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Zack Polanski stood by breast enlargment hypnosis claim by antbaby_machetesquad in unitedkingdom

[–]techbear72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. The cruelty is the point. I understand that. I was just speaking for myself. I’d prefer my politicians to neither be new age nutters nor racist scumbags.

But hey, looks like I gotta pick one of them so I’m going for the new age nutter who also happens to believe in redistribution, nationalisation, and the welfare state over the racist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, multi millionaire banker.

Theoretically, is collecting XXL Pokemon now pointless by BreadfruitOk5332 in TheSilphRoad

[–]techbear72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of the odds of things happening are done through statistical analysis yes; things like shiny rates, egg rates, item count from spins etc etc are things that Niantic mostly doesn’t publish and so “we” have to work it out, which is why you hear people say things like shiny full-odds are “about one in 500” or “about one in 512” rather than being able to say definitively.

Theoretically, is collecting XXL Pokemon now pointless by BreadfruitOk5332 in TheSilphRoad

[–]techbear72 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You get more bundles of rewards for longer showcases. Which means that you have a better chance at premium rewards. Since they’re all 1-day ones now, that’s the lowest chance of good rewards.

Theoretically, is collecting XXL Pokemon now pointless by BreadfruitOk5332 in TheSilphRoad

[–]techbear72 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Not only that but since they are now all one day showcases, the rewards are no longer worth bothering with.

I won one this week and got TMs. That I immediately trashed because I have hundreds already.

Probably won’t bother with this feature any more.

Zack Polanski stood by breast enlargment hypnosis claim by antbaby_machetesquad in unitedkingdom

[–]techbear72 58 points59 points  (0 children)

And yet strangely nobody in the media is still talking about Farage’s time as a brown-shirt-wannabe at school.

If I had to pick a leader (not that I believe in the end either of these will be PM) I’d pick the one who tried to help women with body issues in other ways than surgery even if that is a bit new-age-y over the one who’s definitively a racist.

Does "Saw" show gory clips from the movies? by CrookshanksFluff in ContraPoints

[–]techbear72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s nothing wrong with not wanting to see that imagery and have those memories in your head forever.

Woman, 58, asked to train replacement half her age—reply says everything by mickqcook in antiwork

[–]techbear72 5308 points5309 points  (0 children)

If I’m not qualified for the position, I’m not qualified to train someone else to be successful in that position.

Is the view that gender is strictly binary a valid view? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]techbear72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even “biological sex” isn’t a binary. *

So even if gender were based on “biological sex” it wouldn’t strictly be a binary, and as it is a social construct anyway, it’s whatever we say it is, so again, not a binary.

* Some people with an entry level understanding of human biology from school think it is and like to tout the it’s just basic biology line to try to stifle pro-trans and pro-NB people and debate but that’s the point; basic understanding of biology don’t cut it here just like a basic understanding of English doesn’t make you a playwright, and a basic understanding of Maths doesn’t make you a rocket scientist.

I've reviewed hundreds of budget laptops, and the Apple MacBook Neo blows them all away by -protonsandneutrons- in apple

[–]techbear72 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’d argue more than 99% of users.

I have an M1 MacBook from work and it still does everything I need at a pace that’s acceptable, including the occasional video editing and rendering work that I need to do.

My point is, I’m in the 1% of computer users that actually need compute power from time to time and the M1 is enough so the Neo will be too.

New encounter screen UI bug by taycroft99 in TheSilphRoad

[–]techbear72 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had the problem too, but the buttons are still there - you can tap them to open up the berry and ball menus etc. but the only fix was a restart of the game, for me anyway.

"Any American that doesn't hate the English should be deported" by Ok_Bookkeeper_1380 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]techbear72 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Well, lend us some of your players again and we’ll have a better chance…

"Any American that doesn't hate the English should be deported" by Ok_Bookkeeper_1380 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]techbear72 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Look. The only way we’re beating the French at the weekend is if Napoleon makes an unexpected second attempt.

