FuglyDuck

@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Vladimir Putin a good and professional leader?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Ask any of the hundreds of people who’ve been tossed out of windows.

  And I mean that literally.

  or the hundreds more who got poisoned with novichok.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would society look like with no companies at all and every single thing is free?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They aren’t doing it by hand though.

  The machines are just getting attacked by the horta because the miners are melting their eggs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would society look like with no companies at all and every single thing is free?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Star Trek wouldn’t really function well as a society.

  They hand waive away a lot of the issues. Like who gets to go to the outpost to extract dilithiim vs who gets to go be an artist.

  I don’t think anyone in the Horta episode would be there if there wasn’t something more than “we just like rocks”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I was in the market for a good used car, which car would be the best to outrun the cops?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  these days, they do stick a governor that tunes down the performance curve back into the thing. a good shop can fix that for you, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I was in the market for a good used car, which car would be the best to outrun the cops?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  whatever is common in your area.

  you’re not going to outrun the cops. your better off trying to play coy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do office going men still wear suits in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Lawyers still do. but mostly only in court.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All Social Medias Track Urls⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Copy clean link” in your friend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can I kill a buterfly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Perspective bias, in reality the butterfly in the protagonist, Pixel is the villain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The way this egg peels in infuriating⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  if you fully submerge them, the airpocket will be on the bottom (fat side) of the egg.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you feel about a 25 year old dating a 46 year old?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  FWIW I agree. A 50 year old guy “dating” a 25 year old woman has an increased likelihood that a power imbalance exists. However, it’s still profiling and prejudiced and a generalization.

  It’s not prejudiced at all. a key component of something be a prejudice is that it is unfair, or is somehow unreasonable, etc, and that it is not based in fact. As you yourself noted, there is significant reason to believe such a large age gap may prove to be problematic.

  I think the technical term is ‘risk factor’, if you prefer that.

  And yes, significant age gaps are significant risk factors for a toxic relationship. it’s not the age itself, necessarily, but it increases the potential for things that are absolutely abusive, and if your doctors know about it, they’re going to be fielding more detailed questions to determine if there’s a problem. And family might be people who have something to say about it as well. That’s not inappropriate.

  And it’s not really “profiling” either. That’s an investigative tactic of collection information about a person. profiling becomes problematic with the information is their race (or something to that effect) and their race becomes the justification for extra attention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it predatory if (hypothetically) a 35 year old woman is dating a 25 year old guy because she was in a coma for 10 years so she's mentally about 25, and she hangs around with people in their 20s?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  except- as I’ve already noted- that a 35 yo person is more likely to have an established career and financial stability in a way I wouldn’t expect a 25 year old.

  again, context matters, but whether you want to admit it or not, the age gap is straddling major life milestones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you feel about a 25 year old dating a 46 year old?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I largely agree that it’s not the age that’s the problem.

  The thing is that the age is a useful proxy for all sorts of things that might lead to such power imbalances.

  Including:

  • emotional/mental maturity
  • life experiences to avoid such imbalanced
  • financial stability and well being

  It isn’t absolute, and context matters, but it is a useful proxy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it predatory if (hypothetically) a 35 year old woman is dating a 25 year old guy because she was in a coma for 10 years so she's mentally about 25, and she hangs around with people in their 20s?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Context matters.

  25, they’re either still in college or just getting into building their career.

  35, there established and stable

  Could it be predatory? Absolutely. Particularly if the 35yo is the one paying bills and the 25yo is financially dependent.

  That said, no one who is in a coma for 10 years is going to be waking up the same as they were when they went into the coma. They’re going to be different persons, and they’re going to be having ridiculous amounts of medical bills. Suffice it to say that the coma-person might be the victim here, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The forest guy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  needs a haircut… but really, far preferable to the typical guy. doesn’t talk too much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The forest guy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So long and thanks for all the fish!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do "rich" superheroes have to be rich in order for the story to work?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The first Ironman suit was built by taking components to from (probably) multi-million dollar missiles, many other comments provided by an overly rich asshole benefactor.

  And that’s ignoring the ongoing costs of maintaining the suit, or R and D on new suits, nor the costs of liability and litigation when you fuck up and accidentally murder an innocent.

