Bassman1805
@Bassman1805@lemmy.world
- Comment on NY woman who used to own "NCC-1701" license plate ticketed thousands of dollars because of cars with Star Trek novelty plates going through traffic cameras. 5 days ago:
Part of the confusion may come from states with different license plate rules.
Twenty states require only a rear plate, which means drivers can legally put a novelty or decorative plate on the front. The remaining 30 states require a state-issued plate on both the front and back of the vehicle; New York is one of them.
That may explain why law enforcement would assume a decorative “Star Trek” plate on the front of the car would be a legitimate license plate.
This is one of the stupider “50 countries in a trench coat pretending to be one country” things we have going on. There’s no reason not to require plates on both the front and back bumper, especially when it’s opening the door for confusion with fake plates on the optional bumper.
- Comment on Just a little song from loops.video 6 days ago:
Dude’s name is Jesse Welles, he had a couple albums out and posts new videos like this constantly on social media and YouTube. Best new artist of 2024 IMO
- Comment on Slay the Spire 2 - Official Gameplay Trailer 1 week ago:
RIP Defect 😭
- Comment on Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. 1 week ago:
- Comment on Germ Blaster 2 weeks ago:
Yes.
The followup question is “how many people think getting their hands wet without soap is sufficient hand-washing” and the answer is not terribly comforting.
- Comment on What games have you put the most hours into? 3 weeks ago:
Europa Universalis 4, and it’s not really a close margin. 1445 hr mark is when you’ve finally completed the tutorial and can start the real game.
- Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content 4 weeks ago:
Can they disable their steam forums if they don’t want to moderate them?
- Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content 4 weeks ago:
I really like that there was a whole thing about building a super-weapon where players had to complete quests or whatever to contribute to its development. Then enough players compete the quest and the weapon was completed, and it turned out to be an orbital bombardment that killed enemies and players indiscriminately.
A lot of players were pissed but it’s so aggressively in-character I can’t imagine how they didn’t see it coming.
- Comment on I have been told ever since I was a little shit that when you die you go to heaven first wait in line for St Peter to judge you at the pearly gates? Is this in the Bible? I thought god did judging 5 weeks ago:
Transubstantiation is kind of in the Bible. Matthew 26:26-28
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
The discussion of transubstantiation is just how literal “my body/blood” is.
- Comment on What should I bring to far-north Scandinavia? 5 weeks ago:
Layers are the way to go.
- Long Underwear, a long sleeve breathable undershirt, good WOOL socks
- A sweater or other medium-thickness top garment.
- Waterproof snow pants and coat.
Good boots, preferably waterproof if you’ll be in the snow a fair amount. Definitely good so you have better grip on snowy/icy ground. Thin “liner” gloves and thick waterproof gloves to go over those. A warm hat that covers your ears (I really appreciated my trapper hat when I went to Tromsø).
- Comment on This feels wrong. I love it. 1 month ago:
The reason it doesn’t work is that 1 is a scalar while i is a vector (with magnitude 1). The Pythagoras theorem works with scalars, not vectors, so you’d get 1^2 +1^2 = 2.
- Comment on Question me not 1 month ago:
Ping he teacher hotel?
- Comment on Eat lead 1 month ago:
It’s literally a poem in the original language.
- Comment on Ouch my texicles 1 month ago:
Don’t underestimate Colorado. Though it’s largely the recent Denver transplants keeping up that stereotype, whereas it’s the long-term Texans.
- Comment on I'll get to the real projects!...eventually 2 months ago:
Scottish talk radio sounds like a trip.
- Comment on I'm going insane 2 months ago:
Nope, three geometry actually works out such that it doesn’t matter your distance from the mirror, only how tall the mirror is and how high it’s mounted.
A mirror that is as half as tall as your, mounted at head height, will show your white body regardless of how far away you are from it. TECHNICALLY, the bottom edge must be halfway between your eyes and feet, and the top edge must be halfway between your eyes and top of head.
- Comment on Mental hell 2 months ago:
This definitely seems like the more likely explanation. There certainly is a mental/emotional hell to go through, but with three y-axis being specifically about psychiatric medication… all I’m seeing is that grad students like/need Adderall.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 2 months ago:
The vast majority of the time, nepotism refers to a patent giving their children special privileges due to the power the parent has.
The word itself comes from from the Italian word for “nephew”, because of a trend of “nephews” of popes getting special privileges (often, these were the popes’ illegitimate sons).
- Comment on Did Biden ever release Trump's Resolute Letter? 2 months ago:
Reasonable chance he never wrote one and Biden just said that to pacify the media.
- Comment on Nixon Started the War on Drugs. Privately, He Said Pot Was ‘Not Particularly Dangerous.’ 2 months ago:
A lot of people interviewed for the article are sold all surprised. “Oh wow, this is really surprising that he said this, given his policy stance on the drug”
Only one person really hit home with their response. Douglas Brinkley from Rice University:
“It reinforces Nixon as a Machiavellian political operative,” Mr. Brinkley said, adding that the former president “dehumanized drug users because it was in his political interest to do so.”
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- Comment on What to do with glassware that is impossible to clean 3 months ago:
Hmm, I think you’re right about sterilization vs gunk removal. Got those most up.
- Comment on What to do with glassware that is impossible to clean 3 months ago:
A note on alcohol as a cleaner:
Alcohol is actually a more potent solvent when in solution with water. 70% isopropyl alcohol is so prevalent because it’s actually more effective than higher concentrations.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 3 months ago:
Nobody cares what Trump sycophants think. They are already voting for Trump and nothing is going to change that.
To a reasonable person who is unmotivated to vote (the REAL demographic that needs to be courted), this makes the Trump team look absolutely deranged.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 3 months ago:
THAT’S how you take down a Gish Gallop.
“I don’t give a fuck what you’re trying to pivot to. Do you trust Maduro’s statistics?”
- Comment on Is this a triangle? 3 months ago:
Spherical isosceles triangle, in this particular example.
- Comment on Clueless about Biology 3 months ago:
The lore is that the saarlac actually keeps you alive while digesting you. Like, it puts roots in that act as life support so it has a constant source of protein or whatever.
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- Comment on America's Smartest Man Finds Something Interesting 3 months ago:
“Pele who can’t defend themselves physically”
Like Elon, who pulled out of a fight he tried to start with Zuck because he’d get his ass kicked?
- Comment on Lichens are things 3 months ago:
The short answer: fungus and algae work together and create a multi-organism structure.
The medium answer: [this meme]
The long answer: [years of graduate school]
