DocMcStuffin

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[–] DocMcStuffin 1 points 3 months ago

I've never seen Ts used. Usually big T is shorthand for tablespoon and little t for teaspoon. So, plural of tablespoon? Also, I don't have a 1/3 tsp measure in my kitchen, but 1/3 Tbsp = 1 tsp.

The main argument I'd have against Ts for Tbsp is if you look up a recreation they're using tsp for most everything.

[–] DocMcStuffin 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was not aware of Giordano Bruno. 😮

Bruno was tried for heresy by the Roman Inquisition on charges of denial of several core Catholic doctrines, including eternal damnation, the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, the virginity of Mary, and transubstantiation. Bruno's pantheism was not taken lightly by the church,[2] nor was his teaching of metempsychosis regarding the reincarnation of the soul. The Inquisition found him guilty, and he was burned alive at the stake in Rome's Campo de' Fiori in 1600.

[–] DocMcStuffin 125 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Vaccines shouldn't be political. What is wrong with some Republicans?

[–] DocMcStuffin 48 points 3 months ago (3 children)

My guess: turn failing big companies into failing little ones.

[–] DocMcStuffin 6 points 4 months ago

What is up with this article? The author didn't provide the film's plot until the last paragraph.

The film “The Atheist” is directed by Mohamed Gamal El Adl and produced by Ahmed El Sobky. It deals with issues of religious extremism and atheism and attempts to present a special view that atheism sometimes results from overthinking religious issues, and on the other hand, religious extremism leads to excommunicating society. It took about 3 years to produce the film and obtain a screening permit, according to the director’s statements.

Sounds like a shit-show to me.

[–] DocMcStuffin 22 points 4 months ago

That's my feeling. That the raccoon is AI generated. It just has that look

[–] DocMcStuffin 9 points 4 months ago

Someone spread the rumor that JD Vance admitted to having coitus with a couch, and the rest was memes.

[–] DocMcStuffin 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Be afraid of the cat girls."

- JD Vance, probably.

[–] DocMcStuffin 5 points 4 months ago

That isn't what that article says. It talks about American Rounds and other companies that use vending machine to sell restricted products. A different company Master Ammo found using AI for facial verification to be costly when they looked at it "years ago". The article doesn't specify how long ago that was. If it was 12 years ago, which is the age of Master Ammo, I would find that plausible.

The machine for American Rounds was pulled because of "disappointing sales". Retail space ain't free, and I bet it has slim margins too.

In any case, the whole endeavor may not be viable in the long run. They either have to get costs low enough to compete with brick and mortar stores and the Big Box stores, or they have to go where none exist while finding enough locations to recoup development costs. The devil's in the details and unfortunately all the reporting on this has been quick news stories.

[–] DocMcStuffin 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm surprised Barrett was 1 of the 3 in the dissent.

[–] DocMcStuffin 28 points 5 months ago

Looks like someone tried to archive an archived page. You can see https://web.archive.org/... is listed twice in the url. I just trimmed off the first one then it works: https://web.archive.org/web/20240229113710/https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/2834

 

Yes there is fire.

 
 

The latest assessment from the defense department said China had increased its arsenal of operational nuclear warheads from the estimated 400 in 2021 to more than 500 as of May this year.

 

Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn't control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.

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It's this Saturday. It's going to cut through the US, part of Central America, and South America.

 

A new CBS News poll found that a majority of Americans support the House’s move to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker, with 60% of adults in the U.S. backing the removal.

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Notably, 54% of Americans who identified as conservative expressed approval for ousting McCarthy, while 70% of Americans who called themselves liberals backed the move.

 

Fallen Aces doesn't have a release date yet, but it's looking fun.

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Edit: KingRaptor helped me figure out it's a bug in steam's wishlist. It can bundle games without telling you then shows the combined discounted price.

Original post follows.


Title: Steam is lying about their discounts

This is a troubling trend I noticed today while browsing my wishlist on steam. One of the games seemed to have a double discount, but the price before discount was much higher than I remembered. The original price should have been under $20, but they had it listed as over $30. Checked steamdb.info, which is completely independent of steam, and sure enough the list price is $16.99.

I checked another game that had a double discount, and it was the same trend. List price of $7.99, but steam was showing $19.98 discounted to $7.63.

When did steam start engaging in this shady practice? Has this just started or has it been going on for a while?

 
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