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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FCC chairwoman announces departure, paving way for Republican majority⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In what world you read this and derive “both sides bad?!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surgeon general wants tobacco-style warning applied to social media platforms⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The point is to reduce these things, not eliminate them. Your cynicism is misguided given the very real example where this already worked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surgeon general wants tobacco-style warning applied to social media platforms⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  best you can do is educate

  That’s literally what he’s proposing. Warning labels are literally designed to provide information to consumers.

  great idea genius. “do not eat the forbidden fruit” has worked soooo well from the beginning of time until now.

  Smoking rates have been cut by over 75% from their peak in the 70s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Showtime’s streaming service will finally shutter later this month⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh…they’re the same company. Makes sense to be on the same platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video games can boost creativity in young⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Parents tearing their hair out over children spending hours gaming should instead be encouraging their creative use of tech

  Uhhh…the reality exists somewhere between no gaming or gaming consuming your entire life. This is a false choice being given to us by a member of the ultra-rich who has a financial interest in people using tech more

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA just added classics like Dungeon Keeper, SimCity 3000, and Populous on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I played the shit out of Populous the Beginning back in the day. Fantastic game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Writers Sound Off About Litigious ‘Seal Team’ Staffer Who Claims He Lost Gig Because He Was White & Male⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Beneker is seeking $500,000 in alleged lost wages, and “an injunction requiring defendants to offer plaintiff a full-time job as a producer."

  Lmao

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CBS Sued by ‘SEAL Team’ Scribe Over Alleged Racial Quotas for Hiring Writers⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s teaching people about systemic inequities, but Republicans/conservatives/MAGA are fighting that tooth and nail

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dave Chappelle’s Obsession With Mocking Trans People Continues in New Netflix Special ‘The Dreamer’: ‘I Love Punching Down’⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember Chappelle’s short standup after George Floyd was murdered where he was incredibly outraged and emotional? Now he’s aligning himself with people who think George Floyd deserved getting murdered. Chappelle is an ignorant tool

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it considered ableism to treat someone unfairly with regard to their health condition(s) even if they're not a recognised disability?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Also I’m just wondering, isn’t it possible the DSM could be behind in recognising certain conditions? It may be widely recognised, but just not necessarily by the DSM.

  For example? Vague generalities are hard to parse

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it considered ableism to treat someone unfairly with regard to their health condition(s) even if they're not a recognised disability?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you asking regarding employment, or just in society at large? In the US, there are laws outlining what constitutes employment discrimination, and I don’t think you’ve given us enough detail to say more.

  I’m curious what you mean by “not a recognized disability?” Recognized by whom? Someone with a health condition that impacts their ability to function in one or more life domains is certainly experiencing a disability

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cat and poop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This gif is an antique

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  First you said add the radii together, then you gave an example subtracting them, but either way this is incorrect. You divide the larger radius by the smaller radius and add 1

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Does not compute

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I summarized it above, there’s an extra rotation included when the outer circle moves along the inner circle, essentially falling a bit with every roll forward. If the outer circle rolled along a straight line of the same length as the circumference of the inner circle, it would only roll 3 times, but moving around the circle instead adds exactly one extra rotation. That other gent says this is used in calculating orbits too, where you’re also moving forward while constantly falling

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what you’d think, but there’s an extra rotation involved in the act of the small circle moving around the larger circle rather than a long a straight line, so it’s (6π/2π) + 1

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I did not watch this video but did read about this math. Visualize the larger circle unwrapped into a flat line, and the smaller circle sliding along the length of the line so its bottom point is fixed to the line. You’ll see the small circle never rotates. Now slide the small circle with a point fixed onto the large circle in the same way, and you’ll see the small circle makes one complete rotation. That rotation happens in addition to the rotations you get from dividing the larger circumference by the smaller circumference, so the answer is 4 in this case