porkins

@porkins@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My DoorDasher picked up my order the other day and went to a mall parking lot and sat there for an hour until the order was cancelled since DD couldn’t get ahold of them. They presumably ate it. They should be deactivated. Bad workers shouldn’t get extra protections.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what it means⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yet in that time, they didn’t figure out how to build spaceships. Two legs seems optimal for getting through tight spaces. Being able to sweat allows us to run for hours and exhaust our prey. Hands with opposable thumbs make is able to build and wield anything. Our brain folds make it so we can plan and recall. Our brains are actually really good at locational memory, which is less relevant with GPS, but can be hacked for massive memorization abilities. Sharks sense a mass of life that smells fishy and eat it. It matters how you define success. Is it just survival in place or advancing science, exploration, the arts, etc.?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what it means⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oxygen is also a catalyst for life. It’s kind of like a drug for us. It’s good and bad at the same time. It kind of burns the wick of life. It helps us product energy and destroy old cells. It is thought to be something that we would find in abundance on any planet with complex life.

  In theory, the reason that our evolution won was because it is a very effective design pattern. It is possible that aliens might come from a planet with stronger or weaker gravity, so could have differing musculoskeletal structure, however the humanoid form would still provide the correct support. Perhaps, in lower gravity, our heads might have been bigger light some depictions of Greys.

  We have been working on a first contact protocol for ages and would be certain to quickly establish a means of communication. I highly recommend watching the movie Arrival, which goes through this at great detail and definitely pokes at the idea that aliens might perceive different dimensions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL "The Rock" knows how to speak sweden⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that might be racist. Could be wrong, but maybe.