koper

@koper@feddit.nl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As I understand these NSF-funded research projects are only part of the entire curriculum. So it would be a misrepresentation to say that the US is “getting rid of” these students. They will still study and get a degree, they’ll just have a harder time finding an appropriate research project. That’s still bad, but not the same as what is claimed by the tweet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How is the price of a cryptocoin even relevant to this post?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The tweet gave me the impression that these people lose their jobs. But it turns out that’s not entirely true, because it also counts undergrad and preK students who participate in a program one way or another. That’s still bad, but not as bad as the tweet suggests.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But seemingly most of these numbers are students?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A true horror⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is basically how Wikipedia users communicate still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has a dream⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. If anything, this is an opportunity for the guy to show that he’s not just in it for the sex.

  When I date men, one of the main things I look for is how they handle rejection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has a dream⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yikes. Lonely men aren’t automatically an incel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨submissive⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I respectfully decline clicking that link.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worm time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that and I think I would do the same. But you have to realize that a loved one asking you this question is clearly not trying to trick you. Rather, you could see it as them giving you an opportunity to show how lovely you are. It’s the setup for a joke and you can make them smile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worm time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My ex told me they would build me the most beautiful worm house and then go on a quest to track down the wizard who cursed me. I thought that was beautiful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Viva la Revolucion (becomes cancer)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My body is an autonomous collective. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical biological ceremony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's gonna be walking for a little bit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do I always feel like I need a PhD to understand even the first paragraph of Wikipedia articles about math. Is that just me?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Only the biggest ones, folks, trust me!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon notices⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am aware. And usually that means crossposting the jokes or making fun of 4channers, not uncritically repeating their dogwhistles.

  Just so you’re aware, the phrase “noticing things” or “being a noticer” is 4chan lingo for believing there is a Jewish conspiracy to run the world. That’s why I asked OP to clarify.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon notices⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey OP, do you actually think Christians in the US are marginalized, or did you just cross-post that alt-right garbage here by accident?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pens in Space⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  NASA still foots the bill either way. In this arrangement, the cost of development is simply included in the price of the product plus a fixed profit margin. Such ‘cost-plus’ contracts are [criticized] (arstechnica.com/…/nasa-chief-says-cost-plus-contr…) because it eliminates competing for efficiency and incentivises contractors to make their solutions as complicated and expensive as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the law!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  if we take it as true that light speed is the same in every direction

  This is the crucial assumption, that to my knowledge hasn’t been proven or disproven. Because the alternative, light goes faster in one particular direction, is also perfectly consistent with everything. And if you’re moving atomic clocks, correcting for time dilations requires you to make assumptions about the one-way speed of light (which we only know from measuring roundtrip times)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the law!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s just shifting the problem. There is no known way to reliably sync remote clocks except by sending packets and assuming the round-trip time is symmetrical. This is a known problem in physics: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_speed_of_light

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SPIRIT WEAPON⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be a great follow-up joke.

  Now if she chooses the dirty pickup line, you respond with “girl, are you a viking steel crucible? 'Cause I’d put a bone in you.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨beetle battles⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who knows nothing about entomology, it reminded me of this one beetle with a comically large pointy bit. I think it’s called a hercules beetle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HEEEEEEEEELP⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you free tonight? Because I don’t have any money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Turns out when Zuckerbot was talking about “allowing more speech on the platform”, he just meant more slurs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨App stores unconvinced by Trump's pause of TikTok ban, which may be on shaky legal ground⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “May be on shaky legal ground”

  The law clearly states that Tiktok is banned and should be made inaccessible. The president cannot unilaterally change the law. They even got a lawyer to explain this to them.

  Regardless of what you think of the ban, there can be no doubt about the fact that this is what the law says. No matter what Trump claims. If journalists show this level of misregard for truth and the rule of law, things are going to become much worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk says X’s algorithm pushes “too much negativity" while reports suggest the platform will suppress "criticism of the government" and "attacks against powerful people and institutions"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The revolution will not be televised.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A more complete explanation for the removal of those Russian Linux kernel maintainers⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Putin couldn’t care less about the support from some random programmers. Be realistic, what do you expect them to do? Take up arms? Protest and get imprisoned? Vote in the sham elections?

  Targeting random civilians in hopes of political change is the strategy of terrorists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A more complete explanation for the removal of those Russian Linux kernel maintainers⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So then you agree that there is no reason to be “glad” about this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A more complete explanation for the removal of those Russian Linux kernel maintainers⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And how exactly is banning these contributors supposed to stop the invasion?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandoms⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Such is the fate of hypercentralized spaces. The fediverse fixes this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia's internet watchdog says she received "death threats" and that her children were doxxed after she was targeted by Elon Musk for attempting to regulate Xitter⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see how this is so difficult. Given the choice between a narcissistic billionaire or an independent, accountable government commission that’s bound by the rule of law, I’ll choose the latter every time.