I’m not sure how this is confusing at all. Dead pets get cremated all the time, just like dead people.

You’ve heard of the Stephen King book Pet Semetary, right? Well this is the faster option.

Are there any queers in the theater army tonight?
Get them up against the wall
There’s one in the spotlight, he don’t look right to me
Get him up against the wall
That one looks Jewish!
And that one’s a coon!
Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
There’s one smoking a joint!
And another with spots!
If I had my way
I’d have all of you shot!

*bear

The original article wasn’t talking about IQ at all - Reader’s Digest was oversimplifying the research.

Cognitive tests included prospective memory (baseline only: n = 171,585), visual-spatial memory (round 1: n = 483,832; round 2: n = 482,762), fluid intelligence (n = 165,492), and short-term numeric memory (n = 50,370).

Oh, that famous Journal called Reader’s Digest.

Here’s the original article: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwx273

Abstract:

We investigated the cross-sectional and prospective associations between different sedentary behaviors and cognitive function in a large sample of adults with data stored in the UK Biobank. Baseline data were available for 502,643 participants (2006–2010, United Kingdom). Cognitive tests included prospective memory (baseline only: n = 171,585), visual-spatial memory (round 1: n = 483,832; round 2: n = 482,762), fluid intelligence (n = 165,492), and short-term numeric memory (n = 50,370). After a mean period of 5.3 years, participants (numbering from 12,091 to 114,373, depending on the test) also provided follow-up cognitive data. Sedentary behaviors (television viewing, driving, and nonoccupational computer-use time) were measured at baseline. At baseline, both television viewing and driving time were inversely associated with cognitive function across all outcomes (e.g., for each additional hour spent watching television, the total number of correct answers in the fluid intelligence test was 0.15 (99% confidence interval: 0.14, 0.16) lower. Computer-use time was positively associated with cognitive function across all outcomes. Both television viewing and driving time at baseline were positively associated with the odds of having cognitive decline at follow-up across most outcomes. Conversely, computer-use time at baseline was inversely associated with the odds of having cognitive decline at follow-up across most outcomes. This study supports health policies designed to reduce television viewing and driving in adults.

Much as I’d like Mm and Mg to be more widely used, they’re very rarely seen. TW and MWh are perfectly normal units, though.

I do find it sad that people talk about 1000 kilotons, though. It’s a Tg. A ton is a megagram, a kiloton is a gigagram, and a thousand of those is a teragram. It’s a pity that we don’t live in a world where that’s normal.

We have a system of units based on factors of 1000. Why on earth wouldn’t one say “surpass 1 TW”? If they want important sounding numbers, they could say “a million megawatts”.

Capri Denim!

You don’t really have to say “alleged” if they’ve gotten a judgement against them in a court.

Well, you’re allowed to own a car even if you aren’t allowed to drive it. Maybe for guns there should also be separate rules for ownership and operation?

I mean, ideally, I’d be for no private ownership of firearms at all - that just makes for a safer society.

“An 82-year-old female said she had been driving a 2013 Ford Edge SUV going west on Country Club Road. She stated that she thought she hit something, turned around to check the area, but didn’t see anything, so she continued her journey home.”

Well at least she was nice and safe in her rolling fortress.

Rule of thumb

I see what you did there…

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I primarily zoom in incscape in two ways:

1. Using the mouse - it zooms to mouse position, so control-scroll is brilliant - even for navigating: scroll out until you see where you want to go, put the mouse there and scroll in.

2. Using the keyboard (this is incredibly powerful):

• 3: Fit selected object in the window
• 4: Fit all objects in the window
• 5: Fit the page in the window
• 6: Fit page width.
• 1 and 2: I seldom use these, but they’re for 50% zoom and 100% zoom.
• • and -: They zoom in and out.

So often, I’ll click on an object, then press 3 to fit in in the window, and then hit - a few times to see the context better. Perfect.

does anyone also use Affinity?

Nope, only you.

If it had been intentional, it would have been a brilliant strategy - take an early lead and shit on everything to slow everyone else down.