Bytemeister
@Bytemeister@lemmy.world
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do? 2 days ago:
See, this is exactly what I was talking about. No, I’m not doing any of that. Take a hike.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do? 3 days ago:
No, it’s not that. You’re definitely wrong. Slaves being bought, sold and abused were complying with the law, and that did not work out for them. People of Japanese ancestry were complying with the law when they were moved into concentration camps during WWII, and that was not okay. Just complying with the law is not going to protect you from harm. To add to this, black people had to fight against the law for almost a century in order to get recognized as equal to white people. Women had to protest and non-comply with the law in order to get recognized as equal to men. So active non-compliance is practically a requirement for things to change for legally marginalized people.
The real problem with explaining it all is that every time I see someone going hard to defend the absolute dumbest, room-temp IQ, stance on a situation, it’s usually you, or like 3 other people. I don’t even have to read your name to know a post belongs to you, the absolutely backwards crap you post has it’s own very unique style that lasts substance or tact. I don’t think you could be convinced that you are wrong, despite the preponderance of evidence that you couldn’t be further from the truth.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do? 4 days ago:
I don’t think I can.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do? 4 days ago:
Comply with the law and nothing will happen to you
en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_wrongful_convictions_i…
I concur. Don’t listen to internet keyboard warriors.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do? 4 days ago:
You gotta make that home-field advantage work for you.
I can send you some great instructional videos from Kevin McAllister.
- Comment on With the ICE raids coming up at a very faster rate, do we need more self-defense (or community defense organizing) classes? 1 week ago:
They’ll shoot you if you try to camly drive away from a man trying to get into your car.
- Comment on genius 1 week ago:
Use the radio in the helicopter to call for help?
- Comment on Snitches get switches 2 weeks ago:
but other areas it would be illegal to ignore invasive plants and not remove them.
I’ve never been in a park or area where you, as an individual, were legally liable for not removing invasive species.
That being said, I did get in trouble for having thistle in my yard, but there was a specific city ordinance against thistle, and not against invasives as a whole (otherwise most of the fucking neighborhood would be torn up, which TBH would be great.)
- Comment on Check mate, atheists. 2 weeks ago:
eugenics
Not science.
atom bombs
No argument here. Science was also used to develop airplanes and buildings. You can create with the knowledge earned from science, but religion (can) give the justification to misuse those creations.
t is not about the tool but how we choose to use it.
Well said.
- Comment on Check mate, atheists. 2 weeks ago:
Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.
- Comment on you're doing ReSeArCh rong!! 2 weeks ago:
By your reasoning nobody learns anything before they go to university?
Absolutely not what I said. Please re-read my comment.
Because in what other educational environment you would read multiple books’ worth of information about a single subject…
Yeah… You definitely did not understand what I wrote. Read it again and see if you still feel the same way.
- Comment on you're doing ReSeArCh rong!! 2 weeks ago:
Reading can be part of learning, but just reading Wikipedia is not. If you want to learn something, you need to invest the time in it to understand not just the words, but the context of that information, you need to be able to apply what you have read, and make use of it, even if that use is purely academic.
For instance, you can read about the American civil war on Wikipedia, but a history teacher would not say that you learned the history of the American civil war. You would need to read multiple books on the situation before the war, during the war, and after the war, along with exploring the relevant technologies available at the time. You’d also want to look into primary sources like the diaries of some of the major leadership on both sides of the conflict, and review maps of battle sites and troop movements with time and dates, maybe even go visit some of the major battle sites, and at that point, you could say you’ve learned the history of the American civil war.
Same thing for space. You can read the Wikipedia article on space, but you can’t claim that you learned about space from that. You’d need to look at other sources, rely on previous education you’ve had in school, maybe make some observations of space on your own, watch interviews of astronauts and astronomers, and then you can start to say that you’re learning about space.
Learning takes an investment from you. Simply reading the material is not learning, you need to interact with it.
- Comment on you're doing ReSeArCh rong!! 3 weeks ago:
I hated chemistry in school, because it was teaching us irrelevant shit like the electron structure of atoms.
