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- Comment on If a gay man and lesbian woman have sex, is that gay or straight? 8 hours ago:
Similarly, e.g. two bi men getting married is a gay wedding, even though neither party is gay. The relationship can be described independently of the people in it.
- Comment on MTA wants AI to flag 'problematic behavior' in NYC subways 8 hours ago:
Until it falsely alerts on someone they don’t like, and then they’ll beat the shit out of that person.
- Comment on Anon blames millennials 1 day ago:
Riddick has a good one, and I remember enjoying Shrek 2 on the 6th gen consoles.
- Comment on You can only use one for the rest of your life, which you choosing? 1 week ago:
Internal hex and Robertson are both better than Philips. Only slotted is worse. Pozidriv is also slightly better than Philips.
- Comment on Things are about to finally change! 1 week ago:
Republicans will talk about it, but they blame it on anyone who doesn’t have power.
- Comment on Should Neutron Stars be Added to the Periodic Table? 1 week ago:
That’s what I get for only reading the comment. That changes it to ~5.9e-3 m^3 per set of truck nuts, which is 5.9L per set. Still a little large for most people, I think.
- Comment on Should Neutron Stars be Added to the Periodic Table? 1 week ago:
Ten million aircraft carriers would weigh about 590 trillion kg at the low end, so the truck nuts would have to be 580 billion m^3. I’m not sure even Texans use sets that size.
- Comment on The Circle of iLife 1 week ago:
I tried a pair of earbuds with the same idea from AliExpress. They had the regular controls, but also worked as e.g. a camera remote. Very cool if it had done anything it was supposed to do consistently, but unfortunately it was not well-implemented. If the AirPods Pro 3 (which I was already strongly considering) have a case with a screen that isn’t much larger than the Pro 2 case, I’ll probably buy that model.
- Comment on Anon plays old games 2 weeks ago:
Baldur’s Gate 3 just called, it says that anon should fuck off.
- Comment on Anon notices 2 weeks ago:
Not since my family was thrown out of a synagogue for insisting on Palestinian’s rights when I was young.
Your family sounds based as fuck. I’d like to join; do you have any eligible women between 20 and 35 for me to attempt to court?
- Comment on Pens in Space 3 weeks ago:
If I remember correctly, the Soviet engines were a lot harder to short out, so pencils weren’t as big a problem in their spacecraft.
- Comment on I had no idea y cunt was this powerful 3 weeks ago:
Trickle-down estradiol
- Comment on Anon plays Metroid 3 weeks ago:
The Stropha may not be terribly flashy, but I love it all the same. It’s the easiest way to get rid of Jade Light beams if you can’t see the eximus. I also think the Bubonico is pretty neat. They are definitely underserved weapon types, though. We have so many regular rifles and pistols, and a weirdly high number of tonfas, but barely any of some other types.
- Comment on Anon plays Metroid 3 weeks ago:
Fuck, a Samus frame would go so hard. Exalted arm cannon, mini Grendel meatball ability, maybe use her Smash grab to have something like Ripline?
- Comment on Earn $20K EVERY MONTH by being your own boss 4 weeks ago:
The video works best if you play it straight, but it also looks like spam if you play it straight, so it’s hard to introduce to strangers who don’t know of BDG. You might have to share a playlist that starts with “Teaching Jake about the camcorder, Jan '97” or “Just One Day - 2winz^2 (Official Video)” to ease them into it.
- Comment on >meme arrows 4 weeks ago:
The war was well on its way to ending in 1968 before Kissinger sabotaged the negotiations to help Nixon beat Humphrey.
- Comment on >meme arrows 5 weeks ago:
Kissinger got a Nobel Peace Prize for napalming infants. I wouldn’t put it past them to give Altman one for using more electricity than most countries on glorified autocomplete.
- Comment on Nicole endgame 1 month ago:
They keep getting new photos, so she might be in on it.