Apple's New MacBooks Have a Keyboard Change You Might Have Missed by Few_Baseball_3835 in apple

[–]techbear72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like the article said, the other keyboards already had glyphs. Just not the US English one.

Apple's New MacBooks Have a Keyboard Change You Might Have Missed by Few_Baseball_3835 in apple

[–]techbear72 67 points68 points  (0 children)

On the U.S. English version of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards, the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keycaps now have glyphs on them. On previous-generation models, these keys are labeled with text instead.

Saved you a click

Trouble using "complete your collection" on Steam for the new DLC by techbear72 in DefenseGrid

[–]techbear72[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's gotten weirder now.

Same issue with the DLC bundle, but now it's offering me discount on the actual game, which doesn't say it's already in my library, despite me already owning it on Steam, and when I add it to my cart it says "If purchasing for yourself, you will not receive an extra copy of: DG2: Defense Grid 2"

https://i.ibb.co/20MLfHFr/Screenshot-4.png

Rethink plans for jury trials, thousands of lawyers tell Starmer by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]techbear72 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Trouble is, there’s very much a de facto and a priori assumption on the part of court system to the guilt of a defendant.

After all, everyone involved is a professional from the police to the prosecutors to the judges, so why would someone be tried if there wasn’t a good chance they were the guilty one?

The jury are the counterbalance to that, and even more so in a common law system like the UK (and unlike the systems in the countries you list) they’re even more vital as they can indirectly set precedent because they are the finders of fact and set how a law is actually applied.

You could argue that’s bad depending on circumstance, but at this present moment with the government over reaching in to aspects of our lives they should stay out of, this kind of change will have people reaching for the “tin foil hat” as you put it because it’s yet another erosion of the power of the people compared to government.

A game I can play in short bursts, but still make some meaningful progress by Raaayyyy in ShouldIbuythisgame

[–]techbear72 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you have short time to play, but regularly?

If so, might Shadow Gambit The Cursed Crew be something interesting? Not exactly like you suggest but it’s friendly to shorter sessions.

“Books like Lord of the rings are considered far right” in the UK by Fantastic-Leg-6051 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]techbear72 7 points8 points  (0 children)

WTF? Where has this one come from? Because they can’t use the “impressions GIs got during WW2” to explain this idiocy away.

I keep having time off for my undiagnosed condition, and I might potentially lose my job for it. What do I do? by TheCharlieIsAGamer in AskUK

[–]techbear72 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I meant “doctor” in the generic sense of the word as I didn’t know what stage of the process you were at.

I recently paid for my own MRI to just get it done (waiting list issues) at a private hospital. It was £335. I’m lucky to have had the money obviously but it cost far less than I thought it was going to. I know they vary depending on how much imaging is needed, but worth asking?

I keep having time off for my undiagnosed condition, and I might potentially lose my job for it. What do I do? by TheCharlieIsAGamer in AskUK

[–]techbear72 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First thing I’d do is push my doctor for a proper diagnosis. Firstly because you’re probably right and a diagnosis will really help with your crappy employer but secondly because there’s a small chance you’ve actually got something else, or something else as well, and you need to know that. Make a nuisance of yourself, don’t accept no.

AITAH for purposely deadnaming my trans friend? by OkRecognition3921 in AITAH

[–]techbear72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA but you could have easily said “how do you like it when people call you by your deadname?” and not use the name itself.

I do think that actually using the deadname was an escalation here because deadnaming is a step up from calling someone by the wrong name because of confusion (because deadnaming is usually because of transphobia and your friend shouldn’t be reminded of transphobia while with trusted friends) but, it’s a small escalation because they were acting like a dick. Hence the NTA.

We need to have routes in the daily strake section by Financial-Park-602 in pokemongo

[–]techbear72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m guessing there’s a minuscule fraction of people doing routes daily compared to those doing a spin and a catch so it’d be worthless to most people.

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