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New comment by boogieknite in "98% isn't much"

boogieknite — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:39:24 +0000

then close my eyes to go to sleep 10 hours later and see them all again

New comment by boogieknite in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

boogieknite — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:27:35 +0000

There was a similar cultural shift in the Portland OR area after fireworks caused the massive Eagle Creek fire 9 years ago. This is the first year that it seems like firework activity returned to the pre-fire levels.

250 baby! (/s)

New comment by boogieknite in "For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides"

boogieknite — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:30:55 +0000

I'm not too well read so Mars Express is the first fiction where I came across these themes. Highly recommend. When I watched it 18 months ago I didn't realize real development was ongoing in these scifi-seeming fields

New comment by boogieknite in "Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%"

boogieknite — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:07:38 +0000

this is a puff piece. the raise was in April 2023

New comment by boogieknite in "Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown"

boogieknite — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:39:05 +0000

You said it well and my brain automatically rephrased your comment while I was reading it:

Our whole everything is setup as a skinner box for mulah. People finding tricks for more mulah are massively rewarded. Efforts are optimized for ROI within a fraction of a second. And management are accountable only to the measured outcomes.

New comment by boogieknite in "Why Does Everyone Hate AI?"

boogieknite — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:44:00 +0000

exactly. id be quite surprised if 60% of the US doesn't prefer days off to work days but we still gotta go to our jobs to pay rent

New comment by boogieknite in "Teenagers Stayed Overnight at Their School and Found Hidden Ancient Roman Ruins"

boogieknite — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:34:42 +0000

some folks in USA have houses older than that too

New comment by boogieknite in "Doing nothing at work"

boogieknite — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:10:04 +0000

or if youre like me you end an RPG with like 29 ethers that using early would have made life a lot less grindy

New comment by boogieknite in "I'm scared about biological computing"

boogieknite — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:31:01 +0000

exactly. welcome to downvote town

New comment by boogieknite in "I'm scared about biological computing"

boogieknite — Tue, 05 May 2026 20:54:06 +0000

only eat live pikmin

New comment by boogieknite in "I'm scared about biological computing"

boogieknite — Tue, 05 May 2026 19:08:29 +0000

as an unintentional and perhaps unethical vegetarian of many years who hasn't read this book: eating dead things gives me the creeps because it makes me consider my own death and consumption which is unappetizing

New comment by boogieknite in "Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks"

boogieknite — Tue, 05 May 2026 15:54:07 +0000

we just took the keys from grandpa at 93. way way wayyyyy later than we should have. cant help but wonder how many years men breaking 90 and staying active have cost others in car accidents

New comment by boogieknite in "Waymo in Portland"

boogieknite — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:39:57 +0000

wonder if these will end up in the willamette too https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/06/divers-pull-11-e-sco...

New comment by boogieknite in "US Department of Justice has officially reclassified cannabis as less dangerous"

boogieknite — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:18:24 +0000

expected Oregon to leap all other states in education with the marijuana taxes over a decade ago and just no results

New comment by boogieknite in "Irony as Meta staff unhappy about running surveillance software on work PCs"

boogieknite — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:31:24 +0000

vote for pedro

New comment by boogieknite in "NASA Force"

boogieknite — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:34:27 +0000

or a headline about coercion. even that would be "forces"

New comment by boogieknite in "Playdate’s handheld changed how Duke University teaches game design"

boogieknite — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:46:36 +0000

your last sentence makes me think Duke has a thing for monochrome displays and spinning interfaces

New comment by boogieknite in "There's yet another study about how bad AI is for our brains"

boogieknite — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:42:14 +0000

right. working with junior devs should include teaching which reinforces thinking and problem solving fundamentals

New comment by boogieknite in "New Orleans's Car-Crash Conspiracy"

boogieknite — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:19:40 +0000

skipped the byline and halfway through realized the voice felt familiar. if you like this and are unfamiliar with Radden Keefe then check out The Snakehead and Say Nothing. im sure everything he writes is great but can personally recommend those

New comment by boogieknite in "Most people can't juggle one ball"

boogieknite — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:40:51 +0000

casual 3 ball juggler who usually juggles fruit bc its fun to have a little pressure. might make a mess or ruin perfectly good food. my question:

sometimes when im really grooving ill have a ton of backspin. like a finger roll in basketball. is that bad technique or do pros do that too?