What belief do you have two-sided opinions on?
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    joshthewaster
    4h ago 100%

    “Like obviously we need to make people know things exist, it makes financial and logical sense, etc.“

    Why is this obvious? I know it's so normal that me asking seems weird but, is this really how the world has to work? Can we not imagine a world without ads? I'd like to at least try.

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  • Has anybody had a root canal?
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    joshthewaster
    1w ago 100%

    This is how it should be!!!

    If you can feel more than nothing during the root canal (or any dental work) then you need more anesthetic. Dentists aim to give you as little as possible so it is up to you to let them know if you have any feeling. It can start to wear off too, you'll know and should tell them so they can give you more.

    Take earbuds and listen to some music during it. Let the dentist know and they will probably be fine with that.

    Edit: Read more of the thread. Don't get high, it can interfere with the anesthetics. Your tolerance to them can be higher as well. If you feel comfortable with it you can talk to your dentist about it.

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    Books 1mo ago
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    If you haven't read "the count of Monte Cristo", do it now
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    joshthewaster
    1mo ago 100%

    It's been a long time since I read Dracula but I remember really struggling with the start. Nearly quit a few times and it was slow going. At some point it flipped and I think I pretty much finished the book in one sitting. Anyway, it is great and was worth the rough start I had with it.

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  • Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug, in line with Harris' position.
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    joshthewaster
    1mo ago 88%

    We did prohibition once already. The result was that all the little guys went out of business and the big guys ended up in positions to be the only guys. I wouldn't discount that as being a possibility for weed.

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  • Yes, Trump Said About Rising Sea Levels: 'You'll Have More Oceanfront Property, Right?'
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    joshthewaster
    2mo ago 53%

    First, let me say that Trump is an idiot and I'm not defending him.

    That out of the way... Imagine your circle landmass has a 'C' shaped mountain range around the edge. The center of the 'C' is a sea level valley that floods when sea levels rise. Then the amount of coast would increase.

    Obviously if sea level keeps rising forever then eventually the total coastline will trend to zero. Really just pointing out that the circle may be a bit of an oversimplification and in some given time frame coastline could increase.

    None of the this is intended to defend Trump or deny the negative affects of climate change.

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  • So I have struggled with classes and objects but think I'm starting to get it...? As part of a short online class I made a program that asked a few multiple choice questions and returns a score. To do this there are a few parts. 1. Define some inputs as lists of strings ((q, a), (q2, a2),...). The lists contain the questions and answers. This will be used as input and allows an easy way to change questions, add them, whatever. 2. Create a class that takes in the list and creates objects - the objects are a question and it's answer. 3. Create a new list that uses that class to store the objects. 4. Define a function that iterates over the list full of question/answer objects, and then asks the user the questions and tallies the score. Number 2 is really what I am wondering about, is that generally what a class and object are? I would use an analogy of a factory being a class. It takes in raw materials (or pre-made parts) and builds them into standard objects. Is this a reasonable analogy of what a class is?

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    Just started learning python - question about types of statements.
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    joshthewaster
    3mo ago 100%

    Definitely don't want the extra complexity. Guess my question is if there is a third type of statement (function, method, ____) or maybe even more. From other replies it doesn't sound like it.

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  • Just started learning python - question about types of statements.
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    joshthewaster
    3mo ago 100%

    Thanks this is helpful.

    Function - probably has some limitations depending on what it is meant to do but generally I send a thing, it does it's function to that thing, and returns the result (or error).

    Method - part of the thing itself. Would have to be defined for that 'object' and if it isn't then it probably doesn't make sense to ask for that info.

    Probably have a ways to go to understand objects and why I would choose one VS the other.

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  • Just started as in, I'm about an hour into a 4 hour intro video. Seeing two basic ways of manipulating things and don't understand the difference. If I want to know the length of a string and I just guess at how to do it I would try one of these two things, 1. Len(string) 2. string.len() What is the difference between these types of statements? How do I think about this to know which one I should expect to work?

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    games
    Games 3mo ago
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    what're some of your gaming hot takes? In regards to opinions about certain characters or plot points, etc.
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    joshthewaster
    3mo ago 100%

    Agree about the romances in BG3, they feel pretty shallow. While I can maybe see your point about the writing in general what I think makes BG3 great is that it felt like playing tabletop dnd. New bad guys every week, silly fights and absurd coincidence, maps with minimal markers and characters that are there for the party to use to progress as heros (biggest thing to me that didn't feel like tabletop dnd was having to loot every box VS just saying I searched the room).

