Andonyx
@Andonyx@lemmy.world
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
FWIW, a 20% drop is borderline catastrophic for a major company. The squeeze it puts on their supply chain, ability to make payroll, and interest rates on borrowing going up, it could be enough to create a death spiral. I think ubisoft is probably managed well enough to deal with this, but this is definitely a serious situation for them.
- Comment on oh shit 1 month ago:
A BTU (British thermal unit) is the energy required to raise 1lb of water 1 degree Fahrenheit…which may actually be even dumber, since it’s temperature sensitive to begin with. Dumbest of all, the Brits don’t use that unit very often. The US, and, I assume, Liberia use it all the time.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 2 months ago:
I’m not sure if you’re arguing that it being fictional is an interpretation or that it’s demise from the ire of the Gods is an interpretation.
If it’s the former, you are incorrect. The single best primary source being his own protege and student Aristotle who also makes it clear the whole thing is didactic invention. (There are debates that some individual events within the story are inspired by actual events in Egypt and Athens, but it’s existence is never presented as fact. The entire idea that this was some historical account came mostly from a judges writing his own history books in the 19th century.)
This is also not debatable due to translation. It’s Plato. The best scholars of all time in both language and history have studied this, literally for centuries. There is not any serious or scholarly debate about his intentions with this story. And multiple, equally capable translations of Aristotle corroborate that.
If you’re talking about the destruction of Atlantis, it’s been too long for me to argue that specifically, but the idea that it was divine punishment is the prevailing view of that story.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 2 months ago:
Plato did not suggest ancient Atlantis existed. He was very clear that he was illustrating a hypothetical “great society” to discuss his views on effective and beneficent government.
When he discussed it sinking it was a divine punishment from the gods of Olympus because they had strayed from a righteous path. All of it is meant to be a parable.
- Comment on Woman who ‘first shared fake name’ of Southport suspect arrested 3 months ago:
“I think you’re missing the point, they’re pointing out a woman with a VERY comfortable life made up a racist lie to demonise those less fortunate than herself.”
I wonder when her best selling children’s fantasy book is going to drop?🤔
- Comment on Took me disappointingly long 5 months ago:
Okay it’s a little more expensive than I thought, but c’mon man!
- Comment on Mammals 5 months ago:
Ga-lactic is where we get lactic!
- Comment on In case some of y'all are still looking for a job 6 months ago:
Yes, it took eighty years but the eventually realized making their Yakuza affiliation obvious to everyone could hinder some of the criming.
- Comment on In case some of y'all are still looking for a job 6 months ago:
Just DON’T go the tour office in Hawaii 😳
- Comment on Geography is neat 6 months ago:
Yeah honestly. I know we (USA), do any number of things In a screwed up way, but it’s also what I’m used to. There’s NO border control anywhere around there? Seems weird to me.
- Comment on He did NOT want to be filmed 😳 11 months ago:
You absolutely have a right to film in public places. So much so that several court doctrines revolve around the idea that in a public place you “have no expectation of privacy.” This is part of the series of decisions that lets us film police.
sparkslawpractice.com/…/what-to-know-before-recor…
If this is definitely not in the US, and everyone else commenting knows that and I missed it, then my apologies in advance.
