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- Comment on Marvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review to access the playtest 19 hours ago:
Which is usually unwritten but understood. It’s wild that they put it in writing.
- Comment on Am I supposed to ask stupid questions here, or *not* ask stupid questions? 1 day ago:
No! Stupid Questions!
- Comment on Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows | A previously unknown focus of an I.R.S. audit is a dubious accounting maneuver that effectively meant taking the same write-offs 2x 1 day ago:
Yet another thing most people would go to prison for.
- Comment on Just asking questions 3 days ago:
Nutjobs and charletains often hide behind “I’m just asking questions” rhetoric, and pretend that their inquiries are equally valid to actual science.
The most famous scientists of all time are remembered for challenging, and changing, the assumptions that everyone took for granted. Questioning science is always important, as long as the questioning is sincere. So no, I wouldn’t immediately assume you were a nutjob or charletain simply for asking questions. The critical differentiator is how receptive you are to the answers.
- Comment on Womens fashion guide 3 days ago:
This tweet smells like parliament menthol lights and coconut.
- Comment on Just asking questions 3 days ago:
No, science is science. Science is structured questioning of anything, as long as you accept the data and reform your hypothesis. Sitting in a barcalounger with your thumb in your belly button, complaining about gay frogs and vaccine shedding is not science.
- Comment on R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain 4 days ago:
Dangit Bobby, ya got to quit puttin dirt in yer nose.
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 5 days ago:
That wouldn’t surprise me, but also the standard has been around for so long, changing the size of standard lumber is probably harder than changing the manufacturing process (which is likely automated and computer controlled anyway).
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 5 days ago:
The consumer doesn’t need to know it. The lumber mill does, and the people responsible for warehousing and logistics, they use nominal sizes because saying “two by four” is easier than “one point five by three point 5.”
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 5 days ago:
It’s not exactly a lie, just a standard. Nominal board sizes were based on the unfinished lumber size. Another 1/4 inch is taken off each side to get a smooth surface that makes it easier to work with.
Here’s an old image (reddit warning)
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that shows the rough cuts of boards from a log. When they look at a log, they determine how many of each size they can get from it, and at that point, a 2x4 is 2 inches by 4 inches.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 5 days ago:
Yes, good example. It is precisely that sort of judgemental strawman bullshit that gives vegans a bad rep.
- Comment on Checkmate, science 6 days ago:
Or using your bootstraps to pick your nose.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 1 week ago:
Look, you don’t deserve the treatment you’ve described. Everyone here agrees with you on that.
The person you were replying to was trying to explain why what you said might be interpreted as judgemental, even if that’s not how you meant it (and we all believe you, even if the people you’re talking about don’t).
I think the last line sums it up. You don’t eat meat, and that’s the only explanation you owe anyone.
However, I know that when I’m providing a meal and I learn someone doesn’t eat meat, I always ask follow up questions because maybe I cooked the 1rice with chicken stock, or maybe the vegetables were sauteed in butter. If it is a moral choice, I would appreciate a heads up so I can prepare a meal everyone can enjoy. I’m not irritated by the request, because that’s the whole reason why you cook food for friends. If it’s a healthy choice, you might still eat some of the brown rice, or maybe I sub oil for butter. Those are changes I can make on the fly.
I know I’ve probably unintentionally offended some vegans by probing for more answers. And I’ve met some vegans who are every bit as judgemental as you’ve been assumed to be. We could all do a little bit better at understanding each other.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 1 week ago:
Eh, I can see it both ways. Like, nobody is, or can be, perfect. That doesn’t mean they don’t have a valid moral argument for the good choices they make. They’re trying to be a better person, and I think it’s fair to help other people recognize the poor decisions they are making. Climate change especially affects all of us.
On the other hand, you’re 100% correct. Nobody can lay exclusive claim to the high ground, so anybody acting superior is probably an asshole.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 1 week ago:
And we’ve been (forgive the pun) fed propaganda by the industrial farming and food industry for generations, not to mention the religious right.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 1 week ago:
It’s not just pushy, it’s judgemental.
