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  • Fuck, why is it that almost everything that is bad in the US can be traced back to Reagan. It’s unbelievable

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    Men losing their mind
  • Yes. I mean I’m a man and I had no trouble understanding the post but for some reason it is very hard for some people

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    2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - [POST RACE] discussion thread 🏁
  • He had like 25 laps with Leclerc behind him AND with DRS. Every lap I was look at that interval timer and it was close to 0.6s which meant an overtake opportunity or it was almost 1.0s which would have broken the tow.

    Then LECs tyres fell HARD. The crash at the end was crazy (haven’t seen Perez’s replay but it seemed like his fault), however I feel like the last two laps would have been bonkers and I think Leclerc would have finished 4th.

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    Sorry to be a downer, but this is a really good point.
  • The point of the post is that if Trump had said that he wanted to kill every immigrant at gun point, there wouldn’t be any jokes or memes about it, because it’s a dangerous statement that would be taken seriously by anyone.

    By making memes about him saying immigrants are eating dogs and cats, then we are “signaling” that what he said isn’t terrifyingly dangerous, we’re taking it as ridiculous and funny and not to be worried about. And that plays a role in normalizing all the stupid shit he has been saying.

    As a disclaimer, Trump is a piece of shit and I am DEFINITELY NOT saying both sides are bad (I fucking hate that argument). But the argument in the post is a valid one. Of course there are also some upsides to the memes. First they are funny but they also cause those words to reach out to more people which hopefully has an effect in terms of voting against him

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    Flexible
  • Not to excuse the fault the democrats and especially Biden has on the situation in Gaza, but “don’t both sides” this shit.

    Not only is “but Trump” an actual valid argument for about a million issues, Trump would absolutely steamroll the genocide in Gaza to even worse metrics. So not even in that 1 metric are the republicans a better option

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    Is GitHub Copilot worth it to you?
  • The autocomplete is amazing

    It just takes the mental strain out of syntax and I can focus more on the logic and structure of the code

    Like you said much better for writing unit tests, but also for log messages and comments

    Even the chat is sometimes useful but not as much. I treat it as much junior engineer assistant/rubber duck. I.e. I never completely accept what it outputs and usually review everything but quite often it gives me a different idea/approach even if it doesn’t write it 100% correct the first time. Because I always review it, having it autocomplete the next line is my preferred approach so I verify each line as they come.

    Once you start to past 10/20+ lines in a row you will have a bad time.

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    Exclusive: Kamala Harris surges ahead of Donald Trump in latest poll taken after DNC
  • Love your comments. Keep them up

    Also if there’s a place to follow you, especially closer to the election let me know

    I recently joined mastodon and follow almost no one there, so if you are there with these analysis definitely let me know

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    A book recommendation from Google Bard
  • I see

    Thanks anyway for the input

    I realize now that you probably have like twice my age and I’m very much an adult. Which is pretty cool, don’t get me wrong :)

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    A book recommendation from Google Bard
  • Noted

    I don’t really listen to audiobooks but it’s always good to know.

    Also what’s your opinion on the rest of the trilogy that neuromancer is part of? I have the second book as well as my gf bought it but she didn’t have the courage/will to actually read it after neuromancer. Just curious

    And yes I’ll let you know how it goes :)

    We got our own book club in this thread haha (at least what I read)

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    A book recommendation from Google Bard
  • Hey!!

    Contact is read!!

    I really liked it. In a story about ET contact, the focus is basically almost 100% on humans but I actually liked the approach. Halfway there were some chapters where it went on some tangents and it seemed weird filler but by the end it all wrapped up rather nicely.

    It was also a much easier read, having taken like 1/10 of the time Red Mars took me.

    I’ll probably read Neuromancer next, even if my gf found it a hard read.

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    Steam hits 37 million concurrent users today
  • I got invited

    Do you If I accept it and install the game if I will be able to invite other people or do I have to play for some time?

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    Trump rally: In battleground Pennsylvania, Trump tries to counter Harris’ surge | AP News
  • They were more than happy to have a very reasonable chance of having Trump in the office by choosing not to vote.

    Not as bad as voting for him but still not a great excuse.

    There’s also no reason to believe that 100% of those people would not vote for Trump. What is most likely is that the proposition would be roughly similar, maybe a bit lower

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  • How are everyone’s stories coming along? Have you finished the game? If so how many times?

    What tips, remarks or other things of note do you have that you want to discuss here?

    As always try to keep things as spoiler free as possible.

    Also should I do these posts more regularly (shows up on people’s feeds more and so has more traction) or like this is fine. Definitely don’t want to spam people.

    Lucky rolls to you all!

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    The previous post was starting to lose steam so here is another one.

    Please note that these will be pinned at the top of the community, so do remember to check back to these threads. The more people contribute, the more other people will check it out and continue the discourse.

    As always, please be careful of spoilers. Use warnings and tags when needed.

    Feel free to share anything you want, or ask any questions :D

    Lucky rolls to you all.

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    I figured we should have a post for random thoughts, questions and other comments that people might want to do without having to create a new post just for that.

    Do people agree this idea? We can have these up (possibly pinned) for a while. Maybe a few days, at most a week.

    Please keep discussion spoiler free, unless you are using the appropriate tags.

    Cheers!!

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