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[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I've had one for years, use it often and honestly didn't know it had an app until today.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

I honestly didn't know there was an app and use mine a few times a month.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

If he is worse than Elon, he at least has the decency to hide it.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

99% Invisible did an episode on this.

It's a great listen. Basically it makes audiences think the show is funnier, or rather it gives audiences permission to laugh out loud alone.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-laff-box/

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Mostly by accident, imagine what we could do if we were trying to kill everything off.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Yup, that's what I meant.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

They're a secular institution that was on the leading edge of stem cell research when it was far more controversial than it is now.

I don't think those are "low-ass" standards.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 47 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Calling Duke a 'religious school' is disingenuous. They are a secular school that has a divinity program. The university pre-dates the divinity school by almost a century.

They are widely seen as a world class medical, business and law school. Contributions include, the first ultrasound imaging, the first CFD analysis software, and cochlear implant development.

They don't focus on sports anymore than other peer institutions (think Northwestern, Stanford, Vanderbilt, or Notre Dame) they just caught lightning in a bottle with Coach K, and have been really good at basketball for a while.

I say all of this to highlight, they are a legitimate, well funded active contributor to academia and research.

They aren't some hack religious institution that's trying to play being a real school while shoveling indoctrination down your throat like BYU or Liberty.

Duke is a legitimate research university that should be criticized even more harshly for the decision outlined in the article because of their history as a top tier research institution, not because they're "a religious school that doesn't care about science."

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

That's where I am these days.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

I've been the person to buy a console when there's the killer game/feature worth upgrading for.

Historically I've bought the bundles with a few games just in time for the new launch of a new software.

I ended up with a PS2/GameCube/Wii, a PS3/Xbox360/WiiU and PS4/Xbox One/Switch. I don't mind buying consoles to play a few games.

That moment just hasn't happened this generation. I can still play most of the big exclusives on the last gen hardware anyways.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 16 points 7 months ago

And is what they should do rather than trying to delete it.

Provide context so that future generations can enjoy what's good about the media and acknowledge how parts of the content/media are problematic and not appropriate.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago

He offered Twitter more money than the company was worth with no due diligence.

The leadership of the board could have been sued by shareholders if they didn't push Elon to actually pay over market value.

The end goal of any for profit leadership is to make as much money as possible and exit.

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