It’s only unimportant because you don’t care. Reading random facts on Wikipedia isn’t learning, it’s just reading. You can read the Wikipedia page on juggling, (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggling) but I wouldn’t expect you to understand (much less, perform) a 3 ball cascade, reverse cascade and waterfall after just reading the page. Those are very basic juggling patterns and fundamentals to more advanced patterns, such as juggler’s tennis, mills mess, boston mess etc… and that’s the difference between learning, and reading.
Not ripping on going on a Wikipedia dive here, it’s one of my favorite things to do, but recognize that it’s not the same as learning
- Comment on The ID_10_ts 3 weeks ago:
Layer 8 issue.
- Comment on Facts 4 weeks ago:
I really like the spell failure chance. It was a lot of fun making wild ass spells that had like a 50-75% chance of working. Getting one of those to pop off in a fight just felt so satisfying compared to the instant gratification you get for casting spells now.
I’d really like to see more spellmaking options, like the option to set the mana used for the spell, where setting less increases the failure chance, but using more makes the spell more reliable. Or maybe let the player add failure effects (like burden, paralysis, summon hostile creatures, bounce back…etc) for a reduction in spell failure chance.
- Comment on Anyone in tech confirm? 5 weeks ago:
Confirmed, although I’ve been looking a a live-aboard yacht instead of a micro farm. (not rich, but the housing market is so crazy that these things are in the realm of being cheaper than my house)
- Comment on No it won’t 1 month ago:
cries in sciatica
- Comment on No it won’t 1 month ago:
That’s pretty dope. I would totally donate some of my skin to make a sick wallet for one of my family members (they’re into weird curios).
- Comment on We can play that game too 1 month ago:
I vote for school tax levys. I don’t (and probably will never) have kids.
- Comment on Do you cheat in video games? 1 month ago:
Depends on the game and platform really.
Been using game cheats since IDDQD and IDKFA. I’ve never used a cheat in a multiplayer competitive game, that’s like cheating at golf. No one really cares what your fucking score is, and cheating ruins any and all accomplishment and personal validation from competing. At that point, you’re just being an asshole to other people for imaginary clout, and you should really consider what is gratifying about playing in the first place.
- Comment on So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up? 1 month ago:
Tell him loudly that he doesn’t know shit and to shut the fuck up. This is the year you let it all out. You’ve been building a dam of tolerance for this person, a dam which he’s been trying to undermine because he’s too fucking dumb to understand the extreme restraint you have shown against the potential flood right behind those walls.
Let him have it.
- Comment on *Yawn* 1 month ago:
Snake yawns are the most cute of yawns and I will fight every one who says otherwise.
- Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much? 2 months ago:
It’s less “hate the poor” and more “being good dogs for their wealthy masters”
- Comment on When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick? 2 months ago:
That’s when I juggle knives for you.
Yes, I own a set of purpose-buily juggling knives.
Thought about doing fire this year, but I worked late, it was raining, and I didn’t get a chance to do a few days of practice to make sure I’d be in good form to safely do it
- Comment on US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment 2 months ago:
In a different timeline, that would be funny.
- Comment on US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment 2 months ago:
Too bad the Arbiter wasn’t around to council on that one.
- Comment on US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment 2 months ago:
Some people just obediently blow up the illegal broadcasts without reading them.
- Comment on US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment 2 months ago:
I’m here for it. Is it okay if I throw Facebook and Twitter/X on the pyre? I’ve long considered them to be horsemen of the apocalypse.
- Comment on US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment 2 months ago:
Yeah. I’m waiting on them to show ICE agents as helldivers or something. That IP could not be more clear about it’s parody of the far right “freedom” quislings.
- Comment on US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment 2 months ago:
… Did they not realize that the UNSC is an authoritarian fascist organization, and the Spartan program was originally aimed at fighting “rebels” who wanted to have control over the planets they lived on?
Literally the MC was kidnapped and experimented on to become a killing machine for the military junta for the express purpose of murdering colonists. No pay, no benefits, no end of contract.