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  1. Comment on What is your opinion on Dan Brown novels? in ~books

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    Oh, my, thank you! This is beautiful!

    Oh, my, thank you! This is beautiful!

    The critics said his writing was clumsy, ungrammatical, repetitive and repetitive. They said it was full of unnecessary tautology. They said his prose was mired in a sea of mixed metaphors. For some reason they found something funny in sentences such as “His eyes went white, like a shark about to attack.” They even say my books are packed with banal and superfluous description, thought the 5ft 9in man. He particularly hated it when they said his imagery was nonsensical. It made his insect eyes flash like a rocket.

    15 votes

  2. Comment on Michelin-starred chef Rasmus Munk has teamed up with Florida-based startup Space Perspective to launch six diners at a time up to the outer atmospheric layer in ~food

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    It may be called a “spaceship”, but Spaceship Neptune is more akin to a balloon which can carry a pressurised capsule to a height of around 30,480 metres above sea level. There, in the stratosphere – which is technically below the official definition of space’s boundary at 100km – diners will be able to dine while watching the sun rise over the Earth’s curvature.

    There’s no such thing as a free dinner, and this is certainly the kind more likely to break the bank. A ticket on board will set you back $495,000 (€459,000). For that price tag, you get a six-hour journey up to the stratosphere and back, alongside a menu that far exceeds the rehydrated tubes of food astronauts have dined on for decades.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Dune: Prophecy | Official teaser in ~tv

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    Thanks! Have no idea. Make sense

    Thanks! Have no idea. Make sense

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Dune: Prophecy | Official teaser in ~tv

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    Why, why prequel, why not next books? Books about childrens, about god-imperator placed in next thousands years?

    Why, why prequel, why not next books? Books about childrens, about god-imperator placed in next thousands years?

    1 vote

  5. Comment on The disinformation machine: How susceptible are we to AI propaganda? in ~tech

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    So, basically what we need is a personal video DRM. Or something like blackboxed police body cams without possibility to alter the video. Or maybe something like separate certified camera module...

    So, basically what we need is a personal video DRM. Or something like blackboxed police body cams without possibility to alter the video.
    Or maybe something like separate certified camera module with "write-once" memory.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on The hidden, magnificent history of chop suey in ~food

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    Thanks, I read the article on a phone. Then read you comment and checked on pc, and you definitely right.

    Thanks, I read the article on a phone. Then read you comment and checked on pc, and you definitely right.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Tiny electric trucks are coming to a bike lane near you in ~transport

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    Huh, I just realized that only bikes and motorcycles have the ability to overtake any other vehicle at any time. All other vehicles like cars, buses, trams, vans, ambulances, etc. etc. just slow...

    hogging the bike lane with no opportunity to overtake by those whom it's meant for is not a good solution

    Huh, I just realized that only bikes and motorcycles have the ability to overtake any other vehicle at any time.
    All other vehicles like cars, buses, trams, vans, ambulances, etc. etc. just slow down and wait if necessary.

    Upd: maybe such tiny trucks-electric-bikes is a good thing in the end? Its a good reason to create more and more bike lanes across the city.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on The hidden, magnificent history of chop suey in ~food

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    What catch my attention is that article did not mention noodles or rice. Photos definitely have noodles, but they ommited in article at all?

    What catch my attention is that article did not mention noodles or rice. Photos definitely have noodles, but they ommited in article at all?

  9. Comment on Chinese police officers will soon be on patrol in Hungary in ~news

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    I remember reding article that its actually happens quite often that Chinese gov have separate Chinese police in a countries where lives thosands of Chinese people. Wiki:...

    I remember reding article that its actually happens quite often that Chinese gov have separate Chinese police in a countries where lives thosands of Chinese people.
    Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_police_overseas_service_stations

    7 votes

  10. Comment on Chinese police officers will soon be on patrol in Hungary in ~news

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    Marked bold is a part that I found interesting. Please ingore if you found it unnecessary.

    police officers from the two countries will be able to jointly carry out patrol duties in the future, thus helping to improve communication between citizens and authorities of the two countries

    As Világgazdaság points out, it is worth noting that according to the 2022 census, there were 18,154 people of Chinese nationality living in Hungary, compared to less than 10,000 ten years earlier. Estimates of their actual number are much higher. Chinese citizens living in the country typically only have Chinese citizenship.

    The last two years have seen unprecedented levels of Chinese investment in Hungary. However, the agreement that has now been concluded goes far beyond the economic sphere. China is planning several billion-euro projects in Hungary, including a railroad line, factories for the e-car industry and a campus for Shanghai’s elite Fudan University. In the fall, Viktor Orbán was the only EU head of government to take part in the “Belt and Road Initiative” forum in Beijing.

