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- Comment on How would the sea/ocean be affected if every human on Earth jumped in at the same time? 5 hours ago:
Oh, jumped IN at the same time. I missed an important word there.
- Comment on How would the sea/ocean be affected if every human on Earth jumped in at the same time? 5 hours ago:
Per XKCD, nothing significant would happen. Even if all the people were standing in roughly the same area, the Earth would be moved by “less than an atom’s width.” If people were spread out randomly across the Earth, all the forces effectively cancel, and even less happens.
- Comment on Why do people in non-tax states still have to pay import duty? 21 hours ago:
Same reason people who live in states without an income tax still have to pay the IRS.
Different taxing entities all want their money.
- Comment on What really happened to NBC's Lester Holt? Did he decide to step down or was he forced out? Or did he step down because he was being forced out? The NBC news did a 180 after he left. 1 day ago:
CBS is doing the “Homer disappears into the bushes” move at this statement.
- Comment on Anon is looking for a router 2 days ago:
Dude wants a router, and you’re bringing a T-1000 to the party?!
- Comment on Can a U.S. president premptively pardon themself? 5 days ago:
Not going to make a top level comment since this may be considered sort of a tangent, but there is chatter about lots of White House staff asking for pardons, since they aren’t necessarily immune. The thing is, once someone gets a pardon, and they no longer face prosecution, there is no danger of self-incrimination, and the 5th Amendment right to not speak largely disappears. I.e. they could be compelled to testify against Trump.
So does Trump throw all these people under the bus by making them face criminal prosecution for his crimes, or does he make them immune and increase the risk (even if only reputational) to himself? Investigators could easily offer immunity in exchange for testimony even without a pardon. I think we know which he’ll choose, but it leaves both sides pitted against one another.
The snake may be about to eat itself.
- Comment on Can a U.S. president premptively pardon themself? 5 days ago:
It’s an unanswered question, but the SCOTUS immunity ruling makes it mostly moot anyway. A President can’t be charged with crimes related to “official business.” Which specific acts count as official vs unofficial depends on the interpretation of a judge/justice, and probably gets extremely messy and inconsistent, which is why the ruling is considered problematic by most.
They can NOT pardon to protect themselves from impeachment.
- Comment on Why would anyone downvote a question on No Stupid Questions? 1 week ago:
There are bad faith questions[1], (at least somewhat) self-answering questions[2], and poorly asked questions[3].
[1] “Are you still cheating on your spouse?” type questions that are meant to evoke a response rather than ask a real question that deserves an answer.
[2] is a little harder to define, but I have definitely seen a few where even the smallest amount of thought about what is being asked would make the answer obvious.
[3] includes questions that have so many answers depending on factors not specified that they’re impossible to answer without writing a book covering every assumption that goes into each possibility.
- Comment on Anon has a proposal for you 1 week ago:
Research suggests a T-Rex would need 50-100k kCal/day. Even if it ate a whole cow before starting, it would be hurting a week in.
Maybe it could survive the month, but would probably be severely malnourished at that point.
In any event, there is no mention of what happens if I fail to kill it. Does the experiment just end and I go home empty handed, or does the magic hut disappear and we fight it out to the death?
- Comment on $1.8 trillion was wiped out from the US stock market yesterday, where did it go? 1 week ago:
It never existed.
If you make two beautiful paintings, and sell one for $1000, then decide to sell the other, but nobody wants it for more than $500, you didn’t “lose” the $500 difference.
Maybe you even told people you had another $1000 painting, then only got $500 in cash for it, so your reported net wealth dropped by $500.
At worst, you actually paid $1000, then sold for $500, but even then, the difference didn’t disappear, you just transferred it to the original owner by overpaying, or to the new owner by undercharging if the price goes back up.
- Comment on Craving a Crimson Skies with modern planes or in space 1 week ago:
Crimson Skies with modern planes would be quite different than Crimson Skies.
Would Ace Combat scratch that itch? It’s quite arcade-y. Or for a more indie take on the same formula, I had a lot of fun with Project Wingman. Neither has the same kind of pulp adventure storyline, but that may be as close as we have right now.
- Comment on Why aren't the Washington Huskies on ESPN or considered the underdogs? 2 weeks ago:
Going to need a little more info. Is there a particular game you’re interested in?
- Comment on What is Kratom? A friend of the family just died today. And that was the last thing he was using. Is it like K2? What type of high is it? 2 weeks ago:
John Oliver also did a segment.
Timestamped at the Kratom chapter, but the whole thing is good (as is normal for JO).
