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  • Definitely. Hate on me if you want but I’m about to drop some truth about why Nickelback is literally the most metal band to ever shred this mortal plane.

    First off Chad Kroeger’s voice is basically what would happen if you took Bruce Dickinson’s pipes and injected them with pure Canadian maple syrup and gravel. Have you even heard “How You Remind Me”? That’s basically “Number of the Beast” but with better hair.

    And how about their crushing riffs? Led Zeppelin? Really? While Robert Plant was singing about hobbits or whatever, Chad and the boys were out there crafting absolute face melters like “Photograph”, which is basically “Stairway to Heaven” if it was actually good.

    More evidence that proves Nickelback is the GOAT:

    • Been on the US Hot 100 unlike Iron Maiden
    • Their music videos have better production value than Goldfinger’s entire career
    • Chad Kroeger’s hair is scientifically proven to be more metal than any other musician’s hair, especially Robert Plant’s.

    I know this is controversial, but someone had to say it. The fact is this is what peak metal performance looks like, deal with it.


  • Using this logic, you would have to accept that people that are very good at a given game from the start have a fundamentally different experience to people that are very bad at a given game. And people that are average have another experience again.

    So who’s having the “true” experience? Is the good player having a degraded experience because they feel like they’re playing on easy mode? Is the bad player having a degraded experience because they give up half way in? Is the average player having the “intended” experience of each part of the game feeling earned and hard won?

    The reality is it’s impossible to give the “intended” experience to everyone regardless. And if the average player experience is the intended experience, having difficulty settings will actually let the other players experience that, not take away from it. If the very good player and the very bad player can fine tune it so their relative experiences are the same as the average player, hard but not impossible, haven’t you actually given the intended experience to more people rather than degrade it?


  • I haven’t been there in a while but I remember there was a sub of volunteers that were around for years that went around just describing images, way before AI LLM were really a thing.

    I’m assuming this is something new being pushed by reddit itself, but as you said, it’s a good thing regardless.



  • Robust Mirror@aussie.zonetoScience Memes@mander.xyzflouride
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    18 days ago

    https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/citycouncil/interest-items/2020/09/city-council-information-on-fluoride-2020-09-08.pdf

    • Water fluoridation reaches over 13 million Europeans through programs in England, Ireland, Poland, Serbia and Spain

    • Children in deprived areas benefit most from water fluoridation according to 2018 English health agency report

    • Over 70 million Europeans receive fluoridated salt through programs in Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland and other countries. Salt fluoridation is recommended when water fluoridation is not feasible

    • European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry endorses water fluoridation as “core component of oral health policy”

    • Fluoridated milk programs have operated in Bulgaria, England, Hungary, Russia and Scotland

    • Several European countries provide free or subsidized fluoride treatments through national healthcare:

      • Sweden: free dental care through age 23
      • Denmark: free dental care until age 18
      • Finland: public dental clinic access for all legal residents
    • Scandinavian schools offer fluoride varnish, tablets and rinse programs

    • Some regions in Europe have naturally fluoridated water, such as parts of Italy. Italian health officials support water fluoridation but don’t implement additional programs due to naturally optimal fluoride levels in some areas

    https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/about/statement-on-the-evidence-supporting-the-safety-and-effectiveness-of-community-water-fluoridation.html

    • Evidence shows that water fluoridation prevents tooth decay by providing frequent and consistent contact with low levels of fluoride, ultimately reducing tooth decay by about 25% in children and adults.

    • evidence shows that schoolchildren living in communities where water is fluoridated have, on average, 2.25 fewer decayed teeth compared to similar children not living in fluoridated communities.

    • A study to compare costs associated with community water fluoridation with treatment savings achieved through reduced tooth decay, which included 172 public water systems, each serving populations of 1,000 individuals or more, found that 1 year of exposure to fluoridated water yielded an average savings of $60 per person when the lifetime costs of maintaining a restoration were included.

    • Analyses of Medicaid claims data in 3 other states (Louisiana, New York, and Texas), have also found that children living in fluoridated communities have lower caries related treatment costs than do similar children living in non-fluoridated communities; the difference in annual per child treatment costs ranged from $28 to $67.

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9544072/

    • community water fluoridation continues to decrease cavities by 25% at the population level.

    • Even with fluoridated products such as toothpaste and mouth rinses, this public health practice can reduce an additional 25% of tooth decay in children and adults

    • In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first U.S. city to fluoridate its public water supply. Five years later, Grand Rapids schoolchildren were found to have significantly fewer cavities than children from the control community of Muskegon, and additional water districts, including Muskegon began fluoridating and seeing similar results

    • Studies have shown that populations from lower socioeconomic groups within fluoridated communities have less tooth decay when compared to peers in nonfluoridated communities

    • The cost of a lifetime of water fluoridation for one person is less than the cost of one filling

    More info: https://www.ada.org/resources/community-initiatives/fluoride-in-water


  • Robust Mirror@aussie.zonetoScience Memes@mander.xyzflouride
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    Well look at the statistics:

    Fluoride:

    • Water fluoridation in the United States began in the 1940s
    • By 1949, nearly 1 million Americans were receiving fluoridated tap water
    • In 1951, the number jumped dramatically to 4.85 million people
    • By 1952, the number nearly tripled again to 13.3 million Americans
    • In 1954, the number exceeded 20 million people
    • In 1965 an additional 13.5 million Americans gained access to fluoridated water.
    • By 1969, 43.7% of Americans had access to fluoridated tap water.
    • In 2000, approximately 162 million Americans (65.8% of the population served by public water systems) received optimally fluoridated water
    • 2006: 69.2% of people on public water systems (61.5% of total population)
    • 2012: 74.6% of people on public water systems (67.1% of total population)

    Autism:

    • First recognised in the 1940s
    • During the 1960s and 1970s, prevalence estimates were approximately 0.5 cases per 1,000 children.
    • Prevalence rates increased to about 1 case per 1,000 children in the 1980s.
    • 2000: 1 in 150 children
    • 2006: 1 in 110 children
    • 2014: 1 in 59 children
    • 2016: 1 in 54 children
    • 2020: 1 in 36 children

    Seems pretty clear cut to me.

    /s because people think I posted this in seriousness.