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- Comment on Linux help and actual pros and cons 1 day ago:
First step is to check protondb if your favorite games are somewhat reasonably easy to get working.
Most work fine. There are some that are outright broken.
- Comment on Why are popes always really old? 4 days ago:
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Because you can see his previous work and determine if you think he is suitable for the job.
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If you make a bad pick he will see himself out soon enough anyway. Pun not intended.
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- Comment on Straight people, do you know what the Grindr notification sound is? 1 week ago:
No, why would I?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
16 you’re getting close to the age where you have to learn from your own mistakes.
A responsible 42 year old is better than a 17 year old that deals drugs anyway.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 weeks ago:
He is also be 81 by then.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 weeks ago:
Unlikely any bigger conspiracy or billionaire will try. They could wait 3.5 years and not have to bother with anything illegal.
MAGA candidates don’t seem to do well without Trump, so even if a republican wins it’s unlikely to be whatever this is.
If he is somehow allowed to take a dump on the constitution and get a 3rd term, maybe.
- Comment on Is this picture idea immature? 2 weeks ago:
Will it be funny you think? Do it.
What kind of girl do you want to attract anyway? Do you want a full l girl that thinks that kind of stuff is funny or do you want a girl that finds it immature?
- Comment on Will Trump tariffs and implied trade war have a significant effect on the global emissions of greenhouse gases? 2 weeks ago:
Depends. Climate goals may be relaxed, because it’s very hard to push through those changes with a population that becomes poorer.
On the other hand if there is a depression less stuff would be produced and consumed.
I would not expect the tariffs to last. Most likely scenario is that he will try to use them as negotiation leverage. Everyone will get poorer, who will give in first? The bully or the bullied?
- Comment on Are most people here left-wing? 2 weeks ago:
My priorities in politics is:
- Don’t wreck the economy.
- Uphold the rule of law.
In my country that makes me right leaning. In the US with the current president that apparently makes me a leftist.
- Comment on If you could add, remove, or alter one single bodily function, what would it be? 3 weeks ago:
Remove need to sleep. You would get ~33% more time every day.
- Comment on i have been living in middle east for almost 20 years and would like to be an american/canadian citizen, how can i become 1? how much will it cost? ar there other western nations which have easyproces 3 weeks ago:
You’re 15 years late for Europe.
Do you have any special qualifications like a doctorate in something?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Slowly but surely grown over the years but Covid probably contributed a lot in a short time.
- Comment on Could human stomach acid be bioengineered to break down microplastics? 3 weeks ago:
I’m fairly sure you would not want to break them down so your body could absorb whatever is in them more easily.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
About three times the usual speed on a highway.
And a highway is about three times the allowed speed of a school zone.
So roughly the same as driving highway speeds in a school zone.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 3 weeks ago:
2 or 4 depending on how strict you are.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I’m no expert in trafficking but I generally agree with you.
- Comment on What's so important about keeping military operations secret? 4 weeks ago:
Attackers get to choose where and when to attack. Defenders get to dig in and prepare defenses.
The attacker don’t want the defender to know where and when, because then they will just reinforce that area. Defenders don’t want the attackers to know where and when they are weak (eg troop rotation)
- 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? 5 weeks ago:
If you’re important enough they won’t let you send letters at all.
If you’re unimportant, well anything you agreed on beforehand should be okay.
- Comment on Is this true? Software companies had diversity quotas to meet, and realized it was easier to turn autistic men into women than it was to turn women into software engineers 5 weeks ago:
Troll grade: C-.
- Comment on Why can’t HVAC be made smarter? 5 weeks ago:
What kind of sensor do you suggest for measuring that? I’m genuinely curious why they are not industry standard.
My guess is price and/or robustness. The RTCs we use are cheap and durable.
- Comment on Why can’t HVAC be made smarter? 5 weeks ago:
There are a lot of smart engineers that design those.
If you have an external temperature measurement it helps. But it can’t see the difference between a cloudy day and a sunny day.
If you connect it to an online weather service that helps, but it’s still hard for it to know how much the sun heats your home due to big south facing windows for example.
This is something AI could be useful for. Feed it forecast, inside, outside temp and let it figure out how to balance those against each other for your home. I’m not sure there are many systems like this on the market yet.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Does leasing the land pay enough to make it worthwhile? Gives you time to think.
If it’s fertile land you should probably use it, or lease it, to grow food.
Farming is not easy. Until you learnt to be good at it you’ll put in a lot of hours into making not much money after costs have been paid.
- Comment on How would you do this Technically? 5 weeks ago:
By prosecuting people/companies who does not label their AI generated content?
- Comment on Is there a Russian stock market people invest in? 5 weeks ago:
And to answer the other part of the question about trust: All stock markets are risky. If you think one exchange is more risky you will not buy any stock on it until it’s cheap enough to make up for the risk.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
If it’s illegal get the law enforcement involved.
Mob justice is not a good idea.
- Comment on Could authoritarians rule with capitalizing on fear, hate, and ignorance? 1 month ago:
Is there any example that shows it would work in practice?
Why would they not just be a democracy if people would choose to keep them in power regardless?
- Comment on Can autocracy exist without a media apparatus? 1 month ago:
There was a few millennia where kings, chieftans, emperors and the likes were more common than not before we had media. So I’d argue it’s easier to be autocrat without media.
- Comment on Do new US Tariff on Steel/Aluminium apply only on the metal weight or on all the engineering work to design the metal part ? 1 month ago:
If I buy steel for $1000 and pay 10% tariff the total cost is $1100
If I make a car out of the steel and sell it I don’t pay any tariff. But I’ll charge $100 more because my steel cost was higher. (If someone abroad buys it their government may force them to pay a tariff, but I don’t see that directly).
If I buy an engine I’ll pay the engine tariff, they don’t care if it’s made of aluminium, steel, wood or whatever. The custom officer will look at it and say that it is an engine and therefore it will be subject to engine tariffs.
- Comment on Why do people give their unwaivering support to autocrats? 1 month ago:
A minority of the population benefits from an autocracy.
And/or they will be seen as traitors to whatever comes to power after the autocrat.
- Comment on How can a military buy fighter jets that the seller has kill switches for? 1 month ago:
They don’t need them.
Stop selling spare parts and they will soon be useless.
They are incredibly maintenance intense even in peace time. In wartime even more so because even minor combat damage adds up.
Iran bought 79 F-14 in 1974. Revolution and arms embargo 1979. In 1984 they had 15 airworthy planes kept in shape by taking parts from other F-14s.
They have since got some spare parts from hostage deals and the black market. Probably reverse engineering too so they have about 40 of them flyable. But the 5 first year has 80% of the fleet grounded should say something about it.