brendansimms
@brendansimms@lemmy.world
- Comment on What is it like being drunk? How much control do you have? 2 days ago:
If you choose to put the substance in your body you are responsible. ‘Its not my fault, I was drunk’ is a shit excuse used by irresponsible people that do not respect others.
- Comment on Before the revolution 1 week ago:
Some non-wealthy people live close enough to visit whenever though (source: I live in the suburbs of dc)
- Comment on Keep off the sofa 2 weeks ago:
holy fuck this is going the save folder
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 2 weeks ago:
Large amounts of data were pirated, which is apparently legal if you’re training an AI. Source: Meta lawsuit
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 2 weeks ago:
No they stole it by torrenting through pirating sites: Meta lawsuit
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 2 weeks ago:
big companies can (currently) legally pirate books/movies/media from torrenting sites in order to train ai algos. Source: Meta Lawsuit
- Comment on 1 month ago:
For the fundamental concepts of electromagnetism, see ‘Maxwell’s Equations’. Personally, I prefer looking at the differential equation versions to understand the interplay between electro- and -magnetism and how that relates to light/electricity/so many things
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Yep electrons travel at VERY different speeds through different materials. For instance, in certain semiconductors they can travel millions of times faster than in copper wire, which is why they are used for power amplification. But even in those, a single electron does not travel very far, relative to the distance we transport ‘electricity’ through wires and such.
- Comment on Attention, Please! 1 month ago:
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- Comment on Give it to em 1 month ago:
look at what they’ve taken from us!
- Comment on Is there any way I can study Marxist theory in a way that wouldn't seem too boring or dry? 2 months ago:
Most of them are virtual groups - no need to leave the bed!
- Comment on Is there any way I can study Marxist theory in a way that wouldn't seem too boring or dry? 2 months ago:
You could try out a DSA book club. They sometimes read through fiction books that are much more entertaining than straight up economic theory (…for some) then everyone discusses. It’s a very approachable way to start understanding marxist/leftist socioeconomic ideas. Link: Reading Groups
- Comment on average red state university 2 months ago:
There was a shortformvid clip I saw some time ago that stuck with me: You can only ‘believe’ in something that does NOT have evidence for it (or at least not conclusive evidence), otherwise you would KNOW it to be true. Belief requires a certain amount of uncertainty. Note that I am in no way religious and in no way am saying people should believe religious texts, just sharing an interesting take on the concept of ‘believing’
- Comment on Starfield on PS5 Pro is the best it's ever been, but it's still Starfield | RPG Site 2 months ago:
I played it with mods that forced me to construct everything from scratch. Super-enjoyable that way; created a multi-system logistics network that moved all raw goods to a single planet, than created a massive manufacturing base. Got bored and just played Satisfactory, which is apparently all I wanted anyway. Also, Eve online is way cooler.
- Comment on Crying is a free action 2 months ago:
- Comment on Enshittification: Science and Applications (published by Nature) is hit with "pooptical power" 3 months ago:
I’m not an optics expert, but I don’t think that’s right. Sad state of things when this gets published in a Nature-adjacent journal. Unless pooptical is a thing, in which case … I want to know more
- Comment on Having to work during the apocalypse sucks 3 months ago:
you CAN effect change, major change. You choose not to, which is fine. But a single person can most definitely change the world.
- Comment on Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts? 4 months ago:
then every MRI machine would be haunted
- Comment on *FREEEEM*; *sad birthday boy noises* 4 months ago:
just cover your drones in mirrors ciattbabingboomdone
- Comment on Student Parking 5 months ago:
At UMD, you have to buy a parking pass, but during basketball and football games you can’t use them and you can’t park there, because they’re selling our spaces for more money to sports attendees. Insane.
- Comment on MFW I wake up to find Lemmy feeds full of USA stuff 5 months ago:
but…where are the gestapo and soldiers to harass the people?
- Comment on Just for you 6 months ago:
ya’ll done with the corn i guess
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 6 months ago:
bro this is the winner
- Comment on Shut up science!! 7 months ago:
Blue light being bad is a conspiracy theory by big eyewear to sell more glasses (I’m being tongue in cheek but I think its kinda true). I don’t have the link but I read some paper about how its more likely that the reduced blinking rate while watching screens is the real culprit
- Comment on Assassin's Creed is a "forever brand" because Ubisoft supported huge risks with it, ex director says: "Whereas, say, EA, you get these awful execs and they never made games and they came from toothpaste companies" 8 months ago:
Zelda is classically open world though - since the og nintendo
- Comment on It's official: Teamsters President Sean O'Brien is a **Class Traitor & Republican Stooge** - (Details in post body) 8 months ago:
I lol’d. I GUFFAWED at that third paragraph.
- Comment on Where is modern Punk? 8 months ago:
Thank you for setting the record straight. Von Trapp is punk af. His whole vibe is NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF
- Comment on The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games 9 months ago:
EVE ONLINE UNTIL I DIE
- Comment on How often do guys have a haircut? 9 months ago:
did you put mirrors on both walls?
- Comment on From Snoop Dogg to Lap Dogg 10 months ago:
no. Snoop is a fucking idiot and this comment is stupid too. Watch this: “Same sex couples can adopt kids that don’t have parents of their own”. DONE. Your comment reads like it was copy/pasted from 1980 about how interracial dating is an abomination but you just changed a few words.
