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Recent content by Shevek

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    What types of games are preferred?

    For me, the great game is doing more with less. I love that there is no theoretical minimum energy required for a round trip.
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    Brevity...tips?

    All my life, I have worked hard to minimize reading time. Now I'm trying to change course completely, and learn how to not sound boring or condescending as I spoon-feed everything and repeat it three different ways. William Strunk, the greatest champion of brevity, used to compose a succinct...
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    The last thing that made you laugh

    "I was just standing next to the comic in the men's room. He's not very funny." - actual quote.
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    Today I learned...

    I heard about someone who thought that Olivia Newton-John was a trio.
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    The last thing that made you laugh

    I just remembered that the last time I was in the city, a guy bumped into me in a store and said "Sorry." "That's OK" I replied "We're still Canadian, eh?" He chuckled too.
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    Dad Jokes

    My father brought home a very large, complicated German radio, and spent many minutes examining it all over, and finding some technical labels in German. Finally, he came to a little screw connection marked "PU." "What's a PU" he asked my sister. Eschewing the obvious, she told the only joke...
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    Do you like being autistic?

    I like being able to apply logic where others can only guess. I don't like being ostracized for it, which is what generally happens. NTs just Love their familiar illusions.
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    Has anyone here just giving up on trying to read the recent Marvel and DC comics?

    DC and Marvel are two things I never missed at all when I stopped seeing them around. I really think they would be a lot more useful if the villains wore nice business suits and did stupid things.
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    What are your goals for 2026?

    Get back onto Linux. Write better and engage with interested readers. Persuade people that they could easily save lots of energy.
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    Speaking Up about Little Things

    Given that this person is a general nuisance and bully, I would strongly recommend talking to other victims. You could start with asking if they too have gotten bedbug contamination. There is probably a good chance that there are other people thinking of speaking up, and have more practice at...
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    Do you believe there's extraterrestrial life out there?

    Discussing things with a friend recently, I realized that whenever there are things he can't understand in history, he usually fixes it by crediting the Aliens. It is a real panacea of an explanation.
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    Index of Non-Attacking Phrasing for Innocent Questions/Statements?

    I recommend "Non-Violent Communication." in both book and seminar form. It would have done me a lot of good if only they had warned me I'd have to apply the lessons while in a completely novel emotional state.
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    Speaking Up about Little Things

    That depends entirely on how two personalities can interact. Have you ever done something similar with anyone? Is there some other area that the person is careful about for a comparison? Are they just unaware of basic hygiene rules? Maybe try just a basic statement of fact - your stuff is...
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    List just one thing you did today

    I put up my Christmas lights and plugged in a timer, so I can look normal while doing nothing else about the season. Extra points for not freezing my fanny nor my fingers through careful timing.
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    The last thing you bought?

    My furnace is running, so the odds are about 75% in favour of my most recent purchase being a penny's worth of methane rather than a penny's worth of electricity. When the furnace is off, the odds are about 65% in favour of it being electricity rather than gas pipe rental.
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