- Comment on How do "pirates" go about getting their username uploaded with a torrent? Like Fitgirl or NoSteam or something? How do they become big and famous? Can the average joe do this? 3 weeks ago:
Every torrent starts with somebody. Someone repackaged the goods, or ripped the stream, or whatever. The original uploader can call the file(s) whatever they want.
- Comment on Anon had a nightmare 3 weeks ago:
I remember this one, it’s “The one with the C̶̫̪͇̳̀͝o̴̧͎̰͎͆̄͗͒͘f̷̢̖̮̆̐̽͝f̷̢̪̗͉͓͒̍̇͘e̶͖͔̒̉ḛ̷̛̹͎͐̕̕ ̴̗͈̝̽s̷̛̥͈̉̇͊͜͝h̸͓͕̲͇̪̉̀̓̀͝o̴̰̰̝̳͌̍͛ͅp̵̛̝͓̯̄͊͜ͅ ψ”
- Comment on I have to give a presentation in 15 minutes 3 weeks ago:
Managed corporate computers give IT departments control over when updates are released to users and installed. They’re usually later than the MS schedule to give more time for testing. Good departments will follow some sort of regular predictable schedule, but bad ones can just drop updates randomly.
- Comment on Roughly how big is the internet in matters of like storage such as gb and tb or more? 4 weeks ago:
Youtube alone is estimated to be in the zettabytes. I don’t know if anything else comes close to that, but streaming services full of 4k movies is a lot of data, so maybe. Entire companies exist on AWS. Billions of individual devices are connected, so depending on your definition, all data that exists anywhere may technically be part of the internet.
- Comment on How come the bacteria that make people obese don't seem to be affecting countries where there's widespread famine? 4 weeks ago:
A healthy gut microbiome may help regulate the calories extracted from food, but no bacteria will create calories out of nothing.
- Comment on As it lays off developers and closes studios, Xbox gets into the movie business 4 weeks ago:
The bargain bins are full of once-great brands that haven’t produced anything in decades, but will let any old cheap factory slap their name on a product for a few bucks.
- Comment on Are fluctuations in Earth's magnetic field during geomagnetic storms actually enough to cause stress on our cells and bodies, or am I encountering junk science? 4 weeks ago:
I can’t vouch for the complete accuracy of the numbers here, but if they’re true, 500 nanotesla is basically identical to standing 1 foot away from a running dishwasher, and less than using an electric can opener or a vacuum cleaner.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
How do we get people to drop the saying “thought-terminating cliche?” It has an actual meaning, but is more often used by the “debate me” bros who are just lashing out any time someone doesn’t want to engage with bad-faith arguments.
- Comment on Is it more accurate to call current 'Artificial intelligence' (AI/LLM) as Counterfeit Intelligence? 1 month ago:
Autocomplete 2.0
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Now move them both under InXile and let Brian Fargo cook.
- Comment on How come when people report something to the mod's in a community a one person can take care of it? Instead shouldn't it be voted on to remove content by the majority mod team? 1 month ago:
If someone posts something truly offensive or illegal, it doesn’t make sense to schedule a meeting next Thursday when a quorum can be gathered to vote on whether or not to remove it.
Rules are rules, and if you don’t trust someone to enforce the rules without having their hand held, they shouldn’t be the enforcer.
Mistakes will be made. Moderation is never entirely perfect. If one person keeps making mistakes, they should be removed.
- Comment on My mom an old school nurse will stop at traffic accidents and try to help if no one is around, my new school sister nurse won't. Saying everyone is sue happy thesedays. Who is right? 1 month ago:
- Comment on Is importing stuff from abroad free from sales tax? 1 month ago:
“Sales tax” is also called “Sales & Use tax” (in most, if not all jurisdictions). See California one example, but check your own to be sure.
You are supposed to report any item you buy and “use” in the state.
- Comment on Anon can't go home again 1 month ago:
Every few years I check in on an old message board I was active on between like 1999-2010. It’s still there. Gets maybe 1-2 posts per year these days.
- Comment on Anon uses AI in a smart way 1 month ago:
How to make $50 from anybody! Buy my PDF for only $50.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
You’re thinking of Kash Patel. This other guy pledges his allegiance to pedophiles and gets black out drunk on DOD time.
- Comment on When every candidate you supported loses the election 2 months ago:
This looks like more of a joke making fun of people who keep political bumper stickers on their car long after they’re relevant than someone who legitimately supported Nixon and Goldwater, but also Gore and Clinton.