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New comment by frogpelt in "Apple Just Lost Me"

frogpelt — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:44:35 +0000

I didn’t like it at first. Now it doesn’t bother me.

New comment by frogpelt in "How far back in time can you understand English?"

frogpelt — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:20:07 +0000

I came here to post the same video. I couldn't understand it until 1600-ish. My wife immediately recognized swinu as pigs early in the video.

New comment by frogpelt in "Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down"

frogpelt — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:52:44 +0000

I know you’re downvoted but every time I read a story like this I get the feeling it’s mostly fiction.

New comment by frogpelt in "Nearly a third of social media research has undisclosed ties to industry"

frogpelt — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:08:49 +0000

Before there was social media there was click bait headlines from supposedly reputable news agencies.

Social media gave people easy ways to engage and share. And it turns out what people engage with and share is click bait/rage bait.

So maybe not technically inherent but a natural consequence of creating networks for viral sharing of content.

New comment by frogpelt in "10 years of personal finances in plain text files"

frogpelt — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:18:51 +0000

I’m fairly certain it’s Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty

New comment by frogpelt in "Growing up in “404 Not Found”: China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert"

frogpelt — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:37:10 +0000

FYI, 418 is the HTTP status code that means the server is a teapot.

New comment by frogpelt in "The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora"

frogpelt — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:09:18 +0000

Fun fact: Krusty now owned by Disney.

New comment by frogpelt in "Trump pardons convicted Binance founder"

frogpelt — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:27:53 +0000

It answers the question posed. Unless you think only morons have opinions that differ from yours.

New comment by frogpelt in "US Junk Bonds Post Worst Losses in Six Months, Spreads Widen"

frogpelt — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:57:06 +0000

The train of thought is 1. The economy is making me nervous. 2. You're right to be nervous. 3. Then what are your short positions, since you're so smart?

Non-sequitur.

New comment by frogpelt in "Researchers find evidence of ChatGPT buzzwords turning up in everyday speech"

frogpelt — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 02:45:25 +0000

I actually use the em dash. I learned it from Butterick’s practical typography years ago.

https://practicaltypography.com/hyphens-and-dashes.html

New comment by frogpelt in "Don't force your kids to do math"

frogpelt — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 02:59:20 +0000

Maybe it wasn't the math, but the abuse.

New comment by frogpelt in "Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety"

frogpelt — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 12:24:12 +0000

Yeah… but if you had to rip heads off of demons in your day job you might not feel that way.

New comment by frogpelt in "Full Text Search of US Court records"

frogpelt — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 12:04:39 +0000

There are a lot of Subways and many times they are in strip malls and gas stations. That could be an explanation. Can’t explain the bologna part.

New comment by frogpelt in "The hardest working font in Manhattan"

frogpelt — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:22:04 +0000

I know it was a long essay and I skimmed most of it myself. But the author definitely mentions this and even has a picture from the 1895 book you linked to.

New comment by frogpelt in "Younger cannabis users have reduced brain function, finds largest study yet"

frogpelt — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:30:28 +0000

If you’re looking controlled study results you could refer to the post.

If you want to provide your own anecdotal evidence to refute the parent comment, fire away.

New comment by frogpelt in "Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?"

frogpelt — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:13:27 +0000

Homeschooling is another way to protect your kids from social media. If they aren't subjected to forced hang outs with kids who are all on social media, it becomes much easier to control their access to it (or rather its access to them).

New comment by frogpelt in "Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion"

frogpelt — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:27:46 +0000

These kind of comments don’t help any discussion.

New comment by frogpelt in "Americans React to UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder: 'My Empathy Is Out of Network'"

frogpelt — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:23:45 +0000

Ah yes, Baader-Meinhof. The namesake of one of my favorite phenomena: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

New comment by frogpelt in "Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)"

frogpelt — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:25:37 +0000

It's not industrial or metal but here's an obligatory link to Wintergatan's Marble Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

New comment by frogpelt in "Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics"

frogpelt — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:07:51 +0000

Until there’s a great revival/revolution. Then we start over.