Sturgist
@Sturgist@lemmy.ca
Stone Mason, Canadian ExPat living in the UK, Hobbyist musician.
- Comment on there is a special place in hell for these scientists 4 days ago:
That kinda dodges the conflict by not engaging with ethical concerns at all.
I guess I…kinda lost the plot a bit when I wrote the second part, eh?
There’s ethics…and then there’s what the government in the country a scientist operates in views as “morally and ethically acceptable”.
Stem cell research was banned in most places for a long time. The US is banning CRISPR, if I remember right, the OG Nazis, Soviets and Empire of Japan (and honestly basically everyone else too, just those are the three that were highlighted when I was in school) rubber-stamped and funded research that should warrant execution by vivisection…die by your own methods and all that.You’re right it’s not really a solution. However the realities of modern society means that there’s room within what is morally and ethically acceptable in any country to operate in both a humane and inhumane fashion. And if it doesn’t then money and connections to those in power allow further leeway to be an example of humanity at it’s best…or a monster in a human suit…
- Comment on there is a special place in hell for these scientists 5 days ago:
Science and Ethics — the age old enmity between “I wanna know” and
“I’m not allowed to find out”“Am I able to find out without doing something monstrously inhumane”FTFY
- Comment on there is a special place in hell for these scientists 5 days ago:
Honestly? Sounds preferable to being stuck in the universe of I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream… I’ll take a challenging power fantasy with some massively overpowered weapons over millennia of endless physical and psychological torture by an insane AI… might just be me though…
- Comment on An old excuse 5 days ago:
- Comment on Five things they WON'T tell you about Linux! (GONE WILD) 1 week ago:
This your channel? I enjoyed it.
Apparently Adobe digital venereal diseases are now installable through wine.
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
I get it dude! 👍
Yeah, that makes sense. It did seem somewhat…loosy goosy
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
Can’t afford what?! Server fees? A close look at the files on the server? To give up on their dreams?
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
Damn…yeah, I’d heard it had gone down and the owner was unreachable, didn’t know it was still down and they were still MIA. Hopefully they’re ok.
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
Wait…what happened to LemmyNSFW?!?
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
F in the chat boils’n’goils
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
Maybe beans’n’jeans make you feel a certain way?
Being all accusatory like it didn’t jazz you up…
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
My last cat…loved armpits. Anyone’s armpits. If you were laying down he’d come pretend to cuddle up, then slowly inch his head into your pit over like 5mins. Then after a few seconds of sniffing his ears would go flat back, eyes rolled up, lips peeled back and make this snuffling grunting noise that you’d associate with an old man sniffing a young girl’s panties. He’d start drooling and quivering and his tail would be all over the place…and you just kinda had to let him do his thing for at least a few minutes or he’d try and attack you.
It really made the first time a new partner slept over awkward when they’d wake up in the middle of the night being perved on by a giant grey tabby…
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- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 5 weeks ago:
Might I recommend Median XL?
An OG D2 mod, adds a load of content and changes things dramatically, vibrant MP scene, and even after having spent most of a decade playing D2 back in the day it’s changed enough to feel new and shiny again.
- Comment on Xbox 360 superfan amasses all 1,353 North American discs after two‑decade collection spree 1 month ago:
Look, I’m a stone mason, not a mathmatologist. Yes…I meant mean play time.
- Comment on Is this even a question? 1 month ago:
I always thought that was some straight ninja shit. That lady impresses me every time I see this clip.
- Comment on Xbox 360 superfan amasses all 1,353 North American discs after two‑decade collection spree 1 month ago:
I have over 1000 games between steam and gog. I’ve played about ⅔s of them. Average play time is likely 30mins and only because of the dozen or less that I’ve put a few hundred hours into. Take those away and we’re looking at like 10mins each.
- Comment on It was completely lost on me, at first. 2 months ago:
I hate it
- Comment on Best vertical games on Android? 3 months ago:
Bump for Shattered
- Comment on Me when Valve releases a phone 3 months ago:
No, but since the frame is arm based, a phone with clip on controller bits like the switch that could also play my steam games is absolutely something I would throw money at.
- Comment on He's on a mission 3 months ago:
Or tacos
- Comment on Game marketing company takes down blog post bragging about how good it is at astroturfing Reddit after Reddit finds the post 3 months ago:
Second hand too busy to properly operate the controls eh?
I get it, I get it. - Comment on World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing 3 months ago:
**Sails…unless of course you meant they should sell all the existing cargo ships, in which case I retract my correction…
- Comment on Does anyone know what's inside this building? 3 months ago:
✊ the struggle is real fam
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever 4 months ago:
No worries buddy 👍
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever 4 months ago:
Kernel level anticheat. There’s very effective anticheat that is not kernel level and therefore works fine on Linux.
- Comment on Manic Stew 4 months ago:
Forgetful Jalapeño Joyride
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 4 months ago:
Sure.
Just pointing out that one word sentences can, and do convey meaning. Often lots of meaning.
I glommed onto that like too, but ignored it and chose not to be a dickhead. Just saying.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 4 months ago:
What?
- Comment on 4 months ago:
I’ve heard that lobotomy patients only seem happy, and may be trapped in a private hell.
Least now things in your life seem bleak and immutable, but you’ve still got the ability to change things around you and yourself.
Depression is tough, and I’m sorry I can’t do more than say:Hey, that fucking sucks that you’re hurting, I know what my pain is like, not sure if it’s similar to yours, but I feel you buddy. Hope things get better soon.
