Zwuzelmaus
@Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 2 days ago:
I don’t know what you are even talking about (and too lazy to put it into a translator now).
But I know that North and South are terms that must be usable for everybody. So, especially for such people who don’t know what you are even talking about.
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 3 days ago:
Anti-north-north-east (south-north-east is impossible so the second anti would be redundant)
These extra complications make it even more unusable that the anti thing itself LOL
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 3 days ago:
But that isn’t enough.
Try all the 16 possibilities and then see how many “antis” you really need there.
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 4 days ago:
Do we really need West and South when we can use negative North and negative East?
Yes of course.
Otherwise I couldn’t say anymore: “I am looking North and my butt is looking South”.
And how would you even pronounce south-Southwest then? Impossible unless you are quite drunk!
/s
- Comment on Are people with High functioning autism allowed to become police officers? 4 days ago:
In my country: No.
- Comment on If the US was partitioned, what new states would you want to appear? 5 days ago:
One Capitol state and 13 District states.
- Comment on Where do you post a meme if its only half-political? c/memes or c/political memes? 5 days ago:
You must split the two halves!
The left half of your post goes into c/memes, the right half goes into c/politicalmemes.
/s
- Comment on Why did the proposed *Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance* project involve pumping water instead of siphoning it? 6 days ago:
I guess because of the long distance. It is about 200 km. Water is fluid, but not frictionless. A little height difference can only pull so much.
- Comment on Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality? 1 week ago:
while their kids sounds like Norwegian native speakers.
But isn’t that actually an indication for strong assimilation? You can’t expect everybody to be a language genius :) but on the other end of the spectrum there could be sub-cultures that last for many generations.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Revenge is never worth it.
Never. No matter what ‘it’ is.
Well, if it costs you absolutely nothing… you might think. But here in this case you are talking about a case where it costs you a lot. So: don’t!
And even if you think that it costs you absolutely nothing, then it still costs you your nerve, a whole lot of extra negativity going round and round in your brain, etc. Better detach yourself from all of it.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
people like Zelenskyy and the innocent people of Ukraine present an obstacle
That was true only at the beginning!
Meanwhile there are many other countries involved. It has become your typical proxy war, where Ukrainians are just the victims, pawns on the board.
Putin is therefor a natural ally and has taught them a lot on how to manipulate political systems, media, and populations, and create a system of fear and control.
I doubt that Putin actually teaches him.
I rather like to believe that he simply orders him around - by means of “deals”, because that’s Trumps language.
- Comment on If Marx was alive during the Cold War and beyond, how would he react to the communist states that rose to power? Would he approve or disapprove of them? 2 weeks ago:
If Marx was alive in 1970, then he could not write his books 100 years before.
History were all different then.
- Comment on How do you objectively tell if a parents "I love you" is actually sincere, if they actually care about you? Or if the words are lies and they don't actually care? 2 weeks ago:
This might be paranoia. Try to check with a good therapist.
- Comment on What is an efficient workflow to separate and organize bulk scanned PDF documents? (At work; software is limited.) 3 weeks ago:
My opinion: Scan it again. It will be faster than fiddling with the bad PDFs.
Look at the dates while scanning.
Later sort them into folders first by year, then by the name of the author/adressee/business partner.
- Comment on If dark matter doesn't emit, absorb, or reflect light, what happens when light hits it? 3 weeks ago:
I’m not sure if we can detect that bend
I guess we could, if only we knew where our dark matter is :)
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Nice try, AI
- Comment on What do you do when you have a cold and can't take medicine? 3 weeks ago:
Let the body rest. Strictly.
Keep your feet warm at all times.
Drink lots of warm (or hot) tea.
Alcohol is allowed (but remember, it is a drug) only once per day, right before sleep time, and only a small dose.
- Comment on How bad is it really to listen to music with headphones? My mother told me if I keep doing that I'd go deaf... Is that fearmongering? 3 weeks ago:
Ask yourself:
Do you like to hear loud music? At all?
If yes, then you are in danger. Then you need to be careful all the time, and even more so with headphones, because the feeling of loudness is disturbed a little with headphones.
Otherwise, forget it all.
- Comment on In the US we have Breast Cancer Awarnes month and a bunch of others. All we do is throw money at a problem and hope it goes away How come the Gov don't take care of people from starving? 3 weeks ago:
Not being from there myself, but: if I learned this correctly, Us governments have a strong tradition of not taking care of people.
- Comment on What's a 'common sense' thing that you genuinely don't understand, and have been too embarrassed to ask about until now? 3 weeks ago:
Only two wires?!?
LOL.
- Comment on Did y'all ever felt curious about your parent's past? If your relationship with parents isn't close, how does one get their parent's story without making the interaction awkward? 4 weeks ago:
When I was about 21 years old, I learned that I have a half-brother (who lives elsewhere). But I learned it from my older sister. I did not dare to ask my father what he did etc.
- Comment on Are physical mail generally not under surveillance? If everyone suddently ditched electronic communications and start writing letters, would governments be able to practically surveil everyone? 4 weeks ago:
In a large country, the percentage of mail that crosses their border is much lower than in a small country.
- Comment on Are physical mail generally not under surveillance? If everyone suddently ditched electronic communications and start writing letters, would governments be able to practically surveil everyone? 4 weeks ago:
would governments be able to surveil everyone? (Is it practial?)
The GDR has done it.
There were no computers at that time. All mail was physical. They did not surveil really everyone, but many targeted people, and presumably all letters from/to the West.
Today with strong computers and AI to scan through all texts, even hand writing, it would be feasable to do even more than that.
- Comment on what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge? 4 weeks ago:
Just my own experience. I eat an apple a day for several years now. I don’t know why it is.
- Comment on what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge? 4 weeks ago:
Most fruits, you want to keep at room temperature, in a dry and clean place. Some like it dark.
Nuts are OK in the cold, fried fruits too.
- Comment on what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge? 4 weeks ago:
Apples are the only fruit that you can eat really every day.
With all other fruits, it is better to have it only 1 day, or a few days, then change.
- Comment on Do air purifiers really reduce dust much? 4 weeks ago:
Yes.
- Comment on What exactly is the reasoning behind Satan ruling Hell? 5 weeks ago:
the final judgement where all who are irredeemable are destroyed.
From where do you get the part about destruction?
It is my understanding that they all will just be thrown out, where there are no good places anymore, because the current heaven and earth are destroyed, and new ones are built, but they cannot go in there.
- Comment on What exactly is the reasoning behind Satan ruling Hell? 5 weeks ago:
Satan ruling Hell
From where exactly have you got this idea?
- Comment on If "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename? 5 weeks ago:
Once there was a Mrs. Bond…