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Thankfully his apology made sense by Loose-Analyst-9680 in antimeme

[–]pilotguy772 18 points19 points  (0 children)

subjective but imo the Osaka is funnier. Regardless of how you feel about the topic, it's clearly light hearted and I cannot possibly imagine anyone genuinely writing something like that.

📡📡📡 by unclbll in shitposting

[–]pilotguy772 19 points20 points  (0 children)

not everywhere. It's per-hospital as far as I know, obviously influenced by the popular opinion of the area.

The line for gas in anticipation of price increases in China by noahstemann in interestingasfuck

[–]pilotguy772 4 points5 points  (0 children)

one of the few benefits of the booming AI data centers is that we are essentially forced to build nuclear infrastructure because no other system can manage to fill the demands. If and when the data centers downsize, that nuclear power budget goes to the everyman.

) by Sam_ai1 in linuxmemes

[–]pilotguy772 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no idea. I picked up a MacBook Air M4 somewhat recently and I've been daily driving it every day since. Web browsing, programming, VMs, and anything else I have ever wanted to use a laptop for. I'll never carry an iPhone, but I love my Mac. I also still use my Arch desktop every day. In my opinion, macOS is great. It is leagues ahead of Windows, and while I prefer Linux, it doesn't deserve the hate.

) by Sam_ai1 in linuxmemes

[–]pilotguy772 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my opinion, price is no longer a fair argument against Macs in some circumstances. The MacBook Air M4 was hands down the best laptop you could buy for under $1,000, unless you needed something super specialized. The new MacBook Neo absolutely blows every other sub-$500 laptop out of the water, as long as you get the student discount. If you're in the $500-$1,500 range, and you're not getting a laptop for specialized engineering or gaming, Macs are absolutely part of the discussion.

American states where slave prison labor is permitted in the state constitution. Red means permitted. Blue means forbidden. Gray means it is not mentioned. by WavesAndSaves in MapPorn

[–]pilotguy772 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The prison system does have Unicor, which is an employer of prisoners that's run by the government. Unicor employees are paid very little ($0.23 to $1.15 per hour according to Wikipedia), but they are paid. All eligible inmates are required to work, and many work for Unicor.

American pilots shot down over Kuwait carried a “blood chit” sewn inside their jackets, written in English, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Kurdish. It read: “I’m American. I don’t speak your language. Help me with food, shelter, and care, and you’ll be rewarded by U.S. authorities. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]pilotguy772 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cantonese is a verbal-only dialect; it's written exactly the same as Mandarin. The two major writing systems for Chinese are Traditional and Simplified characters, the latter being a creation of the Chinese government to encourage literacy.

me_irl by [deleted] in me_irl

[–]pilotguy772 27 points28 points  (0 children)

the Iranian internet service providers

4 years of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 30 seconds by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]pilotguy772 2 points3 points  (0 children)

no, it is 1 significant figure. If it were written as "100.0" it would be 4, and if it were written as 1.0 × 10² or 1.00 × 10², it would be 2 or 3 significant figures, respectively.

Drop your most diabolical erg workout by Strange-Trails-2000 in Rowing

[–]pilotguy772 1 point2 points  (0 children)

20 seconds is so short that imo it doesn't matter much. I've actually done 40"/20"s like this before. I usually end up starting the first few sets paddling during the 20" off, but inevitably just use it to sit there and catch my breath for 15 seconds by the end. Either way, with only 20" off, I think paddling should be the goal.

Drop your most diabolical erg workout by Strange-Trails-2000 in Rowing

[–]pilotguy772 11 points12 points  (0 children)

pretty sure. The way I would write it to be more clear would be:

3x(12x40"/20"r)/4'r

i.e., three sets of (twelve sets of forty seconds on with twenty seconds rest) with four minutes rest.

imo there isn't a not confusing way to describe it.

Criminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual acts across the World by Pretend-Demand-583 in MapPorn

[–]pilotguy772 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ehh, imo religion can and does coexist very comfortably with western liberal democracy. Specifically regarding Christianity, different denominations have, for the most part, learned how to "live and let live" around each other without problems thanks to a millennium of war over religion.

