kopasz7

@kopasz7@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I guess we are fucked now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Space is emerging faster than it can transmit changes. This is why no light can reach us beyond the observable universe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam has the best UI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a scaling factor for the GUI (by default it checks your monitor’s DPI).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A delicate balance⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As hard as it may be to believe, I can’t eat metaphysics for put a roof above my head with it. Even Plato didn’t sit on perfect abstract chairs or ate abstract apples.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A delicate balance⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I mix water and cement there is a distribution of the two, a ratio if you will. Just because statistics deals with distributions (of probabilities for example) doesn’t mean all distributions are in the field of statistics.

  I’ll leave it at that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A delicate balance⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the type of distribution too. In some discrete cases there isn’t a mean value. A binary choice for example has no applicability of the golden mean. Like a two party system. If neither represents your values, you can only choose the one that mostly does. Which is not the optimal outcome, just the local maxima.

  The golden mean argument also assumes that there is only one good soulution, where multiple equally good ones can exist too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A delicate balance⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While I agree that most things require a compromise of two extremes, it is also important to acknowledge how they could result in worse outcomes.

  Eg 1: You are sick; the doctor prescribes antibiotics. But you have some concerns about them so you only take it until you feel better.

  But now the pathogen is still there, and it will rebound with new strength. (there’s also a chance it becomes resistant due to selective pressure and its survival)

  Eg 2: Compromise of democracy and authoritarian state. Those countries’ governments tend to be more stable and enduring that are either of the two, but not a middle of the road. This is why the reansition from one to the other is usually turbulent as well.