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New comment by kaleinator in "40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 cal of feed per 1 cal"

kaleinator — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:01:55 +0000

Surprised how many people in the replies actually think their beef is grass fed.

New comment by kaleinator in "Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk"

kaleinator — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:12:08 +0000

> So the US federal government will combat romance scams by violating random citizens privacy when it cant stop the president from conducting stock market manipulation scams on twitter? Institutional trust needs to be earned and maintained.

Additionally, we expect the government to respect any laws or acts when the current administration seems to be ignoring most of it? Literally why do people even think the government needs to "BUY" data??? They can get it regardless and nobody is really there to stop them until things change.

New comment by kaleinator in "Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk"

kaleinator — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:08:12 +0000

People talk about this as if Snowden and the NSA stuff way back meant nothing. Why the hell would they need to BUY your data? They're the US Government ffs. They have, and they will, demand that data from companies regardless of financial compensation. These articles don't seem to convey that very well.

New comment by kaleinator in "Steam Controller"

kaleinator — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:45:30 +0000

Similar yet opposite experience here. I had 3 Steam controllers, 2 of them started having issues after a few months. However, I really enjoyed them for certain games, and even played through most of the Dark Souls franchise with them. Definitely excited for the next generation of them and personally will be preordering one as soon as I can.

New comment by kaleinator in "Americans traveling to Europe will have fingerprints scanned under new rule"

kaleinator — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:58:42 +0000

Expected quality from Fox

New comment by kaleinator in "Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure by changing oral microbiome: study"

kaleinator — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 19:39:56 +0000

In my own personal experience (chronic pain), "Real Doctors" seem to want to shove pills down your throat because "they work", or give things like steroid shots which have negative long term effects. Whereas "Functional Doctors" are willing to try more traditional things because historically they have seemed to produce good results and are typically less intrusive (but may require more effort from the patient).

So I can see "Functional Dentist" being more like a dentist that is willing to try more ways to save teeth & gums by using more traditional methods (eg. Balancing the oral microbiome, suggesting softer foods more often), rather than a "Real Dentist" suggesting extractions or root canals without ever mentioning the hardness of foods or oral microbiome.

New comment by kaleinator in "Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server"

kaleinator — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:53:39 +0000

What's the benefit in using a "self hosted streaming server", when I can just mount a network share and connect to a personal VPN when I'm out and about? This is what I've been doing for awhile and I've had zero issues. As far as I can tell it's secure.

Is it just to allow others to use the server with login credentials?