BluesF
@BluesF@lemmy.world
- Comment on As a human, here is my human take on unions 1 week ago:
I think a major issue is that if the corporation cannot find work for all of its employees, how will it pay them? And since, presumably, there will be admin staff required who also need to be paid, the amount this corporation will charge the employers of the workers will have to be more than is paid to the workers. If this amount is significant, employers can poach employees from the “union corp” by offering more money, while still saving themselves money.
- Comment on A tense moment. 2 weeks ago:
I had a “whoa” once, or perhaps something slightly more extreme. The condition wasn’t, particularly - I had a lump on my finger as a kid. The first doctor said it would go away on its own, which it didn’t at all, 2 years later it was much worse and started to hurt, so back we went. The next doctor suggested basically that we just cut it open and see what it was lmao, so that we did. He sliced it with a scalpel there and then, while, me, the doctor, and my dad peered at it.
As soon as the scalpel went in there was a small explosion of goo from in there and both my dad and the doctor recoiled in horror (“whoa!” lol). He proceeded to poke around in the goo hole somewhat with a needle (looking back this seems like an odd way to do things) and fished out a ~inch long hawthorn that had just been in there, chilling for the past 2 years.
- Comment on alpha 2 weeks ago:
Does it exist in humans, though? I’m fairly certain that it remains pseudoscientific in humans as well as wolves.Oh, wait, I read point two. I stand corrected.
- Comment on Makes more sense than the Imperial system 2 weeks ago:
Sure, but the joke is skele-ton
- Comment on Makes more sense than the Imperial system 2 weeks ago:
I think he’s proposing a skele-ton which is 0.01 tons, (i.e. 10kg), not a skelegram which is 10,000g. A skele-gram in this case would be 0.01g.
- Comment on Percentages 2 weeks ago:
Even more confusing when you hear that the odds of catching a disease have increased by a %. In many ways odds can be more intuitive, but we’re so used to working with simple probability that it’s a total nightmare to wrap your head around at first.
- Comment on Make sure your priorities are straight 3 weeks ago:
Nah man, people just love butt stuff. This is not really new, it’s just more visible than ever.
- Comment on TURKEY POWER 3 weeks ago:
Well I agree there. I think we should be focusing on renewables, but like I said I think we also need nuclear unless we can solve the energy storage problem.
- Comment on TURKEY POWER 3 weeks ago:
Thing is this has been said for longer than I’ve been alive, and will probably still be said after I’m dead
I’m not making this argument in the past, I’m making it now.
in the intervening 70-80 years we could have and could be actually building the damn things
Well, they are being built? It’s not like the world has abandoned nuclear power. We need the base load, there’s certainly an argument to use some nuclear, but the safety and waste issues mean it shouldn’t really ever be our only way to generate power, at least until some of those problems are solved. Modern reactors are much safer than they once were, but as I said before - the fossil fuel situation is immediate and pressing. I’m not sure I disagree with anyone who made this argument in the past - renewables are a faster way to convert away from fossil fuels. It’s more pressing now than ever, but it isn’t a new problem and it’s been urgent for a long time. Just because we failed to solve it before doesn’t mean we should throw the baby out with the bathwater. What’s your reasoning to focus on nuclear rather than renewables today?
- Comment on TURKEY POWER 3 weeks ago:
The energy problem we have isn’t beyond my lifetime, it’s now. There is a finite amount of investment available for new energy projects, and if we pour it into nuclear that means 10+ years of continuing with present usage of fossil fuels. Obviously I know noone is suggesting we do only nuclear, but the point remains that renewables projects can be completed sooner and cheaper. Even if we continue to use nuclear to support the base load and decide to develop some level of capability beyond what exists today, the majority of investment should go to renewables.
- Comment on What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games? 3 weeks ago:
Oh man, frog fractions! Been a long time but that is an experience I will never forget.
- Comment on TURKEY POWER 3 weeks ago:
SMRs also produce significantly more waste for the amount of power generated.
- Comment on TURKEY POWER 3 weeks ago:
It’s sort of too late for nuclear though. They take years to build and cost a fortune. The time to invest in nuclear power on a large scale was probably 10 years ago (although, was it as safe then? I don’t know)… Right now we need answers that get us away from fossil fuels much, much quicker. Nuclear may still be a part of the picture, but renewables are more pressing.
- Comment on Anyone else bounce around from game to game with no clue what to play? 3 weeks ago:
That seems like it’s only a good thing! Have fun, save cash, I’m jealous haha!
- Comment on Guys, what did you buy during the Steam autumn sale? 3 weeks ago:
I kinda wish I had. Maybe I still will… 50 hours in I finally got my first escape and I now find I’m struggling to go back to it because it just keeps getting harder lmao. I just wanna tell Dusa how great she is.
- Comment on Meaty lifehack 3 weeks ago:
Hamburger is body parts, just squashed
- Comment on PSA before one freezes 3 weeks ago:
Times are hard for all those folks who identify as attack helicopters. I wondered why we didn’t hear from them so often anymore, I guess now we know. Poor lil guys.
- Comment on 360 Degrees Owl 3 weeks ago:
I stand corrected, owls are indeed some exorcist shit
- Comment on 360 Degrees Owl 3 weeks ago:
That’s still not 270 in either direction, that would be a total of 540!! That’s seriously exorcist shit
- Comment on 360 Degrees Owl 3 weeks ago:
I really doubt they can go 270 degrees in either direction.
- Comment on Is it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"? 3 weeks ago:
Even the American constitution contains exceptions. There’s a whole wiki article on the subject!
- Comment on The Prisoner's Trolley Problemma 3 weeks ago:
But equally that might be what they’re thinking. There’s no simple equilibrium in this game… If your opponent pulls, your best move is not to pull. If they do not, your best move is to do so.
Well, from a pure game theory standpoint, assuming you only value your relatives. This is all somewhat disregarding the three innocents in the middle.
- Comment on The Prisoner's Trolley Problemma 3 weeks ago:
ಠ_ಠ
- Comment on Brotanic 3 weeks ago:
At least save the lithium
- Comment on Map of Eastern Europe and Western Europe 3 weeks ago:
He’s underground but since this is a map that means he’s behind it where you can’t see him
- Comment on Doctor: noone has passed this test before! 4 weeks ago:
If you time it right you can take it off them and get a few hits in while they’re still stuck in slomo
- Comment on Frog's Gift 4 weeks ago:
Musk continues to demonstrate loud and clear that he is none of the things he claims to be.
- Comment on Little dude ATP 5 weeks ago:
ChatGPT missing the question
- Comment on I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised 5 weeks ago:
Who gets to decide it’s a civil war?
- Comment on Anon takes the horsepill 5 weeks ago:
Yes, mostly it’s not allowed as either laws include them specifically or bizarrely they are treated as motor vehicles. There are places that don’t mind though. Pretty much everywhere except Montana, in the US, it is illegal to drive a horse and cart drunk. In the UK it’s illegal to be in charge of cattle on a road drunk. Very inclusive.