RootBeerGuy

joined 1 year ago

It is amazing how good Microsoft is at milking every product for maximum profit, just because people don't like the next Windows version. But most will anyway switch at some point.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I use this daily and just wanted to highlight two downsides:

  • 1 some instances are quite slow in response

  • 2 some instances are non English, so everything except search results might be unreadable unless you know that language

The second one has been happening less frequently recently though, not sure if there are just more English instances or some other reason behind it.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 weeks ago

Are you serious? It's Microsoft.

Damn, they are pushing this real hard.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's a big point that also usually isn't really distinguished in all these studies, especially the ones about children and screen time.

I feel there are differences between just watching cartoons and playing some involving game.

Also, just walking by a TV that's on is also screen time, or not? Is the TV running in the background at home screen time when you only look at it 5 minutes here and there?

I'd be happy if those studies would clearly state, 4 hours social media per day is bad. Or 4 hours watching TV with at least 30 minutes long sessions is bad. Stuff like that.

You probably won't.

Well yeah. Turns out you are not the average user. Don't mean that neither as a compliment nor an insult.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think there is a clear difference between being immortal and being indestructible. I would think if your planet breaks apart you'd probably die with it being crushed or whatever. Also always unclear if being immortal means you don't need to breathe air.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
  1. It's a joke.

  2. Just throw them back after use.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure why you get downvoted. This was even one of the winners of the ignoble prize this year https://theconversation.com/the-data-on-extreme-human-ageing-is-rotten-from-the-inside-out-ig-nobel-winner-saul-justin-newman-239023

People are generally the oldest where record keeping is the worst or where records have been lost. Doesn't mean everyone is lying but in many cases the claimed age is not correct.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Did the guardian cut off the article on accident?

There's this passage at the end of it that just doesn't seem to relate to the rest:

In 2007 Ulvaeus was wrongly accused of failing to pay 85m kronor (£7.9m) in Swedish taxes between 1999 and 2005, and went on to successfully appeal against the decision.

Like, OK, it is about taxes but specifically about the taxes on the stage clothes of the 70s/80s, so how does talking about his taxes between 99 and 05 add anything to the discussion?

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, that is sort of what the parent part is about.

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