JayDee
@JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on the field of frolickology is very vast 2 days ago:
Is this that whole immortality thing keep seeing?
- Comment on Gorgeous Alien-style space horror Routine is finally nearing "the finish line", despite a key departure 2 days ago:
Direct link to the team update on steam.
Mick Gordon leaving the project is a bummer, but I can’t wait to hear the stuff he made so far for it.
- Comment on Fun!!!! :) 4 days ago:
Idea!
Carbonize the remains and then woodchipper those! They’re basically charcoal so it’s less messy, and they can be caught in a net NP!
- Comment on Oatmeal 4 days ago:
Meat stick.
- Comment on Literal interpretation 5 days ago:
- Comment on How did these 2 things interact? 5 days ago:
It goes in the round hole!
OK so for better conveyance, I will say the pencil rewound the tape, and leave this handy image:
- Comment on THIS describes too many people today 5 days ago:
Yer in it baby!
- Comment on EVERYBODY IS DOING SOMETHING 1 week ago:
Not so. There are those that believe objectivism is the true way of viewing the world. They view that we are on the way to understanding the universe as it truly is, that human perception will not pose an obstacle to that pursuit, and that there will eventually be one true method of viewing the universe in its entirety that is yet to be discovered. Constructivist beliefs directly oppose that idea, since all science is a man-made construct that can only approximate reality in their view. Constructivism also, then, leaves room for multiple theories coexisting because they provide better utility and insights in different circumstances. In the example of Einstein’s Relativity vs Newton’s Physics, we are talking about an older theory and the theory which usurped it because it was more accurate, and the general expectation is that another theory will be accepted down the line which will be better than both. That expectation is fairly objectivist, since it assumes there is a true model which we just haven’t discovered yet. Constructivism does not make that assumption, since the universe likely does not fit neatly into our constructions in its image.
The other thing, is that constructivism challenges realism to some extent, in that it challenges the existence of many things which we cannot directly observe, such as quarks, proteins, particles, etc… because “how can we actually confirm these things exist, when we physically can’t observe them, and the things we’re using to show their existence are constructs made up by us?”
This topic is still very much in a state of debate that has very strong implications around the philosophy of how science works and how it should be conducted. That’s also just talking about constructivism’s implications in the physical sciences. Things get much hairier when you start looking at the social sciences, where biases and perception are extremely influential on what we discover. Constructivism directly challenges the attainability of scientific objectivity, which has serious implications across all fields of science.
- Comment on EVERYBODY IS DOING SOMETHING 1 week ago:
That’s fair. Language changed for accuracy.
- Comment on EVERYBODY IS DOING SOMETHING 1 week ago:
This guy should learn to view science more like a constructivist. Pretty much everything in science is just something we made up that mostly aligns with the natural world, and just because one model is less accurate than another does not mean it’s no longer useful.
We didn’t abandon Newtonion physics when Einstein’s model was proven for instance, since Newtonian physics is still very useful, and much easier to use compared to others.
- Comment on Average Landlord/Tenant interaction 1 week ago:
No pet!
- Comment on Geneticists 1 week ago:
Geneticists are like AI devs IMO. Sitting on the cutting edge of human capabilities, hoping to make the world a better place, while careening humanity into an even worse dystopia.
- Comment on Anon loves The Lord of the Rings 1 week ago:
Minecraft. Star Fox 64. Pokemon Stadium.
- Comment on Hottie without a body 2 weeks ago:
What a hilarious name to give it. Granted ‘Man-o-war’ is also very funny for a thing that mostly just floats around and stings you if you swim into it.
- Comment on Liar 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on You can't boss me around you're not my real dad 4 weeks ago:
It’s a hand-crank drill.
- Comment on p is for pHunky 4 weeks ago:
That’s actually an interesting one.
The ‘p’ could have a different meaning for a variety of languages. ‘Puissance’ in French, ‘Potenz’ in German, ‘potential’ or ‘power’ in English, ‘pondus’ or ‘potentia’ in Latin, or ‘Potens’ in Danish (probably the Danish one originally, since it was a Danish chemist who first introduced the measurement).
It’s very fun that because of the vagueness, various languages can have its meaning directly translated to their own.
