nimpnin
@nimpnin@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on When does Trump finally start taking accountability? 4 hours ago:
When he is forced to.
- Comment on 13 hours ago:
cato institute
Lol
I mean it can work, at least in theory. I’d have to take a more comprehensive look at Estonia’s case. I will not take that source at face value though.
But recently I’ve seen analyses of both the UK and the southern EU countries’ austerity policies being failures. And that’s multiple countries with very different economies.
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Austerity doesn’t work
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Thats a lot of cigarettes
- Comment on Does people doing things that upset others also upset you? 1 day ago:
Given that the general population doesn’t even know how allergies work half the time, it makes even more sense to ban peanuts on flights
- Comment on If people's voices become copyright protected in the future as a response to AI, will any non-commercial uses of voices be affected as well? 2 days ago:
whose hegemony results in most of the world conforming to the same
Does it really? I know there are significant differences between US and EU copyright law, fair use comes to mind
- Comment on What are the differences between 1) probabillities, 2) possibillities, and 3) plausabillities? 1 week ago:
maybe all the stats have eroded any intuition I had for these words
- Comment on What are the differences between 1) probabillities, 2) possibillities, and 3) plausabillities? 1 week ago:
Probability is a numeric value between: 0 and 1 of how likely an event is going to happen. Depending on the definition, I would say that possibilities and plausabilities are both events with a nonzero probability. Colloquially, possibilities are more likely than plausabilities I guess. Source: two thirds of a stats phd and C2 level english skills lol
- Comment on is it normal to feel tired for weeks after running and doing yoga every day for almost 6 months? 1 week ago:
Why are people so bad at doing things in moderation
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I would say no. While they make the process more superficial and gamify it to the gain of the companies rather than the users, lots of people find partners on dating apps. A quick google reveals that already in 2017 dating apps were the leading way couples originally met.
So I would at least try them, just keep in mind how they work and what the incentives are. And don’t take it personally if you don’t get a lot of matches - that happens to a lot of people. Also I would definitely not pay for a subscription, that’s the scam part.
- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 2 weeks ago:
Kindle Paperwhite 2
- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 2 weeks ago:
I just bought a used kindle and jailbroke it a few weeks ago for a similar use case
- Comment on It's the dream 3 weeks ago:
The orginal version was ”grass is free”
- Comment on Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments? 3 weeks ago:
Either way, there is a lot of things where a book, with illustrations or not, is an inefficient way to convey information.
- Comment on Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments? 3 weeks ago:
This is one of my all-time least favorite takes.
For a lot of stuff, text is a good way to present information. For a lot of other things, information is best processed visually, often in the form of a video. Think repair, building stuff, 3D software, complicated GUI software in general, sports and gym technique, physiotherapy, anything that involves spatial motor skills really.
Imagine if IKEA instructions were text-only?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
What interests you and what do you value? There are no universal answers to a question like this.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
22:00 bedtime / 06:00 wake-up time daily is what you do in the army in my country. No smartphone too. This seems excessive for a normal 15 year old.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
If you pick 4 random words, the attacker would still need to brute force through (hundreds of?) billions of word combinations. That’s the point.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
but iirc the bottom half has been sort-of half debunked
Any source for this? It’s literally just random words. Just pick from a large enough list and you’re good.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
The new BMI, which is more accurate for very tall and very short people, gives you 28 instead of 30.6. Which is overweight and not obese. people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi_calc.html
- Comment on Valid point 1 month ago:
Depends on the circumstances. After one year of wfh in a 18m2 apartment, I happily go to the office 4-5 days a week, even though I am not required to.
- Comment on Why does it seem like every other post on here is deleted shortly after being posted? 1 month ago:
I truly do not understand this… it’s a niche QA forum
- Comment on Why does it seem like every other post on here is deleted shortly after being posted? 1 month ago:
What’s their motivation to do this?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Do you still have native-level pronunciation and grammar skills in Cantonese? Forgetting words is one thing, that happens, and words can be relearned. I’ve lived abroad for 5 years now in my 20s, and even I’ve lost some vocabulary in my native language.
If you no longer know the grammar or the pronunciation well, then it’s a more legitimate question if it is your native language anymore.
Either way, you are some sort of bilingual. In fact, some people grow up like that where I come from: with two native languages, one of which is oftentimes stronger / more eloquent due to education, social life, etc.
- Comment on Nico Harrison has ‘no regrets’ on Luka Dončić trade, says ‘defense wins championships’ 2 months ago:
Broken record?
- Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately? 2 months ago:
This made me look up “whole word reading”, and it just made me irrationally angry. To be fair, English isn’t my native language and I don’t have a recollection of learning how to read, but “whole word learning” sounds insane. But like… Why would you do that if you are using an alphabet?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
What the hell
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 3 months ago:
Yes but this clearly wasn’t about that. If it had been he’d just screenshotted that part and focused on that. But he’s a weirdo so he screenshotted 5 years of content, anything that could remotely offend anybody, to make the maximum amount people mad.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 3 months ago:
How do you know that?
- Comment on How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now? 3 months ago:
Humans in general are very hesitant to admit that they were wrong. Cult members doubly so.