LaLuzDelSol
@LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
- Comment on North America contains some of the longest continuous decididous forest records on the planet. 2 days ago:
He is also not eliminating research, a lot of research projects are closing but this seems to be more of a re-org.
Some jobs will change and some employees will be asked to move to new locations, according to a March 31 email that Thomas M. Schultz, Jr., the Forest Service chief, sent to employees of the research and development section.
“The consolidation of research stations does not mean a retreat from the agency’s research mission,” Mr. Schultz said in the email. “Forest Service R&D has produced world-class science for over a century, and that will continue. The consolidation is about organizing the research enterprise more efficiently, not diminishing it.”
- Comment on North America contains some of the longest continuous decididous forest records on the planet. 2 days ago:
Yeah this is more of a re-org than an elimination. nytimes.com/…/forest-service-research-stations.ht…
Still seems like it might cause problems but it’s not the catastrophic change some people are making it out to be. And the Forest Service isn’t just a bunch of tree-hugging conservationists their mission is basically the sustainable exploitation of US forests. So for that reason they are very important to industry.
- Comment on North America contains some of the longest continuous decididous forest records on the planet. 2 days ago:
Yeah it is highly exaggerated.
The regional offices are being replaced with 15 state-based offices.
Same with the research program.
“The consolidation of research stations does not mean a retreat from the agency’s research mission,” Mr. Schultz said in the email. “Forest Service R&D has produced world-class science for over a century, and that will continue. The consolidation is about organizing the research enterprise more efficiently, not diminishing it.”
- Comment on North America contains some of the longest continuous decididous forest records on the planet. 2 days ago:
Yeah that’s pretty misleading. The regional offices are being replaced with 15 state-based offices.
Same with the research program.
“The consolidation of research stations does not mean a retreat from the agency’s research mission,” Mr. Schultz said in the email. “Forest Service R&D has produced world-class science for over a century, and that will continue. The consolidation is about organizing the research enterprise more efficiently, not diminishing it.”
- Comment on Is there any decent PvP FPS that's not infested with cheaters? Looking for a decent PvP FPS 1 week ago:
Honestly… most online FPSs are fine if you aren’t good. I’m trash and I almost never see cheaters in R6 haha.
- Comment on Anon enjoys videogame music 2 weeks ago:
I feel like it should be possible
- Comment on Anon reads Into the Wild 5 weeks ago:
Maybe, but having read the book I don’t think that’s what Krakauer was going for. The last chapter is basically a bunch of experts roasting him for making mistakes and getting himself killed.
- Comment on Why nor???? 1 month ago:
Well it’s interesting that it makes regular ringing/metallic sounds when it’s dropped(at least in the movies), so it is not inelastic. Which means it could be deformed if placed under extreme force but it would always spring back into shape. So I think it might be the world’s most powerful spring.
- Comment on Why are we not getting stress relief games where we take our stresses out on normal people? 1 month ago:
Untitled Goose Game is what you are looking for :)
- Comment on You earned some more dislikes 1 month ago:
It’s frustrating how many assumptions people make about your beliefs just because you are trying to make a purely fact-based correction. Like if I try to say something like “the victim was actually armed when they were shot by the police” (made up example) people just instantly assume I’m a fascist bootlicker when I’m really just trying to get the facts straight. It’s just that misinformation that goes against prevailing opinion gets instantly swatted down but misinformation that validates people’s opinions is tolerated way more than it should be.
- Comment on Why? 2 months ago:
intomore.com/…/surprise-lesbian-porn-tops-the-por…
Women watch more lesbian porn then men (as a proportion of their total porn consumption). And women apparently make up 37% of the viewership on pornhub so that’s a very significant amount of lesbian porn viewership, if not an outright majority.
salon.com/…/why-does-lesbian-porn-dominate-milf-a…
It’s not 1960 anymore
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 3 months ago:
Yall are making this more complicated than you need to.
-Using credit does lower your score, yes, because if you already have loans you are less able to pay off additional loans. However, once you are done paying off those loans you will have a higher credit score than when you started
-Not using credit will only lower your credit score because it turns you into an unknown quantity
-Paying back late does lower your score, duh
-Paying back early does NOT lower your score. The only thing is if you take out a loan and then immediately pay it back they will recognize that you didn’t really need a loan in the first place. But Paying back mortgages/car finances quickly is a great way to build credit
-Simply checking or looking at your credit score does not affect it. However, making a “hard inquiry”-actually going to the bank or dealership and asking them if you can afford X thing-can lower your score because it’s a clear sign you’re about to take on more debt. That won’t actually hurt you for that particular inquiry though, it only hurts you if you walk away.
