The CR report is actually very measured in its takeaway from this:

There’s no reason to panic if you’ve been using any of the products we tested, or if you take protein supplements generally. Many of these powders are fine to have occasionally, and even those with the highest lead levels are far below the concentration needed to cause immediate harm. That said, because most people don’t actually need protein supplements—nutrition experts say the average American already gets plenty—it makes sense to ask whether these products are worth the added exposure.

It’s not that protein shakes will give you immediate lead poisoning; rather, the level of exposure is just high enough that chugging these things daily might be a problem, especially considering the negligible benefit. IMO this is a report that provides sane and relevant health advice for a very popular product.

There has recently been some spirited debate on here about whether Linux users should be condescending elitists to disgruntled Windows users, I assume that’s what this refers to.

Getty Images has an image generator trained exclusively on licensed images. I’m not aware of any text generators that do the same.

I’m very conflicted about that community because on the one hand they’re exactly correct that car-centric infrastructure is a fucking atrocity but on the other hand they elide that directly into demonizing car owners with seemingly no understanding that car-centric infrastructure makes car ownership mandatory in many places.

Oh cool, we’re schizoposting again

This has been a feature on iOS for a long time—I’ve still got some custom patterns from back in high school

Yeah, this guy is either trolling or doesn’t have the faintest clue what a good education actually comprises.

Yes, wholeheartedly. They’re not cheating the school—they’re cheating themselves. If you’re paying 200k+ for an education, for what earthly reason would you then skip the actual education?

A can opener from a convenience store. It was barely sharp enough to puncture the metal of the can and exploded the moment I turned the crank.

Professional athletes also have some of the strongest unions in the country, since they’re a small group of practically irreplaceable workers, and many of the league structures are the result of collective bargaining between players and owners.

Maybe a weird take, but check out some fencing shoes. There’s a ton of variety but they seem to have the traits you’re looking for:

• Rounded heel
• Responsive up in the toes
• Generally look like normal street shoes

I stand all day. When I first switched I alternated when my legs got tired, but that only lasted a couple days.

Pure anecdote, but as someone with a long, shitty back, I definitely noticed a marked improvement in how my back felt when I switched to a standing desk.

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Or if you’d prefer it in video form: https://youtu.be/eECjjLNAOd4

Sekiro, and nothing else has ever come close. It’s so smooth and so fast that I drop into the flow state with no trouble at all.

It’s been steadily overrun by bots, and I guess the community hit a breaking point

I think it is fair to say that having skin in the game suggests that they are making these ethical judgments in good faith; that is, that they genuinely believe that they are making the ethically correct choice in propagating their brutal war. I do not, however, think that level of personal liability inclines them any more strongly towards making genuinely ethical decisions, only ones that they genuinely believe to be ethical.

“Never use a knife as anything but a knife or you’ll end up disappointed and with a broken knife.”

Not sure where I heard that first, but it’s stuck with me.

doesn’t understand that this is a useful first step in debugging

reacts with anger when devs don’t magically have an instant fix to a vague bug

Yep, that’s a manager