CookieOfFortune
@CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
- Comment on Just wait until Michael finds out about this 5 days ago:
I think that movie about the attack on a US embassy or something. Not 100% sure.
- Comment on found this helpful map of which countries are turkiye on turkiye's government website 6 days ago:
Names evolve over time for a variety of reasons. The examples you provide aren’t also used as an insult the way turkey (the bird) is.
Recently there’s also Czechia, Eswantini, North Macedonia.
- Comment on My mistake 2 weeks ago:
He’s too cool to look at explosions.
- Comment on Going Back ↪️🏨 4 weeks ago:
These days they just put a hold on your credit card which basically has the same effect.
- Comment on Why put data centers in space? 4 weeks ago:
Honestly I feel like a big issue is the physical security. Now your data center is more vulnerable to any orbit capable adversary.
- Comment on Are there any technology-oriented content creators that are still good? 5 weeks ago:
Does Technology Connections count? He doesn’t really do cutting edge tech though.
- Comment on What Happens When Scientists Work With Unexpected Experts | MinuteEarth [3:56] 2 months ago:
Monocultures in general have weaknesses and diversity helps with this.
Can apply to companies, genetics, ideas, etc.
- Comment on Why is leadership valued so much over expertise? 2 months ago:
Are you just unlucky in your experiences? Expert team leads can absolutely make as much as managers.
But there’s a convergence as you spend more and more time making decisions and directing others that you will effectively be a manager.
- Comment on Why is leadership valued so much over expertise? 2 months ago:
A good plan with average people can still succeed. You’ve built a mediocre house. It has some value.
A bad plan with the best people will fail. You’ve built the wrong house. It’s worthless.
That’s the thing with management, they have impact beyond themselves.
- Comment on Why is leadership valued so much over expertise? 2 months ago:
High level and well paid experts do exist, particularly in tech companies. The reason it’s rare is because actual expertise requires both talent and effort. Very few people qualify.
Management is also a skill. And it’s arguable a more useful skill since it’s more transferable than a narrow focus. At very high levels you have a lot of responsibility figuring out where your company is headed.
Also traditional companies don’t typically have knowledge based employees. There’s a limit to what high expertise can bring. This is what has led to management as the promotion track.
- Comment on How much money do you think Superman could make if he offered his services to NASA as a launch vehicle? 2 months ago:
Shouldn’t he be busy being a transitional power source?
- Comment on Their name is Spike. 2 months ago:
An Immense World by Ed Yong talks about this.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
But you have to put up your earnest cash within a few days.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Ah I was remembering based on age which drops significantly as you near 40.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Why does that matter to the seller? They get that amount in cash anyways. I guess the risk if the mortgage falls through? But then they keep the earnest money.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
IVF isn’t that reliable, like 10% success rate or something. The issue is if you have unexplained infertility it’s the only option.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
If you have the money it’s actually quite easy because there are lots of people happy to sell you a house on commission.
If you’re poor then go fuck yourself I guess?
- Comment on What are some of the biggest continuity errors in Star Trek? 3 months ago:
I rewatched this movie recently and noticed this as well! Still one of my favorites.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
You’ll need to learn some quantum theory to really understand transistor since field effect can’t really be explained using other analogies.
Basically because there is water at a high height (high voltage), the height in another pipe changes: Without the water actually flowing through the pipe.
Transistor let you set voltages without passing current through (in the real world, there is current and thus heat being generated as waste, but it’s extremely small compared to the number of switching components there are).
- Comment on Cultural impact 3 months ago:
The eyes freaked me out. Like I get that the anime/manga has them, but everyone did. In the movie, only she had them and that was weird.
- Comment on Cultural impact 3 months ago:
My understanding is that it was an unexpected success and it was used as a technology demonstration for Alita. However Alita was much less successful.
- Comment on Why are dads like this? 3 months ago:
There is some trauma associated with that type of forceps extraction. There’s definitely some damage to the baby’s skull and mother’s vaginal canal. However most of the time there will be no long term issues. It’s only used if the birth is going poorly.
- Comment on Black men dating Asian women: where is the real conversation about racism, family pressure, and emotional risk? 4 months ago:
Are you looking for historical context?
In Asia, being darker means you’re a lower class because you have to work outside. This colorism persists to this day, just look at the common beauty standards in Asia right now.
Add to that there’s a general worship of money and you can see where white ethnicities would be considered the most acceptable interracial coupling.
There are also extremely few black peoples in Asia, so there’s very little direct interaction. Everything they know about black people they learn from TV and movies and the news. So the only exposure they see are the common stereotypes.
It’s not like there’s much movement towards alleviating these issues because they don’t see it as a problem.
So for Asian women growing up in America, this exposure is a new experience and it’s not something that can be explained to the parents. The parents who of course forbid dating until after college and then expect grandchildren. Obviously what happens is that activities are hidden from the parents.
I remember in college I went on a few dates with an Asian woman of my same race who would hide if she thought someone saw us together. Imagine if she was seen with someone outside her race! Scandal!
Another issue is simply socioeconomics. Growing up in the South you end up with relatively wealthy Asians living near poor black neighborhoods leading to obvious disparities in crime. These type of situations perpetuate the stereotypes.
Hope this gives you some context.
- Comment on Nerve-controlled prosthetics 4 months ago:
Doesn’t she have an arm based off of Deus Ex?
- Comment on AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20 4 months ago:
Like when BG3 came out and other devs whined about being unable to deliver such a game? Maybe they shouldn’t be considered AAA studios if all they do is waste their budget.
- Comment on Wacky 5 months ago:
But the bear trap also has this soft tentacle-like that can make your pp feel good.
- Comment on The Sounds of Silence 5 months ago:
Doh they’re going to the moon! I was thinking the ISS.
- Comment on The Sounds of Silence 5 months ago:
They could presumably be within 300 miles of him.
- Comment on It hurts. 5 months ago:
Looks wonderful to walk around.
- Comment on I started playing WH40k Rogue Trader and I'm digging it, but I know virtually nothing of Warhammer. Any super basic world info I should know going in? 5 months ago:
I guess this is true of the Orks too.