People used to joke that they’ll hear about an earthquake on Twitter before the the quake reaches them, this is the real life version of that which is pretty cool. Im a little concerned about the privacy of this system since surely they need your location in addition to accelerometer data to work but this seems like the sort of thing that might actually be worth it assuming it’s implemented sanely.
500 per piece of art is barely out of the struggling to eat level of artist. Be mad that the ones making 50000 each.
A large blank canvas alone is like a 100 bucks. If they are charging minimum wage for their time (they shouldn’t) and spend no money on brushes or paints that gives them 25hours per piece, which isn’t really that much time to be honest. Then hopefully you make enough in prints to pay the exhibitions cut and for time and money you spent marketing, networking, negotiating etc
Obviously there’s all kinds of art which different time and material commitments but 500 bucks really isn’t all that unreasonable.
Speed cameras are a money grab and should be abolished because they don’t actually result in safer driving and really is just a revenue generator.
Instead non-highway roads should be narrowed or otherwise calmed (and use that extra space for bike/pedestrian paths), this naturally causes almost all drivers to slow down, which increases safety. (source)
I really enjoyed Shipbreaker, I really hope they expand the game some more as it definitely left me wanting more. It’s a super satisfying game. A really fun hidden gem.
I 100%'d Expedition 33. Masterpiece of a game, NG++ has no appeal to me though, I preferred the french dub FWIW, I found American actors saying french words to be really offputting, but maybe that’s because I’m Canadian.
Now that’s done I’ve dusted off the PS5 for ** Death Stranding 2**. I just got to the place past the animal shelter to give a non-spoiler point in where I’m at. I really enjoyed the first game, mostly just the vibe, it’s a very cozy game for me. DS2 is mostly more of the same, which is pretty much what I want. They greatly expanded the combat, and made it a more important part of side quests. I’m not particularly excited or bothered by that, it is more fun, particularly stealth but I’m a bit disappointed they haven’t built up the trekking part of the game much, so far I don’t think I have unlocked any items that weren’t in the first game and isn’t combat focused but I’m hoping they mostly added to late game. I do really like that roads are not the pinnacle of development any more (I LIKE TRAINS!!). The UI is also a bit of a step down for me, but I can’t quite figure out why, it just feels a bit more awkward. I really like the added skill trees and the backpack modding, the new BTs are alright. The one thing I really really hated in the first game were the flashbacks to old wars, I despised these forced combat sequences and find them dull, thematically odd, and shows off the worst aspects of the game, I’m disappointed to see these are still in DS2 but with the better combat they are slightly more tolerable. Overall it’s a good sequel and I’m having a really fun time, but it is going in a direction that I think makes it less special. I find the themes are really interesting with the series as a whole, developing the wilderness is obviously a good thing, having lots of teamwork and cooperation is genuinely really good for the world of DS, but also the structures you make are ugly, contributing to something worse and somewhat annoying. It’s really interesting commentary imo and very nuanced which is a rare thing.
It’s very difficult at the hardest level but it ramps you up very smoothly. The main story is something most people (and children) can beat fairly easily, getting all the strawberries takes some time and some tighter skill but it quite forgiving and generally requires only one “advanced” move at a time. After that you get B sides and C sides which are when the real challenge starts and you have to start chaining multiple advanced moves together.IMO it’s an amazing game for transitioning from a casual platformer to a “hardcore” platformer if that is something you want to do, but you can also stop at a casual level and still get a full experience. There’s also an accessibility easy option if you really just want to get the story.
I can certainly understand your concern, and I think the definitive way to solve that is to have voting integrated into schools (which are often polling stations already)., but i think that doesn’t make sense until voting age is lowered.
That said I think our system is already fairly resistant to coercion. If dad says vote CPC kids says “yes sir” and votes NDP and there is no possible way for dad to know the kid is lying.
I’ll point out that there was a similar concern during suffrage and it turned out to be a non-issue.
My point is that the op article and underlying paper is valid and valuable.
A quiet benefit of lowering the voter age imo is that it allows families to vote together (physically not ideologically) while they still definitely share a home. This allows a culture of voting to grow which I think could really help voter turn out in the long term.
Well first off that paper is from 2025, but data collection for the OP study is as far back as 2009.
second this is the first line of the paper you indirectly linked:
current BMI-based measures of obesity can both underestimate and overestimate adiposity and provide inadequate information about health at the individual level, which undermines medically-sound approaches to health care and policy."
This study is not information at the individual level.
And here is a quote from later on in the abstract:
We recommend that BMI should be used only as a surrogate measure of health risk at a population level, for epidemiological studies, or for screening purposes, rather than as an individual measure of health.
E: OP’s study actually cites the new obesity definition in it’s methods to justify it’s use of BMI:
Not all individuals with a BMI of 30 or higher will have impaired health or increased risk of death, and some individuals with a BMI below 30 may also have obesity.18 However, for population-level screening and surveillance, the use of BMI categories as a proxy for obesity in adults continues to be recommended.9,14
citation 14 is that study referenced in Scientific American!
This could be useful for rent a bike style stuff i guess, but my home bike has about a 40km range (and thats with no human power added), I will quite literally never charge it anywhere but home where I’m fine plugging in.
I think they are using facism units
Here’s the actual source, I don’t think the article really adds anything
https://gist.github.com/Kaldaien/c66bf3dca62a5ac63785714f686e60ad
Enter Monthly Subscription Game Libraries and DRM-free → Exit Steam
I strongly disagree with this paragraph, as we saw with Netflix and video streaming monthly subscriptions are a trap which allows a massive increase tot he cost to the consumer and a noticeable drop in the quality of the content in a way steams model simply does not.
And they are good stories for the most part too, is can still remember some of my storylines from a decade ago.
or even worse when you have to wait for the voiced dialogue to finish before it lets you continue.
I’d much rather be pickpocketed than shoot.
The pope was elected in 5 votes though.
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