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- Comment on What else are they hiding from us? 20 minutes ago:
It lets us apply results from statistical physics to quantum field theory through a Wick rotation.
That sounds like Geordi’s plan to save the Enterprise.
- Comment on Pens in Space 3 days ago:
People drag the Soviets for being reckless with the lives of their crews, but forget that the USA melted three men in a training exercise.
- Comment on Come study linguistics!! 1 week ago:
CMV: Linguistics is a slippery slope to philosophy.
- Comment on Maybe it's just a human thing. 1 week ago:
No, it’s saying Nye is a good person. He’s an atheist and not an asshole.
But you do touch on something because it would be a challenge to find someone known for being atheist while also being a decent human being. IDK, maybe Daniel Dennitt?
- Comment on At this point I think I would 1 week ago:
For safety, never plug an unknown USB drive into your house.
- Comment on Jesus was too late for this guy 1 week ago:
Jesus drove a Honda, though he was shy about it. In John it says that “Jesus never spoke of his own accord.”
- Comment on Jesus was too late for this guy 1 week ago:
For those who don’t know, that type of tow truck is called a ‘snatch’ truck because the tow arm can get under a vehicle without the driver leaving the cab. Snatch trucks are not for breakdowns, they’re for repos.
- Comment on fruit flies are not ergodic 2 weeks ago:
Fruit flies are made of atoms so this device obviously works.
- Comment on Embrace this Truth and enjoy life 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think that subjective means arbitrary. A book may mean different things to different people, but that doesn’t mean that one interpretation is as good as any other. Or that reason is abandoned in the process of forming a subjective idea.
- Comment on Be careful what you name your kids 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on don't be obvious 2 weeks ago:
Where I live, one of the earliest signs of spring is the American cockroach. While the American cockroach doesn’t infest homes, it does wander into them, and they’re big enough that you can hear them moving. (often 7 or 8 cm)
- Comment on Fascinating and efficient new lamp design 2 weeks ago:
In America, they often cut the lampshade off right after manufacture.
Not even for religious reasons, just some 19th Century health nuts like RFK jr convinced everyone that it was good for your health.
- Comment on i just wanna live 2 weeks ago:
Maybe if they could wear a suit and say thank you once in a while.
- Comment on Husband needs proof news is censored 2 weeks ago:
E.S. Herman and Noam Chomsky’s book Manufacturing Consent is a great place to start. You can skip most of the book honestly, (it’s out of date), but the “5 Filters” part is like a decoder ring for American Legacy Media.
- Comment on How can I decide on who and how to love? 2 weeks ago:
I think I loved about a dozen women relatively recently tho I haven’t even kissed them
Romantic love is always both ways. Crushes are normal and healthy, but no matter how strongly you feel, it ain’t nothing like when they wanna kiss you back.
When I was young I had anxiety about getting betrayed or abandoned. Well, all that came to pass, but what I didn’t know then was that I am perfectly capable of hurting people who care about me. These days, I regret the harm I did way more than what I suffered.
- Comment on Unstable 2 weeks ago:
This is next level because only Charles Murray stans could be persuaded that molecular bonds imply emotional strength.
- Comment on The experiment requires that you continue 3 weeks ago:
The Milligram experiment is almost as big a humbug as the Stanford prison experiment.
When the study was run without a “scientist”, but instead a policeman or military officer, the participants who went full voltage dropped from 90+% compliance to 90+% refusal. This completely contradicts the supposed “findings” that people uncritically obey authority.
After the war, a whole cottage industry of psychologists and philosophers tried to answer why it was that ordinary Germans could participate in horror. Simple, but wrong explanations like “humans obey authority uncritically” were in high demand.
- Comment on Gonna need to refresh the page and hope for a easier one. 3 weeks ago:
How the hell is Brad Dourif not in this movie!? Was he busy with Chucky or something?
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- Comment on What are some slow acting poisons? 3 weeks ago:
Alcohol. Sometimes it takes 30 or 40 years to be effective. Not very good for murder, but wildly popular for suicide.
- Comment on Oh NOOOO 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Hypothetically, if you are in prison and want to communicate with the outside world without being detected, what are some ways to hide a message within an innocuous letter? 4 weeks ago:
Just use a contraband cellphone. That gives you access to powerful encryption.
- Comment on Maureen Dowd Ate an Asinine Amount of Edibles Once 4 weeks ago:
Dowd is right. There should be some kind of standard so you understand dosage. When I try an edible, I eat a tiny amount and wait an hour. This isn’t because I’m smart, it’s because I’ve had bad experiences with potent stuff.
I know how many beers or shots I can get away with. With edibles, it’s a gamble every time.
- Comment on AI will replace us all... trust me 4 weeks ago:
That’s some of the most totalitarian bullshit I’ve ever seen come out of 'big 'tech. I’m not even sure Joseph Goebbels tried to control metaphor. This is 1000X more granular than the CCP banning Winnie the Pooh.
- Comment on Anti-acknowlegements 4 weeks ago:
There is an excellent Science channel on Youtube and Nebula with a Physics PHD who’s made some eye-opening content about harassment and misogyny in STEM and Academia.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
The best way to burn off bad faith is to ask them to apply their “standard” to a different scenario. “What do you mean video games have a woke agenda? You can’t know the intentions of game designers”. “How do you know that the media is biased against Trump”? “You can’t read their minds”.
- Comment on that about 1/1000 of your phones RF power output, and the distance is 384400km 5 weeks ago:
Well, according to my ex, even 30 or 90 seconds is an interval unworthy of consideration.
- Comment on this is art 5 weeks ago:
I believe Dashbo is referring to the original painting.
- Comment on that about 1/1000 of your phones RF power output, and the distance is 384400km 5 weeks ago:
To be fair, that’s an insignificant distance for light to travel.
- Comment on Proton GE 9-26 Released With Updates For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, GTA 5 Enhanced, And More 5 weeks ago:
I don’t care who’s fault it is that hardware probably won’t work, just that it probably won’t work.
Setting these games up is an undertaking even when all the software and hardware works as intended. Hell, just pulling the equipment out of it’s storage is enough friction to keep me from playing sometimes.
Even after more than a decade of using Debian as a server, I don’t have any confidence in my Linux knowledge. So the proposition here is tons and tons of homework with no guarantee that I can find a workaround or cobbled together solution. What I can be guaranteed is that if I get everything working, it’ll be a slightly to moderately worse experience.
Again, I’m not saying Linux is bad or even at fault for these issues, but these issues exist and I it’s valid that some people don’t wanna deal with it.
