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There is only two ways to protect a game against piracy, right? Either you don't, or use our protection

this is the most denuvo quote i could possibly think of. it’s beyond parody, and yet, they went and said it anyway

interesting strategy to hire a lawyer for that instead of a psychologist

disposable vapes come with built in lithium batteries, while (most) disposable lighters don’t. so there is a very real difference between the two. but disposal lighters are also stupidly wasteful, so it would be nice to ban those as well.

i think you’re taking that quote out of context a bit. a few sentences later, the article says

Even physicians have weighed in on the shortcomings of B.M.I. The American Medical Association warned last year that B.M.I. is an imperfect metric that doesn’t account for racial, ethnic, age, sex and gender diversity. It can’t differentiate between individuals who carry a lot of muscle and those with fat in all the wrong places.

“Based on B.M.I., Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was a bodybuilder would have been categorized as obese and needing to lose weight,” said Dr. Wajahat Mehal, director of the Metabolic Health and Weight Loss Program at Yale University.

so the point they seem to be making is that, while BMI is controversial partly because people like to shoot the messenger, it’s also just not a reliable measurement in a medical context, even as a heuristic. the article also goes into more detail on its other shortcomings as well. the article also indicates how BMI was never intended to be used in a medical context. so, there are plenty of valid reasons for wanting a new metric.

but i do think the sentence you quoted isn’t really doing the author any favors in terms of trying to communicate the central point of the article.

the belief that a quick 3 second rinse will kill off bacteria seems to be consistent with the ways that most people try to wash their hands

“The probability that a homicidal maniac will try to kill you is proportionate to how many homicidal maniacs hear your name,” he said. “So they hear my name a lot — I’m like, ‘OK, I’m on the list,’ you know.”

this makes it sound like high profile assassinations are caused by a bunch of “maniacs” pulling names out of hats

nothing beats having to click the download button twice. it’s my favorite

they already are

i haven’t had any problems with giant cockroaches ever since i started cutting all the tags off my shirts

is this better?

so, people walking

according to the texas secretary of state, texas has about 18 million registered voters. so 1 million people is about 5-6% of all registered voters in the state, which is insane.

in my defense, your honor, i didn’t think anybody would actually fall for it

they’re gotten so accustomed to rejecting evidence that they’re now doing it preemptively. saying no to a second debate means there will be less evidence that they’ll have to reject later

or they do belief it, but they’re very worried he will lose the next one. either way, definitely not a good look

one of my old computer science professors said self driving cars “have been 5 years away for the past 20 years”. still rings true to this day

why?

into our minds and into our hearts

he’s really good at tucking his ears

i’ve been clutching my pearls for the past 10 years but it’s nice to know i can rest easy tonight