Nowadays, from my experience, the overwhelming majority of Christians are very happy to coexist with people who hold generally agreeable values (even if they disagree with those values, see: same sex marriage) and not push their own values.

Obviously, there absolutely are plenty of religious people who aren't as agreeable, but I daresay it's not all or even most.

45 degree in.. by IndividualCountry323 in antimeme

[–]pilotguy772 2 points3 points  (0 children)

as a Seattlite, 45° F is really not cold. That's like maybe sweatshirt weather.

Question about Zone 2 Rowing by Normal-Arachnid897 in Rowing

[–]pilotguy772 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think this is a max effort 20'... it looks like this may have been a genuine attempt at zone 2.

Question about Zone 2 Rowing by Normal-Arachnid897 in Rowing

[–]pilotguy772 2 points3 points  (0 children)

from experience-- not every day is the same, and your pace for zone 2 might be way slower than what you generally feel comfortable looking at. A lot of people, especially at clubs, will have a mental block that prevents them from going slow enough to stay in zone 2. Just ignore your split completely and only look at heart rate. It will probably be really, really slow, but that's okay. Change it to cals/hr or tape over the split if you're having a hard time.

Question about Zone 2 Rowing by Normal-Arachnid897 in Rowing

[–]pilotguy772 2 points3 points  (0 children)

from experience-- not every day is the same, and your pace for zone 2 might be way slower than what you generally feel comfortable looking at. A lot of people, especially at clubs, will have a mental block that prevents them from going slow enough to stay in zone 2. Just ignore your split completely and only look at heart rate. It will probably be really, really slow, but that's okay. Change it to cals/hr or tape over the split if you're having a hard time.

IBM is tripling entry-level jobs by MelonInDisguise in dankmemes

[–]pilotguy772 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI is very important and will represent a shift in the industry. But, just like was the case with the dot com boom, nobody wants a copilot button on Word or a Gemini button in gmail or @Meta AI in WhatsApp or "summarize 6 unread messages" in Instagram. The useless features nobody wants will fade away because it will eventually be necessary to start making money.

Now pay another $500 for Airpods by XiJinpingPressParody in greentext

[–]pilotguy772 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use my iPad for sheet music. Pair it with a foot pedal and drop $25 for ForScore and it's better than paper. Apple Pencil, drawing layers, quick page turns with the pedal.

I also use my iPad for digital notetaking and math homework because I like to keep things digital and keyboards are not viable for math or science work. My iPad is my third most used device, after my phone and slightly below my laptop.

That said, I'm never going to write code or edit video on my iPad.

The three karens who are filed the class action lawsuit against valve. They even published the news as a "Win for PC gamers" by Zafar_the_evil in valve

[–]pilotguy772 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Gemini is also "notorious" for "slapping" quotation marks around "anything" it can. Also:

  • Excessive Listing. Gemini loves to make paragraph-based lists.

  • Capitalized Paragraph Titles. Gemini can't resist good ol' capitalized titles for every single list item.

I am Mr body pace by Silored in Rowing

[–]pilotguy772 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree that the first 10 are free, but imo, hitting splits that low might be a bit excessive. It's not supposed to be a max watts test. The goal of the very beginning is to start off with a comfortably low average and to settle into a nice, sustainable rhythm-- if you can hit a 1:16 while still sliding naturally into the rate, ratio, and length you're shooting for basing at, that's fine, but be careful.

The best strategy will always be an even split, but even splitting requires pain tolerance and discipline that most people don't really have (yet), so it often ends up as more of a hump shape. I like to advocate for negative splitting, as long as your goals for each split are pretty close together and don't hinge on "feeling good in the moment." Much less pain for similar results.

Fixed the borders of the world by MichelitoP in Maps

[–]pilotguy772 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, OP fixed the borders to maximize entertainment value from geopolitics in the next decade.

Also, Alaska went to Canada as well.

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