- Comment on PLASTICMAXXING 4 weeks ago:
That is my bad, not explaining this clearly.
Our formations of plastics usually utilizes petroleum products being formed into long polymeric chains. That’s what provides the pliable, even stretchy nature of many plastics. However, we don’t make all plastics out of petroleum - we also use resin mixtures and various other chemical processes for specialized plastics - PLA, for instance, is synthesized from plant starch, for instance. So, when we’re talking about ‘plastics’, we’re usually talking about petroleum products, but it includes other long-polymer-chain materials we artificially synthesize.
Having covered that, Teflon is often called a forever chemical, but it’s a chemical which we synthesize into long prouder chains so we can attach it to the surface of things. It’s how pans are non-stick, gore-tex is waterproof, and how many food containers are grease-proof. I am of the view that perflourochemicals classify as plastics because of that. And the reason it’s so pervasive everywhere is the same reason all other microplastics are everywhere: it chips off. You use a metal spatula on a nonstick pan - bam, stray Perflourochemicals, as tiny little solid microplastic flecks. And everything points to them not being inert to human health.
- Comment on PLASTICMAXXING 4 weeks ago:
Another link talking about the case. It was confirmed that the chemical at high concentration in the water was PFOA, which is the percursor to Teflon, and which was leaking from the factory site. It has the same effects as other perfluorinated carbines (PFCs). It is also the exact chemical group that we’ve been testing peoples’ blood for, PFOA and other PFCs. It’s the group of chemicals we’ve found strong links to various types of cancers. Research communicates that it is not inert in the body as a microplastic.
It is 100% the reason those cows withered and died like they did. it directly lines up with everything else we know about PFOA. The concentrations were higher than anywhere else, which explains why the cows died so rapidly. The only reason we don’t have complete confirmation is from DuPont meddling to try and downplay this, the same way the meddled by witholding their research on the health risks of PFCs, and the same way they stayed silent and didn’t act when the alarm was sounded by that Parkersburg farmer.
- Comment on PLASTICMAXXING 4 weeks ago:
The water surrounding DuPont plants manufacturing PFOA-based materials was contaminated with those plastics. A local farmer videotaped his cows develop ulcers, grow tumors, and eventually wither and die. He constantly insisted that something was in the water that was killing his cows. Those same chemicals are now pervasive everywhere, in everyone’s bodies to some extent. It is 100% accurate to say these chemical compounds will kill you longterm.
- Comment on Opinions on the internet 4 weeks ago:
It’s a reference to the Khmer Rouge Genocide. This included people being killed for wearing glasses, speaking a foreign language, or anything else which indicated they were an intellectual.
- Comment on originality 4 weeks ago:
Is the other species the Western Highland Gorilla(Agorilla gorilla gorilla)?
- Comment on IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It 4 weeks ago:
Based IRS. So the torch will need to be carried by open source devs.
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 5 weeks ago:
Mine’s gotta be The Brothers’ Grimm staring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. It’s the same camp vibe as the Van Helsing movie starring Hugh Jackman, but there’s no badass super hero to save the day - there’s just a bunch of imperfect people trying their best, and it’s almost entirely by luck or destiny that they snatch victory from the clutches of defeat. It’s also one of the most morbid depictions of childish horror i’ve seen on-screen, where it gives no fucks about being realistic.
- Comment on 👁👅👁 5 weeks ago:
Here’s a diagram of how anteaters store their tongues as well!
- Comment on 👁👅👁 5 weeks ago:
That tongue is for excavating insects out of wood right? That’s very interesting that it also uses it for annoying other animals.
- Comment on \( ・ω・)/ 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on AI agents outperform human teams in hacking competitions 5 weeks ago:
Hey, uh, Palisade. Maybe it’s a bad idea to be training AI systems to hack? Like having the ability to just pump out automated hack-bots that outperform human hackers is kind of a terrible idea that could lead to a computer-internet infrastructure collapse at worst?
- Comment on faen 5 weeks ago:
‘Oh boy, I can’t wait for that new indie action film “Fullført informatikk” to release!’
- Comment on Never Forget. Please dear god don't forget 1 month ago:
Don’t worry, Ralph. It won’t hurt. You won’t even register it happening.
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