-Taking out loans does lower your score because you have burdened yourself with debt, duh
-Repaying loans does NOT lower your credit score, it raises it, unless you no longer have any debt at all and they no longer have a feel for how good you are at repaying.
Having an excellent credit score is not hard. Use a credit card and pay the full balance every month - thats a good idea anyway since the cash back is free money. Take out loans only when you need to and repay them as quickly as you can (also a good idea, since the guaranteed ROI of repaying debt is going to be better usually than when what you can make guaranteed by investing).
Now is America over-reliant on debt? Oh yeah absolutely. But avoid revolving credit card debt and don’t get in over your head with mortgages and car loans and you can easily “game the system” and take advantage of cheap credit.
- Comment on Anon questions some decisions 3 months ago:
I didn’t realize how large the Balkan drug trade was, thank you for that information. It seems the proliferation of illegal drugs is a problem of similar scope in Europe as the U.S.
- Comment on Anon questions some decisions 3 months ago:
Leftist try not to defend atrocities committed against America and its allies challenge (very difficult)
- Comment on Anon questions some decisions 3 months ago:
If the US was just neighbors with Canada I guarantee you illegal drugs would be much harder to come by in the US. Most other developed nations have the luxury of being neighbors only with other developed nations (or being islands)
- Comment on WHY??? 4 months ago:
Yeah apparently it has to do with the bit sort of sliding in behind the holes it carves out with its blades. Doesn’t happen with a regular drill bit because those don’t have sticky-out parts.
- Comment on WHY??? 4 months ago:
Haha I love AI! We’re so close to AGI I swear bro!
Interesting, I’ve only had the hexagon thing happen to me in plywood, but it seems it can happen in regular wood as well.
- Comment on WHY??? 4 months ago:
You get hexagons as well when you drill a countersink bit into plywood. Something something layers.
- Comment on The osu! Open Source Client, Lazer, Has Been Made the Default Download Option for New Users 4 months ago:
Was it though??
- Comment on Female tourist takes down phone-snatcher in Argentina 4 months ago:
Can you give me one example where this has EVER worked, on a scale larger than a couple thousand people.
- Comment on Female tourist takes down phone-snatcher in Argentina 4 months ago:
Ahh I never got that line until now, thought he said passin-it which didn’t make any sense
- Comment on "Nevertheless, the vaginal sounds that were sent will have reached Epsilon Eridani in 1996 and Tau Ceti in 1998. It is unclear what sort of reply we should expect." 5 months ago:
Became concerned"
I’d put “hypothetical aliens listening to our radio transmissions won’t know what our vaginas sound like” preeeety far down my list of concerns but you do you, king
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 5 months ago:
Yeah my friend has a cb radio and he says when traffic is bad people are just yelling at each other. Although that’s anonymous, if the messages showed you were X person from C vehicle it would probably be a bit more civil
- Comment on What's the name of the early-mid 2000's song that sounds like Beyonce, starts with a "dun...dun... dun DUN!" guitar part, and the singer makes this "dabudabudabu" sound? 5 months ago:
And heart attack came out in 2013 haha
- Comment on Velma can't math. 5 months ago:
Oh true!
- Comment on Velma can't math. 5 months ago:
They’re the coefficients of a quadratic equation! Y = ax^2 + bx + c
- Comment on Is there any way the average American can insulate themselves from the AI bubble bursting? 5 months ago:
Oh yeah it’s definitely bad in the long run. I’m just saying that it isn’t fair to say that the economy wouldn’t be growing without these new datacenters.
- Comment on Is there any way the average American can insulate themselves from the AI bubble bursting? 5 months ago:
It’s also not completely fair, some of that money would have been spent elsewhere without datacenters. Investors still gonna invest.
- Comment on Anon shops for diamonds 5 months ago:
Eh it’s now about 1/3 the price. Lab diamonds are getting cheap. Still a solid option though.
- Comment on Anon shops for diamonds 5 months ago:
Dang a lot of diamond haters in the comments! I would never buy a mined diamond for the ethical concerns but I think lab grown diamonds are worth the price. Moissanite is really pretty but it does throw more colors which may not be to everyone’s taste. Diamonds have a really clean white sparkle. And the price difference between the two is not as big as it used to be apparently.