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[–] xep@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Planar Magnetic headphones. Can't go back.

[–] xep@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago

Not as far as I'm aware.

[–] xep@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There is the GFCI in the switch box, but yeah, both gfci+grounded would be preferable.

[–] xep@fedia.io 14 points 4 months ago (4 children)

You'd think so, but the ground will either be at the bottom of the outlet, requiring a separate cable, or Type-B.

[–] xep@fedia.io 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Yup. Japan also has grounded outlets, though, although they are comparatively rarer.

[–] xep@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago

Japan also accepts bank transfer for online payments. So you don't even need to leave your house.

[–] xep@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago

Preferences are fair enough! There's no accounting for taste.

I also think social norms are also important to consider. Pufferfish is a delicacy here, and I won't turn it down if it's offered at a social event. It's just not polite. Likewise, I won't refuse a cup of alcohol, since here it signals a lack of willingness to be open and friendly. We don't live in isolation.

[–] xep@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago

Considering that we've yet to properly understand most of the processes in our body, I think it's very hubristic to just think that we've "designed crops that don't kill us." The operating principle is "as far as we know," which isn't much to go by.

What's worse, the people behind these "designer crops" are purely profit-driven. Their sole motivation is the accumulation of capital above all else. They are only concerned about human health when the effects are too obvious to ignore. This is a failing of modern society, but that's a whole other discussion.

For an example, does eating modern refined flour kill us? Not immediately... So I think I'll take 2.5m years over 10,000, just to be on the safe side.

[–] xep@fedia.io 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bear fat! I don't think I can get much of that here, would have to go very far north.

[–] xep@fedia.io 16 points 4 months ago

No thanks. It's not for me.

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