dnick

@dnick@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are mood problems a “turn off” for people even when they’re hard to manage?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a bit of an echo chamber, do other people like hanging out with these two friends? If they do, maybe try emulation their behavior in those ways. If not, you may just be in a tough place with these friends enabling you in bad behavior. You already understand the problem, it’s not pleasant hanging around with someone who has infinite empathy for herself but apparently no willingness to accept others as they are without belittling them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are mood problems a “turn off” for people even when they’re hard to manage?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  If you don’t understand why people do something even if they ‘suck’ at it, then you’re asking others to do something you’re not willing to do yourself.

  If you were being physically abusive and couldn’t help it, would you still think they should accept that as just ‘you being you’? Would you accept it? You are verbally abusive when you don’t like something, perhaps even if they can’t help it… They practice passive avoidance if they don’t like something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does this pic show that Elon Musk doesnt know SQL?⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  My guess is that he thinks SQL is an app or implementation like MS-SQL. It would be pretty surprising if the government didn’t use SQL as in relational databases, but if it doesn’t it’s even more unlikely that he understands even the first part over whether having duplicate SS numbers is in any way unexpected or unreasonable. Most likely one of the junior devs somewhere along the lines misunderstood a query and said something uninformed and mocking, and he took that as a good dig to toss into a tweet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What even is fire?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, is just a reaction from two molecules into two other molecules. Oversimplification, but you know how vinegar and baking soda react when the come together all fuzzy and bubble? It’s the same when oxygen and hydrocarbons meet, except that it take heat to get it going, and conveniently releases more heat, which is usually enough to cause more reaction, often until it runs out of either oxygen or the hydrocarbon.

  It would be an even better parallel if vinegar and baking soda didn’t react if they were both below a certain temperature, and if the bubbling created heat, which warmed up the stuff next to it. If that were the case you could see a cool thing where you could keep them could, and just touch one spot to start them reacting, and it would spread like ‘fire’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨moms rule⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They were discussing converting the AU to 1 ‘your mom’ as a better frame of reference, but France wouldn’t sign on

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nom nom⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but that’s because that’s the way your mind interpreted it, it could have just as easily thought that the arrow (little side) should point in the forward direction from left to right, so ‘point to the bigger number’.

  Basically two completely unrelated things both make sense to you in the same direction, and that happened to be the direction that the the people picking the symbols also picked. If they had simply picked the opposite direction, all the people who currently struggle might find out perfectly natural and be confused as to why ‘you’ have such a problem understanding it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a word can have as many meanings as we assign to it. Can was assign every meaning to one word?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An absolute bargain!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s going to last a long time because the old lady said they used it everyday and it still looks practically new

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are laptop adapters so much larger than phone adapters of same power rating?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically ‘duty cycle’…same reason electric heaters all put out 1500W but ones for larger rooms are ‘larger’. Big or small, they both put out 1500W, but the small ones can only do it for a few minutes at a time before having to cool off, while the larger ones can run for longer and heat up a big room more quickly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I was a secret immortal how long could I keep the same US ID for before I get taken away for study. I'm thinking 150 years.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that just a different way of answering the question though? Do you think 60 years is the answer but don’t want to say that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Forced To Cancel Rally After Biden Admin Denies Protection⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The political parties have absolutely nothing to do with democracy. They are literally fundraising organizations with 0 accountability, and the only reason they get special attention like primaries is because their candidates tend to win elections and make policy.

  There is absolutely no reason for them to hold ‘elections’ internally aside from the theater of it… They could 100% legitimately throw a dart at a dartboard or read tea leaves to pick their candidate if they want. Crying about how the ‘other side’ didn’t do it how your side did is silly and disingenuous at best, and more likely just talking points to regurgitate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Forced To Cancel Rally After Biden Admin Denies Protection⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The DNC and RNC are organizations, there’s no reason outside of organizational preference for them to hold votes… They could flip a coin for all ‘voters rights’ are concerned. They are literally just fundraising organizations that pick someone to throw money behind.

  Party affiliation, for all intents and purposes, shouldn’t even be listed on the ballots and the only reason they are is because the two parties realize splitting the country is a better way to raise funds than any amount of policy or good intentions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which are the lesser-known movies that are well worth seeing?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, yeah, as a horror fan it’s likely a little too spoofy to be terribly engaging, but it sounds like you might specifically be ‘not’ a fan of that.

  If it’s never occurred to you to label yourself a horror fan, but kind of like movies in general, you’ll probably get a kick out of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because Democrats want someone who will run the country and Republicans just want someone who will maintain their minority control. We are concerned for the country, they are scared for their very existence and self reflection itself is dangerous for their existence. Basically self reflection is necessary for what Democrats want to do, and it fatal for what Republicans want. So we do it, and Republicans avoid it at all costs. We get a Kamala who we hold to a high standard, they get a Trump who can punch them in the face and they’ll still support him because of the party.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Francis Ford Coppola: ‘Megalopolis’ cast purposefully includes ‘canceled’ actors⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think he’s always had a problem trying to break out of his childhood nerd acting personal and just wildly overdoes it… Kind of like those guys who intentionally deepen their voice and walk with their arms out a little like their biceps are a little too big… He’s even mimiced that in movies before, but then unconsciously goes back to doing effectively the same thing unironically a few seconds later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I will not be taking questions.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it's not broken...⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s like 1-2 adapters tops.