Oh, you eat meat, murderer? Your shoes are made from the skins of defenseless creatures. The sugar you’re so callously adding to your coffee was processed with ground-up bones, you unredeemable monster.
Even the arguments for veganism that aren’t built on animal cruelty still take on an air of moral superiority. Don’t you care about the planet and future generations? How dare you trade carbon emissions for the temporary comfort of a bacon cheeseburger!
The vegan movement has always been associated with anger and vitriol, even if that anger is justified.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Yes, doctors, scientists, researchers, and Universities have looked at the actual data and used science to separate truth from hysteria.
- Comment on Why can't people make ai's by making a neuron sim and then scaling it up with a supercomputer to the point where it has a humans number of neurons and then raise it like a human? 1 week ago:
Learning models operate like neurons in that they make connections based on experiences (data). But that’s like saying a microwave works like a chef in that it heats up food. We can’t build a microwave that can run a kitchen, design a menu, take a bump in the walk-in, and fire off dishes the way a chef will.
- Comment on Is there a "canvas" of the universe? Do we even know? Would a canvas follow the same laws as the paint? 1 week ago:
Excellent comment, love the diagrams.
But we know spacetime is getting bigger, because the universe is expanding. So what is spacetime expanding into?
- Comment on Anyone else? 1 week ago:
I suppose I was thinking of actors who are feared or intimidating because of their portrayals. I know I’d be scared of Christopher Lee if I had methim while he was alive. But you’re right, I misunderstood the assignment.
- Comment on Michael Caine sends fans into hysterics after posting an impressive stack of DVDs & Blu-rays of his film career 1 week ago:
If you want to jump straight to the picture
Why would anyone ever want to do anything other than exactly that?
- Comment on Anyone else? 1 week ago:
Javier Bardem
Christopher Lee
Peter Stormare
John Glover (you don’t know him by name, but you see his face and know the character is evil)
- Comment on Anon revisits early youtube 1 week ago:
Nowadays…
If there is one eternal constant in human history, it’s that every generation inaccurately believes that the problems they face are new.
Human creates thing.
Thing is cool.
Humans exploit thing.
Thing is no longer cool.
Humans reminisce about how cool the thing used to be, and lament the loss of cool.
If Lemmy gets popular enough, it too will be monetized and we’ll al have to find somewhere else to go.
- Comment on If presidential immunity is absolute.. 1 week ago:
Yes, but then we have a whole new set of problems.
- Comment on When investing your money, what is considered a good rate of return? 1 week ago:
More, I suspect. But I ain’t one of them so-called experts.
- Comment on It's important to get a good interest rate 1 week ago:
Oh I don’t know if that was the reason for the one in the image. I agree with you that needing to finance ice cream is sad. I’m just thinking it could be a good intro to predatory finance for kids.
- Comment on It's important to get a good interest rate 1 week ago:
This might actually be a good way to teach kids about credit and interest. Let them borrow a small amount at a high interest rate and walk them through paying it off.
It’s one thing to tell them about financial responsibility. But watching a bad choice drain their piggy bank is the sort of trauma that leaves a scar.
- Comment on Everything is Statistics 2 weeks ago:
I was a psych major. I use statistics more than any other subject I studied. Being able to identify junk science is far more valuable, especially in the field of psychology.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Aren’t there different mods for each community? What was the meme that was deleted?
- Comment on The post title is "Best Tablet for Kids 2024" 3 weeks ago:
That’s exactly why you look for a tablset specifically for kids. The features you want are parental control, time locking, and app screening.
The entire future of learning is built around screens. Kids take standardized tests on touchscreens. They will do their taxes in an app, research topics with the internet, communicate with their peers in messaging apps, and build new tools through programming.
They must learn to use screens effectively without getting addicted to them.
Kids who learn those skills early, who practice using a tablet and then putting it down, those kids will be better equipped to go put into the world.
I agree with you that too many parents use screens as babysitters. And while tablets are more addictive and predatory, that’s been a problem since screens existed. There’s a cool documentary on it calles The Cable Guy.