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xkforce@lemmy.worldto science@lemmy.world•The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’1·1 year agoA lot of women are still taught from a young age that much of their identity should be being a mother. And some of them (usually highly religious) are taught that it is worth dying to be a mother to multiple children.
xkforce@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is something that gets a lot of hate for absolutely no reason?0·1 year agoOMFG there is no evil conspiracy by USAA and every other insurance company against pitbulls JFC. Pitbulls are just statistically much more dangerous than other animals.
xkforce@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is something that gets a lot of hate for absolutely no reason?0·1 year agoThese are multibillion dollar companies (actually they insure trillions in assets) whose whole job is to be very very good at assessing risk. You thinking you know better is peak Dunning-Krueger.
xkforce@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is something that gets a lot of hate for absolutely no reason?0·1 year agoI worked as an insurance agent. In the states I had my P&C licenses in, we were legally required to base rates on data. i.e statistically how much the company paid out in claims given certain factors. One of the things we based rates on was the breeds of dog people owned. Pitbulls and certain other dog breeds do not just have a bad reputation because people irrationally fear/hate them, they actually do pose a greater risk. Just like teenagers by and large, aren’t as safe drivers. It isn’t “fair” in that the dog didn’t choose to be the breed it is and some of them really are good dogs but statistically, averaged over the whole, they are more of a risk than other dog breeds are.
xkforce@lemmy.worldto ADHD@lemmy.world•I read the Murderbot Diaries series of books, and the main character, a robot, seems to have major ADHD…English1·2 years agoA superpower most of us have little control over.
This guy wiped out an entire race with a thought and your plan is to do what exactly?
xkforce@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What is an average person living in the US supposed to do about corporations raising prices?1·2 years agoFrance has the right idea about what we were supposed to do.
xkforce@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Tech workers - what did your IT Security team do that made your life hell and had no practical benefit?1·2 years agoThe DOD was like this. And it wasn’t just that you had to change passwords every so often but the requirements for those passwords were egregious but at the same time changing 1 number or letter was enough to pass the password requirements.
xkforce@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Don't ask me which ones tho, cuz I'm an oldEnglish1·2 years agoLiving through an event isnt the same thing as being knowledgeable about it. eg. There are plenty of 911 truthers that were around when 911 happened.
xkforce@lemmy.worldto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Microsoft - keep your filthy hands off Valve, leak shows MSFT would buy ValveEnglish1·2 years agoMoney? Remember when people thought that about Mojang?
xkforce@lemmy.worldto THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.world•Kentucky police chase over "traffic stop" leads to wreck that kills grade-school kidEnglish0·2 years agoMost of these posts I agree are examples of cops being utter garbage but this is a bad take on what happened in this particular case op. This has a “look what the cops made them do” vibe to it.
I remember spending about a week in gnome back when I first used Linux as my main OS (almost 20 years ago) and ditching it for KDE because gnome’s design irked me.
Or the devs could have fixed the bug and not expect the player to work around it.