Enlightening post on BMI: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109917011319803148

I feel like a healthy dose of skepticism is important lest we end up with only puff pieces. In fact, the Wright Brothers were dismissed for years: https://bigthink.com/the-past/wright-brothers-ignored/

I fear our only hope is states taking on the responsibilities. But with taxes going to the federal gov that’s a tall order.

I know lots of important issues are getting pushed aside for one another, over and over. And Patel’s handling of the FBI is a real issue. I don’t like saying any issue is a distraction. But considering everything else going on, even just with Patel, isn’t personalized bourbon a but of a Dijon-mustard-level distraction?

Red reader is pretty good. There’s also patches in revanced to make rif work. But yeah, reddit is a shell of what it once was.

But angry bigot nurses frowning in portraits know best, right?

If that’s what you want, put together a coalition and gather the signatures.

I’m quite anti-smoking and don’t like nicotine in general, but I don’t like this level prohibition of any substance.

They’re not beholden to public investors. If they go public or sell to a public company it will change.

Honestly, I think there is proper Art in the deep exploration of gameplay mechanics through repetition.

There are so many games that explore this in unique and interesting ways. The exploration of the game mechanic itself is beautiful to me. Examples include Celeste, Braid, Hades, Baba is You, The Witness, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Super Meat Boy, Outer Wilds, Against the Storm… I could go on.

Agreed. To me, this blog post felt like a elevated rant. There’s not much meaningful analysis or substantive criticism of actual games or game design. There’s some comparative insight that is worth thinking through, but in the post it’s all wrapped up in rants about how one side of the comparison is bad and doesn’t really hone in on the nuances of the comparisons.

Notably, the discussion of game length (a key point of this post) is thin, especially when discussing the comparison to film and music.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course. Overall, for the comparative insight, it’s probably worth reading for people who like to think about these things, despite the issues within.

9 minutes less sleep nightly sounds pretty significant for a single cause. That’s about 2%. If anything I think this article demonstrates that blue light does affect your sleep.

Literally the best case for pinker is accessory after the fact to child abuse. But I don’t give any epstein associates the benefit of the doubt at this point. He probably raped children.

Anti-trans folks really don’t care who suffers or what their policy actually accomplishes as long as they have a scapegoat.

Trying to put logic to it will drive you mad.