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Comment Re:Can't Afford it? Don't Buy it. (Score 1) 147

Eh... this doesn't seem like a consumer problem, though, right? Buy now, pay later... but if they fail to pay later they still have the thing they bought, at the expense of a worse credit score. No repossession is happening here, just write-off. So who's "Can't afford it? Don't buy it" really advising?

Comment Re: Bots (Score 1) 648

I'm doing you a favour by solidly hinting that there are a good chunk of people here (nerds) who really don't care what you have to say until you express it in a nerd culturally correct way. Not talking about shaping your opinion, but the use of terminology, grammar, spelling used to express it.

Nerd here. Fine with calling them "nazis." But thank you for your concern.

Comment Makes Mice Crazy (Score 4, Informative) 209

Usually mice are afraid of the scent of cats, and steer clear.

But toxoplasma gondii-infected mice lose their fear of cats, and are actually attracted to the scent. They'll seek it out and hang out close to cats, where they'e more likely to be eaten, thus transferring the toxoplasma to the cat, where it can continue its life cycle.

That has nothing to do with this article, but I think it's really cool.

Comment We?? (Score 1) 204

"Are we living in a simulation?"

What's this "we?" There doesn't need to be enough memory to simulate a universe, just enough to simulate my perception of a local reality. It seems pretty real to me. The rest of you can just be roughed in and rendered when you come into my view.

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