zxqwas

@zxqwas@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  In my country they have enough support from both the left and right leaning voters. Also a vast majority of voters think there are more important issues to deal with.

  Some parties (we have 8 with >4% votes) have an ideological position that we should abolish momarchy. No party is actively campaigning for it, because it’s seen as unimportant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if pure water is not conductive why would condensation be an issue for electronics?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Causes corrosion.

  Causes circuit boards to swell and deform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is coal and fossil fuels still used?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you show me the numbers?

  The numbers I found unsubsidized gas is about USD0.5/kWh and battery is USD150 per kWh. This is a 10 minute search so the quality of those numbers are dubious, I’m prepared to have my mind changed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is coal and fossil fuels still used?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They were still more expensive than fossil power on standby last time I looked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would legal procedure change if every citizen eligible for jury duty was aware of jury nullification?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t think it would substantially change.

  Most people believe most laws are somewhat reasonable.

  Besides it works both ways. A jury could vote to convict a person they believe to be not guilty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could wastewater plant simply heat up water past 500C to decompose all chemicals and output clean water?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds expensive.

  And the chemicals decompose into what? How do you get whatever they decompose into out of the water?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For the factory workers in the industrial heartland it will be good.

  For the general population it will be bad.

  The idea of manufacturing more, cutting budget deficit etc may be a good idea. The way they go about it with trade wars pissing off countries usually friendly to the US is dubios. The DOGE and internal politics does not seem much better but that is not really any of my business as a non American.

  Also if you want to cut deficit you should fund the IRS more, not less.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else hate knowing stuff and looking "smart"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t find it annoying and I certainly don’t know a lot.

  I know a lot about my narrow field of expertise and hobbies. I’m ignorant about so much useful knowledge and skills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux help and actual pros and cons⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1. Because you can see his previous work and determine if you think he is suitable for the job.

  2. If you make a bad pick he will see himself out soon enough anyway. Pun not intended.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Straight people, do you know what the Grindr notification sound is?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, why would I?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My priorities in politics is:

  1. Don’t wreck the economy.
  2. 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re 15 years late for Europe.

  Do you have any special qualifications like a doctorate in something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  2 or 4 depending on how strict you are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m no expert in trafficking but I generally agree with you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's so important about keeping military operations secret?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Troll grade: C-.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can’t HVAC be made smarter?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.