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  • So, does that mean you’re not into metal or opera? They both technically have lyrics, but a casual listener will have no idea what they say.

  • Do you hate it more than Reddit?

  • Also, some people will intentionally add numbers at the end of the alias to make it look like all the good names were already taken. Sort of like a joke or a reference to all the bigger social media platforms.

  • I’ve seen something similar happen when a site doesn’t load all the way. Refreshing fixes that unless something has gone horribly wrong.

  • Maybe it would have clarified if I had added some negative expressions such as “misguided MAGA notion” or “authoritarian dictator”.

  • “And we spend a lot of time choosing the right articles to publish and trying to get the message right. We think we're an antidote for misinformation.”

    Indeed, but maybe these journals define misinformation in the conventional way, not the MAGA way. That could be the problem here. If you publish anything too “woke”, it could attract threats like these.

  • Monitors and TVs always have the catchiest names. Those marketing people are just geniuses.

  • My thoughts exactly. My bare bones installation didn’t come with one. I had to specifically install it myself.

  • What about the times when I have data about two things that really should correlate, but don’t because life is complicated?

    You know, like sunshine and temperature? Seasons, wind and location mess things up, and the correlation you expected to see just evaporates.

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  • And why is it that people don’t want to see any ads at all? Some people argue that ads can help you discover products and services you might want to buy? Well, I tried that.

    Got a separate computer just for this experiment. Installed Chrome, used online services that have ads etc. I exposed myself to tracking and ads for a while, and the ads I saw on that computer are still completely irrelevant. I’ve even told some sites exactly what I like, and the ad targeting still sucks.

    Nobody benefits from this, except for the ad companies. Advertisers loose their money, and they get no sales in return (at least not from mme). Ad companies and related platforms get the money for showing me stuff I will never buy, while the ads infuriate me at every turn.

    Even in the best case scenario where the ad companies have all of my data, they still can’t figure out what I might want to buy. The whole idea of ads is just completely broken. On my other computers where I actually do more serious stuff, I use every tool in my arsenal to block all of this digital cancer.

  • Energy is a peculiar word, because it’s used by new-age loonies (and scammer), sci-fi authors and even real scientists. However, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a scientist use the longer term “energy field”, but the first groups certainly seem to love it. When scientists speak of fields, they prefer to specify exactly what kind of field it is (e.g. magnetic or electric).

    If I ever get to own a (farming) field of my own, I’m going to name it “Energy Field”, just to mess with everyone. Maybe I should set up a solar panel there, so that the name actually made sense.

  • That article says it’s 32 768 Hz, which is strangely close to some of the figures you can find on wikipedia.

  • I don’t even need to come up with my own BS, when I can just copy some crazy nonsense written by other people. Here’s a sample:

    UNDERSTANDING CRYSTAL VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES

    Every crystal on Earth possesses its own energetic signature, measured in Hertz (Hz) or megahertz (MHz). These frequencies interact with our body’s energy field, creating resonance that can promote healing and balance.

    As if sources even matter when traversing this deep in Crazy Town, but there you go anyway.

  • Apparently there’s a mistake. Feel free to update the article.

  • Really? I had to look it up, and I found out that it was shut down in late 80s.

    So that’s good to know next time I happen to be speaking with someone who is both old enough and from a particular part of the world.

  • Yes, but first you would need to know that: 411 = “I can’t find a specific community because it doesn’t have a logical name, so can you help me out.” Ironically, the name 411 embodies the problem perfectly.

    This is giving me some serious chicken and egg vibes.

  • With a name like that, no wonder why I never found it.

  • While quickly looking into it, I didn’t find relevant information about the effect of temperature, unless you like to extract cafestol using methanol. That will spice up your morning brew!

    However, I did find this graph, that shows the effect if roast level. Dammit, why did it have to be this way. I don’t even like dark roast.

    Regardless, temperature usually has an impact on extraction rates. Higher temperatures make things happen faster and better as long as we’re not talking about dissolved gases.

  • I seem like it’s better to stick with paper filters. I wonder if an aeropress filter is good enough for catching those compounds though.

  • If we know that the world is coming to turn to ash within a month, year or so, it’s going to be pure chaos all the way till the very end. Hopefully we can push those asteroids away long before they even come close.