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  • Disagree. Even if we could, from what I understand, large, solid pieces of plastic are better than extremely small, thin, fragile pieces since those are going to turn into microplastics and get everywhere. I'd rather have them in one big chunk.

  • Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day?
  • The issue is that the holiday is an African American holiday, so people think it is awkward / racist. The museum is an African American museum, so I don't see how it's different.

    It's a staple of African American culture, and it's delicious. As long as it isn't being done for those reasons, and not with some racist tone, I don't see the issue. I mean, I'd probably throw in some BBQ, collard greens, or other things too to diversify it a little bit more to play it safe though.

  • What would happen if everyone moved there money from traditional private banks to credit unions/ coop banks
  • IDK why people are interpreting your question about the mechanics of everyone switching at the same time. It sounds to me like you're asking more about the bigger picture problems it would solve with society, not whether the sudden change would be able to be handled by the banks. Is that what you're looking for?

    Moving to a credit union is a great idea. I did a long time ago and haven't looked back.

    There are some things they don't offer, sure, but then for stuff like investments I use dedicated platforms for those which is a better experience anyway.

  • What do you do with Nazi memorabilia?
  • It wasn't clear to me from the post that it isn't genuine. I interpreted the post to mean that it wasn't famous in some way, just a standard issue dagger, but that it wasn't a reproduction.

  • If your Proton password is your encryption key, why couldn't Proton theoretically use it to decrypt your data?

    AFAIK when you log in to Proton, you send them your password, they do the standard hashing and checking against the hash stored in their database, and if it matches them they let you log in by sending you a token of some sort.

    If the your password is your encryption key, and if at some point Proton needs your plaintext password in order for you to log in, then doesn't that mean they still have a way to access your data? They could take the plaintext password and decrypt everything in your account without you knowing, right?

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    Do bike tires increase pressure in summer?

    I know bike tires will lose pressure in colder seasons because the air temp causes the pressure to drop, but is the inverse true? Does bike tire pressure go up in summer due to heat?

    If so, do I need to deflate the tires a bit in summer? Do bike tires ever explode because of a temperature change?

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    I'm disappointed with Third Wave Water

    Not with their end product - the powder itself is excellent. But every little packet is plastic, and doesn't have to be. The world has such a serious problem with plastics, and for a lot of products it's kind of necessary, but this is not one of them.

    Restaurants have had the same size single serving packets for sugar, salt, and pepper for decades now and those are paper, which is much more environmentally friendly. It's even better for usability! With paper, I don't need to go find my scissors like I do for TWW's plastic packets.

    I asked TWW if they would consider using paper instead, but got a generic reply that they'll bring it up, but evidently nothing has been done about this.

    Is anyone else as disappointed as I am with their use of plastic packets? I care a lot about having clean water for my coffee, and I care just as much about not polluting the rest of the world because of it.

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    Is it really a breaking change if a method changes output after an update?

    This might seem obviously "yes" at first, but consider a method like foo.debugRepr() which outputs the string FOO and has documentation which says it is meant only to be used for logging / debugging. Then you make a new release of your library and want to update the debug representation to be **FOO**.

    Based on the semantics of debugRepr() I would argue that this is NOT a breaking change even though it is returning a different value, because it should only affect logging. However, if someone relies on this and uses it the wrong way, it will break their code.

    What do you think? Is this a breaking change or not?

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    Question about FOMO in Baldur's Gate 3

    I haven't played any Baldur's Gate games before but I've heard so much about this game that I'm going to buy it.

    However, before I start, I always wonder about this: some games allow you to unlock any weapon at some point in the game, and if you miss one in some quest you can always go back. If you accidentally sell one you can buy it back or forge a new one again, or have it respawn. If you want some other class you can switch later.

    Other games are not like that, and if you screw up or aren't aware of [full in the blank] then you can't unlock something.

    What's the story with BG3? Do I need to be careful and plan before going on missions?

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