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- Comment on Why do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ? 17 hours ago:
Indeed. With very slowly pronounced “bunny ear finger quotes” as you say it to emphasize the sarcasm.
- Comment on Why do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ? 19 hours ago:
I’ve heard it said both ways.
For example.
When the statement you’re quoting is going to be quote, short or simple, unquote.
Or, if it’s going to stand on its own and be quote, unquote, some long citation that would make famous Russian authors jealous.
- Comment on I want a name for this 1 day ago:
- Comment on I want a name for this 1 day ago:
I use the term Autopilot
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- Comment on Just over here trying to make him proud 2 weeks ago:
Right. And if you’re going to do it at least do it right.
At least make his tie grumpy cat, or Harambe.
- Comment on your mom falls significantly faster than g 2 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t this be equally offset by the increase in inertia from their masses?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
One thing to consider. When the stocks that are part of a mutual fund drop… then your retirement contributions will be buying them on sale.
Assuming the mutual funds are spread out to minimize risk (1 of the funds companies folds, etc) overall you’ll be better off long term.
As you age you’ll start moving your investments to more stable options. Ones that won’t benefit from huge gains but also won’t be wiped out by massive drops.
In the meantime look at how your funds are doing over time. Not even year to year but maybe every 2 or 3 years.
- Comment on Bad news 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Please be patient. 3 weeks ago:
Fine, it’ll do it myself -Thelectron
- Comment on The Force 4 weeks ago:
So… they agitate material using sound to increase the volume of chemicals to smell?
Clever little Airbenders
- Comment on If a planet was completely covered in water, wouldn't it all be freshwater? 4 weeks ago:
I was thinking of the term salinity.
- Comment on If a planet was completely covered in water, wouldn't it all be freshwater? 4 weeks ago:
There’s also heat exchange so you’ll have deep sea vents where there could be all kinds of caustic stuff and/or minerals.
So it wouldn’t necessarily be fresh even if that stuff wasn’t saline
- Comment on Chat, what do you see? 5 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Chat, what do you see? 5 weeks ago:
Here’s an even more magnified view of the perfectly smooth paper.
- Comment on Magic Mineral 5 weeks ago:
It’s supposed to be it tends to get brittle and fracture creating airborne shards that you can breath in but your body can’t break down and that continuously damages the cells leading to cancer.
- Comment on Magic Mineral 5 weeks ago:
Seriously, except for the horrific issues with the stuff, it would be an essential material for various applications.
Its resistance to fire, heat transfer, etc would do wonders for insulation and construction.
- Comment on New "Lower Decks" poster 5 weeks ago:
The Star Trek movie vibes are strong with this one.
- Comment on Where does the music go? 5 weeks ago:
🎼 Elect-ro-weak and Higgs field Staying in a false staaaate
Tun-nel, tun-nel, it alllll falls dowwwwwn - Comment on How do I... Do court? I didn't realize my license was expired and got pulled over. Now I have court tomorrow. 1 month ago:
Having representation isn’t difficult. And actually helps streamline the process for the court.
You’re not walking in there with high power lawyers after arguing for weeks about various things.
If there’s a PD you can listen to them and follow their advice. They’re so overworked it won’t be as effective as having your own but will still be better than none.
- Comment on How do I... Do court? I didn't realize my license was expired and got pulled over. Now I have court tomorrow. 1 month ago:
I’d still take one. A lawyer isn’t just somebody to defend you. They’re the ones best suited to guide you through the legal process.
You want the court to know it was a mistake? Ok, here’s how we argue that in such a way that it’s not admitting fault for some other legal aspect you need to be mindful of. And here’s a point we can make to see if they’ll change it to this other violation that has less of a penalty or doesn’t result in large premium increases with your insurance.
- Comment on Why do phone apps update all the time but nothing seems to change? 1 month ago:
While I can’t speak to specific apps alot of times it’s house cleaning stuff.
Maybe some bug that affects a certain number of users is found and fixed. And the update resolves that bit, since you weren’t affect, you don’t notice it.
Other times it’s to include fixes in libraries they’re using. So, for example, a JSON parsing library may have a security fix and they updated their app to use that newer version.
Another could be some behind the scenes api/library updates. Maybe a service they’re using for content (such as interacting with Lemmy) or maps or advertisements is being updated and they need to point their app to the new service address or change how they interact with it.
And of course there could be feature updates but those, usually, would be things you’d notice. Although, in some cases, it may be packaged with the application but waiting for some criteria (a backend service to be ready) or may even be part of A/B testing where some users get one change while others don’t so the developer can see which features are preferred using real data.
- Comment on Could Linux save my laptop? 1 month ago:
Could even be a loose stick of ram.
- Comment on Horse-flippers? Have any horses from history, ever been fitted with horseshoes that improve their ability to swim? 1 month ago:
And the movement they make doesn’t benefit from slippers.
Humans can shift their body forward and kick their legs which flippers can amplify.
- Comment on Hmm... 1 month ago:
, et al
- Comment on Hmm... 1 month ago:
These entanglements change us
- Comment on Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? 1 month ago:
That’s a great summary. I’ve really enjoyed all of his books.
I can’t wait for December 6th when Wind and Truth releases.
I’m finishing a reread of the Stormlight Archive now.
- Comment on Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? 1 month ago:
And the powers, as in all the cosmere series, has limits which balances it out.
No endless pushes, flying, etc. every world has some resources or constraint so you’re not left with a “Superman” kind of scenario.
- Comment on Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? 1 month ago:
As an example
The Mistborn era 1 (books 1-3) are fantasty magic Mistborn era 2 (books 4-7) occur hundreds of years later in that worlds “industrial/steam” age.
So, for example, some allomancers can push or pull on metals. In Era 1 that’s used for combat but also for rapid movement. An allomancer can fall from a wall, throw a coin and “push” off of it causing them to bounce forward and upwards. As they’re starting to reach the azimuth they “pull” the coin, catch it and repeat.
They also “throw” and then “push” coins or metal fragments like shrapnel.
In Era 2. A sheriff (who’s an allomancer) leaps across a gully, aims and shoots a bullet into a wooden crate and then “pushes” on it to cross it.
Another time during a shootout one “pushes” gunfire away so it deflects around him. Not guaranteed to get all of the bullets but useful in situations like that.
There are other uses and other allomantic abilities but the entire shift of the format was just done phenomenally.
Can’t recommend the Mistborn series enough
- Comment on Express. 1 month ago:
Feral but leashed. And the leashes came off I guess.