ramjambamalam

@ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca

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TIL that it may be faster for humans to run on all fours. ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov )

The fastest human on the planet might be a quadrupedal runner at the 2048 Olympics, which may be achieved by shifting up to the rotary gallop and taking longer strides with wide sagittal trunk motion. More generally, investigation of quadrupedal running will not only result in the development of new techniques that allow...

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Can't wait to try it in QWOP.

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Cross-country Canada and Kid Pix

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Is your name a dig at Lemony Snickett?

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I never understood the logic behind that. What's the reason for it?

Are we afraid that all of the criminals will form a Crime Party and campaign to legalize burglary and murder? 😈

Or do we think the type of person who would commit a violent crime is going to be incentivized to not commit a crime because of losing their right to vote, in a country where half the people don't vote anyway?

Before I mug this old lady, I really should consider that this upcoming election has huge ramifications and I really don't want to risk losing my right to vote. I don't mind jail, community service, or monetary fines; it's voting that might prevent me from commiting this offense. 🤓

No, I think it's more likely that some people don't want other people who are disproportionately convicted of crimes (you know, those people) to have a voice.

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There has certainly been a correlation for being black and being charged with possession of weed if that's what you mean.

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But what are those units? What do they mean? It's labelled on one of the lines rather than the actual axis which is unusual to say the least.

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"High value" is also a term used in the FemaleDatingStrategy community, which is a community of women who advocate for traditional chivalry, abstinence until commitment, and strongly opposes BDSM under the belief that it's essentially abuse.

I'm not sure if that has any bearing on the emptymology of the common usage of the term.

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We both had pretty detailed profiles with lots of photos

Same with my wife and I who met online a couple of years back. Even back then, lots of other men would complain about having a hard time getting matches, being poorly treated on dates, etc. which did happen to me, but just as often I'd make a promising connection.

I think part of the reason I was relatively successful despite not being terribly attractive is I treated online dating a bit like online shopping, whereas I think others treat it like a virtual version of bumping in to someone at a bar.

To give you an example of a profile I might skip:

My idea of a great first date: Just about anything!
Likes: food, traveling, and probably your dog
Dealbreakers: pineapple on pizza

First prompt tells me nothing about you besides you're easy going. That's a great opportunity to share something you like doing, squandered.

Second prompt is the same likes that everybody writes in their profile, and doesn't lead to naturally staring a unique conversation. Everybody likes "travel and food" so, "Where have you travelled," and, "What's your favourite food," are well-trodden and tired topics IMO. Either share something specific about food or travel, or mention something else entirely.

Third prompt takes another opportunity to save us both some time by stating an actual deal breaker, squandered into a cliche joke.

A better version of that profile could be (just winging it off the top of my head):

My idea of a great first date: I love to ride my bike! Let's ride some trails and then get a dessert. I know the best spot in town for croissants!
Likes: blunt communication and lots of personal space to get to know someone
Dealbreakers: if you still live with your parents

First prompt tells me that you like biking which could be a conversation breaker about which trails you like, what type of bike you ride, and we could also talk about that croissant place, or our other favourite desserts.

Second prompt is useful as someone approaching dating you, and could be a deal breaker for potential suitors.

Third prompt states a real deal breaker which could save us both time, and it's not something (religion, political affiliation, hair colour) which is usually covered in the profile and filterable in your preferences, or in photos.

In my opinion, there were a lot more of the former type of profiles, but I found it easier to break the ice and connect with the latter type of profile. The former profile is fine if you're both just looking for a hook up and the prompts are secondary to the eye candy, but if you're looking for a long lasting connection, it's all about the prompts.

My question to those who are dating just a couple of years later: how have things changed?

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Good to know!

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Which part of diversity, equity and inclusion are you opposed to? Or do the quotes mean that Ubisoft is doing something nefarious in the name of DEI and I'm out of the loop?

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Paralives?

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Just thinking out loud... "U.S. Staah-laerh" ~= "U.S. Taah-laerh" ~= "U.S. Daah-laerh"?

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What virtues does the American flag represent to you?

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So the American flag signals the virtue of capitalism, or at least anti-communism?

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I can understand L/100 km and MPG but km/L is just wack.

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Loads for me on Firefox for Android with uBlock and some other extensions. Iut of curiosity, what are you browsing on?

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Ross Ulbricht wishes he had one of these.

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Ah yes, story we hear every week outta murica, them white folks, shooting their automatic assault rifles at the cops and getting away with it

I'm not saying it's the same but the Bundy standoff comes to mind as a recent example where a buncha good ol' white boys barricaded themselves in a compound, and they weren't bombed. They didn't fire upon cops but they did imply that they were ready to if they were raided.

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"He lives with his family, so make sure you pack the dog gun."

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    How did they expect to make money with a web browser? Were people expected to pay for it at some point?

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    I refuse to pay for pirated content out of principal. It's bad enough that I'm infringing copyright (and boy do I!) but commercialized piracy rubs me the wrong way. I even prefer Bittorrent over Usenet and FOSS media software over commercial software. Yarr!

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    Some artists in the punk scene are putting out cassettes.

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    The thermometer says 36 centigrade, which isn't great but it's not terrible.

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    Parachute day was always fun.

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    Good call naming that disasterous blimp after him, eh?

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    They aren't good if you type a lot of unpredictable words, like me. 😑

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    I've been using an alternative keyboard called FlickBoard to have a more tolerable touchscreen experience since hardware keyboards are practically extinct. It's been a couple of weeks and I'm getting close to my previous typing speed with swiping or pecking on a touchscreen keyboard, with zero auto-correct errors.

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    Survivor

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    FYI, a browser plugin called Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES) exposed the vote breakdown on Reddit as well, although like all scores on reddit, it was fuzzed to confound cheaters.

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    resolution? burn in? energy effiency?

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    Gendered washrooms are silly. Actually enforcing gendered washrooms is pants-on-head backwards and I think everyone in this thread agrees on that.

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    Ding ding ding ding ding!

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    It looks kinda like a medieval torture device...

    How did you get the spikes set?

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    Canada has green (Green Party), Orange (New Democrat Party), purple (People's Party), Blue (Conservative Party) and Red (Liberal Party) among others.

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    So the average human is, what, 0.05 HP?

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    No singular entity.

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    Would it help to run it under WSL?

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    They removed my slide out keyboard, too.

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    We've made it! Lol

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