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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • I do find it interesting/funny that Google felt the need to actually provide this, as a sort of acknowledgement that their main search “results” page is so full of random info boxes and generated content that people can’t find actual links anymore.

    Personally, and In principle at least, this makes sense. About half of my web searches are looking for a quick answer to a question (what’s the per pound cook time for a frozen turkey?), so having that answer highlighted and summarized alongside the source is very useful. It’s actually the minority of the time that what I really want is a link to an external resource.

    The effectiveness of that implementation and the accuracy of the summarized info is a whole other topic…


  • It’s honestly kinda wild how many comments here are in favor of cops kicking down doors to enforce this law.

    I know, I know, Lemmy isn’t a singular person. But it’s rare to see the anti-gun crowd advocating for aggressive police action–apparently it’s okay just because they are gun owners?

    I absolutely believe we’d be better off with less guns floating around this country, but that necessarily is going to be a slow generational shift unless you’re advocating for violent standoffs between well-armed citizens and an even more well-armed state.





  • He’s catching downvotes like crazy, but he’s 100% correct that average is a poor statistic for comparing things like home price and salaries. More specifically, average is typically used as a shorthand for “mean”, when what’s really useful is the median.

    Median home price (or median salary) for that matter, will much more closely reflect what the typical person is paying for a house, while mean is going to be skewed by the long tail of expensive prices.

    And also to back up Pixxelkick, that single number still doesn’t accurately reflect the situation for first-time home buyers, which is the demographic these articles tend to focus on when bemoaning high home prices.

    So it’s not like anyone’s saying home prices aren’t going up, and there aren’t problems with that, but it does get really annoying to see these articles CONSTANTLY peppered with misleading or irrelevant statistics by authors who either don’t know what they mean, or worse are exaggerating to drive clicks.


  • For me it’s watching steve1989 MRE reviews on YouTube. Dude has the chillest voice and demeanor, and the content is just engaging enough to keep my mind from spiraling off onto random shit, but not exciting enough to keep me awake. The only problem is waking up to my phone on the floor or buried God knows where in my sheets.

    And just in case Steve browses Lemmy, I also like watching his videos while awake too! 😄