Nemo

@Nemo@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is a rural town in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  “urban” means city, not town

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does noise from different nearby sources 'add up'? Or do the different sources cancel each other out? In any case, please provide a formula and an example⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  They add up (in the sense of getting louder) if they’re harmonized or party harmonized. They cancel out if they’re opposing or partly opposing. They become more continuous but not louder if they’re out-of-synch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is a DRM-Free Ebook always better than a physical book?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Kids see you reading an e-book, they don’t know what you’re doing, they just see you staring at s phone.

  Kids see you reading a physical book, they see you’re reading, and what you’re reading. It helps foster a love of reading in them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think a story that mixes magic with super advanced technology can work?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Like most things by Philip K. Dick, the man who has more movies based on his writing than any other author?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  zero or more

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An alternative spelling of the alphabet that makes more sense⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  split all vowels into the two-four sounds they actually make

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An alternative spelling of the alphabet that makes more sense⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  aay ebe eke ede eay efe ege ehe iay eje eek ele eme ene oay epe eque ere ese ete uay eve ewe ekse yay eze

  but if we’re making changes, we should really get rid of C, Y, X, and W; bring back thorn; turn all soft Gs into Js… the list goes on

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not for me. The written word is much more vivid and conveys information much more efficiently than video. Other people process things differently, I know, but that’s how it is for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the use of a comma instead of the word "and" in English news headlines always been a thing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My whole life, yeah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the U.S., are all voting booth areas required to have carbon monoxide detectors?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be more likely to blame the lead exposure on the deregulation that red areas tend to favor, but I know the truth is more insidious: both are correlated to poverty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a community dedicated for serious discussion?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve dealt with so many bad actors in the past

  This is for sure part of it. Remember that most of us fled here from reddit, and many made a clean break. For me, that includes avoiding political discussion communities. I actively moderated two conservative political communities for years (r/AskConservatives and r/Tuesday) and also r/As an American, where political discussions often came up. I’m just exhausted by it. I’ve seen every bad argument under the sun from and towards every major political position.

  When I spooled down reddit, resigned my modship in r/AskConservatives, and came to lemmy, I resolved to a) never mod a discussion community again and 2] never sub a political discussion community. And my life became so much better! I still engage with politics IRL, with real people in my community, but have zero interest in seeking out the same here.

  So yes, if you want to discuss certain topics here you’ve got an uphill slog. And if you don’t want to be treated like a bad-faith actor you’ve got to put in the work to build a reputation as a good-faith one. There’s no shortcut for that; users recognize each other here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats the best way to deep dive into learning a language without apps?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If there’s a local community / cultural center, they probably offer classes or even immersion. My local mutual aid society has Spanish-immersion craft night once a week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  sounds like labels just aren’t that useful to you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If my county passes a new tax for um lets say a new jail. They staff it and build it and everything with the tax money. How come it seems the tax is there forever? Why not get rid of it when built?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It still needs to be staffed and maintained after being built. It’s not a one-time cost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Electoral College yes, in favor

  Senators appointed by legislature no, not in favor

  Don’t get me wrong, I’m in favor of Electoral College reform. I think in particular unbinding electors is necessary, as is doing away with the “winner-take-all” distribution of electors. And while uncapping the House isn’t EC reform per se, doing so would make a drastic improvement to how representative the EC would be. These three things would fix most of the problems with the EC, ranked-choice voting or similar would take care of the rest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean the instance that hosts the “not voting” community? I think I’ll be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Who would want “real democracy”? Have you met people? They’re terrible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected for 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So the RV was the backup plan?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The point of a constitutional monarchy is to transition away from an absolute monarchy towards a republic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected for 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to mention, how are you making that much and not socking anything away for later?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I only see politics on the few explicitly political and news munis I’ve subbed.

  Are you browsing by ‘all’? If so, switch to ‘subscribed’ and it’ll prolly fix 95% of it for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is coal and fossil fuels still used?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Renewable power is increasing, yes, but power demand is also increasing. Most of the power to run those electric engines is still being generated by coal. Solar panels are actually kinda energy-intensive to produce, too, and most of that energy is also coming from coal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do children address a non-binary parent?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Honored Ancestor” and “Blessed Forebear” are always appropriate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is "Not to mention" and "Not to leave out" the same thing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to mention is an addition to a list that’s so obvious it’s an afterthought. I’ve never heard the other expression used.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They did it to Joe Hill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s the inmates OP is worried about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My bias might be at play. Oblivion broke a lot of what was good about Morrowind but also made some improvements. Skyrim improved on what was better and fixed most of what was broken (spellcrafting being a notable exception). Oblivion does have some great storylines, sure, but even there it’s no better than Skyrim and often worse.

  I get that for those whose first TES game was Oblivion it was amazing. But for those of us who’d played Daggerfall and Morrowind it was a let-down, a big dip between Morrowind and Skyrim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s going to be worse than Skyrim in every way except maybe graphics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Original DLC is included in the base remaster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New to lemmy. Is there a version of /r/changemyview?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of the problem is that discussion of this issue in particular was very often not civil and created a hostile environment for users.