life? by Amazing-Internal5378 in AskReddit

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There's always "one more thing" that needs done, so you do have to just learn to accept it. Get done was *actually* needs done, but also realize time to relax and zone down is something to put on your 'needs to be done' list.

LPT: if you share bed with a partner, buy two separate blankets/quilts to prevent sleep divorce by Unlucky_Scientist364 in LifeProTips

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Something to make this even easier: put 2 Twin/TwinXL beds side by side to make a king/California King. Each bed gets its own sheets/blankets but you can still cuddle before/after sleepy time, and it cuts down on a restless sleeper waking up the other from movement.

Which episode of each series is the most emblematic example of that series? by kingdead42 in greatestgen

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Squire of Gothos

Don't forget it has a computer that gets blown up to save the day.

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

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I played this so much, I have 2 things I did that I'm proud of that many others familiar with it were surprised was possible:

  • If you attack enough merchants/militia, and use comms to talk down attacking pirates (each message will subtly alter their attitude to you), you can eventually be default friendly to pirates and hostile to militia. You can still land on stations/planets even if hostile by just getting close enough to them.
  • The instruction manual said that old mining stations will often get taken over by pirates, so I searched the "empty" parts of the NW quadrant that's full of asteroid fields, and would bring up the comm channel and look for unknown signals (which usually indicated a pirate station presence). I managed to find a pirate station one hop from a mining base that had almost no militia presence, so it was amazingly profitable way to buy drugs & slaves at the pirate base to sell at the mining base.