    Haven't played other CDPR games. Guess I don't need to bother lol.

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  • What are some marketing tactics that you dislike ?
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    joshthewaster
    4mo ago 100%

    My vote too. It's crazy, nothing can be trusted when it relies on ads. Everyone likes to think it doesn't work on them or is worth the free content but they are wrong and it isn't.

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  • once in a lifetime
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    joshthewaster
    6mo ago 100%

    The annular one over north America? Because it was annular. While a cool event it is really a specific kind of partial eclipse. Totality is incomparable to even a 99% partial eclipse. I heard it described as the difference between mostly dead VS dead and recently I've seen the xkcd comic that does a decent job conveying the difference too.

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  • news
    News 7mo ago
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    Dell tells remote workers that they won’t be eligible for promotion unless they go hybrid
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    joshthewaster
    7mo ago 100%

    And nanies cost money. So do you have another employee who could be productive now play babysitter half the time? That isn't going to help anything but a lot of companies seem to think it's the answer.

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  • news
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    Dell tells remote workers that they won’t be eligible for promotion unless they go hybrid
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    joshthewaster
    7mo ago 100%

    That last bit is HUGE. Part of what is great about working from home is flexibility and forcing people to be in on certain days just isn't ever going to work for everyone. Inevitably you will end up with meetings where one person has to dial in and now the rest of team is annoyed they made the effort to show up that day.

    Anyway, I don't disagree with you that a hybrid where everyone is on the office together for some amount of time could be very good for productivity and teamwork. However, it just isn't a realistic which then, as you said, makes it pointless.

    Just let people work from wherever works for them.

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  • Janeway’s “Tuvix” Decision Divides ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Cast: “It Kind Of Hurt Her Character”
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    joshthewaster
    9mo ago 100%

    This is true but hard to argue within the universe as we just don't have the info and there are in universe contradictions about transporters. Been a while since I saw the episode but for me - 'nonexistentance' is close enough to 'dead' that Tuvix should have been allowed to live.

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  • Janeway’s “Tuvix” Decision Divides ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Cast: “It Kind Of Hurt Her Character”
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    joshthewaster
    9mo ago 100%

    Tuvix adds another element though. Tuvok and Neelix were already dead and Tuvix was alive. I think that makes this different from the standard trolley problem - still a hard choice but not the same.

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  • xbox
    Xbox 10mo ago
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    I tried Turtle Beach’s new Stealth Ultra pro controller and the Elite Series 2 should be worried
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    joshthewaster
    10mo ago 100%

    If hall effect sensors used for the thumbsticks do what they say (no drift) then maybe they do. I have v1 and v2 elite controller and both have bad drift. The v2 is so bad it's unusable so I use the v1 and just deal with it because I refuse to ever spend another penny on a controller that is just gonna drift again. Hopefully MS will adopt this for all controllers though.

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  • Question for those who have read them: is the whole *The Expanse* series good?
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    10mo ago 100%

    I read them all at once and it's been a while but overall I enjoyed them. Definitely felt like it went on longer than maybe it needed to which is probably why I didn't bother with the short stories. I would still recommend the books.

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    4x4 joshthewaster 11mo ago 63%
    Another of my truck in the middle of nowhere.

    ![Toyota pickup in the desert ](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2Fe3ca3a80-cf74-4b70-92ef-7a532c7d9ddb.jpeg)

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    4x4 joshthewaster 1y ago 100%
    Hell's Revenge
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    4x4 joshthewaster 1y ago 100%
    Pretty rough trail but the view was worth it

    ![](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F796f64fc-5c7b-4ed7-8ee7-fc8171677c8e.jpeg)

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    4x4 joshthewaster 1y ago 100%
    Took the truck out to the middle of nowhere.
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    I think this episode is part one of the holonovel followed by the second part during the second half. The only break we take from seeing the holonovel be played is when they tell captain Janeway (where she implies that she has to be made to look good) about the first half and when Tom and Tuvok are in the mess hall being hassled by everyone who wants to help write the second half. Tom and Tuvok write the ending off screen (there is dialog where they argue about a logical ending or a wild twist). The Twist is that part two picks up with the player of the novel meeting Tuvok in the hallway to go to the holodeck to help write the ending. When the player gets there they then get attacked by Seska and get to help rescue Voyager while novel character Janeway helps save the day by brilliantly editing the simulation (in a holonovel simulation).

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