  So no. It’s not even close to a possibility in any context where reality can’t just be dealt with through handwaivium.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are defense attorneys ‘good people’?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  defense attorneys are a vital aspect of modern justice, and its not simply unethical but utterly tyrannical to think that people aren’t entitled to a vigorous and competent defense.

  Without the process of a trial to determine guilt, you’re literally just taking the prosecution’s word for it. Without a defense attorney being a right, the outcome of trial is more likely to be predicated on if they can afford a lawyer. the average person simply cannot competently represent themselves. Hell. most lawyers know better than to represent themselves.

  keep in mind, if someone is clearly guilty such that it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, most defense attorneys won’t let you not plead guilty for a deal. Their obligation is to seek the best possible outcome for their client, and sometimes that means pleading out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does having a child with someone give you any legal right to their property?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically, you’re only entitled to child support if a judge determines you are. While pregnancies from one night stands will usually require the father to pay child support, there are some exceptions (like if another parent adopts the kid.)

  Additionally, those funds are only supposed to be used for the kid, and not for anyone else, so if the other parent is found to be neglecting things, they may lose custody altogether and instead owe child support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do movie theaters work? Which seats in theaters are the best? (never done this before) Also is the IMAX thing actually any different?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that a rousing game of space invaders?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  what and hang with all the lovecraftian horrors?

  Well. can’t be any worse than certain humans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, not an engineer myself, either, but generally speaking that would greatly increase the systems complexity, which generally increases maintenance costs, down time, and the initial cost of the system.

  You might be able to eke out a bit more power, but there’s more to the decision than total output and how efficient it is.

  What I would imagine were a fusion-powered MHD being useful would be as a front end to fusion-based plasma propulsion. (Basically something like the VSIMR, Hall effect or whatever plasma thruster, where the fusion reaction generates both some power to create the thrust and its exhaust plasma is also the reaction mass.(I mentioned I’m not an engineer… right? Just an incorrigible nerd who likes sci-fi.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  i mean, they can run the plasma through some magnetic fields…

  But it’s less efficient that boiling water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If they refuse it’s not because of the currency. It’s because donations that large typically come with strings, and they may feel weird about it.

  Anything can be stolen, but they’re usually fairly careful about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sooo... What's Mike Pillow up to these days?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope.

  Insulting someone is not bullying. It might be an aspect of bullying, but that’s like saying potatoes are beef stew.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sooo... What's Mike Pillow up to these days?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He monetized being an annoying dork.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sooo... What's Mike Pillow up to these days?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Right?

  Like.

  Shamwow guy is actually suing because they didn’t put “shamwow guy” on the primary ballot.

  Like.

  He knows we make fun of him for being the Shamwow guy, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is school cafeteria food in America trash?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Late 90’s, early 2k’s, it was far more disgusting that just “trash”. It hasn’t changed any since then, either. The food is all microwaved, deep fried or baked; all from frozen. And you might be inclined to think baked stuff wouldn’t be so bad. But the only thing that came out of an oven was the pizza - and I’m pretty sure they’d have fried that too, if they could.

  The closest any of that came to decent food is when the delivery truck passed by the grocery store.

  One time, a friend had grabbed strawberry milk, and ended up gagging on a gelatinous rope that some how came out his nose. (You know the pasta trick? In the mouth? Out the nose?)

  It came out to jiggle on his tray like pink snotty jello from hell.

  The only reason people ate that crap is largely because they didn’t have a choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sooo... What's Mike Pillow up to these days?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  IIRC he’s trying to run for governor here in Minnesota.

  I’m not sure which is a scarier thought. our GOP is not sending their best, or they are, and he’s their best.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could my daughter, who is a lawyer, defend my son’s girlfriend, who killed my cousin’s family in a DUI accident?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This would depend on the state laws and bar association. She should call her bar and ask them. every situation is different. the ultimate question is can your daughter provide the GF a competent, and vigorous legal defense?

  I’d personally suggest that would be difficult, given the relationship to victims as well. that represents a personal conflict of interest in which I believe- though I’m not a lawyer- they’d normally have to recuse themselves from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you play Poker with just 2-person text messages or DMs?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose you could play blackjack, one person is the dealer, and follows the casino rules for dealer behavior, and has the deck of cards… informing the other of what their cards are.

  but there’s no way to convey that information with just two people without both people knowing it, which means competitive poker is going to be a problem. your best bet would likely to be get some kind of app that lets you play against people in your contacts or something.