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100k seems to be in approximately the same ballpark as 2012 and 2008... and certainly no farther from them than it is the real historic turnout low point in 2000 the amount of money and canvassing and media attention spoiled all so 100k… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 months ago

i’m expecting low turnout in every contest in the republican nomination race because they are treating trump as the incumbent who is basically already the nominee. if there was another candidate that anyone was actually excited about maybe turnout… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 months ago

> Yeah, didn't Pete Buttigieg win Iowa, too? Bernie won the vote but Pete got one more state delegate equivalent because of how dumb the caucus system is. However, that doesn’t tell us much because Trump won Iowa by a margin that we almost… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 months ago

> for all of Trump's whackadoodle nuclear talk, he has made the contrast between the Washington establishment's interest in foreign intervention a major contrast with his isolationism except it's all bullshit. He made a show of isolationist… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 months ago

Die or not die, win or lose, be removed from the ballot for insurrection or stay on the ballot all the way to Nov 4, it doesn't matter, Trump is still a mythical figure and dozens will run in his name. He remade the Republican party and it's his… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 months ago

"Bobi", world's oldest dog, stripped of title
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MeFi post - 4 months ago

> That fog was quite convenient, and not particularly realistic looking. the fog was sent by the gods, with our welsh nihilist a kind of demon, or maybe an avenging angel, but certainly a figure from a mythical realm, possessed of magic powers… [more]
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FanFare comment - 4 months ago

we get into this debate a lot on mefi and i’d like to say once again that you should always sue big corporations for petty shit like this because they don’t deserve benefit of the doubt or any kind of leniency. fuck em. also i would also have been… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 months ago

it’s really hard for me to tell if the author is being sincere or if this is an extremely dry parody of evolutionary or simplistic biological explanations of human behavior [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 months ago

holy shit! that's my reaction to this episode. fuck! [more]
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FanFare comment - 5 months ago

incredible kevin mcalister energy from this episode. so far this is easily the best fargo since the first season [more]
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FanFare comment - 5 months ago

man all that build up to a slightly underwhelming defense of the house. but the house burning down? pretty on the nose for a visual metaphor for dots new life blowing up. “with all due respect, we’ve got our own reality”, just an amazing line… [more]
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FanFare comment - 5 months ago

> I don't know that Netflix consciously tries to break the established North American industry system, but for my viewing history, they certainly have. I think they're just more interested in expanding subscribership internationally since they… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

the crash in the video is at about 1:09:00 if you’re wondering and man that kid is pleased [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

> a solitary Bonk to release him from his Miseries couldn’t we all use one of these [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I will say when you see what the Houthis are doing you start to understand why the US is so invested in maintaining ties to friendly powers in the region like the Saudis and the Israelis. Shipping has not had to circumnavigate Africa to reach the… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

It's hard to see how he could have time for an affair but not time to try and repair or sort out the de facto marriage. I think his account involves a bit of self-deception. Not that you should say that to him necessarily (it might not provoke the… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 5 months ago

shoplifting at a corporate chain? that’s none of my business [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

a huge factor here was reaction against the wave of progressive prosecutors. nowhere got featured more in this hysteria than san francisco and it definitely contributed to the ouster of chesa boudin. in any case this seems like deliberate lying to… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I feel confident that if the Biden administration told Israel to cut it the fuck out right now or we're establishing a no fly zone over Gaza (which would mean shooting down Israeli jets!), they would scale back right away. But there's no political… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

> What would you have had them do otherwise? Considering that this effort will not only not destroy Hamas, almost certainly it will strengthen it by motivating more young traumatized men to take up arms, and will harden the hearts of… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

There is a bit more information the NYT reporting left out so it turns out the “information left out” is that the idf is killing everyone they see, armed or not? i don’t think that’s the mitigating circumstance you think it is [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

> Well, Israel clearly isn't using strategic bombing, as per ACOUP this is operational or tactical bombing in support of a ground operation. tactical bombing is limited, precise strikes to attack targets that you are basically looking right at… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

it’s pretty clear at this point that the idf considers everyone in gaza, from 5 year old girls and foreign doctors to UN staff, hamas terrorists [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