- Comment on Which game is it? 1 month ago:
Both made by Obsidian
- Comment on Is 33 cents a small amount of money? 1 month ago:
Unless you’re poor enough to be on welfare. The Welfare Cliff is awful.
- Comment on Is 33 cents a small amount of money? 1 month ago:
Yeah, the Welfare Cliff is the only place where this happens and it’s unconscionable.
- Comment on AI will replace us all... trust me 1 month ago:
It’s already better than most autocomplete features (including for programming) and excellent at making placeholder text. That’s two more uses than NFTs ever had.
Will it replace us all? Not soon. But it at least does something other than use energy.
- Comment on AI will replace us all... trust me 1 month ago:
“Please don’t try to start a conversation with me, please don’t try to start a conversation with me, please don’t try to start a conversation with me” (said under breath with fists clenched)
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips' Official Subreddit Bans Users For Condemning Racism 1 month ago:
But the best approach to try to in capitalism would be to provide equal opportunities to everyone and promoting a society where this concept is considered a virtue,
The point is that you can’t do that. If you don’t intentionally try to correct for past (and current) societal discrimination, you’re effectively reducing or outright eliminating opportunities for people with certain kinds of marginalization.
- Prefer degrees from prestigious schools? Legacy admissions mean that people with rich families are heavily favored.
- Credit for internships? Rich kids can afford to take unpaid internships, while poor kids cannot, so they get an advantage regardless of their actual skill.
- A degree in general? A poor kid might be able to make ends meet with scholarships and grants, but they’ll likely have to work full time just to cover housing and textbooks. That’s 40 hours a week they can’t study or relax. And if they can’t complete the degree in 5 years or less under those circumstances, the grants dry up and they might not get another chance. And that’s if they can afford to go to school at all and don’t have to help support their family
- Work experience? Easier to get if you count low-prestige jobs, but most employers for careers don’t.
- No criminal record? Potentially easier said than done if you’re very poor. Poor neighborhoods tend to be heavily policed, and stealing food is much more illegal than, say, dumping toxic waste in a river.
- Even something as simple as not having a wheelchair ramp eliminates some people, which is why many institutions refer to DEIA initiatives for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
By the way, this isn’t a discussion about compensation and overcompensation anymore. While compensation can be compared to E. o. Opportunity under those aspects, overcompensation can not be compared to E. o. Outcome in the same manner. The topic moved into a way more economic territitory than my initial statement intended to cover.
The whole reason for there to be any compensation (regardless of whether you think it’s too much) is economic. If not for the economics, sure, it would be a lot less important to actively combat these disadvantages rather than letting them work themselves out over time, but capitalism ensures that they not only won’t solve themselves, they’ll self-propagate and become worse with time.
Edit: Btw, appreciate talking to you :)
Likewise. I had a mindset very similar to the one you seem to at one point, so it’s been interesting trying to articulate the thoughts that changed my mind.
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips' Official Subreddit Bans Users For Condemning Racism 1 month ago:
capitalism, besides every other form of economy, is more of a challenge to some individuals than to others.
And you have no desire to change that?
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips' Official Subreddit Bans Users For Condemning Racism 1 month ago:
If your outcomes keep being unequal, you have two options:
- Concede that the opportunities weren’t as equal as you thought they were
- Convince yourself that the people with the worse outcomes are somehow inferior
I prefer the first solution.
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips' Official Subreddit Bans Users For Condemning Racism 1 month ago:
DEI and affirmative action aren’t perfect solutions, sure, but doing nothing and hoping the problem goes away is a response that is known to exacerbate the issue, not gradually solve it.
- Comment on Cosmology (2025-03-12) 1 month ago:
That’s usually the case in the US as well. I think Mr. Weinersmith just took some creative liberties for the sake of the joke.
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips' Official Subreddit Bans Users For Condemning Racism 1 month ago:
Capitalism makes this an ineffective strategy. It compounds the advantages held by the descendants of the historically powerful rather than eroding them.