    Marked bold is a part that I found interesting. Please ingore if you found it unnecessary.

    26 votes

  11. Comment on Bike brands start to adopt C-V2X to warn cyclists about cars in ~transport

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    I undestand and agree to your points, but.. imho while we are waiting for a perfect solution, why not implement partially good solution? If it helps at least some cyclist, its already good.

    I undestand and agree to your points, but.. imho while we are waiting for a perfect solution, why not implement partially good solution? If it helps at least some cyclist, its already good.

    9 votes

  12. Comment on Nintendo pre-announces a Switch 2 announcement is coming… eventually in ~games

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    While the past few months have included plenty of informed speculation about the so-called Switch 2, Nintendo hasn't given even a bare hint that the system is in the works. That changed at least somewhat last night, as Nintendo President Shinto Furukawa shared on social media that "we will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year," which ends on March 31, 2025.

    In his pre-announcement announcement, Furukawa warned that an upcoming Nintendo Direct presentation planned for June would include "no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor," suggesting more information may be coming closer to the end of the fiscal year than the beginning.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on MIT scraps diversity statements in faculty-hiring process in ~humanities

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    MIT will no longer require diversity statements in its faculty-hiring process, making it the first elite university to abandon the practice.

    Required diversity statements have received significant criticism for making prospective faculty members pledge allegiance to diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology. These statements appear to violate principles of academic freedom and intellectual diversity in higher education by mandating adherence to progressive orthodoxy.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on The world owes Spider-Man 3 an apology in ~movies

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    Thank you for thoroughful answer. I will have to think more about it. My points: From technical point of view art can't be measured and quanitified. We can't say that this painting is 5% more...

    Thank you for thoroughful answer. I will have to think more about it.

    My points:

    From technical point of view art can't be measured and quanitified. We can't say that this painting is 5% more artfull than another painting, same with movies, songs, etc.

    Some group of people with more expirience (experts) decided that this painting is art, but its only a group of people. What if other group of people (also experts) decided that this painting is not so much art? This happens quite often when new style, new direction of art appears (Im not an expert and not a historian but as I remember this happened with impressionalists, modern art, pop art, etc.etc.). Also, art is not universal. I could be wrong, but I remember that some art pieces lost their art value and remain valuable only from historian perspective.

    I have feeling that some art pieces should be globally recognized as art, but again, we can't quantify value of these pieces..

    1 vote

  15. Comment on What are some non-science-fiction books that are deep, insane, mind-bending, etc? in ~books

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    In the.. how to say it.. calibre of the books similar to HPMoR, I cant recommend enough Unsong by Scott Alexander.

    In the.. how to say it.. calibre of the books similar to HPMoR, I cant recommend enough Unsong by Scott Alexander.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard in ~finance

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    TLDR: (for someone as confused as me)

    TLDR: (for someone as confused as me)

    Developed in collaboration with Allium Labs. The Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard showcases how fiat-backed stablecoins move via public blockchains globally.

    6 votes

  17. Comment on The world owes Spider-Man 3 an apology in ~movies

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    You probably forget "in my opinion" somewhere in a comment? I pretty much enjoyed it, even while I do not like previous Spider Man movies. Upd: its absolutely ok to like or don't like different...

    You probably forget "in my opinion" somewhere in a comment? I pretty much enjoyed it, even while I do not like previous Spider Man movies.

    Upd: its absolutely ok to like or don't like different things. We all different in the end.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on ‘Red One’ down: How Dwayne Johnson’s tardiness led to a $250 million runaway production in ~movies

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    Small nitpick: 'Dozens insiders' speaks not about The Rock behavior, they speaks about:

    Small nitpick:
    'Dozens insiders' speaks not about The Rock behavior, they speaks about:

    ...more than a dozen insiders directly involved in the project, the “Red One” production was a perfect storm of problems compounded by the inexperience of the film’s lead producer Hiram Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions and Amazon MGM feature and production executives Julie Rapaport and Glenn Gainor, who are overseeing the project.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Why did Google Maps have a big black smudge in the South Pacific before 2012? And why did it disappear? And what does it have to do with Captain Cook? And what is a phantom island? | Map Men in ~humanities.history

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    I love small details in this and others videos that adds great and subtle humor. And lets don't even start talking about song which country is most squarest...

    I love small details in this and others videos that adds great and subtle humor. And lets don't even start talking about song which country is most squarest...

    3 votes

  20. Comment on What if we discover the answers of the Universe, eliminate cancer, halt aging. What's next? in ~humanities

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    "You have two attempts left from 9999. Continue?" And timer.

    "You have two attempts left from 9999. Continue?"
    And timer.

    2 votes