This was basically a perfect episode of television, capped off with the DLR plates at the end as another wry callback to the original film. This season in particular seems to be channeling the magic of that first Fargo experience in a very knowing… [more]
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FanFare comment - 5 months ago

We had to destroy Gaza in order to save it [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

generally speaking supporting firefox is pretty low effort, and the majority of the time when something doesn’t work in firefox but works in chrome it’s because firefox is adhering closely to the documented standards and your code is just wrong,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

> I'm also wondering what has led to Nadine going so hard on the denialism If she is still legally married to Roy, then her current marriage is invalid. Well it may also be invalid anyway because she's using a false identity. I think she's also… [more]
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FanFare comment - 5 months ago

> This tweet said that the #1 song in Israel was calling for genocide and to kill known celebrities who voiced support for Palestine, so I looked it up. Here's the news article about it, calling it war anthem. Here's the video with translation… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

The smart money goes to Illinois for legal weed. The pigs can't stake out I94. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I think again we have a situation where some people (mostly on the more pro-Israeli side of things) think the issue at hand is specific legalistic terminology but the people they're arguing with (mostly on the more pro-Palestinian side of things)… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

So when I piss, shit and jack off in the mall they call it "public indecency" and "you should be on a watch list" and throw me in jail. But when Diogenes does it it's a philosophical statement about social mores. Ok! go off king [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

> jaimie branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) This is my absolute top for 2023, except it also fills me with sadness [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

Also I loved my paperback edition I have that same mass-market sized edition, although the spine is held together with tape (so not in "good" condition). But $34 for that used! Yow. I wish they would put out more… [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

I miss when streaming services dumped the whole season because I feel so teased by the buildup to the attack on the house. Can't wait for Dot to Home Alone the shit out of these Dry Bandits. Does anybody have any idea what is going on with the… [more]
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FanFare comment - 6 months ago

> I'm assuming you typed "second" and some overzealous auto-correct fixed it, because the second season was the best season of any show made in the '10s and it's not even close. I have to admit that having watched season 1 and 2 back… [more]
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FanFare comment - 6 months ago

i can think of a certain young israelite who stood up against a great and mighty enemy armed only with a sling and stones and was victorious so you never know how dangerous a stone throwing 7 year old might be. better safe than sorry [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

so to be clear that’s turkules like hercules not polycules? [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

Unfortunately the web interface is not loading for me right now but I really want to ask it the important question from Gargantua as to what is the best, most lordly, the most excellent, the most convenient way to wipe my bum. [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

They expect you to plug it into the charging cord when not using it. Or to put it on this: https://direct.playstation.com/en-us/buy-accessories/dualsense-charging-station When plugged into the charging station is glows for a second to confirm its… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 6 months ago

if these are the people bringing us into the future... only a god can save us now [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

> "Feel the AGI! Feel the AGI!” These people are out of their minds [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

i’ve also never found a practical use for llms in my software development. the code is too complex, with interactions between the data model and with other services that require careful thought. explaining what to do to the llm would be the same… [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

complete derail but the basilisk will be torturing “me” in an ai simulation created in a computer to which i say as always: that’s none of my business [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

Who would start a 2-4 year project for a target platform that might well be obsoleted out from under you in a surprise announcement in the fall of year 3? if they had released a 64 bit build for intel macs 10 years ago it would be… [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

> The Verge: Breaking: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO if this is even in the realm of possibility the whole board should resign for incompetence [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

i love that they took one look at it and were like “prolly was running from a dog”. anyway i’m glad we’re getting cassowary content from the cassowary chariot account [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

i know you’re not supposed to kink shame but i’m making an exception here [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

I was thinking more about the idea of fear of flying being already passé by the 90s and about the impact it had on me as a teen boy. I think an interesting thing about the specific case of exposing boys to feminist ideas is that in the environment… [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

ah you see this bombed to shit basement may once have been used for boy scouts meetings so actually it’s ok to kill thousands of children [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 months ago

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