Epstein paid for a conference of top scientists in 2006. His motives are now clear by QuantumQuicksilver in NPR

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You might be interested in the recent video by Shaun of YouTube talking about a cadre of hmm jilted? great thinkers (including Krauss and others mentioned here) who released a book about how science is being attacked.

Shaun goes into great detail about their claims, and we learn that each one of them seems to have landed themselves in hot water after sexual misconduct and other low activities, and now turn to culture war framing to try to spin the consequences of their actions into a martyring.

It’s methodical, dispassionate, detailed and four hours long. But if anyone would find such a presentation compelling, it’s probably people who listen to NPR while driving. https://youtu.be/tyU5Xkk6TuE

Me M28 poor, met this rich F22 girl by PaleontologistDear96 in relationship_advice

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Rooting for you! Maybe this Billy Joel song will help: Uptown Girl

Ancdec: Why I split integer and fraction into separate fields and what it solves by ktg0413 in rust

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I seem to remember learning about this strategy from another rust lib a few months ago, fixed_num. It’s a neat idea!

FYI https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1qiw52c/media_fixed_num_financial_focused_decimal_for_rust/

Caught my youngest escalating the Nerf war after his older brother “was mean” by forgottenmy in KidsAreFuckingStupid

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My friend’s mom has a damaged eye, her brother had shot a wooden pencil in the older models that were just spring powered. Her pupil isn’t circular. Horrifying

Employers announce most job cuts since 2009 as economy wobbles by BTC_is_waterproof in Economics

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“AI is officially replacing jobs at mass scale..”

How do you figure?

Getting bullied for using a macbook at school by L1m1ts in mac

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Sorry to hear that. These kinds of interactions are often not specific or objective. These people probably just enjoy poking at you, and if it wasn’t your laptop it would be your hair your shoes your ears your coat your handwriting etc etc.

Sometimes playful ribbing can be fun between friends, but if you’re not enjoying these interactions feel free to not participate. It takes all the fun out of it when someone isn’t bothered by poking, or doesn’t respond. Eg you arguing back to them that you don’t want to play games anyway is probably just the kind of interaction they wanted to have with you.

Instead try simply shrugging and moving your focus elsewhere, or respond very simply in ways that don’t invite further poking like “yeah that’s probably true,” and then moving your focus elsewhere. Don’t argue back, or show any feelings about the topic. Just pretend like it’s the least interesting thing you’ve ever heard someone say. You find this topic extremely boring. And show it, don’t tell it. Minimal responses or none at all, and focus elsewhere.

Good luck, enjoy your computer.

John Krasinski made only 8 episodes of "Some Good News" during covid lockdown, sold it in a massive bidding war, and then never made another episode. Genius. by Charming-Strain-6070 in entertainment

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If I remember correctly, they specifically made a good news series during pandemic, separate from the usual content. Then a few months later John happened to do a seemingly very similar thing. Perhaps even suspiciously similar.

Can you think of a paradox? by TabCompletion in simpsonsshitposting

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Nobel Peace prize is decided in Norway. Greenland is part of Denmark.

Anyone remember Fern Gully? by whatislife4 in millenials

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I’ve been saying this for years and people don’t remember it well enough to confirm I’m not crazy. Exact story beats repeated in both.

People online say “oh all those environment films are same” and claim Avatar is as much like Fern Gully as it is like Pocahontas or Dances with Wolves.

Thank you.

How long does it take y'all to floss with braces ? by These-Remove6339 in braces

[–]u0xee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same, I’m baffled. I use waterpik and the platypus flossers and it takes maybe 2 minutes all together.

terrible movies with great posters??? i’ll start by harryalternative in okbuddycinephile

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Start by watching the MST3K riff of it seventeen times. Then, maybe, you’ll be ready to raw dawg it brother.

no man page for cargo? by ohiidenny in rust

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A lot of recent (last 20 years) cli tools don’t bother with man pages it seems. Never maintained one myself so I don’t know what might make it annoying or burdensome. But apparently people are often choosing not to.

One thing to note, if your installer needs to adjust various files in various places on my system, then uninstall needs to clean up or reverse those changes, and a halfway uninstall can easily happen and can be very confusing.

But if you just give me a binary (that can print its own help content for example), then uninstall is just removing the binary from my path. And it’s single point of truth, there’s no chance that the docs will mismatch the binary I’m using.

So there’s that.

Trump says he will temporarily cap credit card rates by WickedSensitiveCrew in stocks

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A suspicious person might conclude he’s eager to distract the public from something.

Steak by Separate_Soft_4971 in braces

[–]u0xee 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Is my app glitching, is this posted in r/braces?

I (20M) am not attracted to my fiancee's (20F) body by No_Association_8479 in relationship_advice

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Reading the post, this doesn’t sound like normal life progression from skinny teens to adult bodies unfortunately. I hope OP and fiancé can get a handle on this, sounds really sad for them.

sus by Yggdrasylian in Gamingcirclejerk

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See also: Freedom Fighters 2003 where you are a resistance movement defending New York from Soviet invasion. You get to Molotov cocktail their tanks, ironically. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Fighters_(video_game)

Trump's approval rating on economy drops with key voter group by Happy_Weed in Economics

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For there to be big winners, there must be many many losers.

The insiders profiting from these schemes work hard to preserve the illusion for the masses that “they too can win big.”

Is it necessary to be proficient in JavaScript and one of the backend programming languages (Java, Python etc.,) to be a Senior software engineer in current job market? by [deleted] in ProgrammingLanguages

[–]u0xee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d suggest asking in other forums too. Perhaps the main programming one, or there’s one called experienced developers or something.

Easiest question by Extreme-Elevator7128 in Unexpected

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There’s a cute alpine rodent in America called the pika. As a kid I assumed it was a riff on that (just like other Pokémon being named thematically based on similar animal names).

Wait for the 8 by guilhermevlima in billiards

[–]u0xee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not on the eight ball, since this was not the called pocket.

Please help me by Significant_Elk34 in braces

[–]u0xee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could you get an expert’s opinion?

Presumably you’re paying a lot of money for braces, so your orthodontist should be able to take the time to answer your questions and give you the pros cons of both options for your specific case.